The Odd Couple
John and Stacey just had gone through a divorce, just because John was very
Incompatible and couldn’t live with Stacey without making it difficult for him
To live with her due to his uncanny ways. And as a result of the divorce, John
Was left with nothing except for some petty cash, a few clothes and a pillow,
Which he treated like a stuffed toy, hanging onto it like a child would love its’
Doll.
So, at this time in his life, John was feeling quite down low in his world,
And feeling quite worthless about himself in being without a job, unable to sup-
Port himself, and his world was, seemingly, trying to crush him down to a no
Good person and closing in around him.
So, just after John had been chased out of his house by his ex-wife, whom had
Gotten full custody of the house. Because he had no sound home in which to live,
One day, he appeared at his friend, Doug’s front door, unwanted for his com-
Pany, with his pillow, clothes and some cash in hand. He was ready to fall to
Pieces over the divorce, so, Doug took him in, hoping that he wasn’t planning
To stay there long.
And upon lying down on a weathered couch in the living Room, while feeling so exhausted and out of it, he had the guts to beg Doug for a beer, some food and a cigar, which things were given him, while Doug was hoping to satisfy him with these petty things. And after having the beer, bologna sandwich doused with mustard, and a cigar, John happened to fall asleep right there on the couch.
Doug had been taking a walk around the apartment complex, hoping that the
Walk would cue him in on what to do with John at this time. And while on
The walk, he couldn’t figure out anything in his head as to what his friend,
Really, had come to the apartment for. This happened, because he, actually, hadn’t cued
Him in as to the real reason for him, coming to Doug’s apartment in the first
Place.
John hadn’t yet told him all about his divorce from his ex-wife as yet.
So, Doug was assuming, that he just wasn’t getting along with his wife, now,
Ex-wife. and that his wife just had thrown him out of the house, because she
Couldn’t stand being around him anymore because of his odd ways.
So, about an hour later, Doug came back through the front door, and in finding
John asleep on the living room couch, yet, he happened to notice the big mess
On his oak coffee table. What a sight with the napkin all crumbled up, and cigar ashes strewn All over the table and floor nearby.
Upon noticing the big mess in his living Room, he became very angry at his friend, and just dreaded cleaning up after His friend, being that at this time, he just felt like knocking John down to the Floor. But he cleaned up the mess, anyway, putting the dirty napkin in hand alongWith the filthy paper plate, and Styrofoam cup, which had a trace of mushy cof-Fee in the bottom of it. So, then, he carried everything over to his kitchen. and
Upon throwing everything from his hands into the trash in the small closet in
The kitchen, he, angerly, stomped over to his bedroom.
He, somehow, managed To push these angry thoughts to the back of his mind at this time. but he would, Somehow, deal with his friend at a later time. Then, after getting ready for Bed, he stomped over to his bedroom, again. And he jumped onto his bed, sinking Into a fitful sleep on top of his king size bed on top of his red patchwork quilt
A little early for the rest of the night.
In the morning, he awoke from a nightmare, which he couldn’t seem to remem-
Ber. and then, he walked over, half asleep, to his bathroom, shaved, cleaned up. and
Then, he walked back to his bedroom, starting to wake up after that refreshing
Shave. And he got dressed in some jeans and a red t- shirt along with a
Jean jacket, which he tied around his waist at this time.
Afterwards, heWalked over to the kitchen area, grabbed a cup of coffee from the night before. And then, he, unwillingly, got some eggs and toast ready for his friend, while he
Grabbed his usual energy drink for himself, being he was really into watching His weight.
After having his energy drink, he walked over to the living room to wake up
John. But he was already up and sitting on the couch, watching some television.
So, then, without a word between them, Doug set some breakfast before him
On a portable tray. John ate very quickly, while Doug got his fishing pole
And other things ready for fishing that morning.
Then, Doug trudged Back into the living room. And he had to clean up, again, after his friend, whom was Unwilling to clean up all the mess of toast crumbs all over the tray and on the Floor, too. Also, there was a puddle of coffee, spilled all over the tray, and on the oak Living room table. This happened being that his divorce left him, not being able to think clearly Enough to clean up after himself, because it still seemed to be haunting his mind, day and night.
And at this time, Doug was feeling very perturbed over John not being on the
Ball to clean up after himself. and at the same time, he jus happened to catch John, trying to Sneak out the back door, hoping that Doug wouldn’t notice him doing so.
Doug knew, that John was, stealthily, heading towards the lake in the backyard, which
Lake seemed to seem so peaceful to John at this time and so calm. even though,
He was feeling very confused and at a lost on what to do with his life at this time.
As John eased himself into a green rowboat, which he rented that morning, Doug
Knew, that John was heading out, already, on the lake, upon seeing him as he
Was looking out the back window at this time. And John was soon going
To be fishing out in the middle of the lake amongst the ripples of the greenish
Waves near an island, which wasn’t far from Doug’s backyard.
It seemed to be such a perfect day, outside, with the sun shining brightly out on
The lake at this time in the wee hours of the morning for fishing, and with
Temperatures already in the fifties. So, Doug decided to do some bass fishing,
Himself, in his blue row boat tied along a dock in his backyard, which seemed
To be showing all the years of wear and tear.
And Doug, actually, was the first One to get out in the middle of the lake where all the big fish were at, to do his Bass fishing. and he was hoping to catch some lovely bass, this morning, while Seemingly, in a daydream at this time, catching every bass, which came by his Boat. Above him was a cloudless sky, with the sun, almost, blinding him, as
The sun’s rays seemed to bask down on him.
but he was lucky, he had his Sun glasses on, or he wouldn’t have been able to see what he was doing. And At this time, John was at a nearby little old store, buying some bait and lures With whatever money, he had on him at the time.
Then, as John was trying to steady himself as he got into the row boat, he then,
Happened to notice Doug way out on the lake, already, with firey blue eyes
Which had a glare to them. John didn’t even try to notice Doug’s eyes at the
Time, being that Doug, already, had some sunglasses on.
Doug was deep in Thought about taking out revenge on his friend, only, because he was feeling on Top of his world. He didn’t want John, catching bigger fish than
Him, while out fishing on the lake, that morning.
This was being that Doug was still Angry at John, for not telling him, exactly why he had shown up at his house,When he had appeared at his front door. But little did Doug know, that John Didn’t want him to know anything about his divorce for fear, that he might just
Try talking him into getting back together with his ex-wife.
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
THE ODD COUIPLE BY CHERYL V.
The Odd Couple
John and Stacey just had gone through a divorce, just because John was very
Incompatible and couldn’t live with Stacey without making it difficult for him
To live with her due to his uncanny ways. And as a result of the divorce, John
Was left with nothing except for some petty cash, a few clothes and a pillow,
Which he treated like a stuffed toy, hanging onto it like a child would love its’
Doll.
So, at this time in his life, John was feeling quite down low in his world,
And feeling quite worthless about himself in being without a job, unable to sup-
Port himself, and his world was, seemingly, trying to crush him down to a no
Good person and closing in around him.
So, just after John had been chased out of his house by his ex-wife, whom had
Gotten full custody of the house. Because he had no sound home in which to live,
One day, he appeared at his friend, Doug’s front door, unwanted for his com-
Pany, with his pillow, clothes and some cash in hand. He was ready to fall to
Pieces over the divorce, so, Doug took him in, hoping that he wasn’t planning
To stay there long.
And upon lying down on a weathered couch in the living Room, while feeling so exhausted and out of it, he had the guts to beg Doug for a beer, some food and a cigar, which things were given him, while Doug was hoping to satisfy him with these petty things. And after having the beer, bologna sandwich doused with mustard, and a cigar, John happened to fall asleep right there on the couch.
Doug had been taking a walk around the apartment complex, hoping that the
Walk would cue him in on what to do with John at this time. And while on
The walk, he couldn’t figure out anything in his head as to what his friend,
Really, had come to the apartment for. This happened, because he, actually, hadn’t cued
Him in as to the real reason for him, coming to Doug’s apartment in the first
Place.
John hadn’t yet told him all about his divorce from his ex-wife as yet.
So, Doug was assuming, that he just wasn’t getting along with his wife, now,
Ex-wife. and that his wife just had thrown him out of the house, because she
Couldn’t stand being around him anymore because of his odd ways.
So, about an hour later, Doug came back through the front door, and in finding
John asleep on the living room couch, yet, he happened to notice the big mess
On his oak coffee table. What a sight with the napkin all crumbled up, and cigar ashes strewn All over the table and floor nearby.
