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5 Oct. Today was my first real day out of the house since the weekend. I have been very sick and most of my time has been spent in the dorm room. When I finally return to my classes I know that I will be beyond far behind. I have faith in myself and I know that I will catch up. As usual, I still miss home and I wish that I would stop getting sick. Well not much has happened lately so there is not much to write about. I guess then I will write more later.

6 Oct. I officially want to go home. There is nothing here for me except education but that is also in NY. I hate it here about four out of seven days of the week. My friends from NY call me and tell me their stories about visiting my high school and I get upset. I want to visit my high school. Don't get me wrong I love my friends here and that is pretty much the only reason that I continue to say, that and the fact that I have a scholarship here. Next year I might consider going elsewhere but this year I have to stay put as per the request of my parents. Hopefully things will get better and by the end of the year I will be all for the blue and white but as of right now I am all for the N and Y.

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10 Oct. In the news there is study saying that eating fish slows down the speed of age related mental decline. This was very interesting to me. The audience is elderly people or people on their way to older age. The claim is that the omega 3 fatty acids found in fish like tuna and salmon help to keep the brain stimulated. Eating fish on the average of twice a week is said to slow down the decline of activity by thirteen percent. There are so many other things that can slow age related mental decline like keeping the brain active. Reading stimulates the brain, I am pretty sure that a person who reads a couple of times a week will have more brain activity than someone who sleeps all day or watches t.v. If a person eats fish twice a week and reads everyday there should be more activity than a person who does neither.

11 Oct. There is always some sort of scientific finding in the news. Today's finding is that pregnant women with gum disease have a higher chance of having premature babies. This is because gum disease increases the amount of protein there is in the blood. The audience is pregnant women or women of child bearing age. Some things that are not included is the overall health of the mother in general at the time of her pregnancy. A women with high blood pressure or other disease can have premature babies also without the presence of gum disease. It is also a proven fact that younger mothers often have premature babies.

30 0ct. This has been the most uneventful week of my life. I was on bed rest the entire week after passing out in the shower. That was an adventure. My RA was out and about that day and the only other RA available was a male. When I came to I could hear my friends telling each other that someone should go get him. All I was thinking was please put some clothes on me first. Then I went back to the hospital on Wednesday because I had a migraine that wouldn't go away and they told me that I had post concussion syndrome. Then they told me some great news which was that these migraines can continue for two weeks. They gave me some powerful medication and put me back on bed rest. Can you imagine spending at least 20 hours of everyday laying down because you are to dizzy to sit up? On Wednesday and Thursday I was so highly medicated I looked and felt crazy. I never thought that I would be excited to get to go back to class in my life. I have a lot of catching up to do but I am determined. Failure is not an option!

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1 Nov. Wow it is November already! Well the year is coming to an end quickly. In a way I think that I am happy about it. There has been too much drama for me in the past four weeks. I am missing my family and some home cooked food. I have wanted to go home since I got here. On a positive note, I am happy that I had the opportunity to experience college. It is nothing like you see on t.v. I thought that there would be a lot of things here that there are not. I am not ready to say that college is not for me but if this doesn't shape up soon I am gonna seriously consider it. I met some great people here and I have met some really retarded ones. I have had some good social experiences and some horrible ones. I even thought that I had found a potential love interest but unfortunately that didn't go as planned. I think that I might need to re-evaluate my career path. I feel so lost.

2 Nov. There are a lot things that bother me and that I have considered using as a topic for the final project. Two topics stand out the most, racism and double standards. I don't know how I will approach it or what exactly to write about but I do know that it will be interesting. Now to choose just one. I am leaning towards double standards and how they are influenced by society. There will probably be some articles about this but I am not very sure. As long as there are double standards for men and women, there will never be equality.

3 Nov. I have made my decision in regards to my final project. I am doing double standards between men and women. This is a topic that I feel that I can talk about and explain efficiently. This is a topic that I feel very strongly about. I also feel that society plays a part in the formation of double standards. My biggest dilemma was picking a subject to write 10-12 pages about and this is definately it. I am actually looking forward to this project and I am on my way to the library tomorrow for my proposal. I have to do well on this, I don't have an option.

I noticed that my proposal was hard to find so I put it here

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I commented on CaitSky and CourtBlog on Sunday evening.

Here is a good article to read to understand more about double standards.

15 Nov. There are lots of things on my mind today. I am having boy problems and school problems. Will I ever have a good day? The people that I am friends with are all jumping around and happy at the possibility of getting As in their courses. I am just praying for a C in some of my classes. That makes me feel like I am not supposed to be here. The guy problems and my illness have really distracted me. I need a break right now. I am proud for my friends and I hope that they all do well but I would love to be on the same level. I need to learn to stop letting things bother me that dont need to. If bad things always happen to good people then I must be the best damn person in the world.

30 Nov. There are things in life that need to be talked about. There are lots of pressures on me, some of them I have placed on myself. Biology is kicking my butt. This is priority but at the expenses of what. I find myself missing other classes to study for Biology just so that i can get a C. I have never tried so hard and pushed myself more for something that I feel is mediocrity. I really dont think that I was ready for college, I think that I came here because I was "supposed to". If I keep missing my other classes I am sure that I am going to be doing poorly in those too. My scholarship is history. I tried my best!

4 Dec. There was a lot of drama yesterday. For once I was an onlooker and not in the middle. It felt so good. I am trying to take some positive steps toward becoming a better person academically and personally. College is where I belong, maybe not now but hey I am here so I am going to give it the best that I got. I have heard some people say that the first semesters are the hardest because it is a trial period. This is how they weed out the people that are willing to work hard and those that are here for other things. Well guess what I am not giving up that easy. I am here to stay.

5 Dec. How excited is everyone that this semester is almost over. I am ready to go home and spend some much needed time with my family. I wish everyone the best on all finals and any final projects in any class. I am excited to come back next semester with classes that i picked for myself, not that someone picked for me. I hate snow but i am ready to brave the cold in order to get to class. All As for me next semester baby. That is my goal and I already have a plan of action. I can here success knocking at my door.

6 Dec. Well I am going to CAPS now on campus and it is very helpful. I have someone to talk to about my problems and they help me to come up with solutions. Everybody needs somebody sometimes. They are teaching how and whom to trust. They are teaching me some fundamental things that i think that i have missed out on growing up. They are teaching me how to love myself and other people. Self esteem is definately an issue for me. I am looking forward to seeing progress in myself.