I believe I can’t fly….

I believe that the Beatles can improve any mood. I believe that Peanuts is the best comic strip in the newspaper because Charlie Brown is the original emo. I believe freedom of expression is necessary for sanity but sanity often gets in the way of being free to express yourself. I believe instant communication via the internet takes away all that is good in a conversation by making facial expression and tone irrelevant. I believe that one man’s trash is my treasure.  I believe that my lifestyle is detrimental to the planet’s health yet I do not have the willpower to reduce my ecological footprint. That being said, I believe that the best way to make a bad day bearable is by driving around in your car while blasting cheesy foreign pop songs that are impossible to not sing along even though you don’t know how to pronounce the words. I believe in the right to overuse the phrase bitches and hoes, and any other words that are perfect descriptors yet deemed inappropriate. I believe Barnes and Noble provides a better shopping experience than Border’s. I believe that reading is more important than breathing, except for the part where only the very talented can read while not breathing. I believe that procrastination is the best way to discover all that is good in life. I believe that overachievement leads to depression but is also as addictive as crack. I believe that the world has conspired to keep kids locked away in school for longer periods of time because they are afraid of youthful whimsy, which is why summer vacation is slowly being sliced away until one day it will only be two weeks long. I believe that not being allowed to drive others in your car until a year after you get your license is useless, because the kids that obey the law are the responsible ones that wouldn’t do something stupid anyway, and the ones who are irresponsible and dangerous will break the law anyway, so really it just makes carpooling impossible (which is bad for the environment) and puts more drivers on the road which is more dangerous in itself. At this point in my life, I believe that God in the traditional sense at least does not exist, but I’ve been wrong before, and one should always try to be a good person anyway. I believe that humor is the key to happiness. I believe black and white photos are often more beautiful than color photos. I believe MLA formatting sucks all the creativity out of life. I believe that I am extremely excited for AP next year, at least at the moment. I believe that if my sophomore slump continues any longer I will end up living on the beach with the rest of the hobos and working at McDonald’s and but I believe that maybe that will be okay.