You know what's sad? I claim to dislike Avril Lavigne yet listen to her songs all the time. Talk about hypocritical. She just bugs me, though, with her stupid ties and wannabe rebel attitude. I do love how she mentioned Muchmusic in her acceptance speech at the VMAs and had a little Canada flag pin on her tie. However, what's not cool is that she mentioned MTV and just threw Much in as an afterthought.

Canada represent, yo!

I hate people who act like gangster wannabes. There's one in particular that I always pass in the halls. He has this greasy bandana on his head, wears jerseys and huge jeans, Fubu shoes, black shirts underneath his jersey, and gold chains. I HATE IT. Why is he trying to act like he's black? The kid is Native, for God's sakes!

Don't think for a second that I'm prejudiced against Natives, because that would be the stupidest thing you'd ever do. I'm Native myself. I'm Metis, though, since my dad was.

The point is, I wear sweaters and jeans to school every day, do my work diligently... I find it just sort of embarassing when Native kids dress all scuzzy, use slang, pick fights, and whatnot.

They could do better for themselves. I don't want to see these kids working the McDonalds in ten years, they could do so much better.

You might rebutt with "Well, what are your goals and asparitions? To be a wrestler and molest people? What the hell kind of future is that, besides a pointless one?"

But you know that isn't true. I do want to be a wrestler, but I'm aiming high, aren't I? Wrestlers are smart, savvy, incredibly fit individuals with drive and determination, and I think that striving to be like that is wonderful. It's just me. Plus molesting people is fun. ^.~

Man, I keep straying from the topic! The point is, these kids could do so much better. They could just not pick fights or cuss and just do their work. But it never happens that way. I'm the only one who seems to break the barrier. It's sad, really, because they're just enforcing the stereotypes that people have.

We were doing a project on Stereotypes of North American Natives. It was fascinating to find out how other nationalities and races think of Native people. But I'm fascinated easily. I find the way D-l talks fascinating.

*yawn* Don't you hate it when I ramble? I know I do. I make no sense and hardly ever touch down on the actual point.

I had a dream that Eliza Dushku's name was really 'Chee' and that her character in Bring It On was Melody. Weird much?

I am in love with Teresa from OISH.com. She's nice, funny, and obsessed with fitness! She has a section of her site devoted to fitness, and even a page full of things to think to yourself while you're working out to motivate yourself. It's great, there are really great tips.

I realize I've mentioned fitness and working out in almost every entry, and it may be boring, but it's important to me. I can't just sit around and let my body rot to hell anymore. I think the turning point for me was when I saw WWE in Edmonton a few weeks ago. It had an unbelievable impact on me, and I've been working out all the time because of it. I have a routine, where I jog two miles, occasionally going for little stints of walking so I can get a drink and catch my breath, and later I do crunches, push-ups, hillclimbers, lunges, and dumbbell reps. It feels incredible, and I've lost 3 pounds in the past month. The reason I've been doing this is because I want to be a wrestler, of course, so I think that the best time to start doing cardio and exercise is now, while I'm still really young. I hope to have an amazing body by the time I graduate. Plus I don't have P.E. until January, so it's a good chance to work out hard and get fit before then.

I was chatting on a message board (Randy Orton's message board, to be exact) and this guy mentioned how he runs at 9 MPH and keeps thinking to himself to stay motivated. Well, I'm clearly not there yet, since I run at about 7. But then again, he's in his twenties, and I'm not. Hee. Progress, though, progress... I can run so much faster and better than I could back in July, when I first started taking exercise seriously.

YAY for exercise! Boo for Dracula, since I have to do a whole six page freakin' report on him for tomorrow, and I've only done the essay so far. Geezums!

then + now