Hello gingers! Today I want to talk about what the self-explanatory title says. Good? Good.
Recently, I feel like I have freed myself from a lot of negativity in my life. And I realized it was the people that I was surrounding myself that was causing the problem.
I was surrounding myself with people who were always mad about this thing or another, and I felt burdened by what they had to say. They were bringing me down with them and I couldn't do anything to help them with anything anyway. They were wasting all this energy complaining about things they couldn't change.
They were pessimistic people, and because they were, I was becoming one too. I wasn't happy, and it wasn't right.
Because of that constant stream of anger that was being thrown at me, I wasn't happy.
And by being friends with some people, I was supporting this hate that I didn't want to. That's a whole other story but I am much happier now that I don't have that weight on my shoulder.
But it was so amazing to think about that right after I broke things off, I felt better. I felt free. I felt like I wasn't obligated to be with this person and try to support them with their constant depression that was being transferred to me.
And it happened in the most perfect time. Right before high school.
I am as confident as ever, and I'm ready to take on the world guys.
Keep On Being Confident,
Rachael The Ginger
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
Second Day
Hello gingers! There are too many of these high school blogs. They'll stop once it just becomes normal.
So the second day was a little bit crazier. We had a pep rally and the cheerleaders were just precious. Especially Sydney, the best sideline clapper I've ever seen. You go girl.
And we didn't get booed! Apparently all the freshman's get booed when they are night enthusiastic and stuff. So that's great! But then we had class. Which was scary.
Because this was the first day of real class basically. And we got pushed around a bit by upperclassmen but nothing out of the ordinary happened. We were probably really annoying so I get it. The halls were crowded, it's chaotic to see if you are going to make it to your class or not. It's all just crazy.
But I made it to class, and I made it to lunch. Because there are 2 lunches just so you're not confused enough. And everything was pretty good.
We are starting to really understand who are teachers are, which is also good. And we got many syllabi. And many annoying lists of things we need.
But on the bus ride home, it was a little weird. I had some kind of seniority because I was a freshman. Over the middle-schoolers I mean. And they were so loud. And so obnoxious. And I feel bad for people of the bus when we were seventh graders. Because seriously man. So. Loud.
But I definitely felt proud to be in high school. So that's also good.
And I made it home, without a scratch.
Good day overall.
Keep On Going To High School,
Rachael The Ginger
So the second day was a little bit crazier. We had a pep rally and the cheerleaders were just precious. Especially Sydney, the best sideline clapper I've ever seen. You go girl.
And we didn't get booed! Apparently all the freshman's get booed when they are night enthusiastic and stuff. So that's great! But then we had class. Which was scary.
Because this was the first day of real class basically. And we got pushed around a bit by upperclassmen but nothing out of the ordinary happened. We were probably really annoying so I get it. The halls were crowded, it's chaotic to see if you are going to make it to your class or not. It's all just crazy.
But I made it to class, and I made it to lunch. Because there are 2 lunches just so you're not confused enough. And everything was pretty good.
We are starting to really understand who are teachers are, which is also good. And we got many syllabi. And many annoying lists of things we need.
But on the bus ride home, it was a little weird. I had some kind of seniority because I was a freshman. Over the middle-schoolers I mean. And they were so loud. And so obnoxious. And I feel bad for people of the bus when we were seventh graders. Because seriously man. So. Loud.
But I definitely felt proud to be in high school. So that's also good.
And I made it home, without a scratch.
Good day overall.
Keep On Going To High School,
Rachael The Ginger
Monday, August 13, 2012
My First Day Of High School
Hello gingers! I'm here to talk about my first day of high school and all it has encompassed.
It. Was. Cray.
We wound up at school and the cheerleaders were there cheering us into the building which totally wasn't awkward at all. I came in, I saw tons of old friends and we screamed and squealed and hugged because we are teenagers and all. We then went into the gym and we were taught cheers by Varsity. I have a friend on Varsity, so I'm cool.
And we went to homeroom and my teacher is really just amazing. She is so fun and sarcastic and amazing. I suddenly just felt that whatever barrier is between lower grade school teachers and students was shattered. High school teachers treat us differently. I like that a lot.
And we got made fun of by them a bit for being freshman too. So that's cool.
Today was just freshman though. Tomorrow the big kids come in too.
And we played games and went about the rest of our day. My teachers are all really amazing, and I'm so excited to actually have class with them. That will start tomorrow basically.
This morning, I decided to wear a batman shirt, which I'm proud of looking back on. Frick yeah.
