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I want to be crazy.

I want to go around at night giving socks to the homeless. I want to stick Post-it notes on public mirrors telling people they are beautiful. I want to give toys to kids who have none. I want to make old people feel young again.

I want to whisper in a guy's ear that the girl on the other side of the room has been watching him all night and he should go talk to her. I want to show the goths and the emos the sunlight in their lives. I want to pay for the guy behind me at McDonald's.

I want to salute a soldier as he walks by. I want to smile at a stranger. I want to buy a random sad-looking person some ice cream. I want to walk up to a homeless man, tell him he won the lottery, and give him a thousand dollars. I want to dance in my pjs singing into a hairbrush in front of a giant crowd, just to make one person laugh.

I want to burst into song while walking the dogs, because it is amazing to be alive. I want to compliment someone nobody notices. I want to give a struggling single mom a makeover. I want to throw money over my head so when people walk where I've been, they feel like the luckiest person in the world. I want to blow up a thousand balloons and let them go in an office building.

I want to see a girl with a disability and drop everything to run to her and tell her she is the most beautiful person in the world. I want to draw a giant rainbow in a school parking lot. I want to stick notes in people's lockers telling them just what they need to hear. I want to show a cranky old man some love.

I want to make a fool of myself, just for the smiles of others. I want to be crazy like that.

Completely. Utterly. Insane.

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SElahiThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. said...
Apr. 30 at 4:12 pm:
I love this! If everyone did all of these things, people all over the world would be happier, and the world would be a brighter, more beautiful place. This is very spirited, passionate writing. Keep up the good work!
 
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Apr. 30 at 4:14 pm :
Also, please check out my story, "Hot Chocolate and Hope." I worked very hard and my biggest goal is to get it published in the print magazine. Thanks!
 
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DynamoThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. said...
Apr. 4 at 9:13 am:
that was awesome! i wish we could all be insane like that
 
DynamoThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. replied...
Apr. 4 at 9:15 am :
this really wants me to go crazy
 
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beautifulspiritThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. said...
Mar. 4 at 8:25 am:
So great~ this made me smile. I wish we could all be crazy and insane! The world would be so beautiful:)
 
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JellybeannThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. said...
Feb. 15 at 8:50 am:
I LOVE THIS!!!! Keep up the amazing work!!! You had me caught in your words, they are amazing! If only there were a group of people, known well in the world, who did just these things... imagine how famous and well-known they would be, they could change the world. Makes me smile because i am a crazy girl myself. but i don't do amazing things like these to random strangers. Keep up the amazing work! And I mean it!
 
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Deej6595This teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. said...
Feb. 13 at 7:30 pm:
That's a whole new perspective of crazy.It just makes me want to be crazy like you.
 
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leafyThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. This work has been published in the Teen Ink monthly print magazine. said...
Dec. 16, 2011 at 12:16 pm:
Wow, this is really nice :). Favoriting this ^-^
 
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Garnet77This teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. This work has been published in the Teen Ink monthly print magazine. said...
Nov. 30, 2011 at 6:25 am:
This just made my day!!! Amazing, really :)
 
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LaceeJadeThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. said...
Sept. 29, 2011 at 8:50 pm:
I Love Thiss:) ITs So Cute and Inspiring!
 
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Bookworm1998This teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. said...
Sept. 12, 2011 at 7:24 pm:
i think you're crazy 4 writing this - crazy in the good way of course ;) now i really feel like going out and doing these things <3
 
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PrudenceFangThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. said...
Aug. 25, 2011 at 6:39 pm:

I love this! It's so inspiring! It makes me want to do all of those things too! : )

 

 
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Alon_FreevoiceThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. said...
Jul. 19, 2011 at 5:51 am:
If that is craziness, I want to be crazy too!!!
 
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jessjess said...
May 29, 2011 at 9:38 pm:
whoa...you've been reading my mind or something? great job! i love it!
 
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PJD17 This work has been published in the Teen Ink monthly print magazine. said...
Mar. 31, 2011 at 5:27 pm:
extremly deep  really good  by the way  way to go getting published in the magazine twice
 
AsIAmThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. This work has been published in the Teen Ink monthly print magazine. replied...
Mar. 31, 2011 at 5:33 pm :
Thanks so much!
 
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NikkiWilson This work has been published in the Teen Ink monthly print magazine. said...
Mar. 28, 2011 at 4:09 pm:
Not gonna lie, I cried. This is really deep. Whether it was noticable or not, intentional or not, it happened.
 
AsIAmThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. This work has been published in the Teen Ink monthly print magazine. replied...
Mar. 31, 2011 at 8:56 am :
Wow. That is awesome. Thank you so much!
 
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ilovewriting95This teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. This work has been published in the Teen Ink monthly print magazine. said...
Feb. 23, 2011 at 9:45 pm:
Great Job! I loved your article. It is so inspiring and I agree with you completely. More people should go out of their way to hep others. :)
 
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coopsta said...
Feb. 23, 2011 at 12:56 pm:
I like how you wrote this story because we should all be like that and not be afraid of standing out and being the one who helps out.
 
jojo500 replied...
Mar. 3, 2011 at 6:30 pm :
i love this story 
 
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xxbloodyroses66 said...
Feb. 9, 2011 at 9:32 am:

I think this is amazing, but, just for the record, goth's are not necesarily depressed. i'm a goth, and i don't need sunlight, the moon is enough.

