I Caught Hypochondriasis!!!!!

I took the MMPI like 2 weeks ago and I was in the 'normal' rang (whatever that means) for hypochondriasis. Well if I took it tonight that would most definitly NOT be the case.

I've devoted my undivided attention to the fine specimans available to me in the

waiting room for Kaiser's urgent care. What fine specimans indeed!

Am I doing the field of B.S. (Behavioral Science that is) an injustice by not taking advantage of this once in a...I wouldn't say lifetime but you get the idea...opportunity by taking notes?

I mean its not everyday you are in a room full of people this...special.

I would hate to do that so here are a few observations:

1. When you see a child screaming and a mother doing nothing, don't jump to the conclusion that she is a bad mom neglecting her child. She may actually be doing her job...parenting. I saw a perfect example of that tonight. This lady had the most well behaved children Liz and I have ever seen, and at one point when the daughter was having a fit her mom did not give in! Way to go mom!

2. Backing in to sit down. Have you experienced this? Someone that instead of walking towards their seat, they back in and sit down, sometimes missing the seat and landing on an unsuspecting stranger. Tonight that unsuspecting stranger was me...3 times, I will spare you the ENORMOUS details. Who do they think I am, Santa?

3. "Not sick!" I heard an interesting conversation between 2 ladies, one who looked like an African Tribal Princess with a...mane and the other with a bad case of...gas. The conversation went something like this:

Gas: Are you sick?

Mane: No, you?

Gas: Nope, not sick!

Then what are you there for????

4. Ok about the gas. This woman had a RANCID case of it. She kept burping and farting ON Liz, poor Liz! She didn't say excuse me or anything, in the words of Bon Qui Qui...RUDE!!!! Hey, maybe thats why so many people were wearing those surgical masks. At least that is what I would like to think and that it was not that they have some crazy airborne disease lol!

5. Discharge. No not from the hospital...from the eye of the lady sitting next to me. NASTY!!!!!!

6. Tyra, come get some contestants for America's Next Top Model. There were some ladies in there that would put some famous models to shame. They were dressed in the finest cloths, no sarcasm here seriously. They even had THE walk and created a few of their own. One called the "stop and cough walk" and the other the "limp walk" not to be confused with the pimp walk). I still don't know what they were there for. Maybe it was to get a surgical mask, I mean a "cool little blue hat" as one boy called it to add to their wardrobe.

7. She doesn't bite... at least I don't think so but she sure does growl a lot! A lady near me honestly sounded like she was snoring while she was awake.

And last but not least my favorite.

8. The argument!!! There was this crazy money hungry man there. Seriously! He was lecturing (funny considering he thought teaching was a stupid waste of time) everyone about how everyone should be a business owner and that you make a choice not to be rich. Business owner, what about the doctor who is treating him or the pharmacist that is medicating him...anyways I wont get into all he said you would be reading for awhile. Oh but one more thing, when asked how many kids he had, he said "4...that I know of haha!" JERK!

So a man confronted him (wearing a blue mask, I might add, it was amusing) and they argued for awhile but then changed subjects and came to a mutual agreement regarding multiple marriages, be prepared to take notes you wont be getting this anywhere else.

The first wife is the one to "practice" with and make tons of mistakes.

The second wife is the one to learn from the mistakes with.

The third wife is the...keeper.

WOW!!!!

Anyways, sorry if I was mean and/ or disrespectful in any way in this blog. It was just a long night and my roomie and I wanted to turn it into a funny memory.

I hope you at least laughed a little!

GOODNIGHT!!!!

*This blog is dedicated to my beloved roomie and friend Elizabeth Mousa who made this experience all possible. I love you!!!!!*

--And for those of you who are wondering, which I hope is ALL of you...Liz is fine, she has drugs!

Just for fun and maybe some (more) laughs,

Breast Cancer Awareness? I think not!!

As you may know I don’t blog very often. Well sadly I’m not breaking my non-blogging streak with a happy, funny or inspirational blog, but with a blog that is a result of finding myself utterly appalled tonight and being urged by my roomie to blog!

So I am sure that by now you have seen, heard or maybe even participated in the ‘raising of breast Cancer Awareness’ through a status.

Here is how it started:
Ladies, write the color of your bra in your status, just the color, nothing else, and send this message on to only girls, no men. It will be neat to see if this will spread the wings of cancer awareness.

Innocent enough right? I guess so. I personally did not participate because I didn’t want the whole world to know what color bra I was wearing, especially my male friends if they found out what I was refereeing to.

