Holiday Wishes!

xoxo Ki

Ps the puppies birthdays were on the 17th.

English Draft

I'm excited to be writing about the health care reform. For those of you who read my blog and wonder why this is up it's for an English assignment and I'm glad I'm getting the opportunity to bring politics into my writing.

Since President Obama became a proponent of a public option for health care, it has been attacked by both conservative politicians and some Americans. I believe that the main reason for this is because they are uneducated as to what the bill actually says, and what would happen as a result of the bill. A large portion of people are basing how they feel about the bill off of what specific media sources tell them. For instance, the commercials that are being ran against reform and a public option are being paid for by insurance companies (i.e. the only people who a public option would hurt). In order to help clear the air on some misconceptions, I found a great video on the White House's website that explains what the health care reform actually is.

Of course the video only shows the basics, but you can read the entire thing at the White House website. As many of you know, this is a really important issue for me because if it passes I would be able to get insurance on my own and not have to worry about outrageous medical bills. Also important is the fact that, under current insurance guidelines, companies can choose not to cover rape survivors as being raped is a 'preexisting condition' in several states; reform would make it illegal to discriminate health care based on if a person was sexually attacked by someone else.

In my opinion, the only people who have something to lose because of health care reform are the insurance companies. People have said that it would not be fair because they would be unable to choose if they want health insurance or not; they would automatically have to pay for it. In the video, however, Obama points out that it is an option. Besides, who does not want health insurance? Diseases and illness will always be around and therefore we are always at risk for catching them. I would like to have the comfort of knowing that when I go to the hospital I'll be taken care of and my bills won't be expensive. No-one deserves to die, or become poor, simply because they happened to get sick from something outside of their control. The idea that you should lose everything you have on random chance goes against the ideals of hard work, dedication and perseverance that made this country great.

Poli Sci Assign 1

The current issue I chose was the speech President Obama gave to children grades k-12 about the importance of education. After reading two articles telling about the event one from CNN http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/09/08/obama.school.speech/index.html and a similar story from the BBC http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/8243909.stm This speech has been a controversy over the past week. When I read the speech two of the five questions come to mind. First Qui bono? Several conservatives are or were concerned as to what the message to the children of America would be. By the same hand several people could see the positive affect this could have. Everyone benefits from this situation, the speech wasn't meant to lead anyone in a specific direction. Simply to tell the kids they control their future. In his speech President Obama says, "Where you are right now doesn't have to determine where you'll end up. No one's written your destiny for you, because here in America, you write your own destiny. You make your own future." I believe we can all benefit because this encourages children to become what they want, and that they can achieve their dreams. Second, How is this related to that? By the president encouraging children to further their education this one speech and one event can lead to children becoming inventors, engineers and entrepreneurs. This will only help the economy and lead to new discoveries. These questions and the answers that were provided makes me sad, realizing that several of the people who may be against the speech are close minded or do not care to stay informed which means they are making decisions based only on emotions without checking the facts.

Here Comes Another School Year

So the fall sememster of school starts for me on the 26th so I really don't have that much time left to get things in order. This is making things even more stressful because I have to try and get stuff dealt with for SLCC all the way from St. George. The government has been so amazing in working with me and I also found out that there is a rehab division down here so my case load can just be moved. Yay!

Facebook Jealousy?

I always love reading the little stories that msn has for your when you sign onto messenger. Today's topic was Facebook and the jealously it can cause in relationships or in just amongst friends. Personally I find it to be very true and also very sad.

www.tinyurl.com/qnfrx8

Read it!!

You Know You're Mormon If...

You Know You're Mormon If...

-its not "the early bird catches the worm" its, "the seminary student gets into college"

-you say "provo", "salt lake", or "palmyra" without the state and automatically assume that the whole world knows where those places are

-there is a son on a mission and mom is pregnant with another.

-you know what a "fireside" is

-You go to a church potluck and there is every type of jello imaginable

-8 kids in a family is "average"

-your 14th and 16th birthdays are the best birthdays of your life

-you think "heck" is the place for people who do not believe in "gosh"

-you know how to pronounce and spell Mahonri Moriancumer

-you know what ZL, DL, AP, PPI, BYC, SYC, YSA, GA, EQP, EFY, YC, CTR, and BYU all stand for

-Modest is Hottest

-Youth Conference, EFY, and Girls Camp are the best 3 weeks of the year!

-mormon movies are amazing and Kirby Heyborne is your hero

-you drive into the church parking lot and at least half the lot is filled with 12 passenger vans

-you "Bless this food to nourish and strengthen" your body before eating doughnuts

-going 24 hours without eating is no longer a challenging thing

-a "Caffeine High" is eating a king size chocolate bar

-pick-up lines are the greatest things ever!

-"How many wives does your dad have?" is often the first question asked when someone finds out that you're mormon

-parents are disappointed if their kid "only" got into Harvard

-buying a prom dress is the most difficult thing of your life

-"Mormon, mormon, mormon, mormon,
Mormon, mormon, mormon, mormon.
I know a mormon boy,
He is my pride and joy.
He knows most everything from Alma on down
WOO!
Someday I'll be his wife,
We'll share eternal life.
Oh how I Love that mormon boy!
WOO!

We are the mormon girls,
We wear our hair in curls.
We love to laugh and sing and have a lot of fun
WOO!
We are the biggest flirts,
We don't wear mini-skirts.
Oh how we love our mormon boys!
WOO!"

-you have more than one aunt/uncle that is younger than you

-the "EFY Medley" is your favorite song

-"Is the spirit telling you what its telling me?"

-writing in your journal is a daily event

-"I can't...I'm Mormon" has been an excuse on more than one occasion

-piano was your first instrument

-your mom is pregnant at the same time you are

-you have 3 or more BYU sweatshirts/shirts

-John Bytheway is your favorite comedian

-you refer to the Cougars as "we"

-you're the fastest one on the road

-a keg party consists of rootbeer

-BYU has been you're dream school since you were 5

-you either live in, have many friends from, or are from Utah

-"So, what color is your toothbrush?"