 

also, i'm one of the people who leaves those post-it notes on bathroom mirrors :)

a little v-day thing you might be interested in - send an anonymous valentine to someone who is probably not going to get one. it will brighten up their day.

 
AsIAmThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. This work has been published in the Teen Ink monthly print magazine. replied...
Feb. 10, 2011 at 5:21 pm :
Thanks for you input! :D  I'm glad you're not depressed - I was referring more in general to the people who are less understood and accepted, and therefore depressed, I understand you aren't all like that. :)  Awesome you leave those notes - those really brighten days. :)  I'll do the valentine thing - way cool! :D  Thanks again!
 
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Lonleydandy said...
Jan. 31, 2011 at 7:37 pm:
Great job getting published!!!!!!!!!
 
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Phoenix97 This work has been published in the Teen Ink monthly print magazine. said...
Nov. 11, 2010 at 5:30 pm:
This was so sweet, and well-done too! The way you repeated "I want to..." kept it all coherent. We should all get a little crazy like this. Excellent piece, and I hope it gets published.
 
AsIAmThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. This work has been published in the Teen Ink monthly print magazine. replied...
Nov. 11, 2010 at 9:45 pm :
Thanks so much! :D
 
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iluvnachoThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. said...
Oct. 16, 2010 at 10:45 am:
This should get published! I love this! You have the core of a sweet person and this is amazing! I would love to be crazy anytime! Haha keep writing because you are wonderful at it! :D
 
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Oct. 16, 2010 at 1:11 pm :
Thanks so much!
 
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apocalyptigirl said...
Sept. 21, 2010 at 6:59 pm:
This is great!!!! :D OK, random tangent: I had to read this book called Pilgrim at Tinker Creek in high school, and this lady when she was a kid would draw chalk arrows on the sidewalks and write notes like "Almost there" and "Keep going!" and at the end there would be a penny. And in the book she went on about how "the world is planted in pennies" and the small things in life are what matter.
 
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Sept. 21, 2010 at 8:53 pm :
Thanks!  And that penny thing is so cute! :D
 
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.iloveyou. said...
Sept. 17, 2010 at 3:27 pm:
I want to be crazy too....
 
AsIAmThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. This work has been published in the Teen Ink monthly print magazine. replied...
Sept. 18, 2010 at 4:42 pm :
:) If you have a facebook, you can join Crazy is Beautiful - I'm trying to start a mass of people who do these sorts of things.
 
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DoubleS said...
Sept. 17, 2010 at 9:23 am:
i love it its awesome and just brightens u up :D
 
AsIAmThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. This work has been published in the Teen Ink monthly print magazine. replied...
Sept. 17, 2010 at 12:16 pm :
Thank you!
 
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DindellaAmagu said...
Sept. 13, 2010 at 7:05 am:

Oh my gosh!! You have no idea how touching this is!

You hit this right on the mark and you know what? I want to be crazy, too. So, one day, lets all be crazy together. . . and show the world that maybe insanity. . . isn't so bad.

 
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Sept. 13, 2010 at 7:09 am :
Thank you!  That sounds like a plan!  Maybe if more people were crazy, the world wouldn't be so cruel. :)  If you have a facebook, I made a page called Crazy is Beautiful, for all us "crazy" people :)
 
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pinkypromise23 This work has been published in the Teen Ink monthly print magazine. said...
Aug. 30, 2010 at 11:06 am:
aww thats sooo cute! 5 stars! (:
 
AsIAmThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. This work has been published in the Teen Ink monthly print magazine. replied...
Aug. 30, 2010 at 4:50 pm :
Thanks! :)
 
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hannahbee7 This work has been published in the Teen Ink monthly print magazine. said...
Aug. 29, 2010 at 7:10 pm:
I loved this! This is exactly the kind of person I see myself as, and I'm quite inspired by it. Simple, yet fun.:]
 
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Aug. 30, 2010 at 4:49 pm :
Thanks a googleplex! (I swear it's a number...) :)
 
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redcg416 said...
Aug. 29, 2010 at 3:40 pm:
That was so sweet! I loved it. You seem like a great person. Just wait. You will make a diffrence just by being happy.
 
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Aug. 30, 2010 at 4:48 pm :
Thanks so much! :)
 
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Eatfoodzap said...
Aug. 29, 2010 at 12:42 pm:
:D That's really sweet. The way you said everything in such a simplistic way really brings out the essence of what you're trying to say. Amazing! ;D
 
Healing_Angel This work has been published in the Teen Ink monthly print magazine. replied...
Aug. 30, 2010 at 12:56 am :
I LOVE THIS!! I'm crying now! I wish more people cared as much as you do!! I'm adding this to my favourites list when I have time.
 
AsIAmThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. This work has been published in the Teen Ink monthly print magazine. replied...
Aug. 30, 2010 at 4:48 pm :

Eatfoodzap:  Thanks so much!

Healing_Angel:  Aww I'm touched. :)  Thank you!

 
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