Sunday, May 24, 2009
Under age drinking
There are different feelings towards this subject. Mainly sore one because I just went threw an MIP it sucks that much more considering I turn 21 in 6 days. Even though you are breaking the law I believe that the punishment does not fit the crime. You get stuck paying all these fees, are forced to get evaluated then more than likely have to take drug and alcohol classes. Which cost money. The worst part of all is you get your license suspended. http://search.dmv.org You have the option to apply for hard ship but must pay $50 for the application and $75 to get it reinstated. Its all a scheme. Its a ridiculous punishment.
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Street Lights
On May 18 Heather Bennett, 22, of Corvallis made her plea about better lighting to the Corvallis City Council. As director of community Affairs for student government at Oregon State University she was determined to bring more street lights that would create a safer environment for Corvallis citizens.
Bennett has been serving as director of community affairs since fall 2008. She feels it is her responsibility to voice the concerns of the unseen. Many students and herself have shared the same frustration of the unsafe lighting in Corvallis.
For many of the students walking or bicycling is their main way 0f transportation . Since last fall she and her interns surveyed students on their thoughts and feelings about the street lights.
Jeanne Raymond a city council member, asked Bennett, "What complaints and how were the complaints made available to you?"
Bennett answered by saying, "It was all through the surveys that we got our information from. It all just became a massive complaint. "
David Hanby another council member asked, "How were the people getting surveyed found?"
Bennet replied, "With the help of my interns and I we went and asked students on campus, off campus, teachers. People from the Greek community."
Many of the council members were pleased and seem all for the change. Council Member Joel Hirsch even joked about becoming more sympathetic to the issue.
I asked a gentleman that sat next to me Jon Marvell 21, a student at OSU how he felt about the change for improvement.
"I'm excited and I hope it happens. I ride my bike more than anything and it gets scary when there are no lights around me. I would feel a lot safer with better lights."
After the presentation I got the opportunity to ask Bennett why of all the issues students and citizens of Corvallis is this something that you want to change?
" I myself share this problem and if there is anything that I can do to make college life more enjoyable and safer I will," Bennett said.
Nathaniel Estrada was also at this town meeting and he had taken the survey. I asked him if he felt that some of those questions were a bit leading? "I felt the survey had a topic they weren't just random questions and most had to do with street lights effecting people."
Bennett has been serving as director of community affairs since fall 2008. She feels it is her responsibility to voice the concerns of the unseen. Many students and herself have shared the same frustration of the unsafe lighting in Corvallis.
For many of the students walking or bicycling is their main way 0f transportation . Since last fall she and her interns surveyed students on their thoughts and feelings about the street lights.
Jeanne Raymond a city council member, asked Bennett, "What complaints and how were the complaints made available to you?"
Bennett answered by saying, "It was all through the surveys that we got our information from. It all just became a massive complaint. "
David Hanby another council member asked, "How were the people getting surveyed found?"
Bennet replied, "With the help of my interns and I we went and asked students on campus, off campus, teachers. People from the Greek community."
Many of the council members were pleased and seem all for the change. Council Member Joel Hirsch even joked about becoming more sympathetic to the issue.
I asked a gentleman that sat next to me Jon Marvell 21, a student at OSU how he felt about the change for improvement.
"I'm excited and I hope it happens. I ride my bike more than anything and it gets scary when there are no lights around me. I would feel a lot safer with better lights."
After the presentation I got the opportunity to ask Bennett why of all the issues students and citizens of Corvallis is this something that you want to change?
" I myself share this problem and if there is anything that I can do to make college life more enjoyable and safer I will," Bennett said.
Nathaniel Estrada was also at this town meeting and he had taken the survey. I asked him if he felt that some of those questions were a bit leading? "I felt the survey had a topic they weren't just random questions and most had to do with street lights effecting people."
Photo credit: "Light Rider 1" by pkeyn
Sunday, May 17, 2009
Decoration Day
Memorial Day is days away and even though it is a day to remember those who have died for our country. It is now more looked at as a 3 day weekend to go camping Or Macy's huge memorial day sale. www.macys.com Memorial day is a day to go to the graves and decorated the graves of the dead. At least that's how this day came to be. Everything is now commercialized and big companies take advantage of that. No where on those advertisement does it have anything to do with Memorial day. Schools get closed downs but students never really get explained why. So this memorial day spend it as it was meant to be and decorate a rave remember those who fought for you, don't blow money on some pointless sale that has nothing to do with Memorial Day.
