Let 'em Know I Wasn't Crazy...

I just want to ramble, so that's what I'm going to do.

1. Pete and Ashlee's break up. :( I feel really bad for all of them (Pete, Ashlee, Bronx) but I'm hoping it really is as amicable as it seems and they all end up happier for it. Also, I have read some insane things from some really crazy fans and just...really? I know I'm a fangirl, but can we have a little bit of respect please? Also. if I see someone quoting "Would you rather be a widow or a divorcee" ONE MORE FUCKING TIME I cannot be held responsible for my actions.

2. I am distraught by the lack of Spencer Smith in everything Panic does. I get that Brendon's the front man and I adore the kid, but seriously. The "Making of..." For "Mona Lisa" I think has him saying "Hi, I'm Spencer" and "The first single for our new album." I didn't used to care so much, but...there's only two of them, give Spencer some camera time.

3. Panic's doing a UK tour in April. That's all good and well for the kids in the UK but does nothing for me. I know, I know, we'll probably get a summer tour. I don't care. I want to see them like...immediately after the new album comes out.

4. Once again, cannot take critiques seriously when they write Brendon's name as Brandon. Once is a typo; four times makes your argument invalid based on general stupidity. Saw two that did that yesterday.

5. GOT TICKETS FOR TRAVIE with BLACK CARDS, BAD RABBITS... and some other people...for MARCH 20 IN TOWSON! I'm SO fucking excited! Katie's going with me again and apparently her goals are to manage to touch Travie McCoy and hopefully find a way to show Pete Wentz I have Fall Out Boy lyrics on my wrist. She's a good friend. >.>

I'm still not going to do any work. No, really. You know that point in the day where you realize and have to come to terms with the fact that you are NOT going to accomplish anything else? Yes, I am there. I think I was there at about 10 a.m. And I still have class tonight. Joy. So...Time to find another way to occupy my time. Text me or something! ;)

Okay. So, I'm sure everyone has heard about the mine explosion in Montcoal. It really is a tragedy. It's not the first time it's happened...there was an explosion at my dad's mine a few years back but that happened (very luckily) on a holiday when there was hardly anyone working and no one was near the sections of the plow that blew. It's just...horrible. It's what happens, it's the risk every miner takes everyday, a risk we all knew my mom took and my dad still takes....and yet, it's such a tragedy. This is horrible and I can't even begin to really process it. My thoughts and sympathies are with every single family affected, with every person directly or indirectly hurt because of this.

And...it's so close to home. It's RIGHT there. My sister and her husband went to a wake last night (the funeral is today) for a man that has been best friends with my brother in law since they were about 2 years old. A boy I played t-ball with was killed. It wasn't just the explosion, it was the methane....they never knew what was happening until it was too late. I can't even....I don't know.

I do know....that people protesting? It's ridiculous. Have a video:


I'm all for free speech. I'm all for protesting things. You can protest hurting the earth with mining (but you better be using forms of energy so as to avoid being a hypocrite or you're no better than what you're bitching about), you can protest mining conditions and federal mine safety laws. BUT no one deserves to die. No one. People are trying to make a living and that's what you do in WV...we don't have a whole hell of a lot else here, okay? Go ahead and protest, but do NOT make the fact that all these people died just trying to make a living trivial. Also, if you can't take the heat, stay out of the kitchen. All I'm saying.

WEll, that and it's Westboro....and they'll protest anything just to get a rise out of people. Which I'll never understand. What do those people approve of? Anything?