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Erm... I would be wearing a shawl because it will take more than just lifting my shirt up a little for my poor baby boy to get anywhere near his food source. He'll die in the wrath of my Madonna cones. You should try having a pair before suggesting what we do lol

That's actually pretty cool aaron my hair looks exactly the same as hers atm too

On the invitation it also says any actor or actress so yep if you know of someone in the movies :D

Dr Phil is my favourite tv star lol but I'm not bald and I'm not a man... I'd like to stick with a woman please hehe So for the fat line of thinking... this also rules out Jabba the hut ;) Anything with fat in the title, forget it please you're not winning any brownie points with me.

Hey everyone I feel really bad for making an entire thread for something this small but I need help with a couple of ideas. I have a fancy dress party to go to on the weekend for a close friends 21st. The problem is I'm pregnant and I can't fit in to the costumes I'd most like to go as such as "cat woman". The theme of the party is TV STARS and I was hoping the forum could help me think of a fairy well known pregnant tv star that I could remotely look like or a tv star whose costume couldn't be so tight lol If you need my picture for a heads up you can find it in the photo thread index. I also need help for Brent I've come up with two ideas "chef Gordon Ramsey" and "Chopper Reid" but we're still thinking. Thanks :D

Runescape.com on the back I Goddess I on the front with my combat stats :D I'm a bit of a nerd and personally I'd love to walk around in the city and have someone approach me and say "Omg I play that game!" or "Hey I've seen you around". Interesting ways to meet new people lol

Pardon my ignorance (I think we live in different countries) but I thought camp counsellors were supposed to be trained in youth activities? Considering they're usually hired by community welfare organizations who ask for this as a prerequisite. Anyway I think you will do a great job Ethan and if you're up for some homework I have some tips I can recommend to you for youth group activities. Seeing as you're in such a position, I thought it would only be fair that I give you tips and you research the rest. Obtaining the position you have only means you're more than capable of doing this yourself instead of taking the easy way out and asking other people to think for you. This is supposed to be a learning experience not only for the kids but also for yourself. Although, I will be kind enough to give you a few. Character building, find games that relate to the following: - Learning interpersonal skills - Learning boundaries - Learning organization skills - Working in teams Three examples: * wording activities, that allow students to minimize defense. E.g "You always make me do the dishes while you sit there and do nothing!" ask them to come up with ways they could say the same thing but get better results. Answer being something similiar to "I'm having a bit of a problem. When I do the dishes I miss out on watching the simpsons which is my favourite show. I was wondering if you could help me so we could both sit down and watch it together." - The key being making students own their own problems and not push them on to other people. * 2 lines of equal amounts of people, stand in a line opposite each other. The aim of the game is you are to be given an activity to arrange the people in your line according to instructions without speaking. Examples... height and age. Students will have to oraganise themselves from youngest to oldest, without speaking. First team to finish, raises all their hands, then goes down the line, says their ages and if correct they win. *two groups of people. Send one group outside with no instructions. With the group inside, you tell them their job is to analyse 1 person each in their performance. Ask other group of people to come in, tell them to split in to even groups. They are each given, 3 balloons and 2 decks of playing cards. The team who builds the biggest house out of the materials provided in 3 minutes wins. Oh and they're being analyzed while they do it. After the activity, compare the houses to other groups and the analyzers give their findings. An example... in my community welfare class I was given the following analysis "Melissa doesn't talk very much compared to the other people in her team. In the final minute the other two people were panicking while she stayed calm and came up with a plan to share. My conclusion is that Melissa is a quiet person who stays calm under pressure, speaks in social situations when it's important and just gets the job done." -- Some websites with group activities http://www.funandgames.org/ http://www.youthwork.com/activitiessites.html http://www.youthwork-practice.com/ -- I also recommend going to the library and loaning out youth work and games books. Also going to your local TAFE and speaking to a youth work, community welfare teacher or class. You could ask to spend the day with a class learning these types of activities before they go on to become youth group leaders and such. -- You could also google "ice breaker" games - there's thousands of them. Goal setting games and things you should be teaching your camp here's two examples, it doesn't take long to google others: http://www.experiential-learning-games. ... games.html\ http://www.cyh.com/HealthTopics/HealthT ... 368&np=287 -- There's a heads up and a few tips. If you've been granted this role you should be able to do some of this yourself. You should be prepared! As you said, there's only a few days to go and you should have finished your preparation well before today! After all, wasn't goal setting something you're supposed to be teaching? Best wishes

With the attitude and values you hold Riku (from what I've read, not much seems to affect you) I'm sure you could help people avoid situations such as those by sharing some of your tactics.

This isn't a competition on who had it worse off in the school yard. Usually people who have nobody, have nobody for a good reason (they fit in to "oh poor me" categories). We all have something in common (bullying) so how about we become useful and come up with strategies of overcoming it by combining the information we know?

I never said it was my solution lol I was debunking the theory that it shouldn't be an option for anybody. You're just paraphrasing what I've already said... That it occasionally works but depends on the party involved. @ Riku - That was pretty much my attitude. I didn't care what my social ranking was, and to be frank unless it was physical I ended up getting the best of them anyway. Most bullies I came across weren't the brightest stars in the sky.

You'll have to click on the website and find the activity section ;) It's better if you read through it and weed out what does and doesn't work for you.

^^ Here's some really really good activities/information if you're interested: cci.health.wa.gov.au Coming from somebody who had to overcome social anxiety herself... Some of the activities that helped came from the website above.

Reading my victory letter from London Employment Tribunal :thumbsup: The company I was dealing with that ripped me off, now has 28 days to pay me or they'll go in there and get it.

