Women in WWII By Ashley Thibodeaux Women Workers Rosie the Riveter was the most famous icon of American women workers. Modeled after an actual woman that built B-24 and B- 29 bombers. Her real name was Rose Will Monroe. Jobs They worked in support services, in factories back home, in concentration camps, and kept things going like normal at home with their children and family. Also needed as farm workers, typist, salespersons, waitresses, bus drivers, taxi drivers, timekeepers, elevator operators, messengers, teachers, and conductors. Working Women Women's Army Auxiliary Corps(WAC) The closest thing American women had to becoming a soldier at the time. They were sent everywhere where there was combat. They worked in communications and as nurses. They were even imprisoned by the Japanese. The US used that as a campaign to raise moral and gain more workers. The U.S. Coast Guard Women's Reserve (SPARs) Reasons women joined SPARs Patriotism wish to relieve a man for active combat chance for self improvement or advancement an opportunity for travel a desire for excitement and adventure SPARs Training Classes physical education aptitude tests physical exams Shots Drills casual posture wearing a fashionable bob the latest women's clothing styles The wars end The jobs given to the women during the war were mostly taken back by the men and women were expected to return as the common housewives.

yea its been AGES!! jesus the only reason i'm back is cuz of school and its the only bloggy thing allowed at school...so i'll be able to rant on her and copy and paste it onto myspace or livejournal...yea i'm that kool. but yea schools is too cool! i'm so lame!!! gosh for real i wish i were so much cooler...honestly...:-( but yea theres a Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood concert coming up SO FRICKIN EXCITED!!! i'm 16 now...like woah!! :-D being a Junior is pretty SUPER! next is going to suck i dont have that many friends in my grade and lower...its mostly ppl older than me...*tear* so yea kinda mopey the ppl that call me MOST lately are telemarketers wats it gonna take for my friends to actually want to call me and have a conversation...seriously thats what i'm here for!! weightlifting season is so frickin far away!! i'm gettin fat again!!! :-( but yea have a great week!!!

The greatest thing about the beach is the sand its the world's biggest blanket warm and cool smooth but firm Just perfect for all tired beach bums just catch som ZZzzZZzz's waves crash and break to the rhythm of dreams Father Sun warms you to the core tall swaying palm trees shad your eyes its the perfect place for naptime.

