#High School Never Ends

[winterchestnut]

So, I just came across a Sylus hate club. Which begs the question, "Is the Love and Deepspace fandom okay?"

He's not my favorite LI, he bounces back and forth from 3rd and 2nd place. But you guys do know this is fiction, right? We're not here to romanticize dating criminals or toxic relationships, like those dumbass shows "Love After Lock Up." If you can't separate fantasy from reality, that sounds like a lack of intelligence on your part.

Pixels. They're just pixels.

[oshacompliantmagicalgirl]

Uh oh sisters

[justsomeguycore]

hate having conversations with people who clearly grew up cool and are trying to be nice to me but are clearly becoming more and more aware that i’m a weird nerd and are no longer sure they want to talk to me. well i’ll have you know my attention is highly sought after in weird nerd circles, cool kid

[g-kat423]

Feeling slightly better but still demotivated. I haven’t had a drink since Saturday. Not sure if I’m going to go all in with sobriety like I did before, but definitely need to not drink entire bottles of wine by myself. I think I’m best with alcohol in a situation where I’m at dinner with others and have 1 glass of wine or a cocktail rather than being by myself with a supply where I can keep going back until I’m sloshed.

About the fics, yeah, I hid ‘em all. I’ve been feeling self conscious. Every time I see posts talking about writers making Alcina OOC, I internalize it and assume I’m part of that group because I’m not sure I’m doing her justice whether canon compliant or modern/no powers AU. I want to see my fics finished, but I don’t feel like they’re good enough to exist. I know my writing skills aren’t as strong as they should be. Words have been a struggle ever since I started dealing with the free brain fog that comes with chronic illness.

[abcwordsurge]

still waiting for a fic/art/amv about phineas and ferb with the song "high school never ends"

[octopunkmedia]

Happy Birthday Detroit Evolution!

Three years ago today, Detroit Evolution was released on Youtube. Because you're all probably feeling old now, I made something that makes me feel even older - an edit to Bowling For Soup's High School Never Ends. 😂 All y'all Millennial and Gen X fangoers remember Bowling For Soup, right?

Thanks for three years and the 2 million view milestone that we just crossed this week!

[33max]

just want to crawl into a little hole and die :( I hate fandom sometimes and how it's just cliques and people picking arguments at everything little tag or comment

[nerdby]

[pop-punk-jaskier]

Bowling For Soup // High School Never Ends

[shotattheshow]

[REVIEW] Bowling For Soup @ Rickshaw Theatre

By Jacob Zinn

It’s hard to believe it’s been 20 years since Bowling For Soup’s A Hangover You Don’t Deserve was released – but it’s even harder to believe that Friday was their first time performing in Vancouver since the 2003 Warped Tour, before their biggest album ever came out.

But the pop-punk stalwarts finally found their way north of the border for a series of Canadian dates, including a sold out headliner at the Rickshaw Theatre to celebrate the album’s 20th anniversary.

[PHOTOS] Bowling For Soup @ Rickshaw Theatre

The temporary trio from Texas (founding lead guitarist Chris Burney is recovering from surgery) was joined by Insta-famous Long Island rock quartet Adam and the Metal Hawks and Rhode Island pop punkers MAKEOUT (formerly Trophy Wives) for easily one of the funnest shows of the year.

[PHOTOS] MAKEOUT @ Rickshaw Theatre

MAKEOUT got things started with a series of instant singalongs like “Childish, “Lisa” (to anyone named Lisa, they’re so sorry) and the ever-catchy “Crazy.” Guitarist Tyler Young and vocalist Kyle Dee warmed the crowd up from the front of the stage while drummer Scott Eckel kept a low profile in the back – all-in-all, an impressive opening set by the touring three-piece.

[PHOTOS] Adam and the Metal Hawks @ Rickshaw Theatre

From social media to the stage, AMH kicked off their set with the Rocky Horror Picture Show classic “Time Warp” and alternated between original tunes such as “Backwards” and “Fine Line” – all heavily influenced by the likes of Led Zeppelin, AC/DC and Tenacious D – and covers of Queen’s “Don’t Stop Me Now,” The Killers’ “Mr. Brightside” and Jimmy Eat World’s “The Middle.”

Then came time for Bowling For Soup – the 21-year wait was over! Going song for song, singer/guitarist Jaret Reddick, drummer Gary Wiseman and bassist Rob Felicetti launched into the came-up-short anthem “Almost” followed by headwear love song “Trucker Hat” and their biggest smash earworm, “1985.”

