ADHD

I'm going to try to write all my blogs using the 'stream of conscience' technique. This is where you write down whatever comes into your mind. You can go from 'Rocks are useful' to 'I like bunnies'. It's really smart and a really great technique when writing blogs. Anyway, on to today's topic.

Today I was in Economics and our teacher divided us up into 6 different teams. Each team was asked a question and if they got it right they got a point. At one point in the game our teacher was talking about how our class went from being non-responsive to his lessons to talking too much during class (i.e: During the game). The girl next to me, who was one of those preppy, not very smart girls, said 'I think our whole class has ADHD because none of us can pay attention'. It took all I had to not turn around and yell at her.

There are only two things that I can't stand at all. The first being people who complain (maybe I'll write about that later) and the second is when people belittle ADHD.

I've had ADHD for 10 years, rather I was diagnosed 10 years ago. It's not fun. People really don't understand what it's like to have ADHD and ADD. It's not just having a short attention span. For me, if I don't take my medication, I will go from angry to happy, to hyper, to sad, to depressed, back to happy, back to sad/depressed and finally end with angry. That's pretty much the order as well. While it's true that every ADHD case is different, lot's of people with ADHD experience this, maybe not in that order but they do experience mood swings. It's not fun at all nor is it pleasant. I really hate having mood swings. No one wants to feel angry and sad and depressed. It makes working on school nearly impossible. I would take everything very personally and get into fights with my mom all the time. All of this happened while I was on my medication but as it turns out it was not strong enough.

So I hate when people belittle disorders like that. I'm not just saying that because I have ADHD. It's not fair that people feel like it's ok to say things like that about ADHD when they don't about any other disorders. You don't see someone who's eating sugar free candy and say 'oh haha, he must be diabetic' or see someone who has mood swings and say 'Haha, they must be bipolar'. Why should those with ADHD be different? Any disorder does not deserve to be made fun of especially when whomever is making the statement doesn't even know all the facts about what they are talking about.

I'd like to see every person who has belittled any disorder or condition live with that condition for a day. I'd like to see that girl from my class live with ADHD for a day without medication. I truly believe that if this were to happen everyone would think twice before belittling any disorder or condition again.

American Idol Season 7 Tour: Initial Thoughts

On August 16, 2008 my mom and dad and I made the long 4 hour drive from Nashville to Lexington, KY to see the American Idol tour. We got to the hotel and I had an hour to get ready. We left on time and arrived at Rupp Arena what we felt like was early. But there was no one outside or inside. After we got past security and finding our seats it was then that we realized that we were late. Apparently Lexington is on Eastern time while Nashville is Central. So we missed Chikezie, Ramiele, and most of Michael Johns. We heard 'Dream On' while trying to find our seats so that was a bummer. After Michael Johns was Kristy Lee Cook who did an ok job but I was never a big fan of her's. Next was Carly who did amazing! She was so good. TV does not do her justice. After Carly was Brooke who definitely milked her time for all it was worth. See did everything from talking a lot to thanking the musicians, crew, hair, makeup, wardrobe, camera operators, etc. Then all of them came on stage to sing some song that I don't remember much of except that I felt like I was being force to watch a public service announcement due to the sad pictures and videos of kids from Africa they had playing on the screens.

Then intermisson came and there was some random guy dressed in a poptarts costume walking around taking pictures with people. Some guy came out whom I guessed was the MC for the tour except that he was a nobody and I didn't know his name since he didn't reintroduce himself. He did some lame product placement for Guitar Hero involving two guys playing, what else, Guitar Hero after which we had to vote for who we wanted to win. Then, right when you thought it was over and the show was going to start again, nope. More product placement for Guitar Hero. This time he took two little boys from the audience, one was 9 the other was 13, and played some music and they had to air guitar to the song. It was basicly a way to humiliate these kids. One got Guitar Hero for Nintendo DS and the other got it for Xbox.

So the show begins again with Jason Castro playing 'Somewhere Over the Rainbow'; ukilali and all. Let me tell you apparently Kentuky loves Jason Castro because they screamed so much for him. I don't get it. His set let felt like only two songs. I guess I missed the other because they all sounded the same. Next was Syesha and she was awesome. She started with 'Umbrella' which was good then moved on to 'If I can't have you' and 'Listen'. Although her dress was so short but that was minor.

Then came my boy, the one I came to see, David Archuleta. He was amazing! He opened with 'Angels' and this boy on the floor who was wearing a blue David Archuleta shirt was crying, pretty hard I guess because he wiped his eyes multiple times. It was really funny. Then during one song, I cant remember which one really, he did this dance that reminded me of tap dancing but not really. Anyway, he was amazing and cute as always.

Then was David Cook who by far, out of the people I saw had the most entertaining show by interacting with the audience a lot. He kept throwing guitar picks and even threw out his water bottle into the audience. Someone had a sign that said 'Free the Gnomes' and he asked them what that was about and they were just like 'free the gnomes' to which he responded 'ok, Free the Gnomes everybody!'. Later he was singing and took a girl's phone and sang into the phone while on stage. I'm sure the girl on the other line was freaking out. Last everyone came out to sing 'Don't Stop the Music' and you could totally see Michael Johns's funny side. Him and David Cook did this patty cake hand clap during the song and then when Effie (David Archuleta) did a little dance Michael poked fun at him by copying Effie behind Effie's back. It was all in good fun though. You could totally understand why everyone voted him funniest because he definitely was. Really made me wish that I had not missed his set. At the very end David Cook took the Gnomes poster and held it up on stage, said his little thanks for coming, poptarts product placement, and then said 'and remember Free the Gnomes' and took the poster as he went down under the stage on the lift.

