The Cycle

Sex, drugs, rock and roll
speed, weed, birth control
f*** the panties, buy a thong
party hard all night long
grab a tequilla
take a shot
f*** the guy you think is hot
life's a b****
and then you die
so f*** this world
and let's get high

I thought about this phrase a lot and first off it's upragraded a lot since it was just sex, drugs, rock and roll
But, I decided that I didn't complete disagree with this saying
Although I know that this is no right way to think about things...I must say that it makes a lot of sense to me.
The world today has a lot to do with sex, drugs, music, and having fun.
The average person doesn't usually live past 85 and are lucky to make it that long.
If you go to college, you generally want get out of school until your 20's and then to get a job and support yourself.
Of course people want families and careers, but a lot of the population doesn't feel this way.
When you've been partying all your life and you have to end it, most people would decide not to....end it that is.
Honestly if you think about it, having fun shooting the breeze all your life...or working hard every day trying to make a difference in the world. I was listening to a song called The Black Parade by My Chemical Romance when I was listening to this. The lyrics talk about dying, and what's going to happen when your gone. It makes you question whether or not you're going to make a difference and be remembered. (The lyrics are below)

My Chemical Romance Welcome To The Black Parade Lyrics

When I was
A young boy,
My father took me into the city
To see a marching band.

He said,
"Son when you grow up
Will you be the saviour of the broken,
The beaten and the damned?"

He said
"Will you defeat them,
your demons, and all the non believers,
the plans that they have made?"

Because one day I'll leave you,
A phantom to lead you in the summer,
To join the black parade."

When I was a young boy,
My father
took me into the city
To see a marching band.
He said, "Son when you grow up
Would you be the saviour of the broken,
The beaten and the damned?"

Sometimes I get the feeling
She's watching over me.
And other times I feel like I should go.

Through it all,
The rise and fall,
The bodies in the streets.
And when you're gone we want you all to know

We'll Carry on,
We'll Carry on
Though your dead and gone believe me
Your memory will carry on
We'll carry on

And in my heart I cant contain it
The anthem wont explain it.

A world that sends you reeling
From decimated dreams
Your misery and hate will kill us all

So paint it black
And take it back
Lets shout it loud and clear
Defiant to the end we hear the call
[Welcome To The Black Parade lyrics on http://www.metrolyrics.com]


To carry on
We'll carry on
Though your dead and gone believe me
Your memory will carry on
We'll carry on
And though you're broken and defeated
You're weary widow marches

And on we carry through the fears
Ooh oh ohhhh
Disappointed faces of your peers
Ooh oh ohhhh
Take a look at me
Cause I could not care at
All

Do or die
You'll never make me
Because the world,
Will never take my heart
Go and try,
You'll never break me
We want it all,
We want to play this part

I won't explain
Or say I'm sorry
I'm unashamed I'm gonna show my scar
Give a cheer
For all the broken
Listen here
Because it's who we are


I'm just a man,
I'm not a hero
Just a boy, who had to sing this song
I'm just a man,
I'm not a hero
I
don't
care

We'll carry on
We'll carry on
And though you're dead and gone believe me
You're memory will carry on
We'll carry on
And though you're broken and defeated
Your weary widow marches on

We'll carry on

But let's face it. Not every one of us can be an Oprah. Sure celebrities are remembred, but what did they do for the world that was so great? They didn't save lives like doctors did or stop crime. They didn't teach. Why are they so famous and why are they remembered? There is a cycle to life. School+College=Career, Career+"That special someone"=Marriage Marriage leads to family. Then you get old and die. I don't mean for this to be disappointing and a put down to the world, because when I grow up, I will most likely follow this cycle. But why not have no cycle instead? Why not live the unexpected life?

Not all surprises are bad....

Childhood

Below is a conversation that Shyla and I had while texting yesterday afternoon. I have edited it from chatspeak to normal English for the convenience of readers lol.

Shyla: It's really scary to think we'll be adults in 3 years.
Abby: Oh my gosh. I was about to say "no we won't" and then I thought about it and was like whoa. Hahaha but we won't really be adults because we'll probably still be dependant on our parents.
Shyla: True, but it's like our childhood will be gone... forever.
Abby: Hahaha. Enjoy it while it lasts because in reality, it doesn't last too long. 18 years out of an average 80 year existance. And we're in such a hurry to grow up that we don't even really appreciate it.
Shyla: I know. I just have to make my life worthwhile and make a difference.
Abby: Aww. Yeah, that's what I want to do too. But I'm scared of death, so I hope that by the time I'm old enough to die (naturally), I'll have come to terms with it.
Shyla: It's one thing to be scared of death. Haha I'm scared of life lol.
Abby: Hahahaha. That too. But I feel like you can't really be scared of something when you're living it every day. You just have to learn how to live, if that makes sense.
Shyla: Haha. Yeah, it does lol.
Abby: I can't imagine retiring...
Shyla: Oh my gosh, haha. I know. I don't think I want to.
Abby: Me neither. But it seems like you go to elementary and middle school to set the foundation for high school, and then you go to a good high school to get into a good college. You go to a good college to get a good job and make a lot of money so you can retire. It all seems pretty pointless to me...
Shyla: That's because it is. Lol.
Abby: I mean, I'd love to work and make a name for myself and make a positive difference, but the route doesn't really make sense, unless you consider retiring as achieving happiness and doing all that you needed to do. But a lot of people try to do everything that they weren't able to do before during retirement.
Shyla: Yeah lol. I don't think that we have a good cycle. There's only so much to accomplish.
Abby: I know. Maybe that's how some people go overboard, thinking they could do it all...

If you ask most adults something that they regret about their childhood, they'll say something along the lines of not appreciating it for what it was while they were living it. With that said, why are we so obsessed with the idea of growing up? Getting a driver's license, turning 21 so we can go to Vegas and drink (legally), paying bills, getting a house. Why do we look forward to it when the people who are living it wish they could go back to being like us? As the saying goes, you really don't know what you've got until it's gone. In this case, the thing that you're losing is your childhood.

As We Are...

This is As We Are; our blog to express our opinions. You may wonder why our URL is "asweare11". As We Are was chosen as the name of our blog for a couple of reasons. 'As' is an acronym for both of our names. 'We' is meant to represent all of us together in the world. And 'Are' just kind of completes the fragment. '11' is in the URL because 'asweare' was already taken, so Shyla and I decided to pick numbers that mean something. We chose '11' because we graduate in 2011, so that number kind of means something to us. But that's just the deeper meaning of it. We also liked "As We Are" because it basically portrays how we are in this specific state of being. It can have a lot of meanings, which we will leave up for interpretation. We're not exactly sure what we hope to accomplish with this blog yet, but we are assuming that the purpose will become clear to us as time goes on. But for now, we hope that whoever is reading will enjoy our observations on life and the world that we live in.

Sincerely,
Abigail & Shyla