Touring on an album means playing it front-to-back in its entirety – all 17 tracks – and about halfway through, singer Jaret Reddick acknowledged that their set was inadvertently front-loaded by the album’s three hit singles. (Including the highlight of MAKEOUT taking over the onstage responsibilities during “Ohio (Come Back to Texas)” midsong.)

“This next song is my favourite song on the album,” said Reddick, referring to “Last Call Casualty.”

“I think it should’ve been a hit, but we had three or four other ones off this album, and we’ve already played them so you guys are going, ‘Fuck, shit…’ But here’s the thing, if you guys make it through this whole album, we’re gonna play more hits afterwards!”

And indeed they did! After peppering in some other AHYDD favourites like “Next Ex-Girlfriend,” “A-Hole” and “Smoothie King,” Reddick invited a lucky fan named Brittany onstage to spin a wheel for the next song – she crossed her fingers for “Emily,” and as fate would have it, the spin actually landed on it!

The encore rounded out the night with three of the band’s biggest early-to-mid 2000s throwbacks.

First up, “High School Never Ends” perfectly reminded us of the celebrity culture of its time, and how little has changed in the last two decades. Then, perhaps for some of the younger fans, they led right into “Today is Gonna Be a Great Day,” the Phineas and Ferb theme song – there were more than a few Perry the Platypus hats in the crowd so this was a big one, even for those who attended Punk Rock 101.

And, of course, the show wouldn’t be complete without the penultimate song about your high school crush on a goth girl with a choker, “Girl All the Bad Guys Want.”

“Ladies and gentlemen, I hate goodbyes, but I do love the fact that we get to leave you… with THE BEST SONG EVER SUNG,” said Reddick before riffing into the finale.

But he also left the Vancouver crowd with some hope for a return sooner than later.

“It’s been a long time since we played in Canada, it’s been a long time since we toured here,” he said, “and I hope that we won’t take that long of a break again, it would be great to come back a time or two very, very soon.”

[tinsin]

oh thats just great.

[starfieldcanvas]

That would perhaps be more reassuring if schools actually made it clear why they were requesting doctor's notes, but everyone I've ever heard complain about it was complaining because they were being treated with hostility and suspicion and condescension for not providing a note. "If you have a note, we will be able to fully excuse the absence instead of taking it from the Unexcused Absence allowance" is a very different experience from "um you're SUPPOSED to have a NOTE, NEXT TIME you better have a NOTE" or "well tsk tsk then it'll be an UNEXCUSED absence because you did this WRONG by not paying your urgent care copay" (because literally no one can get an appointment with their own pediatrician in under 24 hours.)

just because the policy has a good underlying purpose does not mean schools can't wield it like a cudgel.

(and honestly, the most I've ever heard people complain about it was people in college, who are not subject to this whole truancy law thing.)

This is maybe a kind of niche bit of nuance, BUT- you know how it's really fucked up when your boss at your job demands a doctors note if you call out sick?

*That's different* than *schools* asking for a doctors note when a kid is out sick. (I've seen many people online act as though they are essentially the same. And it's not.)

Children, by law, are required to attend school. Not just be registered, but actually go to school. Schools take attendance, not JUST because they are funded based on attendance, but because they are legally required to ensure that parents aren't withholding their kids from attending school.

If a kid reaches a threshold for absenteeism, truancy *laws* come into affect - and parents can be ordered to make a court appearance to explain why their kid isn't at school, to make sure they aren't being neglected or otherwise denied their legally entitled education. (Kids who are forced to work or stay home as care givers, or stay home until the bruises not covered up by clothes fade, or whatever other reason by their parents. The laws need to act as a safety net against the worst possibilities.)

And it would *suck* for that to happen just because a kid got strep throat or whatever.

But if parents can give the school documentation that the kid was ACTUALLY sick, and not being kept home for other reasons, then the school can put that in the file and not count those absences.

And it's OK if a kid has some unexcused absences! We know that. Kids get sick and not every cold requires a doctor. But schools ask every time so they can excuse any absences they legally are allowed to.

Schools ask for a doctors note so that can protect parents against truancy charges if that absentee threshold creeps up. And they need it to be documentation from outside the parents to ensure that parents arent lying so they can deny their kids access to school. (And access to the mandated reporters in that school)

Public schools are far from a perfect system, often underfunded and overcrowded, but they aren't demanding a doctors note for the same shitty reasons your manager at Walmart is.

[krizlaine]

Congrats Woa!!! ❤️

2025 will come with its own rhythm, its own lessons, its own storms and sunshine. For now let December be a time to honor how far you've come. To trust that even in the uncertainty, life is moving exactly as it should.

PS: Stop making me join wedding games. 😒🤣

[thekimspoblog]

Riding the school bus was hell and I kind of miss it. That's why I'm on this website.

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