Cheerfulxdarkness' Journals

OH HAI (back from a year long break.)

Well hello there, long time no interweb chat. Sorry about the vacancy, I just had to get myself together. What have I been doing besides totally slacking off my buzzy? LOTS. I have been.....starting highschool, being juliet in romeo and juliet, being in the first american tour of an anti violence show,making new friends, getting diagnosed with ADD, collecting Ugly Dolls, getting a new laptop (his name is fluffy), discovering new bands, walking into stuff, falling up stairs, feeding my anorexic fish, taking pictures, writing stuff, and most of all....missing buzzy. So yes I'm back and back for good. *throws confetti* OH. I almost forgot! I'm buzznet orginal now! Weeeeeeee. Thanks to John for doing my write-up! I love youu! Well, I'm gonna go figure out how the new buzzy works. Cheerio! xoxoxoxoxo, Katie

Wow. I'm back from a buzzy break.

what i miss?

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I am angry. When looking up a local gay/straight alliance group, I came across this site: www.choice4truth.com The ENTIRE site is about how homosexuality/paganism is killing today's youth. They have a petion against the walk of silence, and demean Silver Ravenwolf (a prominent Wiccan author) for "tricking" teens into saying that Wicca is a positive religion. They say homosexuality is changeable and will definetley give you aids. WHAT THE HELL???? They say that people who support gay groups are closed minded. How is that closed minded? They also point out that Pagans worship the devil. Hm. They do? Really? Here's a newflash for ya, PAGANS DON'T BELIEVE IN THE DEVIL! It's amazing how ignorant people can be.

Here's some puke inducing exerpts from thius disgusting website:

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You know the issue--that in American schools today, homosexuality is being widely promoted as a right for some people. Those who object are labeled as bigots or worse.

But thereâ�™s a problem...the truth. Some are closed-minded and refuse to listen. We hope to show you through these guidelines how to bring facts and reason back to the table, but above all, how to protect the well-being of all students

Material from the influential school activist group, GLSEN (the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network) defines â�œhate,â� â�œhomophobiaâ� and â�œdiscriminationâ� as including even simple statements expressing personal disapproval of homosexuality for moral or religious reasons. As schools pass non-discrimination policies covering â�œsexual orientation,â� these policies are being used to silence the voices of people who believe homosexuality is wrong.

Teen Witch reinforces the ample doses of nature worship girls are already receiving throughout the culture, including at school, while justifying ignorance about and hostility toward Christianity. And it is all set within a framework that claims to be upbeat, moral and ethical.

One wonders what it will take to prompt Christians to stand up en masse to the culture's corrosion-and to the destructive forces within our own walls. Will Christians finally become alarmed now that witchcraft has left the parlor, and is creeping toward the nursery?

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Why are people So ignorant? I don't know why I felt the need to post this. It just angers me so much.

DO'S and DONT'S for new buzzneters.

Ahoy, new buzznet sailors! Welcome to the buzzy cruise. Ya see, a lot of my friends have just joined buzznet, and there are some confusing "interwebz mannerz", as I call it, on this here site. Plus I was really bored last night and came up with this DO's and DON'T's list. Mostly don'ts. Anywho here we go.........

DON'T freak out because within the first 5 seconds of your buzznet life a "scary looking man with lots of tattoos who has the screename 'Panasonicyouth' " has added you. Numero uno, he is not scary looking. Numero two, that's Mark. He's the community manager here at buzzy, and he is automatically added to everyone's friend list. So it would also be a good idea not to drop a note saying, "thanx for da add"

DON'T rape the capslock. It's annoys people. But there are some exceptions. You are permitted to use the capslock button when talking about books by Stephanie Meyer, ferrets, or when a group admin tells you that you can.

DON'T be a mass adder. If you only add people because you want your friend count to go up, you will quickly find that you actually have no friends. or a life.

DON'T be a spammer. You will get reported, and the almighty gods of buzznet will smite you. Seriously.

DON'T be racist. Just don't. No one will like you, and in 10 years you will end up like your crazy neighbor with the 27 parakeets.

DON'T self promote. If people like your work, the praise will come. If you self promote you just look like a desperate wannabe.

DON'T post revealing pictures of yourself. Ew. No.

DON'T whine about badges. Yes, the badgers may be cute, but they will bite your ass if you're not careful.

DO Participate in QOTD and the photo assignments. It's fun and you'll make lots of friends that way.

DO drop a note when you add someone. This lets people no you're not an aforementioned 'mass adder'

DO comment on people's stuff. It's a nice thing to do.

DO be crazy. Believe me, it's really fun.

DO join lots of groups. It's a great way to make friends and there's a group about pretty much everything.

DO go lolcats.com. It owns life.

DO make crazy list things like this. It'll make you happy.

Well, new buzzy members, this is the general do's and dont's of buzznet according to me. If you ever need any help, there's a help forum for just that. You're gonna love it here=]]]

I love my family, I really do but.....

Why does this yearly family reunion make me want to dress up like a meatloaf and go swim in a vat of battery acid filled with sharks??

I might be exagerating a tad here.

