The movie Sliding Doors is about a life that could be completely sent in two different directions because of one split second. The movie tells about the two different lives the protagonist, Helen, could have experienced if she had or had not caught the subway one afternoon. In one life, she finds out her boyfriend is a scumbag, and she leaves having a much better life, while in the other, she is unaware of the fact that her boyfriend is a stupid idiot and she suffers to keep money and other such things.

After watching this movie a while ago, I thought about what my life would have been like if one thing would have happened differently. I thought of where I was now, and how all of this began, and it all boiled down to a couple different experiences. One morning in 7th grade, I decided right then to walk with a certain friend, and we walked through the band room where early morning Jazz Band was in session. The drummer began a drum solo, and I was in awe. Right there I decided I wanted to be a percussionist, and began lessons less than 2 weeks later.

I made it into percussion, and a year later, tried out for jazz band, and because of the friends I made there, my life is completely different from what it would have been if I had not walked with my friend that morning. Thinking about how my life would have been if I had not been in band, I am glad for the choice I made, and I believe I chose the right way. Even though there have been struggles and drama, it has been the funnest thing I have ever done. I am glad for that split second decision I made 4 years ago.

America is terrible

I watched "The Work and the Glory" #2 this week, and I was really upset with how terrible other Americans were to the Mormons back when the church was organized. It was a depressing movie even though it was incredibly good because of how badly people treated the Mormons. It just is not like Americans to be like this.

The reason all the pilgrims immigrated here was because they wanted to get away from a place where they could not have religious freedom. They got what they wanted after many hardships and formed a free country where people could not tell us how and how not to live our lives. It seems over the centuries, we have all forgotten why our ancestors came over here, and we all persecute others in our own way.

The American flag is a reminder of our free and independent country. It is a reminder of what people have gone through so that we can stay free and act/believe the way we want to. Unfortunately, there has been so much persecution of different faiths through the years.

We even have another reminder, the First Amendment. "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof..." But this does not only have to do with laws; as US citizens, we are expected to live by these rules. It is just so inhuman to persecute someone because of how they live. But the terrible thing is, it isn't inhuman, it happens all the time all around the world. No one can seem to accept the fact that everybody is different, and it is not fair to treat others harshly because they think different than they do.

Kids; the REAL silent killer

The title might sound profound, but it is true... to a point. Because of childrens' undeveloped immunity system, and the knowledge they don't have about sickness and consideration for others, they spread disease as fast as gossip travels.

Runny noses... children get them all the time. Because they do not know what the big problem is with this, they run around wiping their hands across their dripping, disgusting noses, and then going around touching everything else they can get their hands on, such as other kids who eventually stick the invisible germs up their noses, and catch the disease as well just to take it home and cough the sickness on their families.

They are all out to get us, and they don't even know it!