"I'll trade you this Yugioh card for..." and gossip.

"I'll trade you this Yugioh card for your Destiny Hero!"
"Ewww, no! That's an old magic card!"
"What? It's a good card come on! please?"
"No."
"Please?"
"Hey yo, I'll sell you this Black Luster Soldier for five bucks."
"Snap! Heck yes!"

I heard this as I was passing D.A. Morrison on my way home from school yesterday. There was a group of nerdy looking kids hanging outside the bus stop, trading Yugioh cards. I was surprised by the fact that kids still play with these things. Jeez, I remember I started to play Yugioh cards when i was in grade 5. I thought they died out while I was in grade eight, but I guess they're popularity came back. Except, now the cards have been upgraded and the rules have changed. They'll probably continue to change these features in order for it to sell to the newer generations. They don't care if the old fans are disappointed of the mutation that has befallen on their precious card game, just so long as it sells. Yep, it's going to end up just like the never ending, over-killed Pokemon franchise.

I still enjoy the original Pokemon and Yugioh...I have my cards hiding in one of my three-ringed binders. Don't judge me!


Final eavesdropping conversation:

Okay, so I decided to eavesdrop on one more conversation because my previous ones were not long enough to turn into a script. Anyways, while I was taking the bus on my way to the movie theatres yesterday, I heard these three teenage girls gossiping on about a girl they clearly disliked.

"We saw Paige on the bus yesterday. And after you left, she said you made eye contact with her and didn't say hi."
"Ha-ha!"
"What? I didn't make eye contac-Ah crap! I did..."
"Yep, she ended up talking to me for the rest of the ride."
"Oh my god....I'm sorry..."
"She's in college now, trying to get into recording arts. She was only at school for half a semester."
"Well that's a relief!"
"You know, I'm surprised any college would accept her."
"She wants to get into singing. That makes me laugh. She can't sing for shit!"
"She's not that bad of a person, you know."
"No way! She's just as bad as Jessica."
"No, no. She's way nice than Jessica. Jessica's rude. At least Paige actually considers other people's feelings."
"You guys, she's not an animal you know."
"But she's just creepy. You know she stalked James."
"What? Really?"
"She phoned him one time, and he didn't even give her his number. She was like to him, 'Yeah, you gave me your phone number a long time ago.' He was all creeped out and finally she said, 'fine, I looked it up in the phone book."
"Yeah, that's not stalkerish at all!
"Wow, what a creeper!"
"Then she went around saying that the two were dating and poor James didn't even know what was going on."
"God, that girl's messed up. I swear."

I'm not going to lie, eavesdropping on teenage gossip is amusing. This girl that they were talking about sounds like she's a bit off her rocker, but I feel a little sorry for her. She doesn't seem like the most popular student in the school and probably gets picked on for it. People just love to talk about those who fall under "strange and unusual" category. It amuses them and makes them feel better about themselves. And when the word travels through the grape vine, it eventually makes it's way to the person being talked about. I can just imagine how horrible this person must feel, listening to all the rumors being made about her everyday. I would be so humiliated, I wouldn't want to show up for school.

It's a shame, but that's high school for you. Full of rumors, gossip and drama. Like I said, I enjoy listening on other people's gossip, but when I'm amongst my friends, I try and avoid participating in it. It's just a real, big headache.