so, i'm sorry about all the controversy that was brought with that last entry. i was upset and i guess i just didn't think about the reprocussions that were going to come with it. it's none of my business what anyone does with their own personal life, and it wasn't my position to say what's right and what's wrong. yeah, there are plenty of other things i could have "preached" about but that one topic just seemed on my mind alot lately.
forgive me if i offended anyone.
-beth
i would just like to make it clear that i'm not apologizing for voicing my opinion. i said that i was apologizing for offending anyone. i was standing up for what i believed in, and i still am. i didn't want to make anyone too mad, so i got rid of that entry. if you don't want to hear/look at what i have to say about smoking, simply don't go to my site. is it that hard?
Nicotine, one of more than 4,000 chemicals found in the smoke from tobacco products such as cigarettes, cigars, and pipes, is the primary component in tobacco that acts on the brain. Smokeless tobacco products such as snuff and chewing tobacco also contain many toxins as well as high levels of nicotine. Nicotine, recognized as one of the most frequently used addictive drugs, is a naturally occurring colorless liquid that turns brown when burned and acquires the odor of tobacco when exposed to air. There are many species of tobacco plants; the tabacum species serves as the major source of tobacco products today. Since nicotine was first identified in the early 1800s, it has been studied extensively and shown to have a number of complex and sometimes unpredictable effects on the brain and the body.
Cigarette smoking is the most prevalent form of nicotine addiction in the United States. Most cigarettes in the U.S. market today contain 10 milligrams (mg) or more of nicotine. Through inhaling smoke, the average smoker takes in 1 to 2 mg nicotine per cigarette. There have been substantial increases in the sale and consumption of smokeless tobacco products also, and more recently, in cigar sales.
Depending on how tobacco is taken, nicotine can reach peak levels in the bloodstream and brain rapidly. Cigarette smoking, for example, results in rapid distribution of nicotine throughout the body, reaching the brain within 10 seconds of inhalation. Cigar and pipe smokers, on the other hand, typically do not inhale the smoke, so nicotine is absorbed more slowly through the mucosal membranes of their mouths.
smoking. in MY opinion, i think it is unattractive and disgusting. personally, i don't understand how it can rid your problems and relieve your stress. everyone has stress, everyone has problems. does that mean everyone should smoke a cigarette and life will be fine again? it will make your lungs black, turn your teeth yellow, make your skin scaly, and take years off of your life. but hey, who doesn't want that kind of look? at least you get your problems gone. too many people do it now. is it now just a fad that we can do because everyone else is doing it? because it looks cool when we're out with our friends and we're bored so we have nothing else to do besides smoke? we are in high schoool. we have our whole lives ahead of us.
maybe you'll listen, maybe you won't. -beth marie kiefer
if i were a month i would be...february if i were a day of the week i would be...friday if i were a time of day i would be...9 a.m. if i were a planet i would be...saturn if i were a sea animal i would be...great white shark if i were a direction i would be...north if i were a piece of furniture i would be...an amazingly comfy couch if i were a sin i would be...lust if i were a historical figure i would be...princess anastasia if i were a liquid i would be...strawberry banana smoothie if i were a tree i would be...dead because of the snow in russia if i were a flower/plant i would be...a tulip if i were a kind of weather i would be...really really stormy if i were an instrument i would be...a piano if i were a color i would be...seafoam green if i were a vegetable i would be...lettuce, then salad if i were a sound i would be...laughter if i were an element i would be...berkryllium, or whichever one is "bk" if i were a car i would be...protective with 4 tires and a steering wheel if i were a movie i would be directed by...i don't know many. victor fleming if i were a book i would be written by...j.k. rowling if i were a food i would be...orange peel chicken if i were a place i would be...russia if i were a material i would be...comfortable and warm if i were a taste i would be...spicy if i were a scent i would be...stella mccartney if i were a word i would be...supercalafragilisticexpialidocious. or something along those lines. if i were an object i would be...a picture if i were a body part i would be...eyes
i've had such a great last two weeks. thanks to somebody
if you ever get the chance, please go there. it's so beautiful inside.
it's like as soon as i'm feeling good and pepped about something, my body's like 'uh uh, oh no you din't, imma make you sick as heeeeeeeell' so now i have a really bad cold.
+ a certain prom date of mine DOESN'T HAVE PANTS YET keine hose! keine hose! keine hose! + a certain sandy DOESN'T HAVE A COMPLETED PROM DRESS YET kein kleid! kein kleid! kein kleid! accccccccccccccccccchchoo. that wasn't german, that was a sneeze. via le internetz.
but hey, i got shoes.
in other news i will be seeing bright eyes/the faint on may 14 and 15 oh and what's that? rilo kiley on may 16! with ashley. jealousy? yeah i know. you are soooooooo jealous.
oh, and incase you didn't get the memo my: green/turquoise/blue hair is no more. can you say blondie?
it's not like you can tell from the photo how really blonde i am, and yes, those are boobs on my shirt so don't feel the need to ask me like everyone else does.
ok, i owe it to you, the countdown is 8 days. as in 1 week 1 day. as in too excited for anything. P.S. MY BIRTHDAY IS MONDAY APRIL 11. so you should probably tweak your surprises and gifts for me now, or over the weekend if you like to procrastinate.
by the way, since when was 'hey ya' an inappropriate song?
enough about me, let's talk about you. ok enough about you, back to me.
and to make this annoying and cliche, love always, sandy.
so it was blue skies. and some travel. a bit of day dreaming. we watched the incredibles 6 times. jason lee is the best super villain. my family knows how to cook. t-rust me. and then it was home time. i literally read, shopped, and chewed gum the entire trip. and yes, i got 6 more pairs of shoes. so sue me i went to california.
(17 days guys. someone get the straight jacket, i'm spazzing out)
