- TURN AWAY -
If you could get me a drink Of water 'cause my lips are chapped and faded Call my Aunt Marie Help her gather all my things And bury me in all my favourite colours My sisters and my brothers still I will not kiss you
'CAUSE THE HARDEST PART OF THIS
IS LEAVING YOU
Now turn away 'Cause I'm awful just to see 'Cause all my hairs abandoned all my body Oh my agony Know that I will never marry Baby I'm just soggy from the chemo But counting down the days to go
IT JUST AINT LIVING
AND I JUST HOPE YOU KNOW
That if you say Goodbye today I'd ask you to be true 'Cause the hardest part of this is leaving you
'CAUSE THE HARDEST PART OF THIS
IS LEAVING YOU
Name: Dakota Cara Novella Emilia O'Doherty
It's a bit of a mouthful I know! I'll try to explain it the best I can.
My dad was a huge fan of The Beetles. Me and my brother inherited that from him. Anyway, there were four members of The Beetles: George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Paul McCartney and John Lennon. George Harrison died of lung cancer on November 29th 2001. And on the night of December 8th 1980 a man named Mark David Chapman shot John Lennon four times in the back, killing him. This happened outside John Lennon's home, by Central Park in Manhatten: The Dakota. So that's how I came to have the name. My mum picked the other three; after my grandmother and great grandmothers, on her side. And my dad's from Ireland so.. the O'Doherty part's obvious.
Age: 4
Not really! Well, technically. I was born on February 29th 1992. So I'm really 16, but I've only had four birthdays.
Location: Whitechapel, London
That makes me a proper cockney. It's also where Jack the Ripper was from. Creepy. I was born in London and lived in Bethnal Green until I was 8. Then when I was 9 we had to move to Bexhill on Sea to look after my grandad (God rest his soul) who was really sick. He died when I was 11. We live in an appartment now, we bought it off my second cousin, Nancy. It was really cheep and we've done it up dead nice! Especially my room. That's where I am now, on my laptop. It's got black walls, floor and cieling and gold curtains. You can hardly see the walls anyway they're so full of posters. My brother made most of them, well, he designed them and got my uncle to print them. They're pretty good.
The lyrics up there are 'Cancer' by My Chemical Romance. If you don't know them you should; they're the best band in the world.
That song is particularly special to me because I was diagnosed with Leukemia as a young child, along with my brother. I was given the 'all clear' just a few weeks ago, my brother a few months before me. This song just captures the essence of the disease for me, particularly the second verse, and has a permanent place in my heart. It also serves as a reminder to all the people still suffering from the disease. I pray for them all whenever I hear this song, and I think you should too. It might just make a difference.
If you like music, here are a few other artists you should listen to (and a song in brackets):
Aiden ('Silent Eyes'); Amy Winehouse ('Valerie', 'Back to Black'); Arctic Monkeys ('When the Sun Goes Down'); The Beach Boys ('I Get Around'); Bowling For Soup ('1985'); The Beetles ('Eleanor Rigby'); Bullet For My Valentine ('Tears Don't Fall'); The Clash ('London Calling'); The Eagles ('Hotel California'); Evanescence ('My Immortal'); Fall Out Boy ('Dance, Dance'); The Foxboro Hot Tubs ('Mother Mary', 'Ruby Room'); Girls Aloud ('Jump'); Green Day ('J.A.R.', 'She's a Rebel'); Hawthorne Heights ('Ohio is For Lovers'); Hellogoodbye ('Here (In Your Arms)'); I am Ghost ('Pretty People Never Lie, Vampires Never Really Die'); Jilted John ('Jilted John'); Kaiser Cheifs ('Ruby', 'Every Day I Love You Less And Less'); Keane ('Somewhere Only We Know'); My Chemical Romance ('Cancer', 'Disenchanted', 'Helena', 'The Ghost of You'); Nickelback ('How You Remind Me'); Nirvana ('Smells Like Teen Spirit', 'Lithium'); Panic! At The Disco ('I Write Sins Not Tragedies'); Phantom Planet ('California'); The Proclaimers ('500 Miles (I'm Gonna Be)'); The Psychedelic Furs ('Pretty in Pink'); Queen ('Bohemian Rhapsody'); The Ramones ('Blitzkrieg Bop'); Razorlight ('America'); R.E.M. ('Losing My Religion'); The Remus Lupins ('Origin'); Ricky Martin ('She Bangs'); Rites of Spring ('For Want Of'); Rufus Wainwright ('Hallelujah') Schoolyard Heroes ('Dawn of The Dead'); Silverstein ('My Heroine'); Smash Mouth ('All Star'); Take That ('Rule The World'); Taking Back Sunday ('Cute Without the "E" Cut From The Team'); Tears For Fears ('Mad World'); Tenacious D ('Tribute'); U2 ('Walk On')
That's just a selection. Blame my mum for all the 'mature' listening. I get it blasted at me in the car and can't help but like some of it.