And when I said goodbye to my mom there was some tears but I fought them back. Because high school means I'm a big girl now, and I don't cry on my first day. But at random parts in the day I have just felt it come on. I don't know why exactly. But I'm pretty sure it has to do with growing up :)
I'm getting older. And this is just a marker testifying to that.
And when I said goodbye to my dad, before I was about to enter the school that I would be in for the next 4 years, I fought back tears as well. This is all just so crazy.
But I'm excited to see what is to come from it. I'm excited for the next 4 years of my life. And I think they will be pretty cool. Even if they aren't the best years of my life. Today was the first day of the rest of my life. And I thought it was pretty good.
But we'll just have to see, like with everything. High school is this big change that everybody is anticipating, and it's scary. Soon enough it will just become a part of life. And soon enough I'll be graduating and moving on to college. And soon enough all of this school stuff will just be a thing of the past.
But I'm enjoying this moment. And it's going to be an amazing ride. So here's to high school.
-Rachael Robinson
It. Was. Cray.
We wound up at school and the cheerleaders were there cheering us into the building which totally wasn't awkward at all. I came in, I saw tons of old friends and we screamed and squealed and hugged because we are teenagers and all. We then went into the gym and we were taught cheers by Varsity. I have a friend on Varsity, so I'm cool.
And we went to homeroom and my teacher is really just amazing. She is so fun and sarcastic and amazing. I suddenly just felt that whatever barrier is between lower grade school teachers and students was shattered. High school teachers treat us differently. I like that a lot.
And we got made fun of by them a bit for being freshman too. So that's cool.
Today was just freshman though. Tomorrow the big kids come in too.
And we played games and went about the rest of our day. My teachers are all really amazing, and I'm so excited to actually have class with them. That will start tomorrow basically.
This morning, I decided to wear a batman shirt, which I'm proud of looking back on. Frick yeah.
And when I said goodbye to my mom there was some tears but I fought them back. Because high school means I'm a big girl now, and I don't cry on my first day. But at random parts in the day I have just felt it come on. I don't know why exactly. But I'm pretty sure it has to do with growing up :)
I'm getting older. And this is just a marker testifying to that.
And when I said goodbye to my dad, before I was about to enter the school that I would be in for the next 4 years, I fought back tears as well. This is all just so crazy.
But I'm excited to see what is to come from it. I'm excited for the next 4 years of my life. And I think they will be pretty cool. Even if they aren't the best years of my life. Today was the first day of the rest of my life. And I thought it was pretty good.
But we'll just have to see, like with everything. High school is this big change that everybody is anticipating, and it's scary. Soon enough it will just become a part of life. And soon enough I'll be graduating and moving on to college. And soon enough all of this school stuff will just be a thing of the past.
But I'm enjoying this moment. And it's going to be an amazing ride. So here's to high school.
-Rachael Robinson
Sunday, August 12, 2012
High School Stress
Hello gingers! This is going to be long and ramble-y.
So I was thinking about the wide disagreement about high school today. You either loved high school and thought it was the best years of your life, or you hated high school with a passion and you wanted it to go die in a hole.
First side: Basically every adult you know personally. They'll all say, "These are the best years of your life!" But I mean, that's a lot of pressure to put on a teen. 4 years is not that long of a time and that's a lot of expectation you're putting on people. And I mean, really? I just can't wrap my head around this really being the best years of my life. Because that's a really young age. You've got at least a couple more decades of your entire life to be the best years of your life.
Second side: I remember watching a vlogbrother's video once and Hank Green was talking about how there was a lot of pressure on him as well to have high school be the best years of his life. And in the video he talks about he basically said "this better not be the best years of my life because this sucks" He said that it gets better after high school.
So I don't know what to believe.
Everybody is throwing things at us, trying to give us advice. But it's not helping much.
I feel like that's why we are trying to impress people in high school. It's because these are supposed to be the best years of our lives so we better make sure everyone we were around is aware of that. I'm trying to look good. I'm trying to be cool. Because I want to make a good start on the next 4 years.
It's all very stressful and I'm tired of being worried about it. I'm tired of being scared of what's to come. So we have to venture into this unknown, if it's high school or whatever.
Everybody wants to be the best, but I've been trying to tell myself and ask myself if in 10 years this is even going to matter. Is it really going to matter what we wore on the first day. Is it really going to matter what kind of grades we got or what kind of classes we took. What is going to matter?
It is true that I want high school to be an adventure and be fun and be amazing. But I don't want it to be the end all overall of my entire life. High school is stupid.
But it's supposed to be amazing, and I want to make something amazing out of it.
