Half Over Already?
Well, this weekend is Fall Break, so that means after this week, we'll be halfway through the semester. I can't believe it. No, really, I can't. There's still so much stuff, some I barely started. I still feel so overwhelmed and so rushed! Now, I'm starting to get kinda confused. I got a schedule together to get me time to try to work on everything, but you know with my class I keep having to push stuff back, since the class has more pressing deadlines. I'm hoping things will fall into place soon. I got to get with it on a lot of stuff.
This past week, it was the paper that filled my life. Of course, I worked on it almost to the last second. It really was a frustration that I couldn't find what I wanted to discuss from Child Psychology. I wish I had a more complete draft to show my professor before he left this weekend on a trip. Well, so far I'm doing good on the quizes, so maybe I'll be ok in the long run, grade wise.
I meant to talk about this earlier. Jenny McCarthy was on Oprah again, and she made me even madder than last time. I kinda forgot why, then I saw an interview with her on the internet, and I was fuming. For one thing, she's claiming that her son "had" autism and he's cured now, or "recovered." I don't think it really is, but even if it was, I really wish I could say to her, "Your took away from your son a gift, a new perspective you will never have and he will never have again. Shame on you!" But what really makes me mad is one of the responses she's making on the whole vaccination controversy. I really don't think vaccinations have anything to do with autism; I think it's more like it just so happens the onset of autism happens around the time a child gets that shot. If it is or isn't, the CDC is getting defensive in their response, just being adamant that there is no proven link to autism and vaccinations and that children are dying because they're not getting shots. McCarthy's answer to that just made me livid. She said, "My son died after he got a shot." I could not believe that! I wanted to say, "No, no, no! He did not die! He lived! He really lived! And you thought you were giving him back life? You live one day in his head. You feel what he feels looking out that window, and then tell me that he died! But no, you just had to make him like you, didn't you?" I felt like she was saying I was dead. Autism is not AIDS! Why does everybody talk about how it's such a bad thing? They just don't know. And I realize it's frustrating and even painful at times, especially when it's at its worst, but it can be magnificent! Why can't anyone look at the good things, the gifts? On Oprah, there was also an interview with Jim Carey, who is now Jenny McCarthy's boyfriend. It was one of the first times I actually really respected Jim Carey. I think he may have seen some of the good parts of it. He was saying things like the boy had autism for a reason. I don't remember exactly. I decide to record over it.
That episode of "Heroes" this week was good. Good guy Sylar, ha ha! It was really hard seeing the changes in Peter, though. How can a Christ figure fall from grace? I'm not sure what to make of Linderman. It's good to see him back, but is he good or bad? Some of the lines between Ando and Hiro made me laugh out loud, and that line from the African guy about Jung was great, too. This season is really changing its explanation of how people are getting powers. They always led us on that it's evolution, but now it seems more man-made. I mean, I thought it would be weird if they were trying to stop this if it was evolution. It kinda brought to mind Gamaliel's warning in Acts 5:39, "You will not be able to overthrow them, or else you may even be found fighting against God." But I don't know, it's unusual. I'm still trying to think if I could write a Spectrum fic for this and trying not to.
It's neat that the Presidential debate is going to be in Nashville tomorrow. It's a shame it's being held at a rival school, but I'm probably still going to see it. By the way, if you see it on NBC, my Dad has a rather significant part of what you see. He suggested what frequency to use when they show this around the world. I'm not exactly sure what that means (he's a video engineer, so most of that is very complicated), but it sounds important. About the election, I pretty much decided I'm not going to vote for president. I am going to vote for other offices, but I'm not pleased with either candidate (I kinda like Palin, but she'd be vice president). I'm hoping after I see the debate tomorrow that I'll have a reason why. It's mostly morally based right now. Who knows? Something might change my mind.
Anyway, this weekend is Fall Break. My sister and I will be coming home, even though Mom and Dad will be out of town Friday and Saturday (Mom's speaking at a Lady's Day in Kentucky). Next weekend, Mom is speaking at a Lady's Day at our congregation, and she asked me to lead a prayer. So, it's pretty wild. I'm coming home three weekends in a row. Hope it will be relaxing and I won't have too much homework.
