Why did I want to grow up?

When I watch my younger sisters run around smiling, laughing, being totally carefree. I wonder why the hell did I wish to grow up, to be honest being older sucks. I don't know about others but my parents aren't any less strict, I have homework 24/7, and not to mention countless drama within my social life. If anything I wish I was a little girl who could care less about how she looks, run around in little dresses and tutus screaming songs. Making dumb jokes and talking about how boys are gross and they have cuties. I would give anything to be 6 years old and only having to color and learn how to write my name and my age then eating snacks out on the playground or playing tag all recess. I remember never having any drama, and only crying when I was pushed down, but its easy to wipe away some dirt but not so easy to shake off a bad grade. At age six grades didn't even exist, songs, story books, rhymes, and fun was the only thing I knew.  If running around shirtless was still socially acceptable, then I'd be the first. Back when I was young every photo was a good photo, if I looked like sh*t then we laughed and if I looked great then I would smile and say thank you. Now every photo of me seems to be awful and sends this unnecessary chill down my spine. Meanwhile I'm wondering who's going to see this... or better yet what if someone makes fun of the photo. If everyone could age but still have the self confidence of a six year old the world would be a much better place, more girls with nicer hearts, more acceptance worldwide.

Photos: Rebecca Owen

I look at my little sisters who will go to school without a worry, their hair is neatly tied back by my mother then they each get into their chosen outfit. No second guesses on how good they look, just put on all the necessities and get to school. No boys to comment on how fine they are looking or girls to turn around and gossip about how you wore that same outfit last week. They just happily skip off to school together laughing and smiling, as for me I spend at least 30 minutes debating on wether to change the outfit or keep it as is. Or the worst is when you wake up with a zit that makes you self conscious and to the point where you feel like everyone is just staring right at your zit thinking to themselves how ugly it is. Little girls can walk out the door smiling and thinking about how many new friends they can make that day. My younger sister always comes home telling us how great her day was and how nice her teacher was. Then when it comes to me I am barely able to keep my eyes open, and eventually I manage to complain about the amount of tests or a huge project coming up. If only I had never wished to grow up and date guys, because it only creates more drama and more work. If only having a best friend still existed, my younger sister has playdates, and they play barbies and makeup silly handshakes while laughing and smiling never regretting one moment. I used to think at that age I was too controlled but turns out as a freshman there is more control over me than ever between being onetime to sports and submitting quality work to the teachers. 

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The little girl I babysit always is smiling until she realizes that she has to take a nap then she looses it, but she's always happy and wears the cutest outfits. When babysitting for her she marches around like a queen and throws out little sassy commands just for a little giggle. This. This is what I miss, being small, cute, funny, and an absolute delight to be around. She makes me smile on a bad day and doesn't even intend to. From her curly hair tied up in a little bow to there tiny toes she is 100% adorable and melts your heart.  Just knowing that one day she to will have bad days filled with homework and mean friends break my heart. How can something so petite and sweet turn into someone who gets called names or made to sit at another lunch table because there isn't enough room. Thats awful, and where it all begins. A little angel that is smiling almost all the time can turn into an angel who is frowning all the time. In my opinion life starts out so happy and full of life but as you slowly move along you loose the constant sparkle in the corner of your eye or you loose the silly laugh because someone thinks you sound dumb. If we could all stay 2 1/2 for ever there would never be a murder or calling another baby fat, but tons of giggling and smiles that create a happy earth.

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If wearing cute little coordinated outfits were still in style, then I would be all over it. Remember dressing up for valentines day,  easter, halloween, ect. and everyone would having little skirts or dresses on. Those were the good old days when you could wear whatever you wanted and still rocked it.

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Do You See What Eye See

Eyes, "the window to our soul." I'm guessing that eyes must be pretty interesting considering the fact they have all these fancy quotes. When I look at a person, automatically my attention will be directed to their eyes. (Not just because it is the polite thing to do when speaking to another) People who have beautiful, intriguing eyes are usually in my opinion more physically attractive, eyes really do define a person to some extent. If someone has bad vision they will most likely be squinting, as someone who is sad might have a watery eyes, if you're tired your eyes might be bloodshot, if you're in love they might be focused on on person, ect. Someone's eyes are usually the first impression, whether you catch someones eye in public or lock eyes with an opponent, automatically you would be able to have an opinion about that person.

Eyes caked in makeup vs. all natural eyes?

It really depends on your opinion, but from my point of view an eye that is left alone to present its own beauty sparkles more then the 1 pound of glitter on another eye. Makeup is a way to hide your flaws which were given to you for a reason, nobody is perfect and by caking yourself with makeup you are correctly the flaws that make each individual special in their own way. If everyone was flawless then there would be hardly a variety of people, a flaw may be seen as a negative from ones perspective but to others it defines you as a person. When someone decides to wear no makeup they shouldn't be judged, they have the courage to display their flaws while others choose to hide them. Eyes that are left alone are pure beauty, eyes that are caked in makeup are beautiful too, just in a different way. 

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Eyes can come in all different types of colors, shapes ect. Brown eyes are a dominant trait, blue and green eyes are a recessive trait. This can be defined as the brown overrules blue in a genetic showdown. In other words, every offspring has two alleles, one from each parent. So lets say that we use an A to represent our eye color, if one were to have two big A's (AA), it means the they have brown eyes because brown is the dominant trait, and if someone were to have two little a's (aa), it would mean they had blue/green eyes, this is because blue/green eyes are recessive. If someone were to have a big A and a little a (Aa), it would mean they would have brown eyes, because the big A is dominate to the little a, meaning brown takes over the blue/green due to the fact brown is the dominant trait. Lets say that your dad was "AA", and your mom was "aa", you would positively have brown eyes because your dad has two big A's. Now if your dad were to have "Aa", and your mom still had "aa", you could have a chance of receiving blue/green eyes. If both of your parents had "aa", you would definitely have blue or green eyes. It is possible that two brown eyed parents can have blue or green eyed kids, because if both parents have "Aa", it means they both have brown eyes because of the big A, but if their kids receive the little a from both sides they would have blue or green eyes. It is possible for two brown eyed parents to have blue or green eyed children, but it is impossible for two blue or green eyed parents to have a brown eyed kids. Eyes are very complicated, even with the newest technology we have, eyes are somewhat mysterious. So if the whole science lesson didn't confuse you enough why don't you go check out this article because I'm sure what they are saying makes a lot more sense then what I had blabbered on about for what seemed like ages.

Photo: Eye science

Since we are talking about eyes, how about we discuss why some people see black/blue and others see white/gold. Depending on the lighting, people may perceive different colors from the same dress. Our eyes are able to assign fixed colors to objects under widely different lighting conditions. This ability is called color constancy. But the photograph doesn’t give many clues about the ambient light in the room. Is the background bright and the dress in shadow? Or is the whole room bright and all the colors are washed out? Different people may pick up on different visual cues in the image, which can change how they interpret and name the colors. Articles have proven the dress to be blue/black but depending on the amount of dark lighting/ light people may interoperate the dresses' colors differently. Why did this cause such a big uproar? People were frustrated with not being ale to see the same color as someone else or the fact that everyone freaked out over the actual color. Who knew one crappy photo might turn into many science articles and people talking for ages on what the true color of the dress is.

Photo: New York Times