October 16th, 2012

 October 16th, 2012
 1:49am

I know I know, I should be in bed. And technically I am. I just forgot to write about something important. So, I saw this video today about this girl named Amanda Todd who killed herself. Apparently, she flashed her boobs to some guy on a webcam and he threatened to show her pic to everyone if she didn't friend him on Facebook so that's what happened. And he put her boobs up as his profile picture and all her friends abandoned her so she had to switch schools. Then this guy cheated on his girlfriend with her and she got slapped in the face for it. So instead of coming out and saying the truth she cut herself and eventually killed herself. And these stupid fucks on YouTube are saying the shittiest thing ever. Look, here's the thing. How many times have people said that whatever you put online is there forever? So, any nude pictures you might have or if you've written something, it's somewhere in the interwebs. But you know what? It's not like she is the only girl that has ever done something like that. I bet the same girls who talked shit about her were the same one sexting and flashing their privates and everything else. That's what pisses me off about bullies. They are so miserable with their own lives that they have to take it out on other people and the fucked up thing is that it's not the bully who has to live with it. It's the person getting bullied that has to decide how he or she is going to let it effect him or her. And sometimes it ends badly. Why are we still not seeing bullying as a problem? Obviously if people are hurting themselves or even killing themselves to get away, the problem isn't going to go away.
 This is something I have been thinking about. We train certain breeds of dogs to be "bad".  They aren't born that way. Puppies aren't little killing machines straight from the womb. That dog had to get hit, kicked, punched, neglected and starved enough to make it a "bad" dog. And then we put it down because it did what it was trained to do.
 I don't believe that some babies are "born bad".  We had to learn it from somewhere.  We had to get abused enough to be broken enough to try and make someone else's life more miserable to make it through the day. But nobody puts us down for making someone else's life miserable. That person just kills themselves to get away from us and that's something we choose to live with. Tell me, which is more humane? Putting a fighting dog to sleep, or living with someone putting themselves to sleep because someone was a big enough asshole to that person to warrant that action? I guess I should ask what is more inhumane. I'm not saying we should put people down. I'm saying why is a dog's life any different than a human life? Dogs (and other animals but they're the example I'm going with) live indoors, they get love from humans, they watch tv, they take naps. They're domesticated animals. Meh I'm getting really tired and my point is getting all garbled but my point is something like: we should spend less time putting things down and more time loving everyone. It sounds corny but I believe that bullies weren't made that way, they were taught to fight just like certain dogs were taught to fight. If everyone was given an equal chance at life and everyone on the planet (even animals!) were made to feel loved and accepted, there would be no more bullying.
 Phew. I'm sorry about all that. I was trying to say something and all these ideas just came to my mind but I think you knew what I was getting at. I don't think bullies should be let off the hook, by any means. I just think that if people were held accountable for their actions and people were more accepting of each other, we wouldn't be having this ongoing problem.

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Marcus
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Name: Marcus
Date of birth: Around 1350 bc
date of transformation: unknown
source of transformation: unknown
place of origin: greece
hair color: black
eye color: red/black, with an overlying milky film (vampire)
height: 6'0"
physical description: Marcus has an average build and, like Aro and Caius, is incredbily graceful in his movements.  His black hair is shoulder length, and his white skin is translucent, with a papery texture.
special abilities: He can see the relationships or connections people have to one another.  For example, in a group situation he can easily pick out the leader, or sense the strength of the bond between mates or friends.  He can also see where those bonds are weak.
education/occupation: He is one of the three leaders of the Volturi coven, along with Aro and Caius.
family/coven relationships: His mate, Didyme, died long ago.  His closest coven members are Aro, Caius, Sulpicia, and Athenodora.  He and the other original Volturi are served by members of the Volturi guard.

