Confessions of an Adolescent Gun Owner

When I was about 10, I received a Red Ryder BB gun for Christmas. The following summer I was trying to show my friend how good of a shot I was. Looking around for a target to shoot I decided that my neighbor's car window was obviously the only viable option. Small but not too small, would produce a easy to hear noise, and of course would break because it was way too strong to do that. I took the shot and not surprisingly, it shattered. Since I didn't want to get caught, two ideas ran through my mind. I could go downstairs and pretend I had no idea what happened, or I could tell my neighbor myself and say, "I noticed your window was broken, what happened?". I chose the latter and she then told me it was brand new and cost $400. I felt horrible, but not bad enough to tell the truth.

Social Networking vs. Reality

Looking back at what I've posted is pretty entertaining. If I was looking as some one who didn't know me, I would see that 75% of my tweets is one-liners and inside jokes, 20% are about soccer, and the remaining 5% have to do with drinking. Inevitably I would think that @SamJohnson7296 drinks, loves soccer, and tweets when he should be texting. All are true but they wouldn't come close to describing who I actually am. For example, if some one looked at my twitter posts they would think that I've never been in a relationship when in fact I've been in one for about a year. The thing is I hate when people post about their relationships, everyone who should be informed about it will be in person, so there's no need to tell a bunch of people I don't care for much about my personal life. Therefore, an outside viewer would have no idea I have a girlfriend. In conclusion, some random person would be able to learn true things about me but it would be far from the whole truth.

Expectations

Expectations have been and will always be a powerful thing. They shape how you view things and people, but most importantly they shape you as a person. I was adopted into a family of devout Christians who loved to work hard in school and in sports. I'm the youngest of five, so naturally they would expect nothing different from the youngest. While I did try hard in sports, the problem is when it came to trying in school and church. I'm not sure if I didn't know how important trying in school is or if I just didn't care, but I realized my mistake and know that it is a good expectation. The expectation that I hated was the religious role I was supposed to fill. Forcing me to spend my time studying a filled me with resentment for my church and my parents. Both of these put pressure on my relationship with my parent's and led to arguments that affected us in ways i didn't like. I'm not saying their expectation for me was unreasonable or wrong, but i do know that it made things hard sometimes.

The Meaning of Happiness

Happiness to me is a joyful, uplifted mood. Being happy is extremely important to me in the sense that I want to be happy and I want the people around me to happy as well. Without happiness in my life I would find it hard to be productive and I would be in a dark and stressful place in my life. Its also important because without happiness I don't think it is possible to truly enjoy anything from work to spending time with people you love. The things that makes me happiest in life is going up to my cabin with just my friends in the summertime. No one has to worry about work or personal problems, all there is to do is relax.