I also think that everyone should buy the album 'Instant Karma', which is a compilation album of modern artists covers of the music of John Lennon. All proceeds go towards stopping the horrific events in Darfur, Sudan. My favourite is Green Day's 'Working Class Hero'. I'm also a huge fan of U2's 'Instant Karma'.
This is a letter that some well known authors recently signed about the events in Darfur. I think it should be on every page of the internet, so it's definately going to be on this one:
In Darfur there is a story that is being told, re-told, and told again. It is a story of loss, fear, and trauma. Of children’s fates being dictated by armed men. It is a not a story that we want to tell you. But it is a story you must hear.
Today is the Day for Darfur, which marks the fifth anniversary of one of the world’s bloodiest conflicts. Over 200,000 people have been killed and over two million have been forced to flee from their homes and villages. Children barely old enough to walk, yet alone run, have seen their homes burnt and razed to the ground, their mothers raped and their fathers killed. Most are now holed up in sprawling camps, traumatised and living in fear. Children in Darfur draw pictures of bombs and guns. It is all they have ever known. Childhood is under attack in Darfur.
It is time to change the narrative. It is time to tell a different story. This April many children in Darfur will be reaching their fifth birthdays without ever having known peace. The world needs to wake up. For too long it has let these children suffer. Our politicians need to act on Darfur. It is time they demanded an immediate ceasefire, fully supported by the peacekeepers, and punish anyone who tries to block their deployment. They must also do more to support a peace process based on justice and human rights, so there can be hope of an end to the suffering.
The children of Darfur didn’t ask for this war, but are living their days caught in the crossfire of reverberating bullets. They must be allowed to be children again. Despite the daily terror they face, they still have hopes and dreams. The world needs to act now to give the children of Darfur a future.
Signatories:
Mike Berenstain
Judy Blume
Gillian Cross
Anne Fine
Cornelia Funke
Julia Golding
Michael Morpugo
J.K. Rowling
Louis Sachar
Rawya Sadek
Amanda Sthers
R.L. Stine
Tracey West
Daniel Pennac
Thanks for reading it. I hope you did.
I love films. Well, good films.
Here's a list of my favourites (I'll limit it to twenty):
Back To The Future; Billy Elliot; Brokeback Mountain; Braveheart; Casablanca; The Corpse Bride; Finding Neverland; Forrest Gump; The Hills Have Eyes; The Matrix; The Nightmare Before Christmas; Oliver Twist; Peter Pan; The Prestige; Raiders of the Lost Ark; The Shawshank Redemption; Silent Hill; Star Wars Episode II: Attack of The Clones; Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street; United 93
I highly suggest you watch all of these, but only if you're a reasonable age. I mean rules are there to be broken but some of these are pretty scary so be careful. You should be okay so long as you're about 14.
I also love books.