Packed and Gone
I am currently in the process of moving. i so far has been the most exhausting thing ever! I had taken a different rout. For those who can shield out a couple of dollars its well worth it. The past days I have been sore and stuffed. My mind is clogged with clutter. It also does not help that I have three other roommates. and right now everything is every where and no space to move. Its a nicer location but I wonder if it was worth it. Luckily there are free services. Our dish move was free as well as the electricity. Water will charge you an 80 dollar deposit. Moving is expensive and time consuming. good luck on your next move.
http://www.moving.com/
http://www.moving.com/
Breaking Love
Love and heart ache go hand and hand. Its a blessing to fall in love and depending on who you are a heart ache can mean many of things. Some go a life time with out experiencing love nor heart ache. As for me I have experienced both.
My experiences with both emotions were both roller coasters. There are so many emotions and thoughts its like you’re a different person.
I first fell in Love two years ago. Summer love. It was marvelous, nothing I had ever experienced before. I would have constant butter flys, the simplelist things were ten times better. A walk in the park became a Hawaii vacation experience.
All you think about is the other person, and you just cant wait till the next time you get to see him. Colors are brighter, food taste better, even the air smells better. It a joyous experience.
I personally felt like I was in a cloud. The moon and stars are just a hand reach away. Every day is a good day. You feel complete, and whole. You wonder how you could have ever lived a day with out this person in your life.
I still remember the day I fell apart. I remember the smell, a horrible smell its like sadness has sour odor that just seeps threw your pores.
You feel nauseas , your moments from throwing up because you have a sharp pain in your stomach that’s comparable to a punch. Your thoughts are racing threw your head wondering what went wrong.
You fee like your drowning, your own anxiety and panic is preventing you from breathing. You cant do anything but cry. How do you explain to your teachers you cant turn in your math homework. Its impossible to pick up the peaces let alone a pencil.
You wont sleep or eat, thinking rationally is out of the question. You feel like your going crazy when people look at you as if you should be over it a week later. Or when you star crying at your work in front of customers and strange woman start praying for you.
And all you hear from your friends is “are you ok?”
Do I look Ok?
Eyes blood shot because the tears wont stop flowing. And everyone has the same advice. “O maybe it wasn’t meant to be. Time will heal your wounds.”
But time doesn’t heal your wounds it may slow down the tears and there may be a day or so that you don’t think about the person but the wound is still there and very open.
You don’t want to hear that it was never meant to be. You want to get lied to and get told he will come back.
Eventually the pain goes away depending on how long the relationship is and intensity of it.
If you think that you can not go threw it alone and need to talk to someone on a personnel level. You can always go to a counselor. You can make an appointment to speak with a counselor at Linn Benton Community College. There are 5 counselors that are available at the Albany campus. These services are made available to everyone not just students
I spoke to Charles Madriage a counselor at LBCC. I asked him a few questions about this topic. "Is there a chemical imbalance when you go threw a break up?"
"There has been scientific proof that there is a chemical imbalance when you are in love, however there is not a change when you go threw a break up."
I asked his opinion about what gender handles a break up better?
"It's not about the gender but its about the support that you surround your self with. Breakups are hard and I believe there especially more difficult when your younger. When you don't really have your own identity, and you find an identity in someone else so when it doesn't work out it crushes you. You get a feeling of rejection."
I asked Sara Mayers,24 a Linn Benton student and friend how long it took her to get over her six year relationship. “Three years of us being apart is coming up next month and I can honestly say that he is now completely out of my heart.”
The best advice she told me was to just separate and completely disconnect your self from that person.
When I asked My roommate Jordanne Amerling, 20 about breaks ups her advice was more of a saying “Breakups are like a broken mirror sometimes you get hurt more trying to fix it.”
The best advice I can give someone who is going threw a break up is cut all possible contact with that person.
Take some zanex to help with the panic. Don’t go anywhere where he maybe. Change your number if you have to. Lock your cell phone up if you feel the itch to text him. Delete your myspace account.
And especially do not drink!!!! If you do you may risk loosing the rest of your dignity and the next thing you know your yelling at a Barbie who resembles your ex seconds before you burn it in a can.
The only other person who knew exactly what I was going threw is my ex. We eventually got on good terms and we have even spoke of the situation. The way he coped was surrounded himself with friends and family.
You don’t have to go threw it alone. Even though you feel alone and abandoned surrounding yourself with people who support you is the best thing you can do.
My experiences with both emotions were both roller coasters. There are so many emotions and thoughts its like you’re a different person.
I first fell in Love two years ago. Summer love. It was marvelous, nothing I had ever experienced before. I would have constant butter flys, the simplelist things were ten times better. A walk in the park became a Hawaii vacation experience.
