Monday, February 27, 2006

Belize and non polar and polar molecule success and chemistry nomenclature success

my neck and shoulders are so painful from studying I can't believe it. my doctor says no studying on spring break so I can rest my shoulders. I had a chem test today that would not have been that bad if studying for it was not so painful. I thought about telling my proffesor about my shoulder back trama last week but I didn't want to be a baby about it(evn know i am a baby!). anyway, one of the questions especially sucked for me...and another one not sure. Yesturday I took the scuba written exam for open water and finished my pool skills(especially fun with pain)...this weekend in belize I hope to do my 4 open water dives....and hopefully some adventure stuff?
after the scuba test Sunday I went home to study for chemistry. Dog dog,our kitty, was throwing up since Saturday and so about midday we went to the Vet. Seven hundred dollars later and a broken back and shoulders- (my back and shoulders were already bad and the vet wait totally destroyed me.) We didn't get back until like 8 PM...and poor dog dog had to stay in the hospital. I am happy to say Dog Dog survived...he had swallowed a piece of ribbon....and they had to do an endoscopy to save his little life. he got home today and is eating and getting back to normal now.

so I am basically on vacation with the exception of attending one class on wednesday and one lab wed night...the thing that sucks is that I have to do a lab report right after class wed night and have it turned in before i leave the next day....so Wednesday night you may hear bad words coming from Greensboring. why why do they have to make it so hard to get outta town?

the good news is...I will be in Belize 10 days with my boyfriend starting thursday and I haven't worked at a job since July 2004....hahahahaha. sorry you are sitting at your computer waiting for 5 PM to roll around so you can jump in your car and sit on the beltway for 2 hours, only to get home to fall asleep before your alarm wakes you. Sorry but it's fun to think about all that I am missing. :)

oh....my blog is getting a lot of hits due to some stuff I put up about polar and non polar molecules and chemistry nomenclature success ...so crzy! anyway, glad at least something I blog about apears to be EXTREMELY useful. YAY! I done something very helpful.....man I am I glad I figured all that stuff out cuz I would have prob had a very hard time in all my chemistry classes and now I never have to worry!! HAHA

have a great week and I will try to post some photos for belize when I get home.

UPDATE: I am putting my polar and non polar molecules and chemistry nomenclature success into ebooks. I just gotten so many hits why not make a tiny bit of money from all that hard work I did to figure out all that stuff. I have gotten so many compliments and tons of emails thanking me. So if you read this and were looking for that info, sorry I took it down and I will update this page again when I have the books up for sale with info how to get it and don't worry they won't cost a lot and I m making it so you can print out pages and laminate them so you can carry it around. Basically you be thanking me if your a chemistry student, no matter what level...esp if your just starting in GENERAL CHEM or you never really got good with nomenclature and polar and non polar molecules you will be very happy to have this book or whatever I do out. INFO to follow. I made this update on FEB 2, 2014! :)

Wednesday, February 08, 2006

ready to save lives now

if you go to www.firstaidweb.com you can get your cpr or first aid card in 10 minutes for $25. That includes the time to check out. the card for cpr is good for 2 years.

Monday, February 06, 2006

Prospero's Fine Books, Phoenix, Oregon

the following is a commerical for my brothers bookstore: Prospero's Fine Books

Please check out his store online at http://www.abebooks.com/home/PROSPEROS/

If you are looking for something in particular that you don't see in his inventory online, you can send him an email and he can get it for you. :)

Stock Pick of the Moment

I think everyone should buy as much of AGN as they can. I believe this company is going to split soon. :)

Sunday, February 05, 2006

thumbs ^ Malignant Self Love - Narcissism Revisited

Just came across this excellent book I read a couple of years ago. It is about narcissistic behavior/pathological liars etc. If you catch someone in multiple lies I suggest you read it right away. This book is incredibly informative. On this webpage you can scroll down and read parts of the book to get a sampling.
http://samvak.tripod.com/siteindex.html