-being a "rebel" is drinking Mountain Dew more than twice in one week

-lumberjack, the newspaper game, and ride that pony are your 3 favorite games

-there are more women pregnant in your ward than not

-you consider a great date watching The Princess Bride!

- The laying on of hands has nothing to do with physical violence.

- Your hobby is work for the dead.

-you've ever pushed 120mph in a 55mph zone on the way to a church dance

- You've ever had your alarm set for 4:45 am

- Your first date was when you were 16 to a Church Dance and your parent was a chaperone.

-all your dishes have your name written on them with masking tape

-you think Jell-O is one of the basic food groups

-at least one of your salad bowls is at a neighbor's house

-you have never arrived at a meeting on time

-you have more wheat stored in your basement than most third world countries

-you've already got your order in for volume 50 of "The Work and The Glory"

-you think it's all right to watch football on Sundays as long as a direct descendant of Brigham Young is playing

-you have to guess more than five times the name of the child you're disciplining

-you automatically assume that BYOB means, Bring Your Own Burgers

-you go to a party and someone spikes the punch with Pepsi

-you arrive to an activity an hour late and are the first person there

-"Oh my Heck!" is your idea of swearing

-before "The Discussion" in fifth grade you think people get pregnant by praying for babies

-You say "the scriptures" instead of "the bible" and people are confused

-You knew how to iron your own white shirts/dresses before you were ten

-Quadruple combinations are passed down through generations

-The best present on your eighth birthday is a set of scriptures with your name EMBOSSED on the front cover

-You are the only person in your high school's theatre department who knows how to tie a necktie . . . and have to do so for every guy wearing one on stage . . . and you're a girl

-An evening's hi-jinks involve "heart attacks" or "forking"

-You go to college and only know how to cook dishes in amounts of seven portions or more

-You think that spending more than three hours at church on Sunday is normal

-You think that the deacons, teachers, and priests in your church are either cute or really obnoxious

-You know exactly what Beehives, Mia Maids, and Laurels are, and have to explain what those are to your friends

-Your family owns a wheat grinder, bread machine, and vacuum packer

-you think the only sensible way to buy groceries is in bulk

-You know how to make brownies/cookies/frosting/muffins/p

ancakes/waffles from scratch

-You know what "from scratch" means

-Your family's satellite subscription package includes BYU Radio and BYU-TV

-You have more than one religious picture/statue in your home including in your bathroom and the rooms of you and your siblings

-You have never had your own room and will never have your own room because you go from home to college and college to marriage

-You think that sharing your dorm room with only ONE roommate is a luxurious arrangement

-You carry a military size Book of Mormon in your purse so that you have something to read if you get stuck waiting somewhere

-You think it's rude to call or come to someone's home unannounced on Monday night

-You look forward to yearly temple trips with Christmas-like anticipation (and then when a temple is built ten minutes from your house you drive by at every opportunity)

-You know that the "golden dude" on top of the temple is NOT doing a karate kick, but is holding a trumpet

-Your family spends more than 500 dollars on groceries each month at Costco

- Boys in your family are not allowed to drive until they reach Eagle Scout rank

-You think foreign language class in high school is good practice for your mission

-Your home room class (which was Seminary) raises more money during the Penny Drive than the rest of the school . . . combined

-You feel like you've really missed out if you get sick on Sunday, especially if it's BYD Sunday

-You plan on spending your retirement years on missions

-Your favorite lunch hang-out is the Seminary building

-Your life is not complete without 1) passing off all six years of Girl's Camp 2)Earning your Young Womanhood Recognition award 3) Graduating Seminary 4)Graduating Institute and 5) Getting married in your favorite temple

-The only experience you've had with a Margarita is getting baptized for ten of them on your first temple trip

San Francisco Day 3

Sunday. Sunday, Sunday...I don't want to go home yet here I am sitting in the Oakland airport which scares me greatly by the way. I guess it isn't as bad during the day as it was the other night. However I sort of feel like the people around here move in slow motion. It's nothing like SLC.

The trip was fabulous I'm not at all ready to go home, I mean who ever wants to face responsibility, right? By the same token I miss my family.

San Francisco Day 2

So today is my birthday, I'm officially 19. What makes the day even better is that I get to spend it out of state! Anyways, today was pretty great all around the family spent part of the day in China Town, followed by getting music at Amoeba. We then went to dinner at a very nice restaurant. Afterwards Adam came to hang with us and we went and got chocolate and shakes. Mom, Dre, G, Adam and I went to Coit tower and Adam took a bunch of awesome pictures. Overall the day was really amazing and I had a fabulous birthday.

Also thanks to everyone for the birthday wishes. l love you all!

San Francisco Day 1

So first day in San Fran ate at in and out burger. First burger in 4 years. Also first ever earthquake for me yay.

Birth Control

Haha if I knew someone who actually did this they would probably be my favorite person.

Weekly Quote 6/22 to 6/28

Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time.

We are the ones we've been waiting for.

We are the change that we seek.

~Barack Obama

Apple Bottom Jeans

I love watching little kids dance, so I thought you might too.

I don't recommend visiting the site this came from, I did that to try and find it without downloading it, just don't do it.

Cosmos Guy Theory

So the magazine Cosmo posted an arctile as to why they think men dump the women they like. You can read the article here http://lifestyle.msn.com/relationships/articlecosmomatch.aspx?cp-documentid=19563905&page=2 Or if you're lazy like me just save yourself a click and keep scrolling down.

