What Are Friends For? A Longer Life
An interesting article that I found through my friend. It just goes to show how important it is to have a good support network and friends 
“Friendship has a bigger impact on our psychological well-being than family relationships.”
That doesn’t mean that family shouldn’t be more important than friends, but our peers do have a lot of influence. We usually spend more time at school and around our friends than we do at home. And if we think about it, our friends/peers sometimes know more about us than some of our famiy members.
“Friendship is an undervalued resource. The consistent message of these studies is that friends make your life better.”
I agree. Because I don’t know how I could’ve gotten through this past year without my friends. And I appreciate all the friends I’ve ever had, even ones that I may not be as close to anymore. Because all my friends have helped me get through something. So I’m lucky to have had so many good friends. Thanks
20 Wordpress Theme Frameworks and Starting Resources
I’ve never heard of theme frameworks before. But when I get the time to actually look into it, I’ll be one step closer to making my own theme for this blog. Or at least I’ll get a chance to make it more customized. I miss coding and designing 
I found the article through Smashing Magazine. One of the most useful websites ever.
I was going to start something last week. I was going to choose certain secrets from Postsecret and comment on them if I felt like I could relate. I usually save the images when I feel like I can really relate. But last week I decided I wasn’t going to save them right away if I was going to write about them later in the week.
I didn’t have as much time as I though and I forgot. And now it’s too late, because last week’s secrets are gone and this week’s secrets are up. I still have some old secrets saved that I could blog about. But there’s something about a couple of the secrets from last week that I really wanted to talk about. Something about being alone or something about love. I don’t remember exactly.
I will try to do the postcard thing more regularly from now on. Or at least consistently. If I find a postcard, I’ll upload it. Maybe I’ll elaborate on why I can relate to it, or maybe I’ll just let everyone read between the lines.
Let me just say, that I’m writing right now because I’m having a hard time concentrating. Which is weird, because a little over a year ago was when I really couldn’t concentrate for a couple of days. I thought I was stronger. And I am. But maybe I’m still not as strong as I want to be.
You would think that not having a love life would prevent love from being a distraction. I don’t even think I really have a crush on anyone right now. And yet, the idea of love is still on my mind. I still don’t know if I’m ready right now. But I’d be lying if I said I didn’t miss the feeling of being in love. And I’d be lying even more if I said that I didn’t miss the feeling of being loved in return.
High school play canceled over possible objections to gay content
I found this article in February, but never got to write about it. The sub-heading says:
Drama teacher at a Newport Beach high school says the principal shut down his production of ‘Rent’ because of its gay characters. District officials say the principal only asked to read the script.
So according to the principal, she didn’t decide to cancel the show - the drama teacher did. But the drama teacher says the principal pulled the plug on it. I don’t know what actually happened. Regardless of the truth, I thought what the drama teacher said about why he chose the play was important:
Ron Martin said he chose “Rent,” the story of artists struggling in New York City, for the spring musical because he hoped it would be a vehicle for teaching tolerance after overhearing students using homosexual slurs.
It reminds me of how culture nights at colleges can be used to educate others about different cultures and issues going on in different communites. Entertainment used as a form of education.
Instead of “Rent,” the high school put on a production of “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown.” Can someone tell me what students can learn from that? Because I’m pretty sure it doesn’t have the same impact that “Rent” would have had.
So I signed up for a Tumblr account. Why? I honestly don’t know. But I’m still going to keep this as my main blog. I figure the tumblr is good for random quotes and possibly pictures. And shameless plugs for this blog. We’ll see how it goes.
Oh. And I should be changing the layout for this soon. I had some trouble accessing the ftp account, but thanks to Sarah it works again! :]
