i have never had the vaccine nor have i gotten the illness. i have gotten it during the off-season, but tht was due to stress and lack of sleep. TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF, PEOPLE! preventative measures work better than shots, trust me. eccinachea is your best friend.
as a person, i'd worry that the kids would fall off and just keep falling. that would make for an interesting summer vacation. it would be comparable to the griffin family's trip to pergatory...
or you could take the typical american skirt and move it up a couple inches. though by then it could be considered a belt (hooray for mini-skirts and all their premiscuous glory). who'da thunk it...
once again, mother nature rules supreme. i just hope they don't plan to try and get rid of them because they have to realize that no matter how much human-kind tries to suppress it, nature always wins.
proof that this so-called "war on drugs" is NOT working. once non-violent offenders go to jail for trafficking or intent to sell, they are more likely to commit a violent crime when they get out because they already have incarceration on their record. we have set ourselves up for nothing but failure. our country is so stupid.
yunno, if we can all recall what it was like to be 16, we thought we knew everything about the world. we thought we knew everything we needed to be an adult, and seriously believed we would never change; that 'this is as mature as it gets.' i remember being 16. i thought i would always be a little goth chick wearing heavy makeup, thinking everyone was out to get me, and society would 'never understand me.' yea, that was a bunch of crap, and i'm 22 now. only 6 years and i've realized the world doesn't revolve around me. only 6 years and i have an ever-growing respect for all people and accept everyone for who THEY are, regardless of what they may think of me. my life changed when i turned 18 and i was allowed a voice by my government. although i question the validity of that today, it was a right that i was granted.
as far as this situation goes, the parents seem just as naiive as their child. they have to realize that their little girl has been plotting her romantic life since she was about 5 years old. she has reached the age where she is discovering new sensations and feelings, and every one seems like the right one. she has a lot to learn, and he parents did do well in raising her with open walls. BUT, she is human, and her parents had to realize that with no boundaries growing up, their child wasn't going to stay inside any they put up now. what they all should have done was empathize with each other. the parents should have said something like "we understand that you are grown up now and you are able to make your own decisions. however, we feel you are jumping into this relationship too quickly and should allow it to mature a little bit before you decide to move in together. this is advice we would offer to anyone we cared about, so don't think we are treating you differently because you're our daughter. a lot of things can change in even a few days, and who knows? you may see something in each other that you didn't yesterday and change your mind completely. it is much harder to move out of a relationship that it is to move in, and we think you should do it for yourself to allow this relationship to age, maybe just for a couple of months before you make this decision." they needed to point out that they recognize her as an equal (if that is how they raised her) and she does have the right to make her own decisions. allow her to make her own mistakes and later she will thank them. at the same time, the girl should have empathized with her parents. empathy is not something you understand at 16. you know the definition from the dictionary, but you don't truly understand what it means until you apply it. at 16, all you care about is "i'm right, you're wrong" and that is no way to show an understanding of empathy. they should have negotiated a deal rather than just allow the child to get her way. she doesn't understand how intrusive it is to bring a boyfriend into her parents' house, regardless of his age. her parents don't want to know she's having sex any more than she would want to know her parents are having sex. this, too, is something she doesn't understand. all in all, this situation was not handled as well as it could have, but as long as they're all happy, that's all that matters.
yea, PT.. you asked for it. wtf. in summary, you said women 'women are disposable objects that are cold-hearted bitches.' i'm sorry this is your perspective because it's truly unfortunate.
why does society push it into peoples' brains (both female and male) that it is ESSENTIAL to find a mate? you're considered "lonely" if you reach 30 without a spouse. girls are pressured to find their 'perfect husband,' get married, and stay at home raising kids. news flash, robocop: it's not 1956 anymore. my best friend got married at 19 and immediately popped out 2 kids. every time i talk to her, she asks me when i'm getting married and having kids. i'm only 22! considering divorce rates are what, 50% these days? wow! that makes me want to commit! but seriously-- we need to re-examine our needs and stop pressuring each other to 'find' someone. we're not THAT desperate.. are we? classes on how to get laid... for christ's sake, come on.
omg it was sooo cute! what, you guys don't like manly kittens? i think they captured my interest by NOT using a high-pitched voice. and yes, the whistling kitty was awesome.
they'll approve anything to make a buck. pharmaceuticals (sp?) are so dangerous anyway; they're turning us into chemical-dependent robots. they would rather see us spend money on a drug with numerous side-effects than recommend a form of hollistic or preventative care. on commercials you'll hear them say "this product has been approved by the FDA" which really only means they reviewed the product and get a cut of the profit.
they're the ones who allow antibiotics and growth hormones to be injected into our meat. they're the ones that recalled all those drugs after approving them. they're the ones that shot my ma! well, not literally, but it could be tied to the incident.. my step-father was at an unusual part in his life and he was prescribed lexipro, an anti-depressant. it apparently wasn't helping his case, so they took him off of it. a week later, he killed my mom and himself. i do know that lexipro has been known to cause suicidal tendencies (yet it remains available on the market). i also know that these tendencies are enhanced when the person is taken off the medicine abruptly. whether or not i can attribute lexipro's unknown side-effects to my mother's death will never be known, but it's the closest to an answer i can get through deductive reasoning, and i don't have enough evidence to sue. SO moral of the story: don't trust the FDA. :)
firing 30 people at a news station would be huge.. that would take the station off the air and almost force a re-format. it would take soo long to get the station back up and running fluidly again.. what a mistake he made.