Upon noticing the big mess in his living Room, he became very angry at his friend, and just dreaded cleaning up after His friend, being that at this time, he just felt like knocking John down to the Floor. But he cleaned up the mess, anyway, putting the dirty napkin in hand alongWith the filthy paper plate, and Styrofoam cup, which had a trace of mushy cof-Fee in the bottom of it. So, then, he carried everything over to his kitchen. and
Upon throwing everything from his hands into the trash in the small closet in
The kitchen, he, angerly, stomped over to his bedroom.
He, somehow, managed To push these angry thoughts to the back of his mind at this time. but he would, Somehow, deal with his friend at a later time. Then, after getting ready for Bed, he stomped over to his bedroom, again. And he jumped onto his bed, sinking Into a fitful sleep on top of his king size bed on top of his red patchwork quilt
A little early for the rest of the night.
In the morning, he awoke from a nightmare, which he couldn’t seem to remem-
Ber. and then, he walked over, half asleep, to his bathroom, shaved, cleaned up. and
Then, he walked back to his bedroom, starting to wake up after that refreshing
Shave. And he got dressed in some jeans and a red t- shirt along with a
Jean jacket, which he tied around his waist at this time.
Afterwards, heWalked over to the kitchen area, grabbed a cup of coffee from the night before. And then, he, unwillingly, got some eggs and toast ready for his friend, while he
Grabbed his usual energy drink for himself, being he was really into watching His weight.
After having his energy drink, he walked over to the living room to wake up
John. But he was already up and sitting on the couch, watching some television.
So, then, without a word between them, Doug set some breakfast before him
On a portable tray. John ate very quickly, while Doug got his fishing pole
And other things ready for fishing that morning.
Then, Doug trudged Back into the living room. And he had to clean up, again, after his friend, whom was Unwilling to clean up all the mess of toast crumbs all over the tray and on the Floor, too. Also, there was a puddle of coffee, spilled all over the tray, and on the oak Living room table. This happened being that his divorce left him, not being able to think clearly Enough to clean up after himself, because it still seemed to be haunting his mind, day and night.
And at this time, Doug was feeling very perturbed over John not being on the
Ball to clean up after himself. and at the same time, he jus happened to catch John, trying to Sneak out the back door, hoping that Doug wouldn’t notice him doing so.
Doug knew, that John was, stealthily, heading towards the lake in the backyard, which
Lake seemed to seem so peaceful to John at this time and so calm. even though,
He was feeling very confused and at a lost on what to do with his life at this time.
As John eased himself into a green rowboat, which he rented that morning, Doug
Knew, that John was heading out, already, on the lake, upon seeing him as he
Was looking out the back window at this time. And John was soon going
To be fishing out in the middle of the lake amongst the ripples of the greenish
Waves near an island, which wasn’t far from Doug’s backyard.
It seemed to be such a perfect day, outside, with the sun shining brightly out on
The lake at this time in the wee hours of the morning for fishing, and with
Temperatures already in the fifties. So, Doug decided to do some bass fishing,
Himself, in his blue row boat tied along a dock in his backyard, which seemed
To be showing all the years of wear and tear.
And Doug, actually, was the first One to get out in the middle of the lake where all the big fish were at, to do his Bass fishing. and he was hoping to catch some lovely bass, this morning, while Seemingly, in a daydream at this time, catching every bass, which came by his Boat. Above him was a cloudless sky, with the sun, almost, blinding him, as
The sun’s rays seemed to bask down on him.
but he was lucky, he had his Sun glasses on, or he wouldn’t have been able to see what he was doing. And At this time, John was at a nearby little old store, buying some bait and lures With whatever money, he had on him at the time.
Then, as John was trying to steady himself as he got into the row boat, he then,
Happened to notice Doug way out on the lake, already, with firey blue eyes
Which had a glare to them. John didn’t even try to notice Doug’s eyes at the
Time, being that Doug, already, had some sunglasses on.
Doug was deep in Thought about taking out revenge on his friend, only, because he was feeling on Top of his world. He didn’t want John, catching bigger fish than
Him, while out fishing on the lake, that morning.
This was being that Doug was still Angry at John, for not telling him, exactly why he had shown up at his house,When he had appeared at his front door. But little did Doug know, that John Didn’t want him to know anything about his divorce for fear, that he might just
Try talking him into getting back together with his ex-wife.
John and Stacey just had gone through a divorce, just because John was very
Incompatible and couldn’t live with Stacey without making it difficult for him
To live with her due to his uncanny ways. And as a result of the divorce, John
Was left with nothing except for some petty cash, a few clothes and a pillow,
Which he treated like a stuffed toy, hanging onto it like a child would love its’
Doll.
So, at this time in his life, John was feeling quite down low in his world,
And feeling quite worthless about himself in being without a job, unable to sup-
Port himself, and his world was, seemingly, trying to crush him down to a no
Good person and closing in around him.
So, just after John had been chased out of his house by his ex-wife, whom had
Gotten full custody of the house. Because he had no sound home in which to live,
One day, he appeared at his friend, Doug’s front door, unwanted for his com-
Pany, with his pillow, clothes and some cash in hand. He was ready to fall to
Pieces over the divorce, so, Doug took him in, hoping that he wasn’t planning
To stay there long.
And upon lying down on a weathered couch in the living Room, while feeling so exhausted and out of it, he had the guts to beg Doug for a beer, some food and a cigar, which things were given him, while Doug was hoping to satisfy him with these petty things. And after having the beer, bologna sandwich doused with mustard, and a cigar, John happened to fall asleep right there on the couch.
Doug had been taking a walk around the apartment complex, hoping that the
Walk would cue him in on what to do with John at this time. And while on
The walk, he couldn’t figure out anything in his head as to what his friend,
Really, had come to the apartment for. This happened, because he, actually, hadn’t cued
Him in as to the real reason for him, coming to Doug’s apartment in the first
Place.
John hadn’t yet told him all about his divorce from his ex-wife as yet.
So, Doug was assuming, that he just wasn’t getting along with his wife, now,
Ex-wife. and that his wife just had thrown him out of the house, because she
Couldn’t stand being around him anymore because of his odd ways.
So, about an hour later, Doug came back through the front door, and in finding
John asleep on the living room couch, yet, he happened to notice the big mess
On his oak coffee table. What a sight with the napkin all crumbled up, and cigar ashes strewn All over the table and floor nearby.
Upon noticing the big mess in his living Room, he became very angry at his friend, and just dreaded cleaning up after His friend, being that at this time, he just felt like knocking John down to the Floor. But he cleaned up the mess, anyway, putting the dirty napkin in hand alongWith the filthy paper plate, and Styrofoam cup, which had a trace of mushy cof-Fee in the bottom of it. So, then, he carried everything over to his kitchen. and
Upon throwing everything from his hands into the trash in the small closet in
The kitchen, he, angerly, stomped over to his bedroom.
He, somehow, managed To push these angry thoughts to the back of his mind at this time. but he would, Somehow, deal with his friend at a later time. Then, after getting ready for Bed, he stomped over to his bedroom, again. And he jumped onto his bed, sinking Into a fitful sleep on top of his king size bed on top of his red patchwork quilt
A little early for the rest of the night.
In the morning, he awoke from a nightmare, which he couldn’t seem to remem-
Ber. and then, he walked over, half asleep, to his bathroom, shaved, cleaned up. and
Then, he walked back to his bedroom, starting to wake up after that refreshing
Shave. And he got dressed in some jeans and a red t- shirt along with a
Jean jacket, which he tied around his waist at this time.
Afterwards, heWalked over to the kitchen area, grabbed a cup of coffee from the night before. And then, he, unwillingly, got some eggs and toast ready for his friend, while he
Grabbed his usual energy drink for himself, being he was really into watching His weight.
After having his energy drink, he walked over to the living room to wake up
John. But he was already up and sitting on the couch, watching some television.
So, then, without a word between them, Doug set some breakfast before him
On a portable tray. John ate very quickly, while Doug got his fishing pole
And other things ready for fishing that morning.
Then, Doug trudged Back into the living room. And he had to clean up, again, after his friend, whom was Unwilling to clean up all the mess of toast crumbs all over the tray and on the Floor, too. Also, there was a puddle of coffee, spilled all over the tray, and on the oak Living room table. This happened being that his divorce left him, not being able to think clearly Enough to clean up after himself, because it still seemed to be haunting his mind, day and night.