Chances are, you've had at least one breakup that left you wondering, "What the heck just happened?" The guy dug you, you dug him, and the whole thing felt destined for a fabulous future — at least the foreseeable one. Then, out of nowhere, he bailed on the relationship.
So what went wrong? The sad truth is, maybe nothing.

Here are five completely ridiculous reasons guys kick you to the curb. Warning: For the most part, it ain't pretty.

1. The Timing Is Off: Women get serious when they meet the right man. Men get serious with whomever we happen to be dating when we're finally ready to settle down. That means after every other aspect of our life is in order — whether it's finishing grad school, finally pulling down a good-size paycheck, owning a car outright — or when our friends start dropping like flies (that's guyspeak for getting married). But if you catch a guy before he hits that magical stage of his life, then he's liable to bolt — like Patrick,* 28, who dumped Bridgett after two years, then got engaged to the next girl he dated after only 10 months. "When I was with Bridgett, all of my friends were single and I was still an intern with nothing going on in my career. So every time she'd bring up our future together, it felt like she was jumping the gun," he says. "I didn't break up with her because she was wrong for me. I ended it because I didn't want to commit to anyone right then. But by the time I met Elizabeth, I was in a settling-down frame of mind."

2. We're Not Finished Playing the Field: Men are natural-born one-uppers. If there's a possibility of upgrading what we already have for something better (that'll make our friends drool), we say, bring it on! So we wind up always wondering if you're really as good as it gets. (I know, scumbag mentality.) "Whenever I meet a new hot chick, I consider what it would be like to date her, even if I have a girlfriend at the time," says Andy, 30. "The grass is always greener. No matter how great his current girl is, a guy doesn't want to feel like he's missing out." In addition to our opportunistic tendencies, most guys feel compelled to put as many sexual conquests under their belts as possible. "I admit it — I know the exact number of girls I've slept with, no mental calculation required," says Dan, 29. "That's how aware I am of how many notches I have. And I'd never commit until I felt like I'd experienced enough different women."
Every guy's definition of enough is different, so there's a chance he wrote you off just because you didn't come late enough on his own personal hit list. The moral of the story: Until we grow up, mark everything off our sexual checklists or have too many friends convince us that we can't do better than you, the flight risk is real.

3. We're Fixated on the Worst-Case Scenario: From the times you chastise us for leaving a wet towel on the bed to those nights you rip through a pint of fudge ripple without stopping to breathe, we file each incident in a mental folder labeled "Evidence She'll Change for the Worse." We flip through that file whenever we're trying to decide if we want to hang on to the relationship. Blame our married friends who took the plunge before us, but many single guys are hyperaware of what could go wrong down the road.

Even if we're crazy about you now, we panic that you'll pack on the pounds, want sex only once a month and nag us day and night. So we secretly flag certain things we're scared might be a harbinger of bad things to come. "I've seen it happen to too many of my friends," says Elliot, 29. "All they do is complain about how the sex takes a total nosedive after they get serious with a girl. So sometimes, even if the woman I'm dating is a saucy little minx, I freak out and bail."

4.We're in Like, Not in LoveIt's harsh but true. In fact, it's probably the most common reason we bolt. Just because a guy likes you a lot isn't a guarantee that it will evolve into love. And we're surprisingly intuitive when it comes to figuring out a girl's potential on this front. "I stayed with one woman for two years because the sex was great and she never pushed the issue, but I knew the minute I met her that she wasn't The One," says David, 30. So why do we invest any time in a relationship that we know will ultimately end? Because we're able to live in the moment for a while and chalk it up to a good experience. But once you show that you're way more into us than we are into you, we'll dump you out of guilt. "I dated this girl for about a year, but as soon as she started using the L word, I had to end it," recalls Jay, 29. "It was hard. I cared about her and didn't want to hurt her. But I knew that if I stuck around, she'd have been happier at first but miserable later on. After all, she deserved to be with someone who loved her as much as she loved me."

5. We're Too into YouJust when you thought it was all bad news, here's a hard-to-fess-up admission: Guys are protective of their emotions. Translation: We're scared spitless of being hurt. So, if we start to feel like we're getting into a situation where we'll be destroyed if you dump us, we might launch a preemptive strike and yank the plug first.
For Gary, 27, showing his girlfriend of two years the exit felt like the only choice. "She was the first girl I was serious with, and I didn't like letting someone have that much power over me. I was starting to feel emotionally needy, and that was uncomfortable for me," he recalls. "So I ditched her to save myself!" Sounds crazy, but cut us some slack. Think about how vulnerable and paranoid you feel when you're nuts about a guy, and realize that we go through the same thing with girls we really like. But our friends aren't as good at helping us get over an ex as yours are, plus being openly heartbroken makes us look like wusses. Nope, it's better to act like a winner before you turn us into a loser, which is when our natural self-preservation may come into play. Before the real humiliation and pain assail us like a plague, ending the relationship seems like a good option.

Are You About to Be Jilted? Signs that your man's getting ready to bail:
His cell phone is always off. He might be spending time with someone he doesn't want you to know about ... or he just doesn't want to make himself available.

He's reluctant to make plans. If he hems and haws about committing to anything — even if it's in the semi-near future — he's thinking about making a break for it.

He's meaner. The passive-aggressive breakup is a guy standby. Some men intentionally turn into a-holes to make sure you break up with them.

He's not into sex. He doesn't want to feel connected to you — or he's getting his needs filled somewhere else.

Well there you have it. Now the only reason I post this, and half of the other things I talk about is for feedback, which I rarely get. I would really like to know if this is how it is. Not so I can judge anyone but simply because I only have my brother to ask these questions to, and while he is a big help it is always nice to get multipul views on a subject so someone please help me out here.

Weekly Quote 5/18 to 5/24

"Give me such courage and I can scale the hardest peaks alone,
and transform every stumbling block into a stepping stone."

