On Clothing

I don't care how cool you think you are, if the pattern is too loud and the shirt is too tight: IT'S NOT CUTE. 

On Imbeciles

Class has started at 10 all semester. 


So obviously, any time before 10, there's going to be different people in the room for a different class. 


*facepalm*


This really needed clarification? Your phone doesn't have a clock?

On Common Sense

It's fine to be friends with your ex. 


It's fine to have friends who are friends with you AND your ex. 


It's NOT fine to have some punk freshman come to you and say, "so did you hear about the date your ex went on?"


Excuse me, but when did it become your business to tell me about his life? Oh that's right, never. If he wants me to know, I will.


Good for him for going out on a date. I obviously broke up with him because I'm NOT THAT INTERESTED in dating him anymore. 


*migraine*

On Common Sense

When a professor says, "I will email you if we don't have class," it's pretty self explanatory. 


So why is it that I got at text message that read "We didn't get an email... Do we still have class?!?" 20 minutes before class was supposed to start?

On Clothing

Mini shorts and UGG boots DO NOT GO TOGETHER! 


WHY DO GIRLS INSIST ON WEARING THEM TOGHETHER?


Wanna wear the shorts? Wear sandals. 
Wanna wear the boots? Wear pants. You may have heard of them, they cover your legs. 


If you want me to, I will personally come to your place of living and put outfits together for you. Because clearly you're having some trouble. 

On Breakups

I'm calling bull shit on people after breakups. 


When someone says "I will never find someone as great as you.... and it tears me apart and I dont really want to live"


That's absolute crap. And it's completely immature to say, especially on Facebook.


I'm sorry if I sound insensitive, but I mean really, you'd be TAKING YOUR LIFE. 


In short, you would be flipping God off in about three major ways. The list being:

1. You're saying that you don't care about his plan for you because you're convinced that the person you just broke up with is the ONLY soul on this earth who you could ever imagine yourself with.
2. You're saying that God can't mend the hurt that you're feeling so you want to end it yourself and face the chance of going to hell for selfishly taking your life when it probably wasn't your time to die. 
3. You're flat out being a dumbass. You have a brain, so use it. Your brain is probably saying, "Moron, come off it. She was a horrible girlfriend!! You know it and so does the rest of the world!"

So go ahead, flip God off. 


If you want to die after you got yourself out of a horrible relationship then that's on you, but there are better options out there. 

On Using Your Brain

I don't care how old you are, READ MORE SIGNS. 


When something says "enter," follow the path to the exit. Don't just turn around and try to exit through the entrance. 


Yelled at the little junior highers in the ADC today. The kids were being really obnoxious. It took everything for me to not be super snotty and say, "Okay so I know that you're in junior high and you know everything and can't possibly be ANY COOLER than you are at this point in your life, but can you just use the brain God gave you, put your stupid tray in the tray return and walk out the exit like a normal person?"


All I said was, "EXCUSE ME go the other way."


Thankfully the person I was with thought it was funny or I would have felt a little bad about it. 

On Clothing

Booty shorts + 60 degree weather + wind = STUPID

I seriously do not understand why girls don't use their brains. But hey, if they want pneumonia then that's THEIR problem (and their roommates problem if you think about it).

On Journalism

I actually have no desire to ever have a story written about me. I prefer blogging, that way I know the facts are right. 


I do like taking pictures of all kinds, but I'd rather capture the whole story, not just me and my friends. 


I'm a photographer and a journalist, I stay behind the camera and I hold the pen. 


It's a control issue. But I'm not as interested in attention as people think. 

This is Chris Hardy. We're photographers for the school yearbook and newspaper. This is what I mean when I say I stay behind the camera. 

On Relationships

Breaking up is NOT always a bad thing. 


So when you see that a couple is no longer together, don't think it's because something went wrong. It might just be for other reasons that ARE NOT YOUR BUSINESS. 


So yeah, it's their relationship, not yours. Get over it, people have been breaking up for years before this. 

On Clothing

NEWSFLASH: UNDERGARMENTS ARE MEANT TO STAY UNDER YOUR CLOTHES!!


No one really wants to see your bra straps, thongs, boxers, etc... So put on a sweater, wear a different bra, put on pants that fit you better, wear a longer shirt... ANYTHING. 


Just don't let the world see anything they don't want to. 

On Clothing

Lacy bras are meant for one place: the bedroom. With your spouse. 


Don't wear them underneath a thin camisole. It's not flattering and it's kinda distracting. 

On Being Classy

Don't be rude.


That's just it, just don't be rude. Nobody cares for it. If you're rude, well then people won't like you. 


There's a time and place for humor that would otherwise come off as rude, but seriously just be polite and act in such a way that a really sweet old lady wouldn't find appalling. 

On Controversial Topics

Stick to your argument, but be willing to see the other side. 


Also, don't condemn people to hell in the heat of a disagreement. It pisses people off and it's just all around rude. There was only one perfect human being, and it's not you. 


Therefore, shut up and get over the fact that there will always be evil in the world. 

Have a damn open mind before you put your foot in your mouth. 

On Clothing

Thongs + Mini dress = Not okay.


I mean really? Wear some shorts or something that doesn't involve the possibility of seeing your bare butt. 

On Legendary Badasses

This isn't as much of a rant as just a statement of fact. 

