**Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die tomorrow.**

I'm Brooke, 18, from the United States, etc etc you can see basic information to the right of this section.

And now to start off my profile... I'm a very open minded person, and I'm not one to judge so easily. Although I do judge, not at first, but, just as everyone else judges. People can say they don't judge as much as they want, but when it comes down to it, everyone judges in some way. People judge and stereotype others for classification and to narrow things down, it makes things easier. Note: I don't mean that I judge people in bad ways. And no offense to anyone who says the whole "Don't label me, labels are for soup cans" that's just stupid. You see people having that on myspace, VF, or any other social networking site, and then they label something or someone at some point. Such as people who call other people or things "gay" if they don't like it. That's just immature and it's a huge pet peeve of mine, I can't stand when people say it. I don't particularly care for stereotypes, but I do stereotype, and stereotypes will always be there and people should just get used to it. Most people say they don't care what people think about them, then why does it matter? I know what I am and I know what I'm not so I couldn't care less if someone stereotypes me. I'm nice to everyone until they give me a reason not to be, or if they just really annoy me I may not be all that nice. I don't really care if anyone disagrees with anything on my profile, and to people who send rude comments to people who don't have the same opinions as them, it doesn't bother me they'll just be deleted; so it's pretty pointless. I'm not an easily offended person, and it's pretty hard to make me mad. But there are some people who can do it quite easily.

I'd appreciate it if people didn't think they know me just because they read about me, or anyone else for that matter. Most people don't even get this far into my profile. I would rather someone talk to me and get to know me rather than just read about me and assume things. I suppose it's a good idea to write a bit though, so people can see if I seem interesting enough to talk to.

I'm a highly opinionated person, and sometimes I push things too far although I usually know when to stop. I'm very blunt and at times I speak before thinking. I can be a huge hypocrite at times, but at least I admit it. I have more friends online than in person, I suppose because it's easier to talk to people online. I'm a really shy person, so I don't meet many people around here. In some way I also find more comfort in talking to people online. I feel like I'm less likely to embarrass myself or something else of the sort.

I'm not going to say that I've been through stuff noone else has, and that my life is worse than everyone else's and they can't possibly imagine what I've been through. I know that a lot of people have worse lives than me, and I hope theirs get better. I think I have a semi-good life to be honest, I have amazing friends, a place to live, food to eat, clothes to wear, and most of the people support me on things I want in life. My parents are an exception of this. I'm not going through the typical teenager phase where I hate my parents just because they're my parents. They've taken away the most precious thing in my life, and I'm having a hard time dealing with that. I don't think I could ever fully forgive them, but that's just personal stuff. ^_^ There's still many things they have yet to learn about me, and the same for me with them. Most of my close family members are very southern and believe in tradition, so some things are best kept to myself.

I don't plan on staying in this town for the remainder of my life, much less this country. I would love to live in England, France or somewhere in The Netherlands. All beautiful places from what I hear. England because there's a nice college there, France because that's my heritage, and The Netherlands because I'm very interested in culture, and I absolutely adore the Dutch language. There are so many things I want to accomplish in life, but I know that I probably won't get half of it all done. I'm not from a wealthy family, and things are becoming more and more expensive. College is pretty expensive, although I qualify for numerous grants. I wouldn't be able to take advantage of those if that works out though. Everyone has to have dreams, right?

I really can't stand people who say "music = life!" I can understand if the person is a musician and that's what they do for a living, but not those fan girls who are obsessed with Tokio Hotel or some other ridiculous band, they really annoy me. A lot of people say they don't know where they would be without music, uhm, more than likely right where they are. It's not like they would die without music. They would not HONESTLY die without music. Imagine if there was no such thing as music, they would be just fine, although they would probably have something else in their life and they "wouldn't be here without it." I enjoy music, very much so, I listen to music quite a bit, but music is not my life. Nor do I stick to just one genre of music. I like some rap, some country music, soft rock, all types of metal, techno, but I'm mainly attracted to industrial music. I have a wide variety of music that I like, it goes along with me being open minded. I'm open minded to nearly all music and I give it a chance.

