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Never Ending Protection of Children meme

September 15, 2008 By Megan Leave a Comment

I knee knocked in front of the local child welfare office, my dry mouth wanted to scream obscenities at me and tell me to mind my business. The small child in my arms was doing enough screaming for both of us, arching his back, kicking his legs and waving his arms about furiously.

“No” shouted the girl “Stop it. I don’t like it.”

Between Baby Dingo’s screams and the wailing pleas of the crazy haired girl, I just wanted to crumple in the gutter like a used leaf because I could not work out what to do.

This is a Never Ending Protection of Children meme, a never ending story, and I tag a true blue writer: Kathy from The Junk Drawer. Let’s see how she creatively manages to craft the story with just one sentence. Anything goes Kathy, as long as kids can read the story all is okay (PS: Kathy – I love your humour [Aussie spelling so keep your grammar snobbery together] and your posts frequently leave me laughing aloud.).

Check out the Protection of children: no cure to virus rules so that you know what to do (basically add a single sentence to the story, link to the rules and tag another blogger – this is a never ending story so keep it going).

Players so far (in order of sentences): Megan Bayliss (me), Alison Kewl, Jeanie Paradise, Megan Bayliss (me),

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Protection of children: no cure to virus rules

August 26, 2008 By Megan 4 Comments

BITSS of Protective Behaviours

Never Ending Protection of Children meme

What is child protection? Turn the term around and it translates to the protection of children.

Whose job is it to protect children? Ours – yours, mine and our neighbours.

Child protection is everybody’s business.

Just to demonstrate how easy it is to spread the virus of child protection, lets start a Never Ending Protection of Children meme.

This is a meme virus with a twist – a never ending story, just like the never ending need to keep kids safe.

Here’s the rules:

  • Add a single sentence to the story so far  (cut and paste the story to your blog and then add your child protection words of wisdom). Anything goes as long as it is a story that can be read by kids and it focuses on child safety. Don’t think too much, just write a sentance that follows on from the story so far.
  • The sentence added must be child protection friendly.
  • Nominate ONE bloggy friend to continue the story.
  • At the bottom of your post, link to the person who wrote the last sentence.
  • Link to these rules too so that your bloggy friend knows what to do (send me a track back so I can keep an eye on the story…and if you’ve got no one to tag, tag me…it’s a game and I love to play).
  • Send a track back to your bloggy friend or let them they that they’ve been tagged with Never Ending Protection of Children meme.

There’s no cure for the Protection of Children virus. I hope you catch it because it is only together that we can keep kids safe.

And here’s the first sentence of the Never Ending Protection of Children meme:

I knee knocked in front of the local child welfare office, my dry mouth wanted to scream obscenities at me and tell me to mind my business.

I tag Alison, at Three Times Kewl, to write the next sentence and pass the protection of children virus onto another blogger. Alison, don’t forget to copy and paste the above story (single sentence) into your blog post, add a link back to this rule page, and tag someone else to play the game. They’ll then copy both sentences and add theirs, etc., etc., etc….and so child protection spreads around the globe.

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Girl stuff (private and confidential)

June 4, 2008 By Megan 10 Comments

Megan on her wedding day - pretending to be a princessI don’t do secrets (secrets are bad, surprises are cool) but there is some stuff that I keep personal. This is one of those personal posts, but, well,  Nunyaa tagged me and I hate love a dare! Like a red (my favorite colour) rag to a bull, I am a sucker for taking the bait so here I go with making my personal public.

I’m not a “girly girl.” I am a third wave feminist. Given that feminism is about the experiences of women, and beauty and make up is part of my experiences, then I figure its okay to share my answers (oh dear, Nunyaa is going to be disappointed in me);

My Foundation:

I wear a tinted moisturiser from The Body Shop. I don’t wear it daily, only when I know I’m going to be out and about – in and out of air conditioning.

My Mascara:

OMG – do they still make that stuff?

