Better After Greys

Okay sorry. I'm okay now. I just needed to write that. The words flowed straight out of my mind. Wait, that sounded weird. Besides, where else would the words come from?

I miss the simplicity of my room before all the stuff came. I have too much stuff! Oh my gosh. lol

The weekend is coming, I'm excited for it.

I need to finish my SSE. I need to write most of chapters 9 and 10. I have to present by May 15. I have to be done writing, including all the editing by April 30. Do I really have time for a weekend? I don't think so. I'm still taking it though. lol

Going Out

Makeup and dresses
you look nice tonight
a dinner date
nothing special
but enough to keep your smile alive

Baby is crying
sister is too
they don't want you to go

Daddy doesn't talk
just stares into space
with misty eyes
red nose and cheeks

You smile at them
when you say goodbye
kisses to the little ones
you'll be back later
and not to worry
as soon as daddy is gone
you'll be home again
and your boyfriend
sitting in his chair at the table
his spot on the couch

You dont waste time worrying
everything is fine
when you get tired
you two crash on your bed

Everything is fine
don't worry
have fun tonight
feel merry and light

And now in our encouraging world…

Janet Napolitano is looking for terrorists (Republicans and those of us who think Obama is about to do more harm than good…aka “right wing extremists”)

See photo.

http://iowntheworld.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/radicalorliberal3.jpg

Newborns in North Carolina are now being screened for Cystic Fibrosis. It is the second most common life-shortening, childhood-onset inherited disorder in the United States. Every year, approximately 1,000 Americans receive a diagnosis of CF.


Cars may soon run without gas.

I have to finish and present my SSE by May 15. I just need 70 more hours. Shit!


I lost my phone.

Economically Speaking

According to an article I read in Time the United States spends $68 billion per year on corrections: 1/3 being drug crimes

$150 billion is spent on policing and courts and 47.5% all arrests are marijuana-related.


Opinions aside, that is a heck of a lot of money.

Which brings up the question: would we rather spend money arresting pot heads and take money out of school thanks to the California school budget cut or would we rather regulate the distribution of marijuana and reinstate the budget?

With 14 billion dollars a year in revenue from marijuana, a 10% percent tax would yield 1.4 billion dollars in one year.

The 2009/10 school budget is 2 billion dollars less than the 2008/09. My econ teacher told us in January that the school's budget had been frozen. They were buying toliet paper and paper towels. That was it.

Not even regulating marijuana will save California's school budget...but it's fair to say an extra 1.4 billion dollars is an offer hard to refuse. Economically, California needs marijuana to be regulated.

Arguments

I still wish I was still on Spring Break but the weekend is coming!


Drugs.

The argument.


Should be illegal

• can cause damage the brain, heart, and other important organs
• makes it harder to think clearly and make good decisions
• can become addicted
• Impaired judgment and motor coordination / Shortened attention span and distractibility / Anxiety and panic attacks /Increased heart rate / Increased risk of heart attack / Increased risk for schizophrenia in vulnerable individuals / Impaired judgment / Problems with memory and learning / Lowered motivation / Decreased alertness and coordination / Withdrawal symptoms from stopping drug use (in a chronic user): irritability, sleeplessness, anxiety, impaired appetite, and aggression.

Marijuana Should Be Legal

• People will consume drugs anyways
• Regulation will be easier
• Is only immoral in certain belief systems
• freewill-if a person choses to harm themselve it's their own choice. No proven harm to 3rd party