a facebook note i wrote

i heard some criticism the other day. someone asked why i'm negative about everything.

to clear things up. i am not negative about everything. i'm just very strongly biased towards tradition and fairness. along with that, my negativity shows strongly due to the fact that everyone and their dog decides that they're not gonna stand up for what they believe in. why? probably cause they think it's not worth the effort. but tell me: if you don't stand up for what you believe in, what's gonna stop the negative things in this world from ripping your life to pieces? nothing. you're just gonna let it happen.
stop letting the government tell you how things are gonna be. if you don't agree with a policy, vote. share your opinion.
stop letting schools dictate how you should learn. if your teacher does something that seems unfair, stand up and do something about it. if the administrators come up with a policy that just seems selfish, protest it.
if a company's employee violates a company policy and you are negatively affected by it, complain.

stop bending over backwards for the man, or whoever else is making life less than what it should be.

i guess i was born in the wrong time period. i belong in the 60's and 70's, protesting with the hippies.

some of you saw my rant about studio 600 and their conference dance and thought i was moaning about it for nothing. maybe it didn't make a difference on the outside, but now i feel like my opinion was heard, and now studio's owner has heard the opinion of someone he has forever lost as a customer.

i was treated unfairly at a company on 1700 south and 900 east a few years back. i took my car to get it registered but was unable to do so because of a missing document. i went to the emissions place at the intersection of 1700 south and 900 east where the car was inspected and asked for a new printout, as it had only been a month since it was inspected. i was greeted with unfair treatment and had to pay for a new document. i complained to the general manager and received a full discount for my troubles.

i enrolled in a class two semesters ago and went to class each day only to find that i wasn't on the roll. i looked on the online schedule and registration status and found that the school had no record of me enrolling. last semester i looked at my status and saw that they did have me in the system for that class and had given me an incomplete. i intend to appeal that class. why? because the school is, and should be, held responsible for their mistake. not me.

also, one of the more futile battles that i'm constantly sharing my opinion about is girls and dating.
for the record, i know that the conflict we face will never change. i understand that boys will be boys and girls will be girls. there will always be snobby girls and snobby guys. there will always be girls that ignore the good guy and guys that treat the good girl like dirt. i understand all this. all i'm trying to do is help people see that they can change the problems they see in the community. if you feel like there's too many doosh guys out there, go be the nice one that doesn't break a heart. if you see your guys friends getting hurt by too many snobby girls, go be the girl that changes that for another guy.

so, go ahead and tell me it's not worth it. i'll let you have your opinion, but let me tell you, you're giving up too easily. if your life is too hard, you're half to blame.

"be the change you want to see in the world"

go out and make your life yours again.