But I'm nervous. It's hard not to be. So I need to get back to deciding if I should wear a batman tee or a nice dress shirt.
When you step into your kindergarten classroom, you're not thinking of this result. When you step into middle school, you might be thinking about it a little. But now it's happening. And I don't know how to handle myself.
But I'll be back tomorrow, telling my tales of the first day of the rest of my life.
Telling the story, of my first day of high school.
-Rachael The Ginger
So I was thinking about the wide disagreement about high school today. You either loved high school and thought it was the best years of your life, or you hated high school with a passion and you wanted it to go die in a hole.
First side: Basically every adult you know personally. They'll all say, "These are the best years of your life!" But I mean, that's a lot of pressure to put on a teen. 4 years is not that long of a time and that's a lot of expectation you're putting on people. And I mean, really? I just can't wrap my head around this really being the best years of my life. Because that's a really young age. You've got at least a couple more decades of your entire life to be the best years of your life.
Second side: I remember watching a vlogbrother's video once and Hank Green was talking about how there was a lot of pressure on him as well to have high school be the best years of his life. And in the video he talks about he basically said "this better not be the best years of my life because this sucks" He said that it gets better after high school.
So I don't know what to believe.
Everybody is throwing things at us, trying to give us advice. But it's not helping much.
I feel like that's why we are trying to impress people in high school. It's because these are supposed to be the best years of our lives so we better make sure everyone we were around is aware of that. I'm trying to look good. I'm trying to be cool. Because I want to make a good start on the next 4 years.
It's all very stressful and I'm tired of being worried about it. I'm tired of being scared of what's to come. So we have to venture into this unknown, if it's high school or whatever.
Everybody wants to be the best, but I've been trying to tell myself and ask myself if in 10 years this is even going to matter. Is it really going to matter what we wore on the first day. Is it really going to matter what kind of grades we got or what kind of classes we took. What is going to matter?
It is true that I want high school to be an adventure and be fun and be amazing. But I don't want it to be the end all overall of my entire life. High school is stupid.
But it's supposed to be amazing, and I want to make something amazing out of it.
But I'm nervous. It's hard not to be. So I need to get back to deciding if I should wear a batman tee or a nice dress shirt.
When you step into your kindergarten classroom, you're not thinking of this result. When you step into middle school, you might be thinking about it a little. But now it's happening. And I don't know how to handle myself.
But I'll be back tomorrow, telling my tales of the first day of the rest of my life.
Telling the story, of my first day of high school.
-Rachael The Ginger
Saturday, August 11, 2012
My Last Day
Hello gingers! My last day of summer is tomorrow, and I think I need to try to actually do something with it.
This happens every summer. I have an awesome time enjoying the indoors and the luxury of my electronics, and my videos. And then the last week rolls around and I realized that I haven't done a single thing with my summer. Yeah, I've hung out with my friends a couple times, I've talked many hours on skype, I went swimming about 3 times, but if you really add that up, it amounts to nothing.
I didn't do anything special really. But I've come to realize that I don't really like when things are special. Things are just normal. I like being on schedule's and have a set structure of what is to go on. I don't need any obligatory social interaction with people I don't have to see to interfere with that.
What I have noticed about myself this summer is that I really do enjoy being alone. I love being alone with my thoughts, and just take a breath once and a while. With hustle and bustle being two very big components in my life, it's really nice to have a break. And school causes lots of of chaos as well.
And I'm starting high school, the day after tomorrow. I'm not sure if it's supposed to be life changing or not. People always say it's not like that. But I guess I'll just have to figure it out for myself.
I want to make my last day at least a little special. I'll try my best.
Keep On Making Things Special,
Rachael The Ginger
This happens every summer. I have an awesome time enjoying the indoors and the luxury of my electronics, and my videos. And then the last week rolls around and I realized that I haven't done a single thing with my summer. Yeah, I've hung out with my friends a couple times, I've talked many hours on skype, I went swimming about 3 times, but if you really add that up, it amounts to nothing.
I didn't do anything special really. But I've come to realize that I don't really like when things are special. Things are just normal. I like being on schedule's and have a set structure of what is to go on. I don't need any obligatory social interaction with people I don't have to see to interfere with that.
What I have noticed about myself this summer is that I really do enjoy being alone. I love being alone with my thoughts, and just take a breath once and a while. With hustle and bustle being two very big components in my life, it's really nice to have a break. And school causes lots of of chaos as well.
And I'm starting high school, the day after tomorrow. I'm not sure if it's supposed to be life changing or not. People always say it's not like that. But I guess I'll just have to figure it out for myself.
I want to make my last day at least a little special. I'll try my best.
