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Monday, August 25th, 2003
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8:03 am - Cute Babies?!?
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This weekend was a coworker-filled weekend. About a year ago, my supervisor gave birth to her second son. Since then, it's like everyone's been popping out babies everywhere. Our company picnic was on Saturday, so I got a chance to see my coworkers' families. There were some cute babies, and then there were some ugly babies.
It makes me wonder if parents have a blind eye when it comes to their baby. Does every parent think their child is cute. Do they know their baby is ugly but are too ashamed to say so? Why is it that nobody ever says, "wow, you have an ugly baby." Babies are usually "so adorable" or "so cute." I guess those are the only polite things to say.
If I were to ever have a kid and if it came out ugly, I'd say it. It's not like I'll love the child any less, but there's no use in pretending my child is cute when I know he/she isn't. Actually, I think I'd feel kinda gyped. Everyone else supposedly has these cute/adorable babies and I get the ugly one.
Some of these babies I saw were weird looking. There was this one very chubby girl and her eyes were kind of cross-eyed looking. There was another girl, she could have been cute if it wasn't for her hair. She had patches of hair here and there. The patches with hair had hair as long as the length of my hand while there were patches on her head with no hair at all. If that was my daughter, I'd give her a combover effect or pull it all back into a pony tail or something.
I'd say I was an ugly baby... wild, untamable, unmanageable hair. Nobody will ever get to see my baby pictures because they're just too embarrassing. Mom, couldn't you have done something about that hair?!? Tie it up, put a bow on it, I dunno... something!
Of course, there were some cute ones at the picnic, but that's not my point so I won't be talking about those.
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| Friday, August 22nd, 2003
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9:06 am - Names
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I was talking to a friend on the phone earlier today and he said something about telling a lot about a person by their name. That reminded me of a site someone sent me awhile ago on Kalabrian Philosophy. Normally, I don't believe in the astrological, foreseeing, etc field of things because I always said that you make what those "predictions" say about you fit to you or your lifestyle. However, I bookmarked that site and after rereading my description, I realized why I did it. I think the paragraph for the most part sums up how I would describe myself, down to the nail... though I'm not sure about those physical sufferings they describe at the end. To think, I'd die from constipation.
The name of ****** creates a very quiet, practical nature and a clever and inventive mind. Being analytical and naturally studious, you are interested in a factual understanding of the mysteries of life. Your methodical nature requires that you like to finish what you start without interruptions and also to have everything in its place and properly organized. An ability to concentrate could take you into computer programming or accountancy or any work requiring concentration and attention to detail. You have, also, a flair for creative expression with your hands. You take life seriously and can be easily and deeply hurt and go into moods which can be quite extreme at times, causing much turmoil and unhappiness. Finding it difficult to join in conversation with those with whom you are not well-acquainted, you could feel quite alone and uncommunicative with new acquaintances or in a large crowd. As a result, you could be accused of being unfriendly. You desire so much to be understood, but your name has limited your verbal expression to such an extent that it is very difficult for you to divulge your innermost thoughts even to those closest to you. One of your greatest salvations is being out in nature, for it is there that you find the peace and serenity you so much desire. Physically you could suffer through tension in the heart, lungs, or bronchial organs, and also through intestinal problems, constipation, etc.
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| Tuesday, August 19th, 2003
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2:17 pm
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| Monday, August 18th, 2003
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2:39 pm - Virus
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Last week my sister and Freaky Deaky's work network was down due to some computer virus. Our system was fine because we were well protected. I get into work today, and I'm surfing the web when all of a sudden all the sites I wanted to go to would not load. I figured the internet was down and that it was no big deal because it's happened before and IT normally gets it back up again within the hour. It was 8am when I couldn't surf any longer... 9am... 10am... still no internet! One of my coworkers sent out an email to Clueless and me telling us we need to subculture today. Normally, Clueless does that part, but she was still not in. Since I had nothing to do and I couldn't go online, I decided to start that for her. By the time I was finished, it was 11:30 and almost time for lunch. I went to eat with my coworkers and came back from lunch, but the internet was still down. I went to visit Cousin IT and he told me what happened. He suspected that someone came in early this morning and plugged their laptop into our network and because that laptop had the virus it infected the rest of the computers. They had made sure that nothing from the outside could infect any of the computers in the building, but they forgot about the laptops that they check out to people. So the person who plugged in their laptop infected our system. They were busy all day trying to get the internet back up and trying to figure out who came in this morning and disrupted our system. I didn't have any one to chat with and no Cousin IT to bother. =( Anyway, after he told me what he suspected he had to go to our other building so I came back to my computer, but still no internet. =( I decided to bug my sister for a bit. I called her and I was telling her that I might just take off work early, head over to Hillsdale for a bit, and then pick up my parents from the airport. They left early Saturday morning for Vegas and I'm going to pick them up soon. As soon as I said that, I decided to check the internet and it was working! haha So instead of leaving early and passing the time at the mall, I did all my internet rounds. uh oh! I'm late heading over to the airport.
