Because.

Wouldn't life be easy if "BECAUSE" were a legitimate answer for everything? "Why did you do that?" "BECAUSE." "Oh, okay." Simple. But it isn't. BECAUSE is a placeholder. It's a word that cowards take advantage of. People use the word BECAUSE when they have zero facts or details to support what they're supporting. It's totally acceptable for BECAUSE to be used when explaining reasoning, but not to be used as the reason. BECAUSE of this, I am hypocrite. But aren't we all, a little bit? I've decided to stop. I'm no longer going to use BECAUSE as an answer. I'm going to actually freaking ANSWER. :)

Hidden In Assumption

I have this friend. One day, we were sitting in class and I gave him this crumpled up piece of paper. I told him it was art. He said, "Why?". And I said, "Because it's symbolic.". And he asked me what that tiny piece of trash was symbolic of. I told him I didn't know, what? And he said:....man. I know he was doing it out of pure sarcasm. He was just thinking of something that would sound deep. But he was right. It was a small piece of white paper, all crushed, folded. With a mere glance it could've been blown off as another scrap of paper. But it's too fantastic too be a scrap of paper. Man. So specifically crafted in the Creator's image. If you think about it, crumpled pieces of paper are kind of like snowflakes. Or people. None are the same. So now, I've come to believe that God gave him those words for a reason. That that small piece of paper really does symbolize man. They're both so fragile, and complex. Yes, I just called that cruched paper complex. It is. It has flaws (like man), it has a future and a past (like man), and it's been crafted so that there will never be a duplicate (like man). I wish that I could find words to tell him how that five second conversation has impacted me. He probably doesn't even remember. But I do, and I'm not planning on forgetting. :)

Ambivivalance Towards Humanity

I like people. They're...ok. Fascinating, actually. But I hate that they can be so generic and predictable. Yet have all this crap saying how original they are. Like that stupid picture from google images, of the bright yellow tack on a bulletin board full of gray tacks. It's on freaking google images. All of society has access to it. That means they can all post it to their profile at whatever.com. They can all print it off and put in their locker. Everyone will become a yellow tack. And the gray tacks will begin to be the special ones. But then there are those individuals, who make it worth it to put up with all the yellow tack carbon copies. People like Katie, and Haley, and Erica, and Ashley. People who design their own clothes, not because "Omg! No one else will have them! I'll be a total trendsetter!" but because they're bursting with self expression and ideas that the world has never experienced. Also, it really irritates me that people think they're going to marry the...JONAS BROTHERS. Get. A. Life. No Jonas Brother is going to marry you. 1. Joe is too conceited to acknowledge anyone. 2. Nick's life has been consumed by "looking cool" and not smiling 3. Kevin...Kevin's gay. I'm sorry, but it's the truth. Notice, they have not moved back to Pennsylvania or whatever. Hello: Prop. 8. Ok, I'm done with them. I'm going to wrap this up. Stop being a yellow tack. Be a tack that is a color that no one has seen or expected, better yet, don't be a tack. Be something else. Be you.