Rise above this

I made an A in my American Literature class!!! I am so, so happy! Plus, I got my hair cut, and Breaking Dawn comes out tomorrow! Now, if only I could figure out when I'm going shopping. It's tax free weekend, so I gotta get in on that. I have been drooling over some clothes here and there, and everywhere will be having sales.

I went to Sonic tonight, and as I was coming home, there was a dog in the road! A tiny little dog was running around obviously lost. I stopped to help it, and it vanished. There were people across the road trying to get it, so I hope they got him when I wasn't looking. At one point there was a car in my line of vision, so I hope the dog made it OK. I hate to see animals die.

Haha, I've got my chinchilla out, letting him play, and Rocky is trying to play with him. Rocky is a twelve pound ball of love, and Triscuit is the chin's name. I love these two, and it's going to be sad to split them up when I move. :(

Well, let's see here. I guess I'm done, for now.

It's easy if you do it right

For as long as I have had the internet and been able to access the information, I have been concerned with animal welfare and animal rescue. I think we should protect wild animals and domestic animals from exploitation, and I am in the process of becoming a vegetarian and hopefully one day a vegan. I hate puppy mills, Premarin (ask and I'm happy to tell), horse racing, fur farms, and animal abusers. I cannot change that about myself. Believe me, I have tried. My family doesn't understand why I cry at the animal shelter, or the news story about the puppy mill.

My dad especially. He has called me a "fucking nutjob". I promise, that is a direct quote, straight from his mouth. I said something tonight about how four million healthy animals are put down annually and he said, "Oh no, not stats." His lack of support and understanding for his third child really bothers the hell out of me.

However, I have decided that I am not going to let it bother me anymore. I am going to volunteer with animal rescue groups until I'm out of college, and my eventual hope is to work for the HSUS and then open a no kill shelter for all types of animals in Middle Tennessee or Montana. I know that our parents are supposed to be the voices of authority or whatever, but I am so sick of him. I am tired of being hurt by the fact that my family scoffs at me. So, I am ignoring them. If Mom, Dad and Laura want to live complacently and ignore the issues around them, that is there boring choice.

I will leave you high and dry

Well, I got a blog. Yay, me. Whatever. Now I am officially a loser, right? I use blogging as a way to express my emotions, and that has really bothered some people in the past.

Random Facts time!

I once had a dog named Tarbaby that drug me about by my feet.
I love living, but sometimes I hate my life. (Don't we all.)
I try my very best not to judge people. It's hard, but I don't understand who I am to say what people should do with their lives.
I love to read, and I truly mean that.

So, I start MTSU in less than a month, and I am excited! It will be a big change from Motlow. More people, more classes, more freedom. Everyone seems to think I'll go on some crazy binge. Sure, whatever. I might go party now and then, but I enjoy having a good GPA. Sue me.

Only four more days of summer classes!