Thursday, February 02, 2006

Graham Patrick Johnson

This is a picture of my sister's son, who sadly took his own life recently. We had no idea he was disillusioned. I am so sorry to everyone who lost Graham out of their life. He was such a nice person and I wonder why this had to happed to him?I understand life can be really difficult sometimes and before I read The Road Less Traveled by Dr Peck, I thought there was little we could do but just read this one quote from Dr Peck which says it all,"Life is difficult.This is a great truth, one of the greatest truths. It is a great truth because once we truly see this truth, we transcend it. Once we truly know that life is difficult--once we truly understand and accept it--then life is no longer difficult. Because once it is accepted, the fact that life is difficult no longer matters."Graham self-proclaimed himself a Buddhist (not sure if he still considered himself Buddhist at the time of his death, but I do know he read and respected Buddha. I have to assume he Graham was searching for the truth and for answers in Buddha's words. Now we are all searching for answers on how could this have happened? How could he have done this? I keep reminding myself that I never did figure out why my friend Greg did the same thing and I won't ever know what he was thinking in his last moments and why. I think we just have to do the best we can to continue and to make sure we get as many of our friends and family to continue as possible...and to try not to let this happen. Dr Peck said the following on c0ntinueing:To take seriously the notion that we are creations of God, he points out, imposes certain limits on us. "This is not solely my life to do with as I see fit. To kill myself is to deny God, to deny Her timing and right to my life," he writes. Peck argues not that we can't kill ourselves -- free will gives us every opportunity to do so -- but that we shouldn't.It is only because of problems that we grow mentally and spiritually.We must be willing to fail and to appreciate the truth that often "Life is not a problem to be solved, but a mystery to be lived.Life is difficult. This is the great truth, one of the greatest truths—it is a great truth because once we see this truth, we transcend it.”The truth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feeling deeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in such moments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of our ruts and start searching for different ways or truer answers.here is one is a quote from Buddha:The thought manifests as the word. The word manifests as the deed. The deed develops into habit. And the habit hardens into character. So watch the thought and its ways with care. And let it spring from love, born out of concern for all beings. I like this advice from Doc Childre in the book, Teaching Children to Love:"Harmonizing heart and brain through love is what can establish a complete intelligence, a complete self, where a child can look at life and realize there are no dead ends, there are always possibilities. The greatest gift a parent can give a child during all the ups and downs of life is love."Graham Patrick Johnson, 15, of 860 Gordon Moore Road, died Tuesday, January 17, 2006. Graham was a sophomore at The Franklin Academy where he was inducted into the National Junior Honor Society in the 8th grade and had recently qualified for the National Honor Society. He was a member of the Franklin Academy Concert Band where he played the Tuba and participated in the Jazz Band in the 8th and 9th grade. He loved all kinds of music and was a member of the chess club.He volunteered each spring at the annual Wake Forest Herb Festival, founded by his father, Bob, and at the Autumn Arts Festival in the Fall.Graham loved the outdoors and he could always be depended upon to feed the peacocks, graze the ducks and most importantly, to venture back in the house to show his family how to change channels, use the remote or brew a cup of coffee in his new espresso machine. For his 9th birthday, Graham wanted a rice cooker and sushi supplies which he used generously to supply his classmates and teachers at Franklin Academy. He had many friends and will be truly missed.A Mass of Resurrection will be held at 10 o'clock, Thursday morning, January 19, 2006 at St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Church. Burial will follow in Wake Forest Cemetery.Graham is survived by his parents, Robert Graham and Elizabeth Grace Johnson; sisters, Elizabeth Paige Johnson and Janna Clair Johnson; grandparents, Leroy and Dorothy Gonnella of Greensboro and Cora Johnson of Abingdon, VA; aunts and uncles, Steve and Patti Johnson Upchurch of Raleigh, Jean Volpe Gonnella of Greensboro, Lee and Holly Gonnella of Phoeniz, OR Scott and Amanda Johnson and cousin, Katherine Grace Johnson of Harrisonburg, VA; godfather, Christopher Roan of Memphis, TN.He was preceded in death by his grandfather, James Arthur "Bo" Johnson. Posted by Picasa