Kurt Cobain – Accident, or Purpose?
If you were a rock fan in the early 1990’s, you’ll remember that all time awesome band called Nirvana. Although Nirvana had many fans, some people were septible about the lead singer, Kurt Donald Cobain.
Being a small band in the late eighties, no one really knew about Nirvana until their smash hit second album, Nirvana, came out: Nevermind. With twelve songs, Nevermind was swiped off shelves in almost every music store across the country. People were obsessed. “Weird Al” Yankovic even wrote a parody off their smash song, Smells Like Teen Spirit. Any person that lived in the 1990’s heard of Nirvana, at least once.
Then, lead singer Kurt Cobain met Courtney Love. Immediately, Kurt felt extreme passion for her. Courtney announced she was pregnant, and the happy couple got married three months later.
In honor of Love’s pregnancy, Cobain and band wrote “In Utero”, which real works never will be released for legal reasons. The album, not as hit as Nevermind, again sold out in stores everywhere. Nirvana continued to thrive.
Then, later in 1993, Frances Bean Cobain was born. The girl, looking a lot like her mother, had luscious, blue eyes. She’d attract anyone.
Kurt Cobain had money, love, and an awesome band. What more could he want? The happy couple decided that they were to buy a house in northern Washington, a small get-a-way for their peaceful moments.
The next year, in 1994, an electrician went to fix a refrigerator in that get-away. Astonished at his sight, the electrician immediately called 911. On the floor, dead, was Kurt Cobain. A rifle lay near by, along with a supposed suicide note. The world famous Kurt Cobain was dead, April 5, 1994.
An autopsy later revealed the bullet from the rifle be self inflicted. For most, they mourned Cobain’s death and moved on, falling in love with the revolution of Nirvana, the Foo Fighters, formed by Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl. Later, the movie “Kurt and Courtney” was released. It revealed shocking answers.
El Douche, who was knowingly offensive, revealed to the public: “Courtney wanted me to do it [kill Cobain], but I just couldn’t.” A few weeks later, El Douche is pushed into a train track. Could this be a work of Love?
Dave Grohl insulted Courtney for having “Kurt write all her songs”. Courtney Love was money hungry, and could have easily killed Kurt to inherit not only her money from Hole, her band, but money from Nirvana. It was any easy catch, and with the right help, Love could easily get away with it.
A handwriting sheet was found in Love’s backpack. Police never invesigated too far into this situation, and they found this later on. It was compared to the suicide note and the original “Smells Like Teen Spirit” lyrics. It didn’t match Cobain’s handwriting at all. The note matches Love’s.
Will we ever know the truth of Kurt Cobain’s death? Possibly not. All we know is that fourteen years ago, a rock idol faced his death. That’s all we can face.
To this day, Courtney Love is still fighting with Dave Grohl about releasing albums. Will we ever see another Nirvana record? We’ll have to watch in wait.
RIP Kurt Donald Cobain; 1967-1994
What a Smile Can Do
Do you know someone who’s going through hard times? Are they having trouble being social? Do they feel no one cares about them? There are ways they can feel better. They just have to realize them.
A few days ago, I felt like no one cared about me. My brother was angrier at me then usual, and I felt that he didn’t want me around. I overheard a conversation while walking by a few people heading toward my locker.
“Ew, I have to sit next to Cassidy in band!” I heard one girl say to her friend, not even realizing I was passing by. I decided to stand there. She waved, then looked to her friend to roll her eyes. I frowned, and moved on to my next class. I could hear her friend laughing.
You’re probably not in school, but just apply this thought. Every time someone betrays me or doesn’t want to be my friend, I reassure myself in twenty years it won’t matter. It helps a lot.
Focusing on what I should do, I tried to get my homework turned in and to just have fun. I didn’t sit with anyone at lunch, and I spent most of my time in the media center instead of talking to friends. I didn’t realize how hurt I was by that statement, but it sure would hit me later.
