busted my finger

On Sunday, I busted my finger. I was chaseing my friend because he had stolen my bff's weak necked turtle (stuffed turtle). I grabbed his sweater, wrapped my hand around it and the he bolted down the stairs while my finger was still cought in it. Ha ha, I laugh at it now because his dad is giving him a bit of a hard time. The pic isnt actually my hand, but that is almoste what i remember the break looks like.

Why I Believe Child beauty pagents are bad.

Do these pictures make you cringe?? They do for me. These children have fallen victim of Child Beauty Pagents. They seem to be having fun...but is this actually healthy for their mental and physical development?

Child Beauty Pagents began in the early 1960's as a marketing tool and tourist attraction. Judges base the scores on individuality, looks, capability, poise, perfection and confidence. The children that get high scores in all these areas are called "the complete package."children grow up from ages starting as young as 0 thinking that looks are all that matter.

One thing that drives me crazy about these things, are that there are no laws concerning beauty pagents in New York, Massachusets, Texas, Arkansas, Calafornia, Vermont and maine. Because of the larg number in states that dont have laws, Child beauty Pagents are concidered to have no laws at all, any where in the world.

Children modle different pieces including sports wear (that includes beach wear: bekinies and bathing suits), Evening attire, dance and talent. Anything that you would see on the rack for a 25 year old women with open backs, can be found in small sizes for children in pagents. This makes me sick.

Not only is Child beauty Pagents bad for the children, but it is bad for the pocket book as well. One Pagent can caust a parent up to and over $1 200 and that is not including hair stylists, make up artists, false teeth for children loseing their teeth, wigs, dies, spray on tans and accessories.



Some parents say that they use pagents as a learning tool for their children to learn skills that are needed to "move up on the social scale". Why should children have to worrie about the social scale at such young ages. From what I remember when I was in kindergarden was that every one was friends. No one was better than every one. Another parent said, "children need to know that there is always going to be someone better than them". There are other ways to introduce this to chidren. Sign them up for piano, soccer, base ball. these are all competative things. Things that there will always be someone who is better than you. Another mother said, " It boosts poise and Cinfidence" If you dont think that sports and music cant do that...



Parents should know better than to exploit there children. Who knows what kind of people are watching their children marching down that isle in their bekini.



dispite the concerns, there are over a quarter of a million kids competing each year.

Why is this, and how can it be stopped??

12 k hike

hey!! im sooo excited! im heading off to birds hill 2morrow for a 12 k hike!! totally phyced!! getting the pac ready to go. food, water, cloths, compact bags, dry bags, sleeping bags!! all ready to go!!! will follow up soon!! cant wait!!

band concert

had another jr. concert. heres the vid

the vow of silence follow up!

ok well i thought id let you know, that i made $107 all together with my friend angele for the vow of silence. *cudos to us*. we managed to go 24 hours without talking, with the added difficulty of being in the mall at the same time. dispite the temptation, we got threw it. but the hardest part would have been when we went to youth. lol we had like. a million and one people trying to make us talk. it was pretty bad. lol and there were a select few people who just pushed me over the edge. lol ha ha. o well, time will pass and so will the anger. ok well i have to go cause its like...getting late now. so ill c u people later!!
BYEEZZZ!!

Vow Of Silence

On March Saturday March 7th, I am doing the vow of silence. This is when i collect pledges and then on march 7th, I will not be allowed to Email, MSN, talk on the phone or talk in person. I will not be allowed to write notes or do hand gestures. this is to raise awareness for child poverty. all the proceeds go to building schools, provideing alternative sources of income and implement clean water and sanitation systems in Ecuador, Kenya, Serra Leone, Sri Lanka, China and India.

