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March 4, 2008
Mac and Cheese
I just want to express my obsession with macaroni and cheese, Kraft brand, any kind that is shaped. I find that I am a person who obsesses easily over food and goes through phases of food that I seem to eat constantly. However, I don't think I've ever eaten so many Spongebob Squarepants shaped noodles in one week. In addition to this oddness, I don't really like the regular macaroni shaped noodles, they simply aren't as appetizing to me. I don't often have a lot of time to eat, so this is just the perfect meal. Especially this week, possibly the craziest week of my existence, macaroni and cheese and Simply Lemonade have been important to my survival. I really hope that you all can take the chance to sit down with some Kraft spiraled noodles, Spiderman, or Spongebob and truly appreciate the greatness that is Mac and cheese. It's quite possible that a five year old and I could have deep conversation on this subject. Until I next come to interact with one, I will just share my experience with you. I hope this doesn't make me too immature or too American, maybe someday it will bring my children and I closer.
February 26, 2008
Information Staying on Facebook
This article sounded ridiculous to me, it just proves how lazy Americans are. I don't even know where to begin. The time wasted writing this article and the time wasted contacting the facebook administration to have them delete the items could just have easily been time spent deleting one's information "line by line" off of one's profile. I don't see why they are complaining that it's not easy enough to delete the information. If it were any other way, people would be complaining because they accidentally deleted their information and not they can't get it back. The way the system is as of now makes sense, less people want to keep their information than delete it, so why not make it more difficult to delete than to save? I see where people don't want others having their information forever, but if they have that much private information on the web (which shouldn't be the case, especially if they're this paranoid about deleting it), then go ahead and "painstakingly" (as I said, Americans are so lazy) delete it, line by line. However, the majority of the information on Facebook, shouldn't be anything too private, and if you're thinking that you don't want people seeing certain information, then don't put it on the PUBLIC internet to begin with. I feel as if this was a waste of an article. There was a lot of time put into complaining and not into simply going through and fixing up one's own profile to make it safe or completely deleting all the information all together.
February 25, 2008
The Hearing Mechanism
I'm going to take this next personal blog post to talk about my extreme fascination our human hearing mechanism. I am a Communication Sciences and Disorders major which encompasses audiology (hearing pathologies) and speech-language pathology. Right now I am in a hearing science class and a speech science class, so we've been learning more in dept about each mechanism and the physics behind them. I am extremely interested in the physics and an anatomy of the hearing system. It always surprises me that so much can happen in such a small space. The three middle ear bones (ossicles: malleus, incus, and stapes) are the smallest in the body and do SO much for our communication everywhere. This has greatly supported my belief in God. Seriously, how could we have such an intricate and precise way of communicating without something greater? (You don't have to answer, if you have an answer we can agree to disagree.) Not only the ossicles, but every part of the outer ear including the floppy part on the outside of your skull has a purpose. This part of the ear that you can see is called the pinne or auricle and every groove and indentation has a specific name as well as a specific purpose for directing sound into the ear canal. So all of this being said about hearing, the ear does more than than just transfer and manipulate sound waves. It contains the balance system in the body, also known as the vestibular system, we couldn't stand or walk strait without this system. It just truly amazes me how much is packed into such an extremely small space! Of course many could agree that our human anatomy is precious, but then why does the majority of our society continue to harm this system by listening to loud music (which causes permanent hearing loss) and using Qtips (which are not meant for the ear and can cause wax impaction as well as tympanic membrane perforation.) This will always be unclear to me. For now, I'll just continue to learn more about our amazing ears.
February 18, 2008
Card Making
So this week I couldn't for the life of my figure out what to write about for the "one for me" posting. After giving it some thought, I have decided to talk about my passion for card making. I really really enjoy making cards for those that I love (my favorite is Birthday cards for girls). So I'll tell you a little bit about why I love this so much. I've always loved doing crafts, calligraphy, doodling, etc. So, in high school I started scrapbooking. This was really fun, but with all the extra card stock and fancy scissors I found myself making other little crafts like small Valentines and notes for my mom. I've never been one to spend a lot of money on greeting cards because my parents would always encourage me to be creative and make my own cards, but after I discovered the fun and ease of different handwriting styles and calligraphy, my career and and card making maniac began. I now love making cards for friend's birthdays, thank you notes, Valentine's day, every other holiday, or just everyday hello, it's one of my favorite ways to procrastinate homework. I say that my favorite cards to make are for girls because I love pink more than any other color, it really brightens every greeting card. So, having to avoid pink is quite difficult when it comes to making cards for boys. Here are a few pictures of cards that I've made recently for some friends. I really encourage everyone to try to take up this hobby, handcrafting really makes cards more personal!
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