Melody Ross,

You were my best friend in track and the person that i talked to the most. You listened to me and made me laugh and knew all my secrets. We would always ditch track together and go to starbucks or frogurtz and then complain about being unhealthy. We would hate on the other girls on the pole vault team because you know we hated those three and those three hated us. Except Ariel, of course, because we love her.

You owe me rides to track meets remember? I drove you to every single one. We were supposed to get better in pole vault together, you, me, and Ariel. We were supposed to be a united group against the other girls. We were supposed to kick their asses and beat them in pole vault remember? You were supposed to be this amazing, wonderful girl. You had so much left for you, senior year, college, and you could've been anything you wanted.

But now, how are we supposed to go on living life without you? How can we do what we do everyday without thinking of you? Melody, don't you know how many people loved you? You didn't deserve this, hun, you never deserved any of this. How can we go on without you?

I can't believe i'll never see you smile again. I can't believe i'll never hear you yell again or talk really fast because everybody knows that you do. I can't believe i'll never see you and your white washed self. I can't believe i'll never hear you mkae jokes, or bag on people, or start laughing in the middle of a story. I can't believe i'll never ditch track with you again or hear you gossip about what happened that day. I can't believe i'll never hear your loud laugh, especially when you're laughing at me because of something stupid i did. Most of all, i can't believe you're gone from my life. And i already miss you.

Melody, all we can hope for is for you to be in heaven right now because that's what you deserve and that's where we all want you to be.

Melody Ross, i love you, Ariel loves you, we love you.

-Kyla Nguyen

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Melody Ross, age 16, was shot in front of Wilson Classical High School gym last night. She was leaving from the homecoming game and was about to hang out with her friends and a gun was shot and she was the unfortunate victim.

She died in the hospital.

The next morning, all of her friends gathered where she was shot and placed flowers there. Her best friend had been there since 1 in the morning. There are still people coming now, all to pay their respects and mourn the loss of a beautiful life that has been lost.

Gangs and violence never lead to something good. There will always be bloodshed and war. Unfortunately, this time, an innocent life was lost, one that many people knew and loved.

We must all hope that this never happens to anyone else.

HEY GAIZ.
LONG BEACH WOODROW WILSON HOMECOMING TOMORROW.
SO. FUCKING. PSYCHED.

Otaku's Anonymous Club (ANIME CLUB) is selling orange chicken w/ white rice!
Dumbledore's Army (Harry Potter Club) is selling butterbeer!
Track Club is selling hot wings!
Musician's Guild is selling Bat shaped cookies!!

'09 Homecoming theme is Up, Up, and Away!
I'll be the geek wearing the superman cape!

Preppy and Otaku pretty much NEVER go together am it right?
Right?
Well that's true....until now.
Meet me.
Moi.
I walked into anime club one day and i looked around for my friends, da prez and the sexcretary. (i'm the treasurer ), and some guy came up to me and said this and i quote!
"Umm...i think your in the wrong place. This is the anime club."
I just gave him that look you give to stupid people and said
"I know...i'm the treasurer."
Awkward silence descended.
"Oh um....sorry."
O.O
Well...in his defense, i guess i can be mistaken as someone who doesn't like anime...or even know what it is actually.I walked into anime club that day wearing ABERCROMBIE button up shirt (we have uniform...ick), HOLLISTER shorts, and UGGS.
YOU HEAR THAT.
I DON'T HATE/BASH HOLLISTER AND AE OR A&F.
Oh what the hell, let's get to the point.
I. Do. Not. Look. Like. An. Otaku.
at all.
nope.
nada.
and that wasn't the only time this has happened either!
I was talking to a girl i just met in english and we just hit it off like uber great friends and she's a cheerleader btw.
Anywayss~
i was listing off the school clubs i was in (i'm in alot) and when i got to anime club she stopped me and was like
"Whoah. Whoah! Anime club? no way!"
"Yeah? Is that hard to believe?"
"No way! You're kidding right?
"No."
Tell me, why is it that people believe that anime geeks look a certain way, act a certain way, and talk a certain way huh?
And explain this to me, tell me why some ANIME OTAKUS out there are so determined to fit the mold of the predetermined stereotype of the anime geek. Maybe that's not what you think and i can understand that. I used to do that. I tried to be so "different" i.e. wear armwarmers, gloves and scarves when it was a fecking 90 degress outside, or constantly wear black no matter the weather. But then one day i realized...what the feck was i doing? Couldn't i dress the way i wanted to, uninfluenced by what i liked?
But YOU.
YES YOU.
YOU ANIME OTAKUS OUT THERE.
You feel victimized, yes. You feel like the outcast, yes, i understand. And i'm sure you don't mean it but by openly declaring that you "hate" all the "preppy stores", you essentially making yourself just as bad as those who judge you yourself.
And please, don't even mention hot topic to me.
Because that is now the opposite of what it used to considered.
My point is...just because you like anime and manga does NOT mean that you CANNOT talk to people that don't!
Have you ever tried?
If yes, have you ever reevaluated exactly what you said?
No huh.
What i'm trying to do is break the mold.
Get rid of these stereotypes that rack every school. Make people realize that not every anime geek out there is a social recluse and one that is into the "emo" fashion and make anime otakus out there realize that there are people who don't like anime that are just perfectly fine to talk to.
While this journal probably started as some funny anecdote, it has now turned into a full blown rant.
I apologize that but plaese, keep what i just said in mind.
It could change your view of the world and the people around you.
I'm also very sorry if i offended anyone, i didn't mean to. If it helps any, just ignore everything that i said above and read whats below.
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Work in Progress!
KibaSin's (VERY)late birthday present!!!!- it's taking a fecking crapload of time! Hopefully she'll like it!
Some SessKag stuff only because i wanted to post some stuff in support of Dokuga (i joined!)
Of course....MOAR YOUKO AND KURONUE.
But i have this weird obsession with drawing them in different style EVERY. SINGLE. FREAKING. TIME.
Myabe its just because i wanna do justice to the beautiful men that they are....
but as i'm doing kibasin's birthday present...i reeeeaaallly wanna draw MORE pretty guys now.
I'm also digging these little things -->
LOL.
Also i'm really digging this band called Foals. Damn you Shannel! Damn you!
(and she isn't on here so there's really no point in saying that.)
Oh and Legend of Zelda Phatom Hourglass is stealing my soul.
Save me?
Walkthroughs are <3.
But i got to this part where i had to scream into the mic. I blew into it instead because it was...like...2 in the morning and i didn't want to wake everyone up.
Anyways, i blew at it for so long i got light headed.
XD
but i got a salvage arm for 200 rupees!
WHoo!
Hell this journal is getting long.
I'll just leave you with some videos
Something funny --> [link]
Something anime and funny --> [link]
Something CUTE --> [link]
Alright, imma go play Legend of Zelda and shop at Hollister online.
Join me?

Yesterday my dad got laid off from work.

I'm worried how this is affecting him because he's acting a bit weird and is really distracted lately. I'm afraid of what's going to happen and what might happen to us. I just hope things will begin to look up for this family because as of right now, only my brother is making money and it's not a lot.

Also, i was going to submit some art today as soon as i had scanned it but as it turns out, my dad's work laptop was the one that could've been hooked up to the scanner. So the pictures will have to wait until i get the scanner in my room and hooked up to my computer. I don't know how long that will be so i'm terribly sorry.

Please be patient and again, i'm sorry for the inconvenience.