Welcome to a new kind of tension
All across the alien nation
Everything isn't meant to be okay

American Idiot

In today's society, America is dominated by it's morbid obsession with the media. If it is in the news, in the paper, or in a magazine, most people take it as pure fact. It doesn't matter what "it" particularly is. When I think about it, though, it isn't just the news media that has the population completely mind fucked. TV commercials, highway billboards, even things on the internet all seem to dictate how people think and react these days. What is truly sad about this, is that few seem to even notice this phenomenon. Everyone just goes about their lives completely oblivious to the fact that they are brainwashed into thinking exactly the way the media wants them to think. It's appalling, really.

I have never been one to conform. I have always been of my own mind. Being this way has never been particularly difficult, but it has often made me stand out from the crowd. My thoughts and actions have always made people uncomfortable. It's not that the way I am is bad or anything, it is just different from the norm, and anything different tends to make people uncomfortable. At one time I was perfectly content with myself. I would go about my days in my own little bubble, hanging out with the few people I deemed as my friends. I even have a girlfriend. She's cute and seems to enjoy my company, not to mention the things that happen in the bedroom. Any other normal teenager would think this to be a perfect existence. Well, as I have already in so many words stated, I am not what you can call your normal teenager.

Lately I have found myself growing tired of the monotony that my life has become. I am getting sick of the same inane bullshit going on every single day. I am getting sick of these people I associate as friends looking at me like I just killed a puppy because I say something they don't agree with. I am sick of this small, Podunk town. I am sick of being the minority. I am sick of being an American Idiot.

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TNR: Ok, I know this is EXTREMELY short, but it is only a preface. I promise Chapter 1 will be longer.

To set you up a bit, you need to know a bit of background about the American Idiot album. American Idiot is a rock opera. The album as a whole tells a complete story. Every chapter in this story will be titled the same as the song that goes along with the chapter. Songs 2 and 12 (Jesus of Suburbia and Homecoming) are each about 9 minutes long and are broken up into 5 sections, each section having its own title. Each of these sections will, in turn, get its own chapter. In essence, this story should have at least 21 chapters once I am done. If a chapter gets to be too long tho, I will make that chapter into 2 parts. So at least 21 chapters, maybe more.

I know this seems weird and complicated, but I hope that y'all will stick with me on this. It is combining 2 of my most favorite things in the world, Green Day and Twilight. As such, I really have a good feeling about it, and hope y'all will like it!

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