Changes

It's so weird how people change over a period of time.
It's like, one second you know that person and the next, you don't.
I know this one good friend of mine who was just the opposite of a girly girl. The kind who would mix match socks and wouldn't care. The kind who would even spend her time by telling people how nailpolish should be banned excluding Halloween. The kind who doesn't care what people think about her.
But then.
She moved states.
And then, voila! It's like I don't know her. She's like a typical girl, at least from the way it sounds. You know, the kind who's boy crazy. The kind who loves dresses. The kind who spends hours deciding between two pairs of shoes for prom.
Change isn't bad.
Not bad at all.
It's just different.
Different to see who you thought you knew to be, to be somebody else.
That's all.

Life is not fair.

It's all a matter of luck, chance and opportunity.

Many a times, I keep wondering and telling myself that it's not fair how life is not fair. 'Life has to be fair. It just has to.', I keep thinking. But in reality, it's not.

A person who deserves better may not be reaping what he deserves. A person who studies thrice as more and works harder than another may not be securing a higher GPA. A person who studied at Stanford may not be a CEO but a person who got into a local not-so-highly ranked college may be one. A person born to a maid and a person born to a rich family would have totally different lives ; it's not fair how one is born to the latter and the other to the rich.

My dad keeps telling me, 'Out of the million good things that happen to you, don't focus on that one thing you didn't reap from your hard work. Appreciate what you have and learn to deal with the rest and fix it later on'.

I studied hard the whole year, but if I'm going to not do that great this semester, all the hard work I put in together dies. That's what happened this year. I kept thinking about it and then I try to realize that, 'it's not really in the score sheet. Looking at 6 A+'s is a great feeling, but what matters more is how much you've developed throughout the year'. That thought is always in my head, but I don't really correspond to it. Meaning, I still keep thinking very negatively. But I do understand the fact.

Like Gates said, 'Life isn't fair. Get used to it.' I've just gotta get used to it.

Besides, like I've mentioned before, a million good things have happened to me. Be it, the fun times I've had throughout the years, getting real cool birthday presents, getting good scores this year, making people smile, winning things...everything. I need to learn to stop being pessimistic and just enjoy the crazy ride of life.

I'm grateful for where I am right now. For where I stand. For my friends and family. For the support I have. For what God's given me.

Lookalikes

Isn't it weird how you see a person on one side of the world and then you come back to the other side of the world and see the same person in a different form? Basically the point is, it's weird looking at people and then their lookalikes. It's pretty freaky.

I know this one dude who looks exactly like Taylor Lautner when he was tiny. I've also seen this other guy in the mall who looks like all four of the Jonas Brothers together. It was so cool.

Sometimes, maybe not necessarily in the looks, people remind me of other people. You know that Taylor Lautner lookalike guy I was talking about? Well, I'm not even kidding, he acts just like he came out of 'The Lost Hero' as Leo Valdez. I swear. His sense of humor is just like Leo. The other cool part is that his brother's character is like a replica of Jason Grace! He's pretty serious, has a different sense of humor, very sarcastic and tends to dominate. But it's so mysterious how they come from the same family and act like both the protagonists!

At times, I find lookalikes that I do not want to be found as lookalikes. For example, my dumb friends say I look like my Geography teacher in a morphed way and from a certain angle. I do not look a thing like her. Believe in moi. But unfortunately, my idiots think so. Well you nincompoops, I certainly do not! (referring to those friends) *growls in disgust*

Dreams

I've been having a lot of dreams lately and they feel so...real. Like they've actually happened. It's so freaky how they're just a reflection of what we think on a daily basis. But what if? What if dreams are actually a connection to a parallel universe? What if you think they're just your imagination but they're actually happening? What if they're a path to something that could happen? What if they're a vague reflection of the future? I think I've just found out what my next story is going to be about.

1D and the Jo Bros

Challenge Summer #9 : The prompt, 'One Direction versus the Jonas Brothers', was given in to me by a girl who claims to be Thalia Grace and Alicia Meadows. Word/Page Limit : Not mentioned.

Jonas Brothers, a band of three cool boys, Nicholas, Joseph and Kevin would probably be the best-est, most awesome-est band in the world. They're practically music gods. And really nice people as well. They make good music. They're from a good family. They're dedicated to charity. They're really sweet. They're quite good-looking (sophisticated styled). They're amazing. They're inspirational. Although Joe could be going quite off now, I'd probably forgive his mistakes he has committed due to the great things he has done to music in his past. The Jo Bros have been and will always be my top favorites on the music factor and famous people factor. OBSESSIVE JONAS DISORDER.

