Happy b-day day Ash... yep- another day older. Today's been weird, I finished my spanish work for two semesters (I started two weeks ago), I did my CATs, and a lot of stuff broke. The washer stopped working, my mom's glasses got oil-based paint on them (ugh, she loves those glasses more than me- I swear), the Air conditioning, ARGH.
Anyhoo... I did rediscover why I used to like Linkin Park (sp??)... I was listening to something and that song 'Numb' came on. I don't like the lyrics as much as the music, but whatever. I was also listening to 'Break the Habit', and that so should've been my theme song in 5th grade, whenever I stopped liking pop music and replaced it with Greenday and AFI... *sigh* Memories... the beginning of becoming who I am, (or my downward spiral from pink and glitter to black and poetry- depends on who you are).
I just realized I went a whole month without a blonde joke. Haha- you wouldn't believe how many of those sterotypical wastes of time get tossed at me. You'd think that my SAT scores and resume would shut people up, but still, my hair color always catches up with me.
Yeah, so anyway, I'm gonna go update my profile... see ya,
Ash
(oh, yeah, I finally put my fictionpress account back up, go to http://www.fictionpress.com/~ashoflynne to check out my profile, there's only two poems on there, but whatever)
Thursday, May 10, 2007
Friday, May 4, 2007
My website
I've been plugging a few keys, and finally decided to get my own website... it's called Pure-Ash, mostly because I was bored. I have two pages up... cute graphics... all by me, kinda sticking with a dragon theme (I kinda like dragons if you hadn't noticed)... anyway, check it out. Two webpages won't kill you. No go... shoo. Be gone. Are you actually still reading this? *jabs link list to the right* still reading? Man, you need a hobby...
- If you can't tell, I'm bored.
- If you can't tell, I'm bored.
Thursday, May 3, 2007
Photo Play
Fooling around with my camera... on the farm and other stuff. Still sorting through, so I'm trying to get better pics of the farm... show you a little of where I live everyday.
Happy Birthday
Happy Birthday to everyone I know who has a b-day in May, and if I don't know you, happy birthday anyway.
Happy b-day to all 9 of you:
May 5
Dubois
Brandon
Jonathan G.
Jonathan F.
May 10
ME!
May 23
Tyler
Joey
May 31
My Grandpa
Cody G.
And if I forgot you, forgive me. You can bang me over the head next time I see you.
Happy b-day to all 9 of you:
May 5
Dubois
Brandon
Jonathan G.
Jonathan F.
May 10
ME!
May 23
Tyler
Joey
May 31
My Grandpa
Cody G.
And if I forgot you, forgive me. You can bang me over the head next time I see you.
Teen Rights. Good or bad?
I read this bit in Time magazine waiting for my mom to pick me up from the orthodontist’s office (4 years in these stupid braces… and more to come… ugh)
Here’s a link to the article: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1604945,00.html
The article, by John Cloud, claims that teens are more sober, less violent, and more responsible than ever, and that perhaps we should have the same rights as adults. The author cites stats obtained by a survey of teens to show that teen drinking and drug use have gone down, and suggests that perhaps we should abolish the concept of adolescence completely.
The possibilities of this are terrific… and terrifying. Getting rid of the teen years would lower voting age, smoking age, drinking age, and tons of other stuff. And if you let us do some of that stuff, a lot of us will. Robert Epstein wrote “The Case against Adolescence” a book on this topic. The quote that made me uneasy was the one where Epstein says that if a teen can pass a maturity test, they should be allowed to legally view porn. Yeah… right.
Some of this suggestion has merit- I think teens should be allowed to vote after they can pass a test, own businesses, and maybe property, but the majority of this is downright hypocritical. Let teens drink and watch porn because they’re staying sober and studying better? That seems to be sending out the wrong message.
John Cloud doesn’t seem to think that giving young people ANY rights is a good idea. He admits in a debate ( http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1605109,00.html ) between the two authors that he doesn’t have constant contact with teens. He actually said: “that would be a little creepy” when Epstein asked. The debate is pretty equally matched, and both participants bring up good points- a short and easy read.
My personal take as a young teen: If you make drinking legal for us, it’ll go up (fact of life: tons of teens drink and have been drinking, kids in my 6th grade class got drunk at a party. THIS ISN’T NEW!), some more rights for us would be nice though. If I could vote right now, I would. If I wanted and could get a business, I would. Perhaps the adult population should give the younger generation some leg room, but too much would be very bad. I suggest you read both the article and debate. They’re both really well written and full of info. Comments?
Here’s a link to the article: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1604945,00.html
The article, by John Cloud, claims that teens are more sober, less violent, and more responsible than ever, and that perhaps we should have the same rights as adults. The author cites stats obtained by a survey of teens to show that teen drinking and drug use have gone down, and suggests that perhaps we should abolish the concept of adolescence completely.
The possibilities of this are terrific… and terrifying. Getting rid of the teen years would lower voting age, smoking age, drinking age, and tons of other stuff. And if you let us do some of that stuff, a lot of us will. Robert Epstein wrote “The Case against Adolescence” a book on this topic. The quote that made me uneasy was the one where Epstein says that if a teen can pass a maturity test, they should be allowed to legally view porn. Yeah… right.
Some of this suggestion has merit- I think teens should be allowed to vote after they can pass a test, own businesses, and maybe property, but the majority of this is downright hypocritical. Let teens drink and watch porn because they’re staying sober and studying better? That seems to be sending out the wrong message.
John Cloud doesn’t seem to think that giving young people ANY rights is a good idea. He admits in a debate ( http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1605109,00.html ) between the two authors that he doesn’t have constant contact with teens. He actually said: “that would be a little creepy” when Epstein asked. The debate is pretty equally matched, and both participants bring up good points- a short and easy read.
My personal take as a young teen: If you make drinking legal for us, it’ll go up (fact of life: tons of teens drink and have been drinking, kids in my 6th grade class got drunk at a party. THIS ISN’T NEW!), some more rights for us would be nice though. If I could vote right now, I would. If I wanted and could get a business, I would. Perhaps the adult population should give the younger generation some leg room, but too much would be very bad. I suggest you read both the article and debate. They’re both really well written and full of info. Comments?
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