Well, well, well. I guess you could say I've been yearning to write here for awhile. Just, something to keep me going, you know? Somewhere to pour out some emotions. To blow off some steam. So, all things go according to plan, blogspot and I should be seeing a lot of each other.
I deserted this mostly after having one stopped being a requirement for my Anthropology class. But, now I feel...~internet-friendly enough to fall back on the old days. No worries, I have no followers and expect none to comment. BUT. Hell, I may comment on my own posts. What now?
I'm supposed to be writing a paper for English 1102. I should do that now.
I WILL RETURN!
Saturday, September 12, 2009
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Listen to us
Kinsey....if you ever manage to read this..
I want to know what's wrong. I need to know. I care about you. Lyndsay cares about you. Brittany cares about you. And we've been watching you. You're depressed again, like you haven't been in so long. You've stopped listening to people. You don't want to hear what anyone has to say. You are so dependent on Ryan, and that I can understand...but it's getting kind of dangerous for you. I know things have been happening and I know you are confused with where your life is going and what exactly is happening...
But kinsey you're not alone.
You're missing school so often. You've left because either you're tired or just don't feel well. That's depression. You aren't giddy and happy anymore. You've become almost melancholy.
You're not Sylvia Plath. You're not insane. You're not going to have these issues. You have a chance to be successful and happy and keep your friends around you, but you won't be happy! You won't talk to us about anything. You don't trust us. You don't WANT to talk to us. Keeping it inside yourself isn't helping. Going to the same person over and over again and only absorbing his life and his opinions isn't good, Kinsey. I know you love him, and I am not telling you to love him any less. I just don't want you to stop loving us because you don't need us anymore.
What happened? Just talk to us. Open up. Let me help you.
I want to know what's wrong. I need to know. I care about you. Lyndsay cares about you. Brittany cares about you. And we've been watching you. You're depressed again, like you haven't been in so long. You've stopped listening to people. You don't want to hear what anyone has to say. You are so dependent on Ryan, and that I can understand...but it's getting kind of dangerous for you. I know things have been happening and I know you are confused with where your life is going and what exactly is happening...
But kinsey you're not alone.
You're missing school so often. You've left because either you're tired or just don't feel well. That's depression. You aren't giddy and happy anymore. You've become almost melancholy.
You're not Sylvia Plath. You're not insane. You're not going to have these issues. You have a chance to be successful and happy and keep your friends around you, but you won't be happy! You won't talk to us about anything. You don't trust us. You don't WANT to talk to us. Keeping it inside yourself isn't helping. Going to the same person over and over again and only absorbing his life and his opinions isn't good, Kinsey. I know you love him, and I am not telling you to love him any less. I just don't want you to stop loving us because you don't need us anymore.
What happened? Just talk to us. Open up. Let me help you.
Saturday, November 15, 2008
A Spoonful of Ego
Hello again. Address: http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newCDV_74.htm
Yep. Now, this article is entitled Egos at Work, and obviously will tell the reader how to deal with people with a superiority complex in their work/school environment. All of us know someone with a superiority complex…yes that WOULD mean that they find themselves more intelligent, more important, more…insightful…than those around them. I know quite a few people with this complex.
On one side of things, I guess you could say that the person has worked hard to achieve their status. They may deserve some sort of respect that they don’t feel they are getting, and therefore they impose their insecurity onto other people. They may feel that they need others to recognize any accomplishments they have made. Frequently, they belittle the ideas and opinions of others to make others feel as inferior as they want them to feel.
Some common characteristics of a person with a superiority complex are:
Yep. Now, this article is entitled Egos at Work, and obviously will tell the reader how to deal with people with a superiority complex in their work/school environment. All of us know someone with a superiority complex…yes that WOULD mean that they find themselves more intelligent, more important, more…insightful…than those around them. I know quite a few people with this complex.
On one side of things, I guess you could say that the person has worked hard to achieve their status. They may deserve some sort of respect that they don’t feel they are getting, and therefore they impose their insecurity onto other people. They may feel that they need others to recognize any accomplishments they have made. Frequently, they belittle the ideas and opinions of others to make others feel as inferior as they want them to feel.
Some common characteristics of a person with a superiority complex are:
- Dominating conversations and meetings.
