Why must some people hurt themselves?

I have a friend that will hurt herself to try and make things better, but it never is. She is in and out of the hospital all the time. Today, I learned that after discovering an unfortunate death in her family, she decided to take a walk, and on that walk she was hit by a drunk driver and is now in the hospital unconscious. I have no idea how to help her. I can only try to talk to her, but sometimes she decides she hates me and will not talk to me. Other times she will suddenly need me. I never turn her away. She was sent home, from here at NMU, because she was unstable mentally and emotionally. I hate to see her like this and I feel helpless three hours away from her. I am not going to give up on her, though, and she knows that. I wish I could take her pain away, so she can live a happy life. I suppose, though, I do not have magic powers. Darn. No matter what it takes, I will help save her and if I cannot even do that, I would have failed as her friend, supporter, and hope. With each passing day I learn more about her and what she feels. I hope with what I can learn about her I can help her turn her life around, so she can begin to heal.

1 comment October 29, 2008

Ten Things I Will Debate About

When it comes to debating about heated topics, I would say that I am pretty good at it, so long as it is a topic I feel strongly about. I try not to argue with people, but if someone starts something, I usually finish it. My communications skills are well developed, I would say. Occasionally I have trouble debating or arguing with someone because the topic gets to me emotionally, so it is hard to make a good response.  Overall, I like debating with others, even if it is a challenge.  

• Women’s Rights
• Gay and Lesbian Rights
• Homeschooling vs. Public schools
• Morals and Values
• What to do in a situation
• Female circumcisions (this one is new)
• Animal Rights
• Stem Cell Research
• Legalizing Marijuana
• Uncaring and inept parents

Add a comment October 29, 2008

An outrage…..ugh

Why must some people be so opinionated about other people’s business? I have never understood it. I wish this world would be different, but I know that it will never happen. People will be how they will be and there is nothing you can do about it. Your business is yours and my business is mine. If someone has a problem with another person, they need to confront that person and resolve the problem. I cannot say that I have not judged because everyone judges something or someone every day. It is an unstoppable force! People thrive on gossip and lies on other people and unfortunately, this can lead to other problems. I do not know what to do about it either and that makes me mad.

Add a comment October 23, 2008

Doormrooms

From the moment you enter, a little whiff from your nose reveals new and old. The entry was is almost always clear of clutter; the walls still starch white and the floor an ugly pebbled pattern, also making the room seem dull. Your eye is drawn to the closet full of clothing with two hampers under them, and a dresser full of more clothes. On the top shelf sits all of the cleaning products, storage tubs, and extra beverages neatly piled together. Continuing on through the short entrance way, you will immediately see into a 12″x12″ room with a colorful carpet of reds, blues, browns, greens and blacks all arranged in scattered squares.

Immediately to your left, a velvety, orange butterfly chair sits with two extra soft pillows resting in the seat. Beyond that, along the far left wall, sits my roommate’s and my beds; bunked to save on space. To follow, sits my cluttered desk full of books and papers and other odds and ends. The perpendicular wall only contains our heater at the bottom with our crates containing files and school books and our printer on the floor. The only object on the wall is the window with our NMU and Superior Edge stickers looking out at the parking lot.

My roommates desk sits diagonally form the right edge of the window to about two and  a half feet against the right side wall. Next to her desk is the three tiered shelf piled high with food and clean dishes. Sitting on top is our coffee maker and grounds. How I love that taste of coffee. Following alongside the fridge and microwave that can barely fit on the top of it, is the entertainment center. The television is about a seventeen inch screen and sits on top of a small TV stand: it holds the VCR and DVD players, some movies, and a Super Nintendo. This leads you back to the entrance way where you are looking at the back of the door and now you leave behind you as you leave the room, the whiff of new and old.

Add a comment October 9, 2008

Gasoline prices below $3 per gallon at some Ypsilanti area stations

by Tracy Davis | The Ann Arbor News
Thursday October 09, 2008, 8:19 AM
Gasoline prices dropped below the $3-per-gallon mark overnight at several area stations.

