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These new kids just aren't as good as my original Glee club. They can't put on a show like the others could. Oh my goodness. Dalton burned to the grown and Blaine is so upset. So, Mr. Schuester invites the Warblers to join the New Directions. Jane is obviously upset because she was denied entrance into the Warblers.

Sue is out to destroy the glee club. I can't stand her. SO SHE GETS FIRED. Becky Jackson lets all of her secrets out and Sue is left a joke in Ohio.

There is thirty minutes of this episode left. We've spent the entire first half on Sue. Please stop this insanity.

Finally, here's Rachel. I want Rachel to go back to school so bad. She deserves to get her education and to do her best. Oh my gosh! Now she's gonna be on Broadway again. BEAUTIFUL. I am with Sam; Rachel should definitely go back to school. They sang a song written by Darren Criss, which was lovely.

I don't know where Glee is going after this episode, but I'm not digging it right now.

catch you later,
Karleigh

"Don't believe everything Becky Jackson tweets." // Sue Sylvester

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A long time ago, I went to Spain. It feels like a long time ago, but really it was only about three or four years. I never wanted to study Spanish in school. I always preferred French (and still do) but when I got the opportunity, I had to take it. It was a really lovely time and I'll never regret going -- obviously. Below, I'm in front of a castle -- I wish I could remember the name of it. I can't believe I was standing in front of an actual castle.  I have a bad habit of falling in love with architecture. The way a building was built and how it decays draws me in. I love visiting historical buildings, mainly for this reason.     One of the main things that really thrilled me in Spain was the architecture -- especially when we got to see an aqueduct built before Christ. I just really love old things. I also really love traveling. So, it doesn't really matter that I would have preferred learning French, because I had the time of my life while being abroad. 

catch you later,

Karleigh

"Once a year, go someplace you’ve never been before." // Dalai Lama

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You know in your literature class when the teacher will cover a brief history of an author before moving into their works? That is one of my favorite parts of the class. To understand the literature, you must know the author. Writers use personal experience in their writing so that situations and words are real -- so that when you read them, they feel real. It would be awfully hard to write about vampires if you weren't in a relationship with one, right? 

Wait... what do you mean vampires aren't real? They are all over everything you pick up to read. OH. Oops. That was a few years ago. Now, we have people telling of their experiences in dystopian societies. Okay, so obviously fiction books aren't always based on real life situations. Sometimes authors add in supernatural elements because they just happen to know a lot about them or because they have a very vivid imagination.

When I read the Twilight books, I remember reading that the author had come up with the plot during a dream. I'm still waiting to dream up a good idea for a book. Anyway, I'm really just sharing information with you guys more than anything. I just enjoy knowing about authors. Recently, after finishing The Picture of Dorian Gray, I've been reading up on Oscar Wilde. He was quite clever and had a bit of crazy experience during his life. In reading of his trials, you can almost understand his work better. So, maybe next time you pick a book, look up their author as well. 

catch you later,

Karleigh

"I am not young enough to know everything." // Oscar Wilde

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There are two things that I have always loved: bed and television. I was looking through some old pictures of me the other day and I came across some gems. So, in lieu of telling you how awesome you are, I'm going to take a trip down memory lane.

Wasn't I a doll? Truly, I was. Despite the awful bedclothes from the 90s, this is the most adorable picture. I was obviously exhausted after a long day at the office and decided to chill out in the bed while catching up on some episodes of Barney. I wonder what he got up to that week.

Don't you hate when you can't figure out the remote? I know this one must have had a few tricks up its sleeve. Or maybe the buttons were just super tasty... Who knows! All I do know is that my love for staying in bed and watching television has not diminished over the years.

catch you later,

Karleigh

“I love you. You love me. We're a happy family. With a great big hug..." // Barney

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You can just do things for recognition. You can throw yourself into a project and spend hours on a task all for a few moments of someone telling you how great you are. That's a real thing. You can do something just to say you did it.

And I'm sure you've done that before. I know that I have.

It's nice to say you helped an old lady cross the street or that you spent hours dishing out groceries at the food pantry. But do you really do it -- do you really help someone -- if you aren't being fully selfless? Sure, that old lady made it across the street safely and that family got their groceries, but are you really helping? Or are you just doing it because you feel like you have to? 

I like the anonymity in this photo because that is what it should be like when you help others. You don't need people to know who you are or see you helping. You just need to do it. You just need to help people. That's what we're here for. You have to be willing to want to help other people. Sometimes, we spend a lot of time wanting people to see us doing good works. However, maybe it is actually when no one sees you do that good deed, that you really did it.

catch you later,

Karleigh

"Character is doing the right thing when nobody's looking." // J.C. Watts

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I will never need you to tell me to relax. There are a lot of times when people will hear you getting excited or flustered or angry, and they will attempt to belittle your feelings. I don't understand this at all. I do not need you to calm me down. I don't need you to help me relax. 

You see, when you tell me to relax, it does not make me relax.

In fact, it enrages me. 

I do not like the idea that belittling emotions -- or not suffering from emotions -- makes you superior to someone else. Why would you not want to fully experience something? It is okay to laugh and to cry. It's okay to be happy, to be sad, and to be angry. There is no wrong emotion, because emotions are unique. I experience happiness differently than you do. You experience sadness differently than I do. 

Feelings are what make us human, and when you take away emotions, then you eliminate diversity. 

So, basically, stop telling people to relax. Stop making fun of people for being excited or sad or mad or any other emotion. Encourage them to feel fully. And while you encourage them, you should try to feel everything too.

catch you later,

Karleigh

"Don't let someone who has done nothing tell you how to do anything." // unknown

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You may find love so much more beautiful when you compare it to something simple. Last night, I was watching "A River Runs Through It" and, to be honest, I am often captured by beautiful films. It is safe to say that I was quickly drawn into the beauty of fishing and the journey of two brothers on two different paths. Sometimes, we find things in movie that relate to our own lives even when we don't exactly understand the situations.

I think that must be what makes a film -- when you can really feel emotion between the characters and in the story. In the film, the family struggles to accept Paul, as he is in a ridiculous amount of debt and continuously finds himself in trouble. At the end of the film, Norman and Pauls' father says, "We can love completely without complete understanding."

It's hard to love people all the time. We often make mistakes and often our mistakes make it difficult for us to be loved by a lot of people. However, you have to remember that if you take the love out of our relationships then they aren't really relationships. Remember to love people, no matter how hard it can be. 

catch you later,
Karleigh

"We can love completely without complete understanding." // A River Runs Through It