* sigh * It does n't help that she passed a week before my birthday . I do n't feel right being happy on that day , and I do n't feel right being so sad on that day when my family tries to make it a nice day . * sigh * In happier news I received a Birthday card today . It was lovely , with flowers like a garden across it .
Answer the following question: What is the reason that it does n't help ?

I am sad because of her death .

I think I laughed myself to sleep , matter of fact . So , now , my dad is blaming my mom for all this shit that happened , because ' she would n't go to the cookout with me ' . He should n't have been drinking in the first place . Some of the medicine he takes ( all like 20 pills a day ) says to NOT take it with alcohol . He 's just an asshole , and I hate him . Oh , and apparently I ' m not supposed to be on the computer , since my dad got mad at me like two days ago and said I could n't have it until I went to college .
Answer the following question: What may be the reason for them hating their father ?

He 's an alcoholic .

The airplane ride was rather uneventful . I sat next to an older Japanese man but we did n't talk and in fact I do n't think we even made eye contact the whole 12 hours of flight . ( I ' ve noticed that people on the trains in Tokyo do n't make eye - contact either and people rarely start up conversations with strangers . )
Answer the following question: What may be the reason people in Japan do nt start conversations ?

They are shy and do nt want to look foolish speaking english .

And then the bungee cord pulled me back into the sky . The place gave us several options for jumping . The swan dive , they said , was the easiest . You just jump , where as a Titanic position where they hold onto the back of your cord and then drop you is supposed to be scary . I elected to swan dive , not because it was easier . I felt that either way this was going to be terrifying .
Answer the following question: What may happen before my decision ?
I noticed that both jumps were scary .