Keep On Making Things Special,
Rachael The Ginger
Friday, August 10, 2012
These People Are Amazing
Hello gingers! I can't really say I've discovered them, considering they're on the front page almost every week, but I have discovered their true potential, if you will.
I'm talking about Yogscast, and just by the name you probably know if you love the mor hate them already. Youtube.com/BlueXephos is the channel name, and I just want to explain why I love them so much.
They do minecraft videos but it's not just them playing minecraft, or them doing reviews. They've really took something and made it amazing with the idea they had.
They are two crazy Brits and they have taken this game of minecraft and they have crafted a huge story with it. They have developed characters and they have made this whole world and story using minecraft.
They have taken Let's Play and turned it into so much more, by getting people invested in what they are doing, even if they don't play minecraft. I think I would watch it if I didn't play minecraft because they are so funny and the story is so amazing.
I've been wanting to talk about this for a while, but I never felt the need to really get around to it. But I've been powering through to get caught up lately and everything got so much more intense and awesome so I thought I had to share it with you.
People always say, take something and put your own spin on it. Well Simon and Lewis have done that perfecting by making their own RPG out of Minecraft and letting us watch them play it.
You know something is awesome when you find yourself screaming at the computer telling them what to do because you're frustrated that they missed things, or there is something behind them about to kill them. And you just have to sit back and laugh at yourself for getting so serious about a youtube show.
But it's hard not to get serious about it. But you will be laughing so hard you will cry.
Here's the link. Enjoy: http://www.youtube.com/bluexephos
Keep On Watching Silly Videos,
Rachael The Ginger
I'm talking about Yogscast, and just by the name you probably know if you love the mor hate them already. Youtube.com/BlueXephos is the channel name, and I just want to explain why I love them so much.
They do minecraft videos but it's not just them playing minecraft, or them doing reviews. They've really took something and made it amazing with the idea they had.
They are two crazy Brits and they have taken this game of minecraft and they have crafted a huge story with it. They have developed characters and they have made this whole world and story using minecraft.
They have taken Let's Play and turned it into so much more, by getting people invested in what they are doing, even if they don't play minecraft. I think I would watch it if I didn't play minecraft because they are so funny and the story is so amazing.
I've been wanting to talk about this for a while, but I never felt the need to really get around to it. But I've been powering through to get caught up lately and everything got so much more intense and awesome so I thought I had to share it with you.
People always say, take something and put your own spin on it. Well Simon and Lewis have done that perfecting by making their own RPG out of Minecraft and letting us watch them play it.
You know something is awesome when you find yourself screaming at the computer telling them what to do because you're frustrated that they missed things, or there is something behind them about to kill them. And you just have to sit back and laugh at yourself for getting so serious about a youtube show.
But it's hard not to get serious about it. But you will be laughing so hard you will cry.
Here's the link. Enjoy: http://www.youtube.com/bluexephos
Keep On Watching Silly Videos,
Rachael The Ginger
Thursday, August 9, 2012
High School
Hello gingers! So, I got my schedule today, and things are looking up.
I had this whole dilemma if you didn't know, and it finally got resolved today. Basically, the computer messed up my whole schedule, and the counselor who was going to help me fix it said he had never seen it happen before. So take about 3 weeks of worrying about it and throw that on top of it.
But in all serious-ness, or not serious-ness I'm very excited to high school and what it will bring. My first day is Monday and you can bet your biscuits that I'll be blogging about it. Because that's what I do ya know.
I'm excited to try new things, and just be a high-schooler. It's a status I think people underestimate, but I'm excited to have it for the time being.
But for now I will be playing minecraft, and counting the days until I have to get up at 6 in the morning.
I know this blog is late, but you can only try to get better guys. I have a game of minecraft paused for this.
Keep On Going To School,
Rachael The Ginger
I had this whole dilemma if you didn't know, and it finally got resolved today. Basically, the computer messed up my whole schedule, and the counselor who was going to help me fix it said he had never seen it happen before. So take about 3 weeks of worrying about it and throw that on top of it.
But in all serious-ness, or not serious-ness I'm very excited to high school and what it will bring. My first day is Monday and you can bet your biscuits that I'll be blogging about it. Because that's what I do ya know.
I'm excited to try new things, and just be a high-schooler. It's a status I think people underestimate, but I'm excited to have it for the time being.
But for now I will be playing minecraft, and counting the days until I have to get up at 6 in the morning.
I know this blog is late, but you can only try to get better guys. I have a game of minecraft paused for this.
Keep On Going To School,
Rachael The Ginger
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