Misconceptions about...

...being straight-edge. I was at work today, and some guy asked what the black Xs on the backs of my hands were (I haven't gotten my tattoo yet; I'm too poor). He, like most people, thought that it was from going to a club and being underage (I'm only nineteen). I get really sick of correcting people, so I said, "Let's just call it a fashion statement." The guy pressed the matter, so I said that it's a part of the straight-edge movement, and he said, "So, you go around and beat the shit out of people for buying tobacco?" All I could do was laugh. Obnoxiously. Because I thought of other straight-edge people that I know beating up random people who bought booze or tobacco - great mental images, by the way. This caused more stares than usual, and was pretty much the highlight of my day.

...patching things up with my best friend. I spoke too soon about us being okay: Today, he told me that he might be going to college in Florida next year. And, my drama senses are tingling, because there's something that he's not supposed to tell me, and it's freaking me out. I'm a worrier by nature, and he knows it.

...winter vacation. My other best friend is visiting her sister in Milwaukee, and my cousin just fell off the face of the planet. My sister is being a bum, and my friend from work hasn't called me (we were supposed to go skating because the ice is finally thick enough, and I've heard it kicks ass this season). Nothing exciting is happening on the DF or elsewhere on the internet. Boredom is a contagious disease, and I actually spent twenty-minutes hanging upside-down off my couch. Then I watched I Heard a Voice. Again.

...the economy. It is not getting better. My mom just found out that she's not going to have a job next fall. Also, my grandma is filing for divorce and bankruptcy, all in one. My school scholorship got taken away by the lovely State of Michigan (what a Michigan Promise, lemme tell ya).

...my dog. He is, in fact, possessed by a demon. A very obese demon.

...life. It's just one big dark room.