6 word story

summer. wakeboarding. skills. stack. never again.

Pub Glassings

Whoopty doo, you can't drink out of a real glass when you go to the pub. I don't think it's that much of a big deal. But I am split between two sides with this issue, cause I'm sure that if some violent drunk guy doesn't have a glass to smash, he will probably find something else. I guess banning glass in pubs will limit his options though.

Glassing is on the rise in Australian pubs, so I don't see what the big deal is if they change the glass to one that doesn't smash. Anything that could make pubs safer may as well be tried out. Victims can get permanent scars and sometime lose their sight. If drinking from a different type of glass limits the chances of this happening to me, I'll support it.

When I see the victims of glassings I can understand why they support the ban. The glass can cause some horrific injuries and if there's a way to help prevent this happening, why not?

To vote, or to donkey vote?

Sure I'm not old enough to vote, but hey, this election is almost impossible to avoid. I can't watch 10 minutes of tv or look through one newspaper without being convinced that if I make the wrong choice come election day, the whole world could end. From what I've translated so far from all the fancy, non-sense-making, political blah is that I have three main parties to choose from. Labour, Liberal and The Greens.

Labour. MOVING FORWARD. I just wanted to clear that up in case you were unsure of what labours tactics are. I guess having a female PM would be alright, but I'm not convinced. She seems to be so committed to doing no wrong that she hasn't done much at all. Her PR team has done an amazing job though, a whole new voice and a whole new look. I'm not so sure how this translates to the 'real Julia' though.

Liberal. Tony Abbott. I just can't get the image of him in his ...bathers... out of my head. So Mr Abbotts focus is on 'real action', and I think he's done well supporting this through confronting issues about the boat people. This is definitely a big issue that will either strongly win or strongly lose votes, depending on the opinions of the public.

I think both Labours and Liberals campaigns are focused on winning the votes of the swing voters. And now with 'donkey vote' ideas put into people heads I think these campaigns need to up their game.

So far, I'm no sure I would even want to vote. I keep being informed on all the wrong things each party would do without any idea of the good things. Labour attacks Liberals policies, Liberal reminds us all about K-Rudd and that little mishap, and The Greens are just out to save the world.

Phew, I'm only seventeen.

Special moment in my life...

A special moment in my life? Makes me kinda depressed at how hard it is to think of one hey...

...and after a whole lot of thinking time I've decided on my trip to England a couple years back. It was insane. Well apart from the 24 hour flight and the constant 'I LOVE YOUR ACCENT SPEAK MORE'. London definitely took all my money, and after a few real football games I had completely lost my voice and learnt some new, uhh, 'interesting' words.
Oh and over there I'm considered royalty. I own a castle...not personally but somebody far back in the family does and I've decided to claim it. It's like a castle out of a movie with the scary dungeon thingies and the lake surrounding it. Plus it has a funny name- 'Eileen Donan Castle'... 'I leaned on a castle'... well I had a good little giggle at it anyway. I guess that's not really royalty, and nobody knows my name but lets just make me feel special huh?
I did the whole tourist trip. Stonehenge really is just a bunch of rocks in the middle of nowhere. I didn't see any monster in Loch Ness, even though my sister and I had plenty of fun convincing fellow tourists we did. Oh, and the guard people that stand outside the Queens palace...yeah there not so funny and a whole lot scarier with machine guns, there was no jumping about waving my arms around like a weirdo...I stayed far away.
And that sums up my trip :)

The purpose of blogging in PR

Blogging is the freedom to say anything, however this is compromised when blogging in PR. A blog written with a distinct purpose by someone with name recognition can be productive in reaching its customers and publics. Blogging in PR is used to maintain a relationship with a companies publics. This means a PR blogger may not write whatever they like, they are writing on behalf of a company and therefore must check the accuracy of their statements.

PR blogging can assist organisations internally and externally. They may allow the publics of an organisation, or its employees, to keep up-to-date on upcoming events and happenings, as well as keep in contact and express opinions and ideas relating to the blogs.

PR blogging may be used to give customers a heads up on new products and features, and to answer questions and get feedback on an organisation in a less formal way that keeps publics in touch with an organisation. This will build a relationship between an organisation and its publics and maintain a mutual understanding.

Blogging is now a more common and widely used way for an organisation to maintain a relationship with its publics, gain information from its publics on how to better the organisation and to voice issues and ideas that the organisation has. Blogging gives an organisation the opportunity to speak out where without blogs they may not have.

“Web logs give voice to people whom just a decade ago, you never would have heard from." -Jennifer Balderama