you have to keep in mind that women were almost of a different species to men back in the day (as if that has changed much). it was weird for them to associate with women in a non-domestic environment. but let's all be thankful things have changed, and women are receiving professional respect.
last time i checked, claiming independence doesn't declare "land of the free merchandise".. i agree, jen. this is disgusting. whatever.. i guess "freedom" is interpreted differently in other countries...
this isn't a hospital or asylum, but there is the old gun powder factory behind King's Island here in southern Ohio. in order to get there, you have to follow this long, winding road down by the river and during your downhill descent, you see the factory towers.. it's all creepy and stuff.. but apparently there was a gun powder blast that supposedly killed around 30 people and shut down the factory. when you walk through it, there are holes in the floor that you could easily fall to the next floor and hurt yourself. the staircases are super narrow and multi-stacked.. very dangerous. the large rooms are vastly dark and any small noise freaks you out.. some vandals painted pentagrams on the floor and set up fake headstones with bricks.. they are actually not scary at all, but just the demeanor of the whole factory sends you home with chills... but there's no trespassing (when you're 16 and impressionable, this means nothing) and the cops do patrol the area. and then there's the screaming bridge in west chester (where i grew up).. but that's a different story nd unrelated to asylums and the such.
as far as this situation goes, the parents seem just as naiive as their child. they have to realize that their little girl has been plotting her romantic life since she was about 5 years old. she has reached the age where she is discovering new sensations and feelings, and every one seems like the right one. she has a lot to learn, and he parents did do well in raising her with open walls. BUT, she is human, and her parents had to realize that with no boundaries growing up, their child wasn't going to stay inside any they put up now. what they all should have done was empathize with each other. the parents should have said something like "we understand that you are grown up now and you are able to make your own decisions. however, we feel you are jumping into this relationship too quickly and should allow it to mature a little bit before you decide to move in together. this is advice we would offer to anyone we cared about, so don't think we are treating you differently because you're our daughter. a lot of things can change in even a few days, and who knows? you may see something in each other that you didn't yesterday and change your mind completely. it is much harder to move out of a relationship that it is to move in, and we think you should do it for yourself to allow this relationship to age, maybe just for a couple of months before you make this decision." they needed to point out that they recognize her as an equal (if that is how they raised her) and she does have the right to make her own decisions. allow her to make her own mistakes and later she will thank them. at the same time, the girl should have empathized with her parents. empathy is not something you understand at 16. you know the definition from the dictionary, but you don't truly understand what it means until you apply it. at 16, all you care about is "i'm right, you're wrong" and that is no way to show an understanding of empathy. they should have negotiated a deal rather than just allow the child to get her way. she doesn't understand how intrusive it is to bring a boyfriend into her parents' house, regardless of his age. her parents don't want to know she's having sex any more than she would want to know her parents are having sex. this, too, is something she doesn't understand. all in all, this situation was not handled as well as it could have, but as long as they're all happy, that's all that matters.
why does society push it into peoples' brains (both female and male) that it is ESSENTIAL to find a mate? you're considered "lonely" if you reach 30 without a spouse. girls are pressured to find their 'perfect husband,' get married, and stay at home raising kids. news flash, robocop: it's not 1956 anymore. my best friend got married at 19 and immediately popped out 2 kids. every time i talk to her, she asks me when i'm getting married and having kids. i'm only 22! considering divorce rates are what, 50% these days? wow! that makes me want to commit! but seriously-- we need to re-examine our needs and stop pressuring each other to 'find' someone. we're not THAT desperate.. are we? classes on how to get laid... for christ's sake, come on.
they'll approve anything to make a buck. pharmaceuticals (sp?) are so dangerous anyway; they're turning us into chemical-dependent robots. they would rather see us spend money on a drug with numerous side-effects than recommend a form of hollistic or preventative care. on commercials you'll hear them say "this product has been approved by the FDA" which really only means they reviewed the product and get a cut of the profit.
they're the ones who allow antibiotics and growth hormones to be injected into our meat. they're the ones that recalled all those drugs after approving them. they're the ones that shot my ma! well, not literally, but it could be tied to the incident.. my step-father was at an unusual part in his life and he was prescribed lexipro, an anti-depressant. it apparently wasn't helping his case, so they took him off of it. a week later, he killed my mom and himself. i do know that lexipro has been known to cause suicidal tendencies (yet it remains available on the market). i also know that these tendencies are enhanced when the person is taken off the medicine abruptly. whether or not i can attribute lexipro's unknown side-effects to my mother's death will never be known, but it's the closest to an answer i can get through deductive reasoning, and i don't have enough evidence to sue. SO moral of the story: don't trust the FDA. :)