Music

Music is the one language that everyone understands. It connects everyone in the world; it doesn't matter what language you speak, nor does it matter what your background is, or even how old you are. Everyone and I mean EVERYONE can always relate to music. Music is the one thing that can bring people from all walks of life together.

A good of example of this which I have experienced for myself is when my best friend auditioned for a Korean entertainment company. You see a lot of the people that I know listen to k-pop (Korean pop music). And my best friend is no exception to that, my best friend wants to be a singer. She has the talent, the drive, the support from all of her friends, and of course the passion. The only thing that she was lacking was the opportunity to be heard. Well last summer she got the opportunity and she took it, even though she didn't get excepted into the company she still gave it her best shot and has since then grown as a singer, as an artist, and as a person and is still perusing her dream.

But I digress, the point of that little anecdote is that while we were at the audition we met so many other k-pop fans, it was astonishing. There were several hundred people at the audition and despite the fact that so many people were all shooting for essentially the same spots in the company everyone was excited to meet other fans of k-pop. You see our mutual love for k-pop is what brought us to that audition in the first place. It also allowed us to bond and find other people that we had things in common with and who had similar and differing opinions from one another, it allowed us to share our opinions and be heard, it allowed us to connect with total strangers in a way that we couldn't with people that we've known for years.

Out of that incredible experience I gained a lot of new friends from all over, each from different backgrounds and ethnicities  all with different personalities and opinions. What brought us together and gave us common ground was our love and passion for the music. This experience gave me a sense of community and belonging that not everyone gets to experience but can if they open their minds and their ears and just let the music fill your heart and soul and let it help us connect with one another as a global community.


If you’ve actually read this far thank you!! It’s more than I could ever expect or ask for. If you thought that this was interesting and you like what I write or my writing style or you just feel like it please read some of my other posts. Remember to comment and tell me what you think. Remember to follow your dreams, make good choices, and keep on trying; life could always be worse than it is. 

love, Seattle Girl

Death

The death of a loved one is something that you never completely get over. Its something that you struggle with until you are able to accept it and tolerate the pain enough to where you can go back to living your day to day life. Death is an unfortunate tragedy that we all have to deal with sooner or later. Whether later is tomorrow, next week, next year, or even ten years from now; we will all have to face it and come to terms with it eventually. Unfortunately in my life I have experienced death a myriad of times; when my grandfather died, when my grandmother died, when childhood best friend died, when someone at my school committed suicide, when my friend died of cancer, and now I’m preparing myself to go through that experience again.

Death is never something that you can get use to. It’s not something that you can just deal with and it will go away. It is a permanent and final end to someone whom you care about. No matter what you will always have that empty place in your life where that person once fit. But, just because we feel pain and we grieve doesn't mean that we have a right to stop living our lives just because they aren't here anymore. I know that it might feel “wrong” to live on without them but you need to think about how  they would feel seeing you give up your one chance to make a change and be great on on this crazy planet that we live on. How would they feel, knowing that you are taking for granted what was taken from them? What would they tell you to do? In most cases they would tell you to stop being stupid, to get over it, that you always have all the good memories with them, that you cant stop living just because they did. And that true, you cant. In the end it’ll only hurt you more to sit there on your couch eating a tub of ice cream and sobbing while watching MTV than it will to get up off that couch, take a shower, and head on down to Starbucks and get yourself a coffee.

My grandfather and I were very close, he was more important to me than anyone. He was a mentor and a teacher to me. He died in 2007. I was young when he died but not young enough to not understand that I would never see my grandfather again. I can remember the first time I visited his grave. I sat beside his grave marker and leaned my head against it as I talked to my grandfather; telling him about my life, how much I missed him, and how much I loved him. that day, I remembered something that someone had told me the day of his funeral; “when someone dies, all of their pain and suffering is over. They have no more worries, and no more troubles. They get to go to be free of all the unnecessary troubles we go through every day. They get to go home and be with Jesus for the rest of eternity. You shouldn't be sad that they’re gone. You should be happy that he is in such a better place than we are, and that they get to spend the rest of eternity watching us grow as people, and seeing all of the medicals that happen to us”. Even if you aren't a Christian or even if you aren't religious at all, I’m sure you can appreciate the message that I’m trying to send. Even though your loved one is gone, be happy for them. They are in a much better place. And just because they're no longer on earth doesn't mean that they aren't there for you. And you can’t stop living your life just because their life is over. 


If you’ve actually read this far thank you!! It’s more than I could ever expect or ask for. If you thought that this was interesting and you like what I write or my writing style or you just feel like it please read some of my other posts. Remember to comment and tell me what you think. Remember to follow your dreams, make good choices, and keep on trying; life could always be worse than it is. 

love, Seattle Girl

Self Hatred

Alright, so I'm not going to give you all a long introduction, instead I'm just going to get right into it. Recently one of my very good friends came to me, and told me that she hated herself. This came as a surprise to me because I never would have thought in a million years that she would hate herself. So like any good friend I told her how much I love her and how wonderful she is, and of course she didn't believe me or change her opinion of herself at all (I knew she wouldn't but I had to give it my best shot anyways). So I feel like I need to put this out on the internet, just in case any of you hate yourselves, I want you to know what I told her, and hopefully you will take some of what I have to say to heart.

