The 11th of November.

It's a very special day.

It's remembrance day.

I was lucky enough to be born on this very special day.

My birthday's haven't always been .. amazing.

I don't usually get as much as other people can get;

But then again, it's celebrating me, not what people buy me as gifts,

And I've never done anything for my birthday; 

Like a sleepover or cinema, or whatever.

I guess my parent's just aren't the type to throw me a party.

=/

But this year it was really good!

I wasn't looking too forward to it, 

But tbh, I really enjoyed the day.

And my friend's bought me quite a few gifts;

Including a red rose from Luke.

Man I love that guy.

He's adorable.

And amazing.

I love him to bits x]

Luke, Kati, Shannon, Charlotte and Laura.

                            ^^ 

Those guys made my birthday amazing.

Thanks guys.

I love you!

x

Stereotyping.

The google definitions of a stereotype:

*An mistaken idea that many people have about a culture different from their own. Stereotypes are often hurtful and damaging. 

*A stereotype was originally the name for a duplication made during the printing process; this led to its modern definition as a person or thing ...

*Ethnic stereotypes are fixed, oversimplified ideas about an entire group. A stereotype may contain a "kernel of truth," but this kernel becomes exaggerated and rigidly applied to the entire group.

Stereotype's are often used in our schools and in our work places.

In our shops; in our homes;

Stereotype's are used everywhere.

Wither or not we like them, they're always going to be there.

In my school for instance.

My school is a chav school because the majority of people that go to Ashlawn, 

They're chavs. Chav is just a word for a type of person.

Many stereotype's, or labels, vary from place to place.

Some common ones from the UK include;

Chav's, goth's, emo's, preppy, nerd's, popluarettes;

Blah blahh BLAHH!

There are plenty that everyone knows, 

But really, do they make a difference ?

I recently almost had a fight over one of my friends because he thought he was "emo"

And I said "No, you're actually not"

And it got really in depth and actually,

It's debatable wither we need stereotyping.

Is it all just a waste of time ?

I think it is, as I mean,

An anecdote for you.

My mum, (she's awesome and) works in a shop,

She's the manager and one of the workers..

He was wearing "black nail polish and has long black hair."

She wasn't going to let him be seen, he was to work upstairs

But as she got to know him, they got on really well.

And in a couple of months, we're going to his wedding,

Which shall be amazing!

:)

But we do need stereotype's because you always need to form some sort of opinion on someone..

You can't leave, just meeting a new person,

And not think anything about them,

And without stereotyping, this would not be possible, or be very hard at least.

There are pro's and con's of stereotyping, but I suppose, 

They're not going to go away;

And so we'll just have to learn how to live with them;

Some can be harsh, and some complimentary,

But everything in life's got ups and downs with.

Promises.

I have quite a few friends.

And everyones means alot to me,

But my bests mean the most;

And I would actually DIE for any of them.

One of the group, Laura has hit some very hard times recently.

Stuff is going on in her life that she can't cope with too well;

And tbph, everyone does at some point in their life anyway.

But the way Laura is venting all of her anger and depression

It's through self harming.

I'm no liar when I say I have self harmed before.

But it's a state of mind. Skeptics may hold the view that it can be .. pathetic

And trust me, when you get to the stage were you do self harm,

You're at a low, and you know what you're doing is wrong,

But you just don't know how to get out.

You're lost and you have no way to turn.

But with Laura, everyones butting in, pretending like they know whats up;

Her friends and family, and I'm just as bad.

Everyone says they love her, but she believes no one.

I've spelled it out to Laura many a time that I'm here for her.

She's my best friend, I love her, and when she hurts, I hurt.

And her 'habits' upset me. They really do.

But I think I've got through to her.

I've made her promise to call me when she feels this way.

We're together now.

Shes not dealing with anything on her own now.

She has me.

And I'm going to help her.

" You're soo cute together.. "

I thought so too.

So yeah. Last week, was the best week of my life. Last week was half term, and in this week

I took my parents to go and meet Luke.

Okay; So it would have been better if it was just us two, alone, all of the time, but it was still a great week.

This was the first time I'd met my 'online' or 'e' boyfriend.

We'd gotten along soo well in the three months I'd known him, that I decided I wanted to go over and spend some time with him.

I was quite surprised at my mum and dad for actually letting me do this, 

As they are  extremely protective. 

But yeah. Luke was as amazing as I knew he was and imagined he could be.

Because most of our lives are spent online, talking to friends and such (lol!)

We went on MSN alot to talk to our friends and to show any critics that we were really happy together

And NOT to gossip or backstab behind our backs,

I'm  pretty sure that this had been going on, but as my friends saw, we are infact

The "perfect couple" and we are "cute together"

So ^^

And if one good thing came out of this week?

It confirmed that I love Luke.

And Luke loves me too.

:D

22nd August 2008 

(L) (F) (K) (R)

Luke and Dannie.

x