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I don't expect to ever become famous. I just like having people hear what I have to say. I'm constantly ignored at school by my friends and at home by my family. Whenever I want to bring up some point, they ignore it, passing it off as "silly teenager speak."

My mom and dad were both writers. My mom wrote in school newspapers, and later on in my elementary school newsletter. She was a poet, a sketch-artist, and a volleyball player. My dad was known for his good grades. He edited his college paper, and later went on to write many articles about law. If you look him up (although I'm not saying his name, because then you'd know me...), you'll find lists of his articles.

They don't write all that much anymore, but when they do, I'm constantly being called down to correct their writing, think of synonyms, and edit their spelling.

I always bring up the articles I write for school newspapers and the essays I write in class with my parents, mentioning if the article hit the front page (8th grade) or if I got one of the highest grades in the class (this year). They don't care; they act as if my accomplishments are tiny compared to theirs.

My dad always tells me that I should be different, because you're more likely to be noticed in the world if you think outside the box. Think about it: you know all those famous scientists in your text books? They never thought that the Earth was flat. They didn't think God created life. They researched, experimented, and found results that disagreed with the church's standards.

I can't tell if I'm ranting or if I'm venting. It's a little bit of both, I suppose.

I don't think I've ever been good at telling advice. I haven't lived long enough to see and experience everything. I can usually tell who likes who, and I can usually predict what will happen, but I've never really been good at telling what to do after that. Every time I explain that to someone, they ask me for advice anyway.

At the moment I'm giving advice to a boy and the girl he likes. At the same time, I'm giving advice to my best friend Matt about how to talk to girls (think about it: a girl would know what she'd want a guy to tell her, wouldn't she?).

A few weeks ago, my friend Nicole was the one giving me advice about guys and life in general, because she's better at all this stuff. She could work a love advice column, but I'd much rather write the front-page stories.

I'm trying to choose a song to learn to play on guitar. Any ideas?