::MY HOROSOPE:: Your public face is going to get a makeover today. Unveil your new look tonight. Today started rather plain. I heard the song A.C.D.C. by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts for the first time. OMG its an incredible song you should check it out. I've also been inspired by Corinne Bailey Rae. Her sound and is very soothing. On another note, I like rap music as much as the next person. Have u seen MTV and VH1 lately? Rap is about all they play plus the usual popular emo bands and what not. I love music. Music is meant to send a message and make u feel something, like passion or pain or peace. Most rap music of today is SHIT. I mean its all about shaking your ass and having sex with rappers for crack. They are incredibly degrading to woman. If you like rap i dont care go ahead listen to it, but seriously listen to it and know what they're talking about. I ate at Red Lobster. I LOVE their bread! omg its just melt in your mouth gooooood. Well, I stuffed my face with shrimp pasta and headed to PJC and took my college algebra final. I think i did realllly good but omg it was a 3 page packet and everyone takes the first 2 pages and the last page is the cummalative section for ppl that missed one of hte earlier tests making this one count heavier that everyone else...and i did all 3 pages really fast w/o even thinking about it...i'm so retarded I wouldnt even have noticed if Ryan didnt tell me. He's so kool. U should check him out. (http://www.myspace.com/cheerdude1o2). Afterwards my G-ma and I headed to the mall and got a Chai tea at Barnies...Mmmm mmm mmm good. We went to the Pet store and there was the cutest dachshund in the world. My g-ma seriously broke my heart she started talking business with the guy working there and she only does this if shes seriously gonna buy something so i was spazzing cuz a puppy would be the ultimate!!! haha yea well then she was like you can get a dog when u move out so that was a bummer! Then we went to the body shop(the one that smells good not that ghetto clothing one) my g-ma got some of her crazy scented burning oils. Went to Trade Secret hoping they'd have some Bed Head on sale, but no they didn't. I got my sis a biosilk gift bag it was so cheap $20 for shampoo, conditioner, hairspray and silk therapy stuff. My hair has been so BLAH lately that i was gonna get a hair cut but Master Cuts was all booked out. Went to Buckle just cuz i felt like going there and my g-ma was like crazy about their watches so she got me a new watch cuz i lost my old one which is a bummer but i think my sis took it or something lame like that. Then an amazing thing happened. I saw a bin full of Rubber Duckies! It was so a sign from a greater power. Praise Buddha! so my G-ma got me a rubber ducky they are only $2 you should all get one and they arent the cheapo lil ones there the big good ones. Plus it'll always remind you of me. Well all day I was looking for some good bath milk and/or bubble bath. So, I asked the worker there named Josie. We totally did some intense flirting and a lot of chit chat. It was right in front of my g-ma so it was quite humorous. I need to go back there and get my groove on haha a girl needs a phone number. haha I love crushes. They are crazy intense and lots of fun. I'm so glad I'm having one, becuz to be honest I've forgotten about them and how this felt. I honestly dont care if i'm barking up the wrong tree its worth it! On the way out we met an awesome vendor she makes all this handmade jewelry and its pretty cheap for handmade! and i got myself a ring with a green stone. it makes me happy! Today was tons of fun and once again I only hung out with my g-ma sheesh. Someone needs to hang with me cuz G-ma is definitely lowering my kool quota. haha I looked reallly EMO today i didnt mean to tho...but sheesh u should of seen me. my glasses in general are emo and i was wearing DARK jeans and a black joan jett shirt cuz that shirt's amazing. but i so clashed with my brown side bag that i take everywhere! ~peace~

Your Dosha is Kapha Calm and grounded, you are not prone to mood swings or anger. However, once you do get angry, it takes a lot to cool you down. You tend to think a little slower than most people, but your logic is astounding. Overall, you very loyal and trustworthy. You're not scared of being who you really are. With friends: You enjoy their company, but often listen more than talk In love: You crave connection and affection. It's hard for you to be single. To achieve more balance: Exercise vigorously (especially in the sun) and let go of attachments.What's Your Dosha? k well today's father's day! yay for baby daddies everywhere. i didnt have much of a father he was really there. even tho he's passed away he never really had a place in my heart. I'll always have my g-pa tho. He has definitely been there for me. taught me to roller skate and rollerblade. taught me to tie my shoes, ride a bike, SWIM and drive a car. he is my g-pa but in my heart he'll always be my daddy. i even call him daddy. its a habit but thats wat he is. today i had my driving lesson #2 talk about scary. sheesh people keep passing cuz i'm going the speed limit on the back roads...they're such buttholes...sry world i dont speed...yea i know its lame but it reallllly bugs me. heh. well i'm getting the knack of this driving thing. its kinda fun too. well have a great day. _PEACE_

I am a question to the world Not an answer to be heard Or a moment That's held in your arms And what do you think you'd ever say? I won't listen anyway You don't know me And I'll never be what you want me to be And what Do you think you'd understand? I'm a boy, no, I'm a man You can't take me And throw me away And how can you learn what's never shown? Yeah, you stand here on your own They don't know me 'Cause I'm not here And I want a moment to be real Want to touch things I don't feel Want to hold on and feel I belong And how can the world want me to change? They're the ones they stay the same They don't know me 'Cause I'm not here And you see the things they never see All you wanted-I could be Now you know me And I'm not afraid And I want to tell you who I am Can you help me be a man? They can't break me As long as I know who I am And I want a moment to be real Want to touch things I don't feel Want to hold on and feel I belong And how can the world want me to change They're the ones they stay the same They can't see me But I'm still here They can't tell me who to be 'Cause I'm not what they see Yeah, the world is still sleepin' while I keep on dreaming for me And their words are just whispers and lies that I'll never believe And I want a moment to be real Want to touch things I don't feel Want to hold on and feel I belong And how can they say I'll never change? They're the ones they stay the same I'm the one now 'Cause I'm still here I'm the one 'Cause I'm still here I'm still here I'm still here I'm still here

