R.I.P Michael Jackson… wow, it feels so strange typing this. No, I am not crying over his death. I am not mourning. I’m unable to cry over someone I have never even met. However, I am saddened by his death. This man has touched so many souls with his music. He’s brought people together. He has inspired people (and will continue to do so). I’m still having trouble wrapping my mind around that the fact that he’s dead. Of course, he’ll live on through his music. That will NEVER die, so essentially we still have a part of him with us… ugh. It’s really unbelievable!

I came across dozens of Facebook statuses about this and I saw that some girl commented and said something along the lines of “MJ probably died because he couldn’t touch little boys anymore.” Seriously though?? That was so disrespectful to me. & to make a joke out of someone’s death?? That is NOT humor, at all. People are so ruthless and incompassionate. It’s horrible. *sighs* I’m about to go listen to his music in memory… Rest in peace, Michael Jackson.

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You know, sometimes we forget about our own happiness. We grow accustomed to putting everyone before us and ensuring everyone else’s happiness. But at what cost? Being selfless is an admiring quality and not everyone has it, but I am a firm believer in putting yourself first. I don’t mean it as in be selfish and say “forget everyone else”, but I believe sometimes you have to put your needs and wants first. Some people try too hard to please everyone. You cannot please everyone in life, you just cannot. When you lose yourself in the process of helping others, that’s a problem.

^ I wrote that almost half a year ago (I have a habit of jotting down blog ideas & never finishing them ). I would’ve liked to continue it, but I don’t have any inspiration whatsoever to complete it…

So, I added the layouts back. There’s only a few though (and only a couple of new ones). I am still in the process of adjusting the coding with the other ones. I also added the tutorial section and hopefully soon enough, I’ll create some video tutorials. The PNG section is still on its way, but it hasn’t been updated in ages. I might just get rid of it all together, who knows. I know there’s a few kinks I need to work out with wordpress (the poll page, the “thread” plugin), but do not fear- I’m working on it . Hope all is well with you all!

Edit (06/09/09)- I was going to try replying to all the comments… but it’s so tedious. I’ll just comment on some from now on, not all. I definitely plan to return all comments though :). Expect an update either Thursday/Friday…

First of all, I apologize for not meeting my own deadline. How pathetic is that?? I was unable to finish it before going to work & I did not return home ’til almost 2am this morning haha. So, I am sorry about that. It’s open now so that’s all that matters… right? I have a lot of content to add. I have the layouts coded, but I have to make screenshots and set them up for download. Hopefully within the next few days, they’ll be available. Sooo you’re probably wondering wtf has been updated?! I have added some new articles, poetry, photoline actions, and some other things. It’s not a lot though, but no worries, more will come :). Oh yes, please don’t become frantic if you see that some content isn’t here. It does NOT mean that it won’t be here. The layouts, tutorials, and PNGS will return in a few days, so please don’t fret!

Okay, now onto the actual subject of the blog… For some odd reason, I’ve been watching Keeping Up With The Kardashians. I recently saw one episode where 11-year-old Kylie Kardashian was upset that her father wouldn’t allow her to wear make up. Her mom was upset about it and I did not understand why. Perhaps it’s my raising, but I think wearing make-up at such a young age is unacceptable. Why should 11-year-olds be concerned about their appearance like that? Instead of wasting time applying make up, she should be playing with Barbies. Whatever happened to just being a kid?? I did not stop playing with my Barbies until I was 13 years old and I am proud of it haha. In the same episode, I also noticed she was wearing a push up bra… a push up bra at 11?! That’s BEYOND ridiculous. I don’t understand how parents can allow that so I was on the father’s side.

P.S.- Hostees, I’m setting up some of your websites now and will e-mail you all by tonight :D.