Link to virus information.
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| Monday, August 11th, 2003
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1:33 pm
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Today is Cousin IT's birthday. Freaky Deaky, Ms Roboto and I went out to lunch with him. Freaky Deaky got a new job which is a couple of exits away so we went up there to pick her up. We ended up at Amici's, a pizza place. Freaky Deaky and I shared this white clam pizza... hehe it sounded like clam chowder on dough so we thought it was worth a try. It didn't even taste like clam chowder and it was kind of dry. I was looking at everyone else's pizza and their cheese didn't look as dried out as ours. =(
The whole gang (Ms Roboto, Freaky Deaky, Scarf, Alky, F Thug, and his gf) went out to celebrate his birthday friday night. Well, it wasn't really a celebration, just dinner and a movie. Originally, Ms Roboto and I were planning to watch "SWAT" and we invited the others. Then I realized it was Cousin IT's birthday on Monday so I sort of turned it into a birthday thing. We all asked him what he wanted to do, etc. but he's kind of a kickback, low key, keep things on the downlow kinda guy and said dinner and a movie was fine. I even offered to forgo drooling over Colin for his movie choice, but he said he'd watch "SWAT." I'm glad it was just dinner and a movie... I didn't feel like doing much afterward and I think we were all pretty tired after the movie. Poor Freaky Deaky, she's been wanting to go drinking for awhile now, but nobody feels like it anymore. I think she thought this would be her chance. =/
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| Thursday, August 7th, 2003
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1:55 pm
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Is this for real?
Coleman in Calif. Recall Race
Aug 7, 9:58 AM EST
Associated Press
Celebrities are already in the public eye, but some are saying they want to become public servants, too.
On Wednesday, Gary Coleman, the star of the 1980s sitcom, "Diff'rent Strokes," plunked down $3,500 in Alameda County and declared himself a candidate for governor of California. Current governor Gray Davis is facing a recall election Oct. 7.
The diminutive actor has been in and out of legal trouble since the popular show ended, and was recently on the E! series "Star Dates," where stars and singles mingle with mixed results.
Arnold Schwarzenegger also announced his candidacy Wednesday while taping "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno." He ended a news conference by telling reporters "I'll be back."
"The politicians are fiddling, fumbling and failing," the "Terminator" actor said. "The man that is failing the people more than anyone is Gray Davis. He is failing them terribly, and this is why he needs to be recalled and this is why I am going to run for governor."
Comedian Gallagher is also gathering signatures.
The celebrities enter a pool of eager candidates hungry to oust Davis, who has seen his popularity plummet as the state grapples with a record $38 billion budget deficit. Davis is the first California governor to face a recall and would be only the second governor nationwide to be removed from office if the effort succeeds.
Popular Democrat Sen. Dianne Feinstein ruled out a run, saying the election was becoming "more and more like a carnival every day."
Meanwhile, Jerry Springer has decided not to run for U.S. Senate after spending about $1 million of his own money crisscrossing Ohio the last six months, speaking at Democratic dinners and gauging support for a Senate bid. He had said he would run if he could "break through the clutter of the show" and be a formidable candidate.
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If this is for real, I'm gonna have to agree with Feinstein when she said, "[the election was becoming] 'more and more like a carnival every day.'"
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7:54 am - Toxins From WTC Disaster Harmed Fetuses
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Toxins From WTC Disaster Harmed Fetuses
Ground Zero Pollutants Caused Babies' Small Size
By Jeanie Lerche Davis
Reviewed By Brunilda Nazario, MD
on Tuesday, August 05, 2003
WebMD Medical News
Aug. 5, 2003 -- The toxic plume at the World Trade Center disaster may have caused growth problems in babies born to exposed mothers.
A report, published in this week's Journal of the American Medical Association, describes a pattern documented by doctors at Mount Sinai Medical Center in Manhattan.
The Sept. 11, 2001, destruction of the World Trade Center released a toxic atmospheric plume that contained soot, benzene, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH), heavy metals, pulverized glass and cement, and alkaline particulates, writes lead researcher Gertrud S. Berkowitz, PhD, with the department of community and preventive medicine at Mt. Sinai.
In their study, Mt. Sinai doctors focused on 182 women who were pregnant and near Ground Zero -- either when the disaster occurred or within the next three weeks. They compared their findings with other pregnant patients who were not exposed to the pollutants.
Their results: There were no differences in length of pregnancies, average birth weight, preterm births, or low birth weight between babies in the two groups.
However, the World Trade Center babies were twice as likely to be smaller in size for their particular stage of pregnancy.
The main pollutants were likely PAH or the particulates, says Berkowitz. Whether there will be any long-term effects from the World Trade Center disaster is unclear and will require follow-up, suggest the authors.
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