Today was fun. it started off crampy...then i stayed home...did nothing...lazed about. i went to see ole doctor perez he gave me some naproxen so all is good. went to the mall chilled there got me a yummy vanilla chai mmm got my eyebrows waxed shiza it always hurts like a mofo...sheesh i thought i was missing patches of skin. then i got my second hole in my earlobes done...i think they're un even but noone has noticed it bugs the hell out of me... hmmm i might have cysts in my ovaries and i'm gonna start taking birth control...ehh i have mixed feelings about it... i've started this crazy diet...i hope it works. well peace! mucho love...o since its the weekend hit me up...i'm BORED i do nothing all day i need entertainment

lack of sleep will cause the following conversation to occur: ducky thibodeaux: o shush you know you wouldnt love me any other way...duckys are supposed to be loved for their loonyness and lack of literacy at times...and the complete absence of common sense xKissedbyaRose17: that is sooo true ducky thibodeaux: exactly ducky thibodeaux: i crack myself up sometimes xKissedbyaRose17: and me too ducky thibodeaux: good cuz its weird to laugh alone xKissedbyaRose17: so very true ducky thibodeaux: mmm hmm thats why i'm embarassed to admit that i saw scary movie 4 alone and everytime i laughed i pretended that i totally had some lil midget person sitting next to me xKissedbyaRose17: lmao xKissedbyaRose17: tehehehehe xKissedbyaRose17: Ducky.. ducky thibodeaux: is it sad that when i joke around its always about a true story....*sigh* i need to take my life serious...hmm maybe i'll take up a hobby...hmmm maybe hunting...hmmm seagulls are in large population this time of year... xKissedbyaRose17: omg gurl, I saw a flock yesterday ducky thibodeaux: really do you know where they are nesting..i could sneak real quiet like on them at night...they dont have night vision do they? xKissedbyaRose17: no I don't think they do xKissedbyaRose17: you might want to check outside me window xKissedbyaRose17: thas where me saws them ducky thibodeaux: well crieky...you might have yourself an infestation of them buggers... xKissedbyaRose17: I knows it ducky thibodeaux: hmm now that i look back on it i regret feeding the lil bastards as a child...that noise they make at like 6 in the morning drives me wild...shiza death to seagulls KA KAW xKissedbyaRose17: lmao ducky thibodeaux: wow...i need to stop forgetting to take them damn meds...hmmm i might just be too loony to help it xKissedbyaRose17: I thought I told you to take it today ducky thibodeaux: darn...you know that i pass out at 1 after i have my smorgus bord of sausage and cheese...and that i never remember anything after i eat me ole cheese xKissedbyaRose17: well than stop eatin ye ole cheese ducky thibodeaux: but it tastes so good goin down me throat xKissedbyaRose17: so, just what kinda stuff do ye like goin' down ye throat? ducky thibodeaux: well thats top secret information my dear....lets just say they involve a cow, a tube and sometimes a spoon xKissedbyaRose17: omg! you do like the spoon!!!! ducky thibodeaux: o bloody hell my secret of the spoon is loose...damn my loose tongue...hmmm i still like fork...fork has always been there me but the spoon is so tempting and smooth...you must admit you've liked the spoon xKissedbyaRose17: no, I just can't admit it ducky thibodeaux: but you must or the knife shall be angry and exile you to the land of NO sausage xKissedbyaRose17: noooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!! ducky thibodeaux: well its not that bad there's plenty of tacos there ducky thibodeaux: i've been exiled once or twice ducky thibodeaux: you know how it is xKissedbyaRose17: ohhh...tacos? ducky thibodeaux: mmm hmm the kind thats loaded with ridiculous amounts of cheese just the way cancuns does it xKissedbyaRose17: omg xKissedbyaRose17: yesssssssss!!!!!!!!!!!!!! xKissedbyaRose17: like, a lot of cheese? ducky thibodeaux: like fountains of cheese...like you wont poop for a month amounts of cheese xKissedbyaRose17: oh wow.. ducky thibodeaux: yes it is a lot of cheese, do you think you can handle the cheese? xKissedbyaRose17: I don't know xKissedbyaRose17: it's gonna be difficult ducky thibodeaux: hmm well young kittie san i shall knight you among the order of the taco only crusade xKissedbyaRose17: oh wow, what an honor...it's so tremendous, that it's making me sleepy xKissedbyaRose17: I must part you now ducky thibodeaux: good night kittie san xKissedbyaRose17: good night dojo

