Matt's Wisdom
Mmkay, its been a while since i've done a Matt's Wisdom post. So today kids. I'm going to take a suggestion from Rachel, and explain each of the Labels to you. Are you ready for this? Good. We'll start with the most common and work our way down to the least common.
Punk- One of the most common labels there are. Now, stereotypically in todays culture. A Punk is a person who is against any form of government(anarchy). They don't care about anyone or anything. They are druggies, and get in trouble with the law. Now what Punk originally is, or rather was. Was a form of music. Not a certain sound, but rather a certain context. Punk music generally talked about standing up for yourself, QUESTIONING the government... not going against it. It told you to be part of your country, because we are. And we do have a voice... it's just that no one uses it. Alot of people also view punks as the heavy metal kids with colored hair and mohawks and drugs. Again this is wrong. Being PUNK as a person is about expression and being who you are because you want to be that way. It's about being able to stand up for what you believe; even if you are the only one.
Prep- Ah... the preps. Now many people think of these people as the stuck up kids. Who have never lifted a finger in their life, and get whatever they want. Who think they are better than everyone else. Snotty. Originally 'prep' was a term given to people who were constantly PREP-ARED for things. Someone who constantly expected things to happen and were prepared for it. But now days your associated with prep if you've have alot of money, if you like to dress nice or if you give someone the stiff upper lip.
Emo- The emo kids. I personally have alot of problems with emo kids. But i'll do my best not to make this oppinionated. The Emo kids are exactly that. Emotional. They over react, or take things to heart way too often. They fall in love easily, and feel the world is collapsing when a relationship has a bump. Stereotypically, they wear dark clothing and usually color their hair black, or a dark red. But to be emo you don't have to do that. Also, don't confuse dramaqueens with emo kids. They take offense.
The Jocks- Alot of people can confuse the jocks with preps. But they are actually different people. The jocks are the kids that do anything for sports. They love their sport and can't think about anything but that sport. Many of them do, or have done steroids. They are the ones always yelling at the pep rallys, but don't exactly know whats going on.
Goth- The goth kids. Now these kids can be confused with the emo kids. They stereotypically, are really pale, wear black, black eye liner and everything. They constantly think about death and believe themselves to be worthless. Goth kids are typically the "straight edge" kids. meaning they cut themselves. yes thats what straight edge means... its a razor. When actually a goth kid can be anyone. Usually they are the quiet kids that no one talks to, they don't think there is a meaning to life.
Nerd/Geek- Ah... i love this group... Nerds and Geeks are actually different, but i thought i'd put them together so i could explain them better. A nerd is someone who knows alot about book things. Such as school. They are school oriented and know the book studies... and yeah, teachers pet and all that good stuff. A Geek, is someone who knows alot.. more than they should about one thing. Such as... computers. They know their way in and out of a computer and can tell you anything, but couldnt tell you a damn thing about the civil war.
Ghetto/Gangsta- Now this is probably one of the most general labels. You can be ghetto if you live in detroit, if you wear baggy clothes, if you have WHITE shoes, if you wear gold, if you have a golden tooth, if you tell someone you gonna pop a cap. a Ghetto is actually a jewish term for poor/homeless during the holocaust. You look at what we call a ghetto today... and it really has no real relation to the holocaust. But many people view ghetto as Rap, and bling bling.
I think that about sums up everything I wanted to say today. This has been you daily dosage of Matt's Wisdom.
Fear:being ignored.
oh my god..
Before the MySpace frenzy.
Before the Internet & text messaging.
Before Sidekicks & iPods.
Before MIKE JONESSS
Before PlayStation2 or X-BOX.
Before the 5 hours of homework you put off every night.
When you rented VHS tapes, not DVDs.
When gas was $0.95 a gallon & Caller ID was a new thing.
When we recorded stuff on VCRs & paid $3.50 for a movie.
When we called the radio station to request songs to hear off our walkmans.
Way back.
Tag.
Hide-n-Go Seek at dusk.
Red Light, Green Light.
Heads Up 7 Up.
