AHHHH

Under 6 Months before I head out on my adventure of a lifetime!

WOW - Where does the time go?

School update: I am kicking ass and loving every minute of it. Right now in the midst of international airline ticketing and fares and I've completed my Apollo ticketing system training.

Keep on rolling baby, only 4 months left!

Invictus

Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.

In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.

Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds and shall find me unafraid.

It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.

~William Ernest Henley

Invictus is a 2009 drama feature film based on Nelson Mandela's life during the 1995 Rugby World Cup in South Africa. Directed by Clint Eastwood, the film stars Morgan Freeman as the then South African President Mandela, and Matt Damon as Francois Pienaar, the South African team captain. The story is based on the John Carlin book Playing the Enemy: Nelson Mandela and the Game That Changed a Nation.

I just got back from seeing this and am moved. I'm now even more excited to be visiting a country with such a diverse and intense history.

2010 travels will bring me much insight and expose me to many things, some of which I feel I am prepared, some of which I know I am not.

I await the adventure and education.

Oh Walmart

How you give me hours of entertainment ...







http://www.peopleofwalmart.com

QUOTE

An excellent quote sent to me from my sorta-sister-in-law

"Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." -Dr. Seuss.

H1N1 ... my thoughts

Do we need reminding that in 2005 the World Health Organization predicted that up to 150 million people might die from Avian flu? The eventual death toll was 262 people.

There is substantial evidence that the mortality rate from H1N1 flu is actually much smaller than seasonal flu.

Researchers who have combed through hundreds of flu-vaccine studies find very little evidence that suggests a vaccine will prevent the spread of the virus in the general population.

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2009/11/02/f-viewpoint-cassels.html

First off, NO I am not getting the shot. I've never got the regular flu shot so why start now.

I don't recall EVER having even the regular flu so I am not worried about this piggy deal.

I DO however think that those who are chronically ill, or have weakened immune systems should get it. People like my friend J who suffers from rheumatoid arthritis or my bro who suffers from ulcerative colitis - they need to get this shot. Their bodies and immune systems are already messed up and have a hard enough time day to day, toss in a freaky flu and who knows what could happen.

I don't want to find out.

But for me, its a no go.

And I DO think all the media hype is getting way out of control and stirring up more fear than needs be.

Everyone needs to do for themselves what they think is best for them and not be scared into stabbing themselves with a vaccine just because everyone else is panicking