Straightedge Vs Pop Punk

Over the past couple years, I have started to become the person I have always wanted to be, i.e. straightedge and pop punk. Through the use of the medium, Tumblr, I was able to get a tighter grasp on what I believe in and enjoy. Seeing all my friends in high school start drinking and smoking at a young age made me hate drugs and alcohol even more. I never really fit in with the crowd because I did not go to parties and get wasted. All of my friends thought I was a lame or “prude” because I did not want to get in trouble or poison my body with harmful chemicals. It took until my senior year of high school to figure out what I really believed in; straightedge. To bring to simple terms, straightedge is a choice and a lifestyle; abstaining from drinking, smoking, drugs and lying. People think it is silly, being eighteen years young and considering myself as a straightedge. Well, it may be a secret, but many kids start drinking and doing drugs as young as fourteen. Seeing this happen to society has made me very strong about the way I …show more content…
A lot of the lyrics are very cliché, such as leaving their home town, missing the one they used to love, or just simply anchors. I did not actually fall in love with it until my boyfriend, Jacob, brought me to this music festival called Warped Tour. Everyone there was so friendly and accepting, unlike anywhere I have ever been before. We made so many new friends and fell in love with tons of new bands. The very first pop punk band I had ever seen was Knuckle Puck. It was also the first mosh pit I had ever gone into. Being only 5’3” and one hundred pounds, going into a mosh pit is a bit hazardous and frowned upon, but with my Jacob being 6’3”, he watched out for me and kept all the three hundred pound people away. I had never had such a rush of adrenaline in my life. Feeling accepted by everyone, not being judged for my size or life