All you think about is the other person, and you just cant wait till the next time you get to see him. Colors are brighter, food taste better, even the air smells better. It a joyous experience.
I personally felt like I was in a cloud. The moon and stars are just a hand reach away. Every day is a good day. You feel complete, and whole. You wonder how you could have ever lived a day with out this person in your life.
I still remember the day I fell apart. I remember the smell, a horrible smell its like sadness has sour odor that just seeps threw your pores.
You feel nauseas , your moments from throwing up because you have a sharp pain in your stomach that’s comparable to a punch. Your thoughts are racing threw your head wondering what went wrong.
You fee like your drowning, your own anxiety and panic is preventing you from breathing. You cant do anything but cry. How do you explain to your teachers you cant turn in your math homework. Its impossible to pick up the peaces let alone a pencil.
You wont sleep or eat, thinking rationally is out of the question. You feel like your going crazy when people look at you as if you should be over it a week later. Or when you star crying at your work in front of customers and strange woman start praying for you.
And all you hear from your friends is “are you ok?”
Do I look Ok?
Eyes blood shot because the tears wont stop flowing. And everyone has the same advice. “O maybe it wasn’t meant to be. Time will heal your wounds.”
But time doesn’t heal your wounds it may slow down the tears and there may be a day or so that you don’t think about the person but the wound is still there and very open.
You don’t want to hear that it was never meant to be. You want to get lied to and get told he will come back.
Eventually the pain goes away depending on how long the relationship is and intensity of it.
If you think that you can not go threw it alone and need to talk to someone on a personnel level. You can always go to a counselor. You can make an appointment to speak with a counselor at Linn Benton Community College. There are 5 counselors that are available at the Albany campus. These services are made available to everyone not just students
I spoke to Charles Madriage a counselor at LBCC. I asked him a few questions about this topic. "Is there a chemical imbalance when you go threw a break up?"
"There has been scientific proof that there is a chemical imbalance when you are in love, however there is not a change when you go threw a break up."
I asked his opinion about what gender handles a break up better?
"It's not about the gender but its about the support that you surround your self with. Breakups are hard and I believe there especially more difficult when your younger. When you don't really have your own identity, and you find an identity in someone else so when it doesn't work out it crushes you. You get a feeling of rejection."
I asked Sara Mayers,24 a Linn Benton student and friend how long it took her to get over her six year relationship. “Three years of us being apart is coming up next month and I can honestly say that he is now completely out of my heart.”
The best advice she told me was to just separate and completely disconnect your self from that person.
When I asked My roommate Jordanne Amerling, 20 about breaks ups her advice was more of a saying “Breakups are like a broken mirror sometimes you get hurt more trying to fix it.”
The best advice I can give someone who is going threw a break up is cut all possible contact with that person.
Take some zanex to help with the panic. Don’t go anywhere where he maybe. Change your number if you have to. Lock your cell phone up if you feel the itch to text him. Delete your myspace account.
And especially do not drink!!!! If you do you may risk loosing the rest of your dignity and the next thing you know your yelling at a Barbie who resembles your ex seconds before you burn it in a can.
The only other person who knew exactly what I was going threw is my ex. We eventually got on good terms and we have even spoke of the situation. The way he coped was surrounded himself with friends and family.
You don’t have to go threw it alone. Even though you feel alone and abandoned surrounding yourself with people who support you is the best thing you can do.
Photo credit: "Broken heart" By bored-now
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Save a Pet
To save an animal is a great thing one can do. When I interviewed Jordanne Ameriling a fellow student at LBCC she said saving Louie. An Australian Sheppard is the best thing she ever did. she says she loves sharing her home with her beloved new dog.
When you save a pet you usually are helping animals that have been abandoned. Most of the adoption centers are all voluntary and are non profit.
Safe Haven is where Louie was saved from. Its pretty simple to adopt a pet there is a application that must get filled out and fees that must get paid.
Their was never a doubt in her mind that she wanted to save vs. buy a pet. Every animal deserves to be loved and have a family. Louie is now part of the family. When Louie came home he was full of surprises. No one expected him to be trained.
When you save a pet you usually are helping animals that have been abandoned. Most of the adoption centers are all voluntary and are non profit.
Safe Haven is where Louie was saved from. Its pretty simple to adopt a pet there is a application that must get filled out and fees that must get paid.
Their was never a doubt in her mind that she wanted to save vs. buy a pet. Every animal deserves to be loved and have a family. Louie is now part of the family. When Louie came home he was full of surprises. No one expected him to be trained.
