Virginia Tech

Something has happened to make me come out of my long absence from blogging. The tragedy at Virginia Tech. My heart and prayers go out to all the victims, their families, and the school. I hope as a nation and a people that we can band together with them to offer some comfort if any is possible.

God Bless

FIGHTING WORDS

Ok, here's the deal, I'm a Republican and I have made no attempt to disguise that. It's what I am and if some don't like it I don't care. I may be a Republican but I am not a hard core conservative, I'm moderate. What that means, at least to me, is that I'm not liberal or conservative, too far left or right, I'm right smack dab in the middle. I think this is a good thing because I'm able to understand were both (totally different) sides are coming from. Well, I told you that to tell you this: I was in my American Politics class and my prof decided to split us up into three groups, liberal, conservative, moderate. Well, you would figure that I would be in the moderate category...no. I was put in the conservative group and wanted to put the girl sitting next to me head through the wall. I except everyone's point of view because I understand everyone has an opinion and 9 times out of 10 it's going to be different than mine. But there is a right way to disagree with someone and a wrong way, and basically telling me I'm stupid is the WRONG way. What is the subject my teacher gave us to discuss you may wonder...abortion. Yeah, people wanted to choke each other. She asked us where we stood on abortion in several different cases, rape, incest, mother's life is endanger. Well, the conservatives and the liberals didn't really have that hard of time because everything the conservatives said "no" to the liberals said "yes" to. Shocker there. The conservatives were against any type of abortion in any case. I personally believe that it should not be used as a form of birth control. I don't think a girl should be able to be promiscuous or just stupid and not use protection and the be able to say, "I'm going to the clinic." It should work that way, she chose to make the child she should have to carry it even if she just gives it up for adoption. But in the case of rape, and a lot of times in incest, the girl had no choice in the matter it happens by force or coercion. I believe that since the woman had no choice in creating the child she should be able to have a choice not to carry it. Because it is something she did not plan to do. She is going to spend 9 months of her life carrying her rapist's or a family member's baby. The emotional turmoil that would put her through is probably unbearable. The girl sitting next to me in the class said, "It's not the baby's fault, the baby has rights too." Ok, well just because you believe that doesn't mean you should be able to force that belief on someone else. It's easy to say things like, "She should carry that baby." When it isn't you. The mother should not have to forfeit her rights to a child she never intended on carrying in the first place. Plus you can't just think of these victims as grown women, what if the girl in question is 12 years old. Are you going to tell that child that she has to carry a baby after she went through the trauma of being raped, or incest? Are you going to make her go through the pain, and the stigma of being pregnant at such a young age? Also, lets say there's a chance (because there is) someone engaged in consentual incest, if the baby was conceived from incest there is a good chance the child would have major things wrong with it. Just some things to consider.

Dean's List

Just found out I'm on the Dean's List. That's a real confidence booster heading into my second semester. I can't believe I'm already finished with my first. Let's hope this is a sign of greater things to come.

College Student Returns

I'm getting ready to head back to school after almost a month off for Christmas and New Year's. I'm looking forward to most of my classes. The only one I'm dreading is the evil math. I'm ready to see all my friends and to start hanging out again. Pretty soon I'll be even busier than what I was last semester so I need to get the quality time in while I still can.

The Maverick In Me

I am a CR and CR stands for College Republican, but I'm having a bit of an issue with the signs my fellow members have put up on campus. They pretty much say: Join if you are tired of positive views on gay marriage and abortion. I want to punch the people that did it. I understand that those are two big issues in politics and I also understand were the Republicans stand on them but I don't agree. Like I've mentioned I'm a Maverick Republican and I have no issues with gay marriage. In my opinion they are not hurting anyone and if they want to get married they should be allowed to. It's not up to us to judge them if it's wrong they'll find out when they meet their maker. I also think it's insulting to the gay people on campus. It has to hurt them to see that in the place they attend school and I think people should have a little more respect for others feelings. I have mixed feelings about abortion: do I think it should be used as a form of birthcontrol? No. Do I think it's ok in the case of rape or if the mother's life is in danger? Yes. I have often been questioned about my political stance. People think that you have to be all or nothing when that is not true at all. I do agree more with the Republican side but there are things like the ones I have just mentioned that I don't agree with. All in all I support President Bush, you can disagree about somethings and still support someone, and I want John McCain to be President in 2008. I'm a Republican, a very strange one, but still a Republican. They need to change those stupid signs. If I've made someone angry good, it means you care about something.

19 Things

I'm 19 now but I don't feel any older. This is an update from a previous post and an idea I got from Maria.