I wrote my most anticipated chapter in my Final Fantasy fic. It was so long. I asked my cowriter if she would be willing to write the next one because I had the beginnings of the idea, but I didn't know what to do with it. I'm gonna try to work on the finale. Hope it will be good. "Fringe" fics are starting to take off. Most of them are drabbles, and I tried my hand at writing one from Walter Bishop's point of view. It was kinda cool, and I got a bigger response than I was expecting. I might do another one.
This past week, it was the paper that filled my life. Of course, I worked on it almost to the last second. It really was a frustration that I couldn't find what I wanted to discuss from Child Psychology. I wish I had a more complete draft to show my professor before he left this weekend on a trip. Well, so far I'm doing good on the quizes, so maybe I'll be ok in the long run, grade wise.
I meant to talk about this earlier. Jenny McCarthy was on Oprah again, and she made me even madder than last time. I kinda forgot why, then I saw an interview with her on the internet, and I was fuming. For one thing, she's claiming that her son "had" autism and he's cured now, or "recovered." I don't think it really is, but even if it was, I really wish I could say to her, "Your took away from your son a gift, a new perspective you will never have and he will never have again. Shame on you!" But what really makes me mad is one of the responses she's making on the whole vaccination controversy. I really don't think vaccinations have anything to do with autism; I think it's more like it just so happens the onset of autism happens around the time a child gets that shot. If it is or isn't, the CDC is getting defensive in their response, just being adamant that there is no proven link to autism and vaccinations and that children are dying because they're not getting shots. McCarthy's answer to that just made me livid. She said, "My son died after he got a shot." I could not believe that! I wanted to say, "No, no, no! He did not die! He lived! He really lived! And you thought you were giving him back life? You live one day in his head. You feel what he feels looking out that window, and then tell me that he died! But no, you just had to make him like you, didn't you?" I felt like she was saying I was dead. Autism is not AIDS! Why does everybody talk about how it's such a bad thing? They just don't know. And I realize it's frustrating and even painful at times, especially when it's at its worst, but it can be magnificent! Why can't anyone look at the good things, the gifts? On Oprah, there was also an interview with Jim Carey, who is now Jenny McCarthy's boyfriend. It was one of the first times I actually really respected Jim Carey. I think he may have seen some of the good parts of it. He was saying things like the boy had autism for a reason. I don't remember exactly. I decide to record over it.
That episode of "Heroes" this week was good. Good guy Sylar, ha ha! It was really hard seeing the changes in Peter, though. How can a Christ figure fall from grace? I'm not sure what to make of Linderman. It's good to see him back, but is he good or bad? Some of the lines between Ando and Hiro made me laugh out loud, and that line from the African guy about Jung was great, too. This season is really changing its explanation of how people are getting powers. They always led us on that it's evolution, but now it seems more man-made. I mean, I thought it would be weird if they were trying to stop this if it was evolution. It kinda brought to mind Gamaliel's warning in Acts 5:39, "You will not be able to overthrow them, or else you may even be found fighting against God." But I don't know, it's unusual. I'm still trying to think if I could write a Spectrum fic for this and trying not to.
It's neat that the Presidential debate is going to be in Nashville tomorrow. It's a shame it's being held at a rival school, but I'm probably still going to see it. By the way, if you see it on NBC, my Dad has a rather significant part of what you see. He suggested what frequency to use when they show this around the world. I'm not exactly sure what that means (he's a video engineer, so most of that is very complicated), but it sounds important. About the election, I pretty much decided I'm not going to vote for president. I am going to vote for other offices, but I'm not pleased with either candidate (I kinda like Palin, but she'd be vice president). I'm hoping after I see the debate tomorrow that I'll have a reason why. It's mostly morally based right now. Who knows? Something might change my mind.
Anyway, this weekend is Fall Break. My sister and I will be coming home, even though Mom and Dad will be out of town Friday and Saturday (Mom's speaking at a Lady's Day in Kentucky). Next weekend, Mom is speaking at a Lady's Day at our congregation, and she asked me to lead a prayer. So, it's pretty wild. I'm coming home three weekends in a row. Hope it will be relaxing and I won't have too much homework.
I wrote my most anticipated chapter in my Final Fantasy fic. It was so long. I asked my cowriter if she would be willing to write the next one because I had the beginnings of the idea, but I didn't know what to do with it. I'm gonna try to work on the finale. Hope it will be good. "Fringe" fics are starting to take off. Most of them are drabbles, and I tried my hand at writing one from Walter Bishop's point of view. It was kinda cool, and I got a bigger response than I was expecting. I might do another one.