You are the greatest thing about me.

Rang de Basanti is TERRIBLY DEPRESSING. It's a good movie, but it's so damn depressing after it's terrible tone shift. Like every bollywood movie. Except for Lagaan. fffttt.

Man, What to do with this free time. :

I'm just going to post some "givesmehope" because... well damn they're so touching. Maybe even son "lovegivesmehope"

I saw an old Catholic priest being helped up the church steps by a young man.
At the top he turned to the young man and said "God bless you." The young man smiled nervously and said "I'm Muslim."
The priest smiled back and said "Allah bless you then."
Their religious tolerance GMH.

This morning my car was being serviced, so I had to catch a bus to the city.
I'm heavily pregnant. It was pretty full, and there were no spare seats.
Everyone avoided my eyes and ignored me, but one boy stood up and offered his seat to me, without even thinking.
He couldn't have been any older than 9 years old. His respect GMH.

My grandma died a week ago, and we were driving behind the funeral cars.
Very little people stopped to let us go, even though we had funeral flags and everything.
A whole construction team took off their hats, let us by, and stopped working. Their respect GMH.

My dad saw a homeless man digging through the trash.
He offered to buy the man food. Once he had the food he thanked my dad and turned to leave. Dad said to eat with him. He almost cried.
They ate & talked, and he tried to give my dad the only thing he had: a Beatles record.
My dad and that man GMH

My 8 year old friend, who has had brain cancer for over 2 years, had surgery for a port the other day (for chemo treatment)
I asked her if she was scared. Her only response, "Am I going to be able to swim?"
The whole ER laughed, including the surgeon. Her positive personality and courage GMH.

There is a seventh grade girl at my school who has an extremely strict mother.
Emmy's mom doesn't let her go out to recess, go on field trips, eat lunch in the cafeteria or hang out with friends on the weekend.
Today I learned that the boy in 8th grade who has Asperger's has stayed with her, inside, for every lunch and recess.
Their friendship GMH

A friend of mine ran out randomly into a parking lot and almost got hit by a car. Twice.
He was chasing a balloon and we couldn't figure out why... until we saw him return the purple balloon to a two-year-old crying girl, who he never met before - just because.
GMH.

Today, my girlfriend's teacher told her that she had to keep her opinions to herself because she is a lesbian.
A boy in the front of her class - a stranger - stood up and told the teacher he was protesting HER opinion. He walked out.
EVERYONE followed.
Their willing love and acceptance for her GMH.

My mom is severely ill with ALS and my grandma's kidney's are failing.
We didn't have any money to pay the nurses taking care of my mom. My girlfriend works 8 hrs/day after school and used all her savings but $120 to pay the nurses and doctor's copayments for my grandma.
The $120 is for our last senior Prom.
Her generosity and love GMH.

(From MLIA) Last night for homework, our class was assigned to write a report on our "dream person." Today in class we were peer editing each others papers. My crush and I always partner up, and so we peer edited each others.
When I looked at his paper, it only had a single word on it:
"You."
(^This one is my absolute favorite.)

For my English class we presented things we couldn't live without.
I showed a locket my first and current girlfriend gave to me for Christmas - revealing to a class of nearly 60 students that I was gay.
I was abandoned by my "best friends" but a class of complete strangers congratulated me.
Acceptance GMH.

Go to www.givesmehope.com and read more. Seriously, you won't regret it.