Labels & Stigmas against Disabled

I hate it when people are treating us less than.
Like we can't accomplish anything
Like we won't (or can't) be able to make anything of ourselves.
Stereotypes are so wrong in so many ways.

We are people too
We have hopes 'n' dreams
just like everyone else.
It's sad that people just assume we are helpless invalids
Wish they would get to know us before they judge us
(haha, only judges judge, know what I mean?-it's there job to)
We are not weak or incapable of doin whatever

Reading a mental health website (http://www.walkinourshoes.org), I found that I may have some mental issues. I have anxiety issues, which according to the website says I have panic attacks. I used to have panic attacks. I had depression, though I have good days and some bad. I have an eating disorder, not a bad one, but still. I don't the deadly eating disorders, but I have the extreme overeating disorder, but what can I say? I love food, but too much of a good thing ain't all good, right? Anyways, I do feel bad after eating so much, not guilt or shame but more like bloated. I love junk food, but I guess everything's in moderation, right?
Extreme overeating could lead to a whole slew of health problems, including obesity, cancer, diabetes, and depression amongst others.

Respect us
Don't disregard us
Don't prejudge us
Don't assume the worst in us
We have good values
We are who we are

Angel Gumdrop

That’s what they called me

Because I’m sweet as honey

And tempting besides

You can get cavity

From talking to me

Because I whisper sweet nothings in your ear



Angel Gumdrop

That’s what they called me

You can also called me honey

And all those sugary names known to man

Like pumpkin,

stud muffin

cupcake

sweetie pie

sugar

Don’t stop there

Keep it coming!

Fiat

I want one of those!

Being a car fanatic-God, such a tomboy!-esp. sports car. I was ogling at the sight of the Fiat-they're comin' back w/ a vengeance (inappropropriate word, but whatevs)! They're way much cooler than Ferrari or anything else. Man, what wouldn't I give to have a sweet ride like that!

http://www.fiatusa.com/en/pinkribbon/exterior/ 

Psycho Love Train

love love love love love love love love love love love love love love love love love love love love love


Riding on the Psycho Love Train
                       love a-chug love a-chug
                       tug-a-tug-love-tug-a-tug-a
go into the endless tunnel of l-o-v-e
that binds y'all 2gether 4evermore
l-o-v-e is a four letter word
that reaches no bounds
love is eternal
           4ever
                      &
               more
Take me on a psycho train to love
                   Psycho Train
                   Psycho Train
                   Psycho Train
                         to love
love love love love love love love love love love love love love love love love love love love love

Global Warming = Apocalyse Soon

What with there been in earthquakes in- the East Coast not only it's there a earthquake in the East Coast but there's a horrible disastrous hurricane over yonder (Hurricane Irene) Usually hurricanes happen in the states surrounding Gulf of Mexico like Florida, Louisiana but not in New York all the way to Canada. Earthquakes happen in the East like in Colorado (there's probly lots of avalanches! Scary!) and now there's a 7.1 magnitude earthquake in Alaska w/ a tsunami warning cos it's so close to the coast

Nature disaster strikes where you least expect it, so beware-be on your toes at all times
IMO, I think it's nature way of telling us we could've been more nicer to the planet, only now's too late. We can't change it; the damage is already done. But we  can salvage what's left of it.

So go forth and make changes to our environment-before the environment changes you!

Beauties in Nature

Totally awesome, huh? My all-time fave animal-so beautiful so wonderful so PINK!
I bet they hardly ever fight-read online they're very social animals. They socialize in colonies and can go up to 1000s. How, I wonder, can animal, let alone a bird can be so doggone beautiful?
Harry Potter Reference Alert: If I could be an animagus for a dementor,  I would be this lovely bird.

The swan is another beautiful, awesome bird. So awesome. So graceful. No wonder ballerines in the Swan Lake. Remember the story of the Ugly Duckling? It was about a duck who became a swan at the end. Sometimes I feel like the ugly duckling because I'm not so beautiful on the outside no one will ever love me... only in wildest dreams. I will never be a swan cos I'm not graceful.



Beautiful, aint it? Factoid: The birds with the feathers blowing behind are the male so that they can woo their ladies; the women don't have the feathers (Show off!) They say survival of the fittest. In this case, fittest of the survival!  They may think they are God's gift to the world (maybe they are), God, they  are gorgeous! Absolutely divine! Godsend! And all that garbage!

here's a beautiful image from the heavens: love love love!

keep the peace!