~Gail Brook Burket

Weekly Quote 5/11 to 5/17

"People often say that this or that person has not yet found himself.
But the self is not something one finds,
It is something one creates."

~Thomas Szasz

Questions Answered W/ An iPod

I'm sure several of you have got the e-mails where you put your iPod on shuffle then answer the questions. Well here's one of those. So you should do it and post your answers as comments.

1. If someone says "Is This Okay?" you say: Gimme Whatcha Got ~Chris Brown~
2. What would best describe your personality: Broken (Live) ~Seether~ *wow that sounds so emo but I love that song haha*
3. What do you like in a guy or girl: Helpless ~Lidobeach~
4. What is your life's purpose: To Struggle With Light Colors ~Daphne Loves Derby~
5. What is your motto: American Gigolo ~Weezer~
6. What do your friends think of you: No One Will Ever Love You ~Magnetic Fields~ *how ironic you tell me that all the time Austin*
7. What do you think about often: Today ~Smashing Pumpkins~
8. What is 2 + 2: Where Your Eyes Don't Go ~TMBG~
9. What do you think of your best friend(s): Holler Til You Pass Out ~3OH!3~
10. What do you think of the person you like: From The Bottom Of My Heart ~Mury~
11. What is your life story: I Survived You ~Clay Aiken~ *ha ha ha*
12. What do you want to be when you grow up: Paper Tiger ~Spoon~ *It's what I've always wanted to be*
13. What do you think when you see the person you like: Get Happy ~Bowling For Soup~
14.What do your parents think of you: Bleeding Love ~Leona Lewis~
15. What will you dance to at your wedding: Everybody Dance Now ~C + C Music Factory~ *I will play this at my wedding!*
16. What will they play at your funeral: Lighthouse ~Stillife~
17. What is your hobby or interest: Signs Of Life ~Every Move A Picture~ *Does this mean I'm into aliens or other life forms?*
18. What is your biggest secret: Everything I Am ~Ultraviolet Sound~
19. What do you think of your friends: Step Up ~Yung Joc and 3LW~
20. What's the worst thing that could happen: Nothing Could Come Between Us ~Theory Of A Deadman~
21. How will you die: Scarlet Pimpernel ~ Scarlet Pimpernel Original Cast~ *Oh my gosh he could kill me as long as he's attractive.*
22. What is the one thing you regret: Worry A Lot ~The Like Young~
23. What makes you laugh: Madame Guillotine ~ Scarlet Pimpernel Original Cast~ *That's really not funny at all.*
24. What makes you cry: High Hopes In Velvet Ropes ~The Cab~
25. Will you ever get married: Not That Kinda Girl ~JoJo~ *See I probably won't get married~
26. What scares you the most: Dead Cell ~Papa Roach~
27. Does anyone like you? Jessie's Girl ~Rick Springfield~ *I'm a little worried now*
28. If you could go back in time, what would you change: Narcolepsy ~Ben Folds~
29. What hurts right now: Someday We'll Know ~Mandy Moore and Jonathan Foreman

Medical Exams

1. A man comes into the ER and yells, "My wife's going to have her baby in the cab!"
I grabbed my stuff, rushed out to the cab, lifted the lady's dress, and began to take off her underwear.
Suddenly, I noticed that there were several cabs and I was in the wrong one.
~Dr. Mark MacDonald ld, San Antonio, TX

2. At the beginning of my shift, I placed a stethoscope on an elderly and slightly deaf female patient's
anterior chest wall. "Big breaths," I instructed. "Yes, they used to be," replied the patient.
~Dr. Richard Byrnes, Seattle, WA

3. One day I had to be the bearer of bad news when I told a wife that her husband had died
of a massive myocardial infarct. Not more than five minutes later, I heard her reporting to
the rest of the family that he had died of a "massive internal fart."
~Dr. Susan Steinbergm

4. During a patient's two week follow-up appointment with his cardiologist,
he informed me, his doctor, that he was having trouble with one of his medications.
"Which one?" I asked. "The patch, the nurse told me to put on a new one every six
hours, and now I'm running out of places to put it!" I had him quickly undress, and
discovered what I hoped I wouldn't see. Yes, the man had over fifty patches on his body. Now, the instructions include
removal of the old patch before applying a new one.
~Dr. Rebecca St. Clair, Newfolk, VA.

5. While acquainting myself with a new elderly patient, I asked, "How long have you been bedridden?" After
a look of complete confusion, she answered, "Why, not for about twenty years when my husband was alive."
~Dr. Steven Swanson, Corvallis, OR.

6. I was caring for a woman and asked, "So, how's your breakfast this morning?"
"It's very good, except for the Kentucky Jelly. I can't seem to get used to the taste",the patient replied. 
I then asked to see the jelly, and the woman produced a foil packet labeled KY Jelly. 
~Dr. Leonard Kransdorf,Detroit, MI.
 
 
7. A nurse was on duty in the emergency room when a young woman with purple hair
styled into a punk rocker mohawk, sporting a variety of tattoos, and wearing 
strange clothing, entered. It was quickly determined that the patient had acute
appendicitis, so she was scheduled for immediate surgery. When she was completely
disrobed on the operating table, the staff noticed that her pubic hair had been
dyed green, and above it there was a tattoo that read, "Keep off the grass."
Once the surgery was completed, the surgeon wrote a short note on the patient's
dressing, which said, "Sorry, had to mow the lawn." 
~RN, no name

8. As a new, young MD doing his residency in OB , I was quite embarrassed when
performing female pelvic exams. To cover my embarrassment, I had unconsciously
formed a habit of whistling softly. The middle-aged lady upon whom I 
was performing this exam suddenly burst out laughing and further embarrassing me.
I looked up from my work and sheepishly said, "I'm sorry. Was I tickling you?" 
She replied, "No doctor, but the song you were whistling was, "I wish I was 
an Oscar Meyer Wiener." 
~No Name

Comic Corner- George Price

Sorry but for today's comic I don't have a link for you to follow. I was looking through my communications book for my final and I found this. I thought is was kind of funny, but then again I find a lot of stuff funny that really isn't. Anyways it's by George Price and I don't know where to find it except page 179 of "Communicating at Work".