Maybe it's because I'm the only teenage girl surrounded by pre-teen and younger disney channel watchers. Maybe it's because of the awkward conversations the adults feel they are obligated to have with me about my summer. Maybe it's me trying to please my parents by talking to my younger cousins knowing, that they would much rather be doing something else and really don't care what I have to say. Maybe it's because I don't even care what I have to say.

Maybe it's because I feel like I don't fit in with my own flesh and blood.

*sigh*

This is going to be one looooooooong weekend.

woopdee-freaking-doo.-_-

OMGOMGOMG!!!

Yeah I came back from camp early, i got sick=P

But....... *squeals like four year old*

I JUST GOT A BRAND NEW CANON EOS 40D!!!!!!

It is so amazing! I also got a 28 - 200 lens!!!

EXCITEMENT.

Expect a buttload of pictures from me in the next week. But I do have one problem....

What should I name it? If anyone has ideas please tell me. I have to go jump up and down like a little girl on a pogo stick now.

Gone to camp! I'll be back on the 27th!

Bye guys, I'm off to camp. I'll miss you guys lots! Hope you have a super-fantastic July. Ooh!! and when I come back, I shall VLOG!!! Woohoo!!!! See ya'll in 3 weeks!

Lots of hugs,

Katie

Happy 4th to everybody! (a look at patriotism)

Ah, Indpendence Day, a time to celebrate your patriotism and eat hot dogs. (Also a movie with Will Smith about aliens attacking the world, but I won't get into that now) Today all you Americans (and non-americans, be proud of your country too) should really be proud of your country. Yeah, maybe we're fighting an unpopular war with an unpopular president and have insanely high gas prices, but I bet we can overcome this, we always have. Anywho, think about the good things we have. We still have the freedoms of speech, expression and religion, gay marriage was just legalized in California, a nice big step towards true equality. Many people are saying we have nothing to be patriotic about, I respect their opinions, but disagree. Those people are dwelling in the bad and not looking towards the future. In November we can elect a new president, and bring change. Be proud that we can do that, be proud of democracy. I was raised to be proud of my country. My grandfather was a submarine commander in World War II and my mother always reminded me of the good our country has done. I'm not saying that we are perfect and everyone who says otherwise is wrong, but we are not horrible. Today is the one day of the year to be patriotic. So celebrate with your family and friends, watch some fireworks and really be proud of your country.

If nothing, eat way too many hot dogs.=]

Happy 4th!!!

Have a fantastic day.

Happy Birthday to meeeeeeeeeee!!![one day late]

Yep, this my exuse for once a year I get to write a journal about myself.

So what did I accomplish in my first day of being 14??

I went to the beach and got sunburned insanely. [I put sunscreen on, I swear!]

Got some awesome gifts. [my grandma got me a gift certificate to get myself a new camera!]

Ate a lot of ice cream [Ben & Jerry's Cherry Garcia mmmmmm....]

Hung around the house and watched some random show on food network [I have nothing to put in brackets here]

Went in the hot tub at night [not a good idea with horrible sunburn]

Ate cake [triple chocolate. mmmmmmm......]

So, that was my pointless description of my b-day. I'm surprised you got through it. I have no idea how to end this journal. This is awkward. I'll just end it like this: n___n yay.

Top 5 reasons buzznet is still awesome.

Okey dokes, lots of people have been have been hating on buzzy lately, and yeah it needed a lot of it. But this place is still special. It's not another myspace wannabe, it actually wants to promote original content from original people.

So here are the top 5 resons buzzy has still got it:

#1 The scene queen/models/attention addicts/ really annoying people are in the minority.

If you think about it there really are only a handful of these types on buzznet. A handful of people who think you want to know about their stalkers and what they did on the subway this morning. So yeah, they're can be pretty infuriating sometimes, but just imagine if there were as many of them as there were buzznet orginals!, then we'd have to change buzzy's name to another social networking website. (I'll give you a hint: it starts with "my" and ends with "space")

#2. We've got some pretty awesome groups on here

They've got groups for every interest!! Orignal people, original journals, bands, movies, advice, vampires, cupcakes, you name they've got it.

#3. People can write pointless top five lists like this and not feel like a total dweeb.

I'm not feeling the least bit dweebish at this moment. Okay maybe I am now, but that's only because I just used the word dweebish.

#4 You can have seroius converstions about seriuos topics and nobody will label you a funsucker.

Yes you can have a conversation about cupcakes and wombats, but you can also have one about abortion and poverty in Africa.

#5 You can make good friends that you're pretty sure won't stalk you and lie about their age.

Yeah, when I first came into the buzznet world I was very scared of creepy people asking me uncomfortable questions. [ I'm not saying their are no creepy people, I still use my internet safety skills.] Unlike myspace, you can report anyone who is bothering you and be assured that they have been smited by the buzznet gods. No one has ever made me feel any less than welcome here, and the compassion completely passes the hate here.

Yep, that was my pointless little list, I'm surprised you read the whole thing. I would love to here any other reasons buzznet has still got it! =] (i'm not begging for comments I'm trying to start converstion.)