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Tuesday, 10 November 2009

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    Human Communication Theory and Research: Concepts, Contexts, and Challenges (Lea's Communication Series)
    By Robert L. Heath, Jennings Bryant
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    Things I Like

    I like TV.

    I like to buy journals or notebooks for no reason at all. I usually fill them with stuff..

    . I like books. I can read for hours.

    I like spending time with my fam.

    I like my friends but most live far, far away.

    I like the color pink...

    I like acting like a kid sometimes. Not dumb or anything but just being silly and laughing at simple things. I think that being a grown up makes you kinda uptight.

    I like guys that are modest or Christians and that are respectful and intelligent and deep.

    I like to travel. It's nice to get away from the real world for a bit.

    I like meeting new people.

    I like to write. Poems, stories, crap like that. I'm always thinking about something I can pen that may be worthy of attention some day.

    I like being unique and meeting other unique people.

    I like the university I attend. It's the best! (Go Coogs!)

    I think that's all for now but it's what was on my mind... Laters.

    MyWordz_SoSweet.

Wednesday, 22 July 2009

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    Skinny Bitch
    By Rory Freedman, Kim Barnouin
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    Should Obesity Be Considered Neglect? Ummm YES!

    I have heard this story already and came across this article today on AOL. The story about the 555-Pound boy. It's pretty sad to see something like this happening to the youth of America. But I don't believe the mom is only to blame.

    Look what we have on the shelves at the grocery store. At schools, what foods are offered? In high school, there are options to not take physical education. Let's not get on fast food. Unhealthy options are so easily accessible- it's hard to just blame one person.

    Sure, healthy options are available as well but sometimes, it's harder to get them. At the grocery store in my neighborhood, I don't see multi-grain options and the produce is awful. In school, I wasn't taught about the best nutritional options. All I knew was breakfast was good for you and it was the best meal of the day. I wasn't told what to include in that meal or any other meal for that matter. Chips were often my meal at lunchtime. My mom would feed us whatever she had and it was rude to question her about it- we were suppose to appreciate anything she prepared. I don't blame my mom for her lack of knowledge either because I'm sure her mother prepared food the same way. So who do we blame?

    I have learned on my own and with the help of a nutrition class how to make wiser choices. I'm currently reading a book on how to be a Skinny Bitch. Lol. It's pretty entertaining. I'm exercising every day and making wiser choices. Well, the wiser choices started some time ago. I do have times when I make bad choices but I do correct myself. I do some what blame myself for these stupid cravings but I do battle them.

    All in all, who do we blame? The mom? The school? The people who fill the shelves of our grocery stores and supply us with fried foods and stripped grains and sugary goodies?

    I must say that if healthier options were more affordable and the unhealthy stuff was banned, things would be better. Simple carbs should be banned, trans fat should be banned, sodas should be banned.... Those things are AWFUL. And why wouldn't someone choose them? They are designed to be addictive and are accessible to those that aren't educated in eating healthy.

    I blame everyone...not just the mom. We as a country should take the lesson of the 555-pound boy and learn from it. We should make healthier options more accessible and more affordable. People should have a better knowledge of healthy life choices. Some people actually need help to do this stuff. Education and availability is key.

    I do feel sorry for the boy and his mother. I pray that there is a solution met and that we all learn from this and make better decisions for all of the youths in America. I hope for everyone in America to become healthier and to make better decisions about their bodies and food consumption. Exercise more, eat better.....

     

     

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Friday, 03 July 2009

  • Normal...

    So, yea, back on facebook. Sucks. By the demand of my loving fam and friends, I signed back in and became a part of the facebook community all over again. I'm not as addicted as before but eh, I guess I can enjoy the things the website offers.

    The thing that matters most to me is family. I signed back on to facebook for the birthday comments and all of that. It was pretty nice getting birthday attention. My older sister wished me a happy birthday and I was VERY happy about that. We don't see a lot of each other so that means a lot to me.