Pledge forms are available at http://www.iamsilent.com/index.php
To sign up go to take the vow at the bottom of the page and fill out the application forms!

if things were different

Have you ever thought this... What if things were different. What if the world wasnt slowly desentegrateing? would there be less cancer? What if there was a cure for cancer? Will there ever be? Someone once brought to my attention that even if they did find a cure for cancer, then they wouldnt tell any one because they are makeing so much money off of it. I never really thought about it that way, but it makes sense.
What if I was home schooled my whole life instead of attending public school? Would I have friends? Would i be smarter than I am now?
What if me and my friends never got out of fights? Would i continue makeing new ones and leave the other ones behinde?
What if I could see God? That is a question that i have been thinking about for a long time. But I finally realized, that every one sees God. When I look at my self in the mirror, I see the work of God. When I look at you, I see the work of God. When I look at the trees, and anything that is on the planet, I see the work of God.
When i see the work of God, it makes me see God for what he is. My God, your God and our God.

Psalm 4:7-8

"In peace I will lie down and sleep for you alone, Lord, make me dwell in safety." Psalm 4:7-8
I came across this verse a few days ago, and it just stood out to me.
It is basiclly saying that we can rest in peace, because we know that the Lord is keeping us safe, even when we feel threatened. I just found that this verse is very strong, and very encouraging.

NO SCHOOL!!!!!

So yesterday I went home on the bus to my best friend angeles place. The situation was a little iffy with her mom because last time i came over on a school nite we stayed up really late. My mom had asked her mom if I could come over because she was going to be away on a snowmobeil trip and couldnt drive me to jr. symphonic in the moarning. i promised that we would go to bed eairly so i got to go. We fell asleep around 11:30. i absolutley love her bed! it is so comfortable!
She told me that when i was sleeping i woke up around 2:00 and said to her, "Anglel... i have a gun" she told me that i didnt have a gun and to go back to sleep. i replied, "seriously Angele, I have a gun... and a piece of cheese!" It was really funny. i dont remember any of it. lol. my grandma says that i tend to talk in my sleep a lot. i never really believed her until now. its kinda funny.
So Angeles mom came in eairly this moarning for what i thought was to wake us up, but instead she said, "angele theirs no school today!" OMG!! i was sooo excited! i couldnt believe it. our school board is totally stupid and hasnt cancelled a day of school in 2 years! ha ha, its about time i thought. You should have seen me jumping up and down in the bed!! i was sooo excited that i didnt have to go to school.
the funniest part was that the whole reason for me going over their was actually for jr. symphonic and we didnt even end up going!!

my mom

my mom is the greatest. she is a paramedic at a near by hospital. paramedics work shift work so she isnt home sometimes. even tho she isnt home sometimes she still finds time to spend with me and my sister. My mom is a single parent, which means we run off of one income. We still manage to keep the house, as well as a decent boat and a camper. during the summer we go camping a lot. i dont know how she does it, but shes doing a great job at it!:P

air hocky

a few nights ago, my mom decided that she was going to buy my uncles air hocky table off of him. so far we have had a tremendous amount of fun with it! my little nabour ali keeps kicking my butt tho. shes come over 2 x in the past 2 days and we are having a blast!

edmonton

i havent been able to poast anything latley because ive been in edmonton for christmas. i went with my moms friend my mom and my siseter.

my christmas was wonderful. i got a gift certificate to paint my room and a new recording system, which i hade been asking for since i made my last cd which was fairly pleasing to the eyes but unfortinuatley was shocking to the ears.

on the last day i got to swim with claira, kelpie and pablo; the mall sealions. that was something that i will never forget! it was absolutley austonashing! i remember reading in a brouchure that the first time u make eye contact with these animals, you will never forget, and this couldnt be more true! i had the oppertunity to have hand on hand interaction with them! i got to do behaviours which are like makeing them do flips and dance and small thigns like that. then i got towed by pablo! Pablo was the head hauncho! i was probably on a rought estamate 659lbs and extreamly loud. claira and kelpie are a lot smaller, probably weighing in around 200-250lbs each. claira was absolutley sighlent. most people wouldnt reaolize this but sea lions are actually covered in fur. they feel exactley like a wet dog. its really neat. i thought they would feel like rubber, kinda like a dolphin, but not at all. i would have never guessed.