EdwardElricFTW

Still freaking out about the speech thing. But the more I think about it, the worse I feel. I don't want to give up and not do the speech, but I feel like this would be my only option as of now. I feel too scared and crappy to even go through with it. I literally have a weird pit feeling in my stomach and in my throat as I write this and think about writing and giving the speech. I also feel like it would be a bad decision due to my lack of knowledge - I mean, sure, I have a connection to Ashman and Menken's music, but not to them as people. I barely know anything about them. That's how I am with a lot of people; I love The Pillows, but if I

So, we need to do a tribute speech for class, and the one person(s) I'm considering doing is driving me crazy. Howard Ashman and Alan Menken wrote the soundtrack to my childhood. I wouldn't know how to sing if it wasn't for them. I grew up listening to Disney music as a little kid habitually, running around the house singing the songs and acting out the sequences from the movies in which they took place. Nonetheless, they did have a sizable impact on my life, and I can't say I would have grown up to be the same person I am now if weren't for Disney. The thing is I have faced years of ridicule for being a Disney junkie, mainly in Elementary

    Lately, my personal life has been nothing but worry, stress, fear, and garnering hatred and neglect from some of the people I care the most about. Even if some these people might happen to see this entry, I know they won't read it because they probably already know how I feel and can't bring themselves to care. My home life is generally okay, aside from the fact I've been spending most of my free time lately alone and tired. No matter who I talk to, I never end up feeling that much better about it, mainly because the people I really need to talk to are the ones who hate me right now. I just can't bring myself to try to talk to them for fe