    My uncle and my younger cousin took me and my brother out for my birthday which I enjoyed. A LOT! Best birthday ever. I'm mostly happy about that because I got to spend time with them. Me and my younger cousin had words when my grandmother was sick and going in and out of nursing homes and care homes. Of course I apologized. I love her like a sister and for a while, she was at my house more than I was growing up. So, she was the brat sister. Anyway, I feel that things are becoming normal again. Getting to spend time with everyone with no tension and anger flying through the air is amazing and it feels great. I do miss my grandma, who was the glue that bonded us together. I know she's be happy to see everyone getting along so great again.

    I wrote a poem for her when she passed away. I'll maybe post it some time this week. I also wrote a story loosely based on stories my mom told me. She was great. I truly admire her and the long, interesting life she lived. RIP Grandma.

     

     

    mywordz_sosweet

Tuesday, 23 June 2009

  • Day 4, No Facebook...

    It's been four days. I've found other things to do on the internet besides facebook. I spruced up my myspace, read the articles that hit my inbox, blogged, used my actual messenger besides the one I used on facebook. I actually spend less time online.

    I do miss it. The day or the day after I deleted it, a friends tagged me to something. It was sweet. That kinda made me want to go right away to check it.

    My friends weren't quite ok with the idea. Some paniced and were upset with me. They thought I couldn't get it back if I wanted to. It's ok. That kinda showed me how important facebook was to them. One person said I was crazy or stupid for doing it. What was that about? I still don't quite know. It didn't seem that dumb or crazy to me. It just seemed like a decision I made...with just a bit of thought behind it. It may have been spontaneous but I did think about it before doing it.

    I do miss it. Lol. I've actually thought about logging back in. I deleted it from my address drop menu and from the history so I could limit the quick and easy access I had to it.

    Though I miss it tons, I'm getting used to the idea of not having it. I'm feeling less compelled to visit facebook. Which is cool, I guess. It's weird to some of my friends. But oh well. They'll understand. I guess.

     

    mywordz_sosweet...

Saturday, 20 June 2009

  • My Life Without Facebook...

    I plan to take this and move it later. But I have decided to stop using facebook. I plan to blog about the experience. Yay. Fun.

    For quite some time, I've been observing the way people- including myself- use social networks. You know, the amount of time, the different reasons, the different ways that we use it. It's a cool place to keep in contact or spy on your friends, it's a cool place to post your pics in an album for everyone to see, it's a cool place to even meet friends of friends, it's a cool place to share links and crap you like, it's a cool place to update your status as if people really gave a durn about what you were doing. Yay. Fun.

    Facebook is one of my favorites and I noticed I checked it through out the day. That would be probably once every 1 to 3 hours. I also realized I was checking on nothing. I do like that I can see pics of my lovely 2 month old niece who lives way the heck in Kansas and that I can chit chat with a lot of friends but do I really need it outside of those reasons? I have began playing Mafia Wars because my brother- also an avid facebook user- convinced me to do so. That was about a few weeks ago. When I began playing, I checked the site more frequently. Way more frequently!

    I convinced my sister to join the social network which is cool because we can keep in contact a bit better. If she wanted to know what's up with me, she can check facebook or contact me on the little instant chat thing they have now. My ex, who is also one of my good friends, also uses facebook and we are always showing each other links. Fun times.

    With those perks that I can name on the top of my head, I do have many complaints. Like where's the privacy? Where's the disconnect from time to time? Of course, I can just delete my account for a while, but they know good and well I will want to come back! They also have all these applications now which makes it so addictive. Not good. I wonder if this is interfering with people's studying. It doesn't with mine but I'm sure there are people who are VERY addicted to the site and wind up missing class or something because of all the crap they see on facebook.

    I guess in all, I just don't like social networks but I LOVE them and can't function daily with out checking on it. I will give it up for a while...or indefinitely and see how that goes. Will my life be better? Will I find another way to occupy my time. I have no idea. But I'll see.

    So far, I have nothing better to do than blog and talk to friends. That's all I am doing presently and also getting ready for bed. Yes! Lol. I do feel a desire to check facebook but I'm fighting the urge. That also makes me want to not use my high speed wireless internet. There's always youtube I guess... I can also spend my time making my xanga look better...if only I knew how.

     

    mywordz_sosweet

     

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