I know what it’s like to hate yourself, I hated myself for a long time … you think you're stupid, useless, ugly, all you do is hurt others, you're rude to others, etcetera … there are millions over reasons why someone might hate themselves but no matter the reason, it’s pointless … I know that this will sound harsh but it’s completely and utterly pointless for you to hate yourself for a number of reasons;

1.     People come and go, but in the end you're stuck with you
2.        It sounds cliche but it really doesn't matter what other people think of you, in the end the only person you have to answer to is yourself.
3.     No one will ever be as hard on you as you are on yourself.

So, reason number one; people come and go, but you're stuck with yourself forever. No matter how long someone is in your life, or if they're family or your best friend or if you're even married. Other people can and will 90% of the time leave you, or die. I know that a sound really morbid and depressing but it’s the truth and it needs to be said. so no matter how many friends you have at the end of the day, the only person whose going to be there no matter what is you, so if you're going to be stuck with yourself for the rest of your life, why not just accept you for who you are and learn to live with it, and if there’s something about yourself that you really cannot live with then change it.

Reason number two; it doesn't matter what other people think about you. I know that it’s a huge cliche  and that most of you will write me off right here and now, but just hear me out … when everything is all said and done, you're the one who has to live with your decisions and you are the only person that you have to answer to in life.

And last but certainly not least reason number three; no one will ever be as hard on you as you are on yourself. It’s true, as a society we look around and see everyone else as better than us, whether they're better people, skinnier, prettier, or whatever the reason is, we see ourselves as beneath everyone else. When no one else around us is even thinking anything negative about us, we assume that they are, and that they are superior to us. And that’s ridiculous because; (here goes another brilliant cliche  nobody is perfect, were all different, were all good at different things, and we have to learn to live with it.

So my dears, in conclusion; everyone has something that they don’t like about themselves, everyone has at least one thing that they don’t like, but you can’t put all of your focus on that one specific thing. You have to learn to accept yourself, you have to learn to live with it, and if you really cannot live with yourself … then change what you don’t like, work hard to change what it is about yourself that you hate … if you think you're stupid, then go out and study, learn as much as you possibly can, don’t just sit there and hate yourself and feel sorry for yourself, when you can change it and make your life better.


If you’ve actually read this far thank you!! It’s more than I could ever expect or ask for. If you thought that this was interesting and you like what I write or my writing style or you just feel like it please read some of my other posts. Remember to comment and tell me what you think. Remember to follow your dreams, make good choices, and keep on trying; life could always be worse than it is. 

love, Seattle Girl

Introduction

Hello everyone I’m Seattle Girl! I’m just your normal teenage girl trying to survive high school with as little humiliation and drama as possible. I’m a generally friendly person; I like to meet new people and I tend to start random conversations with complete strangers in public. Some of my interests are art, music, history, literature, politics, economics, psychology, sociology, and food. I try to not conform to stereotypes but I have to admit I fit a few; like most teenage girls I listen to boy bands, I like to shop, and I watch makeup gurus on You Tube.  But despite all of that I’m not one of “those girls” as my friends like to call them. You know the type; perfect hair, perfect grades, and perfect boyfriend, wear a ton of makeup, never really seem to care about anyone else, burst out crying in the middle of class because she broke a nail. No, that’s definitely not me.  I’m more of the in-between-er kids, the ones that never get portrayed in movies or books; I’m the kid who knows a lot of people but isn’t one of the popular/cool kids, is super nerdy, reads a lot, takes Japanese instead of Spanish, loves anime and manga, doesn’t get the best grades, has a difficult home life, and despite the world around me doesn’t do drugs.

So enough about me, you're probably wondering why you should be reading my blog and I’ll tell you! I’ll give you three good reasons why you should keep reading my blog!
   

    1 - I've survived a lot in my short life and have learned a lot of important lessons in a short time. I’ve seen a lot of the darker less happy side of our world, a lot that I’m not particularly proud of, or would like to admit to but I have.

    2 -  I’m great at giving advice and listening to problems. I’m that person that everyone goes to when they need someone who will listen to their problems, someone who will care, someone who will comfort them and give them a shoulder to cry on, someone who will care when no one else will (I care about almost everyone).

    3 -  I’m always honest and I mean everything I say. I tend to get a bad rap for it but when someone asks my opinion on something I always give my honest opinion no matter what.  Whenever I give my opinion and advice I don’t sugar coat anything; what you ask for is what you get.

If you’ve actually read this far thank you!! It’s more than I could ever expect or ask for. If you thought that this was interesting and you like what I write or my writing style or you just feel like it please read some of my other posts. Remember to comment and tell me what you think. Remember to follow your dreams, make good choices, and keep on trying; life could always be worse than it is. 

love, Seattle Girl