Overall the performances were awesome and really funny. However when Cook started playing his guitar there was so much distortion that it created really bad static. Also the music was really load so sometimes I couldn't hear the singers. I also was not able to record any video because my camera is very sensitive about sound and the quality would have just been static and bad so it wasn't worth my time to try and record anything. Nothing I needed to record anyway. Only thing I wish I'd gotten on camera was David Cook and the cell phone and the final song.

A great show that I'm glad I saw. But I'm seriously going to write a petition to TIcketmaster to have them include the time zone on the tickets. I know that you should know what time zone you are in but it's not my number one priority when traveling, It's not like I think 'ok, I need to look up the weather, directions and time zone of the place I'm visiting'. I'm just mad that I missed Michael Johns... Oh well.

Is no one original before?

So lately I've seen two things:

1. A rise in the number of style websites out there.
2. A rise in unoriginal style site names.

I don't mind the first; if it's what you love then by all means go for it. My problem is that all these sites have unoriginal names. All style site's names fit into one of the following:

1. [insert celebrity's name] Fashion
2. [insert celebrity's name] Style
3. Dress Like [insert celebrity's name]
4. [insert celebrity's name] Couture

The reason why Selena Style works so well is because they both start with an S.
The reason Chelsea Couture works so well is, again because they both start with a C.

And now you're saying 'but Meg you copied Miley Fashion/Dress Like Miley', yes but I credited them and this was back when no one used "[insert celebrity's name] Fashion". I'm sick of seeing the same site names! Why is no one original anymore? You could be so creative with site names! There's a thing called a thesaurus. Use it! There are so many possibilities! Why not use those possibilities!

Think about the style sites you visit (or even the style sites you own) how many of them fall into one of the 4 site titles above? See? Probably a lot.

Why can't anyone be original with their site name's anymore?

Now whenever I see a new style site that falls into one of these site name catagories it's going to bug me.. Bet it's going to bug you too.

OMG!

Buck (From the What The Buck Show. Amazing youtube show, must watch) gave me advice on his July 21, 2008 live show! It was amazing! My post from the forum is below:

"Hi everyone!

So I'm 17 years old, 5'3" and 140 pounds, within what is considered my age's normal weight range. However my mom is bugging me about my weight. Every now and then she will make a comment like 'you need to start working out'. Finally I told her that I was happy with who I am and that I didn't need to change for anyone. She still bugs me about my weight.

Anyone have any advice on how to get my mom to stop bugging me about my weight? I love myself and am confident no matter what my weight is and I just wish my mom would understand that."

Click Here For the Live Show The time where he starts talking is 20:17. If you don't want to watch it I transcribed it below:

"More advice. Listen up, prehaps you have a similiar problem. This one kind of got to me. This one made me a little upset. This is from Missmeggie. Mom bugging me about my weight. "Hi everyone!

So I'm 17 years old, 5'3" and 140 pounds, within what is considered my age's normal weight range. However my mom is bugging me about my weight. Every now and then she will make a comment like 'you need to start working out'. Finally I told her that I was happy with who I am and that I didn't need to change for anyone. You go girl! She still bugs me about my weight.

Anyone have any advice on how to get my mom to stop bugging me about my weight? I love myself and am confident no matter what my weight is and I just wish my mom would understand that." Well you- yay! Seriously, I applaud you, I love your confidence, your right 5'3" 140 that's normal. That's definietely not- you know. Here's the thing- god they suck! Sometimes, parents think they're helping. I know it's hard to understand but they do. Even though they're hurting your feelings and being really annoying they think they're trying to help you and your mom's probably really thin too or she maybe was picked on when she was chubby but who knows.

Anyway, it's wonderful that you assurted yourself- I- ugh- this is so annoying because you asserted yourself and communicated and your 17 and you said to her don't do this it bothers me and she still does it. I think you should find out say 'mom, what bothers you about yourself' and maybe it's her thighs or her nose or that mole and everytime she brings up your weight you should bring up her mole. I'm serious, she's playing dirty with you. You told her it bothered you and she keeps doing it. I don't know. Ignore her and smile. I guess that's what you have to do right? If someone's annoying you like that you just have to ignore them and smile because you've already brought it up and you did the mature thing and she didn't respond to it. Or here this is really good if you're desperate. Pass out. Pretend to pass out, they'll take you to the hospital and then tell you haven't eaten in 3 days because you said I was so fat mom so I haven't eaten in three days. And then play her this song" Then he played "This is Me" by Demi and Joe."

But it's a lot better to see and hear him say it because it's a lot funnier then.

My heart skipped a beat when he read my username. I was so touched that he read my post and gave me advice with 900 people watching! He started by saying that my situation made him so mad then read my username and post. Then he gave me advice (which I'll post or transcribe over here). Last, he said I should *insert advice* then play this song for my mom and started playing "This Is Me" by Demi and Joe. That was really cool because it kind of felt like he played it was for me, even if he didn't.

I just wanted to share because I was so excited and I hope that if someone else that is reading this is dealing with the same problem Buck's advice helped you in some way.

First Post!

Hey all! This is my first post! I'll write in here to tell you all about my day, if anything interesting happened. If not I'll write about something that has been on my mind. So keep checking back!