Advertisements!!!

As we all know, their are ads everywhere telling everyone to quit smoking. The 'White Lies' commercials make you realize all the dangers of smoking, persuading you to quit. In this ad, by stating 'Stop Smoking With Us' they make the consumer believe that many people are stopping this bad habit via the bandwagon effect.

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For as long as I can remember I have seen images like this asking people to help end animal abuse. The companies use emotional advertising to get your attention, and sympathy for these animals. Just looking at those sad puppy eyes makes you want to donate money, or do something to help any animal that is in need. This ad certainly accomplishes what it was intended to do.

Image from:
fanpop.com


By having Jessica Simpsons' face on the ad for this, it means that the Proactiv company has her support. The company is using the transfer form of advertisement to get peoples attention. By having her face on the ad, it could grab some of her fans attention, or people who hadn't used proactiv before.

Image from:
http://www.flaggedforfollowup.com

LOL *silently*

So, precalc going well went for a grand total of until I got to that class yesterday. Ugh, I try to copy notes, but if I don't understand what I'm writing, then there is no use, correct. I think so anyway. Oh well, I will continue on my useless attempts.....
I am to give my history presentation today. We had to make a gigantic time line, then research one of the things on the time line. My group researched the Trail Of Tears, which was where they United States was eager for new land so they pushed the Indians off their land. The Cherokee had to travel the farthest distance, and over 4,000 of there 15,000 people died....it is rather sad.
On a lighter note, this weekend is going to be amazingly fun. I am going to be with Ethan/Meagan/Rebecca the whole time and I am pumped! I miss hanging out with Meg! We havn't done so in what feels like FOREVERRRR!
Well, alrighty then, I hope everyone else has a really good weekend as well.
Tata for now!

School, Sleep, and Cheesecake

Things are quite a bit less hectic at this moment in time. I havn't had precalc today though...maybe that's why. Anyway, I had no homework last night which was the first time in a very long time that has happened. It was rather relaxing to be honest.


I watched a nice video on the teenage brain yesterday in my 7th period class. They did many different studies, all indicating that if teens get good sleep, we perform better in our school work, home life, and we have more of a HEALTHY social life. This has led me to a conclusion: Staying up really late and cramming isn't going to do me any good..ever. While I may do well in that one class, I am going to be doing poorly in all my other studies. I'm trying to be responsible here, and spread everything out evenly over time, and not cram, but its hard to break old habits.



To top everything off, I get to make cheesecake for a grade! How amazing is that?! It is probably the easiest thing in the world to do, and I do it often, and I LOVE cheesecake, so I'm pretty much in heaven. :)


Pics from:
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I miss you.

I'm not sure what tomorrow will bring.
But I hope it brings you back to me.

I don't know if we will ever be the same.
It seems just eye contact would be a big gain.

How did we let it get this bad?
I can't believe I got that mad...

I need you to be a part of my life...
You're what helped me through the night.

Do you want us as bad as I do?
Let me know...because I miss you.

Giving Up

Yep, this is indeed me giving up. Done. El fin. Ugh, I am just so tired of trying at everything that I seem to constantly fail at!
For example:
1) I took a precalc test on Thursday, thought I did pretty good, end result: A D! I'm so aggravated! I studied so dang hard!!!

2) Thought I would be nice and babysit my baby cousin for the day/night on Friday. Ya...NOT! She didn't sleep until 4am!! ahhh!!

3) Was going to make a very nice attempt at fixing a broken friendship...but my pride said no. It wouldn't let me. I don't feel like I shouldn't be the one apologizing anyway, but us fighting is putting a lot of stress on all of our other friends...apparently she doesn't care. Maybe she just needs a swift kick in the elbow. It's debatable.

4) My niece told me I was going to **** this weekend because I don't go to church...she is 3.

Do you see my reasoning for giving up? It seems when I don't try so hard everything falls right into place. Its like...I'm not sure. Like, there are so many things I need to be doing right now! But I just don't know how to go about starting to do them all. :(


here....have a good laugh.
http://deconstructingthoughts.mlblogs.com/Soccer%20Fail.jpg

Busy, busy, busy!!

So I have no time for a social life I have decided. I have stuff going on CONSTANTLY. Well, hmm, I guess that is my social life. BUT! If everything you are doing has to do with school, is that still considered a social life? I think NOT! I have been studying my little butt off for the SAT, all the while my teachers have decided this will be the week to pile all the homework on. It pretty much suckers.
I am caught up pretty much in all my classes, now it is just hard to stay that way. I'm catching on, slowly but surely. I also am now a fruit captain now a days. AND AND AND AND AND AND!!! I made NHS!!!! I am SO excited!! However, while talking to Mr. Hadley about making NHS, I became late, which was poopy. I could have made it if we hadn't talked. I'm a pretty fast runner...It would have been close though, I'll admit. But anyway, that was my 3rd tardy I'm pretty sure, so now I have dumb lunch detention...crap. : (
Anyway, class is pretty close to over, so I shall blog again soon!!!

I got this pic from:
myspace.com

MRS. SIMS!!!!

Here he is! Dr. McDreamy :)




I got my hottie over here from:
http://www.thefilmchair.com/wordpress/index.php/tag/julia-roberts/

TADA!

I fixed it! There is now a link below every picture showing where I got it. Goodness that was a pain in the bum. Oh well though, I got it all done! I plan to keep doing that too.

I have a pretty big Spanish test today, I'm terrified. My grades are aggravating me this year! I have no A's at the moment, all B's, one stupid C and one stupid D. That one is almost a C though. I'm just so lost. I haven't the slightest clue why they are all so low. :( I have been trying really hard. This is the worst my grades have ever been. That's rather ironic becuase this is the hardest I have ever tried in school to be perfectly honest. ERGH! I just don't know. I don't have much of a social life...a lot of texting...maybe I should stop that. I'm not sure. But you see, all the work in most of my classes is actually done in class. So its not like I'm not doing my homework, I'm doing all of it actually!!! GRRR!!!! I guess I will just try harder...blah.