this past week hasnt been to shabby...it had its ups and down...the girls should of kicked so much booty at districts but that just sucked..and i totally skipped out of going to the gym like all week...i'm such a lazy butt. hmm i've been staying home and watching tv...yea i know i'm lil miss excitement...now i'm watching my sis and her lil friend...they're watching grease 2...my sis didnt make dance team which is sad for her...and her SB team is kicking major tooshy at their midseason tournament. hmm well i guess i'm gonna go do some more boring stuff

OMG i LOVE FLEA she made my night flippin awesome. first i decided spontaneously at hte last minute to go to my sisters game and guess who i met up there!?! FLEA yea well then she convinced me to go to maria's(sp?) it was fun...local bands are interesting...it was all fun and games until some stupid ppl in uniforms with lights and sirens showed up... then went to the beach and partied it up at sidelines! OMG we sang happy birthday to some random guy cuz it is his b-day today and we sand to julia cuz turns out sidelines doesnt sing for birthday ppl. omg we were so loud and crazy and obnoxious...but fun and alive tehehe i love my youthful fun life.... i hate when crap gets shitty and misconstruded. :-D tonight i needed so badly...omg thanx flea, julia, treva. derek and everyone at marias and sidelines :-D

just wondering someone left me an anonymous comment on my last entry...it was a sweet comment too but they told me to call them but idk who they are...sheesh fess up! who said it. haha laters oooo if anyone sees this call me if you wanna hangout this weekend i need out of this house! Mucho love!

Everything feels so strange lately. something is without a doubt very different about me. i can't quite put a finger on wat it surely is. i feel almost mentally handicapped to not realize wats different and wats wrong. there has to be something wrong...there always is. ever since i could remember my life has gone done the toilet with a few i mean very few breaks and sighs of relief. i have friends...i really do. i have tons of them. i mean close friends too. i still feel like i'm that 5 year old girl just getting used to kindergarten and having an all black class. no friends. no one wants to talk to you. you feel like a dreadful disease. you try your hardest to be the friendliest most caring person and still be left out. you resort to lying. lying was a big part of this. i hate facing reality. that i'm only 15. yet i'm almost an adult. i'm stuck in the middle. i'm a crazy teenager locked inside my own soul. i punish myself. subconsciencely ofcourse. only to realize it later. i hate me i hate this life. wats a life without love. my blood feels like its constantly being drained out of me like i'm not important enough for my own blood. i never understand why my thoughts of my mortality can progress into morbid stories. if you knew wat went on in my head you would run away from this insane nasty truth. i love so many people. yet i treat a lot of you like shit. i hate myself. i was never given the love and trust from family that a lot of you get. i never get to escape and go to someones house. i have to be a prisoner in my own home. my g-ma is the warden and i hate how she runs things. i wish ppl could change i've learned the hard way. over 15 years this woman hasnt change a single thing about herself if anything shes worse! everything is beyond me. i'm so feeble. no one truly understands my need for help. i need healing and i need change i need the hate and fighting and crying and depression to go away. but it clings to me like barnacles on a whale. its not pretty either. the worst thing of all is... everyone knows i'm going through hell and no one does anything about it not even me. go ducky. for letting herself get so crazy she cant stop hiding her emotions and eating herself to fat heaven. for never believing in herself. for always feeling like bad luck. for never showing her true emotions to the people that really truly matter. for never even knowing her true self. i'm crazy to the point i dont even know myself. i have no idea who i am. i... i.... i am just another face with a tortured soul underneath.

