By Me
Really, I don't. Read Jacquie's and Thanh's articles. They're much better. Ok, good night.
By Jacquelyn Hauth
1. clothes
2. school
3. boyfriends/girlfriends
4. everyone else's standards
I make this list because as I ponder the importance of my life, I see the unimportance of so many of the worries that plague my life. For instance, why should we be worrying about the brand or look of our clothes when the cooler thing by far is what's underneath them (and I'm not merely referring to skin). Also, why do we stress ourselves over petty assignments and deadlines? True, those petty deadlines will one day catch up to us and smack us like a Guinness truck if we don't pay attention to them, but why must they rule our lives? Third, we get our panties (or boxers) up in a wad because we don't have a "significant other." I will be the first person to admit that this more often than not becomes the source of much anxiety for me, and much more pain than it's worth. I have no simple answer for anyone on this issue except for the phrase "keep your head and your heart going in the right direction and you won't have to worry about your feet." Finally, my rant comes to an end as I discuss why we should not worry about other people's standards. Those measuring sticks belong to other people for a reason: because they weren't meant to apply to you (or me, for that matter)!
Too many people wander the earth in search of things that do not belong to them: other people's expectations, other people's affection, other people's deadlines, and other people's trends. We should all take a moment to think about things underrated: our opinions, our goals, our attention, and our standards. Perhaps if we do, we could all learn to be a bit more understanding of each other and of ourselves. And about all this needless worrying: "You don't need to worry about the world ending today; it's already tomorrow in Australia." -Charles Shultz
By Thanh "T-Dog" Huynh
For most teenagers, Spring break means going down to P.C. [Panama City] to get drunk and a really bad tan. As for others (myself included), Spring break means finishing that 10 page paper for Ms. Young or the 24 biology essays for Coach Haugh. You see, as I was sitting in front of the computer, neglecting to write my scrapbook reflections or doing those essays, I decided to write an article for Cat's cool newsletter ('cause we all know that Cat's newsletter is more important than schoolwork and 'cause I need a life). So anyway, this whole article is one of the topics that we have discussed at our lunch table: "THE IDEAL HUSBAND"
Yes, guys, I know this sounds corny/lame, but our lunch table includes 5 girls, and we gotta talk about something right? So anyway, we came up with some names for our "Ideal husband" list, and sadly, we could only come up with 5 guys from our senior class. (How pathetic is that?)
So guys, here are the names be proud of yourself if you made it on our list. (Not in order of importance): 1) Alex Smith 2) Mark Rinehart 3) John Stack 4) Daniel Armstrong 5) Warren Brookes 6) David Fargo (he's a junior)
Let me tell everyone about those guys; Alex Smith, he's a neat FREAK! Girls, if you have a husband like him, you won't be embarrassed when you bring guests over to your house because everything is neat, clean, and color coded; Mark Rinehart- he's a nice guy, a strong believer in Christ, and he respects everybody. What more can you ask for, right?; John Stack- John may be a harsh conservative, and we all get annoyed by him sometimes, but personally, I think he is a really nice guy. He is a good Christian and I do believe that he respects girls/women. He does occasionally have his nose way up in the air, but he's a good guy. (Oh, by the way, he needs to get over that blonde chick in our school); Daniel Armstrong- he's lazy, he's sarcastic, and he's a bully (maybe he shouldn't be on the list), but he can cook, sew, and he's pretty nice when he wants to be. This is the bonus: he tells us that he can "make the best hamburger in the entire world!"; Warren Brookes, hmm . . . I don't have anything good/nice to say about him because he can be a real jerk sometimes. These are his traits: he's president of senior class, he's smart, sarcastic, sticks his foot in his mouth too many times, but he is the first guy that's ever been really nice to me (so you get a point for that, Warren!); Dave Fargo- he's a junior, but he's so mature, intelligent, and really nice.
So girls, if you know who these guys are, then consider yourself lucky to know them. Can you think of any other guys in our school who deserve to be on our special list? I didn't think so! These guys may not be tall or dark, but they are handsome because of the crap I've listed above (it's not really crap). If you see these guys in the hall, then congratulate them!