Next:
Let's switch it up ladies... Posting your Bra color was great! It's amazing how many women posted this on their status! And awareness was raised we were even on the news! So let 's try this - If you had an inch of pink ribbon for every one person you personally know who has been touched by breast cancer, how many inches of pink ribbon would you have? Just write the number in your status, "# inches" , nothing else, and send this message on to only girls, no men.

Still pretty innocent, although some guys did get the wrong idea about it. But I’m not even going to go into that.

Next:
This is hilarious!!!! Please Don't spoil the fun, and lets keep this thing going. Since the men didn't appreciate our bra colors or ribbon size...DONT TELL ANY MEN, so we keep them guessing!!!! Type out the sentence you end up with in YOUR STATUS!!!

Month you were born:
January-------I kicked
February------I loved
March----------I karate chopped
April------------I licked
May------------I jumped on
June-----------I smelled
July------------I did the Macarena With
August--------I had lunch with
September----I danced with
October-------I sang to
November-----I yelled at
December-----I ran over

Pick the day (number) you were born on:
1-------a birdbath
2-------a monster
3-------a phone
4-------a fork
5-------a snowman
6-------a gangster
7-------my mobile phone
8-------my dog
9-------my best friends' boyfriend
10-------my neighbour
11-------my science teacher
12-------a banana
13-------a fireman
14-------a stuffed animal
15-------a goat
16-------a pickle
17-------your mom
18-------a spoon
19------- a smurf
20-------a baseball bat
21-------a ninja
22-------Chuck Norris
23-------a noodle
24-------a squirrel
25-------a football player
26-------my sister
27-------my brother
28-------an iPod
29-------a surfer
30-------a homeless guy
31-------a llama

What is the last number of the year you were born:
1--------- In my car
2 --------- On your car
3 --------- In a hole
4 --------- Under your bed
5 --------- Riding a Motorcycle
6 --------- sliding down a hill
7 --------- in an elevator
8---------- at the dinner table
9 -------- In line at the bank
0 -------- in your bathroom

Pick the color of shirt you are wearing:
White---------because I'm cool like that
Black---------because that's how I roll.
Pink-----------because I'm NOT crazy.
Red-----------because the voices told me to.
Blue-----------because I'm sexy and I do what I want
Green---------because I think I need some serious help.
Purple---------because I'm AWESOME!
Gray----------because Big Bird said to and he's my leader.
Yellow---------because someone offered me 1,000,000 dollars
Orange--------because my family thinks I'm stupid anyway.
Brown---------because I can.
Other----------because I'm a Ninja!
None----------because I can't control myself!

Apparently someone decided that the reaction of confused men ought to take precedence over Breast Cancer Awareness. But it was still innocent and yes kind of funny. Just wait until you see what came next.

Next:
Let's keep the guys going. What sort of weather do we ladies prefer? Update your status with one of the following:
'wet and hard' if your a rain lover
'soft and slow' if you prefer snow
'hot and steamy' if you're a sun worshipper
'hard Blow' if you prefer wind
'I'm easy' if you're not bothered what the weather is like.
Drives them nuts when we all unite like this- scares them half to death - Goddesses will rule the world again!!!

And this is where I found myself utterly appalled. I cannot believe that what started out as an attempt to raise Breast Cancer Awareness has turned into a charade of sleazy status’. And about not telling the guys, I must have been totally off base. I thought that was about remaining ladylike or from a Christian standpoint not causing our brothers to stumble.

A lady by the name of Rachal was on the right track when she added this into a message but then she too got caught up in it being a game.
(Addendum by Rachal) This game may be all fun and everything... It's fun to make the men go crazy with some mass effort by the women here and there. But take a moment from this 'game' and really think about what/why this started. Women every day learn that their entire worlds are going to change. Some may not win their fight. Take a moment and think of the untold strength and determination of these women to fight for their very lives. So post up your shoe size, foward the msg (with or without my little addition) and think on why these games started in the first place. Please.

I could go on and on about this, but I won’t. I will end with this...



…a picture of my dear friend Vicki (a 2 time Breast Cancer Survivor) and I. We celebrated her 5th Anniversary of being Breast Cancer Free this past summer. If I called her and told her I put “wet and hard” or I’m easy” in my status JUST for her. Do you think she would be proud? I think not!

