Marriage: Is it Still Relevant?

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This past weekend, I went to go see a sneak preview of a certain movie (I don't want to say, because if I do, I'll be a spoiler) that ended with the two main love interests resolving their differences, and getting married. I have to admit, I "Awwww[ed]" in unison with fellow audience members, but I couldn't help but wonder why the film made it seem as if getting married was a couple's only option to obtain happiness.

Views of love and marriage have changed greatly over the past decades. For example, in television, it seems as if present society's answer to Lucy and Ricky Ricardo, a wacky, married couple, who didn't even sleep in the same bed, is Meredith Grey and Derek Shepard, a couple who isn't married, but do have premarital sex.
Despite this, some people today do desire dream weddings. Women on shows like Bridezillas and My Big Fat Fabulous Wedding portrays those who feel as if every single detail of their wedding isn't perfect, they'll be cursed with a loveless marriage.

At the end of the day, love is simple, and just is. No costly ceremony is required. Sure, someday I'd love to profess my love for some man in front of friends, family, and God, but I feel as if it's not a way of making things official. I mean, look at Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell; they've been together since '83, and they're in no rush to get to the altar anytime soon. They're a perfect example in my opinion of how love can last without putting a ring on someone's finger.

"The only real security in a relationship lies neither in looking back in nostalgia, nor forward in dread or anticipation, but living in the present relationship and accepting it as it is now."

-Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Not Everyone Can Stand the Heat.. Literally

Sometime last week at my school, inspections were held in the gym as part of ROTC classes. Apparently, it was so hot in the gym that in each period, at least one person would pass out; someone was even rushed to the hospital and lost 3 teeth, and their top row of gums after suffering from a seizure.
First of all, why is it so hot in the gym? Kids run, play and sweat in there and I'm sure that sweltering temperatures could not help their health. The administration definitely needs to step up to correct that...

College Application Process = blaaaaah

It's not that it's hard. it's just that it's so much to do and tedious.
Sure, it's nothing but filling out a web form, but I'm not exactly up to writing those essays... Don't get me wrong, I love to write, but I feel that those topics give me deja vu about your first day of school. (Write about someone who has had an impact on you.. etc.)
Ugh, I will be extremely jubilant when all things college app. are over..

My Bittersweet Homecoming

To get some excitement circulating for Homecoming, every year at Yates, we have a week dedicated to dressing up (or down) based on the different theme of the day.
Some of the most popular include:
Geek Day
Tacky Day
and
Super Hero Day
Each year, I've had so much fun in participating in each day. Even though homecoming/homecoming week was fun, I couldn't help but think about how this was one of the last activities that I'd participate in as a high school student. I hate to be sappy, but it's the honest truth...