STOP THE MADNESS! (chain)

Hi, everyone. Today I'm going to be talking about something semi-- or maybe even mostly-- serious. See, today in band we had a big party celebrating the last full day of school, seeing that the 17th is a half day. Well, a few of my friends and I were chatting about how some guy brought in these disgusting 1% beef tachos (value pack xp). So, I've heard some gross stories, and I've seen even worse; this triggered those things in my head and I jumped into a story about what they do to the poor chickens at KFC (or their factories, anyway).

I won't rush into details now, but the point was that it scared the everliving crap out of them. But, you see, curiousity killed the cat, in this case literally. Pretty soon, they were begging me to tell them either sad or freaky stories about animal abuse and nuclear war. That's when I got thinking; Anna, you and your friends have an amazing life, and meanwhile some poor dog in Korea is being skinned alive for food.

Kayso, the reason why I wrote 'chain' at the top is that it becomes an addictive chain; one person starts talking about it, and it gets out. By the end of the day, the entire band class knew about it. Some people might consider us all freaking out and crying mass hysteria, but I'd call it realization. A friend of mine was sobbing because her dog's getting put down on Monday because they can't keep him anymore and there's no room at the pound. It's like there's no room on the street so your parents have to shoot you instead of kicking you out! I can just picture those poor dogs' faces right before lethal injection...

See? Isn't that sad? That's what they look like right before they die: sickly and pleading. And meanwhile its owners have taken their unsuspecting kids for ice cream to distract them from this tragedy, and life goes on. But we're animals too! What if the world was totally backwards and the dogs walked us, and fed us from a bowl, and we ate kibble and peed on newspaper? Would we like if they found out one us got salmonella?

Wow. Kinda freaky, right? Me with yellow skin. This is why I have the Daily Puppy (check out the bottom). In conclusion, when you see those Red Cross commercials with the cheesy googly-eyed animals missing ears and legs, just know that those animals deserve to be saved, because they would do the same for us if we were in that position. Remember: Be the change you want to see in the world.

I dedicate this post to Holly. If you're reading this right now, Holly, we all feel for you and your dog, and we're sorry it has to be this way.

Leave a comment if you care! NO HATERS!