Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Last blog post
1. Did you enjoy the experience? Why or why not? If there were parts you enjoyed, what were they?
The experience has been interesting. I actually didn't mind blogging too much, but do not think I will continue blogging after this class. I feel like blogs should have a definite theme - and I have no theme to contribute to the world right now. The papers in the class were really just that to me, papers. I really liked that the topics were so broad, but I also didn't like that aspect. I guess it's kind of hard for me to explain why I thought that. I guess it would have just been easier if the topics were set in stone. All in all, I thought the class was good, though.
2. What do you wish you'd done differently? What do you wish I'd done differently with the assignment (besides not assigning it, or assigning shorter posts)?
Like I said in the previous post, the only thing I would say could be different were the range of topics that could be written for the four papers, but I wouldn't actually do it. I just really had to think hard about what I wanted to write about.... which isn't a BAD thing.
3. Did the blog make a difference that you saw in your writing skills? in the way you looked at the world?
I don't think the blog made me write any different than I have in the past. I think reading other students blogs made me realize that we all kind of have the same life while we are in school. Kind of makes you realize that you aren't alone. It was nice.
4. Do you think you'll keep blogging (or would you keep blogging if you had the time)?
I don't think I will keep blogging. I think I would if I had a definite theme - like a craft blog, or something like that. Actually, that just gave me an idea for a future blog after I graduate... the funny things I see at work (no names, obviously)!
Thursday, May 3, 2012
Light at the end of the tunnel
Some of the blogs I read were all thinking the same thing as I am... why teachers feel the need to pile on so much stuff at the end of semester. A big shout out though to the awesome teachers that grade papers, homework assignments, and tests in a timely manner. There is nothing more aggravating than an assignment, especially a tiny one, that isn't graded for months!
Today was a great day. I didn't do like, anything, slept in til 10, ate lunch, and then went to work at 1:30. Went to happy hour with the girls from work, ate dinner at my moms, came home and am now blogging. Lame day, just like I like it. My classes were cancelled today, for one of the first times ever, and the extra sleep I got was amazing!
So, like usual in my personal blog, here is my weekend schedule:
Friday: Class too early in the morning. Work whenever I go in til 5, and then an awesome time to be had at Jeremiah's for a benefit for the humane society! My friends and I are all pretty excited about it! The humane society in Sikeston has been doing some pretty great things here lately!
Saturday: Yard Sale at my mommas! We are doing spring cleaning and all proceeds are going to our family vacation in Florida! We probably won't make too much, but the extra money will always help somewhere!
Sunday: Church, hanging out with my fam, making sure I have everything completed for the last week of school before finals week!
I am using way too many exclamation marks. I must be really excited about something.
Today was a great day. I didn't do like, anything, slept in til 10, ate lunch, and then went to work at 1:30. Went to happy hour with the girls from work, ate dinner at my moms, came home and am now blogging. Lame day, just like I like it. My classes were cancelled today, for one of the first times ever, and the extra sleep I got was amazing!
So, like usual in my personal blog, here is my weekend schedule:
Friday: Class too early in the morning. Work whenever I go in til 5, and then an awesome time to be had at Jeremiah's for a benefit for the humane society! My friends and I are all pretty excited about it! The humane society in Sikeston has been doing some pretty great things here lately!
Saturday: Yard Sale at my mommas! We are doing spring cleaning and all proceeds are going to our family vacation in Florida! We probably won't make too much, but the extra money will always help somewhere!
Sunday: Church, hanging out with my fam, making sure I have everything completed for the last week of school before finals week!
I am using way too many exclamation marks. I must be really excited about something.
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Marriage Failing? Pop a Pill.
You may soon be able to get a prescription for love?
Oh,Thank God. Just what we all need.
Apparently, love is all around... your local pharmacy. Soon. Reasearchers at the University of Oxford have written a paper proposing a real life love potion. A pill that would recreate the feeling of being in love. So, just when you are about to sign the divorce papers, pop the love pill instead. This brings a whole new meaning to meds saving your marriage. Oh, wait, that wasn't a saying?
So people, whoever they are, have proposed a pill, a combo of five different types of drugs, to manipulate the brain into thinking that you really, really, really want your spouse. You want them enough that you will just forget all the crap they have put you through and stay with them. Sounds like a plan. Right? How have they not already manufactored this like crazy? New drug: LOVE!
List of ingredients:
1. Pheromones: Researchers aren't really sure if they have an effect or not, so they just threw them in the pill to make it sound good.
2. Testosterone: Increases sexual desire, but doesn't do anything for romance or attachment. All women already know this. So they have to add more than just pheromones and testosterone to make this drug even half work.
3. Then some other stuff that I don't even know what they're talking about. Read the article for yourself.
Anyways, sounds like something that could help a lot of couples out. We'll see.
Top Ten Reasons for Divorce
Ways to Help Make Your Marriage Last (without magic pills of course)
Oh,Thank God. Just what we all need.