R.I.P. Old n' Faithful KSwiss

Well, i'm breaking my lack of blogs with a blog about an old pair of shoes. There weren't just any pair of old shoes. There were my KSwiss. I bought my senior year... Of High school. So that means they have been with me for... 4 1/2 years. (whoa I feel old)! They have stayed strong the whole time and finally got a little weak this summer. :( They ripped out this semester and recently started talking to me so I knew it was time...to let them go. I got some replacements today and put these old guys to rest. It was a sad walk to the dumpster. But it was long overdue. Please have a moment of silence in remembrence of my dear old n' faithful KSwiss! Thank you!

Locks of Love!!

I have contemplated cutting my hair for the longest time; I wanted to give it to locks of love. But I have never cut my hair by choice, except for maybe a trim, so let’s be honest I was a chicken. lol!! Well, I started contemplating it again this summer because I was just tired of my hair, I wanted to do something different and spontaneous... So I asked the opinion of a few amazing people (you know who you are) and they ALL said yes. So last night I straightened it and today I cut it!! WHOA!!! I had to do it myself though because it wasn’t worth going somewhere, plus I thought I would embarrass myself crying, and my mom wouldn’t do it because she was afraid I would hate it and take it out on her. Anyways here are some pics.

P.S. I donated 12 inches.
P.S.S. I did cry. lol!

Heres a few pics. For more check out Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=30503719&id=139001082&comments#/album.php?aid=2017104&id=139001082) or Myspace (http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.editAlbumPhotos&albumID=2753941)

Before: Straight and LONG.


Before: Curly and LONG!


Cutting it...so nervous.


After: Straight and SHORT.


After: Curly and SHORT.


I can get used to this...I can get used to this...I WILL get used to this.


Mama C calls this the "new me do" =]

Napa and a noose?

Please read Liz's blog for the story we told you about. =]

SAD DAY…

Disclaimer: Don’t read this if you are looking forward to one of my usual upbeat, possibly funny blogs because it is not; but just as life itself, it can’t always be happy. Sorry to put you guys through this, but I really need to vent.

Due to some realizations I have come to both through the Beth Moore study I am doing (Loving Well) and life itself, I have been trying to be a more open person, and break down some of the walls I have built up. In other words, I just want to be a more real person all around.

Well, today I have hit a bump in the road. Someone that I really trusted has broken my trust for them before, but it wasn’t really a big deal because I didn’t tell him/her too much. Sadly my view of them has slowly started to…disintegrate, and today it…shattered!!

I just cannot believe how some people can be so inconsiderate, rude, down right “dirty”...I am at a loss for words to describe to you what I mean. The sad thing is is that this person calls him/herself a…Christian. I really didn’t want to say that in case a non-Christian reads my blog, but it’s the truth. So if you are a non- Christian please know that we do mess up to, but we are not all bad people. We are far from what God is and are to strive to be more like Him, but it is work.


Anyways, it was just a sad sad day, but I know that even this will work out for good. I know that through this God can teach me forgiveness among many other things. Praise the Lord, Halleluiah, Amen!!!! God is good all the time, all the time God is good!!

June is Full of Fun...

MY COUNTDOWNS

I am sooo excited for my roomie to come and visit. I have been to her house a TON of times, now she gets to come to mine. I can't wait for her to meet my family, riends, and Church family, and visa versa. We are going to have a blast!!!!

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This is supposed to be a "special" birthday, but it feels like any other B-Day, and I don't mind. I know that I am going to have a fun time...and I don't even need alcohol for that. =]

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I HATE this drive and I have to do it all the time, but it should be fun since Liz is driving with me. Once in So-Cal I have a few things planned that will be fun. I get to see some fam (sis, bro, niece, aunt, uncle, cuz'z ect.) I also get to see myy Mama Colleen, which I can't wait for, I miss her TONS, and hopefully I will get to see some other CBU peeps.

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I love FOCUS sooooo much and I can't wait to help out at a Step Ahead and meet some Freshmen, hopefully I will meet some of Haley and I's girls.

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Once again the drive...but it will be fun with Jessica. We will probably listen to some Beth Moore on the way to get fired up to see her at the end of the month.

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Now comes the weekend I cannot wait for. Jessica, my church and I are going to see Beth Moore speak. She is soooo amazing and I can't wait to hear about what God has been teaching her. I know that I will learn a lot and grow closer to God through it. Plus I can't wait to see her face when we surprise her with a big gift basket.

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I AM SOOOOOO EXCITED!!!!