Bobby's World

My friend on the East Coast is waking up to this:

And I’m walking into this:

Oh, the little things in life…

Monday evening JCK and I decided to make a dessert for our friends that began their medical school exams the following day. We tossed around the idea of cookies and brownies but ultimately settled for Pumpkin Spice cupcakes. What a perfect way to rake in Autumn!

The recipe is very easy and doesn’t take much time at all! You don’t even need to have eggs or oil in you pantry, now that’s easy and a plus. And trust me, they’ll turn out amazing.

What You’ll Need:

• 1 Box Yellow Cake Mix
• 1 Can 100% Pure Pumpkin (we used fresh pumpkin)
• 1 Pinch of Cinnamon
• 1 Pinch of Pumpkin Spice
• Cream Cheese Frosting

Combine the cake mix, cinnamon and pumpkin spice and give it a good swirl.

Next, add in your pumpkin and mix it all together so that all the ingredients are mixed well and ready to be placed in the cupcake cake tin. Not too much in each, just a normal spoon full will do.

Place them in the oven for about 20 minutes each at 350 degrees. Let them cool and then frost them and add a pinch of cinnamon to top them off!

Enjoy! Oh, and pop in Hocus Pocus or something really fun.

Police have opened a criminal investigation in the suicide death of Buffalo, N.Y., 14-year-old Jamey Rodemeyer, who was bullied online with gay slurs for more than a year. Jamey took his own life on 18 September. Jamey was found dead outside his home Sunday morning, but Amherst police would not release any details on how he killed himself.

Jamey was found dead outside his home Sunday morning, but Amherst police would not release any details on how he killed himself. ”JAMIE IS STUPID, GAY, FAT ANND [sic] UGLY. HE MUST DIE!” one post said, according to local reports. Another read, “I wouldn’t care if you died. No one would. So just do it :) It would make everyone WAY more happier!” 

His death coincides with a national summit this week sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education in Washington, D.C., an effort to stem the toll of bullying school children.

     Immediately after reading this I lost my breath and began feeling lightheaded. This is awful and absolutely disturbing. When are children of this generation going to understand that bullying, of any kind or form is unacceptable? When are their parents going to understand and open their minds? I’m sick to my stomach. I know how he felt being bullied. I was bullied growing up by my peers in middle school and high school. I believe my teachers knew too, but did nothing. Bystanders are apart of this. It must end and everyone must stand up. Why, WHY EVER should a 14-year-old child kill himself? He was hurting that much. I can’t even comprehend how people can live with themselves when they look in the mirror every day and realise they were apart of this.

Yes, this does exist.

Do you ever get a phone call from someone, let it go to voicemail and then once the voicemail appears it makes your stomach hurt and you don’t want to listen to it? It’s like nothing good can come from listening to the message or you just have no interest in what the person may be asking or telling you at that moment?