Apparently, love is all around... your local pharmacy. Soon. Reasearchers at the University of Oxford have written a paper proposing a real life love potion. A pill that would recreate the feeling of being in love. So, just when you are about to sign the divorce papers, pop the love pill instead. This brings a whole new meaning to meds saving your marriage. Oh, wait, that wasn't a saying?
So people, whoever they are, have proposed a pill, a combo of five different types of drugs, to manipulate the brain into thinking that you really, really, really want your spouse. You want them enough that you will just forget all the crap they have put you through and stay with them. Sounds like a plan. Right? How have they not already manufactored this like crazy? New drug: LOVE!
List of ingredients:
1. Pheromones: Researchers aren't really sure if they have an effect or not, so they just threw them in the pill to make it sound good.
2. Testosterone: Increases sexual desire, but doesn't do anything for romance or attachment. All women already know this. So they have to add more than just pheromones and testosterone to make this drug even half work.
3. Then some other stuff that I don't even know what they're talking about. Read the article for yourself.
Anyways, sounds like something that could help a lot of couples out. We'll see.
Top Ten Reasons for Divorce
Ways to Help Make Your Marriage Last (without magic pills of course)
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Unborn baby shot in LA
MSN ran an article today about an unborn baby being shot. I was like WHAT? Anyways, 20 years ago during the LA riots, a victim of the violence was shot while still in her mothers womb. That is crazy to me, just the thought of it.
On April 30, 1992, the then 7 1/2 month pregnant, Elvira Evers, watched her Comptom neighborhood fill with cars full of stolen loot. She started getting nervous, so she pushed her then 5 year old daughter into the house, and not even a minute later, she felt as though her body was on fire. She had been shot in the stomach. A friend drove her to a nearby hospital since it would have taken a very long time before an ambulance would have been able to arrive amidst the chaos in South LA. Evers had an emergency caesarian section. Evers did not wake up for an entire week.
When Evers finally woke up, she started crying and though that she had lost her baby. The baby was still alive, and the nurse took Evers to see her child. Today, Evers has a scar from the incidence and Jessica, her now 20 year old daughter, has a scar on her elbow from the bullet.
Evers says the experience changed her life. She will always remember the day and is so thankful that her and her daughter lived. Jessica is still trying to figure out why she was able to live and what her purpose is here on Earth.
This article reminded me of that show, "I Shouldn't Be Alive."
Another article about the 20th anniversary of the LA Riots.
On April 30, 1992, the then 7 1/2 month pregnant, Elvira Evers, watched her Comptom neighborhood fill with cars full of stolen loot. She started getting nervous, so she pushed her then 5 year old daughter into the house, and not even a minute later, she felt as though her body was on fire. She had been shot in the stomach. A friend drove her to a nearby hospital since it would have taken a very long time before an ambulance would have been able to arrive amidst the chaos in South LA. Evers had an emergency caesarian section. Evers did not wake up for an entire week.
When Evers finally woke up, she started crying and though that she had lost her baby. The baby was still alive, and the nurse took Evers to see her child. Today, Evers has a scar from the incidence and Jessica, her now 20 year old daughter, has a scar on her elbow from the bullet.
Evers says the experience changed her life. She will always remember the day and is so thankful that her and her daughter lived. Jessica is still trying to figure out why she was able to live and what her purpose is here on Earth.
This article reminded me of that show, "I Shouldn't Be Alive."
Another article about the 20th anniversary of the LA Riots.
Week 15?
The end is close. Thank GOD.
I need a break like needle needs a vein. Even though my break is only 2 weeks long, at least it is a break. So needed. My family and I are going to Panama City Beach, Florida on May 23-27th. I am pretty excited to finally get to spend some quality time with my family. I haven't really gotten to do that in a long time since I started dental hygiene school... I'm always so busy with that. I miss them. We should probably video the vacation though because my family loves each other very much BUT we tend to love to aggrivate each other on a normal basis... might get a little funny! Anyways, I am definitely counting down the days for this vacation!
This weekend is my first year pinning The first years are putting a big production on for the second year, food, drinks, a gift, the whole nine yards since they are graduation very soon. I hope when I am a second year, the first year girls put as much effort into this as we did for our second years!! It is so weird to look back a year ago, I was just finding out that I got in the program, now this time I am also through my first year, and next year at this time... I'll be on way to graduation! So weird.
Umm.... I don't really have much more to speak on.... lots of stuff going on, but there always is at the end of the semester. Good luck to everyone studying for upcoming finals!
I need a break like needle needs a vein. Even though my break is only 2 weeks long, at least it is a break. So needed. My family and I are going to Panama City Beach, Florida on May 23-27th. I am pretty excited to finally get to spend some quality time with my family. I haven't really gotten to do that in a long time since I started dental hygiene school... I'm always so busy with that. I miss them. We should probably video the vacation though because my family loves each other very much BUT we tend to love to aggrivate each other on a normal basis... might get a little funny! Anyways, I am definitely counting down the days for this vacation!
