Things you can do when you turn 18!

So given that today is my 18th Birthday I thought I would waste some time scowering the internet to find out what things I can now do: 

1. Well the obvious one (being English) is drink alcohol (though I won't be doing that anytime soon, well end of the week at the earliest as I don't think it would be appropriate to turn up to my maths exam tomorrow even mildly intoxicated) 

2. I can also vote! Which is a bit of a scary thought! I don't feel adult enough! 

3. Get a tatoo or piercing without parental consent- hmm once again not something I am intending on doing anytime soon 

4. Get married without parental consent- erm yeah not top of my to-do list currently

5. Go to jail (rather than young offenders)- I would hope I won't be spending anytime there at any point! 

Anyway so in conclusion the majority of these I have no intention of doing in the too near future but hey! :)

Procrastination!

So while wasting time procrastinating and not revising for the A Level exams I have next week I came across this....I think it pretty much sums up my life! :) (minus Facebook currently that was too much of a distraction so had to get someone to change my password during exam season)  


Also realised I am just posting pictures at the moment, when I have finished revising and sitting exams I will attempt to post intelligent things :) 

"Fear can hold you prisoner. Hope can set you free"

Bit of a random choice of picture and post in general though this is something this really spoke to me today! So many incredible quotes in this film though this one stuck out for me! 

"Fear can hold you prisoner. Hope can set you free" 

Maths.

An Interesting Exhibition of Mexican Driving

Children can't have opinions

I recently read this article: 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/belief/2010/nov/05/christianity-preaching-children

This article is more an attack on Christianity than anything else, I see no inclusion of any other religions! Is this because it is only Christianity that the author has problems with? or is it because there would have been uproar if an article like this was written targeting any other religion and many would be calling it racist. 

A quote from the article itself says: 

"Such lessons can potentially cause serious emotional and physical damage to the children receiving them and should anger anyone who cares about child welfare." 

I don't understand how by learning about or even believing in a God who is defined as the true expression of love can be so damaging to emotional and physical welfare of teenagers who are old enough to develop opinions of their own!

Just a bit of food for thought :)