The Chronicles of John Trammell

     Bullying.  A terrible issue that handfuls of people experience in their lives.  Some experience way more dramatic bullying than others.  Bullying comes in many different ways, and are not always physical.  An issue that we as a society need to work hard to fix.  How to fix this problem is one of the hardest questions?  For everyone who has met and interacted with me, you will find that they have nothing but good things to say.  If you begin hangout with my friends and I, you will  notice they can tease me at times and I just laugh and enjoy that.  I will normally say that I have a thick skin.  Many people like that aspect of me.  The interesting thing is that no one has ever asked me how I became to have such a thick skin for that.  Last night, that thick skin was broken from something that was taken too far.  Because of that, I felt it was time to put my story somewhere.  Why not on my blog? ...

     Since I was in middle school, I had slowly gained weight.  Two things have been to blame for the reasons why I have gained weight.  The first, moving across town in March, 1999.  I had lost the friends I used to hang out with every single day, outside.  The internet wasn't big back then where we could keep in contact with our friends.  When I moved to where I am today, I had issues trying to fit into the kids in the new neighborhood.  As results, I ended up staying inside everyday, and resorting to Computers and Video Games for entertainment.  Along side with that, came bad eating habits, which is the second reasons I have gained weight. I start to think about how those bad habits came around, and have come to the conclusion that I just wasn't educated in proper eating habits.  The school system and my parents should have taken the time to get me on the right track.  By time high school came around, bad habits were in plac...