Wolverine
I usually decide if i want to see a movie in the theater because I feel the movie wont be the same at home; special effects or because I just really want to see it. This is the fourth X Men movie and I would like to say it was the one with the lowest budget. I usually don't mind when the special effects are just non realistic but at least look real. Well in this movie not only were the special effects cheap they were tacky. The whole walking slowly in front of a helicopter that just exploited and is now smoke and fire has been done! In die hard 1,2,3, and 4. the movie had a good story line and explained a lot. It also had a love story in there as well. Overall it was an OK movie the acting was really good. I recommend seeing it, just not spending any money on it.
http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi520356633/
http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi520356633/
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Model and Muse
Kate Moss hosted the very appropriate Model and Muse theme of the Met Costume Institute Gala in New York on May 4, 2009. This event is to praise the designers we all love today. Even though it is supposed to be about the designers it's the celebrities that get talked about that night. Every celebrity comes out to give their support. Only to get ridiculed for wearing something ridiculous that wasn't up to their standards. For example Madonna got some laughs because of what she was wearing mid thigh boots with a short Louis Vuitton dress and wired bunny ears that seemed to hold up her hair.http://www.eonline.com/photos/gallery.jsp?galleryUUID=1210#33563 Madonna got the most attention for wearing something ugly.
Where it should be the best dressed to receive the most attention in my vote that award goes to Jessica Biel. A gorgeous red strapless flowing dress by Versace. http://www.eonline.com/photos/gallery.jsp?galleryUUID=1210#33557
Rhianna also got allot of attention because it was her first big red carpet event since her misfortune with Chris Brown. She wore a Tuxedo with a hint of famine. Very large sleeves and slick hair.
This event is the most glamours where you can see the hard work that the designers do their creativity and work their fans and love.
Where it should be the best dressed to receive the most attention in my vote that award goes to Jessica Biel. A gorgeous red strapless flowing dress by Versace. http://www.eonline.com/photos/gallery.jsp?galleryUUID=1210#33557
Rhianna also got allot of attention because it was her first big red carpet event since her misfortune with Chris Brown. She wore a Tuxedo with a hint of famine. Very large sleeves and slick hair.
This event is the most glamours where you can see the hard work that the designers do their creativity and work their fans and love.
Sunday, April 26, 2009
A tree in my name
It took five years to make the movie earth I hope it doesn't take Disney the same amount of time to plant a tree for watching the movie. I went to see it on earth day. The movie was a bit short it followed 3 different families in there journey to conquer food. All three families have to travel for weeks to get to there meal. Some families are not that fortunate and become the meal. It was a sad story to see what global warming is doing to our planet and animals.
Teacher says get naked
On April 21st in a supreme court hearing regarding a student accusing another student, Savana Redding at Safford middle school in Arizona of being strip searched for having medication Ibuprofen.
There was talk around the school that other students were involved in having a prescription party. When the students officials got wind of this "party" they strip searched Savana because they believed she had ibuprofen. Now years later in 2009 she is suing. School officials defend themselves by saying " I would rather embarrassed one child then to have another dead."
I believe that at every age people have rights and Savana's rights were violated. In any other case or instance the authority's would have needed a warrant. Bottom line the school was in the wrong, there were a thousand ways they could have handled the situation instead of causing emotional damage.
There was talk around the school that other students were involved in having a prescription party. When the students officials got wind of this "party" they strip searched Savana because they believed she had ibuprofen. Now years later in 2009 she is suing. School officials defend themselves by saying " I would rather embarrassed one child then to have another dead."
I believe that at every age people have rights and Savana's rights were violated. In any other case or instance the authority's would have needed a warrant. Bottom line the school was in the wrong, there were a thousand ways they could have handled the situation instead of causing emotional damage.
Monday, April 13, 2009
Customer Service
Working in retail and customer service, made me noticed that the employees must act and behave a certain way. Its called customer service. The employee must be nice and bite their tongues when they get the challenge of dealing with a difficult customer. Employees have to obied by rules but what about the customer? What rules should they have to follow? I work at Ross and I deal with some of the rudest people ever!!! And its not just the verbal abuse its the way they look at you when they feel I should be kissing their ass trying to tell them how good something looks. I DON'T MAKE COMMISSION! So my salary will remain the same weather you buy something or not. But the thing that gets me the most is how they just don't care. If I were a guest at any one's home I would not make a mess out of anything. Time and time again I watch people look at something from a rack, the piece of clothing falls and they just walk away. its the rudest thing when people go into the fitting rooms try on everything in the store and give it back to me, expecting me to stop what I'm doing and hang the clothes they were too lazy to do themselves. I almost wonder what their homes must be like. Or I wonder the parenting styles when the son or daughter are the ones that are trying something on and they come out with the clothes and the parent says nothing O just hand them to her. If customers don't want to be given attitude then maybe they should treat others as they would like to be treated.