It annoys the hell out of me when people are extremely unrealistic. I may be unrealistic with things sometimes, but it's usually when I'm joking around with a friend. There's times where I may seem vain, but I'm really not so if I seem that way I apologize in advance.

Well that's enough for now, thank you for reading if you even read all of this. Next comes likes, dislikes, music, and then commenting.

Lollipops turn into cigarettes. The innocent ones turn into sluts. Homework goes in the trash. Mobile phones are being used in class. Detention becomes suspension. Soda becomes vodka. Bikes become cars. Kisses turn into sex. Remember when getting high meant swinging on the playground? When protection meant wearing a helmet? When the worst things you could get from boys were cooties? Dad’s shoulders were the highest place on earth and mum was your hero? Your worst enemies were your siblings. Race issues were about who ran the fastest. War was only a card game. And the only drug you knew was cough medicine. When wearing a skirt didn’t make you a slut. The most pain you felt was when you skinned your knees, and goodbyes only meant until tomorrow?
And we couldn’t wait to grow up.

Computers, HTML/CSS, VF, the ":diddle" emote, most VF emotes, music, all forms of art, meeting new people, good grammar, long conversations, certain TV shows, affection, rain, piercings, hot sauce, Ramen noodles, msn messenger, listening to new music, straight forward people, my cat and dogs, compliments, texting (like and dislike), night lights, hair coloring, sleeping in, random information that I will probably never use in life, drawing, salad, an online game Mabinogi, singing ♥, etc. etc.

Viruses, when my glasses get dirty, being alone, fish, meat with bones, Twilight, fakes/people who create their own fakes (lame), people who add them self to their friends/favorites/shit list, cold weather, animal cruelty, when only one side of my headphones works, texting (like and dislike), radio commercials, cat hair, drama, carrots, people who try and change other people, when any part of my body "falls asleep" and the tingling feeling afterwards, being sick, depression, arguing, AIM messenger, loud coughing/breathing, when people put song lyrics as their picture captions, when people say or put on their profile "I don't bite... Hard" That just really annoys me, and when people are talking about something they dislike and say it's 'gay'. How mature... etc. etc.

**Bands in bold text are bands I absolutely love.**
The music I listen to depends on my mood. I love all forms of music, so if you hate a genre or band that I don't like, don't completely write me off because you don't like them, or I don't have an artist listed that you like. KTHX.
Code 64, Emilie Autumn, The Birthday Massacre, Razed In Black, Dope Stars Inc, Combichrist, The Cruxshadows, Theory of a DeadMan, Nine Inch Nails, Rammstein, Deathstars, And One, The 69 Eyes, Christian Death (With Rozz Williams), Otep, Trivium, InMe, Freezepop, Evanescence, Zeromancer, Displaced, His Name Was Yesterday, Three Days Grace, Mindless Self Indulgence, Job For A Cowboy, The Bloodshed Ensemble, The Downcide, TramatisMe, Lordi, Morbid Angel, Symphony X, Flight of the Conchords, Elena Siegman, Porcelain and the Tramps, Amanda Perez, Amber Pacific, Baby Bash, Blink 182, Bon Jovi, Gary Moore, Cascada, DHT, Dir En Grey, Frankie J, Fredro Starr, Allison Krauss, George Straith, Lacuna Coil, Mushroomhead, Nightwish, Papa Roach, one song by Plain White T's, some Pink, Progress In Color, Rascall Flatts, Rise Against, Shakira, Simple Plan, Tatu, Utada Hikaru, Saliva, Carpathian Forest, Hollywood Undead, I Am X-Ray, Nelly, A Rocket To The Moon, I'll update as I listen to more bands. As you can see I listen to a wide variety of music. I give all music a chance, except for Gospel. I have my reasons.