Here are my favourite books (just five):
Animal Farm - George Orwell; The Catcher in the Rye - J. D. Salinger; Little Women - Louisa May Alcott; Lord of the Flies - William Golding; Out of Africa - Isak Dinesen
As you can probably tell, I like the classics. I'm also a huge Harry Potter fan, but it isn't one book and it can't really be compared with my other favourites. I only like the books though, the films are awful!
TV!
My favourite TV shows:
Dancing on Ice; Doctor Who; Eight out of Ten Cats; Friends; Gavin and Stacey; Heroes; The I.T. Crowd; Jackass; The Law of the Playground; Little Britain; The Mighty Boosh; Mock the Week; Never Mind the Buzzcocks; Peep Show; Pushing Daisies; QI; Robin Hood; Skins; Sugar Rush; That Mitchell and Webb Look; Torchwood; Whose Line is it Anyway
I'm gonna use this space to tell you about my favourite person in the world, my brother Athol. We're twins. He was born seventeen minutes before me, and don't I know it! He's an extremely talented artist, and he wants to be a graphic designer when he's got his GCSEs. He doesn't only design posters, he's made me dozens of T-Shirts aswell. They're amazing! When I got bullied because I didn't have any hair he always stood up for me, even though he was bullied too. And he's bullied on two counts, lack of hair and he's gay. Although our hair's grown back now. I was the first person he came out to, when he was only eleven god bless him. He's got a boyfriend now, a really gorgeous one. I wish he wasn't gay so I could have him! Just kidding. So yeah, I love my brother so much, and he's the one that encourages me to write. And act. I've always wanted to be an actress. I've been in a few things now aswell. Just you wait, my stupid name'll be up on Broadway in a couple of years! He's also the bassist in my band, well, our band. I play drums. We're called 'Deathly Hallows' and we're a wizard rock band. (Incase you hadn't guessed.) We're not quite sure if there's someone else with our name or not. Oh well. We mainly play emo rock, with a bit of punk and indie thrown in. I think we're rather good. Anyhow, that's all about my brother and also everything I wanted to put on this page. I hope you enjoy my writing...
.. When it arrives...
I am the girl kicked out of her home because I confided in my mother that I am a lesbian.
I am the prostitute working the streets because nobody will hire a transsexual woman.
I am the sister who holds her gay brother tight through the painful, tear-filled nights.
We are the parents who buried our daughter long before her time.
I am the man who died alone in the hospital because they would not let my partner of twenty-seven years into the room.
I am the foster child who wakes up with nightmares of being taken away from the two fathers who are the only loving family I have ever had. I wish they could adopt me.
I am one of the lucky ones, I guess. I survived the attack that left me in a coma for three weeks, and in another year I will probably be able to walk again.
I am not one of the lucky ones. I killed myself just weeks before graduating high school. It was simply too much to bear.
We are the couple who had the realtor hang up on us when she found out we wanted to rent a one-bedroom for two men.
I am the person who never knows which bathroom I should use if I want to avoid getting the management called on me.
I am the mother who is not allowed to even visit the children I bore, nursed, and raised. The court says I am an unfit mother because I now live with another woman.
I am the domestic-violence survivor who found the support system grow suddenly cold and distant when they found out my abusive partner is also a woman.
I am the domestic-violence survivor who has no support system to turn to because I am male.
I am the father who has never hugged his son because I grew up afraid to show affection to other men.
I am the home-economics teacher who always wanted to teach gym until someone told me that only lesbians do that.
I am the man who died when the paramedics stopped treating me as soon as they realized I was transsexual.
I am the person who feels guilty because I think I could be a much better person if I did not have to always deal with society hating me.
I am the man who stopped attending church, not because I don't believe, but because they closed their doors to my kind.
I am the person who is afraid of telling his loving Christian parents he loves another male.
I am the person who has to hide what this world needs most... LOVE
HOMOPHOBIA IS WRONG! PLEASE HELP ME TO FIGHT IT!
For people that hate stereotypes: If you think people should just shut up and stop, put this on your profile. (BOLD the ones you are.)
I'm SKINNY, so I MUST be anorexic.