1. I am a Republican (okay I've mentioned that, but I don't think I've mentioned I'm a maverick Republican)
2. I don't hate math, it hates me. Well, actually I hate it too.
3. I read about 5 books a week.
4. My favorite type of book is historical fiction.
5. I thought about being a History teacher for about 3 seconds then realized I didn't have the patience for it.
6. When I walk into a library I immediately feel like I belong.
7. I'm extremely proud of my heritage.
8. I am a walking encyclopedia for movies. When my friends have a question about one they ask me.
9. I am very well educated on Greek, Roman, and Norse Mythology.
10. When I was in 5th grade one of my poems was published in a book. It was the worst poem I have ever written.
11. My favorite artists are Vincent Van Gogh and Johannes Vermeer .
12. Before I wanted to be involved in the justice system I wanted to be an Archaeologist.
13. I hate boats.
14. I can cuss in Italian thanks to my Uncle Louie.
15. My favorite actor is Kevin Spacey. The man is talented.
16. My favorite T.V shows are House, CSI, Law & Order SVU, Law & Order CI, Monk, Nancy Grace, Anderson Cooper 360, Cold Case Files, American Justice, Late Night With Conan O'Brien, and Lost.
17. I have two tattoos, one on the back of my left ankle and one around my right ankle.
18. My middle name is Charity, my mother's middle name is Faith, and my grandmother's middle name is Hope.
19. I collect black and white pictures and rosaries.

Got a MP3 player for my birthday and it's awesome!!! Now I can listen to Sinatra on my way to class.

19...Well, Almost

I am almost 19 years old which means I'm at the last of the teens. It's a milestone but no one treats it that way. I think it may be a bigger deal than 18 but I may be alone on this. I'm excited because I'm getting an I-Pod which, by the way, I have no idea how to work. On my card that my family gave me (a couple days early because I only see them on the weekends) my brother wrote "2 more years" (until I can drink). It's nice to know where his head is at. Just kidding. My mom is having something sent to my dorm room on Wednesday and despite her telling me not to get to excited I am. I can't help it. I like having things sent to me, I also like getting letters and postcards in the mail. I just like to know that people remember me. So let's hope that my 19th birthday is a good one.

Boston

I find myself wondering often what would be happening in my life right now if I had went to college in Boston. Don't get me wrong, I love the college I'm at but let's get one thing straight: it ain't Boston. The city has a certain allure to me, it's a mixture of the history and the culture of it's people that I think make it a well suited match for me. I know eventually I will be able to call that city home, I might have to wait longer than I would like to but it's going to happen. My parents don't really like my wanting to live there but they'll support it. I didn't go to college in Boston because they were worried about me being so far away. They would have let me go but I just couldn't do that to them. Plus the school's tuition costs more than my dad makes in a year. My parents told me they would have found a way to make it happen but I'm not that selfish. I realize they have 2 other children besides me. So instead I'm where I'm at. It's a very good school and I'm happy here, I just can't help but wonder.

Community Service

I know it sounds like I was arrested and this was my punishment but I wasn't. It's actually a requirement for a class I was told I had to take. I had to wake up at 8 a.m which is an ungodly hour on a Saturday or any other day for that matter. After stumbling around for a half hour and somehow magically getting dressed I went to the third floor and got my friend Jessie. We then made our way slowly to where we were supposed to meet everyone else. Might I add it was freezing this morning. They gave us breakfast which consisted of donuts, juice and bagels. Which is fine I love donuts and bagels as much as the next girl I just couldn't get passed the fact I was up before noon on a Saturday. The good thing was that Jessie and I were sent to the same place, it would have been kind of akward to ride in a car full of strangers and then spend all afternoon with them having never seen them before. The place we went was basically a shelter for young single moms that couldn't afford to live anywhere else. It was a very nice place. Our job was to basically wipe the walls down with ammonia and water. It wasn't hard and it didn't take us that long. The only problem was that the girls that lived there knew we were coming and they didn't clean their apartments at all. They were suppossed to because 2 of them were in the process of moving out but they didn't. Let's just say I saw some unsanitary things. No big deal. Anyway, we got done earlier than what we were supposed to and headed back to campus. I honestly wouldn't mind doing it again.

Under the Weather

I'm sick right now and that sucks I would really like to stop coughing. If you ever want to scare someone cough next to them and say you have the bird flu. They don't seem to like that. My mom was keeping me away from my brother so I wouldn't get sick, yeah that difinately didn't work. I am seriously about to OD on cough drops.