My Day Cream:

Eggs Benedict with Hollandaise Sauce or Cream Cheese on Smoked Salmon focaccia. Yum! Oh sorry, you mean face cream – ummm…nope…just sun screen because sun burn is sun damage.

My Essential Beauty Product:

Passion for life, child protection and my spirulina tablets.

My Favorite Makeup Product:

Lipstick (only ever from The Body Shop because ethics, fair trade and equality are my shining beauty).

My Perfume:

Ummm…too expensive and chemical ridden. I have been known to use essential oils (LOVE Rose) and even (*shame: she hangs her head and averts her eyes as she confesses), Vanilla Essence. When I did wear perfume, it was ArPege and always bought as a gift because I am too big a scab to buy for myself.

My Nails:

Short and never manicured. Have not painted my nails since I was 15 years old (I’m now 44). I hate the feel of nail polish on my fingers.

My Hands:

Tiny and beginning to look aged :( I sometimes use hand cream but not often.

My feet:

were bound as a child to stop me from running away! I have very small feet and can wear shoes that belong to 7 and 8-year-olds. My feet are free loving feet and hate women’s shoes. High heels make my feet faint and shoes and socks make my feet impotent. Flat sandals and leather thongs are what my feet are in love with. As for toe nail polish – who’s got time (or the eye site and flat stomach) to paint?! However, I did wear some flash princess shoes (and make up) for my wedding last year (pictured). My sister was gobsmacked and took a photo, just of my feet, to prove it.

Three Products to bring on a deserted island:

  1. Hard hat (can double as a drinking container and weapon if needed)
  2. Lap top and connectivity (I can do without most things but I cannot go without my computer)
  3. Lipstick (I always wear lipstick – the redder the better).

Women I admire for their beauty:

  • Winona Ryder (drop dead sexy)
  • Nigella Lawson (I want to be her)
  • Carrie Webb ( she gives a portion on her winnings to self determined community development – pretty attractive I say)

Women with the Best Sense of Style:

  • African women appear to have it going on – their colours, their layers, their grace – those women look super stylish even though they are often surrounded by abject poverty.
  • All women who wear ’50 style dresses and suits. Love the simplicity and structure.
  • Grace Kelly was pretty groovy. Shame she died.

My Ultimate Dream:

Personal: To work part time, travel part time (I still haven’t made it to the Seychelles yet – that has been a very long time dream of mine and I intended to spend my 40th birthday on the Seychelles – instead I was in London – miserable), love full time, grow organic veggies and feed my family and friends.

Political: To help develop locally owned communities of compassion that refuse to tolerate child abuse.

Business: To go on the Oprah Winfrey Show and represent a global movement of parents against child sexual abuse.

How Do I Define Womanhood:

Womanhood is like a crystal sphere hanging in the window. Given sunshine, beautiful shots of colour occur at any angle and with no notice. Multi faceted, it is possible for the sphere to throw colour in many directions at the same time but to also hang colourless when being systematically watched with an expectation of performance.

Plain, yet beautiful, the multi faceted crystal sphere needs to be handled with care because of it’s dense tough fragility and, given light to perform at its best. Block the light to the sphere and you will get nothing but that which you deserve: nothing more than robotic movement.

Few people have ever discovered the inner workings of the crystal sphere and the angle of the sun required to produce the most brilliant rainbow hues – but that’s okay, because the crystal sphere has ultimate shine and powers when she wants and she is ready.

My Favorite Fashion Publication:

Do scrapbook magazines or Oxfam catalogues count? I’d buy a fashion magazine that used all clothes from second hand shops and encouraged sustainable and ethical fashion.

…and, I’m adding to this meme:

A beauty and make up post written by you:

Jay Jays is the Little Loser
Reuters Knife Dolce & Gabbana
Corporate Pedophilia
Pedophilia symbolism to be aware of
All for women, two sheilas and under cover BRAvery

Who am I tagging for the Girl Stuff meme:

Alison from Three Times Kewl, and Lin from Telling it like it is (PS: Birdwing, you’ve been tagged by Nunyaa too)

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