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How Long Will You Live?

June 11, 2007

I just took this quiz that estimates your life expectancy. Mine is 89 years! That’s pretty good, but I also found that I can: >Add 2 years to my life by lessening my sources of stress >Add 2 years to my life by taking 81 mg of aspirin every day >Add 4 years to my life by eliminating fast foods from my diet >Add 1/2 a year to my life by cutting out unhealthy snacks >Add 5 years to my life by increasing my exercise regimen to 6-7 days a week >Add 1/2 a year to my life by getting appropriate blood tests annually >Add 1/2 a year to my life by getting my blood sugar checked If I did…
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Portrait of a Friendship

June 5, 2007

During my freshman year of high school I took a Spanish class in which I sat across from a girl that I recognized from the school soccer team that I was a part of. We were both shy and quiet in class and so didn’t talk to each other much. But as the year went along we became friendly because sports has a way of throwing people together like that. One day in class we were given an assignment to make a crossword puzzle out of vocabulary words and then switch with a partner. I knew for sure we were going to be friends when I got mine back from her and there were pictures drawn all over it with…
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Preparations

May 30, 2007

Tomorrow I fly to Kansas to watch my best friend get married. I know I’m only going out of town for 4 days, but I still feel like I have so much to do before leaving. Such as: >Shop for shoes to match my bridesmaid dress, a bigger memory card for my camera, and a book >Mail off a scholarship application >Put together the wedding gift >Pack >Watch a movie and return it >Play an indoor soccer game >Work for approximately 6 hours tomorrow And sorry to cut this short, but I think I am going to leave class early right now to go start on this list!

One Way To Stop Traffic

May 26, 2007

Yesterday I was on my way to pick up my boyfriend from the airport when I ran into some traffic. I was on the feeder road inching along, but I noticed that the traffic on the freeway wasn’t moving at all. I turned on the radio to hear the report, and this is what it said: “All lanes are blocked for cleanup on I-10 east at Wirt road. There has been a spilled load of animal parts.” What a lovely image.

One Way To Stop Traffic

May 26, 2007

Yesterday I was on my way to pick up my boyfriend from the airport when I ran into some traffic. I was on the feeder road inching along, but I noticed that the traffic on the freeway wasn’t moving at all. I turned on the radio to hear the report, and this is what it said: “All lanes are blocked for cleanup on I-10 east at Wirt road. There has been a spilled load of animal parts.” What a lovely image.