Don't get me wrong, the Christian faith is important to me, it's just that some of my personal beliefs conflict with what is supposedly Catholic. Also, I have always been sick of all of the misconceptions about ancient faiths.

I am completely obsessed with gothic novels and gothic music and everything that's considered 'evil' or depressing. I don't find it as such and I was completely insulted just the other day. I was having a normal conversation with Brynn and we were talking about Hamlet because that is what we are reading in our english classes. I don't quite recall, but we somehow got on to the topic of the kind of music I listen to and the type of things I read.

I do have some black metal bands on my iPod, but just because I listen to it doesn't mean I worship the devil; I just am interested in stories about demons.

She basically grouped 'Emo', 'Goth', depression, and 'Satanists' together. Personally, I don't think Satanists are evil, they've just found a different path for their faith; I was angry about it because she's a hardcore Christian and in her sense she just basically said that everything I believed in was evil.

I tried to explain to her that there was a Gothic period in Medieval Europe and that the Romantic Era was part of it; I wanted to tell her that Emo is a style based on a style of music; I even explained to her that Hamlet was a Gothic play, all of Shakespeare's tragedies are, but she wouldn't hear it. She ignored me.

I didn't take it that personally and the next time on the bus we'll probably go back to our usual conversations, it was just disheartening that people can think of other peoples' ideals like this.

I really love Wiccanism. I find it freeing since you can find your own beliefs and worship and bless what is around you. It teaches you not to take anything for granted. This might just be my spiritual path.