About a week later, I walked by the girl who’d insulted me right to my face. I smiled at her, and she looked at me confusingly back. After taking everything into consideration, she smiled back. This time, she meant it. They next time I went to band, I found her a lot more talkative.
Do you have many friends? Do people tend to not hang around with you. This can all change, easily, by one smile. Gaining friends is simple when people realize how smiley you can be. After a day or two of smiling at people when they were staring, they started to smile back. Before I knew it, I was gaining friends more than ever. It felt good; to finally be a part of everything.
Take this for example. I’d been crushing on a certain guy for a while, and I was estatic that his locker was only about four down from mine. Everything went down like this:
Opening my pencil pouch to quickly retreive a pencil and head off to class, it spilled all over the floor. I picked up what I could, and then shoved it into my locker, hoping that I wouldn’t be counted as tardy. I grabbed my books and was about to slam the door shut when he spoke up.
“You dropped your marker,” he said. The coo of his voice made me smile, and I looked up to see him smiling back. He may never like-like me, but smiling at people is a way to get people to smile back.
If you’re having trouble getting friends, just relax. Take a deep breath. One of my favorite songs, by a small indie band called Wilco, refrains as so, “How do you fight loneliness? Smile all the time.”
And that’s simply what I did. Putting a smile on someone’s face can make a total difference. Enough for you to gain another friend, and let them have the reassurance someone does really care.
Smile. It’s okay. People will appreciate you. If you’ve got a positive reputation, you can draw people to you by smiling.
It all begins with a smile. 
Sarah Palin – It Could be a Mistake
Let me warn you. I don’t usually judge people by what they believe in, but by their intelligence. I must make this statement: Sarah Palin is the stupidest thing I’ve ever seen… ever. My worst fear come true: she’s running for office with John McCain.
Who really does answer a question like Sarah Palin? You’re right, no one. While in an interview with a guy named Gibson, she anwsered simply to a question, “I can see Russia from my state.” Mrs. Palin, let me tell you. That has nothing to do with the attack on Georgia.
One thing that bothers me is that people are provoked to vote for some one for a small shared interest, for instance being a “hockey mom” or the PTA executive at your son’s school. For most people, all that matters is that. Nothing else. No matter of inteligence or perspective on running the nation.
Let me tell you, I’m younger than Sarah Palin (okay, fine, maybe even a little too young to vote), and one thing is that I hope for each president: they have to be smarter than me. Ironically, it could be easy for most people running for office, but not Sarah Palin! Someone made a comment next to me about how great of a public speaker they were. Astonished, I looked at them. I’m on the forensics team and I’m way better than that!
Could we go through such a shocking stage where the majority of America is smarter than the people running the nation? If John McCain becomes president, I will be shocked. Possibly afraid.
What could happen? Just read about John McCain’s perspective on everything. He doesn’t care about gas money, he doesn’t care about education, all he cares about is shipping more men and women off to fight a war that was started with no real cause. Let me repeat myself; all John McCain cares about is shipping people off to war. What can we do about it?
Two words: Barack Obama.
If you disagree with me, comment. You may persuade me to change my opinion.
Vote Barack Obama.
America: The Economic Black Hole
This used to be a page, but I decided to move it to my blog. If you haven’t read it already, please do so and read it!
Can we aviod today these constant words that flow out of a reporter’s mouth every day? Job loss, stock market, murder, health insurance. Sure, these words are enough to make us cringe, think of those in need, but do we ever think: Could it be me next?
It could be. America is an economic black hole, so huge it’d suck any of its citizens in. In fact, there are people that work for the government to decline people health insurance, now is that insane or what? It’s the government’s job to protect its citizens, but is it really when it’s denying the basic needs to cure one’s health issues?
I’m only a kid and I don’t have many sources, but I do know the facts. After seeing Micheal Moore’s movie, Sicko, I have learned that America about 50% of the time isn’t protecting its citizens. I shouldn’t say protecting, more like denying the lives.
Michael Moore captures people’s stories in Sicko. There were many depressing stories, but one made me the saddest.