Just a little preface: A detective is questioning a guy in his apartment...

"Next question: I believe that life is a constant striving for balance,

requiring frequent tradeoffs between morality and necessity,

within a cyclic pattern of joy and sadness,

forging a trail of bittersweet memories until one slips, inevitably,

into the jaws of death.

Agree or disagree?"

So now I want you to answer the question, ready, set, go!

Weekly Quote 5/4 to 5/10

"Guided by my heritage of a love of beauty and a respect for strength

in search of my mother's garden I found my own."

~Alice Walker

Weekly Quote 4/27 to 5/3

"Being defeated is often a temporary condtion.

Giving up is what makes it permanent".

~Marilyn vos Savant

Weekly Quote 4/20 to 4/26

"It gives me a deep,
comforting sense that
"Things seen are temporal and things unseen are eternal"

~Helen Keller

Believers Never Die Part Deux

So, the Fall Out Boy Believers Never Die Part Deux concert was yesterday. It was out at Great Saltair. I had a really good time but it was absolutely crazy!

Anyone who has been to a concert, especially where there is no seating knows how crazy it can get. I've been to my share of concerts but never one that the moshing was so insane. One of the friends I went with failed to inform me she had never been in a mosh. So I had to try and keep her safe because she was freaking out. Furthermore, a mother had brought her 8 year old daughter and was close to the stage like we were. When the shoving and punching started the daughter started to cry but we were being pushed on so much that she couldn't move.

I really did try to help the mom while trying to protect my friend. Needless to say, I ended up on the ground and was missing both my shoes. Some guy who I don't know pulled me up and but me on his shoulders until he helped me find my shoes. My wrist is a little bruised and scratched up from being stepped on but I didn't break any bones and kept the girl and my friend safe.

Unfortunately I lost my license somewhere in the mosh. After the concert My friend and I got to meet and hang out with some of the guys from Lido Beach. Scott Waldman (Vocals and Guitar) Signed a cd for me. Then he sang a song directly to me and pretty much ignored everyone else. That in itself was pretty great!

Weekly Quote 4/13 to 4/19

"Remember the two benefits of failure.

First, if you do fail, you learn what doesn't work;

and second, the failure gives you the opportunity 

to try a new approach."

~Roger von Oech

Phantom

So my grandmother decided it would be nice to take all the women and girls in the family out for a night. We all went to Cracker Barrell and then to Hale to see Phantom. Yes it's called Phantom not Phantom of the Opera. So that makes me wonder why everyone in my family with the exception of my cousin Shawnee and I thought it was going to be like the play by Andrew Lloyd Weber.

Anyways, dinner was good. I had some blackberry pancakes which were so covered in blackberries that I couldn't even see my pancakes and it looked as though I hadn't even eaten any. So them my cousin and I were wandering around the store looking and stuff and just talking. When we stumbled upon these...

Animal hats!! These things were amazing hers was a pig and mine was similar to the suit that Lane's mom buys his dad for christmas in "Better Off Dead". So it was pretty fun and although some parts of the play were a bit cheesy it was good overall. 

Halloween

As promised these are the previous years pictures...yeah they're pretty great.

Weekly Quote 4/6 to 4/12

" An ounce of action
is worth a ton of theory."

~Friedrich Engels

Bugs Bunny

I don't know why but for some reason I am really proud of this. Sorry it's light I didn't have the option to darken when I uploaded it.

Halloween

So the comic I posted on the 24th made me think of what I was going to be for Halloween. Anyone who knows me is aware of just how much I hate the holiday. However the past couple years the family as been dressing up in themes and sending out cards. If you haven't seen them I'll post them sometime in the future. Anyways our theme for 09' I believe is Buffy the Vampire Slayer or Angel based costumes. Here's what I've narrowed my options down to. They are all so different and yet all so awesome.

Illyria as the villain in season 5 of Angel

The original costume Willow was wearing in the episode "Halloween" in season 2 of Buffy or...

Drusilla who is a semi villian at various times in both Buffy and Angel.

Anyways I want your thoughts on who I should be so let me know.

Weekly Quote 3/30 to 4/5

" I have learned to live each day as it comes,
and not to borrow trouble by dreading tomorrow.
It is the dark menace of the fture that makes cowards of us."

~Dorothy Dix

Pablo Neruda- Ode To Broken Things

I decided as of late this is probably one of my favorite poems. However, if anyone knows where to find it in Spanish so I don't have to translate it into English let me know.

Things get broken
at home
like they were pushed
by an invisible, deliberate smasher.
It's not my hands
or yours
It wasn't the girls
with their hard fingernails
or the motion of the planet.
It wasn't anything or anybody
It wasn't the wind
It wasn't the orange-colored noontime
Or night over the earth
It wasn't even the nose or the elbow
Or the hips getting bigger
or the ankle
or the air.
The plate broke, the lamp fell
All the flower pots tumbled over
one by one. That pot
which overflowed with scarlet
in the middle of October,
it got tired from all the violets
and another empty one
rolled round and round and round
all through winter
until it was only the powder
of a flowerpot,
a broken memory, shining dust.

And that clock
whose sound
was
the voice of our lives,
the secret
thread of our weeks,
which released
one by one, so many hours
for honey and silence
for so many births and jobs,
that clock also
fell
and its delicate blue guts
vibrated
among the broken glass
its wide heart
unsprung.

Life goes on grinding up
glass, wearing out clothes
making fragments
breaking down
forms
and what lasts through time
is like an island on a ship in the sea,
perishable
surrounded by dangerous fragility
by merciless waters and threats.