Rules when shopping
1.Know where your shopping
of course your going to get more attention at a Nordstroms vs Ross they make commission
2. Clean up after yourself
if you drop a shirt pick it up don't just walk away
3.Don't shoot the messenger
I don't make any rules up I get told what can and cant be returned so don't yell at me when i cant give you back the three dollars and .19 cents you paid for a shirt you bought 6 months ago your not renting clothes people your BUYING!
4. Pick up after yourself
that means if a shirt falls of hanger because you were looking at it don't just walk away PICK IT UP!
5. If you want someone to talk to get a dog
Don't call my work and complain about me because I never said hi to you that's not bad service that means your lonely.
6.Don't tell me to smile
Its easy for you to be happy your not working, your out and about on a sunny day spending some money while I have been on my feet for 3 hours now and just got yelled at.
7. Know the hours of the business
If the store closes at 9:30 don't come in at 9:20 wanting to try 30 things on and make everyone wait on you.
Photo credit by colorblind picasoFriday, April 10, 2009
neXt
My next story..... Reviewing a movie without the unnecessary fancy smanshy talk. If you just wanna know the plot without the artsy view of things I will do that. There is nothing more I hate then reading a movie review and being told nothing about the movie.
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Laughter
Laughter Yoga is an up and coming new craze that was originally created in India with only five people. Dr. Madan Katarian was the one who takes the credit for beginning the new fad that even got Oprahs Winfreys attention.
The entire point behind laughter yoga is that laughter is the best medicine. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/04/07/health/webmd/main1481492.shtml
It all started when Dr. Katarian took five people that stood in a circle and one by one would step to the center and tell a joke. Everyone soon realized that laughing made them feel better about them selves.
So, Dr Katarian took this laughter approach and improved it, linking it with yoga.
You are now including laughing with the yoga poses.You could do a downward dog and laugh. The point behind it is to make you smile and make you feel better about yourself.
I asked Jordan Hoffer a 22, year old male student at Oregon State University who partakes in yoga classes at the YMCA. He is a huge fan of yoga and has had the opportunity to try laughter yoga.
He said “I love the energy and the laughing, even though at first there was nothing funny to laugh about and I did feel weird about it. I just put on a smile and it came naturally. I guess you fake it till you make it."
Melissa Dickson at Linn Benton did not share the same feelings as Hoffer. She is a huge fan of yoga but thinks that adding fake laughter is pointless.
"I feel to have true happiness is not something you fake with a cheesy giggle or laughter."
I asked a yoga instructor what she though of the new craze Aurore Morley who teaches at Linn Benton. "I have never tried this kind of yoga it’s something that is more practised in bigger cities. I would love to have the opportunity to try such a happy version of yoga."
Weather you are a believer or a non believer it’s a new experience that everyone should be open to trying after all no one has ever died from laughter. Namaste.
The entire point behind laughter yoga is that laughter is the best medicine. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/04/07/health/webmd/main1481492.shtml
It all started when Dr. Katarian took five people that stood in a circle and one by one would step to the center and tell a joke. Everyone soon realized that laughing made them feel better about them selves.
So, Dr Katarian took this laughter approach and improved it, linking it with yoga.
You are now including laughing with the yoga poses.You could do a downward dog and laugh. The point behind it is to make you smile and make you feel better about yourself.
I asked Jordan Hoffer a 22, year old male student at Oregon State University who partakes in yoga classes at the YMCA. He is a huge fan of yoga and has had the opportunity to try laughter yoga.
He said “I love the energy and the laughing, even though at first there was nothing funny to laugh about and I did feel weird about it. I just put on a smile and it came naturally. I guess you fake it till you make it."
Melissa Dickson at Linn Benton did not share the same feelings as Hoffer. She is a huge fan of yoga but thinks that adding fake laughter is pointless.
"I feel to have true happiness is not something you fake with a cheesy giggle or laughter."
I asked a yoga instructor what she though of the new craze Aurore Morley who teaches at Linn Benton. "I have never tried this kind of yoga it’s something that is more practised in bigger cities. I would love to have the opportunity to try such a happy version of yoga."
Weather you are a believer or a non believer it’s a new experience that everyone should be open to trying after all no one has ever died from laughter. Namaste.
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