Examples of legendary badasses:

1. Chuck Norris
2. Liam Neeson
3. Bruce Willis
4. Jet Li
5. Sean Connery
6. Sylvester Stallone
7. Harrison Ford
8. Jason Statham
9. Russel Crowe
10. Christian Bale
11. Tom Cruise
12. Pierce Brosnan
13. Christopher Reeve (even though he died, he was freaking Superman)
14. Mark Whalberg
15. Robert Downey Jr.
16. Gerard Butler
17. Denzel Washington
18. Will Smith
19. Daniel Craig
20. Antonio Banderas

The only problem I have with this list is Daniel Craig. I will admit that I made this list, but the only reason Daniel Craig made it is because he was James Bond. But he's not REALLY James Bond because he didn't know how to drive a sports car before he started filming. Thus making him a wuss.

These are it. Make no mistake, even though they're all well past their 20s and some even their 50s, it doesn't get much more badass than these guys. 

There will probably come time for me to add or subtract from this list. But I'm just saying, Channing Tatum and whatever other pretty boy in Hollywood is NOTHING compared to the action heroes on this list. 

On Homework

Just do it. 


Save the rest of the class from getting yelled at. We pretty much all know who you are, because you sink down in your seats. 


So yeah. I'm the world's most notorious procrastinator and I still get it all done. 


Get it done. 


That would be really super. 

On Clothing

Dear Hollister/Abercrombie & Fitch, 


You should make clothes for real girls. Because REAL girls (with boobs and flab and love handles) don't wear an X-Small in anything.


Somehow you've turned every single female under the age of 17 into a premature Playboy Bunny. Mostly because you advertise your clothes in the most sex-crazed and scandalous way possible. 


The most I can buy from your stores are sweaters and yoga pants. Because those are the only things that can actually handle my far from flat chest and love handles without making me feel like I need to hit the gym.  


Oh and FYI, plaid doesn't REALLY look good on anyone. It's great on flannel pajamas, but it making it in the cheapest material possible is just stupid and it makes people look boxy and like they have no figure at all. 


All I'm saying: not every girl wants their boobs coming out of everywhere. Note what I said about leggings as pants... same applies for boobs falling out of shirts. 


It's trashy. 


For those of you who wear clothes from these stores on a regular basis, I'm sorry, but save your money and go to Old Navy or American Eagle. 

On Sports

I don't care if the ref made a bogus call, have good sportsmanship and calm your hot mess down.


A lost game will not end the world, especially when the winning team is completely stacked with guys who are trying to get a reaction out of you. 


Side Note: If you don't want your girlfriend to say, "yeah you looked pretty pissed" or "the other team was playing really well" then just don't even talk about the game. Don't bring it up. Do you like it when we ask you about the outfit that makes us look fat/bloated/pregnant? No? Okay then we don't like hearing or talking about a game that your team was destroyed in. Because we might not know how to proceed with the conversation. 


Testosterone is STUPID sometimes. 

On Friendships

When friendships end you realize....

1. Both people need to participate. 
2. Person 2 needs to not completely ignore Person 1 when Person 1 calls/texts/emails and then get mad when Person 1 just decides it's not worth it anymore.
3. Person 2 shouldn't put all the blame on Person 1. 
4. Person 1 obviously feels like crap already, so why cut the wounds deeper and be completely insensitive?
5. If you needed to "tolerate" Person 1, you clearly were never really "best friends."
6. It took you until junior year of high school to even have a conversation with Person 1. And we went to school together since the third grade. Cool.

Not the best morning of my life. As you can probably tell. 

What sucks the most is that I did make an effort to make things better, did it matter? Nope. 

Hopefully there's some freshman who isn't dressed within the parameters of the dress code. I enjoy that much more than this. 

On Friendships

Took you long enough to notice that you weren't really in my life anymore. 


And you make me out to be the jerk? Cool beans, dude. 

On Clothing

Ladies, get it out of your head that leggings are pants.


Leggings paired with a dress that barely covers your ass makes you look like a whore. And it's basically a cry for a less than respectable (excuse for a) man to come and bed you.


We go to a Baptist school - dress accordingly.

On Friendships

Best friends are the people who never need an explanation for anything. They just know what's going on at all times. 


I used to have that. 


But I don't have that anymore, not really. 


When I try to talk to my best friend... It's almost like talking to a wall. That's about how responsive they are to whatever I say. 


So I'm just saying, if you want to share the good things that are going on in your life with someone, it's not because you're fishing for compliments. It's because things are going good, and your best friend should want to know about it. 


But if you don't want to know about it, what's the point in even being friends?


I'm officially done trying. It hurts too much to try and be your friend when you obviously don't even care. You clearly don't want me in your life, so why should I want you in mine?


That's right, I shouldn't want you in my life. Because all you do is drag me away from the things and people that make me happy. You're too stuck in the place you're at to see that there's more to life than partying and complaining about everything that sucks in your life. 


I'm pretty sure you're aware that I read tumblr, I'm not stupid. 


So when you post backhanded things on your blog, I get the message. 


This is me officially being done and saying, "goodbye." Because saying, "talk to you soon" implies that we might actually talk in the future. And we both know we won't, so let's stop pretending like we have anything in common anymore. 

On Photography

Not one human on this earth is perfect. 


We all have blemishes. Some people, have those blemishes in the form of acne. That doesn't make acne ugly. 


It's humility. And it reminds us we aren't perfect. 


Airbrushed skin is for people who want to ignore the beauty in imperfections.

On Dating

The way he treats his mother (and sister if he has one) is the way he'll treat you. Even the little things count. 

If he doesn't want his mother (or sister) spending any time with you (even if it's for a short while), it's probably because he doesn't want you seeing him treating her like crap. 

He might have a heart of gold, but if he treats mom and sister like they're scum on his shoes, down the line his true colors will emerge. And it'll happen when you least expect it.