I got this pic from:
http://blackfemmefatale.com/

Give Credit Where Credit Is Due!

POO!!! I have forgotten to put the link where I found my pictures at! Ergh!!! Now I must go back and fix all of that. I will do it today I'm sure. Pay attention to our teacher ladies and gents! Cause' having to refind all of these pics is going to be awful. :( I'll be back with another post after I have fixed my profile because it is messed up big time.

P.S.! READ YOUR COMMENTS AS WELL. I just discovered today that is where Mrs. Sims corrects us....ugh.

Girly Time

So, just because I am a teenage girl I have decided to blog about girly stuff today.

I'm just curious as to who all wants to find love in high school? How many of us want our fairy tail romance now? Who wants to marry their high school sweetheart and live happily ever after? I do. I want that love that is perfect, the kind that is in all of the movies. I think that I have found that sort of love now with Ethan. It aggravates me when people tell me otherwise. I know that he makes me really really happy. I'm always laughing with him and I'm so carefree. I really hope that everyone has a chance in their life to be as happy as I am now with him.

Moving on, how many of you have 'fat days'? OMG I do. It is insane. I get so upset and so emotional sometimes. It is utterly ridiculous. I love how we as females are able to show our emotions so easily, but sometimes I get WAY too emotional. I hate it when I wake up in the morning and absolutely nothing fits right. Or the way my hair is styled makes my face look fat. Maybe even the jeans I have picked out make my butt look much too large. We are so indecisive! And picky to the max! Maybe it's just me? But I really don't think so.

We also worry too much. I have been freaking out about graduating since 6th grade year. :/ Crazy, right? Most of my friends are worry worts too. Leading me to believe that most of us are like this. So stressful :/ I think that we make things too complicated at times. It is my firm belief that every girl 12 and older should have to take stress management classes. It should be a law!

Well, ok, that is all of my ramblings for now. Thank you for taking time to read. :)

Ashleigh


I got grumpy from:
forums.ebay.co.uk


I got the heart from:
pixabella.com

I got the stressed out face from:
http://mainmor.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c2251c020b604a00d09e44d2cdbe2b.html

Settling Down

Things everywhere are finally chillin out. Its amazing really. I am so close to back on track with my pre calculus I could just laugh all day. :-) I am going through some weird things with my boyfriend and friends, but the important thing is that school is good.
I really am starting to hate the stress of being a teenager. I've just decided to relax. I don't like how I get when I am stressy so I am doing my best to avoid getting that way. If I seem off or blah in the near future it's probably because I am trying to ignore things. Lol, we will see how long this lasts!





I got this pic from:
hannesfashionblog.com

I'm Baaaack!

Today is my first day back from my nice little vacation. I met my brothers and my biological father. I really had a very good time while there. My nephews and I bonded a lot, and my brothers and I got to know each other. We crammed a lot into a week.
In true Ashleigh fashion, the trip back from the airport was a disaster. First off, my plane was over an hour late. Then, I almost missed it! I was the last one to board. So after I safely arrived back in Indiana, my mom, sister, and boyfriend came to pick me up from the airport. So FINALLY we were on our way home. We all got pretty hungry so we stopped to eat at Golden Corral. Well when we were done with that we get back in the car to leave, and it won't dang start! My dad had to come fix it, but we were stuck there for 5 hours! It ended up being a pretty simple problem that took like 2 minutes to fix. I was so aggravated.
But now it is time for me to concentrate on school again :/ Hopefully all my car problems and air traveling is behind me for now. I'm hoping to be able to get caught up pretty soon. I need help in precalc REALLY BAD! So if anyone has any suggestions, PLEASE let me know.

Welpers, until next time then!

Tehe =)

I got this pic from:
commentcute.blogspot.com



My friends mean the world to me and we are all VERY close. Much like this picture represents, we love each other like family. We're together all the time and there are never any silent moments. :)



This picture of A7X is the abbreviation for Avenged Sevenfold, which is my favorite band. I started listening to them a few years ago and have been addicted ever since. :) If you havn't heard of them I recommend listening to Dear God or Seize the Day. If you like heavier stuff, listen to Beast and the Harlot. This band is amazing, I'm telling you. Go check them out. =)

I got this pic from:
http://entertainment.desktopnexus.com/wallpaper/38783/








When I get older and what not I plan on becoming a nurse. I want to help people and be friendly to my patients, because pretty much every nurse I've had has been a jerk. I will change nursing forever!

I got this pic from:
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Me!

So, I'm Ashleigh. I'm 16, and, in my opinion, I am pretty average. My friends, however, will tell you something totally different. :) My friends mean a lot to me, as does my family. My boyfriend and I have been together for a few days over a month and we are wonderful. :D I try really hard to be an optimistic person, but on some days, the glass is simply half empty to me. Haha :) I am generally a very fun person. I have problems keeping my level of excitement to a minimum, tehe! :) Anyways!
So far, this school year has been absolute insanity. I am in quite a few rather difficult classes and within the first week of school, I missed 4 days. As of now, I am playing catch up. In a week or so I am leaving for a short vacation to Washington(the state) to visit family and will be gone for about 6 days. That means more make-up work, which is really not fun at all. I never really thought of high school as stressful until this year. And we are barely 7 days into the year. Oh goodness. This should be interesting. This blog is an assignment in my speech class and as such it will be mostly about what we do in here, and what I do in the rest of my classes. In general, it will be a blog about my junior year. It will be interesting though, I promise :D Nothing about me is boring.