The Public and Sarah Palin

i like to sit back and observe the world around me. that's what compelled me to go around and ask people "what do you think about sarah palin" and document their responses. the follow up question was "how would you feel about having her in the oval office?" boy is this going to be fun. a little background on the people i asked. they're all female non-voters with ages ranging 14 to 19 from all over the country.

- I don't know ... I don't really know anything about her. I don't pay much attention to politics honestly. I think it would be cool to have a woman in that position..
- Who's that? She's a bxtch. Lol She looks young though... But, I don't like republicans. Well I don't think she's good enough. Didn't se say she was against gay people getting married?? I think they have as much rights as us straight people do.
- I think shes slick and conniving. I don't even know what I would do but like I said she's so sneaky..and I think she got lucky with this nomination.
- who the heck is that? umm sweety I don't watch that stuff I don't know nothing about her but is she like the first woman to be a republican vice president?
- I really don't kno I'm not much into votin n everything.. I wouldn't mind [having her in the oval office.]
- I don't like her.. idkk I wouldn't want her there. I don't really like any of da candidates
- She's a goos speaker & she's smart but she's not ready to be vice president. She doesn't have that much experience like she doesn't know. I wouldn't like it but I wouldn't stress it. She's still not a bad person & she's a strong woman
- iono really. iono.
- I don't like her lol I'd hate it
- I dont like her
- I BELIEVE DAT SHE IS NOT GUD 4 THE U.S...SHE DIDN'T HAVE A GUD IMPRESSION ON A LOT OF PPL...SHE SUX... I dnt want her anywhere in the political area...she shud stick 2 teachin and given shout outs in canada
- Wh0s that. 00h idk isnt she vice presidental candidate 4 macain.. ummmmm i ratha hav sum type of lady in office then frikkin mccain so im all for her. {i then told her that she's on mccain's ticket.} She sucks
- Honestly I don't think shes a competent vice presidential candidate &it scares me a candidate for presidency would make a decision so dangerous just 2 get vots. I would be worried
- idk shesz iightsz i dont like any of our candidatesz xcept obama even tho he is jepordizin him & his famsz ju actually tink i follow wah those 2 do no idk wah they viewsz or campaignsz r for jus obama...
- she`s the typical white woman . i`d feel upset, but what can i do about it .
- who's that?? O that sarah..ummm do i have to answer this??
- which 1 is that 1 the one on obamaz side?!..ahh soo then she's the 1 from alaska? I don't like her! she never knoo wat she talkinq about I watched one of the debates &+ she was like I may not answer ur questions as u or the people may wanna hear but I answer them to the best of my knowledge.
- I hate her. She's so stupid. I wouldn't be in the states. I'd move to europe.
- well im democrat all da way so i rly dont care bout her. i wouldnt feel safe cuz she is gunna turn dis country upside down she has some experience buh i dont feel like shes ready to run a whole country.

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Anterior Cruciate Ligament

or better known as the ACL. i can almost guarantee that this picture is as close to my real right knee xray as can get. on January 21st i tore my ACL. the diagnosis was a "bruised knee" haa! nope, when i got that MRI i did get the bad news that i had a torn ACL, and possibly tore one or both of my menisci. (those horseshoe shaped things on either side of the tear.) today is the third time after the original injury that i repeated the injury, perhaps tearing it even more. by my first MRI, the doctor said that it may have been partially torn but either way i would have to undergo reconstructive surgery to place a faux ACL, in layman's terms- a strip of ligament from the other huge ligament in the knee, and 9 to 12 months of rehab to make the reconstructed ligament back to almost 100% because it would be used to functioning as the ACL. anywaayy. the first time i messed it up, i was reenacting my friend's dodging of a flung bottle cap. it popped lightly out and back in. (because the ACL is what holds the knee in place from going directions it's not supposed to go.) the second time was when i was playing volleyball (bad idea) and i kinda landed wrong. mucho pain. today was probably the worse since the real thing. playing basketball (my sport that i legitimately haven't played in more than a year) and after a good 30 minutes of playing, was the instant that i am very much regretting right now. i currently am running on two advils to numb the pain a whole lot, and my knee is on ice as we speak.

note to self: please stop hurting yourself.

Featured Video: Why Vote - Youth Vote Project

I'm proud to announce my first installment to the Featured Videos category. Enjoy!



This is such a great video done by some of my friends over at the YVP. I was honored to have interacted with this program in the past and hope that through YouthAction and onward I can continue. They did a really good job with this message and this entire video, and I'm SO JEALOUS that YouthAction did not make a video like this already, but we'll get on it, I promise you.

As for the YVP, KEEP IT UP!! I'm so gassed right now, I watched the video like, "I know him, I know her!" It's really cool what you guys are doing, and programs like ours should work together more to make our very strong message heard.

an online journal?

i'm an avid blogger. there, i said it. my firefox is filled with bookmarks to all kinds of blogs, including that of my good friend lisa. so i've been thinking for a long time, whether i should make a blog or not. so a while ago i made one. i felt like it wasnt good enough because people werent looking at it. then i just decided that, i'll use this more as a journal.

an online journal? what kinda sick idea is that? why would someone put their business online? i really dont care. sounds blunt but hey, it's true. there's nothing to hide. my life is like an open book. people know me that i dont even know that they know me. trust me. that makes me GOL (giggle out loud). in the words of Nero, "my mind is an abyss, you're bound to get trapped."

some of these may be hard to swallow, but just let it marinate.
get it? got it? good.