And at this time, Doug was feeling very perturbed over John not being on the
Ball to clean up after himself. and at the same time, he jus happened to catch John, trying to Sneak out the back door, hoping that Doug wouldn’t notice him doing so.
Doug knew, that John was, stealthily, heading towards the lake in the backyard, which
Lake seemed to seem so peaceful to John at this time and so calm. even though,
He was feeling very confused and at a lost on what to do with his life at this time.
As John eased himself into a green rowboat, which he rented that morning, Doug
Knew, that John was heading out, already, on the lake, upon seeing him as he
Was looking out the back window at this time. And John was soon going
To be fishing out in the middle of the lake amongst the ripples of the greenish
Waves near an island, which wasn’t far from Doug’s backyard.
It seemed to be such a perfect day, outside, with the sun shining brightly out on
The lake at this time in the wee hours of the morning for fishing, and with
Temperatures already in the fifties. So, Doug decided to do some bass fishing,
Himself, in his blue row boat tied along a dock in his backyard, which seemed
To be showing all the years of wear and tear.
And Doug, actually, was the first One to get out in the middle of the lake where all the big fish were at, to do his Bass fishing. and he was hoping to catch some lovely bass, this morning, while Seemingly, in a daydream at this time, catching every bass, which came by his Boat. Above him was a cloudless sky, with the sun, almost, blinding him, as
The sun’s rays seemed to bask down on him.
but he was lucky, he had his Sun glasses on, or he wouldn’t have been able to see what he was doing. And At this time, John was at a nearby little old store, buying some bait and lures With whatever money, he had on him at the time.
Then, as John was trying to steady himself as he got into the row boat, he then,
Happened to notice Doug way out on the lake, already, with firey blue eyes
Which had a glare to them. John didn’t even try to notice Doug’s eyes at the
Time, being that Doug, already, had some sunglasses on.
Doug was deep in Thought about taking out revenge on his friend, only, because he was feeling on Top of his world. He didn’t want John, catching bigger fish than
Him, while out fishing on the lake, that morning.
This was being that Doug was still Angry at John, for not telling him, exactly why he had shown up at his house,When he had appeared at his front door. But little did Doug know, that John Didn’t want him to know anything about his divorce for fear, that he might just
Try talking him into getting back together with his ex-wife.
THREE KINGS BY CHERYL V.
THREE KINGS
The war had jus ended, and all Americans and Kuwaitis are, seemingly, in
peace and celebrating the end of the war. In the middle of the desert, some
people are jus occupying themselves on a hilltop. And it looks like they
are expecting something to happen at any moment. There are three towel
heads on a hilltop. And they seem to be enjoying themselves in their own
manner.
Way on the other side of the desert, there is an American soldier jus standing,
there. And a guy’s wondering what’s going on now, now that the war has
ceased between the Americans and the Kuwaitis.
“Is the war, still, going on or what? I’m wondering is there’s, still, shooting
going on, or if the war, really, has come to an end? I guess, by the guys,
standing on that hill over there that it hasn’t?”
So, he shoots his gun at them a few times, and some guy’s head jus seems to
pop off, and he’s dead for sure. So, the American soldier walks over to the hill.
And he notices that some towel heads appear to be very suspicious-looking to
him. He orders them to disrobe, and one man won’t obey his orders. And he
jus stares at the soldier, and wonders what he’ll try to make him do next.
“Come on!” I said to disrobe, and take all your clothes off? Come on! That’s my
order!”
Some other American soldiers also join in along with him, and say the same
thing to the towel heads.
Since, there’s one stubborn one, that won’t listen to him, the soldier says, “I
guess, I am going to have to do it myself.!”
So, he and a few other soldiers disrobe the other soldier half way, and upon
doing so, notice a document in the guy’s buttocks. So, one soldier says to
the other one, “Take that document out of his buttocks, and hand it over to
me.”
“No way, am I, going to do this, without some gloves on!”
So, another soldier hands him a white glove.
“Boy, this is something else. This document looks like something valuable.”
“Here, hands it over to me. S, I can take a look at it, says another soldier.
So, the document, he handed over to the other soldier. And he takes a good
look at the map of some Car bolo caves, which some Kuwaitis have been
hiding something valuable in one of them, which seems to be some gold
bullion in solid gold.
One of the soldiers took some of the other soldiers to a camp, where the map
is laid out on a table under some photographic light.
“Where it seems to be some Car bolo caves along this line where the Kuwaitis
have been hiding some gold bullion in. I bet you, that gold must be very
valuable stuff.”
“Yes, that I can see, says another soldier.
The captain, Archie Gates, remarked, “As I can see, putting my hands on this
gold, can substitute for working on my job. And, the four of us will leave
tomorrow in a Hombie, and go on our way to Kuwait, to find this gold and
put our hands on it.”
So, early in the morning, the captain, Archie Gates, Troy Barlow, Vic, and Ice
Cube left on their journey to Kuwait, to look for all this gold bullion, which
could be worth millions of dollars, and when found, split evenly between them
all.
As soon as they reached Kuwait, the three soldiers in back of the Hombie, while
they are on the desert; fire a few rounds, white traveling to the Car bolo caves.
Soon, as the captain stopped the Hombie, he hopped out of it, and wondered why
the other three soldiers were firing so many rounds in back of the Hombie.
“Well,” said one soldier, “I thought, that you meant that we could fire as many
rounds as we could while in back of the Hombie.”
So, the captain hopped back into the Hombie, and drove the vehicle the rest of
the way to the Car bolo caves in Kuwait, where they begin. As soon as the
Captain and the three American soldiers arrived there, they all got out their
guns, and prepared to get the Kuwaitis, hiding in the caves if any were. They,
cautiously, moved down the steps down the first Car bolo cave, they came
across, where, they all thought, the bags of gold were being hidden.
Upon them all arriving, there, they all held out their guns to the Kuwaitis. And
those who didn’t cooperate were shot down. But no gold was found down there
in the cave. So, as they found their way out of the cave, the Captain, Archie
Gates, remarked, “They lied to us, because there was no gold found down there.
In fact, I thin that there’s something about that well over there.”
So, they proceeded over to the well and went down the well, and ordered some
Kuwaitis in hiding to stay back, while the American soldiers and the Captain,
went through the bags. And to their amazement, one of them found about
four bags gold bullion down in the well.
So, they proceeded to bring the bags up to a truck, that they found nearby the
well. And then, they headed off, seemingly, home. But on the way, they
ran into some more Kuwaitis, who the American soldiers had to fire at to
get them to cooperate with them.
There, the three American soldiers and Captain picked up some refugees,
who were trying to escape from the Americans? But they were shot down,
and to the despair of the American soldiers and Captain, they were fired at.
And the Captain and two other American soldiers ended up getting injured.
The Captain was injured in the arm and one soldier in the neck and chest
and the other soldier in the chest.
The Kuwaitis started another war, and kept firing at the American soldiers
and Captain. And finally, their Hombie went up in flames. And they found
themselves, running like a road runner for their lives.
A reporter ran into them part of the way, and was told by one the soldiers,
that the gold bullion was in another area. So, she wasn’t aware of the fact.
That the gold bullion had already been picked up by the Captain and American
Soldiers.
She went looking all over the place, until, finally, one American soldier told her,
that the gold was in one of the Car bolos caves. But she was too late, by the time,
she arrived over at the caves. The gold, no longer, was there.
The American soldiers and the Captain, Archie Gates, were now in great danger.
The Captain had to be given some pain reliever in a tent for his condition. And
one of the American soldiers were chased by the Kuwaitis, after his truck
had fallen down to its side after being shot down, which truck contained the
bags of gold.
The Captain had gotten away and the American soldier, Troy Barlow, had been
kidnapped by the Kuwaitis, and taken to a cave, where he was thrown down
the steps by two of the Kuwaitis.
One of the Kuwaitis started to question Troy Barlow, after one of the Kuwaitis
had told him to put some clothes on, as he had been, partly, disrobed by two of
the Kuwaitis, after trying to escape them. He had been disrobed down to
his long johns.
“Now, who is Michael Jackson? Who is he?”
“I don’t know what you are talking about,” said Troy Barlow.
“I told you, already, I don’t know, “he repeated to the Kuwaitis.
So, one of the other Kuwaitis down in the cave, put some wire about Troy’s
ears, and turned some machine on to torture him, which made Troy squint
in pain. And this machine caused him to, almost, go into a panic.
“Does that hurt? I said does that hurt you?”
“Yes, it did. It hurt very much,” Troy answered, squinting.
“Now, are you a father?”
“Yes, I am married, and I have a kid.”
‘What is the kid’s name?”
“His name is Crystal. And, are you also, a father?”
‘Yes, I am a father, don’t you remember? My kid was killed when some cement
cracked on top of him.”
The Captain and the other two American soldiers were, still, looking for Troy.
The Captain said to some other soldiers, “I can’t seem to find Troy. And I have
no idea where he went, because some Kuwaitis must have kidnapped him.”
So, the Captain and other American soldiers kept on their search for Troy,
while trying to protect them from being shot at, anymore.
In the meantime, the Kuwaitis started shooting at a truck, going by in the desert,
until the truck tipped over, and milk came pouring out of it. When it did, the
Captain and the two other American soldiers toppled over onto the ground, and
got soaked with milk. Some of the refugees tried to save some of the mile. And
one dog started licking some of it up.
“Why did the Kuwaitis do that, and try to shoot down the truck,” some other
soldier asked.
The Captain and two American soldiers, which had gone with him on the trip to
find the gold, no were among some Kuwaitis that cared what happened to
them. One said to the Captain, “Did you find the other soldier that has
been missing?”
The Captain replied, “No, we haven’t?”
Now, the Kuwaitis led him and the other soldiers down one of the Car bolo
caves, and showed them some cars, which were expensive and brand new.
“Would you like some cars to use, to bring the refugees across the border?
We have all different kinds of cars down here.”
So, some Kuwaitis offered the cars to the American soldiers and the Captain.
So, they could bring as many refugees as possible across the border. Then,
some other Kuwaitis helped bring the bags of gold bullion to the cars, that
was all the gold, which, still, was left, yet?
As the Captain and two American soldiers got part way across the desert, then,
some other Kuwaitis started firing at them. And the Captain and American
soldiers fired them down. So, then, they proceeded to the Car bolos caves.
And looking through each one of them, the Captain found Troy, and brought
the guy to safety, so, he thought, he did.
After the American soldiers and the Captain were trying to flee from the Ku-
waitees and shooting at those who came in reach of any of them, some of the
Kuwaitis blew up the cars ‘til they were on fire. And now, the American
soldiers and Captain were, again, in siege of the Kuwaitis. But anyhow, the
Captain was not to think of going home, again, until he found Troy.
And in him, going through one of the caves, he found Troy, and he looked
well beaten up. Thought, he hadn’t been, and looked like he could use
a new body, plus a few weeks in the hospital.
As soon as the Captain got Troy out of kidnapping, after shooting down the
Kuwaitis, who had held Troy, prisoner, he and other American soldiers soon
found themselves in the middle of some more shooting. Vic was shot down
in the neck, and well as Troy was shot in the chest. But the Captain had
escaped any shooting, this time.
Vic was lying down on the grass besides Troy, and Vic died because he was
bleeding too much internally. But Troy was bleeding, and his bleeding was
relieved by something, the Captain had inserted into his belly button, which
he had to push down on every fifteen minutes or so.
Before they knew it, some other American soldiers were on their way to arrest
the Captain and the other American soldiers with him to look for the gold, for
trying to bring home some gold bullion, and for trying to bring the Kuwaitis
refugees across the border.
When they got arrested, they were ended up pardoned, because they decided to
do jobs for the military. Ice Cube, one of the American soldiers, and the Cap-
tain got jobs working together as military consultants. And Troy Barlow started
his own carpet company. And the reporter kept on reporting all over the place.
And she ended up with an award for reporting on the war between the Kuwaitis
and the Americans.
The war had jus ended, and all Americans and Kuwaitis are, seemingly, in
peace and celebrating the end of the war. In the middle of the desert, some
people are jus occupying themselves on a hilltop. And it looks like they
are expecting something to happen at any moment. There are three towel
heads on a hilltop. And they seem to be enjoying themselves in their own
manner.
Way on the other side of the desert, there is an American soldier jus standing,
there. And a guy’s wondering what’s going on now, now that the war has
ceased between the Americans and the Kuwaitis.
“Is the war, still, going on or what? I’m wondering is there’s, still, shooting
going on, or if the war, really, has come to an end? I guess, by the guys,
standing on that hill over there that it hasn’t?”
So, he shoots his gun at them a few times, and some guy’s head jus seems to
pop off, and he’s dead for sure. So, the American soldier walks over to the hill.
And he notices that some towel heads appear to be very suspicious-looking to
him. He orders them to disrobe, and one man won’t obey his orders. And he
jus stares at the soldier, and wonders what he’ll try to make him do next.
“Come on!” I said to disrobe, and take all your clothes off? Come on! That’s my
order!”
Some other American soldiers also join in along with him, and say the same
thing to the towel heads.
Since, there’s one stubborn one, that won’t listen to him, the soldier says, “I
guess, I am going to have to do it myself.!”
So, he and a few other soldiers disrobe the other soldier half way, and upon
doing so, notice a document in the guy’s buttocks. So, one soldier says to
the other one, “Take that document out of his buttocks, and hand it over to
me.”
“No way, am I, going to do this, without some gloves on!”
So, another soldier hands him a white glove.
“Boy, this is something else. This document looks like something valuable.”
“Here, hands it over to me. S, I can take a look at it, says another soldier.
So, the document, he handed over to the other soldier. And he takes a good
look at the map of some Car bolo caves, which some Kuwaitis have been
hiding something valuable in one of them, which seems to be some gold
bullion in solid gold.
One of the soldiers took some of the other soldiers to a camp, where the map
is laid out on a table under some photographic light.
“Where it seems to be some Car bolo caves along this line where the Kuwaitis
have been hiding some gold bullion in. I bet you, that gold must be very
valuable stuff.”
“Yes, that I can see, says another soldier.
The captain, Archie Gates, remarked, “As I can see, putting my hands on this
gold, can substitute for working on my job. And, the four of us will leave
tomorrow in a Hombie, and go on our way to Kuwait, to find this gold and
put our hands on it.”
So, early in the morning, the captain, Archie Gates, Troy Barlow, Vic, and Ice
Cube left on their journey to Kuwait, to look for all this gold bullion, which
could be worth millions of dollars, and when found, split evenly between them
all.
As soon as they reached Kuwait, the three soldiers in back of the Hombie, while
they are on the desert; fire a few rounds, white traveling to the Car bolo caves.
Soon, as the captain stopped the Hombie, he hopped out of it, and wondered why
the other three soldiers were firing so many rounds in back of the Hombie.
“Well,” said one soldier, “I thought, that you meant that we could fire as many
rounds as we could while in back of the Hombie.”
So, the captain hopped back into the Hombie, and drove the vehicle the rest of
the way to the Car bolo caves in Kuwait, where they begin. As soon as the
Captain and the three American soldiers arrived there, they all got out their
guns, and prepared to get the Kuwaitis, hiding in the caves if any were. They,
cautiously, moved down the steps down the first Car bolo cave, they came
across, where, they all thought, the bags of gold were being hidden.
Upon them all arriving, there, they all held out their guns to the Kuwaitis. And
those who didn’t cooperate were shot down. But no gold was found down there
in the cave. So, as they found their way out of the cave, the Captain, Archie
Gates, remarked, “They lied to us, because there was no gold found down there.
In fact, I thin that there’s something about that well over there.”
So, they proceeded over to the well and went down the well, and ordered some
Kuwaitis in hiding to stay back, while the American soldiers and the Captain,
went through the bags. And to their amazement, one of them found about
four bags gold bullion down in the well.
So, they proceeded to bring the bags up to a truck, that they found nearby the
well. And then, they headed off, seemingly, home. But on the way, they
ran into some more Kuwaitis, who the American soldiers had to fire at to
get them to cooperate with them.
There, the three American soldiers and Captain picked up some refugees,
who were trying to escape from the Americans? But they were shot down,
and to the despair of the American soldiers and Captain, they were fired at.
And the Captain and two other American soldiers ended up getting injured.
The Captain was injured in the arm and one soldier in the neck and chest
and the other soldier in the chest.
The Kuwaitis started another war, and kept firing at the American soldiers
and Captain. And finally, their Hombie went up in flames. And they found
themselves, running like a road runner for their lives.
A reporter ran into them part of the way, and was told by one the soldiers,
that the gold bullion was in another area. So, she wasn’t aware of the fact.
That the gold bullion had already been picked up by the Captain and American
Soldiers.
She went looking all over the place, until, finally, one American soldier told her,
that the gold was in one of the Car bolos caves. But she was too late, by the time,
she arrived over at the caves. The gold, no longer, was there.
The American soldiers and the Captain, Archie Gates, were now in great danger.
The Captain had to be given some pain reliever in a tent for his condition. And
one of the American soldiers were chased by the Kuwaitis, after his truck
had fallen down to its side after being shot down, which truck contained the
bags of gold.
The Captain had gotten away and the American soldier, Troy Barlow, had been
kidnapped by the Kuwaitis, and taken to a cave, where he was thrown down
the steps by two of the Kuwaitis.
One of the Kuwaitis started to question Troy Barlow, after one of the Kuwaitis
had told him to put some clothes on, as he had been, partly, disrobed by two of
the Kuwaitis, after trying to escape them. He had been disrobed down to
his long johns.
“Now, who is Michael Jackson? Who is he?”
“I don’t know what you are talking about,” said Troy Barlow.
“I told you, already, I don’t know, “he repeated to the Kuwaitis.
So, one of the other Kuwaitis down in the cave, put some wire about Troy’s
ears, and turned some machine on to torture him, which made Troy squint
in pain. And this machine caused him to, almost, go into a panic.
“Does that hurt? I said does that hurt you?”
“Yes, it did. It hurt very much,” Troy answered, squinting.
“Now, are you a father?”
“Yes, I am married, and I have a kid.”
‘What is the kid’s name?”
“His name is Crystal. And, are you also, a father?”
‘Yes, I am a father, don’t you remember? My kid was killed when some cement
cracked on top of him.”
The Captain and the other two American soldiers were, still, looking for Troy.
The Captain said to some other soldiers, “I can’t seem to find Troy. And I have
no idea where he went, because some Kuwaitis must have kidnapped him.”
So, the Captain and other American soldiers kept on their search for Troy,
while trying to protect them from being shot at, anymore.
In the meantime, the Kuwaitis started shooting at a truck, going by in the desert,
until the truck tipped over, and milk came pouring out of it. When it did, the
Captain and the two other American soldiers toppled over onto the ground, and
got soaked with milk. Some of the refugees tried to save some of the mile. And
one dog started licking some of it up.
“Why did the Kuwaitis do that, and try to shoot down the truck,” some other
soldier asked.
The Captain and two American soldiers, which had gone with him on the trip to
find the gold, no were among some Kuwaitis that cared what happened to
them. One said to the Captain, “Did you find the other soldier that has
been missing?”
The Captain replied, “No, we haven’t?”
Now, the Kuwaitis led him and the other soldiers down one of the Car bolo
caves, and showed them some cars, which were expensive and brand new.
“Would you like some cars to use, to bring the refugees across the border?
We have all different kinds of cars down here.”
So, some Kuwaitis offered the cars to the American soldiers and the Captain.
So, they could bring as many refugees as possible across the border. Then,
some other Kuwaitis helped bring the bags of gold bullion to the cars, that
was all the gold, which, still, was left, yet?
As the Captain and two American soldiers got part way across the desert, then,
some other Kuwaitis started firing at them. And the Captain and American
soldiers fired them down. So, then, they proceeded to the Car bolos caves.
And looking through each one of them, the Captain found Troy, and brought
the guy to safety, so, he thought, he did.
After the American soldiers and the Captain were trying to flee from the Ku-
waitees and shooting at those who came in reach of any of them, some of the
Kuwaitis blew up the cars ‘til they were on fire. And now, the American
soldiers and Captain were, again, in siege of the Kuwaitis. But anyhow, the
Captain was not to think of going home, again, until he found Troy.
And in him, going through one of the caves, he found Troy, and he looked
well beaten up. Thought, he hadn’t been, and looked like he could use
a new body, plus a few weeks in the hospital.
As soon as the Captain got Troy out of kidnapping, after shooting down the
Kuwaitis, who had held Troy, prisoner, he and other American soldiers soon
found themselves in the middle of some more shooting. Vic was shot down
in the neck, and well as Troy was shot in the chest. But the Captain had
escaped any shooting, this time.
Vic was lying down on the grass besides Troy, and Vic died because he was
bleeding too much internally. But Troy was bleeding, and his bleeding was
relieved by something, the Captain had inserted into his belly button, which
he had to push down on every fifteen minutes or so.
Before they knew it, some other American soldiers were on their way to arrest
the Captain and the other American soldiers with him to look for the gold, for
trying to bring home some gold bullion, and for trying to bring the Kuwaitis
refugees across the border.
When they got arrested, they were ended up pardoned, because they decided to
do jobs for the military. Ice Cube, one of the American soldiers, and the Cap-
tain got jobs working together as military consultants. And Troy Barlow started
his own carpet company. And the reporter kept on reporting all over the place.
And she ended up with an award for reporting on the war between the Kuwaitis
and the Americans.
Monday, September 28, 2009
SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER (SAD)-A PATIENT'S GUIDE
SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER (SAD) A PATIENT’S GUIDE.
Seasonal affective disorder is known as SAD for short.
It is a form of depression linked to autumn and winter time when sunshine hours are shorter.
Symptoms include low mood, weight gain, food cravings for carbohydrates and sleeping more
SAD is believed to be caused by changes in serotonin levels in the brain
The disorder is treated with light therapy or SSRI antidepressants.
What is SAD?
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) is a mood disorder linked to the autumn and winter months, and is sometimes known was the “winter blues”.
It is a form of depression and mild symptoms affect up to 20 percent of the population; women seem to be more susceptible. It is believed about 4-6 percent of people are severely affected. The risk of SAD is highest in people with history of depression.
It is more common in the Northern Hemisphere and in countries furthest away from the Equator, but is less common where it snows.
The syndrome, which was first recognized by the medical community in 1985, is thought to be brought on by the lack of sunshine hours and cooler temperatures during the winter time.
Researchers have found that bright light can change brain chemistry but the exact mechanism of these changes is still unknown.
It is currently believed that low serotonin levels in the brain are an important factor in seasonal depression.
Another theory suggests increases of melatonin during winter may explain seasonal depression, however there is minimal evidence to support this.
Changes in sleeping patterns have also been suggested as a possible explanation for SAD, but again, there is no strong evidence for this. However, it is possible that serotonin levels, melatonin secretion and sleeping patterns may all play a part.
T he disorder may start between adolescence and the early 20’s, and some people are affected all their lives.
Another type of seasonal affective disorder, known, as summer depression, is far less common and symptoms begin in spring and resolve during autumn.
What are the symptoms?
Symptoms include a low mood or depression which begins in autumn or winter.
Sufferers experience a lack of energy and interest in work or activities they once enjoyed. They may put on some weight by eating more due to cravings for foods high in carbohydrates.
Some people may withdraw socially and sleep a lot more. They may lose interest in sex.
Symptoms resolve with the onset of spring and summer.
There must be a pattern of seasonal depression over at least two years and for other explanations to be ruled out for SAD to be diagnosed as a medical problem.
The symptoms may be the same as clinical depression, which can occur at any time of the year, so it is important to seek professional help.
What can be done to help?
Light therapy (phototherapy) is the main treatment recommended by some doctors. This involves spending time under a special bright light in the morning or the evening. However, symptoms often return once the therapy is stopped.
The light must be at least 2500lux which is very bright given that a normal living room may only be 1001lux. Bright sunlight provides about 10,000lux.
It is recommended that you spend between 15 and 45 minutes in the light, and allow it to reach your eyes. Patients should keep their eyes open and glance towards the light without staring directly into it. It is believed light therapy is effective when going through the eyes instead of the skin.
Light therapy should begin at least 15 minutes per day, increasing up to 45 minutes a day.
Other treatments involve antidepressant drug therapy with a serotonin uptake inhibitor (SSRI) such as Prozac as a first choice or an MAOI, such as Moclobemide (Aurorix), if patients do not respond to Prozac.
One study comparing light therapy with Prozac found 70 percent of patients responded to the light therapy and 65 percent responded to treatment with Prozac.
Light therapy is recommended over Prozac because it works a lot quicker than the antidepressant which can take up to six weeks to be effective. The most common side effects reported so far from light therapy are eye strain and headaches.
People with retinal eye problems should check the safety of light therapy with their ophthalmologist.
A small study of herbal remedy, St. John’s Wort, combined with light therapy was also found to be beneficial, but further studies are required before this treatment is routinely advised.
Taking a holiday in a warmer climate may also be helpful for seasonal depression.
Future trends
Full-spectrum light therapy is being studied as a possible treatment for the disorder.
More information
SAD Light therapy – a new kind of healing
How light can benefit your body and your well being.
Light activates and regulates your biorhythm
Lack of bright light can affect your mood and health
Seasonal affective disorder is known as SAD for short.
It is a form of depression linked to autumn and winter time when sunshine hours are shorter.
Symptoms include low mood, weight gain, food cravings for carbohydrates and sleeping more
SAD is believed to be caused by changes in serotonin levels in the brain
The disorder is treated with light therapy or SSRI antidepressants.
What is SAD?
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) is a mood disorder linked to the autumn and winter months, and is sometimes known was the “winter blues”.
It is a form of depression and mild symptoms affect up to 20 percent of the population; women seem to be more susceptible. It is believed about 4-6 percent of people are severely affected. The risk of SAD is highest in people with history of depression.
It is more common in the Northern Hemisphere and in countries furthest away from the Equator, but is less common where it snows.
The syndrome, which was first recognized by the medical community in 1985, is thought to be brought on by the lack of sunshine hours and cooler temperatures during the winter time.
Researchers have found that bright light can change brain chemistry but the exact mechanism of these changes is still unknown.
It is currently believed that low serotonin levels in the brain are an important factor in seasonal depression.
Another theory suggests increases of melatonin during winter may explain seasonal depression, however there is minimal evidence to support this.
Changes in sleeping patterns have also been suggested as a possible explanation for SAD, but again, there is no strong evidence for this. However, it is possible that serotonin levels, melatonin secretion and sleeping patterns may all play a part.
T he disorder may start between adolescence and the early 20’s, and some people are affected all their lives.
Another type of seasonal affective disorder, known, as summer depression, is far less common and symptoms begin in spring and resolve during autumn.
What are the symptoms?
Symptoms include a low mood or depression which begins in autumn or winter.
Sufferers experience a lack of energy and interest in work or activities they once enjoyed. They may put on some weight by eating more due to cravings for foods high in carbohydrates.
Some people may withdraw socially and sleep a lot more. They may lose interest in sex.
Symptoms resolve with the onset of spring and summer.
There must be a pattern of seasonal depression over at least two years and for other explanations to be ruled out for SAD to be diagnosed as a medical problem.
The symptoms may be the same as clinical depression, which can occur at any time of the year, so it is important to seek professional help.
What can be done to help?
Light therapy (phototherapy) is the main treatment recommended by some doctors. This involves spending time under a special bright light in the morning or the evening. However, symptoms often return once the therapy is stopped.
The light must be at least 2500lux which is very bright given that a normal living room may only be 1001lux. Bright sunlight provides about 10,000lux.
It is recommended that you spend between 15 and 45 minutes in the light, and allow it to reach your eyes. Patients should keep their eyes open and glance towards the light without staring directly into it. It is believed light therapy is effective when going through the eyes instead of the skin.
Light therapy should begin at least 15 minutes per day, increasing up to 45 minutes a day.
Other treatments involve antidepressant drug therapy with a serotonin uptake inhibitor (SSRI) such as Prozac as a first choice or an MAOI, such as Moclobemide (Aurorix), if patients do not respond to Prozac.
One study comparing light therapy with Prozac found 70 percent of patients responded to the light therapy and 65 percent responded to treatment with Prozac.
Light therapy is recommended over Prozac because it works a lot quicker than the antidepressant which can take up to six weeks to be effective. The most common side effects reported so far from light therapy are eye strain and headaches.
People with retinal eye problems should check the safety of light therapy with their ophthalmologist.
A small study of herbal remedy, St. John’s Wort, combined with light therapy was also found to be beneficial, but further studies are required before this treatment is routinely advised.
Taking a holiday in a warmer climate may also be helpful for seasonal depression.
Future trends
Full-spectrum light therapy is being studied as a possible treatment for the disorder.
More information
SAD Light therapy – a new kind of healing
How light can benefit your body and your well being.
Light activates and regulates your biorhythm
Lack of bright light can affect your mood and health
THE GREAT ACCIDENT BY CHERYL V.
THE GREAT ACCIDENT
Bill rode his horse, Flash; very loyally in this horse competition being there was a special tournament going on in Texas, where all the celebrity horses of the state were in competition with each other.
As someone summoned Bill, the lead guy opened up the gate, and Bill’s horse took off soaring down the track alongside the other horses. However, on the way down the track, he managed to get way ahead of all the other horses. And jus as his horse took the lead, suddenly, the horse became undomesticated for no certain reason that Bill could figure out.
Also, the horse, suddenly, caused much commotion on the track. All horses ceased movement in their tracks, and stopped so suddenly, that Flash, literally, shook Bill right off his horse. It’s a good thing that all the other horses, also, stopped, in comeback to all the terror that Flash was in.
As a couple of the riders desaddled their horses, and came up to Bill, he jus seemed to be lying motionless on the track. As the two guys approached him, it’s a good thing, which one of them used to be a paramedic, because his swift action in giving Bill, some CPR, and his lifesaving formula saved Bill’s life.
However, neither guy would have the guts to shift him around, because neither one was sure how dreadful Bill was injured. So, first, the one, who used to be a paramedic, carefully, felt the guy for fractures. And because Bill was able to move all parts of his body except for his legs, the ex-paramedic knew that both of his legs could be busted in dissimilar spots.
So, then, the guy’s girlfriend came running over to Bill, and gave her husband, the material so, that the guy could swathe Bill’s legs in casts. And jus after doing so, it’s a good thing that Bill jus happened to pull out of his comatose state, again. However, he was screaming bloody murder. So, then, the ex-paramedic gave him, some pain reliever all the way through an IV.
Then, along with the other rider’s assistance, both guys, then, carried Bill jus as he was slipping into a coma over to an ambulance, which was waiting for him. The two guys went in the ambulance with Bill over to the hospital.
In the meanwhile, while Bill was on his way over to the hospital, which wasn’t far-off from the horse track, the paramedics were watching him, closely to distinguish if he was going to come out of his coma. And while they were in surveillance over Bill, one of the guys happened to have Bill’s girlfriend’s phone number.
So, he made a call over to Laura, who jus happened to be very troubled about him being she hadn’t heard about Bill until she acknowledged this phone call, because being she hadn’t been able to watch Bill, compete on his horse. This was because she had jus happened to be over at work at a high school at the time of the race.
And she jus happened to be able to secure permission to depart her class, and encompass some alternate teacher, to take over for her, because she jus happened to stumble on about Bill being in the hospital with two busted legs. Also, she was very apprehensive for him, because she was overanxious if he would ever be able to go racing on his horse, ever again.
So, she acknowledged a call from the ex-paramedic, Dave, who jus happened to be over at the hospital, waiting for Bill to perceive if he would come out of his coma. And Dave along with the other guy, who have been looking out for Bill, ever since, he goy knocked down off his horse during the horse racing competition, were good companions of Bill.
Jus as she jus happened to be coaching one of her classes at the time of the phone call, she jus had been fortunate. That Beth, a substitute teacher, was able to take over for her with such short notice.
As soon as Beth arrived over at the school, Laura let her distinguish the bad news about her boyfriend. So, she jus happened to be a very compassionate person to Laura, and didn’t mind taking over for the duration of Laura’s class. Though, she jus had been making headway in her class at the time.
So, then, Laura thanked Beth, for taking over for her on such short notice. Then, she hurried out of the building, and, was acting like she was running for her life as she, reached her PT Cruiser.
Upon her, hopping into her car, she took off for the hospital, where Bill, still, was at, in the midst of trying to wrestle for his life. And while she was on her way over there, Bill’s two friends, really, were apprehensive about Bill, who, still, seemed to be in a comatose state, the last time, the doctor checked him out.
On her way over to the hospital, Chicago General Hospital, she stopped over at one of the express food places, an Arby’s, because she jus happened to be famished at this time, because she hadn’t devoured any breakfast, that morning.
Upon her, arriving over at Arby’s, she ordered a roast beef sandwich along with a big coffee in carry out. She was flabbergasted at how quickly; she was able to take delivery of her order. Upon paying the cashier for her order, then, because she was scurrying like a mouse, she didn’t bother stopping anywhere to eat. She jus took her food along with her.
Not too much time later, she arrived over at the hospital, and again, she hurried as fast as she could out of her car and through those hospital doors. Upon her, arriving over at the desk in the emergency area, the woman, there, at the emergency desk at that time, tried to put in the picture to her. That she wasn’t even tolerable inside the critical care unit to observe her boyfriend.
However, the doctor, taking care of Bill, jus happened to be going over to the desk. So, upon him, having overheard what the woman at the desk, jus told to Laura, he, then, handed her, the go-ahead to visit her boyfriend, Bill, because he jus didn’t know how much longer, Bill would be able to subsist if he didn’t come out of his comatose state, soon.
So, then, she rushed over to the critical unit with Bill’s doctor, leading her over there. So, she wouldn’t end up anywhere to be found, because she wasn’t sure jus where the critical care unit was at.
Jus as she was under her own steam inside that area, she jus happened to see, that both of Bill’s good friends, who both happened to be horse racers, themselves, weren’t flabbergasted to see Laura, show up over at the hospital. So, as soon as she approached Bill, she jus happened to perceive. That she had the notion, she jus saw him, shift around a little. Also, upon her, taking his right hand, he seemed to move his arm.
So, this happened to be a good indication that he might be coming out of his coma. So, since, the doctor jus happened to walk into the room at this time, because he sought after Bill to ensure he was no longer comatose, Laura said to him in a frantic voice.
“Doctor, I believe that it might be imminent, he’s coming out of his coma, because he jus moved his right arm upon me, stirring his right hand. Also, I jus detected him, opening up his eyes, too. He seems to be responding to me, and I think he’s aware of the fact with the intention. I’m, here, for him.”
“Well, we’ll find out very soon, if he, really, is coming out of his coma. While I’m checking him out, why don’t you talk to him, and see if he responds to you. If he opens up his eyes, again, and starts talking to you, we’ll know that he’s, actually, come out of his coma.”
So, feeling frenzied and very vexed about Bill’s well being, she said to him, “Bill, it’s me, Laura, I’ve been very fretful for you for about the past two hours, because I thought you made it through the whole race. However, because I haven’t heard from you, I, really, started to get panicky inside for your life. At first, I thought that another horse had run you over, and that you had ended up being dead meat right on the track. So, if you can have the sense of hearing me, try to say something to me.”
Then, he started opening his eyes, again, and this time, he seemed to be able to keep his eyes open. So, then, in seeing her, standing by his bedside along with his two best friends, he, then, said to her, “My darling, it’s you, here, I’m glad you came to see me, because you never made it over to the race track, today, did you, honey?”
“No, my dear, I was going to call you before, but I figured by that time, that you were on the track, racing, and didn’t want to be disturbed at that time. However, now, I feel very awful inside, because I knew darn well. That you were going to be on the race track, today. But because I had to be over at the school to tutor this morning, I, really, didn’t have time to call you.”
Upon getting her composure back, she said to him, “And somehow, I forgot my cell phone, so, there was no way, I could call you, earlier, before you entered the race track. How are you, feeling at this time? I heard through a phone call over at the school. That you were scared out of your wits in having been thrown off your horse, and had an unfortunate outcome with two broken legs.”
Then, while Laura and Bill’s two first-rate companions were near Bill’s bed, the doctor, upon examining Bill, thoroughly, came to the conclusion. As soon as Bill’s legs were restored back to health, he could, then, initiate physical therapy.
However, jus after the doctor examined him, he started coding. So, then, Laura and Bill’s buddies had to leave the room. And the doctor called in the nurse into the critical care unit with the machine, required stopping him from coding.
Then, the nurse kept trying for about ten minutes or so to retrieve a heartbeat in Bill. But she had no accomplishment in getting his heart rhythm back to normal. And upon understanding this, his friends and Laura jus started breaking down into tears over Bill being gone.
So, they all stayed as long as they could at Bill’s bedside. And then, a chaplain was called into the room from the hospital chapel, and said the last rites for Bill.
Then, afterwards, when he left the room, Bill’s two companions figured that for Laura, it was considered necessary, she have some time unaccompanied with him. So, she stayed another hour, jus chatting to him as if he were still breathing and could have the sense of hearing her, talking.
So, then, while being in tears enough to fill a bucket, she said to him, “Oh, my Bill, why did you have to depart us like this? I don’t discern what to do without you in my life. And I’m going to be anguished a long time over your death, my dear. Another thing is that I’ll perceive that you remain in my prayers. And I’ll be sure to attend your funeral, which is going to be held right here inside the hospital chapel.”
Then, after chatting to Bill for a little while, she jus stopped, there, inside his room. So the guys can come to retrieve his body inside his room. In the meantime, she was meditative over some prayers for him, so that he would go to Heaven. And before she became aware of it, a couple of guys arrived to pick up his body.
Then, while she followed them, they took him right over to the chapel, where her and also, Bill’s two horse racing buddies, also, attended the funeral, which turned out short and sweet.
Bill rode his horse, Flash; very loyally in this horse competition being there was a special tournament going on in Texas, where all the celebrity horses of the state were in competition with each other.
As someone summoned Bill, the lead guy opened up the gate, and Bill’s horse took off soaring down the track alongside the other horses. However, on the way down the track, he managed to get way ahead of all the other horses. And jus as his horse took the lead, suddenly, the horse became undomesticated for no certain reason that Bill could figure out.
Also, the horse, suddenly, caused much commotion on the track. All horses ceased movement in their tracks, and stopped so suddenly, that Flash, literally, shook Bill right off his horse. It’s a good thing that all the other horses, also, stopped, in comeback to all the terror that Flash was in.
As a couple of the riders desaddled their horses, and came up to Bill, he jus seemed to be lying motionless on the track. As the two guys approached him, it’s a good thing, which one of them used to be a paramedic, because his swift action in giving Bill, some CPR, and his lifesaving formula saved Bill’s life.
However, neither guy would have the guts to shift him around, because neither one was sure how dreadful Bill was injured. So, first, the one, who used to be a paramedic, carefully, felt the guy for fractures. And because Bill was able to move all parts of his body except for his legs, the ex-paramedic knew that both of his legs could be busted in dissimilar spots.
So, then, the guy’s girlfriend came running over to Bill, and gave her husband, the material so, that the guy could swathe Bill’s legs in casts. And jus after doing so, it’s a good thing that Bill jus happened to pull out of his comatose state, again. However, he was screaming bloody murder. So, then, the ex-paramedic gave him, some pain reliever all the way through an IV.
Then, along with the other rider’s assistance, both guys, then, carried Bill jus as he was slipping into a coma over to an ambulance, which was waiting for him. The two guys went in the ambulance with Bill over to the hospital.
In the meanwhile, while Bill was on his way over to the hospital, which wasn’t far-off from the horse track, the paramedics were watching him, closely to distinguish if he was going to come out of his coma. And while they were in surveillance over Bill, one of the guys happened to have Bill’s girlfriend’s phone number.
So, he made a call over to Laura, who jus happened to be very troubled about him being she hadn’t heard about Bill until she acknowledged this phone call, because being she hadn’t been able to watch Bill, compete on his horse. This was because she had jus happened to be over at work at a high school at the time of the race.
And she jus happened to be able to secure permission to depart her class, and encompass some alternate teacher, to take over for her, because she jus happened to stumble on about Bill being in the hospital with two busted legs. Also, she was very apprehensive for him, because she was overanxious if he would ever be able to go racing on his horse, ever again.
So, she acknowledged a call from the ex-paramedic, Dave, who jus happened to be over at the hospital, waiting for Bill to perceive if he would come out of his coma. And Dave along with the other guy, who have been looking out for Bill, ever since, he goy knocked down off his horse during the horse racing competition, were good companions of Bill.
Jus as she jus happened to be coaching one of her classes at the time of the phone call, she jus had been fortunate. That Beth, a substitute teacher, was able to take over for her with such short notice.
As soon as Beth arrived over at the school, Laura let her distinguish the bad news about her boyfriend. So, she jus happened to be a very compassionate person to Laura, and didn’t mind taking over for the duration of Laura’s class. Though, she jus had been making headway in her class at the time.
So, then, Laura thanked Beth, for taking over for her on such short notice. Then, she hurried out of the building, and, was acting like she was running for her life as she, reached her PT Cruiser.
Upon her, hopping into her car, she took off for the hospital, where Bill, still, was at, in the midst of trying to wrestle for his life. And while she was on her way over there, Bill’s two friends, really, were apprehensive about Bill, who, still, seemed to be in a comatose state, the last time, the doctor checked him out.
On her way over to the hospital, Chicago General Hospital, she stopped over at one of the express food places, an Arby’s, because she jus happened to be famished at this time, because she hadn’t devoured any breakfast, that morning.