This weekend is my first year pinning The first years are putting a big production on for the second year, food, drinks, a gift, the whole nine yards since they are graduation very soon. I hope when I am a second year, the first year girls put as much effort into this as we did for our second years!! It is so weird to look back a year ago, I was just finding out that I got in the program, now this time I am also through my first year, and next year at this time... I'll be on way to graduation! So weird.
Umm.... I don't really have much more to speak on.... lots of stuff going on, but there always is at the end of the semester. Good luck to everyone studying for upcoming finals!
Friday, April 20, 2012
Death by Coca Cola
One of MSN's top stories this week was this article about a cola habit behind the death of a 30 year old New Zealand woman. The woman drank 2 gallons of Coca Cola per day. (HOLY CRAP, WHAT?!) And experts say that this habit probably contributed to her death. This led the soft drink company to note that even water can be deadly in excessive amounts.
The woman's name was Natasha Harris. She was 30 years old, a stay at home mother of eight, and died of a heart attack in February 2010. The pathologist over this woman's death reported that she probably suffered from hypokalemia (low potassium) which the pathologist, Dr. Dan Mornin, thinks was caused by her excessive consumption of Coke and overall poor nutrition. Hypokalemia symptoms can include abnormal heart rhythms according to the US National Institiutes of Health.
Dr. Dan Morning said that the toxic leves of caffeine may have also contributed to the woman's death. And with the amount of soda Harris was drinking, her partner said she drank between 8 and 10 liters of Coke everyday, I would definitely say that she probably did have toxic levels of caffeine. This lady was addicted to Coca Cola. Harris was also addicted to cigareetes, smoking about 30 of them per day.
Lisa Te Morenga, a nutritionist at the University of Otago, said that excessive consumption of any type of liquid in a cool climate would be likely to play havoc with the body's natural systems and balance.
Karen Thompson, a spokeswoman for Coca Cola Oceania, said that its products are safe.
This lady drank herself to death, and not by the usual route, by Coca Cola.
The woman's name was Natasha Harris. She was 30 years old, a stay at home mother of eight, and died of a heart attack in February 2010. The pathologist over this woman's death reported that she probably suffered from hypokalemia (low potassium) which the pathologist, Dr. Dan Mornin, thinks was caused by her excessive consumption of Coke and overall poor nutrition. Hypokalemia symptoms can include abnormal heart rhythms according to the US National Institiutes of Health.
Dr. Dan Morning said that the toxic leves of caffeine may have also contributed to the woman's death. And with the amount of soda Harris was drinking, her partner said she drank between 8 and 10 liters of Coke everyday, I would definitely say that she probably did have toxic levels of caffeine. This lady was addicted to Coca Cola. Harris was also addicted to cigareetes, smoking about 30 of them per day.
Lisa Te Morenga, a nutritionist at the University of Otago, said that excessive consumption of any type of liquid in a cool climate would be likely to play havoc with the body's natural systems and balance.
Karen Thompson, a spokeswoman for Coca Cola Oceania, said that its products are safe.
This lady drank herself to death, and not by the usual route, by Coca Cola.
Major Breakdowns
I almost cannot believe that I got through this entire week with only one major breakdown. I got an email from financial aid that said that I have no money available for my summer semester and that I will need to look into other options for paying for my summer classes, and that I should consider dropping them if I cannot afford them. The thing is, I have no option for taking or not taking summer classes; if I were to drop my summer classes, I would be dropping from the dental hygiene program. That is not an option for me, I have put in way too much time and energy into this program to just drop because I can't afford it. Anyways, I called my mom in tears and she told me to calm down, that we would do whatever we had to do to get through it. I am so blessed to have a mom like my mom. A lot of the girls in the program with me are actually in the same boat, I guess we are going to have to start doing some serious fundraisers or something to help with the cost of school! It's WAY to expensive!
I had a lot of stuff to do this week, but I got it all done. Like usual. Nothing really new there. Stressful but I tend to try to take everything day by day because thats all I can do. If I didn't do this, I would most definitely have a major breakdown more often.
Okay, so my friends are all reading this new, sounds-kinda-crazy book called 50 Shades of Gray, anyone read it? It sounds really kind of nuts, but they say it's really good even through the craziness of the book. Not that I have a lot of time on my hands to read books for fun or anything, but I am working at my cousin's consignment shop this Saturday, and lately, the store has definitely not had many customers so it may be a good time to start reading!
I had a lot of stuff to do this week, but I got it all done. Like usual. Nothing really new there. Stressful but I tend to try to take everything day by day because thats all I can do. If I didn't do this, I would most definitely have a major breakdown more often.
Okay, so my friends are all reading this new, sounds-kinda-crazy book called 50 Shades of Gray, anyone read it? It sounds really kind of nuts, but they say it's really good even through the craziness of the book. Not that I have a lot of time on my hands to read books for fun or anything, but I am working at my cousin's consignment shop this Saturday, and lately, the store has definitely not had many customers so it may be a good time to start reading!
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