...And the Story Continues: How Jaycee Dugard is Coping

The guy (and the alleged wife-I mean, who would married him) is a sexual predator. The guy's on parole, right? So why didn't those fool 'officials'check out the backyard cos they said they went there like, 50x and THEY DIDN'T SEE THE TENT COMMUNITY! How could they not?! It's just criminal If they've only made a thorough inspection of the place, then Jaycee Dugard and her kids (which she got when she was raped by her kidnapper (who turned out to be the sexual predators-pedophile) How could she live, isolated,  away from the world with no contact. Imagine being away from your from times 100, Imagine all the education she miss out on, she have to either homeschool or learn the same lessons as her kid, whose the same age as when she was when she was kidnapped. Imagine all those lost years without her family and friends. She lost her childhood, her youth, cos she had her babies when she was just a teenager. How sick and twisted I don't wanna write anymore.
Watching the clip of the Jaycee Dugard special made me think how lonely she is. She was glad that she gave birth to her kid, because now she won't be lonely anymore, to parapharse what she said. Anyway, at least now she's finally reunited with her family. It took almost 2 decades, but at long last, she finally reunites with her family. She may have changed with two kids by the rapist/kidnapper/pedophile (I hope he and his alleged wife get life without the possiblity of parole. (I don't believe in the death penalty)

Stay tuned! There will be a Jaycee Dugard special on ABC at 9pm w/ Diane Sawyer  Judge for yourself how sick and twisted this man was or how joyous the reuniou is. The interview is w/ Diane Sawyer w/ Jaycee Dugard and her mother-18 long years.

Woman disappeared 41 years ago turned up

Lula Cora Hood, who went missing in 1970, has turned up. She has 14 kids and had mental health problems all throughout her adult life. Her family has thought they found her remains in a brickyard in Galeburg, Fla in 1996. So they held a memorial service to bury the remains. 2 yrs ago, the family had DNA testing on the remains-turned it wasn't Hood. So the investigators reopened the case. With her name and date of birth in hand, they were able to find her in Fla in late June. Although DNA results won't be available for several mon, officials are convinced they've the right woman this time around.
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It doesn't matter if you've got mental health issues cos you've got so many kids (14!), you don't just walk away from your family from your responsibilities! God, Lord, it's incredible! How could she have walked away from her family like that?! What a fine example for your kids! They need a maternal role model. From I read, she doesn't remember her kids, not even the one who called her.

And another thing- the cops were doing such a lousy job. I mean why couldn't they've find her before- I mean The article said they used name and birthdate. Well, they didn't need computers for that: they could just used a telephone book. God, and how could they have gotten another person's remains mixed up with Hood's?

Living the Green Life: 4th of July Special

Having fireworks is so outdated! And besides, it's bad for the environment. People are always saying how to live a eco-friendly life, act more green, et al. Well, here's one for the books: why don't we have fake fireworks that is shown via satellite from around the nation kinda like a hologram.
Watching this year's fireworks got me thinking-isn't fireworks bad for our environment? Such a peaceful night. Where did the idea of fireworks came from? I guess from the song Star-Spangled Banner. Remember the line And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air/ Now that we're being so environmentally-friendly, we shouldn't put anymore fireworks anymore cause it kills the environment. It comtaminates the air with what's left from the fireworks-fuse I think- whether it's put on illegally by your family and friends or being put on for public display with the help of professionals, we should ban fireworks. After the fireworks are blasted into the air, it goes into the environment, which most likely kills environment and hastens the greenhouse effect. You don't want that to happen, don't you?
Fireworks is all in the spirit of fun, but the greenhouse effect is no laughing metter, so y'all must take care of the environment, just as you must respect yourself and others.

To Green Living!

Rare Random Act of Kindness brought to you by Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk

Here is a lil random act of kindness:
The person who took us to Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk left her window opened. The security at the boardwalk took their electronics (the person who took us there and the other client, which included her GPS and charger and his radio) to prevent someone from stealing the aforemenioned items/

My take on this random act of kindness? There are still some good, kindhearted people out there. Some Good Samaritans that would do a good deed for any stranger. I know, I know, it's part of his job, but he could've of ignored us, but he helped kept our electronics safe  so other people won't break into our car.

Morale: There are still some good, trusting people out there, but you must never leave your windows open, otherwise you won't be so lucky the next time!