Let's put all our treasures together
-- the clocks, plates, cups cracked by the cold --
into a sack and carry them
to the sea
and let our possessions sink
into one alarming breaker
that sounds like a river.
May whatever breaks
be reconstructed by the sea
with the long labor of its tides.
So many useless things
which nobody broke
but which got broken anyway.

Comic Corner-Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal

Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal

Weekly Quote 3/23 to 3/29

"A man of genius makes no mistakes.
His errors are volitional and are the portals of discovery."

~James Joyce~

Baby Panda

This is really awesome. I want a baby panda!

Redneck Carnival Ride

I really want to try this out!!

Weekly Quote 3/16 to 3/22

"Whatever you want in life, other people are going to

want it too. Believe in yourself enough to accept the

idea that you have an equal right to it."

~Diane Sawyer

Why does this quote make me think of slavery? 

Kid's Stories Part II

A kindergarden pupil told his teacher he'd found a cat, but it was dead. "How do you know the cat was dead?" she asked him. "Because I pissed in its ear and it didn't move," answered the child innocently. "You did what?" the teacher exclaimed in surprise. "You Know," explained the boy "I leaned over and went pssst in its ear and it didn't move."

A little girl goes to the barber shop with her father. She stands next to the barber chair, while her father gets his hair cut, eating a snack cake. The barber says to her; "Sweetheart, you're going to get hair on your twinkie." She replies, "Yes I know, and I'm going to get boobies too."

An exasperated mother, whose son was always getting into mischief, finally asked him, "How do you expect to get into heaven?" The boy thought it over and said, "Well, I'll run in and out and in and out and slamming the door until St. Peter says 'For Heaven's sake Dylan, come in or stay out!"

One summer evening during a violent thunderstorm a mother was tucking her son into bed. She was about to turn off the light when he asked her with a tremor in his voice, "Mommy, will you sleep with me tonight?" The mother smiled and gave him a reassuring hug. "I can't dear", she said. "I have to sleep in daddy's room." A long silence was broken at last by his shaky little voice, "The big sissy."

It was that time, during the Sunday morning service, for the children's sermon. All the children were invited to come forward. One little girl was wearing a particularly pretty dress, and as she sat down the pastor leaned over and said, "That is a very pretty dress, is it your Easter dress?" The little girl replied, directly into the pastor's clip-on microphone, "Yes, and my mother says it's a bitch to iron."

When I was six months pregnant with my third child, my three year old came into the room as I was preparing to get into the shower. "She said, "Mommy, you are getting fat!" I replied, Yes, Honey, remember Mommy has a baby growing inside her tummy." "I know," she replied, "But what's growing in your butt?"

One day a first grade teacher was reading the story of Chicken Little to her class. She came to the part where Chicken Little warns the farmer. She read, "... and Chicken Little went up to the farmer and said, "The sky is falling!" The teacher then asked the class, "And what do you think the farmer said?" One little girl raised her hand and said, "I think he said: "Holy shit! A talking chicken!" The teacher was unable to teach for the next ten minutes.

Apples and Wine

Women are like apples on trees. The best ones are at the top of the tree. Most men don't want to reach for the good ones because they are afraid of falling and getting hurt. Instead, they sometimes take the apples from the ground that aren't as good, but easy.

The apples at the top think something is wrong with them, when in reality they are amazing. They just have to wait for the right man to come along, the one who is brave enough to climb all the way to the top of the tree.

Now men...men are like fine wine. They begin as grapes, and it's up to women to stomp the shit out of them until they turn into something acceptable to have dinner with.

True or False?

Which of the following are true?

1. Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning. 
2. Alfred Hitchcock didn't have a belly button.
3. A pack-a-day smoker will lose approximately 2 teeth every 10 years.
4. People do not get sick from cold weather; it's from being indoors a lot more. 
5. When you sneeze, all bodily functions stop, even your heart!
6. Only 7 per cent of the population are lefties.
7. Forty people are sent to the hospital for dog bites every minute. 
8. Babies are born without kneecaps. They don't appear until they are 2-6 years old. 
9. The average person over 50 will have spent 5 years waiting in lines.
10. The toothbrush was invented in 1498. 
11. The average housefly lives for one month.
12. 40,000 Americans are injured by toilets each year.
13. A coat hanger is 44 inches long when straightened.
14. The average computer user blinks 7 times a minute. 
15. Your feet are bigger in the afternoon than any other time of day. 
16. Most of us have eaten a spider in our sleep.
17. The REAL reason ostriches stick their head in the sand is to search for water. 
18. The only two animals that can see behind themselves without turning their heads are the rabbit and the parrot. 
19. John Travolta turned down the starring roles in 'An Officer and a Gentleman' and 'Tootsie.' 
20. Michael Jackson owns the rights to the South Carolina State anthem.
21. In most television commercials advertising milk, a mixture of white paint and a little thinner is used in place of the milk. 
22. Prince Charles and Prince William NEVER travel on the same airplane, just in case there is a crash.
23. The first  Harley  Davidson motorcycle, built in 1903, used a tomato can for a carburetor.

24. Most hospitals make money by selling the umbilical cords cut from women who give birth. They are used in vein transplant surgery.
25. Humphrey Bogart was related to Princess Diana .   They were 7th cousins.
26. If coloring weren't added to Coca-Cola, it would be green.

