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1) it's my birthday today :D

2) October 15th is blog about something day, and climate change is one of them. Especially in the wake of Typhoon Onday, I'd really appreciate it if someone helped me organize a group on here to get everyone in on it :)

I'm in Australia for the first time in 9 years.

For the first time I almost feel as if I'm in a place I can call home. It's been such a long time since I've been in an English speaking country, and I don't even think I've been in a country I'm a citizen of for 4 years.

I'm visiting a lot of old family friends. I talked for hours with some old family friends that my sister and I used to be really close with (well, as close as you can get to someone when you're 4 years old)

I'm taking lots of pictures, but I haven't brought my laptop with me here, so I can't really post <3

One of the points it states is that according to a CDC study, teen pregnancy and STD transmission rose during Bush's time in the White House. In fact, the numbers had been in decline until he was elected.

George Bush pushed funding for abstinence only sexual education, which I already think is ridiculous. That sort of education is dangerous and leaves people in the dark about things that they should know about how their bodies work and how they can keep themselves healthy.

"Three years after congressman Henry Waxman requested a report (pdf) which found that over 80% of the [abstinence-only sex ed] curricula reviewed was found to contain "false, misleading, or distorted information about reproductive health," effectively ensuring that pregnancy rates and STDs would rise."

The stuff found in that report is pretty frightening stuff. Read it.

"Abstinence-Only Curricula Contain Scientific Errors. In numerous instances, the abstinence-only curricula teach erroneous scientific information. One curriculum incorrectly lists exposure to sweat and tears as risk factors for HIV transmission. Another curriculum states that “twenty-four chromosomes from the mother and twenty-four chromosomes from the father join to create this new individual”; the correct number is 23."

Seriously, how does this stuff even happen?

I wish I was articulate enough to portray how appalled I am with this.

Brown-Where I've Lived

Blue- Where I've Been

Green- Where I Want to Go

Besides what all you you may think of them, Panic! at the Disco was a huge part of my life.

They're the reason I joined Buzznet, the reason I have one of my best friends, and the reason that I made it through 7th grade.

When I first got into them I was an extremely depressed 12 year old. I was going through the whole "meaning of life" phase that we all go through. When I first heard them, I just liked them. I can't explain it, I just did. And suddenly had something to do, something I enjoyed, something that I could talk about.

I joined Buzznet and wen through my whole fanigrl phase with them. I got someone who is now one of my best friends into them, and they basically marked a tie when my life started getting a lot better. Because of Buzznet I also picked up photography, which is now somehting I would honestly consider as a career choice.

Without them I wouldn't have MCR, AFI, or any other of the music that has actually impacted my life and made me who I am.

I don't like them as much. But still.

Fuck.

I met them, I saw them in concert, I have an effin' signed album. My mum pushed through press photographers for me, they were my first fangirl band.