2012? Really could the Mayans be right?

How many times have I heard the prediction that they world was going to end, countless times. I remember once when I was very young probably in elementary school and remember in the newspaper and on television, so body was saying that the world was going to end. Being so young and easily persuaded, I believed it and was so frightened that I did not want to leave the house and remember crying and refusing to go to the circus that we were on our way to that day.

As I got older, I was so easily persuaded and now I want scientific proof. As of lately the new thing is the Mayan's calendar which stops at the date December 21, 2012, and some believe that since they were so accurate with this calendar that since it ends on this date, that the world will also. So I did some research on the idea, and one scientist believes that the sunspot cycle will occur in 2012 and will be the strongest one yet. While other believe it will happen sooner like 2010 or 2011. But what does this sunspot cycle entails? Well not the end of the world, but just a malfunction in our technologies such as cellphones, GPS, and weather satellites.

http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2006/10mar_stormwarning.htm

Sabotage

One of the ultimate lows that one person can do to another. What is the motive? Usually jealous or greed...I recently became the victim of sabotage in my workplace and it doesn't feel to well.
Why must we set people back instead of helping them pave the road to success? I can understand not having the same ambitions, but really to deliberately go out of your way to hinder someone's dreams and aspirations.
If you find yourself the victim of sabotage, please don't give up so easily. Fight to the end to win your personal victory, I am not saying it will be an easy journey. But "snakes" that try to throw you of your "Eden", should not get the pleasure and should feel the re percussions.
I for one am not giving up, and will fight to the end to get what I want; everything that I having to working so hard for and I can not just throw my hands up and quit.

Pledge of Allegiance

So I wanted to test a theory. When learning to recite the Pledge as a young child, they may not fully understand what they are saying at the time, but as an adult they would be able to interpret it for themselves.

So yesterday, while I was on the phone with my mother, who has been out of school for over 35 yrs, I asked her if she could recite the Pledge of Allegiance. At first, she thought she wouldn't be able to, but after a couple of tries she was able to recite it almost perfectly. So it is important I think to be able say a pledge that you will always honor and respect your country. But if it is removed, what could be the effects of our youth towards their country? So part two to my experience, I am going to call and ask the same question to my 6 yr old cousin. I will let you know my results.

Brainstorming controversial topics

I am finding it hard to pick a controversial topic that hasn't already been done and one that I am truly passionate about. I posed the question to some of my co-workers and they were able to give me some good ideas...like child discipline and allowing gays to serve openly in the military. Since I don't not have first hand experience in either of these, I don't have any children of my own nor do I know any that is gay that is offended about the laws restricting them rights. I pondered so more, because I feel to do my best work I would have to be truly passionate about it. So then I went out and searched the world wide web, it has everything right?

Well it did help me, the web that is, because I think I have found my topic of discussion/debate. The Pledge of Allegiance, the whole debate with removing it from our schools and the opposition to "Under God". My next step is the library to find my sources, this should be fun. I already have a head start for my argument after taking a history class this past spring, with talking about the documents written by our Founding Fathers that so clearly intertwined religion with law. Lets see where this takes me...I am keeping my fingers crossed that it will be an exciting journey and hopefully a shift of paradigms.

Writer's Block

Last night I was a little overwhelmed by all the things that I have to accomplished in so little time it seems. Now that I am officially signed up for English Comp II, I am hoping that it will spark my creative writing and that I can stop putting off writing the short stories that I want start to immortalized by brother and sister. I came up with the idea while I was in the desert, I am promise myself that I would gather memories about my siblings so that they would live on for generations to come. See, my brother passed away 4 December 2002 at the age of 21 from a stroke, and the following year on 28 November 2003 my sister passed away at the age of 29 from a heart attack; leaving behind a daughter and husband. It has been difficult to accept, and I don't believe that I have really grieved so I figured that writing these stories will keep my memories of them from fading away, afterall it's all that I have left of them.

I have attempted to start on them, but have experienced writer's block. So I guess if I just start writing and keep writing that I will get over the block.

Again, I am overwhelmed by all the other things that I must accomplish right now as well, there are the tasks and inspections that are coming up at work. Then putting together my package for a commissioning program, and then there is the birthday party that I am organizing for October, and family trip coming up in December that I am heading. So much and so little time!!!