I'm EMO, so I MUST cut my wrists.
I'm a NEGRO so I MUST carry a gun.
I'm BLONDE, so I MUST be a ditz
I'm JAMAICAN so I MUST smoke weed.
I'm HAITIAN so I MUST eat cat.
I'm ASIAN, so I MUST be sexy.
I'm JEWISH, so I MUST be greedy.
I'm GAY, so I MUST have AIDS.
I'm a LESBIAN, so I MUST have a sex-tape.
I'm ARAB, so I MUST be a terrorist.
I SPEAK MY MIND, so I MUST be a bitch.
I'm a GAY RIGHTS SUPPORTER, so I WILL go to hell.
I'm a CHRISTAN, so I MUST think gay people should go to hell.
I'm RELIGIOUS, so I MUST shove my beliefs down your throat.
I'm ATHEIST so I MUST hate the world.
I don't have a RELIGION, so I MUST be evil and have no morals
I'm REPUBLICAN, so I MUST not care about poor people.
I'm DEMOCRAT, so I MUST not believe in being responsible.
I am LIBERAL, so I MUST be gay.
I'm SOUTHERN, so I MUST be white trash.
I TAKE (or used to take) ANTI-DEPRESSANTS, so I MUST be crazy.
I'm a GUY, so I MUST only want to get into your pants.
I'm IRISH, so I MUST have a bad drinking problem.
I'm INDIAN, so I MUST own a convenient store.
I'm NATIVE AMERICAN, so I MUST dance around a fire screaming like a savage.
I'm a CHEERLEADER, so I MUST be a whore...
I'm a DANCER, So I must be stupid, stuck up, and a whore
I wear SKIRTS a lot, so I MUST be a slut.
I'm a PUNK, so I MUST do drugs.
I'm RICH, so I MUST be a conceited snob.
I WEAR BLACK, so I MUST be a goth or emo.
I'm a WHITE GIRL, so I MUST be a nagging, steal-your-money kind of girlfriend.
I'm CUBAN, so I MUST spend my spare time rolling cigars.
I'm NOT A VIRGIN, so I MUST be easy.
I FELL IN LOVE WITH A MARRIED MAN, so I MUST be a home-wrecking whore.
I'm a TEENAGE MOM, so I MUST be an irresponsible slut.
I'm POLISH, so I MUST wear my socks with my sandals
I'm ITALIAN, so I must have a "big one".
I'm EGYPTIAN, so I must be a TERRORIST!
I'm PRETTY, so I MUST not be a virgin.
I HAVE STRAIGHT A'S, so I MUST have no social life.
I DYE MY HAIR CRAZY COLORS, so I MUST be looking for attention.
I DRESS IN UNUSUAL WAYS so I MUST be looking for attention.
I'm INTO THEATER & ART, so I MUST be a homosexual.
I'm a VEGETARIAN, so I MUST be a crazy political activist.
I HAVE A BUNCH OF GUY FRIENDS, so I MUST be fucking them all.
I HAVE A BUNCH OF GIRLS WHO ARE FRIENDS, so I MUST be a player.
I have Big BOOBS, so I MUST be a hoe.
I'm COLOMBIAN, so I MUST be a drug dealer.
I WEAR WHAT I WANT, so I MUST be a poser.
I'm RUSSIAN, so I MUST be cool and thats how Russians roll.
I'm GERMAN, so I must be a Nazi.
I hang out with GAYS, so i must be GAY TOO
I'm BRAZILIAN, so I MUST have a BIG BUTT.
I'm PUERTO RICAN, so I MUST look good and be conceited
I'm SALVADORIAN, so I MUST be in MS 13
I'm POLISH, so I MUST be greedy
I'm HAWAIIAN so I MUST be lazy
I'm PERUVIAN, so I MUST like llamas
Im a STONER so I MUST be going in the wrong direction
Im a VIRGIN so I MUST be prude
Im STRAIGHT EDGE so I must be violent.