They all are...weird

40 Things You'd Love to Say Out Loud at Work

1. I can see your point, but I still think you're full of shit.

2. I don't know what your problem is, but I'll bet it's hard to pronounce.

3. How about never? Is never good for you?

4. I see you've set aside this special time to publicly humiliate yourself.

5. I'm really easy to get along with once you people learn to see it my way.

6. Who lit the fuse on your tampon?

7. I'm out of my mind at the moment, but feel free to leave a message.

8. I don't work here-I'm a consultant.

9. It sounds like English, but I don't understand a damn word you're saying.

10. Ahhh, I see the screw-up fairy has visited us again.

11. I like you. You remind me of myself when I was young and stupid.

12. You are validating my inherent mistrust of strangers.

13. I have plenty of talent and vision-I just don't give a damn

14. I'm already visualizing the duct tape over your mouth.

15. I will always cherish the initial misconceptions I had about you.

16. Thank you. We're all refreshed and challenged by your unique point of view.

17. The fact that no one understands you doesn't mean you're an artist.

18. Any connections between your reality and mine are purely coincidental.

19. What am I? Flypaper for freaks?

20. I'm not being rude. You're just insignificant

21. It's a thankless job, but I've got a lot of karma to burn.

22. Yes, I am an agent of Satan, but my duties are largely ceremonial.

23. And your cry-baby whiny ass opinion would be?

24. Do I look like a f'ing people person to you?

25. This isn't an office. It's Hell with fluorescent lighting.

26. I started out with nothing and I still have most of it left.

27. Sarcasm is just one more service we offer.

28. If I throw a stick, will you leave?

29. Errors have been made. Others will be blamed.

30. Whatever kind of look you were going for, you missed.

31. Oh, I get it. Like humor. Only different.

32. A cubical is just a padded cell without the door.

33. Can I trade this job for what's behind door number 1?

34. Too many freaks, not enough circuses.

35. Nice perfume, but must you marinate in it?

36. Chaos, panic and disorder-my work here is finally done.

37. How do I set a laser printer to kill?

38. I though I wanted a career; turns out I just wanted a salary.

39. I'll try being nicer if you try being smarter.

40. Wait a minute- I'm just trying to imagine you with a personality. 

80's Face Workout

This is not a joke. 

Weekly Quote 3/9 to 3/15

"Content thyself to be obscurely good,

When vice prevails, and impious men bear sway,

the post of honor is a private station."

~Joseph Addison

Kid's Stories

I received this from a friend

1. While I sat in the reception area of my doctor's office, a woman rolled an elderly man in a wheelchair into the room. As she went to the receptionist's desk, the man sat there, alone and silent. Just as I was thinking I should make small talk with him, a little boy slipped off his
 mother's lap and walked over to the wheelchair. Placing his hand on the
 man's, he said, "I know how you feel. My mom makes me ride in the stroller too".
2. As I was nursing my baby, my cousin's six-year-old daughter, Krissy, came into the room. Never having seen anyone breast feed before, she was intrigued and full of all kinds of questions about what I was doing. After mulling over my answers, she remarked, "My mom has some of those, but I don't think she knows how to use them".
3. Out bicycling one day with my eight-year-old granddaughter, Carolyn, I got a little wistful. "In ten years", I said, "you'll want to be with your friends and you won't go walking, biking, and swimming with me like you do now." Carolyn shrugged. "In ten years you'll be too old to do all those things anyway."
4. Working as a pediatric nurse, I had the difficult assignment of giving immunization shots to children. One day I entered the examining room to give four-year-old Lizzie her needle. "No, no, no!" she screamed. "Lizzie,' scolded her mother, "that's not polite behavior." With that,
 the girl yelled even louder, "No, thank you! No, thank you!"
5. My wife left the car unattended for only a minute, but it was long enough for our two-year-old to climb in, throw the car into reverse and crash into a lamppost. He was fine, but the car wasn't, and I had a hard time explaining who was behind the wheel to the insurance company. After a pause, the adjuster asked, 'Do you let him drive often?'
6.  One afternoon while I was visiting my library, I noticed a group of preschoolers gathered for story time. The book they were reading was There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly. After the librarian finished the first page, she asked the children, "Do you think she'll die?'"
"Nope,' a little girl in the back said. "I saw this last night on Fear Factor."
7.  My sister had been ill, so I called to see how she was doing. My  ten-year-old niece answered the phone "Hello," she whispered. "Hi, honey. How's your mother?" I asked. "She's sleeping," she answered, again in a whisper. "Did she go to the doctor?" I asked. "Yes. She got some medicine," my niece said softly. "Well, don't wake her up. Just tell her I called. What are you doing, by the way?" Again in a soft whisper, she answered, "Practicing my trumpet."
8. On a brutally humid day, I walked past a miniature golf course and saw a dad following three small children from hole to hole. "Who's winning?" I shouted. "I am," said one kid. "Me," said another. "No, me," yelled the third. Sweat dripping down his face, the dad gasped, "Their mother is."
9. On the way back from a Cub Scout meeting, my grandson asked my son the question. "Dad, I know that babies come from mommies tummies, but how do they get there in the first place?" he asked innocently. After my son hemmed and hawed awhile, my grandson finally spoke up in disgust. "You don't have to make something up, Dad. It's OK if you don't know the answer."
 10. Just before I was deployed to Iraq, I sat my eight-year-old son down and
 broke the news to him. "I'm going to be away for a long time," I told
 him. "I'm going to Iraq" "Why?" he asked. "Don't you know there's a war
 going on over there?"
 11. Even though the toddler was having a furious tantrum, his mom was unfazed. "You may as well give up on the crying," I heard her say as she led him to the store exit. "You're stuck with me for 18 years."
12. Paul Newman founded the Hole in the Wall Gang Camp for children stricken
 with cancer, AIDS and blood diseases. One afternoon he and his wife, Joanne Woodward stopped by to have lunch with the kids. A counselor at a nearby table, suspecting the young patients wouldn't know that Newman was a famous movie star, explained, "That's the man who made this camp possible. Maybe you've seen his picture on his salad dressing bottle?" Blank stares. "Well, you've probably seen his face on his lemonade carton." An eight-year-old girl perked up. "How long was he missing?"
13. Like all growing boys, my teenage grandson, Jermon, was constantly hungry. I went to my refrigerator to find something he might like to eat. After poking around a bit and moving the milk and juice cartons, I spotted a bowl of leftover chili. "Hey, Jermon", I called out excitedly. He came running into the kitchen. "Look! I found some chili." Struggling to be polite, he said, "If you're that surprised, I'm not really sure I want it."
14. My last name is a mouthful, so when my three-year-old niece learned to spell it, I was thrilled, until my cousin burst my bubble. "You can spell Sczygelski any way you like," he pointed out. "Who's going to know if it's wrong?"
 15. For the first time, my four-year-old daughter Kelsey was coming to my office to have me, a dental hygienist, clean her teeth. She was accompanied by her grand-mother. When they came in, I greeted them warmly, seated Kelsey and, as usual, put on my gloves, goggles and mask. About ten minutes into the procedure, she got scared and cried, "I want my mommy!" I quickly pulled off my mask and said, "I am your mommy." Without hesitating, my daughter yelled back, "Then I want my granny!"