Ok i'm gonna rant cuz i've cried everyday this weekend and it all needs to be let out. otherwise at school tomorrow i'm gonna explode with emotion...heh i'll probably do it anyway i'm such a drama queen... well my life is good. i'm smart and popular and i have a lot of good things going for me. i'm basically getting everything i need for college handed to me. i deserve it. i've worked hard to get where i am. to be "normal" and have ppl like me and want to be around me. i've even tried hard for ppl never to meet my g-ma...but that never works. i hate her. i'm not ashamed of her. shes just a crazy bitch...i hate her most recently because of why i've been depressed...*sigh* i found out recently that my g-pa has a stomach aneurysm and if it doesnt get treated it could burst and he could hemorrhage to death...........he's my daddy. well he's my g-pa but hes always been there for me in a dad sort of way. idk what i'll do without my daddy. i've lost both my biological parents if i lose him i'll snap.life isnt fair at all. hes a nice man who never did anyone any wrong unlike my bitch of a g-ma that has treated my g-pa like a piece of shit their whole marriage. i swear without him i'll kill her. and shes not helping him at all i think she wants him to die. hes not supposed to be stressed at all and she needs to stop smokign and she keeps bitching at him like hes crap she doesnt treat him like a human being at all. today she would shut up at lunch and he tried to talk to her and she snapped and told him to shut up that his opinion isnt important and that her opinion is the only one that counts i fucking wanted to beat the shit out of her then and there i really cant stand her. she treats him so bad and hes greatest man in my life. i love my g-pa and she should be the one with the fucking aneurysm close to death....she deserves it...you may think thats harsh but thats how i feel. well thats it...for now...the only thing i've done to try and keep it off my mind is running and painting its working for now. PEACE

Everyone needs to go get the Gulf Breeze Newspaper. :-D because i'm in it! woot! theres a pretty pic and everything its in the Sports section. well i'm off to do nothing. i'm going to NEP tonight for my sisters softball game @ 6. shall be interesting. PEACE

well this morning a woke up to a big breakfast of waffles and omelets and grits and bacon...but i only ate a minimum...i'm planning on losing around 15lbs...gosh this is going to be hard. well nichole came over and we watched Blade:trinity. later on kristi showed up. so we went to the softball games at 4PM, jv and varsity both lost. well on the way to the games i found out that i'm probably gonna get my permit when i turn 16 i know lame...leave me alone... but yea on the ride home i had a conversation with my g-pa about what happened at home while i was t the games ....omg children and families came to my house and since me and my sis werent there we have to talk to them tomorrow...this is such bullshit...ya know wat kind of stress that is for a kid...everytime something like this happens I feel like i'm being put in a pickle...on one side i live my life with my crazy g-ma that i hate so much...or i could go to a foster home for a minimum of a year.. and that could crush my future... I hate this so much...i hate crying aobut it...i wish my mom would have never died......this pain is too much... i'm a good person...i dont do anything wrong i love everyone but no i get a shitty life...

