The Mel Word

I'll be voting in the upcoming election. I'm excited about that. You bet I'll be registering as soon as I turn 18! :D

Problem is, I don't know who I'm going to vote for. I'll probably end up voting for whoever ends up as the Democratic runner. (I can't vote in the primaries)

Someone asked me if I was going to vote for whoever supports same-sex marriage. No. There aren't a lot of candidates who support same-sex marriage. There are some who oppose same-sex marriage but support civil unions. That's cool with me. What it really comes down too is that unless the canidate is uber zelous about outlawing same-sex marriage, then it isn't that important to me. There are more important issues.

My English teacher recomended that I read the book Ishmael. It is incredible. I don't want to tell to much about it because I don't want to spoil it for anyone but I highly recomend it to anyone that is interested in ethics, philosophy, sociology, religion, etc.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ishmael_(novel)

My apologies about the blog layout. Blogger doesn't seem to like me right now. I changed the template to see if I could get my header image to work but now it keeps telling me that the url for my header image is wrong. It's not wrong though. >.<

Ehh, I'll fix it later. I need to actually do yearbook work now.

I’ve been debating whether or not to take Testosterone. I’m not going to take it right now but I think I may take it (with prescription) when I’m older. Part of me says “no, I don’t need that to make me a man.” And there are some possible side effects to taking T. The other part of me says that maybe the T will make me more comfortable with myself.

I’ve heard of people who have taken T who have said that afterwards they finally felt comfortable in their own skin. Too often I feel like I just cannot stand my body. I don’t mean that I hate my nose, or hair, or legs or weight (although I wouldn’t mind losing a few pounds). I mean that I just feel like I do not fit my body. I know God gave me my body. I try to take care of it. But too often I just feel this horrible disgusting feeling.

Another reason I want to take T is because although I can usually pass now, it will be harder as I get older. Without T, I doubt I will ever be able to pass as a grown man.

I spent New Years Eve with my parents, my dog, and my best friend Jen. It was pretty fun. Jen and I watched tv, played Mille Bornes and had a video chat with one of our other friends. Maybe I'm just lame but to me that is fun.

I go back to school tomorrow and I'm not looking forward to that. I don't really mind my classes too much I've just gotten used to being able to sleep in. haha. Since I'll be in school though, I'll be updating more frequently. I update more at school than I do at home.