Organic pads, spring break, hooray gay day!

Despite the heaviness of winter spring break has finally sprung. It seemed like the ice would never melt! However, the snow days have made our break four days long. LAME. It began surprisingly well, and hopefully will continue to be fantastic. It all started with Emma spying something shiny. What was it? It's a Van de Graffe generator. As you can assume a room full of teenage kids trying to create lightning is always a good time.


emma is the phoenix

Brandon proved his status of demi-god by creating lightning from his very hands. Static Shock would've felt really comfortable in that room. Everything was pulsing with electric.

After a brief respite in Mr. Storrick's room playing with science, we finally head to Addie's house. I've very thankful for my committee in Amnesty International. We've all worked very hard and now the Day of Silence is happening. I'll post a blog about this later in detail to promote it. Everyone worked really diligently all night, and between boughs of irrational laughter we accomplished at least twenty posters, and facts to hang around the school.


the fact checkers hard at work


schemma likes lass bance


brandon's work pose

All things considered The Day of Silence against bullying based on sexual orientation or gender preference is a go!

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Now, menstrual time is a time of hell no woman particularly wants to talk about. It's come to my attention lately that pads and tampons are just ridiculously overpriced. Not only are they a major expense, they're also majorly bad for the environment. When I first was reading about reusable pads and period cups, it sounded gross. The more I thought about it though, the more it made coherent sense. Spend one sum of money a year on a cup. The cup can be in for up to 12 hours. It only needs changed and cleaned twice a day. That sounds much more comfortable! It also is better for the interior of your lady parts. Not to mention the pads are handmade and actually really cute. They're made of layers of fleece and sound really comfortable.


they're just so adorable!

I think maybe switching to this could be a.) more environmentally good b.) less pricey than constantly restocking feminine care products and c.) comfortable. The pads could make my period more enjoyable and comfortable. Let's face it everyone hates the feeling of having a pad that isn't on right sticking to your leg, or worse. It just sucks. Plus tampons are no joy to constantly worry about.

I'll have to tell you ladies how this little experiment goes.
More to come.

Organic pads, spring break, hooray gay day!