Fair??

Okay, so.. lets say that you are given an assignment to do in class. You work really hard on it and get really excited about the fact that its going to be published because your teacher told you that it would all be published. THen you get other people involved too.. using some of their work (art or something) and putting their names on the piece to be published, and spending alot of time working on it outside of class too. So you have this final product, a good final work, something you have put time and energy and other peoples names into. How would you feel if the teacher told you that half of your project was being thrown away so someone else could use the space for their project?? And you wouldn't get any say in which half was being thrown out?? Am I the only one who thinks that that is completely and totally unfair?? I dunno.. some opinions please?? Thanks.

Earth Day

Okay.. I dunno really what to say for this.. I kind of agree with Kelsey and Rob that things look bad.. really really bad.. and probably, being stubborn human beings, we wont do enough to stop it until it is too late. By the time that we do something that will make a significant difference the world will be damaged beyond repair.. We'll have Grolar bears running through cities eating people and mutant people with five arms and two heads walking around. For now, human beings aren't really being affected. Its the 'lower' animals like the polar bears, seals, and insects that are being affected, but sooner or later we will be affected by the extinction of an animal or plant and then we'll be screwed.
As for what to do to make things better? Hmm.. I really don't know.. I say tax everything that can be taxed.. give people free recycling, raise prices on garbage bags and tags, charge people for grocery bags, raise the refunds on returning cans and bottles. Anything like that. That would help.. charge less for recyled paper, etc, etc..

Speaking From the Heart

About the video of Craig Ferguson we watched in class.. First off.. Good for you! congrats on being so long sober.. keep it up. Second.. yes, its good to hear this coming from people on how we shouldn't make fun of celebrities (or anybody) when they are having a hard time, but the truth is we will make fun of them. We will use their pain and embarassment to cheer us up a little. It makes us feel good to think 'hey, maybe she has it all but at least I've never shaved my head'. We all know deep down that it's wrong to laugh at these people but we all do it anyways.. Its a defence mechanism to ridicule the people we view as being 'above us'. It makes us feel better about ourselves. When is it taking it too far to laugh at someone else? When Brit shaves her head? When the front page of Star magazine reads "Did Heath have a secret love child? A look at the stars life behind closed doors"? He's dead! Leave him and his wife and family alone! (sorry.. that makes me mad).. But if we can't laugh at that what will we laugh at? Tom jumping on Oprahs couch? Angie and Brads 5th child? our world is so wrapped around celebrities lives that theres almost nothing left to laugh at. I dunno.. I agree that its wrong to laugh at people but at the same time I find it funny.. I can't not laugh at them even though I know its wrong..

Things

I dunno what I'm going to write about.. Its going to be completely random and probably not thought-provoking or anything.. I'm sitting here at my computer desk.. not at Semi.. thinking about all my friends in their pretty dresses dancing with their boys and taking crazy pictures of each other. My friends are the crazy ones who stay in the corner and jump around where the music is loudest.. then have to yell all the next day because they can't hear anything. And while they dance and enjoy themselves singing as loud as they can I'm stuck here writing this. I'm thinking that I'm going to go and put my dress on and do my hair and make-up just so that I can feel some of the specialness of the night.. yeah.. I really have no life.. I don't really want to keep talking about semi because it is kind of depressing me but all the other subjects I can think to talk about are even more depressing.. I guess I'll just pick one.. umm.. oh! I haven't blogged on Ana yet.. wow.. that really is depressing. Okay. As someone who has someone very close to them with an eating disorder it was kind of weird to watch that girl search thinspirations and methods for controlled eating. But we weren't showed the other side to it. Yes there are sites out there that tell you how to get thinner quicker but at the same time there are ones that offer hope and guidance. Ones that share other peoples stories of recovery and offer ways to help yourself eat better. There are support groups for friends, family, spouses, children, parents. Anything. And really if you think about it, the people that want to get better are going to use those sites to their advantage. They are going to go to these sites, read these stories and help themselves by inspiring themselves. The ones that don't want to get better are most likely eventually going to get caught looking at these sites.. and hopefully someone will help them. I want to throw in here something. Our government sucks! Mr. McGuchan mentioned that his cousin had gone to a place in Guelph to help her recover. The place (I'm assuming.. I don't think there's more than one) is called Homewood. It is an absolutely beautiful building and seems like it has a really positive environment. To get into Homewood there is a 2-4 month wait. That is if you are paying for yourself. On average, people stay 3-4 months. For those 3-4 months the cost is around $25 000. OHIP will pay for it. 3 years later. For a room that you share with 2-4 other people. In the three years that it takes for them to agree to pay for it the person who needed it is most likely already dead. That is not right. In three years time a person can drop to a weight where they are forced to go to a hospital or else die. Our government is doing next to nothing to help the people with eating disorders (I'm going to say right now.. I haven't actually put alot of research into this so If I'm wrong, please tell me so I don't sound stupid again.) There are (I believe) only three hospitals/recovery centres in Ontario that have a program for Eating Disorders. One in Guelph. One in Toronto. and one in Ottawa.

Wow.. okay.. I'm tired. I don't feel like typing anymore so I'm going to bed now. Goodnight all.. Hope everyone had fun at semi.. or sitting at home, like me!

Da Vinci

Da Vinci code.. well. Definately a good book. Much better the first time you read it. It isn't quite as fun or exciting once you already know the answers. The suspense is ruined when you know who the mastermind behind it all is. Far-fetched, a litttle long. I won't be reading it again for a very very long time. Not Dan Browns best work. I liked Angels and Demons and Digital Fortress much better.. I don't think I've gotten around to reading Deception Point yet.. Can't quite remember though. For the most part a good book. Though I don't know how poor Sophie can deal with so much stress in one night. If I were her I would've had to excuse myself for awhile and just gone somewhere to punch something or lay down and scream as loud as I could.
I am NOT looking forward to the movie.. I may just have to be 'sick' that day.. hmm.. guess I shouldn't be saying that where Mr. McGuchan can see it.. oh well..

Need Poetry!

Ok so.. going through everyones blogs and I realiaed that alot of you write poetry. Is anyone willing to publish some of their poetry in the yearbook?? Its getting close to deadline day and so far I only have one poem. If anyone could help me out and submit a poem for me, either on here or in person, that would be awesome! Thanks so much guys.

Growing Up Online..

Wow.. umm.. lots of things going on in that video.. Suicide, Ana, fights on Youtube.. Lots to think about really. Okay so first off.. the PTA mom.. way overprotective.. I understand that she wants to protect her children but at some point she has to realize that she has taught them all well and they know what to do to protect themselves. The computer in the kitchen is a good idea for her to be able to monitor their activities, but even that isn't perfect (the girl who used her friends computer instead of her own). I think that if she is so concerned about her children she should get her own Facebook account. That way she can see who his friends are but she cant go into his account and read his private messages. As for the father of the boy who killed himself. I can't imagine going online and talking to all these people who knew what was going on and yet did nothing to stop it. I think that for me, that would be the hardest part. Knowing that there were people who knew what was going on and had let it happen anyways. I'm running out of time now so I'm going to save Ana for a seperate blog.