Obsesity as a Disability

EEOC now claims obesity is a disability under ADAAA. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) now claims obesity is a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act (ADAAA). Until now, the courts have routinely rejected general obesity as a "disability" under the ADA and Rehabilitation Act. Cases have required one to show some different underlying medical condition that is a disability and that causes obesity as a "symptom." Now the EEOC has filed suit, claiming that a company discriminatorily fired an employee because of obesity. The EEOC claims that ever since President George W. Bush authorized the ADA Amendments Act in 2008, the law has a much lower threshold for what constitutes a disability. The EEOC claims that basic obesity, without any other underlying condition, sufficiently impacts the life activities of bending, walking, digestion, cell growth, etc., to qualify as a disability or perceived disability. EEOC v. Resources for Human Development (E.D. LA.2010).

Ref: Diversity.com

People are using the fast-food industry-there is no such as healthy fast food (not even Subway)!-more often what w/ the recession and all lately. There is no such thing as fine dining and casual restaurants have peished cause no one have the expenses to go eat at a nice restaurant, so they'd rather eat at a fast-food place or go thru the drive in.
In the meantime, the obesity rate have skyrocketed cos the fast food industry, which  way popular now since people can't afford to go to a nice restaurant. Most of the food in those fast food place are super size.  (Have y'all watch Super Size Me?)
Being obese could cause a whole slew of deathly problems for the rest of your life:

■Diabetes


■Cardiovascular disease

■Heart Disease

■Stroke

■Certain types of cancer

■High blood pressure

■High cholesterol

■Metabolic syndrome

■Sleep apnea

■Asthma

■Arthritis

■Gallbladder disease

■Liver disease

■Urinary incontinence

■Depression

These problems could be fatal to your health or to yourself. It's a matter of life or death, so you should be careful what you put in your body and how you treat your body. After all, your body's your temple.

Peace out,
Bros and Sis

Chinese giving birth to American kids

China 'Born in the USA' Frenzy

Not only does the rich and famous (Angelina Jolie) give birth to their kids in foreign countries, but middle class Chinese citizens do. Even if they do give birth in another country, say America, when the mother's from, say China, they don't get the same privileges as another Chinese-born child born in China. One Chinese-born woman whose American-born son  has a U.S. passport, the law does not allow him to be registered in his mother's local area, which means that he will not be automatically admitted to Chinese schools. Song will have to register him as a foreigner, and pay an extra fee. His access to education and health care also faces a lot of constraints.
If you're an American-born child with Chinese-born parents, you can't travel directly to America, you gotta go to Hong Kong first, whose passport gives access to more than 120 countries without the need of a visa. Advantages include the fact that children will receive bilingual education (which will give them a foothold in the international world), and the fact that they will also enjoy the preferential policies for going to Chinese universities.
Some parents obtain fake birth certificates for their children, or cheat the Chinese Embassy to get them Chinese passports. But then they can't get visas or go abroad, as one parent explained
Anyway it's costly to give birth to a baby in America if you're Chinese for birthing and post birthing care, so are you game?

Cute & Quirky / Funny animals PiX

Actions speak louder than word, huh?
Some are creepy, cool, whatever you make of it you be the judge...

A Visual Week...

  



Melon-sized hail that fell
during a severe thunderstorm in Norman, OK.




Mysteriously crooked trees in a forest
in Gryfino, Poland. The reason for the curve is still unknown





Edgy look : Models present creations by Hungarian designers Zita Csabai and Zsofia Farkas during a fashion contest at the Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest

                                                    

 3,000 pound anchor from what is believed to be the wreck of the pirate Blackbeard's flagship, the Queen Anne's Revenge, is recovered from the ocean whereit has been since 1718, on Friday, May 27, 2011 in Beaufort Inlet, in Carteret County N.C.


 

 zoo keeper holds a 4-week-old Humboldt penguin during a photo-call to mark the opening of the new London Zoo penguin pool and beach, in London May 26,2011.





My take on this week's events? Well, Mother Nature (and global warming) can be funny and unusual.
How can the trees turned all curvy like that (I think it's gnarly) and the melon-sized hail (wild and strange!)  But Mother Nature is kinda cool when it shows us we can bring in another lifeform, another cute lil penguin (ooh, baby! How adorable!)
On the other hand, we humans are kinda cool ourselves when we invent new stuff and discovered old artifacts like Blackbeard's flagship Queen Anne's Revenge's anchor. (How fascinating and interesting) After these years, they finally discovered something from the pirates' era. Some people say that Blackbeard is just a legend; this just proves he was real. The real deal. I wonder how many ships he plundered, how many cities he sacked. I wonder how he died. (to be contd)
Now then, what is considered art or even fashion? Imagine if those two Hungarian designers actually won.... It would absolutely, positively changed the social scene. But no respectable model or decent person would be caught dead 'wearing' that. I mean, oh...my...god...I can't believe it. Maybe it's art disguised as fashion, but still... get some fashion sense, Hungary! Wild n' Crazy! Lol!


