I'm a FEMALE GAMER, so I MUST be ugly.. or crazy.
I'm BLACK so I MUST love fried chicken and kool-aid.
I'm a GIRL who actually EATS LUNCH, so I MUST be fat.
I'm SINGLE so I MUST be ugly.
I'm a SKATER so I must do weed and steal stuff
I'm a PUNK so I must only wear black and date only other punks
I'm ASIAN so I must be a NERD that does HOMEWORK 24/7
I'm CHRISTIAN so I MUST hate homosexuals.
I'm MIXED so I must be screwed up.
I'm MUSLIM so I MUST be a terrorist.
I'm in BAND, so I MUST be a dork.
I'm BLACK so I MUST believe JESUS WUZ A BROTHA
I'm MORMON so I MUST be perfect
I'm WHITE and have black friends so I MUST think I'm black
I'm GOTH so I MUST worship the devil
I'm HISPANIC, so I MUST be dirty.
I'm NOT LIKE EVERYONE ELSE, so I MUST be a loser.
I'm OVERWEIGHT, so I MUST have a problem with self control.
I'm PREPPY, so I MUST shun those who don't wear Abercrombie & Hollister.
I'm on a DANCE team, so I must be stupid, stuck up, and a whore.
I'm YOUNG, so I MUST be naive.
I'm RICH, so I MUST be a conceited snob
I'm MEXICAN, so I MUST have hopped the border.
I GOT A CAR FOR MY BIRTHDAY, so I MUST be a spoiled brat.
I'm BLACK, so I MUST love watermelon
I'm BI, so I MUST think every person I see is hot.
I'm an ASIAN GUY, so I MUST have a small penis.
I'm a GUY CHEERLEADER, so I MUST be gay.
I'm a PREP, so I MUST be rich.
I don't like the SUN so I MUST be an albino.
I have a lot of FRIENDS, so I MUST love to drink and party.
I wear tight PANTS and I'm a guy, so I MUST be emo.
I couldn't hurt a FLY, So I MUST be a pussy.
I support GAY RIGHTS, so I MUST fit in with everyone.
I hang out with teenage drinkers and smokers, so I MUST smoke and drink too.
I have ARTISTIC TALENT, so I MUST think little of those who don't.
I don't like to be in a BIG GROUP, so I MUST be anti-social.
I have a DIFFERENT sense of HUMOR, so I MUST be crazy.
I tell people OFF, so I MUST be an over controlling bitch.
My hair gets GREASY a lot, so I MUST have no hygiene skills.
I'm DEFENSIVE, so I MUST be over controlling and a bitch.
I'm a NUDIST, so I MUST want everyone to see my boobs.
I read Comics, so I MUST be a loser.
I hang out with a FORMER PROSTITUTE.. So I MUST be a whore myself.
I'm TEXAN so I MUST ride a horse
I’m a GOTH, so I MUST be a Satanist
I’m a CROSSDRESSER, so I must be homosexual.
I draw ANIME so I MUST be a freak.
I am a FANGIRL so I MUST be a crazy, obsessed stalker.
I WATCH PORN so I MUST be perverted.
I'm an ONLY CHILD so I MUST be spoiled.
I'm INTELLIGENT so I MUST be weak.
I am AMERICAN so I MUST be obese, loud-mouthed and arrogant.
I'm WELSH so I MUST love sheep
I’m a YOUNG WRITER, so I MUST be emo.
I’m CANADIAN, so I MUST talk with a funny accent.
I'm a GUY, so I MUST ditch my pregnant girlfriend.
I'm CANADIAN, so I MUST love hockey and beavers.
I'm DISABLED, so I MUST be on Welfare.
I'm a FEMINIST, so I MUST have a problem with sexuality and I want to castrate every man on the earth.
I'm a TEENAGER, so I MUST have a STEREOTYPE.
I WEAR A BIG SUNHAT when I go outside, so I MUST be stupid.
I like BLOOD, so I must be a VAMPIRE.