- Reminding others of their superiority or excellence (real or perceived).
- Stopping others from expressing their ideas.
- Rewarding those who support them (and perhaps punishing those who don't).
- Bullying, or trying to exert power they don't really have.
If you truly think about it, we all know at least one person who does this. This person may be a sibling, a teacher, a boss, and friend, a coworker, or just another student. This person may constantly tell you how much they know. Perhaps they will criticize everything you do, or consider themselves far too advanced to keep company with you.
There is a way to deal with egotistical people. Always keeping calm in discussions and being sure to not let the person ahead of you in any argument (usually by remaining calm and confident) is the best way to be sure that they aren’t having a negative effect on you. Of course, ego usually isn’t curbed by one person, so maybe it isn’t worth trying. Yeah…sucks. Perhaps you lose friends because of their superiority complex. Perhaps separations due to one person being completely self-absorbed can become evident. Whatever the situation is, you can only deal with it to your best ability and then let it be. Live and let live.
Saturday, November 8, 2008
Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge.
It wouldn't be me if I didn't have something to say on the election. Especially given the fact that the candidate I have supported since he announced he was a Democratic candidate long long ago (alright, Sophmore year..still) has officially been name President Elect Barack Obama. Score.
Oh, yeah. The address. Here you are: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/09/us/politics/09memo.html?hp
Soooo. Remember all the OBAMA IS A TERRORIST and HE IS GOING TO TEAR DOWN THE ECONOMIC SYSTEM OF AMERICA junk we've heard a lot of lately? Yeah scratch that. Apparently these fear tactics used by politicians that sunk into the hearts of Americans really aren't important right now. Not to say that many don't believe it, because they do (cough cough Brandi), but right now all those who promoted the opinions are now quite behind the president elect.
For example, Michele Bachmann of Minnesota told Chris Matthews of MSNBC that, when it came to Mr. Obama, “I’m very concerned that he may have anti-American views.”
But there she was on Wednesday, saying she was “extremely grateful that we have an African-American who has won this year.” Ms. Bachmann, a Republican, called Mr. Obama’s victory “a tremendous signal we sent.”
Ha. Wow, lady.
And don't forget leading lady Sarah Palin herself making quite a few comments that she now seems to put behind her. Her comment on Obama hanging around terrorists seems to be nonexistent as she speaks of Obama's victory.
"Let him be able to kind of savor this moment, one, and not let the pettiness of maybe internal workings of the campaign erode any of the recognition of this historic moment that we’re in. And God bless Barack Obama and his beautiful family."
Thank you, Sarah Palin.
Can I say at least she isn't a terribly sore loser? Ha. Okay I'm done. Sorry for the personal attack, Lyndsay. I know you are Sarah Palin's counterpart.
Even Bush hailed Obama's victory. That's a shocker.
Alright anyways...
Let me just say that I am of course happy with the results. Many Democrats wanted a Dem. majority in the house, but I tend to disagree with a one party majority EVER again after the Republican majority killed us practically...you get the picture.
It's time to quit bickering over who is better and what separates us from them. Seriously. Let me close here with a quote from Joe Lieberman...
“It’s over, and it’s genuinely time to find unity and move forward behind the new president.”
Thank you, Joe. =]
So here we begin the era of Mr. Barack Obama.
If America was right OR if we drank the kool-aid we won't know for a while. So let's attempt some type of unity for some amount of time. It couldn't hurt.
Oh, yeah. The address. Here you are: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/09/us/politics/09memo.html?hp
Soooo. Remember all the OBAMA IS A TERRORIST and HE IS GOING TO TEAR DOWN THE ECONOMIC SYSTEM OF AMERICA junk we've heard a lot of lately? Yeah scratch that. Apparently these fear tactics used by politicians that sunk into the hearts of Americans really aren't important right now. Not to say that many don't believe it, because they do (cough cough Brandi), but right now all those who promoted the opinions are now quite behind the president elect.
For example, Michele Bachmann of Minnesota told Chris Matthews of MSNBC that, when it came to Mr. Obama, “I’m very concerned that he may have anti-American views.”
But there she was on Wednesday, saying she was “extremely grateful that we have an African-American who has won this year.” Ms. Bachmann, a Republican, called Mr. Obama’s victory “a tremendous signal we sent.”
