Blurbal Perspective

Those of you who tried to check Facebook on your lunch hour were probably greeted with this message: Apparently, some Facebook users were so broken up by the message, that they called 911 to report this "crime against humanity." Officers in Los Angeles County, California took to Twitter and made this statement: Facebook reps posted a statement saying that they were working on the issue and would update users "shortly." The site was up and running one hour later. Now , I love Facebook as much as the next person, but calling the cops to report an outage is just plain stupid. It is not that serious. Find something to do for Christ's sake! Go on Twitter, read a book, talk to someone face-to-face, call a family member, use your imagination! This is what I did during the Facebook outage: I ate lunch, read a few articles, did some writing, and got some fresh air. Did you guys know that there's a world outside those windows? Oh my fucking God it is so b...

We all did some pretty stupid things when we were teenagers. Our parents played "Chicken," and we mimicked stunts from "Jackass," We thought we were so invicible. How naive we were! Now OUR teenagers are playing a rather dangerous game of "Fire Challenge." "Fire Challenge" has been sweeping the nation. What happens is, teenagers pour alcohol on themselves, and set themselves on fire. One teen decided to film the stunt. He poured alcohol all over himself, lit a match, and he went up in flames. The teen said that once he was engulfed the pain was "unbearable." *duh!* Once paramedics arrived and put out the fire, he was already blistering. He had burns on his stomach area. Teens who film the "Fire Challenge" only film the alcohol being poured and the match being lit. There are a bunch of the videos all over Youtube. You know, I get that teenagers think they are invincible and nothing bad can ever happen to them. I hate...