I'm an ALBINO, so I MUST be an evil person with mental abilities and is A MURDERER!
I'm ENGLISH, so I MUST speak with either a cockney or a posh accent, love tea and cricket, and have bad teeth. (I do have a cockney accent though...)
I’m WHITE, so I MUST be responsible for everything going wrong on the planet: past, present, and future.
I don't like YAOI or YURI, so I must be a HOMOPHOBE
I’m not the most POPULAR person in school, so I MUST be a loser
I care about the ENVIRONMENT...I MUST be a tree hugging hippy
I have a FAN CHARACTER, so I MUST be an annoying Mary-sue.
I CHAT, I MUST be having cyber sex.
I'm PAGAN so I MUST sacrifice babies and drink the blood of virgins
I'm PAGAN so I MUST worship Satan
I'm CONSERVATIVE, so I MUST be against Abortion
I'm SWEDISH so I MUST be a tall blond blue-eyed lesbian.
I'm a LESBIAN so I MUST want to get with every single girl that I see.
I like CARTOONS, so I MUST be IRRESPONSIBLE.
I like READING, so I MUST be a LONER.
I have my OWN spiritual ideology; therefore I MUST be WRONG or MISGUIDED.
I am WICCAN, so I MUST be a SATANIST.
I DISAGREE with my government, so I MUST be a TERRORIST.
I am a WITCH, so I MUST be and OLD HAG and fly on a broomstick.
I love YAOI, so I MUST be GAY.
I'm a PERSON, so I MUST be LABELED
I DON'T CURSE, so I MUST be an outcast
I like GAMES, ANIME and COMICS, so I MUST be childish
I'm SWEDISH, therefore I MUST be WHITE.
I SPOT GRAMMATICAL ERRORS, so I MUST be a pedantic bastard.
I'm GOTHIC, so I MUST be mean.
I’m STRONG so I MUST be stupid.
I'm Australian so I MUST hunt crocodiles and talk to kangaroo’s
I go to RENFAIRES, so I MUST talk weird, be a loser, and not be up with the times
I’m GAY so I’m after EVERY straight guy around.
I don’t want a BOYFRIEND so I MUST be Lesbian.
I'm NOT CHRISTIAN so I MUST just need converting.
I love marching band, so I MUST be a friendless freak.
I DRINK and SMOKE, so I MUST have no life.
I am friends with a CUTTER, so I MUST be a CUTTER too.
I cry easily, so I MUST be a wimp.
I can't help pointing out mistakes so I MUST be an over-controlling perfectionist
I'm a PERFECTIONIST so I MUST check everything ten times, then burst into tears at one mistake
I DON"T LIKE to talk about my personal life so I MUST be having problems
Controversial Issues:
1) Being gay is not natural. Real Americans always reject unnatural things like eyeglasses, polyester, liposuction and air conditioning.
2) Gay marriage will encourage people to be gay, in the same way that hanging around tall people will make you tall.
3) Legalizing gay marriage will open the door to all kinds of crazy behavior. People may even wish to marry their pets because a dog has legal standing and can sign a marriage contract.
4) Straight marriage has been around a long time and hasn't changed at all; women are still property, blacks still can't marry whites, and divorce is still illegal.
5) Straight marriage will be less meaningful if gay marriage were allowed; the sanctity of Britney Spears' 55-hour just-for-fun marriage would be destroyed.
6) Straight marriages are valid because they produce children. Gay couples, infertile couples, and old people shouldn't be allowed to marry because our orphanages aren't full yet, and the world needs more children.
7) Obviously gay parents will raise gay children, since straight parents only raise straight children.
8) Gay marriage is not supported by religion. In a theocracy like ours, the values of one religion are imposed on the entire country. That's why we have only one religion in America.
9) Children can never succeed without a male and a female role model at home. That's why we as a society expressly forbid single parents to raise children.
10) Gay marriage will change the foundation of society; we could never adapt to new social norms. Just like we haven't adapted to cars, the service-sector economy, or longer life spans...
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