What I'm chewing this week:

Fabulous Fruitini from Orbit.

I'm going to give this 3 out of 5 stars. 2 of those stars are based on the name, because that's probably the best name on a package of gum I have ever seen.

Flavor-Very tropical. Can deffinetly taste a lot of mango in it, but it also has some tingle like mint gums do (that's kind of Orbit's thing-they make everything a little minty).

Texture-Buttery is the only word I can think of to describe it. Its very soft and smooth before the flavor goes away, then it gets a little tougher (that's what she said?). It does stay in tact though, as in, it doesn't dissolve in your mouth (like some other flavors of Orbit do).

Flavor duration-Not great. Has maybe 20 minutes of optimal flavor then it goes to mild flavor...then it just goes away. I usually want to get it out of my mouth in about 40 minutes, which isn't very long by today's gum standards.

Overall, I was a little bit let down. But I suppose with a name as amazing as Fabulous Fruitini....my expectations were a bit high.

So, my step mom has added me on facebook. I feel weird about it. She got a myspace like a year ago and read all my blogs from there and sent me strange messages. I'm not nearly as intense on facebook...but still. I feel like her being able to read everything restricts my freedom to write whatever the fuck I want. I probably shouldn't feel that way...but I do.

And what is the world coming to anyway when parents are on the social networking sites? The age limit on those things is like...35....then you need to move on. Unless you have a valid reason to be on there other than to network socially. LAME.

I had a revelation of sorts this weekend. I was going to 5th Quarter Friday night, and I was thinking about what I was going to do if someone tried to hug me...and how to avoid the awkwardness that would surely ensue. Then I started trying to think of people that I actually enjoy hugging...and there's only 1. Which led me to conclude-I am an awkward hugger.

I don't think I was always this way...but I deffinetly am now. I make hugging really awkward though, and it sucks because it puts people off and they can't figure out why. They (and I didn't either until I had this revelation) know that an awkward moment just happened, after the hug, but its hard to pinpoint what exactly about the moment is awkward...then they think its them. But it is most deffinetly me and my awkwardness. Now that I've been thinking about it too, I realized I kind of have a lot of anxiety about hugging. Like, will it happen? what am I going to do if ___ tries to hug me?

Sometimes its really awkward not to hug too. Like when I was leaving school for the summer, there were several occasions when I probably should have hugged people but didn't because I thought it would be awkward. Its really awkward either way. So I guess the question in the situation becomes-is an awkward hug less awkward than no hug at all?

I don't know exactly what about my hugging is awkward, but it most deffinetly is, and I apologize to everyone who ever tries to hug me, because I will probably make it weird, but I don't really mean to. It just happens.

(P.S. I chew a lot of gum. I would sort of consider myself a gum connoisseur. There is a lot of gum on the market these days, and its hard to sort out which ones you might like best, or would be best to take on a date or...whatever other situations warrant a piece of gum. So I'm going to start reviewing it. There will be categories and all manner of fun things...starting soon. Woot.)

Today, I am ready to give up politics forever. I'm not angry person, in fact usually its pretty difficult to get me worked up anything...but I tell you something, some fuckers have figured out how and I am fucking pissed.



I have been called a sheep. What I'm taking that to mean is I cannot think for myself or form an educated opinion based on my beliefs and careful examination of the candidates because I have been so wowed by one candidates speaking ability that my brain cannot even function. That is probably the most offensive thing I have ever been called.



I don't have a lot in this world. God knows I don't have the money, looks or body to get ahead in life. I have a brain. I HAVE A FUCKING BRAIN AND I CAN USE IT. So when you insult it, and you say it is not capable of functioning...you are insulting EVERYTHING that I have. Everything that I am.



And I'm not going to take that from people who call themselves my friends.



I have lost so much respect for some of these people in the last 2 days. I was on Tyler Pauly's side during the underage drinking debocle over the summer, and what does he say now? That my opinion doesn't matter. FUCK HIM. C.J. Peterson thinks all liberals are sheep? WHAT THE FUCK DOES HE THINK HE IS BY FUCKING WORSHIPPING THE REPUBLICAN PARTY?! Jack Simmons is a fucking ditto. He has come up with nothing original throughout these posts, just ripping off Tyler's ideas...which I guess would make him a FUCKING SHEEP TOO.



Why am I taking this so seriously? Well, to me, this is the equivalent of calling a girl a cunt. That is a horrible word for most girls, because you're reducing them to a fuckhole. In my case, these people are reducing me to a mindless animal that people cut up, kill and eat. That is fucking wrong.



I'm will be voting for Barack Obama in November because I think he is the best option for the presidency we have been presented with. Do you disagree? GOOD. Not everyone is supposed to agree, that's the fucking point of this country. So argue with me. Fight me about it, tell me I'm wrong. But if you start that, I'm going to do the same to you, and you can't just end the argument by saying 'Well, you're only voting for him because he's a good speaker.' NO. I'M VOTING FOR HIM BECAUSE I THINK HE'S BETTER. That's like saying 'You're only voting for McCain because he was a POW.' No, you're voting for him because you like his ideas and you think he's better. That's great, have an opinion...BUT FUCKING RESPECT ME FOR MINE.



And do not, ever again, whatever you do, de-humanize me, or anyone else for having an opinion. That makes you the lowest kind of scum on the planet.