What's the point in having an opinion if you don't express it? I came to live by this motto after I saw just how pointless it was to protest against something silently. If you have a complaint and nobody hears it, nothing gets changed. Silent rebellion is incredibly inefficient.

          Warning: These are all my opinions, and you might not agree with them. If you don't, fine, if you do, fine. No matter what you think, don't just send me a flame. I am actually willing to discuss these points, so if you feel strongly to the contrary, send me an E-mail and let me know.

          A person actually e-mailed me a while back with a couple of points to discusss about my religion article. I was quite impressed, and very glad that someone actually took the time to do something like that.

School Shootings (Recess Reprieve): 7/6/00           Remember the whole big deal with the school shootings? Rather hard to forget, especially over the noise raised by parents and gun control authorities. Opinions were all over the news . . . but none of them were from a kid's point of view. All these newscasters, reporters and parents, all with opinions based on what is was like when they were kids . . . not now.

Romance vs. Realism: 9/24/00           Everybody has ideas of being romantic and how great it is. I do love romance, but many of the ideas of classic romance nowadays seem way too corny. When asked a question, I'm often caught between being romantic and being realistic.

Emotional Music: 11/2/00           I am an extreme music lover, and one of my favorite things in music is when it's emotional. I listen to almost every type of music imaginable, and in my CD collection, I can just open it to whatever mood I'm in. This writing is on an experience I had with emotional music.

Drugs: 1/2/01           This is the unedited version of something I wrote for the school newspaper. I got quite a mixed response, and actually pissed a whole lot of people off. No matter what age you are, you should read this. Wow, that's probably the first time I've ever said that.

Clinton: 1/21/01           Now that Bill Clinton is gone and George W. Bush is our new President, I find myself coming to a bit of a realization about my opinion of Clinton. You might actually be interested in this, even if you know jack about politics.

Religion: 7/20/01           I said for a long time that I was going to write this. I am an atheist, but am surrounded by a lot of religious people: friends, schoolmates, even relatives. It's taken me a long time to come to terms with how I feel about religion, and what I believe, and this is what finally came out. These are just my beliefs, and I reserve the right to have them, just as you do.