Terry was diagnosed with kidney disease (I’m not 100% sure, but I think it was) and needed just a bone marrow transplant. The health insurance company said it was “experimental” and shouldn’t be done. Terry was devistated, and feared leaving his son and wife for good.
But good news sprouted. He found a blood match, enough to save his life. The man was gleeful, but then everything went wrong again. The hospital wouldn’t do it. So, finally, Terry died.
Think back to April 2007 when Cho killed thirty two people and injured much more. Staff and students of Virginia Tech knew that Cho was mentally ill. But, obviously, he didn’t get the care.
Instead of going to a hospital and being taken care of, he killed thirty two people, wounded many more, and killed himself.
That’s not just one story of the mentally ill going crazy. There were many more out there. We can put a stop to these, just the government hasn’t realized yet.
We can lower the amount of murders by tracking down people and putting them places, such as the hospital or an institution. Together, we can do this.
But, America is facing money problems, too. With so many job losses, it’s hard to juggle all of the things coming at us. And the US dollar, let’s just say that went rolling down the hill.
Gas goes up as American troops invade the middle east. As I said before, I don’t know much, I’m just a kid. But, I’m smart enough, as it doen’t take a detective to figure out, that something’s wrong over there.
That maybe, we should just express words. I mean, if some one were to come and bomb your house, and then your block, then town, then area, it just wouldn’t stop. So, until some one decides to go over there and talk, things won’t be worked out. And, it’s so late in the game, that it would be really hard to say,”Well, I’m sorry for bombing your country and killing people. We’re even now.” That wouldn’t last a second. And I believe that some canidates running may be able to get out of this mess.
Hopefully, in the next election, we can start to clean things up here in America. For, if we don’t, things just won’t get any better.
Author’s Note: These are my personal opinions, and you may believe differently. I am just putting my words out there, not to start rivalries or anything.
Relax
Walking home from my bus stop just a few days ago, I was chilled by the autumn’s coolness I’d forgotten about over the summer. The fresh air chilled me and cooled my breath, and I was beckoned by a tree, leaves already crumbling to a wooden color, to sit underneath it and dream. I didn’t have that much homework, I’d finished most of it in class, and I ensured myself I could get it done just after a few minutes of relaxation. Ever since 7thgrade started, I’d been busy with everything. Friends, family, homework, studying, forensics… all of this took up my time. I needed time for myself, and I finally got it.
Calming a little bit, I closed my eyes. I put myself into the cool, fresh, autumn world that I’d longed for ever since it ended the previous year. I took a deep breath, let it out slowly, and realized that I could take this time for myself every day. I started to realize that that was what was causing me to feel so rushed and overwhelmed, which later lead to forgetfulness, was the fact that I’d never spent any time just thinking about it.
I took another deep breath, taking in the clean, refreshing aroma of being at home. I let my worries free to wander, forgetting everything for the moment’s peace, and let my mind wander.
After a few minutes of pure meditation, I let myself open my eyes. I was welcomed to a world with smiling faces, lovely people, and a place of my own that I could go to at any forgiven moment. I stood, breathed the autumn’s scent for another moment, then let my head start to get busy again with all my craziness. Although, this time, I wasn’t overwhelmed. I knew I could face it.
We all go through busy times in life. The healthiest thing to do is take a break from it all and relax. Close your eyes, and let your mind wander where it wants to go. Let go of all your worries, fears, and frets that hold you down. Defeat them for a moment. Let yourself have some peace.
Getting a few minutes of relaxation each day will help you be successful. Taking time to let it all free will help letting yourself know that it’s all cool; you don’t have to get worked up about things that won’t matter for too long.
Take my advice. Close your eyes, right now, let everything go. Take a deep breath, and count to thirty. Then report back here.
Did that help? Did you feel more relaxed? Take approximately seven minutes daily to get a feel for yourself. Becoming relaxed will give you a new perspective, so you no longer will feel overwhelmed.
I have one closing word for you. I think that it will help you get a clue for what I mean. Here: chill.
