The person I look up to would have to be my dad, Mike. He's not your typical "role model" type of guy, since he dropped out of school and tends to over do it with the drinks at times and a few other unmentionable things. He’s not the “perfect” father role model but I don’t think I would want him any other way.
Not to pick favourites or anything either but I always rather enjoyed my dads company compared to my moms. My dad is usually really relaxed and doesn’t stress out about things, where as my mom, who stresses herself about everything around her and she usually ends up stressing out other people as well, especially me.
My dad can be rather… blunt at times to say the least but he always has good meanings behind his actions. He always tells me and my brother to stay in school as he regrets not doing so, even though I ended up dropping out as well he wasn’t mad, a little upset but that’s just a natural reaction. He was very supportive in helping my find a job and occasionally nudging me to go back to school but was never really pushy about it. Dad was of course thrilled when I did agree to go back and had to tell me all the things I’ve heard from many people about how, “You won’t regret going back. It’s better in the long run. You’ll get a better job.” Etc.
One of the few times I don’t enjoy my dad though would probably be, when he gets to a certain point in drinking. As a result of the drinking he obviously does some rather… stupid things, and it usually ends up worrying the hell out of me. Despite everything though, I have to be the one to watch my dad when he gets in states like that because my mom doesn’t care for taking care of him by then, I don’t mind most of the time though. The biggest problem is just dad gets sleepy obviously, and then I have to get him either inside (usually) and put him somewhere safe to sleep, or just the latter, get him somewhere safe to sleep in the house. Most times mom will help me, after she has had time to cool off though. One time I had to try and get my dad inside from the car and I got my two friends to help me out because I was going to drop him other wise, my dad is rather bigger then me so it is only natural.
Out of my two parents, I probably take the most after my dad. Everyone says I look like him, and I am a lot mellower like he is. I try, like him, to not let things get to me because I believe my dad is right on stuff like that.
Overall I just really love my dad and enjoy his company. He really is kind of a role model for me. Well. Sorta.
Wednesday, 25 January 2012
Monday, 9 January 2012
In the Beginning
Not much has really changed since I was a child. I was always quiet, shy and a bit of a tomboy. Most of my friends as a child were boys at the time, as I liked to wrestle with them and play video games. I did have some friends who were girls though, one was my best friend for years til we grew apart. For the most part though not much of me has changed, I still like video games to wrestle and I am still pretty shy and quiet, the biggest difference is I got taller and got relatively smarter.
I was a bit of a good kid on the outside but trouble maker on the inside. I was always on every ones good side and I'm guessing, because of that people just grew to love me (I still don't really understand why). I would often hear people saying "I love you/this girl" from people (ex. teachers, friends parents, family, etc) and to this day some of my old teachers still say that.
Although I was the "good kid" in school, at home I was still the good one compared to my brother but I would often go to my friends place to watch movies that my mother would have killed me, if she knew I watched (ex. IT, Chucky, etc).
Some times my uncle would allow me to get away with that too. I don't remember my age at the time but I remember when my uncle let me watch the "Kill Bill" movies and we swore then that we would never tell my mom bout that, years later however when I was 20 we finally told her.
Despite my mother being the type to not want her children watching bad movies like that, we were allowed to watch "Power Rangers", "Goosebumps" and on occasion I would watch "Ren and Stimpy" with my dad. My dad also allowed me to get away with stuff way more then my mom.
Normally one would have been scared of shows like Goosebumps but I found them interesting, only one episode really ended up scaring me, which was the "Living Dummy". That episode scared me for a few years and I could never look at a dummy the same after that, to this day dummies still kinda scare me.
Although I was a tomboy, I did still enjoy some girl like things, one big thing (which hasn't changed much to this day) was ponies, I loved My little pony. I fought tooth and nail when my mom tried to get rid of them when I was growing up, when she was going through them and packing them away to be given away or sold, I was going through the box when she wasn't looking and taking some out and hiding them.
Another thing I enjoyed was Barbie, but I didn't enjoy playing "house" or anything like that, I just liked to admire them and brush there hair. That always bugged my friends who were girls and enjoyed playing house, which is why I usually played with my friends who were boys.
