Day 87: January 14

- Tomorrow I am going to Sydney for 5 days. This means I won't be able to do my blog, as there is no internet in the place I'm staying. *crying face*. I will, however, write my lists on paper and then transfer them onto this blog when I get home. This way, the lists will be done on the appropriate days. I will try do tomorrows, although, I am leaving very early in the morning to catch the flight. See you guys in 5 days (: - 

So last night, when I was trying to fall asleep, of course, my thoughts were going 100miles an hour (or kilometres/ers, whichever you prefer. I don't care). I was thinking that if I got free reign over my oral topic, what would I pick? I thought, maybe body image? I only got a little bit done in my head and here it is:
Body Image.
Being teenagers we suffer a lot from negative body image. Whether we're guys, girls, straight, bi, lesbian, pansexual, white, black, asian, Jewish, atheist, Muslim, Christian, tall, short, fat, skinny, someone, somewhere has said something bad about our bodies. Of course, there's also positive body image. People complimenting you on something - your eyes, hair, your butt, your curves, your cheekbones, your hands. Maybe they like your flat stomach. I don't know. They like something though. So in your head, you have two sides - positive and negative. Just like a battery. One side is yelling at you because they don't like something and the other side is complimenting another thing. This is the real problem. There are so many people, with so many opposing options, it's impossible to choose which to follow. It's quite easy to say "Oh, I'm going to follow my opinions and no-one elses", but this is easier said than done. It's like going to the shops and seeing a pair of shorts that you like. You try them on, and they're good, but not perfect. You try on the next pair, which is too loose, but you like the design more than the first one. See, there's so much to choose from, but they all differ slightly. Here's something I found on the internet (creds to Tumblr) about people's opinions of body image: 

• Doctors: Anorexia is an epidemic, people need to eat.
• Doctors: Obesity is an epidemic, people eat too much.
• Society: People have unhealthy body images, accept your body the way it is!
• Society: People should be more concerend about their health, exercise & eat right!
• Media: Celebrities are way too skinny, they are setting a bad example for young girls.
• Media: This singer gained 20 pounds, she must be really unhappy.
• People: Being too skinny is gross, real women have curves.
• People: Eww, fat rolls.
• Friends: You're so pretty, you're not fat.
• Friends: Eww I'm so gross, I need to lose weight.
• Family: Don't starve yourself, eat. It's not that hard.
• Family: You ate all of this for breakfast? What is wrong with you?

That is what we have to deal with everyday and then people wonder why we have such distorted ideas of body image. Although, you know what pisses me off the most? It's that people blame society, as if society is a group of aliens that live in space and we never see them. NO! We are society. We're the people who make the bad comments. We say that people have to change. If they're curvy, they're too fat. If they're skinny, they're too bony. If they want to lose weight, they're not allowed, because it's a bad example to young kids. If celebrities in the media lose their abs or gain like 1kg, they are fat. If they lose weight, it's party time! Can't we just leave people as they are. If they're skinny, fat, short, tall, have an arse, have big boobs, have no boobs, have pale skin, have big feet, CAN WE JUST LEAVE THEM ALONE? Just keep to yourself, compliment yourself and LET EVERYONE ELSE BE. If you are going to say something to someone, don't be rude and certainly don't give them a backhanded compliment. Those are the worst. They're just disguised insults. Here's an example: 'You're pretty, don't get me wrong, but you'd look a lot better with make-up on." If you're going to comment, make sure it's nice and if they really really look bad, tell them so in a diplomatic way. 
That is all.

*RANT/ORAL OVER*

Eighty-seven team sports/games (and I define a team as two or more people working together):
1. Basketball 
2. Baseball 
3. Water Polo 
4. Netball 
5. Hockey 
6. Cricket 
7. AFL (Aussie Rules Football) 
8. Gaelic Football 
9. Soccer 
10. Volleyball 
11. Beach Volleyball 
12. British Bulldogs 
13. Relay Swimming 
14. Relay 
15. Medley Swimming 
16. Synchronised Swimming 
17. Diving (with two people) 
18. Wheelchair Basketball 
19. Tug-Of-War 
20. Ice Hockey 
21. Ice Cricket (This would be AWESOME to play) 
22. Futsal 
23. Roller Hockey 
24. Rounders 
25. Rapid Fire 
26. Rugby Union 
27. Rugby League 
28. Angleball 
29. Hurling 
30. Tennis Doubles 
31. Cannonball Run 
32. Capture the Flag 
33. Bombartment 
34. Field Lacrosse 
35. Lacrosses 
36. Curling  
37. Stationery/Stationary (not sure which one is which, but it's the STOP one) 
38. What's the time Mr Wolf?
39. Murder in the dark 
40. Mafia 
41. Wink Murder 
42. Silent Ball (working as one big team AND you can make alliances) 
43. Tag/Tiggy 
44. Bandy 
45. Beach Handball 
46. Horseland 
47. Woodsman 
48. Footbag (sounds interesting...) 
49. Eton Fives 
50. Floorball 
51. Finnish Skittles 
52. Lapta 
53. Newcomb Ball 
54. Dribbling 
55. Doonee 
56. Contesting 
57. Corkball 
58. Kronum 
59. Knotty 
60. Trugo 
61. Broomball 
62. Jugger 
63. Intercrosse 
64. Cammag 
65. Cestoball 
66. Crocker 
67. Three-Legged Races (legged  or leg-ed) 
68. Ringette 
69. RollerCon 
70. Russian Fist Fighting 
71. Segway Polo 
72. Fuzzball 
73. Goaltimate 
74. Hot Box 
75. Inline Hockey 
76. International Fronton 
77. Camogie 
78. Combat Football 
79. Danish Longball 
80. Deaf Basketball 
81. Tee-Ball 
82. Kin-Ball 
83. Underwater Rugby 
84. Underwater Hockey 
85. Longue Paume 
86. Lagori 
87. Piterbasket