• As i walked through the halls a tune ran through my head. We had just left the weekly homeroom meeting, and i ended up next to my friend. He started humming "A Whole New World" from Disney's Aladdin. This is where i noticed that i wanted to learn this song. Luckily, my computer class's teacher was completely ignorant to the 13 kids playing games; so i had no problem memorizing the first verse of the song.

    This is where i had just noticed all the things that would soon be brought before my eyes. I could memorize all these songs, but i would never put them to use. Why would i choose now? I have no certain answer to that question; however, i do know that i will never regret things.

    It took courage, but i broke through that pretty easily. It couldn’t be too bad, i mean i fell through a wall last year (that’s different story for a different day); fear of public embarrassment isn’t that big of a deal when things like that happen. Humph, thinking about it more now, dancing like Michael Jackson probably also contributed to my ability to not care about people's views.

    Somehow this was different. None of my other stunts involved direct interaction like this would. Singing to somebody. Looking them in the eyes. The "romantic love song" factor in the equation might also prove to be hard to overcome. Its high school. Here something stupid might get the crap beaten out of me. What if the girl i sang to had a boyfriend?

    Yet, I still conjured up the strength to overcome. I chose to only stick to people who have a mutual friendship to me; like maybe my friend's friend. My first subject would be somebody i had never even talked to. Heck, i wouldn’t have known her if she didn’t stalk by best friend. I sang.

    "I can show you the world.
    Shining, shimmering, splendid.
    Tell me princess
    When was the last time you let your heart decide

    A whole new world......"

    I choked. The first thing that went through my head was "Oh God i choked". Looking back, it seems that it wasn’t that bad i could’ve been something like "I suck at singing" or "I think she knows me". She laughed. That was good seeing how i did this for comedic purposes.

    I did this for weeks. Its been about a month now. I even met a few girls in the process. A cute one recently sang back; i swear sparks flew. But once again, i am off topic.

    As me and my friend who hummed the song walked through the mall, he seemed nervous to be singing "Under the Sea" out in public. He sang it all the time at school. He even taught it to me. Why were things different now?

    I saw the trend, and remembered a crucial fact. His church was around here; his old house was a mile away. He was afraid of running into somebody he knew. He moved to my city at the beginning of this year. Nobody really paid attention to him so he did as he pleased. However, here he was popular. Singing in a mall could ruin his rep back at his original home if somebody caught him singing.

    This brings me to my entire statement. We as people should stop thinking about the opinions of others. Being completely stupid or ignorant is on a different level than what i am talking about. I am referring also to those who judge, and how we coexist as those who judge and are judged.

    How is sand being kicked in your face different if you are popular or a just an "average Joe"? All the ways around it, there is dirt in your eyes and it hurts.