don't hate on the straight edge.

My friends from theater always invite me to their parties: they go clubbing, they drink alcohol, they do drugs, whatever. Of course, I always decline. When they hang with me, they usually refrain from such activities and instead get high off of life, which I find to be a better thing to do.

Oh, you didn't know? I'm a straight edge.

I don't like drugs or alcohol or anything. I'll probably be the designated driver when I go to those type of parties in the future. The majority of my friends are straight edges, too, so our parties generally consist of video games, pizza, root beer, and hanging out. We don't get in trouble with each other because of something done while drunk. We also have parents who trust us.

Oh, and we're more likely to be chosen by colleges or hired by companies because we don't have drunk pictures of ourselves all over Facebook.

So really, do yourself a favor. Put down the beer and grab a Sprite instead. It'll do you good, I promise.

Have a happy fourth of July, guys (: