Still Deciding

Wow how long has it been!

2011-05-08T18:46:00.003+01:00

I haven't posted anything for over 3 years, I almost forgot all about my blog until i got an email saying that someone has commented on your blog so i thought that i would return and make a post saying hello bloggers! :)

Madison

2007-05-03T13:25:00.000+01:00

Will he quit or will he stay.

2007-03-21T09:28:00.000Z

I haven't wrote a political post in a while so i have decided to let some steam out, so here goes.
Does anybody else think that Tony Blair saying that he is going to step down as Prime Minister is just a publicity stunt. And do we really want Gordon Brown as our next prime minster. I think if Tony Blair does step down then there should be an elections between all the parties to see who wins, because it doesn't seem fair that Gordon Brown can just come in and become the prime Minister. On a lighter note wouldn't it have been funny if David Blunkett was Prime Minster at least we would have been the first country to have a blind Prime Minster. Lol

Do children grow up better if they have two parents?

2007-03-21T09:14:00.000Z

I was reading the paper recently and one article really stood out. It was about a 10 year old with an ASBO, making him the youngest person to have one. He drinks, smokes cigarettes and cannabis he also has threatened his mother and grandmother with knifes. His mother said his father works away a lot and she is left to discipline him alone. Is it the mothers fault that her son has turned out to be a nightmare child? is this poor parenting? or could it be down to the fact if, children are only brought up with one parent they do not seem to get the right balance of fun and discipline. As that parent tries to give their child everything they need and want to make up for the fact that they don't have a father or mother around.

Madison's first post

2007-01-25T11:38:00.000Z

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Reasons for my lack of posts.

2007-01-21T19:13:00.000Z

You might of noticed my complete lack of posting, my reasons for this are as follow: Christmas, Course work, New blog account . Oh yeah and staying out most nights, lack of sleep, erm.... lack of determination, lack of most things really lol, but mainly it is due to the fact that i forgot my google account sign in name and password and couldn't log in. So really all this post is, is a post to say I AM BACK lol...

Television Dramas and Terrorism do they link.

2007-01-21T18:56:00.000Z

Do TV dramas like spooks really deal with real life terrorism. As a part of my media research project i looked into this question and it seems that most of us out there fell as if spooks has a duty to report terrorism in a realistic way just like newspapers. I disagree with this as it is only a television programme and they exaggerate the truth to get better ratings. However spooks try to blur the line of a television programme by not putting credits on their programme. If thr makers 0f spooks are doing this how can they expect people not to believe what they are saying.

A little bit late

2006-11-28T13:37:00.001Z

i no that this is a month late, however i haven't got round to doing it so there.
Here are some photos of my birthday night NOT my party. We all had a really cool night

Media Research Project

2006-11-15T09:56:00.000Z

I am currently doing a media research project and I would be very grateful if you could complete my questionnaire.

How often do you watch spooks?

Once a week Once a month Hardly ever

What episode stands out in your mind and why?
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How realistic do you think spooks deals with terrorism?

Very Reasonably not well ok

How often do you read newspapers?

Once a day Once a week Once a month Hardly ever

What newspapers do you read?

The Sun The Guardian The Times The mail

The evening standard Other

How accurately do you think newspapers report terrorism?
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Do you feel that spooks influences opinions on terrorism?

Yes No Don’t know Comments:________________________________________
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Do you think newspapers exaggerate terrorism?

Yes No Don’t know

Comments:__________________________________________________________
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Thank You

A story in a tunnel

2006-11-09T12:32:00.000Z

I was sitting up in the 6th form common room playing games when the head of 6th form came in and banned me from going on the internet, so I had nothing else to do I decided to Greenwich using the foot tunnel so I didn't have to pay for travel. So me Josh and Emma walked under the tunnel I noticed some writing on the wall, at first I thought it was just a bit of graffiti however the more I read the more I realized that this was a story that went from one end of the tunnel to the other, with lines like "he's behind you." they didn't really make much sense together but some of the lines on there own were nice plus it was an interesting read. I just wonder how long it took to write and who wrote it!

The departed

2006-11-03T13:19:00.000Z

last night i went to the cinema, to watch the film the departed. If there is one film that i could reconmend it would be this one, it has everything from fit young men lol to a gripping story line that keeps you on the edge of your seats so go and see it.

It's been nearly a month.!!!

2006-10-11T10:11:00.000+01:00

I haven't posted for nearly a month. So I thought I might aswell post something before Thomas takes me off his contacts list.
Here is something that I found interesting when I was reading the newspaper the other day.
A man parked his car in a spot where there was no yellow line so that he would not get a fine. While he was gone a yellow line had been painted around his car and he was given a £40 fine for parking on a yellow line. The paint had damaged his tyres so he had to pay £150 for a set of new tyres on top of the fine. When i was reading this story in the newspapeI i found it very funny. However i would not be amused if this happened to me. The man is appealing the fine.

Ask a question.

2006-09-12T21:31:00.000+01:00

I was on MSN last night as i had nothing better to do and someone asked me this question and i got some odd answers when i asked other people so i am going to ask the same thing.
You can ask me one question and i promise to answer it truthfully.
Just to see what questions people come up with it can be qutie funny.
p.s nothing rude please.
xxx

Fending for our selves.

2006-09-12T21:20:00.000+01:00

Last week my mother and father (that's a mid middle class LOL Wendy) went on holiday for the first time on their own. They went to Mexico, leaving behind myself, my twin brother and my older sister and her baby. Our first challenge was to cook a Sunday roast, now this seems simple to those of you out their who do this every weekend however for someone who hardly cooks this is a disaster waiting to happen. My sister put the chicken on, then her friends came round so she forgot about the dinner and left me to do it on my own. If it wasn't for my cousin steph, who popped round we would have had a fir up. LOL. She helped me with timing the dinner and told me how to cook roast potatoes. So she then went home, and I was left alone in the kitchen, and ended up making a alright roast dinner. It wasn't as good as my mum's but then food always tastes better when someone else is cooking.

Why?

2006-09-03T22:49:00.000+01:00

well i just wanted to start this post with a scream, so here goes.....(before doing so checking with someone on msn how you scream writing down we came up with this conclusion.) AAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRHHHHHHHHHHH.... At the moment i feel so lonely. I mean i do have alot of people around me but they are friends or part of my strangly large family. There is one person in my life who i care for deeply and i don't think he knows how much i care for him. However i have to carry on day after day as if these feelings i am feeling are not true. Because of complications and how i have treated him in the past. I know this is a bit of a public place to write this sort of stuff but i need to express it somewhere .
I just need to ask why this sort of thing always seem to happen to me. I mean i find a really nice guy, then as i aways do i drive him away. so again it is time for another scream.................
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRHHHHHHHHHHHHH.
Anyway thanks for listening to me pouring my heart out on the internet hopefully the next time you look at my site i have came to my senses and deleted this post.Lol

Girls only

2006-08-27T17:11:00.000+01:00

The other day I was reading nick blog, the post about Mothercare and it got me thinking hard i realized that the name is slightly sexist. This got me thinking about women only car insurance companies. such as dimond. Is it really fair to have these because if there were male drivers only insurance companies it would cause outrage. I was having this same conversation with someone who i will not name and they said that it is fair because women are better drivers and we are less likely to crash. However i supose that is just opinion as that person was a woman.

So i went on google since i had nothing better to do and typed in: who are better drivers men or women. Most websites said that men were more skilled then women at driving as they know their cars better than women. However websites were also saying that men were more likely to be killed in car accidents than women were. A counter argument to this is that there are more male drivers on the roads than women so more men are going to be killed in road accidents.
I didn't get a clear answer to my question. However i think that this quote will sum up why i asked the question in the first place.

"I'm 19 and when getting an insurance quote for a car I found it was nearly half the price by just changing my name from Mr to Miss. I think this is pathetic. Why is our country turning like this, we are always being told not to be sexist. Is this not giving out the wrong impression?"

As-level results are in!!!

2006-08-17T15:42:00.000+01:00

Today i went to pick up my exam results. I worked out that the only subject i could get a U in was History since the other subjecs i had already took an exam or done a piece of course work. I honestly thought i would get a U in history as the exams were hard. I Opened up the letter and read Drama:D English:C Media:C Crit Thinking:D and History:E. Even though i got an E in History i was so pleased and slighty peed off snice out of the three history exams i took i got a C, D and U. However i am still very pleased with all my results and i hope they turn into decent A-levels.

I need A break LOL.

2006-08-10T19:50:00.000+01:00

Summer club at the paradise zone youth centre finished Friday however we are still going strong this week we went rowing. Myself, Craig, Josh and Sarah all rowing together in one boat. I hear you say that doesn't seem hard however, I will let you know that it is. With three people rowing at the same time and one person rowing at a different pace it didn't seem to work, as we kept getting our blades caught up. That person (not naming any names) has now realized how to get in time with the rest of us and hopefully we will all be in time tomorrow and will not come last in the races that take part tomorrow. My hands are bruised and cut up and I am aching all over. However summer club is still not over most of next week is booked and parts of the week after are booked as well. Then my summer can really start. LOL. By that time there will only be 2 weeks before I go back to collage. I am planning on spending them relaxing. So I am going to turn my phone off. LOL

Skiing

2006-08-05T21:48:00.000+01:00

Yesterday we went skiing at the snowdom which is located near Birmingham. It was an indoor ski slope. Even though we didn't do much and spent most of day traveling i had a great time plus i can now say i have been skiing. Snice Gordon kept telling me i should go. But now he tells me i need to go out side. Lol. It was great that Gordon was there with us it seemed the best way to say goodbye. (Even though its not a goodbye forever just for now. LOL)I did manage to fall over, however it wasnt even on the snow it was as i was coming off,I hit my back on the wood. Now it is killing me. Lol

Why won't my computer work!!

2006-08-05T17:44:00.000+01:00

I got home last night and thought i better blog. I turned my computer on then it crashed, so i rebooted it and it crashed again. Today it won't even turn on. Why does my computer always do this. For those of you who are wondering how i am blogging if my computer is not working, I am on my laptop which is very slow. Why do we need technology wouldn't it be more simple if we didn't use technology like armish people. But then i wouldn't be able to blog.

Magic

2006-07-31T19:50:00.000+01:00

Today up club Kevin taught us some magic tricks, and this got me thinking of a program I watched on T.V last night, It was about Harry Houdini. Here are a few facts that I found about Houdini last night.
1) Houdini was not in fact born is the USA, he was born in Budapest Hungary.
2) Houdini was born Erich weiss. He took on the name Houdini from a french magician, Jean Eugene Robert-Houdin who influenced him.
3)Houdini then wrote a book exposing the magicians methods. Which was called The unmasking of Robert-Houdin.
4)Houdini did not die whilest performing the water torture trick, in fact he died of a ruptured appendix.
5)Harry Houdini died on the 31st of october which is halloween.

Rest in peace Jess

2006-07-26T17:25:00.000+01:00

Well for those who do not know who jess is. Jess is my aunts dog's, Jess mistriously became ill after she was mated. It was later discovered that she had kidney failure. They tried everything they could to keep her alive but sadly they had to put her down the other day. It has got me thinking how attached we get to animals, it is because of how pure they are, they don't judge you, they listen to what you have to say and comfort you when you are down. So i would just like to say rest in peace jess.

Cycle London

2006-07-23T18:52:00.000+01:00

The wind is in my hair, my legs are feeling the burn, but yet i am enjoying the ride. Today me, thomas and craig decided to have a bike ride to london bridge. We drove in the roads, at times i found this quite frightening and had to go on the paths, mainly because Thomas would take a right turn without letting us know, and craig kepted driving in the middle of the road. However we had a great day and relaxed in south bank near the fountains. It also helped me burn my bacon sandwich off which i had just eaten before we left.

Is a blog really a diary?

2006-07-22T15:55:00.000+01:00

Some have said that a blog is like a diary, what you write is for yourself and if others read it then thats a bonus. However i feel as if i can not really express myself on a blog. As i know that other people are reading it. This means that i can not write what is going on in my life. I mean i have some problems that i would love to just write down so i can get them off my chest .However some of them are things that i do not really wish to at this moment share with others. So i am going to share the problems i don't mind if others read.
I feel as if i try too hard to be noticed and some times i feel whats the point because nobody recongizes me. For example i have been at my 6th form of a whole year and the head teacher doesnt even know my name, i mean she doesnt even remember i do drama and she goes on about our drama group all the time. Sometimes i feel as if i don't have a purpose. Don't get me wrong i love life and i don't want to come across depressed or anything because i am not it just certain things just get me down.
Well now thats off my chest i can move on and get on with my life. LOL. I sound like an old woman

Anybody want to buy a baby!

2006-07-18T22:28:00.000+01:00

SOLD and it goes to the man in a suit. Hold on a minute this is a baby. A gangster has been arrested for selling babies to childless couples and boasting about how he drugged them to sumggle them over. He was charging over £60,000 for the baby and fake passport. It is terrible how someone can do this plus it is sad to think that couples can get so desperate for a child, that they take this opition to get the family member they dream of. Anybody can have their own child, yet not anybody can adopt. Should this be fair.

Not a girly girl

2006-07-16T17:10:00.000+01:00

My little cousin Ellie came over today to see the baby and i was dragged into sticking fake nails on her fingers. Me not being very girly found this very dificult. Double sided tape is hard to get off silly little bits of paper and Ellie was getting impatient. It took me about 15 minutes to complete. I then realized i had put all of the nails on up side down. Everybody was laughing, they said Ellie could have put the nails on better my her self and shes only 6. She then took all of the nails off and walked away leaving me sitting there wondering how to get back the last 15 minutes of my life. I have never been very girly, growing up when all of the other girls had barbies i had power rangers. Why would any body want to be girly any way i don't get it. I have always loved being different but today i just felt silly not knowing how to stick fake nails on. It doesn't seem the hardest job in the world but believe me when i say it is very hard indeed. Lol.

Saying Goodbye and Good luck

2006-07-12T13:45:00.000+01:00

Goodbye is always the hardest thing. Well this saying is true. I mean if you have bonded with someone when it is time for them to leave it is always going to be emotional. The other day I asked myself why do we make the effort to talk and get attached to people, when we know that they are, at some point going to go their separate ways. Well the answer I came up with is, it is better to have known and said goodbye then not have known at all. So this post is basically to say goodbye to Wayne, John, Gordon, Kate and Ollie, it has been great getting to know you all and you will be missed. I wish you all the luck with the future. Bye for now keeley xxx

She's finally arrived

2006-07-11T12:37:00.000+01:00

At around 5am my sister gave birth to a beautiful little girl. Who weighed 7lb and 6oz. My sister was in labor for 3 days and tuesday morning they finally gave her a c-sections. Well that's one thing i can cross off of my list of things to do before i am 30. I am now an aunt yay...She now has a name she is called Madison Amber Louise stokes. i will keep you updated xxx

Things to do before I am 30

2006-07-10T22:43:00.000+01:00

I am 17 at the moment and I feel as if I am not doing much with my life. So I am going to publicly post this list of 20 things I want to do before I am 30 so that I am made to stick to them (well only the ones that are possible)

1)Go to university
2)Get a boyfriend
3)Become a teacher
4)Have my very own family
5)Become a MI5 agent
6)Create a cure for cancer
7)Be in a band
8)Make somebody feel special everyday
9)Own a dalmation
10)Own my own house
11)Travel around the world
12)Make a difference in the world
13)Find out how far you can go in one direction before you come to an end
14)Name jesus's dog
15)Own an elephant
16)Make my own invention
17)Make a million pounds then give it to charity
18)Go to Africa
19)Go on my very first holiday without my parents
20)Become an aunt.

My sister has been in labor since Saturday and she is still in labor tonight. I will let everyone know when she finally gives birth.
Well there are my 20 things to do before I turn 30 and I hope I complete most of them

Salvation Army

2006-07-09T17:58:00.000+01:00

recently I stated my belief in God and Christianity. Well today I went to church. It was the first time I have been to church in a long while. I arrived at 10:30 and sat next to Thomas and Sue. Throughout the whole service I asked my self why am I here. I don't think I got a clear answer but I will state what I came up with.

1)To explore the Christian religion.
2)To understand why others believe in god and why I do too.
3)And finally to pray.

I really enjoyed it and had some fun singing. I also had some nice conversations with some of the people there. Myself, Thomas and Gordon had a discussion about how far you can go in one directions before coming to an end. Nobody knew and this seemed to frighten Gordon. Don't worry too much Gordon one day someone is bound to answer that question. However Gordon had to bring up the question we have been trying to solve for weeks now, that being what was jesus's dog called (if he had one) Wendy seemed very interested with the question and I supose she will come up with some possible answers by next Sunday.

Remember those who died in the 7/7 bombings

2006-07-07T15:08:00.000+01:00

Today we remember those who lost their lives last year in the 7/7 bombings. It is very sad to think that human beings can actually kill other human beings and think that this is a good deed. I remember last year when it happened i was sitting at home watching T.V. When my programme got interrupted and it said there had been an explosion on the underground. At first not stating if it was a terroist attack or not, but deep down we new that it was. It is deverstating to think that inocent people died for no real purpose. Today we need to think of those people's families and friends. We also need to think of how has a nation we got through this bad time and yet we will never forget it.

Stand up for your rights!!

2006-07-04T15:22:00.000+01:00

Our 6th form has non school uniform. however they have a sexist policy which allows female students to wear short skirts and three quarter lenghts (we were banded from wearing shorts firday because a certain person came in with mini shorts and no it wasnt me) but doesn't allow male students to wear shorts or three quarter lengthns. The boys have been moaning for a while now but for the last couple of days it has been boiling and unbareable. So my brother jim(yes jim) decided he was going to rebal against this and come in, in three quarter lenghts. I told him that it was a great idea but you need to get more of the boys involved other wise you will not get what you want. So the day of the rebelion was today and i felt left out so i wore my shorter lenghts.(which the head of 6th form classed as shorts but THEY ARE NOT.)So i could feel apart of it. We had a good out come about 9 boys wore shorts or three quarter lenghts. I spoke to the head of 6th form after registration and she told me that even though she disagrees with boys showing off their legs she will allow them to do so because the weather is hot. So we got the result we were looking for plus i got us allowed to wear shorts again as long as they are not inapropriately short. If you want to bring about change you need to do it in numbers.

Thomas has got me into God

2006-07-03T22:40:00.000+01:00

I mean I have always believed that there is a being looking down on us controlling to a certain extent what we do and I have also always believed that Jesus was a great man who performed miracles to people who needed them. However there have been parts of the Christian religion that I don't really believe in, but I have realized from what Thomas said to me the other day. You don't have to take everything the bibles says to be true I mean it was written hundreds of years ago and some stuff doesn't really fit into how society functions today. So it has made me realizes that it is ok to say that I disagree with certain stuff like how the world was created. But yet still be religious and think about the stuff I do agree with. Nick if you are reading this I no you will now say there is no reason why I can't come church and you right. However I think the real reason why I don't come church isn't because I don't believe in God because deep down I always have I think it is how people round be will react. I mean my family are not really religious and they all ready think I am weird enough already and I no this is not a good enough reason not to follow something you believe in. I mean I have been arguing that the voting age should be lowered to give people more rights and I haven't been using my own rights to be an individual I feel so hypercritical. But at least I have realized my mistakes and can now act how I feel.

Star gaze

2006-07-03T17:00:00.000+01:00

Last night at about 10:45pm I realized that it was boiling so I decided to go out side and lay on my new garden chairs. Whilst relaxing I could hear my phone ringing from the kitchen so I got up and run to answer it and it was Thomas. He told me that he could hear me from the garden and wanted a chat. So we proceeded to talk, him hanging out of his window and me laying on my chair. Our chat lasted about 45 minutes then we decided that we were being to loud, for it was about 11:30 at night. So, I proceeded to lay out in the garden and I looked up into the atmosphere at the 7 stars I could see and realized that we really do need to thing about global warming and climate change because sooner or later it is going to destroy our atmosphere. When me and Thomas started talking he rang me because I interrupted him praying, then he went on to tell me how it was the anniversary of when we went with club to protest about make poverty history in Edinburgh. We then realized that we had still been trying to make that happen even today by the fact that we spoke about it in a documentary we made with some man. LOL I can't remember his name. We also talked about the fact that the anniversary of the 7/7 bombing is coming up and how we want to remember those who died. I left thomas hanging out of his window making strange restures at me at about 12pm and went to bed.

Rant and Rave

2006-06-30T21:55:00.000+01:00

I havent had a good moan on here in ages so here goes. Firstly i want to moan about bus drivers and how pig headed and dam right rude they are. I was on the bus going home when the bus was just going past the bus stop. A young lad ran up to the bus and hit doors for the bus driver to open them. The driver sat their for a few minutes with the door shut then drove about 10 foot steps down the road. The young lad thought the driver wasnt going to let him on so by this time he was waiting at the bus stop. Whrn he had realised that the driver had stoped the bus he ran back over to the bus and hit the bus doors. At this point i said to the driver let the boy on the bus but then he drove off. then the lad tried to out run thr bus to the next stop but this did not happened. I thought that this bus driver should have acted his age and learn to grow up.

The second thing i need to moan about is people playing music on their mobile phones. A little while ago i read sarah's post which was moaning about young person playing music whilst on a bus you thought that was bad try doing your history course work when the person next to you is playing music but not even good music. When i told this person to turn his music off he told me it helps him concentrate, and isaid but it doesnt help me. and i was pissed off for the rest of the day. who ever invented music being able to play on mobile phones we need to have a serious word.

My last moan of the day is bikes. I no that bikes are very good for the environment because they do not release gases into the atmosphere. However if bikes are to be in the road then they need to stop at traffic lights. The amount of times i have nearly been hit by a biker who can't learn how to read traffic lights. this is really irretating. Laws need to be madeabout this lol.

Well thats my moan for the day. Take care everyone xxx

Envision

2006-06-29T23:05:00.000+01:00

A little while ago i made a post about climate change. Saying how i had to get pledges for a Group called envision. Well today was the day it all had to be handed in. Me and my friend amanda headed down to tower bridge at lunch time where lost of students from london who are also involved with envision where creating a mural based on what the world is like at the moment and how we can change it.Plus we stuck thousands of feet all over the walls which where our pledges. We had a fantastic day and helped people findout more about climate change and what they can do to help. We also got an award and free food. You cant say no to free food now can you. lol.

The marriage of Figaro

2006-06-27T23:39:00.000+01:00

Yesterday, myself with a small group of 6th formers went to the royal opera house in Covent gardens to see the marriage of Figaro. This way a completely new experience for me and most of the other people. Opera is one of those things you rather hate it or you love it. Being into drama I loved the stage and props used and the plot was fantastic. I am not used to Opera music however it was a good experience and I wouldn't mind going again. The Opera was also in sub titles which helped me understand what was going on since they were singing in Italian. There were a few things that I did learn one being, a vain male teacher on a train can really piss women passengers off. Two even the most cleverest person can get spell the most simplest word wrong and three umbrella fights are fun.

Big brother is watching you

2006-06-27T17:49:00.000+01:00

In society today everybody is under surveillance in Britain. This was expressed in George Orwell's novel 1984. The novel was written in 1948 talking about a time in the future. Although the totalitarian dictatorship he expressed has never arrived the technology for an intrusive state certainly has. We are caught on camera more than 300 times a day. The UK has around 4.2 million working cameras, that is more than any where else in the world except china. The main problem with having this many cameras in operation is the fact that they can be used to build up mini profiles on people, which ultimately crosses the line between individuals and the government. I believe this is wrong and intrusive plus this is all part of the government's conspiracy against freedom of speech. The government have explained the increase of CCTV by saying it is in place to help lower crime, however in the early 90's when the number of cameras were increased there was no evidence of them being used to lower crime and they seemed to have had no effect. CCTV camera are being used to watch us daily. Do you agree that this is an invasion to your personal space?

Share how you feel to the ones you love before its too late !!!

2006-06-23T17:37:00.000+01:00

About half an hour ago i got an email from thomas it red:
'hey guys,

i was looking through my contacts and i decided to send an e-mail to everyone i think is great.

and you are one of them..................YAY!' At first i thought what a wierdo but the more i thought of it, the more i thought it was a good idea. i mean if i died i wouldnt want the people i left behind feeling upset because they didn't tell me how much they cared for me. i no this message was put across in Ronan keating song but somepeople might not listen to that rubbish lol. So to everybody who reads this post i think you are a great person and it is very nice of you to take the time out of your day to read my site. And don't forget to tell the people who you care about how you feel about them

Thank you for smoking.

2006-06-23T16:53:00.000+01:00

recently banning smoking in public places has been a topic of discussion on a certain thomas's blog. Even though i think that this is a great idea as i am asthmatic and passive smoking brings on my asthma. I cant help feel sorry for those who do smoke i mean they are having their fundermental right to be able to smoke freely taken away from them. Most of these people started smoking when smoking was the cool thing to do. All of the icons on T.V smoked. And fags were advertised on T.V. It has only been in the last few years that the dangers of smoking have came to light. Now T.V adverts advertising smoking are banned plus if a characters in a film or a soap is smoking they always seem to talk about giving up. The only problem left to deal with is all of those people who are now addicted to it. It doesnt seem fair to tell them know that they are not allowed to smoke when most of their lives they had been told to do so. I think that one of the biggest problems the government are going to face when trying to ban smoking in public places is defining a public place. Considering smoke can travel. Thank you for taking your time to read this post. p.s i am not trying to say that smoking is good and anybody who doesn't already smoke i advise you not to try it.

A step towards climate change!

2006-06-22T22:45:00.000+01:00

At the start of my first year at collage, there were a number of different people who made prestentaion, to get us to sign up for their certain group. I like a fool signed up for most of them, then realized that i actually had to go lol. There was one group called envision. What they did was help us change certain things in our school. This seemed interesting, however once we got started we realized this was harder than it first appeared. There was 5 of us in a group but myself and my mate amanda were the only ones commited and we had to try and finish the whole project on our own. The project we chose was to hold a siging competition for lower years. However we never finished this. We have now finished envision without finishing our project. Next week there is a cermoney being held and we were told to go. However the cermoney theme is climate change and we were told we had to get around 500 pledges from our school. There are 4 catergories that you can pldge in. FOOD-I pledge to buy food locally. TRAVEL-I pledge to travel by coach or train to countries in Europe. ENERGY-I pledge to switch my tv of instead of leaving it on stand by. and finally STM-spread the message to 5 friends or family memebers. However this may have seemed easy but with only two members in a group this had proved to be difficult. plus we left it to the last minute and only started yesterday. So we went out with a sheet and it was amasing how many people pledged without evenig knowing what they were siging. They just saw other people siging the form and said "can i have a go." this just made me laugh because we could have been getting them to sign up for anything and they would not have even known. but now i feel upset that i didnt take the time to explain to them about climate change because this is something that i have a strong opinion on. And i do not know why i put a photo of a palm tree there. i think the main reason was becuase i took the photograph and roz always boasts about taking her own photos. lol

Time spent up club!