Ha. Wow, lady.
And don't forget leading lady Sarah Palin herself making quite a few comments that she now seems to put behind her. Her comment on Obama hanging around terrorists seems to be nonexistent as she speaks of Obama's victory.
"Let him be able to kind of savor this moment, one, and not let the pettiness of maybe internal workings of the campaign erode any of the recognition of this historic moment that we’re in. And God bless Barack Obama and his beautiful family."
Thank you, Sarah Palin.
Can I say at least she isn't a terribly sore loser? Ha. Okay I'm done. Sorry for the personal attack, Lyndsay. I know you are Sarah Palin's counterpart.
Even Bush hailed Obama's victory. That's a shocker.
Alright anyways...
Let me just say that I am of course happy with the results. Many Democrats wanted a Dem. majority in the house, but I tend to disagree with a one party majority EVER again after the Republican majority killed us practically...you get the picture.
It's time to quit bickering over who is better and what separates us from them. Seriously. Let me close here with a quote from Joe Lieberman...
“It’s over, and it’s genuinely time to find unity and move forward behind the new president.”
Thank you, Joe. =]
So here we begin the era of Mr. Barack Obama.
If America was right OR if we drank the kool-aid we won't know for a while. So let's attempt some type of unity for some amount of time. It couldn't hurt.
Saturday, October 25, 2008
You WILL be a raving lunatic! I mean it! *carves backwards L*
Haha wow...
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/24/mccain.sticker/?iref=hpmostpop
THIS is the reason I love elections. This right here.
So, if you haven't already heard the exciting news, a woman named Ashley Todd, 20 years old, from Texas, has lately come to Media Attention claiming that she was attacked by an Obama supporter and that the accused carved a backwards letter "B" into her cheek. This sounds radical, eh? Terrible! Completely insane!
Yeah that's because it isn't true.
The woman claimed that this "attacker" was a 6'4" black male wearing dark clothing and shiny shoes. He apparently beat her, demanded money, planted himself onto her chest, and carved a backwards "B" onto her cheek while saying "You will be a Barack supporter!"...all at a gas station.
Not only would this black man have been mental, but also somewhat idiotic considering the B was backwards.
Of course, once the story received too much attention, this girl came out and claimed that she made the story up while driving and thought "Hey, I have a B on my face...how did that get there? I must have done it. Well that's no good. Oooh I know..." Voila, story.
Do I need to say that she has a history of mental problems, or are you already picking up on that?
Anyhow, the McCain family contacted her family and apologized over and over again for the attack, the Obama campaign send out respects and well-wishes...and for no reason. I mean, I wish her well now, considering that she is completely out of her mind.
I'm not posting this thinking Ha, crazy McCainiacs. No, I'm just really thinking that things get out of hand. Neither of the candidates are worth this. It would have been equally ridiculous had a McCain supporter carved a "J" on some Obama campaign worker's face. I always find these things oddly interesting. I guess the sadistic side gets to me, and her mental torture from this is cracking me up.
I can see Lyndsay doing this to me, carving a flower on my face, screaming "You will worship Brandon Flowers!"
I can see most of my friends pulling a stunt similar to this, both the making it up part and the actual doing it.
Let's go carve pumpkins now.
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/24/mccain.sticker/?iref=hpmostpop
THIS is the reason I love elections. This right here.
So, if you haven't already heard the exciting news, a woman named Ashley Todd, 20 years old, from Texas, has lately come to Media Attention claiming that she was attacked by an Obama supporter and that the accused carved a backwards letter "B" into her cheek. This sounds radical, eh? Terrible! Completely insane!
Yeah that's because it isn't true.
The woman claimed that this "attacker" was a 6'4" black male wearing dark clothing and shiny shoes. He apparently beat her, demanded money, planted himself onto her chest, and carved a backwards "B" onto her cheek while saying "You will be a Barack supporter!"...all at a gas station.
Not only would this black man have been mental, but also somewhat idiotic considering the B was backwards.
Of course, once the story received too much attention, this girl came out and claimed that she made the story up while driving and thought "Hey, I have a B on my face...how did that get there? I must have done it. Well that's no good. Oooh I know..." Voila, story.
