It's Complicated- A Story of A Complicated Friendship

If friendships could be described with the Facebook relationship status options, 99% of my online friendships would be complicated. Though, all but one of them is just because I don't know how to hold a conversation without sounding like an annoying gremlin, sounding more emotionless than Widowmaker, or send a picture of a baby alligator into the chat. I do have one friendship that is complicated, just like in a relationship way. Though we aren't dating, that'll be weird.

A few weeks ago, I met this guy on Instagram. He replied to my story after I posted a pic of the leaning tower of Niles since I was explaining what the only cool thing in Illinois is. We began bonding about Illinois because he also lives in Illinois. My friend said that he lives about three hours away from Chicago so he's not to far. And just to be clear, I didn't tell him my exact location or anything like that, I still have common sense.

So my friend and I decided to Skype each other while I finished my essay on Nazi Hunters. We began talking about school and how I try to be on my best behavior while my friend told me about how his teachers hated him. Also, I'm going to address my friend as Hanzo for the rest of this because he ran a Hanzo roleplaying account. We don't know each other's names. So Hanzo was explaining to me about how he was a horrible student That's really Ironic because the actual Hanzo Shimada is so serious and very studious. After a few minutes, we began talking about how kids at my school shouldn't care about relationships cause we're still smol gremlins. That conversation led to Hanzo talking about how he'll 'discipline' his child/ren. That's what made our friendship complicated.

Hanzo believed that the way to discipline a teenager is to hit them. I got pretty mad at his opinion because disciplining anyone should never use physical violence. I mean, I guess I could understand the occasional butt slapping when you're a little kid, but slapping a teenager is just abuse. Hanzo kept going on and on that if he found out that his child had been doing inappropriate things, he would pretty much beat them. He wanted to make sure his kid never did anything wrong.

I became furious. A teen is always going to make a stupid decision. That is something that no one can avoid. I believe that the way to discipline a teen if they've been doing inappropriate things is to take away their privileges. Don't allow them to see their boy/girlfriend for awhile. Take away their devices and replace that with working on school stuff. From what I can assume, when a teen is caught of in a "serious relationship", they're most likely not getting the grades that they should be. Honestly, it's disciplining the teen while befitting them. Heck, you can also teach them how to do important life skills at this time since they're not occupied with social media and will most likely do what they can to get their privileges back. Hurting your child physically and/or emotionally is no way to discipline a child, it only makes them fear you and possibly their life decisions.

I ended the Skype call right in the middle of his rant. I admit, that was rude but I just couldn't stand to hear what he had to say. What if he had a daughter who accidentally got pregnant at 16? I'd be mad but I'll at least comfort her and help her. I wont make her feel horrible because she'd probably be devastated enough.

After I hung up, we bickered for a couple of moment in the chat before I just left him on read. He tried to DM me but I ignored him. We haven't talked in a few days, and I don't want to talk to him.

My Not Career

So I am known for making pretty cool profile pictures on Instagram. I use an app called Pics Art. I call this my Not Career because I don't get payed. I will usually just make a post about how I'm taking requests and then work on them when I can. It only takes me 5-10 minutes to make them while adding about 5 more minutes for looking for pictures. I find it so much fun. Here are some edits that I've made. I can even make one for your own Instagram account. I am allowed to post these since they're mine. The last one is my profile pic for my roleplay account.

LOOK AT THIS

So animals tend to help people. Enjoy.

Internet Friends are gr8 m8

This week's blog post is a free choice so I'm writing about Internet Friendships and why they're pretty cool.

I have a roleplay account on Instagram. I roleplay as a character named Sombra. She is one of the greatest hackers during the Omnic Crisis. You can just google that cause I'm too lazy to write about it. It's amazing how many friends I've made in just a few weeks. I got over 530 followers in less than five weeks! I've been able to have so many cool roleplays with other overwatch characters like Mccree, Genji, Hanzo, Reinhardt, and Soldier 76. One of my favorites was one where Sombra was having this pretty cool fight with Mcree after he needed to get some information from the terrorist group, Talon, that Sombra is apart of. The roleplay ended with Sombra having a broken hand and Mccree having two bullets in his right arm.

