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One of my first few blog posts was me ranting (like most of my blogs) about rude people on the bus, and I found a meme picture that just fit so perfectly. It describes the people on my bus so perfectly.
 
Generally I'm the kind of person that won't ever speak up if something is bothering me, but that doesn't mean nothing bothers me. Actually, a lot of things bother me. So I've decided to make a list of some of the things that bother me the most.

1. People who continue to do something after I've asked them to stop. Honestly, it's not funny it's annoying.
2. Being ignored.
3. PDA on the bus or in the hallways.
4. People who chew gum like cows.
5. When people retweet fake celebrity accounts on twitter. They're not real and retweeting them won't get you a follow from the real account!
6. When the TV guide says something awesome is going to be on but then it isn't... DON'T LIE TO ME!
7. Being really excited to eat something you left in the fridge only to find out someone else ate it.
8. People who sing along to musicals louder than the actual characters.
9. YOLO.
10. Movies with extremely loud music and quiet dialogue.
11. Loud chewing.
12. People who listen to weird music, out loud, in public.
13. When my earphones get tangled after being in my pockets for not even 5 minutes.
14. People who have no regard for everyone else in movie theaters. (ie. talking on their phone, talking very loud to the people they're with, laughing/screaming/crying way louder than necessary)
15. Slow walkers in crowded places.
16. The duck face.
 
Do you ever get that feeling right between your chest and your throat? Like it's being squeezed just a little too tight. Or it's closing up, but not all the way.

Sometimes I get that feeling and I know what the feeling means. It means I just need to cry.

Life is like a puzzle, but all the pieces look way too similar and you can't find any of the edge pieces. No it doesn't always mean you're sad, or depressed, or angry. It just happens.

Today is one of those days where I want to curl up in a ball and watch movies all day. But I can't. I have to find all the pieces that match together. I have to put the puzzle that is life in order.

No matter how much I don't want to get dressed or how much I don't want to do my homework, I have to. That's just the way it is.

When I've finished what I need to do, then I can lay about and watch a cry-worthy movie. Maybe tonight after I've finished all my chores I'll put on my pajamas and watch Cyberbully or Raise Your Voice (two of my "need-a-good-cry" movies).

Sometimes, no matter how strong you are, you just need a good cry. For no good reason you just need to wrap yourself up in a blanket with popcorn and watch a movie that will just rip out your heart and hand it to you because hey, we're all human and we all just need to cry sometimes.
 
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The other day in class, Mr. Kemp asked us if we knew what our long term goals were. Most people were saying like "Get an 80%" or "Get my story published." But the only thing that came into my head when he asked us wasn't for school, it was much more long-term than that. My thoughts immediately went to what I want for my life.

Most teenagers want an exciting and adventurous job. Not me. Some kids would say they want to be a firefighter, a police officer, an astronaut, or a lawyer. Interesting jobs like that.

Most people would say what I want to do with my life is plain, maybe even boring. I really don't think it is. You see, I want to open my own bakery.

As you can see with the pictures I've put with this post, I like to make some pretty intricate thing. And yes, I did make both of the things in the pictures.

Quite a few people have doubted me when I said that I wanted to go to culinary school and take business classes. Even my mother asked me if I'm sure that's really what I want to do with my life and that maybe I should look up what the pay is.

Honestly I don't care what the pay is. My cousin and I both want to be pastry chefs so her and I were planning on doing this together. Some people out there might think that I haven't put very much thought into this, when in actuality I've put a lot of thought into this. Enough thought that my entire high school electives for grades 11 and 12 are revolving around my dream.

Financial accounting for both years, intro to entrepreneurship, I've taken or am taking all the foods courses available, I've spent countless amounts of time looking up different Universities in Canada that offer culinary programs and I've even decided I want to go to Niagara University.

So although some people may say my dream is boring or even silly, it's what I want to do with my life. No matter what anyone says I've chose my dream and I'm sticking to it.

 
 
I'll be going to Nashville tomorrow morning until Sunday, so when I get back expect a couple blogs about my first trip outside of Ontario! 

Laurel Austin