Do I need to say that she has a history of mental problems, or are you already picking up on that?
Anyhow, the McCain family contacted her family and apologized over and over again for the attack, the Obama campaign send out respects and well-wishes...and for no reason. I mean, I wish her well now, considering that she is completely out of her mind.
I'm not posting this thinking Ha, crazy McCainiacs. No, I'm just really thinking that things get out of hand. Neither of the candidates are worth this. It would have been equally ridiculous had a McCain supporter carved a "J" on some Obama campaign worker's face. I always find these things oddly interesting. I guess the sadistic side gets to me, and her mental torture from this is cracking me up.
I can see Lyndsay doing this to me, carving a flower on my face, screaming "You will worship Brandon Flowers!"
I can see most of my friends pulling a stunt similar to this, both the making it up part and the actual doing it.
Let's go carve pumpkins now.
Sunday, October 19, 2008
The Man Who Sued God
Yes, you read that title correctly.
Read it for yourself, here...
http://www.punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art2008101813274726
Yep.
Okay this article has a lot of side stories that I really don't want to get into, so I'll cut to the chase. Apparently a Mr. Ernie Chambers of Nebraska has sued God for many crimes against humanity, including terrorism. Yes...he sued "God".
Now, needless to say, Chambers lost the case before it was even heard. The judge said that the defendent has no fixed address and therefore had no representation. But Chambers says that he might appeal, saying that if the judge has admitted that he believes in God, which he has, then he also must believe that he is omnipresent. He is there, He is everywhere, right? Well, with this in mind, he hopes to get..what? I don't know..what could you sue God for? That's a question to ponder.
Money? Surely not. God isn't one to dish out money, I would suppose.
I wonder what else the "Almighty" could be dragged into court for..
Hmm. Treason? Maybe. Robbery? Murder? Ha...wow. When you think about it, anyone could blame anything on God. I mean, Sarah Palin could even go in for...okay I about went too far.
Now, we all aren't necessarily aware of Ally's beliefs, and we probably don't want to be to save controversy. But this story...geez.
So many religious people really separate themselves into fair weathered friends and foul weathered friends. Either they praise when things are going well, or they pray when things are going bad. Rarely both.
Ernie Chambers is a bit of a...well...a nut I guess.
I thought I was mental. Well after that Ouija Board experience I really do think I'm quite mental, but still, Mr. Chambers reigns here.
Can we just start suing all people of authority?
That would be awesome. I mean, that's what we do best as humans, right? Blame other people for our problems? We could pull it off.
Read it for yourself, here...
http://www.punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art2008101813274726
Yep.
Okay this article has a lot of side stories that I really don't want to get into, so I'll cut to the chase. Apparently a Mr. Ernie Chambers of Nebraska has sued God for many crimes against humanity, including terrorism. Yes...he sued "God".
Now, needless to say, Chambers lost the case before it was even heard. The judge said that the defendent has no fixed address and therefore had no representation. But Chambers says that he might appeal, saying that if the judge has admitted that he believes in God, which he has, then he also must believe that he is omnipresent. He is there, He is everywhere, right? Well, with this in mind, he hopes to get..what? I don't know..what could you sue God for? That's a question to ponder.
Money? Surely not. God isn't one to dish out money, I would suppose.
I wonder what else the "Almighty" could be dragged into court for..
Hmm. Treason? Maybe. Robbery? Murder? Ha...wow. When you think about it, anyone could blame anything on God. I mean, Sarah Palin could even go in for...okay I about went too far.
Now, we all aren't necessarily aware of Ally's beliefs, and we probably don't want to be to save controversy. But this story...geez.
So many religious people really separate themselves into fair weathered friends and foul weathered friends. Either they praise when things are going well, or they pray when things are going bad. Rarely both.
Ernie Chambers is a bit of a...well...a nut I guess.
I thought I was mental. Well after that Ouija Board experience I really do think I'm quite mental, but still, Mr. Chambers reigns here.
Can we just start suing all people of authority?
That would be awesome. I mean, that's what we do best as humans, right? Blame other people for our problems? We could pull it off.
Sunday, October 12, 2008
Many Shades of Mental
Address:
http://healthcare.zdnet.com/?p=1425
There.
Well well...so I'm a little late this time. It was my own fault, though...I do wish to blame Fall "Break".