One Direction, another real cool band composed of five people. I love One Direction to the core of the Earth. They're plain amazing. Their most recent and first album, 'Up All Night', is probably one of those albums where each and every song is incredible. And the really good thing about this band is I love each and every one of them. Starting off with Liam Payne. Liam's voice is ahhh...angelic. It's so pretty <3 Liam's attitude is really mature too. His bandmates call him the grandpa of their band. He's a lot like Nick Jonas, which makes me like him even more. Zayne Malik's voice is awesome too. And guess what? He looks just like Joe's brother. Louis Tomlinson's voice is really good and he's super funny. If I had to compare Kevin Jonas to the band, he'd be this guy. Niall's voice is so-so, it's not that great but not bad at all. Last is that Harry Styles dude. People say he looks like Nick Jonas, but lo! He dosen't. It's just the hair. I hate Harry's attitude too. It's like blech. He's like the one guy in the whole band I sort of don't like. But his voice when he's singing...it's so pretty. One Direction is the best-est, most awesome-est band after the Jo Bros (that's still a huge compliment). ONE DIRECTION INFECTION.

It ends with a line, 'Jonas Brothers will be my number one and One Direction will be a slight step lower but still my favorites.'
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Change

Over the past few days, there has been a whole dramatic change going around in my head. A whole different thought. A whole different opinion.

Try to guess.

A Hint? Something to do with something I love.

Another Hint? Something to do with something I admire.

One More Hint? Something to do with my inspiration.

One Teensy More Hint? Something to do with musical geniuses.

If you still didn't already guess, well, I guess I would have to tell you.

Here it goes.

I don't think I'm on the Jonas Brothers side anymore.

Yes. I have actually never thought I'd bring myself to say that ever. But I have, haven't I? Wait. Wait. Let me go back and rephrase that.

I don't think I'm with the Jonas Brothers as much as I used to be anymore.

You see, I still love them. Like die hard. It's just that... I'm not connected to them like how I used to be. They were amazing and beautiful when the three of them were together. The songs they made were so beautiful and inspiring and still continue to inspire me. And then, they break up. Well, not officially, of course. They still say that they would eventually come back together. But I don't have too many hopes on that.

When they're split up, they're still amazing. But they don't produce those goosebumps and that effect, you know?

Joseph. He just released an album. And I'm honestly really happy for him. But the songs he made are not really... him. At least, not really who I thought he was. The songs are so different from the Jonas Brothers. He accepted that too. But still. I don't find that happiness or pleasure or satisfaction when I listen to most of his songs.

Kevin. I'm not mad at him. Not mad at him at all. He didn't do anything to make his fans disappointed. And that's where the point is. He hasn't been doing anything musical for a quite long time. For non-stalkers unlike me, they think that he is just lazing around at home with his wife. His brothers mentioned that he has been getting a lot of offers and that he is coming up with something new quite soon, but how soon?

Nicholas. Now, this is the one guy in the brothers who I'm not utterly disappointed or mad with. He came out with an album and few singles too. All of which are amazing. And most of all, they are 'him'. The songs feel like the songs of the Jonas Brothers. Not of somebody who transformed. And he's actually doing something in his life that we know of. He's going to be starring in a Broadway play soon.

This draws up a conclusion.

I still love, admire and am continued to be inspired by the Jonas Brothers. But since they broke up, or according to them, 'temporarily broke up', I don't find that attachment and content feeling when I listen to them anymore. It's mainly because of Joseph. And I don't blame him. It's just that I'm not into his music much. Reason could be because I'm still a teenager and his songs are more DJ-ish and adult-ish. But then there's Nicholas. Ahhh. Me encanta Nicholas mucho. I love his songs and they are just plain amazing. But then again, without one of the Jo Bro's, there's no Jo Bro's. *sigh*

I just wish they never broke up.

Popularity

The two words that pops in my head when somebody says teenagers is 'popularity contests'. The reason why teenagers care so much about popularity is still a reason that sounds stupid to me. To be part of the inner clique? To dominate the whole grade? To make the opposite gender like them?

Teenagers can be themselves, can't they? Why do they change themselves to be popular? Following the crowd doesn't make you popular. Neither does forcing the hard accent. Or putting on excessive make-up. Or bullying other people. The dictionary definition of popular is 'Commonly Liked or Approved'. Doing all of the above would not make you commonly liked or approved.

Most teenagers today want to be popular. Few of them are, most of them are wanna-be's and some just don't care. Honest, I'm one of those people who don't care. It's so irritating when I see teenage girls forcing upon themselves the 'like, whatever' accent and changing themselves into duplicates of the popular kids. It's just so annoying to see girls who are not even themselves streaming across the hallway self-embarrassing themselves.

What teenagers don't realize is that, no matter how much time you spend during the day wishing you could be part of the A-List or posting statuses of Facebook that sound 'cool', nothing of this sort is going to matter when you grow up. Once you graduate from high school, you go to college. And then, you go to an university. And then, you have a job. And then, you have a family. And then, why would popularity matter? Where you stand and what you are inside really matters. Popularity during childhood won't even matter. Childhood and school days are all about the great friends you would be having for the rest of your life time and the happy memories to cherish for you to remember later on, not a damn about popularity.

Popularity is all a stupid contest that teenagers compete in. Popularity is one of those things in life that do not even matter later on. Popularity is what I think is completely ridiculous and I wish people would think so too.