pointless post about peep shows ;)

I'm so excited about starting the peep show project! (check out the non current event examples below!) My group, Natalie, Mattie, Candace and I are recreating this current event with peeps, pipe cleaners, some paint and a big box! I'm pumped to see everyones peep shows. Expect loads of pictures soon!


Amy(:

i told topher i'd make a blog about him :3

So, Topher asked me to be his girl friend on October 20, 2010. And I said no bahahah, but then I said I was kidding. And we started datin'! We've been dating for a little over six months, pretty lengthy for a high school relationship eh? I think so. But he's really the beez kneez, even though he kinda sucks at holding doors for me, and sometimes holds me down and pretends like he's gonna spit on me, and scares the living daylights out of me at every opportunity he has. He's gotten pretty crafty at scaring me too. I still lubbz him though. He's so awesome about respecting my veganism too, he eats vegan with me and he even tries (and likes, yayyy!) the vegan food I make for him. He also doesn't eat meat around me, except for once, and he brushed his teeth afterwards. He also does small sweet things for me, like yesterday I got to school and he had this really cool little recycled newspaper journal for me. Then, when I went to his house after school he gave me a Sweeney Todd poster that he was talking about a few days earlier and how he thought about getting it for me. And then he did(:

Anyways Topher is the bestest boyfriend!

Amy

100 most influential people of 2010: Peter Vesterbacka, "Unleasher of Angry Birds"

This dude is an influence, actually his game is the real influence. And let me tell you, I don't think it's a positive one at all. Angry Birds has basically taken over the lives of a majority of teenagers. It's the top paid app on iTunes. When you type "angry" into google the suggestions all end with "birds". Hot Topic is even carrying Angry Birds tee shirts featuring the birds. One of the shirts even reads "Dear Angry Birds, I want my life back." Students are even playing this game in class. I over heard one girl ask the boy next to her if he could pass a level for her because she always gets stuck on it.

So, sorry Peter Vesterbacka you're getting a negative influence in my book.

Amy

100 most influential people of 2010: Amy Chua aka "Tiger mom"

Influential? I think yes. Is it a positive influence? It depends on your view on parenting.

Amy Chua is an american born Chinese woman. She was also raised by very strict parents. When she was growing up she was required to speak Chinese in the house at all times, if she, or her three sisters, spoke any English they were wacked with chopsticks. In the Time article "The Roar of the Tiger Mom" Amy talks about a time where she took her father to an awards assembly in which she received second prize. He told her to never disgrace him like that again.

Not going to lie, I think her book Battle Hymn of  the Tiger Mother and the way she parents is definitely a positive influence on western parenting. We could use some more tiger moms. They teach their children the importance of doing their best until its better. Amy's children were push to their abilities and the pushed farther. I think this is a major success story. Amy has something to be proud of, not that your child needs to be perfect to be proud of them, but the work that Amy has put into her children really shows. And I don't think this type of parenting is necessarily a bad thing.

Amy