KY Allergy Season!
I think it might actually be possible that my allergies might be worse here in Kentucky than in Oklahoma. Doesn't that sound like FUN!? .... NO. After thinking I was starting to get the flu (chills, fever, etc.), I realized that it was actually a sinus infection starting up. Yippee! So I got into the doctor today and, wouldn't you know it, I'm now on my second Z-Pack of 2008, in addition to Nasonex (nasal spray..blech), Sudafed, AND Zyrtec. I'm not going to start it all until tomorrow, so tomorrow will be an interesting day.
When I got home, I was curious about the flowering tree outside of my apartment. I thought it was a bradford pear, but it didn't smell, so I decided to take pictures (that seems to be my answer to everything). I see an old guy drive by with his daughter (?) and they go off to their place. Then he drives back by, stops in the middle of the road, and yells out to me: "so, you know what kind of tree that is?" I said, "I'm not sure, that's why I'm taking pictures of it." He said, "oh, well that's what you call a 'bradford pear'. blah blah blah blah about the trees here." Meanwhile, cars are trying to go up and down the road. At that point, i didn't want to risk another encounter with him, so I went inside. Here's a result (
and more here)of my 'adventure':
Almost
This morning, it was pouring rain outside and I was heading off to work. In the parking lot, I
almost got hit head on by a car that decided to go the wrong way. This ticked me off greatly and it didn't really set a great mood for the day.
As I was driving home today, I thought to myself: Why? Why did
ALMOST getting hit make me so angry? Why wasn't I thankful that it didn't happen and glad that both I and the other driver were safe? Have I really gotten that selfish??
Kentuckyan? Kentuckyer? Kentuckyite?
I am now officially a Kentucky resident (even though I've been living here for over 9 months)!! I got my driver license last week and I received my voter registration notice in the mail today. SOOO exciting! Actually, I think I am going to have my party changed for certain reasons... but regardless:
BRING ON THE PRIMARY!!!!
Discovery - Revisited yet another time..
Alright. Apparently I do a lot of thinking in the shower. Don't ask why because I have no idea. Yesterday, I randomly remembered why I wrote that poem. I was at a summer science camp at OSU and we were in the biology lab and waiting for something to be finished (a culture or something). I had mentioned something about being able to write a poem about anything, so someone challenged me to write one about a suicidal girl. And voila... the poem occurred.
Now on to more documentation and reading and programming... wuhoo!
"New" Sins
This article briefly lists the "new" seven deadly sins as prescribed by the Vatican as "genetic modification, carrying out experiments on humans, polluting the environment, causing social injustice, causing poverty, becoming obscenely wealthy and taking drugs." It seems that many people are throwing fits about this. WHY? Even people that think these things are wrong seem to be throwing fits. Again.. WHY?? It all comes down to the first and second most important commandments (love thy God and love thy neighbor).
I think it is great that the Vatican released this (the actual official list I have yet to find.) It is good to have sin brought to our attention. As society changes, opportunities to sin morph. Sin is sneaky... There are always new temptations out there to deal with.
And for those of you out there that are not religious: why do you care what the Vatican says? Why do you care what the bible says? Is it offensive to you? Does it affect your life? Please... explain to me why you care about those things if you don't
really care!
Trecherous Snowstorm!
WKU classes were cancelled today for a DUSTING of snow... crazy. This is what we have at 2300CST...
UPDATE:
At 0230CST,
Discovery - Revisited
Hmm... this is interesting. I was rereading
this post because I saw that there were comments (Thanks Kari :-)) and realized that at the time I wrote that poem (July 1999) I didn't even really care about religion. It had been a few years since I had gone to church, yet I wrote about it. How cool is it that God was still visible in my life even without my acknowledgment...
With as much as I might not like being in Kentucky away from friends and family, I think I'm slowly learning to understand why I'm here. Most of it has to do with self-reflection, but there are so many facets to it that I won't go into detail here.. you can ask if you care to know. So, while life here is frustrating at the moment, there's a purpose behind it all that I'm becoming more aware of.
Dating Requirements
For some reason, while sitting here staring at weather data graphs for work, I started thinking about dating "requirements". Nothing in particular, but I am interested why certain things get elevated to "can't stand" or "must have" status and how necessary those really are. I know we all have different personalities and life stories, but it just seems there has to be more.
Also, with these "requirements", why can someone say they don't want a quick tempered person or want a tidy person, but as soon as religion is included, the person is suddenly closed minded? It doesn't make any sense.