Playing Kickball & Dodgeball until your porch light came on.
Hopskotch.
Slip-n-Slides.
Tree Houses.
Mother May I?
Red Rover.
Four Square.
Hula Hoops.
The annoying Nano Pets & Furbies.
Playing Street Hockey with the neighborhood friends.
Running through the sprinklers.
Happy Meals where you chose a Barbie or a Hot Wheels car.
Getting the privelage to sit in the front seat of the car.
Wait.
Watching Saturday Morning Cartoons in your PJ's still wrapped up in your Garfield comforter.
Hey Arnold, Doug, Rugrats.
The original Power Rangers
Or what about:
The Secret Life of Alex Mac.
Ren & Stimpy.
Double Dare.
Rocko's Modern Life.
AAAHH!! REAL MONSTERS.
Wild & Crazy Kids.
Clarissa Explains it All.
Are You Afraid of the Dark?
The original 'All That' cast members.
Kenan & Kel.
Who could forger Snick? & Nick @ Nite with Bewitched, I Dream of Jenie, The Facts of Life & I Love Lucy.
Where everyone wanted to be in love after watching The Wonder Years.
Not finished yet.
Kool-Aid was the drink of choice.
Wearing your new shoes on the first day of school.
Class field trips.
When Christmas was the most exciting time of year.
When $5 seemed like a million, & another dollar a miracle.
When you begged to go to McDonalds for dinner everyday.
When Toys R Us overuled the mall.
Go back to the time when
Decisions were made by going 'eeny-meeny-miney-moe'.
Mistakes were corrected by simply exclaiming 'do over!'
'Race issue' ment arguing about who ran the fastest.
Money issues were handled by whoever was banker in 'Monopoly'.
It wasn't odd to have two or three 'best' friends.
Being old referred to anyone over 20.
A chance to skate as a couple at the local roller rink was like winning the lottery.
The worst thing you could catch from the opposite sex was cooties.
Nobody was prettier than Mom.
Nobody was cooler or stronger than Dad.
Scrapes & bruises were kissed & made better.
It was a big deal to finally be tall enought to ride the 'big people' rides at the fair.
When playing Nintendo was the hardest thing ever.
When Ninja Turtles ruled the world. (THEY STILL DO)
If you can remember most or all of these
than you have lived in the 90's!
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I remember the good days... I remember all those things... I'm so old... but im young. I don't want to grow up.
Good times
Well, its been a long time since i've updated this thing. Hilary has been bugging me to update here so here you go. As you probably already know, I have a girlfriend now. Her name is Aubree. SHe has more energy than I do. I'm told that i need someone that can handle MY energy, so if she has more. its gotta be good. My parents grounded me for bad grades, and now that they are up they are being assholes, thinking that i have all this time to do things for them. Because they are too lazy to do it themselves. Well, friday is the zapzone thing for the band. I should be going but who knows... my parents are probably gonna be assholes about that too. Next week starts christmas break... oh excuse me. Holiday break. i'm supposed to be doing a sleep deprevation study. its like a point extra credit for every hour past 16 hours that you remain awake... bwahahah... Probably doing a LAN party at ski's so i can stay up longer. That all depends if my parents are gonna be jerks or not. I really do NOT want to live here after i graduate. I wont be able to stand it. I wont be able to take it.
I'm gonna start a new tradition...atleast with my own blog... every post, im going to tell everyone one of my fears/things people dont know. just so i can get them off my chest, because i feel as if i'm going to explode. or implode. or just plode...
GREATEST fear: My father. I'm deathly afraid of my dad. not so much him in general. He's raised me in such a way, where i'm deathly afraid of dissapointing him. To the point where if I lie to him, i panic. I freak out if i even THINK about doing something remotely different. I'm afraid of what he thinks.I break down if i do dissapoint him. I try my hardest just to get him to say 'good job'. We used to be best friends... now i can't even see him without there being a problem... there is always something wrong. I don't know if it will ever be the same... but i know i'll probably always be afraid of dissapointing him.