  



Leavin' a Legacy

I want to do something meaningful w/ my life.

I have big dreams
Get married to a really hot guy w/ a even hotter personality, have the cutest kids, become a career woman
BUT
        will a be one of those woman who places their career as 1st priority
        rather than having a family as a 1st priority?

My main goal in life is to find an utopia existence on this planet Earth-is there evn one out there?, where everybody gets along with everyone else and they live not in boring waste-consuming houses,
but in forest Yeh, they'll commune with nature. Life will be grand. Oh so grand!
Who needs the high life when we could be tree huggers. Everybody is so materlistic like they can't live w/o this or that tacky geegaw.

Senseless Police Brutality Comin' to a Streetcorner Near Ya

Didja hear about the senseless act of police brutality right in front of San Francisco Dept. of Public Health? The cops shot a man in wheelchair! Granted, he was stabbing tires and one fellow officer but there he's not dangerous by any means.

How could this have happened? Incredible!

Here's the vid shot by a passerby with his camera phone:

I guess I now know that police can prey on the weak and helpless. Most of the homeless are mentally ill; others aren't. . My god, they said they should have Tasered the guy in the wheelchair. I mean, the guy is already disabled. You wanna create more problems for the man? In other words,  the cops wanna justify this incident by saying they should've tranquilized the disabled victim. 
But they should be trained to treat the disabled like decent human beings They should have sensitivity training on how to treat disabled folks.
Everytime I see a vid of police of dissing the disabled folks, I feel sick. It's like we don't have the same rights as our fellow citizens. And to have it seen right in our own backyard, that's unnerving. I guess it could happened everywhere, but you don't want it to happen in our own San Francisco. But as the vid shown above proves, it could happen anywhere! Sad but true.

Advocacy is the answer.

4 R the  peers n' those who are unable to speak up, I say, let's join together and let's not let any authority stand in our way
let's educate those who need understanding patience& knowledge With knowledge comes power to do right by us.

Godspeed!



Police Brutality Has Taken On a Whole Another Level

What has this world come to?
Police think their so above the law (they're not) that they're beating on weak and the helpless (elderly and disabled). It is totally and completely unacceptable! Imagine the emotional and physical reprecussions on the poor victims.

Police is supposed to honor and serve our citizens of our country by respecting and listening to them, not brutalizing them for no good reason. Cops should treat us citizens like their own kin with respect and kindness. I thought in this day n' age we're so pass that. No wonder our citizens of our world don't even trust cops nowadays cause the cops show no reason to be trusted, going out to brutalize our most vulnerable citizens of our country-the elderly n' disabled.

Even if the cops beat the weak n' helpless, they won't get fired-they're above the law- even though they should. The top cop will look pass it. Since they are cops, they've the law on their side, which is totally n' completely unacceptable; all cops who perform any kind of police brutality should get fired, never to work in the line of duty again.

Check out this video of police brutality.

Good  thing it was on video and that there were witnesses. Maybe the victim can sue the department for emotional and physical damage? And get the guys fired? It was sick and and mostly disturbing, watching this. I can't believe what went down.

Pakistan Corrupt Gov't

Were the Pakistani govt covering up Osama bin Laden's whereabouts. The Pres. of Pakistan, Ali Zardari, could've known where he was staying cos he was staying in Islamabad, which was near a military base. They could've have gone and did the deed a long time ago. They were covering for bin Laden.
So now all US aid to the Pakistan is frozen until further investigation.

The question of the moment is: Were the Pakistani govt trying to cover up the whereabouts of Osama bin Laden or not?

¡¡Felίz Cinco de Mayo!!

Hey ev'erybody! Latinos, Hispanics, Chicanos (and also other peeps of other ethnicities) let's celebrate Cinco de Mayo! Kinda like Independence Day for Americans but it happened in Mexico.
Let's celebrate w/ eat (traditional Mexican food), drink (both Mexican alcoholic drinks and some not-many numerous kinds!) Ah how I love the abundant Mexicana choices! Lovin' it, let's us celebrate till there's no tomorrow!
As there is ev'ery year, there's a Cinco de Mayo fest this coming weekend! At where else? Dolores Park from 10am to 6pm Check it guys n' dolls! Take advantage of the sunny weather to celebrate Cinco de Mayo!

¡¡Felίz Cinco de Mayo!!