Wow, long time no see!
Yes, it's me, I've returned to this blog after a 2-year hiatus. Sorry about that :P
In case you've been wondering where I've been (I know you haven't, but let's pretend that you have been), I honestly just kind of forgot that this blog existed. I took a break from MSP again about a year ago with the intention of permanently quitting, but as usual, I came crawling back out of boredom. And it recently occurred to me that I haven't touched this blog since 2014 and that I should probably show some signs of life.
So, in terms of my personal life (yes, I do have a life outside of MSP :P), I'm about to be a junior in high school! Insane, right? I honestly have trouble believing it myself. The last time I posted on this blog I was about to start my freshman year, and now all of a sudden I'm an upperclassman. It's almost surreal how fast high school has been going by (and thank God for that). I'm also getting ready to start looking at colleges. My top choices right now are University of Central Florida and Johnson and Wales University, because I'm planning on pursuing a career in Hospitality and Tourism.
And in other (MSP-related) news, the forums have been ablaze with conversation about Black Lives Matter due to recent events involving several cop-related murders. I love talking about politics, so I was quick to jump into the discussion. However, my political opinions sort of differ from those of other 16-year-olds. I'm a conservative, and pretty damn vocal about it. So I expressed my disapproval of the Black Lives Matter movement. In case some of you are ready to start typing some rant about how I'm a racist for not supporting the movement, hold your horses and listen. I am fully aware that the movement is not trying to say that only black lives matter, and the fact that it focuses on one group is not the reason I don't like it. The reason I don't like it is because they promote violence and hatred. They go out of their way to segregate black people and white people, and celebrate the deaths of cops. Unlike following in the footsteps of MLK (a person I truly admire, by the way), they take the Malcom X approach and use violence to protest instead of peace and unity.
But this wasn't meant to be a political rant. Moving on, people got angry at the fact that I disapprove of Black Lives Matter's methods for protesting. As a result, one or more people who perceived my opinion as racist hate speech reported me, resulting in me getting locked for nearly 8 days. My lock expires tomorrow night, and thank God for that. I've been having to go on a bunch of shitty backup accounts to pass the time, and it's not fun at ALL. I emailed MSP asking them if they could unlock me because I believed I was falsely reported, but it seems that they're going to side with the reporters on this one. Oh well.
Well damn this has been a long post...whoops. I'll hopefully be posting on this blog more in the future, as long as I remember that it exists, lmao. Don't forget to share the blog with your friends! :)
Until next time (whenever that may be),
- Cookie