hmm my day was eventful. I woke up to have an incredibly wonderful breakfast prepared by my sister later on me and my g-ma went to walmart and bought food to barbeque. well i fought a courageous battle against my garbage disposal...apparently its past its time...poor poor disposal...haha yea well i won... hmmm so yea i had a yummy sirloin steak...and tomorrow i'm getting some yummy bratwurst... so what if my life evolves around food...the crazy thing is that i decided it'll be easier to lose weight to drop a weightclass than to increase my power clean and bench to 230 something.... i found out i should totally be getting my membership to chips gym renewed! :-D that makes me so happy i miss chips. i loved the atmosphere...the sucky thing is i hear a lot of like emo scene kids joined chips...which is beyond me they best not interrupt my work out...i remember when i would go tot he gym at midnight when no ones around and it was so relaxing idk i'm crazy. but yea then my g-ma decides she wants to go to the beach. so we went to peg leg petes...i seriously havent been there since i was ordering on the kids menu. it was fun and i took tons of pix that are sepia tones! tehehe i usually do black and white but i was in a sepia mood. also i found out peg legs has the freshest calamari ever. everwhere else its cold and rubbery. then me and my g-ma went to the movies and saw failure to launch it was the best movie i've seen in a theatre in a long time. it made me oober happy. i also saw Cori and her bf thomas...haha they were so cute and my g-ma thought they were the cutest ever. i love my midget g-ma. sometimes... well that was pretty much it...ooo and when i get my chips memebership i'll prob be going afterschool like everyday so yea. if anyone wants to join with me its only $25 a month. and i can always make it lots of fun. PEACE

last night was our weightlifting banquet it was flippin sweet :-D Practically everyone lettered including myself. :-D i feel oober special. when i was younger i had always thought i would never wear a letterman or letter in any sport...i'm really glad i proved myself wrong :-D i also got the academic award.(again) yay me! haha its hilariously that they screwed up our plaques..tehehe they say gulf breeze MIDDLE school. so yea in the picture we did for the paper you got me and the other girls holding plaques with gulf breeze middle on them....gosh its kinda embarassing. well tonight i went to the woodham game. we won 11-7. :-D when i got there i was like extremely emotional. i had being an attention whore. bleh like i'm so emotional when i'm PMSing like crazy. i'm glad 2 certain ppl were there to help me. kat I'd be lost without you. you have my best friend since i started softball. heh the irony. but yea you have always had a shoulder reserved for me to cry on. i'm beyond lucky to have you as a friend. and Tia you are just to great :-D i love you guys... YOU'RE ALWAYS POKING MY CHEEKS, MAN.

hmmm...wat have I been up 2? good question! friday i went to Crestview for a softball game. It was fun. saturday i pretty much stayed home then went to the movies with Heather, Adrianna and Charis. We saw Ultraviolet. I liked it....but i love any Milla Javovich movie. :-D sunday. went to p-cola with the g-ma and bought lots of stuff from The Body shop(the good smelling one not the clothes one) and Micheals. i love my new paints. :-D well today was quite un eventful. had school. saw Kristi! :-D made fun of Kat's pink paisley bra. decided wat me and my group are doing for the arts festival tehehe. those middle schoolers are in for a surprise! i found my 10 guages!!! so now i have them in! :-D gauges make me happy. went to the softball game @ west FL. Tech. it was kool. i love those gurls. even tho Rob insists on making me seem like a fool. heh i have my stupid moments. well GB Girl's Varsity has a game tomorrow @ Navarre @ 6:00 PM you should totally go. well i'm headin out. PEACE

so today i woke up to a crazy day. its... ~my mom's b-day ~my gf's mom's b-day ~my 2 month anniversary ~Ash Wednesday ~last day of FCAT hmmm well FCAT was fine i guess...bleh... Kat and I had a "dyke fight" as Victor said during history...heh...stuff happens got a ride home from Trole. tehhe she's so cute and tiny when she drives that suv. I baked white chocolate chip macadamian nut cookies for kristi who still is kinda in disbelief that i did that...hmmm shes crazy and enjoys repeating my name. i went to mass for the ashes...it was intersting... well i'm off... PEACE&LOVE

hmm so this weekend i stayed home mostly rented 40 year old virgin, heh it was pretty darn hilarious went to the Mardi Gras parade at the beach on sunday. i met up with kat and court and all them. i had a good time. it was nice to be out of the house with a bunch of ppl i love. :-D had my first day of FCAT...uhhh kill me now. well atleast i got the hard part done and over with. i hate writing and reading...i really suck at it...you may think otherwise but its true. tomorrow is gonna be easy! MATH! i love math. i know i'm a geek yea well i'm gonna go. a cheese danish and cinnamon apple tea are calling my name. :-D *mwahz*