Church Bulletins

1. The Fasting & Prayer Conference includes meals.
2. The sermon this morning : 'Jesus Walks on the Water.' The sermon tonight : 'Searching for Jesus.'
3. Our youth basketball team is back in action Wednesday at 8 PM in the recreation hall. Come out and watch us kill Christ the King.
4. Ladies, don't forget the rummage sale. It's a chance to get rid of those things not worth keeping around the house. Bring your husbands.

5.  The peacemaking meeting scheduled for today has been canceled due to a conflict.
6. Remember in prayer the many who are sick of our community. Smile at someone who is hard to love.
7. Say 'Hell' to someone who doesn't care much about you.
8. Don't let worry kill you off - let the Church help.
9. Miss Charlene Mason sang 'I Will Not Pass This Way Again,' giving obvious pleasure to the congregation.
10. For those of you who have children and don't know it, we have a nursery downstairs.
11.  Next Thursday there will be tryouts for the choir. They need all the help they can get.
12. The Rector will preach his farewell message, after which the choir will sing : 'Break Forth Into Joy.'
13. Irving Benson and Jessie Carter were married on October 24th in the church.  So ends a friendship that began in their school days.
14.  At the evening service tonight, the sermon topic will be 'What Is Hell?'  Come early and listen to our choir practice.
15.  Eight new choir robes are currently needed due to the addition of several new members and to the deterioration of some older ones.
16. Scouts are saving aluminum cans, bottles and other items to be recycled.  Proceeds will be used to cripple children.
17. Please place your donation in the envelope along with the deceased person you want remembered.
18. The church will host an evening of fine dining, super entertainment and gracious hostility.
19. Potluck supper Sunday at 5 : 00 PM - Prayer and medication to follow.
20. The ladies of the Church have cast off clothing of every kind. They may be seen in the basement on Friday afternoon.
21. This evening at 7 PM there will be a hymn singing in the park across from the Church.  Bring a blanket and come prepared to sin.
22. Ladies Bible Study will be held Thursday morning at 10 AM.  All ladies are invited to lunch in the Fellowship Hall after the B.S.. is done.
23. The pastor would appreciate it if the ladies of the congregation would lend  him their electric girdles for the pancake breakfast next Sunday.
24. Low Self Esteem Support Group will meet Thursday at 7 PM . Please use the back door.
25. The eighth-graders will be presenting Shakespeare's Hamlet in the Church basement Friday at 7 PM . The congregation is invited to attend this tragedy.
26. Weight Watchers will meet at 7 PM at the First Presbyterian Church. Please use the large double doors at the side entrance.
27. The Associate Minister unveiled the church's new tithing campaign slogan last Sunday : 'I Upped My Pledge - Up Yours'

Weekly Quote 3/2 to 3/8

"Tis distance lends enchantment to the view,

And robes the mountain in its azure hue."

~Thomas Campbell~

Anyone care to enlighten me on exactly what this means?

Comic Corner- Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal

Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal

Surgeries

Well, I am now home. I'm glad to be home but unfortunately I won't get anymore of the pain medication that was working for me. Oh well I'll deal. 

On the plus side it's Friday which means the weekend and I won't have to go back to school until next Thursday. 

Surgeries

The surgeries went well but this has probably been the hardest of them all. I pretty much spent all day yesterday throwing up, it's gross right. Then the doctors told me tht for every time I did I couldn't eat for two hours after that.

I finally got to eat after I'd pretty much starved for 24 hours and 48 minutes. Yes I kept a close eye on the clock.

Anyways, I get to go home tomorrow, I just wanted to say thanks to everyone who came to see me. It was a good show of who my actual friends are. It isn't as much that they came to see me but the fact that they checked in and texted me. I heard from more friends out of state than I did from friends that were much closer. So thanks to everyone who showed support I really needed it.

Surgeries

Well boys and girls today is the big day. I haven't been able to eat since last night. I don't get to eat until I wake up from surgery later tonight. Needless to say I am starving. Anyone who has been looking at my myspace can tell that. I'm not really nervous about the surgery I'm just hungry.

I'll keep you updated as soon as I can.

Surgeries/Austin's Artwork

I checked in today. I'm really excited to be here. It's hard to explain but this is one of the few places I feel like I fit in. I've got to see so many people that I haven't seen since the last time I had surgery over a year ago.

Austin decided to draw the doctor's and I some pictures. I'm not going to lie they make me smile every time I look at them.

This is the view from my room. Thanks to Austin for taking the picture.

Surgeries

So I decided that I wanted to compare my scars from my last surgeries to the ones that I'll be getting soon. So here are the ones from before, and the new ones will be up as soon as I can uncover them.

I tired to circle some of them so it's easier to see, it really didn't help. Sorry.