personal history: Marcus is physically the youngest of the Volturi.  He was transformed into a vampire before he was twenty.  Aro found Marcus soon after his own transformation.  Marcus was a solitary nomad at the time, but he quickly grew fond of enthusiastic young Aro.  Aro was the first friend Marcus had as a vampire.  When Aro wanted to form a coven with Caius and Athenodora, Marcus was hesitant.  He didn't trust the very intense and bitter newcomer, but Aro talked him into the partnership.  with his gift, Marcus could see the growing ties between Aro and Caius, but he never truly understood what Aro saw in Caius.
Marcus's life changed dramatically when Aro brought home his newly turned younger sister, Didyme, along with the first members of the guard -- vampires who were drawn to Didyme's aura of happiness.  None of these early subordinates lasted more than a few centures; they were still experimental at that point. Didyme's gift had always been with her, though subtler during her human years, and so she was used to many suitors.  She did not take these suitors seriously; her true allegiance was to her brother.  After her wild newborn years were over, however, she came to admire Marcus greatly.  They fell in love with the strongest romantic bond of any of the Volturi, as Marcus was in a position to know.
They were so happy together that soon Aro's ambition to dominate the vampire world became increasingly less important to them. After a few centuries, Marcus and Didyme discussed leaving the Volturi to live on their own.  Aro, having read both their thoughts, knew these plans.  He wasn't pleased, but he pretended to give his blessing.
Marcus's power was much more valuable to Aro than was Didyme's.  On the battlefield, Marcus could easily determine the leader and key members of the oppostions by the bonds between them and the other fighters.  He could tell which person would die for another, which would turn traitor given incentive.  In a diplomatic situation, Marcus could see how foreign vampires felt about the Volturi if they would not allow contact with Aro.  Within the coven, Marcus could see if someone's loyalty was wavering, or if someone's feelings for another had become stronger than their bond to the coven.  He was also quite dangerous in a fight -- a skill Didyme did not share.
Aro waited for an opportunity, and when he knew he would not be caught, he murdered his sister, despite the fact that he truly loved her.  Aro's grief was genuine, and Marcus never foud out that he was responsible.  Aro seemed to do everything in his power to discover the culprit, but of course all of his efforts, combined with those of Marcus and Caius, came to nothing.  Once he'd given up hope of vengeance, Marcus became incapacitated by grief.  He lost interest in the coven and began to consider suicide.  Aro had sacrificed his beloved sister in order to keep Marcus's valuable gift in his cove, and he was aghast at the possibility of losing Marcus after all.  Aro discovered Chelsea and used her gift to keep Marcus tied to the fortunes of the Volturi; he was unable to abandon the coven, even through suicide.  Chelsea's gift kept Marcus loyal to Aro, but it was not enough to make him show any enthusiasm for the Volturi.  Aro tried to make Marcus more amenable through Corin's gift, but Marcus refused to accept her comfort.  He did not want to forget his pain.  Corin's gift proved more useful with the wives.

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The walking dead: safety behind bars
This one was kind of crazy. Imagine a world where the safest place for you and your family is a prison. I think that in and of itself is nuts. But anyway, so they leave Glenn and Maggie behind at the farm and found a prison. When they got there, there were certain areas where the coast was clear and then other areas where the zombies were locked up. They found an area where these 4 guys had been locked up and just left there. The woman, Lori, didn't trust anyone and wanted to leave but there was no place to go. Also, the two teenagers finally had sex and had made a pact to kill themselves (each other) at the same time but the guy pulled the trigger first and killed the girl. I kind of understand that at a time where you never know when you're going to die, a suicide pact is the best way to go, but at the same time... You don't even have to be bitten to turn into a zombie, you just have to die. So, if no one was still alive to kill you, you would just be a zombie forever. I dunno which would be worse.  I would just hop on a boat and try my luck in the ocean lol. But anyhow, so there was this guy who had been in the jail when the group got there for "tax evasion" who was chopping off people's heads, starting with the twin little girls. Lori thought it was the guy who was in there for murder and freaked out. But then he tried cutting Andrea's head off and she got away so that's how everyone else found out who it really was. And then the guy who was locked up was pissed and said they had to leave because they wore out their welcome.