Lighten Up a Little

Dont you think your parents SHOULDNT give you phone curfews on NEW YEARS?? Whoever reads this have parents that probably dont..but mine do. I just got in trouble for being on the phone with syd at 2:00 am on new years. I just wanted to let her know that drake was preforming. She had already missed him on BET and i thought i should make her happy. Right after that i went and told my mother I helped sydney from missing drake and she laughed. Now she yells at me and tells me that i know my deadline for my phone and she almost took it. That's not it though. I had to wait until i was 14 to polish my nails, and my earrings have to be a certain size. I was in the car with my aunt, and a song came on that she said she used to listen to in high school when she and my mom went to parties. She asked me am i going to go to parties later, and i told her if i have earring size restrictions, there is NO WAY im partying anytime soon. I mean im not like going to go get earrings the size of my head. I was taught better than that. I just want them to be larger and cuter. I also cant listen to most of the music i want to. Its just a song. It will not change me in any way. They are just words. I know that if i said any of them id be beat so why is it such a big deal? Im way past the age where i hear and reapeat. Thats like five. Lighten up a little!
-Yin

What is it going to be like?

Seriously. What is it going to be like? I'm curious. I was pretty upset when Michael passed but I could never comprehend the pain of the people that grew up listening to his music and learning about him, almost as if they knew him. Most of those are people like our mothers and fathers. Some people thought it was a little too much to cry about his death, but our parents actually deserved a tear or two because of that special connection with someone who kept entertaining the world as our parents got older. So what is it going to be like for us web 2.0 users? Our generation? How will we feel when people who have started a teen craze like Justin Bieber, Beyonce', or Miley Cyrus start dying off? I think about the rappers sometimes too. I don't know about everybody else, but I love Lil' Wayne and can't picture the world with him gone from it. Most people probably think he's crude and degrading to women, but love him or not, its still kind of hard to wrap you head around. It has been a whole year, and Michael's passing is only about halfway through my brain. I just think what would America in particular feel like 40 years from now when most of our current pop sensations are gone from this earth.
-Yin