Of course, I'm not agreeing it will work in every case, that would just be silly :D I'm just trying to rule it out of the "no go zone" for everybody. The first time I actually ever talked to a counsellor gave me horrible results. I had a relationship problem with my first serious boyfriend and the advice he gave me totally ruined our relationship. I hated him with a passion! I guess what it really comes down to is the experience/qualifications of the counsellor, the bully and yourself as individuals. Asking someone to stop something, without finding out why they do it is pretty silly. If it's just name calling, I'm all up for growing some balls (if you're a "nerd" it's quite easy to outwit your bully to your advantage.) Like Brent was putting on a French accent and making fun of me just before... So I did the same and said "Yoplait... It's French for your mum" (If you've seen the French yogurt commercial.) We both laughed and stopped the bullying even though it wasn't serious.

I'm going to have to disagree with you Solidus about telling somebody. In my own experiences on either end of the scale - I've found the school counsellor a huge help. I was picked on immensely for a couple of years for the simple fact that I was a "square bear". One guy even took it far enough as to swing a cricket bat in to my stomach as I was walking by. He had serious issues, I had never done anything wrong at all other than acing all the classes he was failing at and he wanted to bash me for it! I couldn't hang out with my friends at lunch times because this little psycho would go after me! He even threatened me with a pocket knife! All over what? being semi intelligent! So I had enough, I walked in to my counsellor's office crying and didn't know what to do. He got me to write down my events and called little Dennis the menace in to his office for some peace making. He would question each of us, got us to speak one at a time and it was very professionally handled. By the end of the session little psychopath wasn't such a little psychopath anymore. He had broken down in to tears, said his parents didn't care about him and were never around to give him any praise. When teachers praised my work, it set off his own insecurities and he took them out on me. Dennis the menace and I became really good friends and I wasn't picked on anymore. I was able to point out the good qualities in him (which was what he was missing) and he stuck up for me for the rest of school and no one ever picked on me again. Someone can have as much 'social power' as they want. But when you get down to the core of their actions, they lose a part of that power and give it to the person you were using it against. This makes you at equal playing field and suddenly you're not so macho after all. You now suddenly have a little weakness shining out of you, just like the person you were picking on. Wow, not so inviting anymore. For every behaviour, there is a reason and as every behaviour can be learned, it can be unlearned. I've seen it many times on these forums :D -- Besides that I was a little smart [wagon] and wouldn't put up with it anyway. One guy used to call me "Melissa the pissa". In the most sarcastic tone of voice I'd say something like "wow that's totally original coming from someone with the name John, you're named after a toilet. If I wanted to discuss Dr Seuss rhyming games with you, I wouldn't be sitting in 10th grade right now." That helped too, pointing out that they were only making themselves look stupid. (sorry to everyone named John :D )

Windex - I'll give you my msn a few days before the competition you can help me come to a decision if you want :thumbup:

Which game? I used to get paid to moderate "Ragnarok" Stay at home jobs are the best :thumbsup: I couldn't work for anybody else if my life depended on it. Too stubborn, don't like to be under appreciated, cleaning up after other people and more importantly, being told what to do lol Had a few manager positions, you think problems stop there? No they get worse lol To hell with everyone else, do your own thing and learn to love life again. Working from home ftw. Gets you naughty things on tax returns too... Like "business trips" (the week holiday you decide to take to go see friends in other states while doing minimal work), "work computer/laptop" (the latest one you've been waiting to get your hands on mainly for gaming purposes), "petrol for business purposes" (the petrol you really used to go to New South Wales for the weekend with minimal work) "business accomodation" (the two nights you paid to go to the gold coast for a seminar, when you spent most of your time at the beach).

It's a lump of flesh lol not only that as someone pointed out before women can use shawls if they feel like it so not even the fleshy part is showing.

People make mistakes and those who learn from them create a better self :) but thank you for the angelic image hehe Brent was in the army and was going to be away for about 6-7 months it wasn't until he was away that I started to regret getting in to the whole "army wife life". It was much easier to believe I could do it before he was actually gone. It got to me real bad, I couldn't call him on the phone, I couldn't write letters, then other thoughts got to me. Thoughts like not being able to see him for up to two years at a time, we wouldn't be able to have a family together. One thing led to another and I took advantage of a situation where someone was there to comfort me when he wasn't. I made a phone call, explained everything and he was home 2 weeks later for valentines day. He gave up the army to be with me and have a family. I'm not proud of it but I honestly believed we weren't going to stay together. It doesn't help either when you know at least 7 army wives who get treated like crap when their husband gets home. I take my hat off to some of the things they do and go through but it changes them. I feel guilty about ruining his dream but he decided his dream to spend his life with me and have a family was bigger than the army.

Going to the dentist *sulks*

*wiggles magic fingers* bad juju for you! (the ex) :P You are doing a very mature thing though so well done mate

Haha I remember doing that. I was a little tom boy, my first ever bike was a BMX, off came the training wheels, standing up on the bike and CRAAAAAAASH right in to the shed :(

Agunimon - I'll say it once again if you have a problem with me personally, send it to my inbox and you and I can sort it out. Don't announce it and drag it on in the middle of a thread used for discussion. If it's something you don't think that can be resolved then please click on my name and block my posts.

It's pretty logical actually mate. If you can't handle perfectly normal responses, maybe it's time for you to step away from the forums until you calm down. PM me if you have any further problems, or click the x and take a walk before replying.

Or maybe I will stay where I am anyway lol that's normal too :D