Looters. (An unfinished post.)

It's been quite a while since I've last updated my blog. So much has happened and I haven't had the time.

First of all: My hometown of Joplin, Mo. was hit by a tornado. Thankfully, no one close to me died. It's old news to the media, but here it's still taking some by surprise. The realization of the whole thing just dampens spirits. My family and I have been volunteering and trying to help, but this thing isn't going to go away.

There are people all over Joplin that have literally lost everything, from homes, cars and drivers licenses to loved ones, co-workers, and jobs. It is such a mess. Sometimes, I wonder if we will ever recover.

What's worse, is that there are people who have been going around taking things from the debris that don't belong to them. Looters.

Jacinda's Poem

There once was a girl named Jacinda.
She didn't have anything to write,
So, she sat at her desk,
With her head in a mess.
And wondered how to make this rhyme.

Jacinda did a pretty cool thing.
She wrote a poem within an hour.
It's just write above,
And to be honest it sucks,
And the taste it leaves is quite sour.

For some reason this poem goes on.
Here she goes again.
So, she wants to know,
Of some poems you wrote.
And I'll stop talking in third person.

This is my email address:
jacinda_dawn@hotmail.com
I'm leaving this post,
For those who love poems most,
And don't forget to tell your mom.

Send me your poem and the name to go with it and I'll post them individually.
(P.S. This is something I will keep posting about until I get emails.) Thank you. (:

Laziness

Remember when you were a little kid and your mom told you to clean your room, but instead you shoved every bit of the mess into the closet? If you've never done that, you were either the perfect child, or your mom cleaned your room for you. If you have, well, we have something to talk about. It's called, 'laziness'.

I'm not going to say I'm a lazy person, though...I probably am. I'm the kind of person that doesn't like to do unpleasant things (Aren't we all?). If I want to read a book and my mom wants me to clean my room, I hurriedly, throw everything on my floor in the laundry and get back to my book. That's just how things go.

Now, I'm not a lazy worker. If I'm working my motivation is my environment, though some would think it was the pay check. Nope. If my mom offered me money to clean the entire house, I would insist she help me (Only because I know she'd do a lot more than I would).

Lazy people lack motivation. Sure you could give them a reason to do something, but, does it motivate them? No. It only stresses them out. You might think stress would provoke them to get active, but you're wrong. Stress only makes things less pleasant, and as I said before, no one likes to do unpleasant things.

Regular people will do those things regardless, but lazy people will find more excuses not to do them, or will do them less than half-hearted-ly.

I'm not an extremely lazy person. If something has to be done specifically by me, or no one else will do it, and I know it has to be done, I will do it. That is my motivation.