Sorry for the Sporadic Posts

Ugh, I am getting so lazy with this blog, but I promise I'm going to try to do better. Anyway, tomorrow's my 20th birthday & I'm psyched. My roommate made me a Twilight-themed birthday cake. Here are some pictures of the cake:

front view

right view

left view

top view

rear view

Pretty sweet cake, huh? The figurines are Edward, Bella, Jacob, & Renesmee; then there's the apple from the Twilight cover & the chess pieces and board from the Breaking Dawn cover; the grass is from the meadow; and the stuff around the cake represents First Beach (roomie is a wolf girl after all--gotta put some Rez in there somewhere).

I've had some romantic trouble recently, but I'm over that now--never make someone a priority that considers you an option.

I think I'm going to help my mom get a Facebook--I know I said I don't think parents who have teens on FB should be on Facebook, but mom won't use hers to spy on me (and after tomorrow I won't be a teen anymore anyway--haha). I still think there are some rules of ettiquette if you are the parent of a FB user who wants to get a Facebook; they are as follows:

1. Don't use it to spy on your kid; Facebook was created for social networking, not parental snooping
2. Don't post anything embarassing on your kid's Wall or any humiliating photos in your albums
3. Be careful when adding your kid's friends--it's better they come to you, especially if you've only met them recently

These are just some basics rules to follow--anything else is on a case-to-case basis between you and your kid.

I got the Us Weekly's special New Moon issue; I split the posters with my roomie because 1)I wanted to show her that I appreciated the effort it took to make that cake 2) I have no idea where I would put 7 posters--4 is much more manageable.

AngstGoddess003 wrote a one-shot to tide over her readers while she slaves over the Wide Awake epilogue--it's called Great Vexations. It's a slashfic, which I thought I would never like, but I do how she wrote it. It is SO GOOD! Go read it--now.

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Parents on Facebook=FAIL

Preemptive Note: The following post only applies to parents who have teens because they're own teens and twenty-somethings are gone. I believe no over 30 belongs on FB, especially if they are a parent of an FB member and they are just using to spy on their kid.

Parents of teenagers do not belong on Facebook. I suppose if your child sends you an invite to join Facebook and be their friend then it'd be okay, but really, why would someone do that? It's just ridiculous. You are not twenty-something (if you have a fifteen year-old there's no way your twenties were yesterday) anymore; however, if you do feel the need to revive your more youthful self, please stay away from Facebook and the truly youthful members...especially your kid. If you feel your child is not trustworthy and you must become their Facebook friend to keep tabs on them, put that little bastard on a leash and save yourself the trouble of setting up an account. Facebook is for social networking, not parental meddling. It would be fruitless anyway--they could just set up their photos and such so that you could only see what they want you to which causes you to know less than you did because you would probably be satisfied with what you see.

Bottom line: Parents of teens need to shut down their Facebook accounts and open up communication lines with their kids if their purpose is to be involved in their child's life. If it is any other reason (other than professional networking, as it has brought to my attention that some join for this purpose), parents of teenagers need to close their Facebook accounts and simply get a life.