Today is June 1, 2020. It is officially pride month. I had the privilege of coming out to my super religious mom when I was 13/14. It went basically like this: I went into her room at 3:00am and was like "Hey mom, I think I like boys and girls" and she went "Oh honey, I already knew that." I was lucky to have a mom who loved and accepted her four children for who they are (by the way, 3/4 are...

I haven't been on here in about ten million years it seems but I wanted to announce that I'M WRITING A BOOK. It's non-fiction stories of my life. Working title is "Chin Up, Kid: Stories of Depression and Anxiety in my Adolescence" and I'm really excited. I already have about eight chapters written and I'm excited to see where it's going to go.Like I said, I haven't been on here in forever. Well,...

It has taken me almost six weeks to write this blog and while part of me can’t believe it’s been six weeks, the other part of me just wants this blog to be over with.My summer ended tragically on August 3, 2014 at 8:15pm. The Thursday before, I left for Baltimore, Maryland with my aunt, three cousins, and a hundred and twenty dollars in my pocket. Our destination was the Baltimore Convention...

You see in the paper and on the news where a person died/committed suicide becaused they were bullied. You always think that it can't happen to your town, your family, your school. But then it's Monday night and you're on your way to bed and you think, you're just going to check Facebook one last time. But what you see, is the worst possible thing you can imagine. Your class mate, your best...

So I was just scrolling through tumblr when I came across this post. Pretty much the post stated that "If a person owns an iPhone or an iPad or other electronic device, they shouldn't be on welfare" and it PISSED ME OFF. I'm 17 years old and my SINGLE mother is BLIND and BED RIDDEN. I have an iPhone, paid for by my aunt, and all my electronics have been gifts. So, how can this post be "accurate"...

hi mibba. I saw a blog post about the desperate need for more band fictions. I have a proposition. It's December, it's Christmas time. Every year Mibba does a secret santa thing, right? While I'm writing for it this year. Why don't we do a Band Fiction Secret Santa?If I were to start this forum, who would be interested? Yes, the last poster (ptvjaime) was correct, there's way more bands out there...

In 2009, my mom told me I could do anything, as long as what I was doing made me happy. So what did 13-year-old me do? I took up drumming. I remember it as a difficult task, but I wanted it so bad so I kept practicing. Around the middle of the summer, I learned the song Whoa Oh! (Me Vs. Everyone) by Forever the Sickest Kids, which had come out in 2008 on the album Underdog Alma Mater, which my...

So I've put a lot of thought into this. My name is Tori Arterburn-McCall and when I turn 18 (A year and a week from now), I'm taking the "Arterburn" out of my name, legally. It's only there because it's the only way my sperm donor (that's what I call my dad) would sign the adoption papers. My mom had an open adoption/family adoption and I was adopted by my grandparents when I was 4 years old...

So I run this fan fiction blog with my two best friends and like, we take requests and someone requested a Late Nite Reading (Specifically, Dalton Wixom) and like, I don't want to be rude and not write it, but like, I know him, you know? Like, it's kind of weird for me to even think about writing a fanfiction about him.Now, purely on a fangirl basis, I could do it, because let's be honest, Dalton...

Thursday, my cousin Catie had her wisdom teeth and a molar removed. She had a rough time of it. Friday morning she woke up in excruciating pain and severely swelled. By friday afternoon she was very very sick. Friday evening her fiance, Matt, took her to emergency room because he was worried..for whatever reason the oral surgeon did NOT put her on an antibiotics. So now we have a breathing...

I didn't have a childhood, I was forced to grow up at 8 years old because my mom went blind. From Year 8, I've struggled with self-harm and severe depression. I have whats called an Adjustment Disorder and it causes depression and anxiety. I don't have the money to pay for medication. I have ADHD. Because of my self harm they threatened to kick me out of school and finally did when I beat the shit...

So I just got on facebook and this girl in my grade just posted she's pregnant...for the second time....okay. Um, you're sixteen.... and your son is like 5 months old... So have fun wanting to rip your hair out when you're dealing with a toddler and a newborn at seventeen.Honestly she's the 5th person in my grade to be a dad. We have 3 teen moms, and 2 teen dads. At least the guys actually have...

To the people on my newsfeed and timeline comparing Obama to Hitler:I'm sorry you feel this way, however, he is still the president and you are forgetting that he himself is not the only one involved in making these laws. There is a such thing as congress, people. Obama is not responsible for this country's debt, we are. America has been in debt since the beginning of it's existance, so don't even...

Okay so. My given name is Tori Elizabeth, plain and simple. However, since freshman year (I'm a junior) I've gone by Victori and when I publish stuff it's under Victori Arterburn-McCall. Not Tori. So I was talking to my mom, and she suggested we legally change my name to Victori. I'm kind of thinking I want to do it, but I want other peoples opinions. What do you think? Should I change my...

Guess who has a food allergy that was just discovered?!? This girl! It really sucks okay. I'm allergic to cinnamon, and it was really only discovered today because they told me it was just like artificial cinnamon flavoring in middle school (like in gum and shit) that caused my last reaction. Well today in Geography, I ate this cinnamon sugar cookie thing from Cuba and by Spanish (my next class)...

OK, so I run a little twitter called Imagine X Gaskarth and it's a little dirty, but, I need your help.1) If you could follow me that'd be awesome.2) I need imagine submissions!You can do that via twitter, or you can email me @ Gaskarthgasm@gmail.comORYou can also leave them below and :3 Although, they have some rules.1) Make then dirty ;)You can also request cute/sexy one shots with Alexander...

Today my sister had to go into her job at 4:30 in the morning running a temp of 101. Her boss, wouldnt let her stay home because he has "trust issues" and its because it's festival and she "lied" to him before. Okay, fucking ass hole. My sister had the day of Warped off and she was surprised with the ticket from my mom. And you wanted her to work and she was already in fucking Noblesville. okay...

Okay so yesterday was homecoming and the cheerleaders were doing a dance thing to Break Your Little Heart and like right after the "So predicatble" the CD quit, and everyone was like "What do we do" so me and my friends (there were like six of us) all stood up and screamed "You were fake, I was great, nothing personal" and then like a bunch of freshman joined in, and then some sophomores, and more...

Okay so yesterday in English this fucking jerk had the nerve to say"I don't see the point in blind people. They can't do anything productive or noticable because they can't see"And I had to bite my tongue because that really rubbed me the wrong way.Like really, Asshole? Do you know any blind people? Fuck you, like seriously. My mom has been blind since I was in THIRD FUCKING GRADE. She's had to...

I'm sitting here at 6:48am thinking about how a year ago everything was different. To a person who barely knows me, they might think nothing has changed, but it has - drastically.A year ago I was still cutting myself on a weekly basis. A year ago I thought I wasn't going to get better. A year ago I had a 4 month old niece who wouldn't even let me hold her. A year ago, I still had Sarah.Sarah, it's...