Not only are the roleplays awesome, but the actual people running these accounts. I met this really sweet guy from England who always refers to me as 'Love'. I also met this really nice boy who's also in 8th grade. We've skyped before and would talk all night. I even developed a crush on him. Sadly, we haven't been talking that much because I lost those feelings for him the same day he wanted to ask me out. I'm cool with internet relationships but I'm too young for stuff like that.

Another great thing about having friends from all over the world is that they're always there for you. When I'm going through some rough stuff, they're there for me. We've never met but we just feel safe when we talk to each other. I actually convinced someone that they shouldn't delete their account and hurt their self in real life because some girl dumped them. Last night, one of my friends comforted me because I was feeling pretty down after some people kept talking about how I shouldn't play overwatch on my laptop even though my family doesn't have the money to buy me a proper gaming laptop.

I may never meet these awesome people but they're still so amazing. I'm also lazy so I'm ending it here.

A Tribute to Mr. H and Mr. B

This is a tribute to not one, but two people who have always been there for me. As you may know, I take part in Taekwondo and I am very committed to ATA. I have two instructors who have always been there for me and helped me grow stronger. I started going to ATA in Glenview when I was in 4th grade. Before I started taking Taekwondo, I was a weak little gremlin who couldn't even ask a friend for a pencil. Mrs. McDonald told my mother that I seemed more confident which was a result in taking classes at ATA. Mr. H and Mr. B have always been there for me, ever since the day I walked through the door to the school over 4 years ago. I use the phrase, "Confidence, yes I can, Confidence." to this very day and it's because of both of you.


Dear Mr. B,
I'm so happy that you work at Glenview ATA. You make classes so much fun with your enthusiasm for torturing us. You are so nice to everyone when you talk with us about video games and Pokemon. You even tease me about that one kid who Steven claims I "stalk". Just because I find him really cute and get excited about seeing him at tournaments doesn't mean I stalk him. Meli was the one who looked up his instagram, not me.

I was able to tell you about my worst problems before I could even tell my own sister. You made me feel safe and comforted me. I was so scared that day because I just felt all of that pressure just fall down on me. I'm still scared but I know that you're there for me. You're there for everyone in the school. And I know you're going to be a great father because of this.

Another thing that I want to thank you for is bugging me about Creative and Extreme forms at tournaments. You're still pestering me about how I need to find music and amp up my forms. I actually found one, I just need to edit it.


Dear Mr H,
When I first stepped on to the mat, I knew that ATA would become my second family. I was just a scared little gremlin who was had a confidence level of -8. You were so welcoming to me. Because of how you welcomed me to that brand new chapter in my life, I had always made a goal to impress you. When I got my black belt, I tried so hard not to cry because I knew you were so proud. You make sure everyone shows their full potential and feels safe in class. I have always admired that.

In one of the LIT classes, you taught Jo and I about honesty and talked about how people look up to us black belts and leadership students. I remembered how when I saw you, I wanted to be just like you. I wanted to get my kicks up high and have great stances. I've always seen you as a second father. I'm sorry if that sounds weird but it's true. You've always been there for everyone. I was so scared and lost but now I have a goal to reach for.

When you handed me my Leadership Uniform, I almost cried. That was the weekend after meli was sent to that horrible, hellish hospital. I was lost and scared because I had finally realized how serious my sister's problem was, but when you gave me the binder and jacket, I felt strong. I felt that way because I knew you were so proud of me. One of your first students following in your footsteps. That's something pretty amazing.

Without these two amazing instructors, I don't know where I'd be. You both are so amazing and have made me feel safe in my darkest hours. I hope to become just like you two in the future. Thank you.