2006-06-19T21:59:00.000+01:00

I have just realized that i spend almost all of my free time up the youth Club. ( i mean i knew that i did but its only just sunk in if you get what i mean lol)
And i really enjoy it. I mean i really love youth work and getting to know knew people. There really is nothing else in my life at the moment that i enjoy more. I no that seems sad and i suspose it kind of is. I will be turning 18 soon and actually become a real worker. (like ponoccio is a real boy lol)

Pregnant women and their moods

2006-06-18T14:50:00.000+01:00

Friday night me and my mother spend most of the night up the hospital with my pregnant sister. After she had eaten a chicken ball she was vomiting and she also had a head ache. Normally my mother would send her to bed with a head ache tablet, however there was an incident playing in my mum's mind. When I was about 9, the idiot I was, decided to jump for a 9 foot wall which resulted in breaking my foot. I was carried home my a friend and put on the sofa. My mum decided I had only twisted my foot, 5 hours later she realized something was wrong and we went to the hospital where the doctor told us I broke the growth bone in my foot. If it didn't heal correctly I could have ended up with one small foot. So because of this my mum took my sister up the hospital. We sat up there for 3 hours. We then learnt that there was nothing wrong, however they kept her over night. My mum had the hump all the way home. This has got me thinking how lucky we are to have medical centers whenever we need them unlike some poor countries that don't even have clean water let alone around the clock medical care. I feel lucky to be born in a rich country but I cant help feeling sad for those born into poor countries.

When will life mean life.

2006-06-15T11:28:00.000+01:00

I have recently been following The Sun's campaign on judges being too soft on criminals. However I do not think that the judges are to blame. If they give a murderer a life sentence, then that person should be in prison for life. However the way our system works life only means 12-15 years in prison and that is not including parole. I believe that instead of blaming the judges the legal system should be re thinked. And finally life should mean life. I also believe that the death penalty should also be brought back, well actually we still have the death penalty in this country for one crime and that is treason. So if someone commits a crime against the queen then it is justified to kill them. Yet if someone kills three children and hangs there bodies on railing its not justified to kill them. How can this be. Bringing back the death penalty will also lower crime. If someone realizes that they could be killed for committing a crime they are more likely not to do it.

Every parents nightmare!

2006-06-08T23:54:00.000+01:00

I feel devastated for the parents of Connor, Callum and Jack smith who are all suffering from ALD, which is a brain disorder. Most sufferers do not reach adulthood. No parent should have to bury a child. There are treatments that can prolong life but sadly there is not a cure. One treatment is a bone marrow transplant however Callum's form of the illness is to far along. There is still hope for the other two boys. All three boys need a miracle to survive. I think we should all pray.

Do we really need a monarch?

2006-06-07T12:03:00.000+01:00

I was in a history lesson yesterday and the topic digressed from French revolution to why do we have a queen and is she really important. I have come to the conclusion that a monarch is outdated and we do not need a monarch to be proud of our culture. the Queen basicly has no political powers and doesnt do anything apart from wave to the crowd. i mean i am not against the queen i really like her. However i think that having a monarch is a really outdated way of running the country and we could do with a change.

Banksy

2006-06-06T22:57:00.000+01:00

a few weeks ago a friend showed me this website www.banksy.co.uk. it is about Banksy who is a graffiti artist.he explors social and political aspects through his paintings. this type of graffiti isnt just nice to look at it also puts across a message. even though graffiti is illegal Banksy continues with his great work. the photo above is just one example of his work.To see more check out his website. the address is written above

communism

2006-06-06T22:08:00.000+01:00

i believe that communism is a great idea. It will make the world more equal and narrow the gap between the rich and poor but,however great an idea communism is, it has already been proven that it doesnt work. From the failur of Russia. we could however become more of a socailst country. this would benefit the whole country. however this will not happen whilst we are living in a capatlist country where everybody is out for themselves.

Make poverty history

2006-06-06T20:47:00.000+01:00

the other night i was lying on my bed thinking, how comes people live in poverty and how comes nothing seems to be changing. when there was a protest in edinbrugh i was like yeah, i have to go. So i went there with a small group. It was really great and i felt as if i had made a difference, however now i don't see any change and i felt as if it was a let down. what can we do as a community to change this and actually help the poor countries in our world.