I'm just gonna vent here because it seems like a good place to vent.

We have this program called D.A.R.E., Drug Abuse Resistance & Education, in school. We had to write an essay about why wouldn't do drugs. Then the officer that taught the classes would select a winner out of, like, 200 kids.

Of course, me being the little writer I am, wrote a creative couple of paragraphs with colorful wording and interesting spacing and such. And the person that one (it was my best friend, by the way. No harsh feelings, okay, Isha? I'm just saying what's true) wrote a very neat, formal essay, complete with introduction paragraph, body, and conclusion paragraph.

I'm not gonna lie, I was kinda crazy jealous, but it was more that anyone but me won, not that Isha won. It sounds selfish and all, but I honestly think that that dumb essay was one of my best pieces ever written. Some examples...

"Why would anyone do that to themselves?
Is it a thrill they get from working their way towards the bottom of a bottle? Is it in a search for nirvana in a pack of cigarretes?" which is the line I'm proudest of. But, hey, you win some you lose some. I feel much better now. :D Besides, they probably just thought I must have copied it off some website or something, since it was just so SUPERB. But a million congrats to the winner, Isha, who doesn't hate me because I accidentally stood her up at Old Country Buffet! (Long story...)