Me, my bother and my sisters were such a handful for my parents though. We were crazy and scrapped a lot, like general siblings did. My two eldest sisters, Cara and Lacie, didn't always get along with my dad as he wasn't their real dad but despite that we never refere'd to each other as step sisters, mind you we didn't fight as often. My sisters mostly fought with eachother, where as me and my brother fought a lot. Although we did scrap a lot, we did look out for eachother.
My brother was the one who got in trouble a lot in school and one time he was getting to many slips for being in trouble, so on our way home from school I took his slips and ripped them up and hid them in the car graveyard by our school. Sure enough after a couple days though we got caught, but my brother still appreciated what I did for him then.
I don't believe I have changed much since then. Me and my brother still scrap a lot but despite that, I do still watch out for his back on times, and other times try to blackmail him. I get along with my sisters but still don't like listening to them bitch, which isn't as often, when they only call when they want a babysitter. Although I don't have as many guy friends anymore, I got myself girl friends who enjoy the same stuff I do. I still enjoy to wrestle with friends and family and playing my video games, but I also still enjoy some of my girl like things as My Little Pony.
I personally think i'm never gonna change and if I do... It won't be that far from what i'm like now.
I was a bit of a good kid on the outside but trouble maker on the inside. I was always on every ones good side and I'm guessing, because of that people just grew to love me (I still don't really understand why). I would often hear people saying "I love you/this girl" from people (ex. teachers, friends parents, family, etc) and to this day some of my old teachers still say that.
Although I was the "good kid" in school, at home I was still the good one compared to my brother but I would often go to my friends place to watch movies that my mother would have killed me, if she knew I watched (ex. IT, Chucky, etc).
Some times my uncle would allow me to get away with that too. I don't remember my age at the time but I remember when my uncle let me watch the "Kill Bill" movies and we swore then that we would never tell my mom bout that, years later however when I was 20 we finally told her.
Despite my mother being the type to not want her children watching bad movies like that, we were allowed to watch "Power Rangers", "Goosebumps" and on occasion I would watch "Ren and Stimpy" with my dad. My dad also allowed me to get away with stuff way more then my mom.
Normally one would have been scared of shows like Goosebumps but I found them interesting, only one episode really ended up scaring me, which was the "Living Dummy". That episode scared me for a few years and I could never look at a dummy the same after that, to this day dummies still kinda scare me.
Although I was a tomboy, I did still enjoy some girl like things, one big thing (which hasn't changed much to this day) was ponies, I loved My little pony. I fought tooth and nail when my mom tried to get rid of them when I was growing up, when she was going through them and packing them away to be given away or sold, I was going through the box when she wasn't looking and taking some out and hiding them.
Another thing I enjoyed was Barbie, but I didn't enjoy playing "house" or anything like that, I just liked to admire them and brush there hair. That always bugged my friends who were girls and enjoyed playing house, which is why I usually played with my friends who were boys.
Me, my bother and my sisters were such a handful for my parents though. We were crazy and scrapped a lot, like general siblings did. My two eldest sisters, Cara and Lacie, didn't always get along with my dad as he wasn't their real dad but despite that we never refere'd to each other as step sisters, mind you we didn't fight as often. My sisters mostly fought with eachother, where as me and my brother fought a lot. Although we did scrap a lot, we did look out for eachother.
My brother was the one who got in trouble a lot in school and one time he was getting to many slips for being in trouble, so on our way home from school I took his slips and ripped them up and hid them in the car graveyard by our school. Sure enough after a couple days though we got caught, but my brother still appreciated what I did for him then.
I don't believe I have changed much since then. Me and my brother still scrap a lot but despite that, I do still watch out for his back on times, and other times try to blackmail him. I get along with my sisters but still don't like listening to them bitch, which isn't as often, when they only call when they want a babysitter. Although I don't have as many guy friends anymore, I got myself girl friends who enjoy the same stuff I do. I still enjoy to wrestle with friends and family and playing my video games, but I also still enjoy some of my girl like things as My Little Pony.
I personally think i'm never gonna change and if I do... It won't be that far from what i'm like now.
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