The title of the article "Are there really 750 million mentally ill?" pretty much covers what I'm about to elaborate on. And to answer...YES. There are. A grand 12% of the population. But what specific mental illnesses?
This article was lacking, to say the least. It gave some numbers, some dreadfully pithy descriptions...but failed to give causes and meanings.
The illnesses we are seeing MOST common are depression, schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders, suicide, epilepsy, dementia, disorders due to use of alcohol, disorders due to use of illicit drugs, and mental disorders in children.
Let's be brief: Depression, drugs, and dementia.
It'll get you every time.
Another part of the study said that for every 100,000 mentally ill of means, there are only 73 workers to treat them. Bit uneven, possibly. But even worse are the poor crazies, with about 29 workers per TEN MILLION.
This isn't an obstacle that cannot be fixed, and more and more people are going into the field. No, the real tragedy is getting those who need it now fixed. Fixed....what an appropriate word.
I'm sure many of you are unaware, as many of you are painfully aware, that I intend upon going into psychology...and abnormal psychology is just my thing. You see, my odd fascination with the mentally perturbed has given me an understanding of the logic and reason of the victims.
No, I'm not insane.
-shifty eyes-
What could cause the illnesses? Family life, trauma, hereditary illnesses, drugs and more drugs, alcohol, and the infamous life crisis, along with so many more causes. Perhaps you have heard the terms neurotic and psychotic...(Oh I hope so)...and often use them with a similar meaning. There is a large difference, however, between the two. Neurotic means that the patient is aware of their illness, and they become almost hypochondriacs in that respect. Everything in their life suddenly represents their mixed-up mentality. They may not even have something truly wrong, yet they behave and honestly feel as if they are mentally shot. Psychotics, however, are the ones that never seem to catch on. They truly have something wrong, and they don't know it. They don't even give it their attention. These are the people you will think of most commonly when introduced to insanity.
There are so very many mental illnesses in the world today. With the huge percentage we face now, and the many troubles being given to us, we can only expect more.
It is a sad existence.
http://healthcare.zdnet.com/?p=1425
There.
Well well...so I'm a little late this time. It was my own fault, though...I do wish to blame Fall "Break".
The title of the article "Are there really 750 million mentally ill?" pretty much covers what I'm about to elaborate on. And to answer...YES. There are. A grand 12% of the population. But what specific mental illnesses?
This article was lacking, to say the least. It gave some numbers, some dreadfully pithy descriptions...but failed to give causes and meanings.
The illnesses we are seeing MOST common are depression, schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders, suicide, epilepsy, dementia, disorders due to use of alcohol, disorders due to use of illicit drugs, and mental disorders in children.
Let's be brief: Depression, drugs, and dementia.
It'll get you every time.
Another part of the study said that for every 100,000 mentally ill of means, there are only 73 workers to treat them. Bit uneven, possibly. But even worse are the poor crazies, with about 29 workers per TEN MILLION.
This isn't an obstacle that cannot be fixed, and more and more people are going into the field. No, the real tragedy is getting those who need it now fixed. Fixed....what an appropriate word.
I'm sure many of you are unaware, as many of you are painfully aware, that I intend upon going into psychology...and abnormal psychology is just my thing. You see, my odd fascination with the mentally perturbed has given me an understanding of the logic and reason of the victims.
No, I'm not insane.
-shifty eyes-
What could cause the illnesses? Family life, trauma, hereditary illnesses, drugs and more drugs, alcohol, and the infamous life crisis, along with so many more causes. Perhaps you have heard the terms neurotic and psychotic...(Oh I hope so)...and often use them with a similar meaning. There is a large difference, however, between the two. Neurotic means that the patient is aware of their illness, and they become almost hypochondriacs in that respect. Everything in their life suddenly represents their mixed-up mentality. They may not even have something truly wrong, yet they behave and honestly feel as if they are mentally shot. Psychotics, however, are the ones that never seem to catch on. They truly have something wrong, and they don't know it. They don't even give it their attention. These are the people you will think of most commonly when introduced to insanity.
There are so very many mental illnesses in the world today. With the huge percentage we face now, and the many troubles being given to us, we can only expect more.
It is a sad existence.
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