04/09/09

I'm just talking to my friend Billie, and the discussion we were having, really got me thinking.

Billie doesn't make videos because of what other people at her school might say. They'll probably hurl abuse at her, ridicule her, make her life a misery and always bring up the topic of youtube. I know what that's like, to a certain degree. For your whole school to know, to feel like people are always talking about you; people telling the teachers that 'you're on youtube' and then the teachers going home, searching you and bringing it up in class. It's not that great. Girl schools are really bitchy and people don't even try to understand; they just gang up and bitch, bring people down. I hate it. Any way, not the point of this blog.

Why do we even feel the need to listen to what others have to say? why do we care what they think?! It's stupid. I wish everyone could just do what they wanted without getting shunned by society and the cliques within it. Why do some people think they're better than others and think they have the right to tell people what to do or bring them down? they bloody well don't. It's about time we learnt not to pay attention to these sort of people in life, it's our life, our choices, our decision, we do what we want to do and shouldn't be dictated to or stop doing what we love or want to because of certain people.

Going back to the school issue. You probably won't know these people after you leave school, so who cares if they pick on you, make snide comments, think what you do is stupid; they won't know you and you won't know them after those lovely years of education, you only have to deal with them for a while, then you've got the rest of you life ahead without them. School can suck, the people there can be bitches, it's just....life.

I think some people are born different. Born to stand out, to be the one who makes videos on youtube or collects stamps for a hobby or enjoys listening to classical music instead of the latest pop chart hits. What's wrong with that? Absolutely, 100 percent nothing. Different is good. Different means you're not the same, You stand out. You're going to get noticed. Not them, you, and you alone because you made that stand to be different. You'll be living your dream, whilst the others are left behind in their own similar worlds where everyone lives by societies standards and is the same; where people are frowned upon for being different.

You know me, WICKED musical fan here, so I like this expression. 'green and proud'. Elphaba in wicked was born green; people ridiculed her, treated her badly, her own father hated her and yet, despite her different appearance, she was more good natured, and kinder than all of the others put together. She was green and proud; proud to be who she was.
So yes, I'm proud to be 'green' and you should to.

I'll continue to make videos on youtube for as long as I care to do so, no matter what other people say.
I've met some lovely people, I'm part of a great community and I love every minute of it. The others are missing out.
I've got it all. People know my name, but they don't know the others names, do they?
Be different. Make a stand. Show the world the real you, ignore the others.
Be GREEN and PROUD.

Sarah xxx