Bathroom Philosphies

When you go to high school, it's really only natural that the bathrooms will be full of graffiti and other some-such tagwork. I've been noticing for a while which stalls in which bathrooms on which floors have what style of writing... because I'm interested in writing, any kind, really, and it's interesting to see what people write.

One of my first ideas for a serious book was sort of based off the recent "Chicken Soup" style books, especially the ones for teens, that really related to teens and the lives they live today. I wanted to call it "The Bathroom Philosophy," and have it include all these strange and inspirational quotes you see littered about a bathroom stall.

At my school, the doors to each of the bathrooms are no more than three feet in length, and each is painted a bright red. People will graffiti on the marble walls if there's no room on the doors (and quite often enough, there isn't), or if they get wind that the admins are going to have the bathroom doors repainted so they can "fumigate" students out of there during class time. ^^; Sneaky little devils, those teachers. Anyways, the paint on the marble looks much tackier than the red paint, so people prefer to write on the doors-- if not those, then the toilet paper dispensers.

On one floor, there's a full-length bitch list. Sadly, some people have gotten to the level where they "top" the #1 listing, and say "All ____ girls." Someone inevitably gets angry at this, and says, "No, it's all ____ because they're all..." yeah, you get the picture. Some people "write back." One person called a bitch was the class president, a very nice and interesting girl who's on three varsity teams. Thus, six or so girls "wrote back" to whoever dared to call her a bitch, saying that the prez was nice, and just because she was class president and on three varsity sports, it was no reason to hate. Plenty of people signed their agreement. It was nice to see people sticking up for each other, even if they were vandalizing in the process.

On one faded puke-green toilet dispenser, it reads: Girls, us girls, we stand accused. We've been physically, mentally, spiritually bruised. (The rest is either a blur or I forgot it... ^^;)

Then again, plenty of people avoid the bathrooms like the plague. One boy commented to me last year, "I'd use the bathrooms at this school-- if I didn't have to use scuba gear to get to the toilets." Ehh... gek. The girls' bathrooms aren't as bad, but they're getting there. It's not the tagging that bugs me, but the papers left everywhere, pads hanging off toilet stalls and the like, and the soap that's either never there or smells strange. I go there as a last resort, can't-hold-it-in-any-longer, wanna-get-away-from-class/some guy, have-to-wash-my-hands-becuase-I-don't-know-what-I-just-touched. ^^; Yeah, and that's when I see those tags littering the doors and the walls, and I wonder.

People really think in bathrooms. People say things like, "It's really sad to see people wasting their time hating on others," and "You must be really bored to write here... I know I am." and "This school sux" (to which, to my amazement, was added-- 'doesn't suck anymore than you do,' or something to that effect) Spirited people tagging? Whoa.

That's why I like my school-- even if I complain about it all the time. ^.~

Quotin' Fonts

I just had to do this upon revisiting fontgarden.com again. If you've never been, go check them out! They have great fonts, displayed in the form of sometimes hilarious, sometimes inspiring quotes:

1)All those who believe in psychokinesis, raise my hand.

2)My grandson asked me if I still look at young women. I said yes, but I can't remember why.

3)I know everything, I just can't remember it all at once.

4)It is said that if you line up all the cars in the world end-to-end, someone would be stupid enough to try and pass them.

5)Last night I played a blank tape at full blast. The mime next door went nuts!

6)Radioactive cats have 18 half-lives.

7)A flaming duck is not a hat.

8)Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. -Thomas Edison

9)Taste is the enemy of creativity. -Pablo Picasso

10)Sometimes I think war is God's way of teaching us geography. -Paul Rodriguez

11)Let us endeavor to live so that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry. -Mark Twain

12)Ever notice that 'what the hell' is always the right decision? -Marilyn Monroe

13)If you think nobody cares if you're alive, try missing a couple of car payments (Here here!)

14)If you can't beat your computer at chess, try kickboxing.

15)Never say 'Oops!' always say 'Ah! Interesting!'

16)In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: It goes on. -Robert Frost

17)He who laughs lasts. (Remember I said laughter was good for the soul!?)

18)Sometimes the best helping hand you can give is a good, firm push. (Right-o!)

19)May you live as long as you want and never want as long as you live.

20) (LAST ONE!) Take the road less traveled- the leaves crunch that much louder! (Leeeaf Crushers!)