The Circle K on Clark Street in Ypsilanti Township was selling a gallon of regular gas this morning for $2.99, resulting in a steady flow of traffic, clerks said.

Other stations in the Ypsilanti and Ypsilanti Township area had similar prices, one reportedly as low as $2.97.

But it wasn’t a universal drop. Prices varied throughout the region and were as high as $3.39 in west Ann Arbor, Dexter and Chelsea.

Over the past three weeks, fuel prices in Michigan have fallen more than 70 cents per gallon, according to AAA Michigan. The average a year ago was $2.89.

The Dearborn-based auto club surveys 2,800 Michigan gas stations daily

http://www.mlive.com/annarbornews/news/index.ssf/2008/10/gasoline_prices_below_3_per_ga.html

I am sure that nearly everyone will agree that the gas prices over the past year or two have been outrageous. Traveling is not as much fun anymore because at least half, if not more, of the funding goes to gas and fuel. Gas stations are always competing for business; usually their prices would be as much as a penny difference, but they have to keep up with business. Settling for a lower price has worked for some Ypsilanti gas stations, but I do not believe that is a good idea to settle. Settling will get you no real benefits, in this case, profits. Prices have gone down due to the oil barrel prices decreasing, but who knows how long that will last? The prices are different all over the U.S. Here in Michigan, the gas prices downstate are lower than the gas prices in the U.P.  I have also heard that the dramatic decreases in gas prices are a hopeful decision that the economy will heal itself. Lower prices means that more people will want to get out and buy more. This would then increase the monetary circulation and this would help bring our economy back to a healthy level.

2 comments October 9, 2008

Voters to consider marijuana, stem cell research

Voters to consider medical marijuana, stem cell research

by Advance Newspapers

2 comments October 2, 2008

Ahhh love

Love is many things. It can mean warmth, passion, to care, to be someone in another person’s life, etc. I could go on. If you go to the web site below you will see how many different ways love is described. I love many people and I am loved by many people. There are different types of love, such as unconditional love. This means that you love someone no matter what they do. Another type of love in just the opposite of unconditional love; conditional love, which means that you love someone based on only certain features or events in regards to another person. Love can be anything you make it. But an important rule to live by is that you need to love yourself before you can love others. If you are incapable of loving yourself, loving others will be an even more difficult process. You may then feel a longing for love; in the process of this, you may become depressed and possibly making irreversible decisions.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/love

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“You can put the blame on me”

                                                    `Akon

Blame. A lot of people throw this word around like it was something to brush away. When I was in high school, I helped some of my friends with their problems when they needed someone to talk to, or if they were actually looking for advice. Well, it did not always work out how I would expect. People tend to look for someone to blame when things go wrong, even if was their fault to begin with. Unfortunately, I would get that blame if what I had to say to my friends did not seem to work.  If you wanted a technical term for this, I was their scapegoat many times. I can give advice till I am blue in the face. It is only the person I am giving it to, that will do with it what they please. If things do not work out then that is not my fault, but sure if you are looking for someone to blame, blame me. If it would truly make them feel better, just do it. Now it has gone too far in playing the blame-game. I have lost some friends in the past because of it. I would get blamed for things that I had nothing to do with, let alone know what was going on. But for some reason whomever it was at the time deemed it necessary to blame me. And I took it. That scares me.

Add a comment October 2, 2008

“Why women live longer than men”

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I always think these kind pictures are funny. I know they seem sexist, but I would have to say that men are resourceful creatures. If it works for them it will work for anyone. The man sitting under a truck with it propped up by two 2×4s is just priceless. My dad is a resourceful man. He even gave me my own Maguiver kit before he and my mom went back home after they brought me up here. Either way, these pictures above are a reminder that we can work with what we have to get a job done.

Add a comment October 1, 2008