Upon her, arriving over at Arby’s, she ordered a roast beef sandwich along with a big coffee in carry out. She was flabbergasted at how quickly; she was able to take delivery of her order. Upon paying the cashier for her order, then, because she was scurrying like a mouse, she didn’t bother stopping anywhere to eat. She jus took her food along with her.
Not too much time later, she arrived over at the hospital, and again, she hurried as fast as she could out of her car and through those hospital doors. Upon her, arriving over at the desk in the emergency area, the woman, there, at the emergency desk at that time, tried to put in the picture to her. That she wasn’t even tolerable inside the critical care unit to observe her boyfriend.
However, the doctor, taking care of Bill, jus happened to be going over to the desk. So, upon him, having overheard what the woman at the desk, jus told to Laura, he, then, handed her, the go-ahead to visit her boyfriend, Bill, because he jus didn’t know how much longer, Bill would be able to subsist if he didn’t come out of his comatose state, soon.
So, then, she rushed over to the critical unit with Bill’s doctor, leading her over there. So, she wouldn’t end up anywhere to be found, because she wasn’t sure jus where the critical care unit was at.
Jus as she was under her own steam inside that area, she jus happened to see, that both of Bill’s good friends, who both happened to be horse racers, themselves, weren’t flabbergasted to see Laura, show up over at the hospital. So, as soon as she approached Bill, she jus happened to perceive. That she had the notion, she jus saw him, shift around a little. Also, upon her, taking his right hand, he seemed to move his arm.
So, this happened to be a good indication that he might be coming out of his coma. So, since, the doctor jus happened to walk into the room at this time, because he sought after Bill to ensure he was no longer comatose, Laura said to him in a frantic voice.
“Doctor, I believe that it might be imminent, he’s coming out of his coma, because he jus moved his right arm upon me, stirring his right hand. Also, I jus detected him, opening up his eyes, too. He seems to be responding to me, and I think he’s aware of the fact with the intention. I’m, here, for him.”
“Well, we’ll find out very soon, if he, really, is coming out of his coma. While I’m checking him out, why don’t you talk to him, and see if he responds to you. If he opens up his eyes, again, and starts talking to you, we’ll know that he’s, actually, come out of his coma.”
So, feeling frenzied and very vexed about Bill’s well being, she said to him, “Bill, it’s me, Laura, I’ve been very fretful for you for about the past two hours, because I thought you made it through the whole race. However, because I haven’t heard from you, I, really, started to get panicky inside for your life. At first, I thought that another horse had run you over, and that you had ended up being dead meat right on the track. So, if you can have the sense of hearing me, try to say something to me.”
Then, he started opening his eyes, again, and this time, he seemed to be able to keep his eyes open. So, then, in seeing her, standing by his bedside along with his two best friends, he, then, said to her, “My darling, it’s you, here, I’m glad you came to see me, because you never made it over to the race track, today, did you, honey?”
“No, my dear, I was going to call you before, but I figured by that time, that you were on the track, racing, and didn’t want to be disturbed at that time. However, now, I feel very awful inside, because I knew darn well. That you were going to be on the race track, today. But because I had to be over at the school to tutor this morning, I, really, didn’t have time to call you.”
Upon getting her composure back, she said to him, “And somehow, I forgot my cell phone, so, there was no way, I could call you, earlier, before you entered the race track. How are you, feeling at this time? I heard through a phone call over at the school. That you were scared out of your wits in having been thrown off your horse, and had an unfortunate outcome with two broken legs.”
Then, while Laura and Bill’s two first-rate companions were near Bill’s bed, the doctor, upon examining Bill, thoroughly, came to the conclusion. As soon as Bill’s legs were restored back to health, he could, then, initiate physical therapy.
However, jus after the doctor examined him, he started coding. So, then, Laura and Bill’s buddies had to leave the room. And the doctor called in the nurse into the critical care unit with the machine, required stopping him from coding.
Then, the nurse kept trying for about ten minutes or so to retrieve a heartbeat in Bill. But she had no accomplishment in getting his heart rhythm back to normal. And upon understanding this, his friends and Laura jus started breaking down into tears over Bill being gone.
So, they all stayed as long as they could at Bill’s bedside. And then, a chaplain was called into the room from the hospital chapel, and said the last rites for Bill.
Then, afterwards, when he left the room, Bill’s two companions figured that for Laura, it was considered necessary, she have some time unaccompanied with him. So, she stayed another hour, jus chatting to him as if he were still breathing and could have the sense of hearing her, talking.
So, then, while being in tears enough to fill a bucket, she said to him, “Oh, my Bill, why did you have to depart us like this? I don’t discern what to do without you in my life. And I’m going to be anguished a long time over your death, my dear. Another thing is that I’ll perceive that you remain in my prayers. And I’ll be sure to attend your funeral, which is going to be held right here inside the hospital chapel.”
Then, after chatting to Bill for a little while, she jus stopped, there, inside his room. So the guys can come to retrieve his body inside his room. In the meantime, she was meditative over some prayers for him, so that he would go to Heaven. And before she became aware of it, a couple of guys arrived to pick up his body.
Then, while she followed them, they took him right over to the chapel, where her and also, Bill’s two horse racing buddies, also, attended the funeral, which turned out short and sweet.
THE GREEN CREATURE BY CHERYL V.
THIS GREEN CREATURE
This gal, Laura, lived in a very old apartment building by herself. What she didn’t know about this meticulous apartment, was that the place, possibly, could be haunted, because like whenever she opened her closet, she thought she saw some green, slimy-looking creature, ready to go after her.
The first time, this occurred was when she jus moved into the apartment. And she had been so auspicious at that time, because her parents, jus because they never seemed to get along with her, had moved away from her. And because she hadn’t been able to meet the expense of the maintenance of the house, which used to be owned by her elders, she had tried to set the house up for trade
But for months on end she didn’t seem to have any good fortune, selling the place. And when it came to the position that she couldn’t compensate for the mortgage, any longer she jus went into bankruptcy. And when it became compulsory to move out of that house, she had nowhere to go. So, she had taken whatever she could with her in garbage bags along with some food and water. And then, she had started living in the streets because her parents didn’t seem to be bothered that she was.
Then, one day, she was auspicious to find a shelter, and she stayed there for a little while. However, it came too much for her, living on what little food; she could acquire over at the shelter. And when the shelter became more than usually full with people, living, there, she jus had to depart the shelter.
Because it became too frustrating for her to be able to find a place to get her forty winks and eat, she, then, happened to be walking the streets, one day, when some guy in a fatigue outfit, which to her was implicit that he was from the army. So, then, upon her, making significant to the guy, her poignant story of her parents, having moved out of their house, and leaving it up to her to take trouble of the house, she, then, also, permit him to discern how she has been scarcely surviving in the streets.
So, this one guy, in feeling very kind hearted towards her, actually, gave her, a few hundred dollars in cash. And at first, she wouldn’t acknowledge the cash from him, although, she had been living in the streets. But upon him, permitting her to recognize that he had jus come home for leave from the army, and upon having established, then, that both of his parents had perished in a plane accident in an endeavor to get out to the army base to stopover to see him, his parents left him with an bequest.
And since, this guy, Leon Harrison, felt very remorseful for her, having been taking life real hard in trying to exist out in the streets, she, finally, acknowledged the cash from him, upon him, letting her discern he jus acknowledged this inheritance not long ago from his parents. So, although, he gave her, a lot of cash, this, still, didn’t seem to get to the bottom of her prevalent problem, at having no home for herself.
So, then, he, that very same day, since, he was on his way over to his apartment jus down the street as he jus had arrived from the nearest airport in St. Clair, he offered to take her in over at his pad until she could stumble on and meet the expense of residing in an apartment by herself.
So, she acknowledged his request to live in his apartment with him. Though, she didn’t recognize this guy, and he was a complete outsider to her. That very day, the two walked, together, over to his apartment on a very rainy day. And on the way, the two, almost, became, completely, drenched from the drizzle, which coming down from the overcast skies, that day.
Once, they both arrived over at his apartment, she became a little diffident to move into the apartment with him, jus because she seemed to sense, that there was something off the wall about this apartment, which was making her, feel very uncomfortable. However, she tried to plant this feeling out of her mind and walked up to the apartment with him.
Upon the two, arriving at his apartment, as he unlocked the door, and invited her inside the apartment, he permitted her to know to facilitate he wasn’t going to try anything on her, like gossip her into making love with him. And if anything ever urbanized between the two, being that they were about five years apart, then, she made it official to him, she was going to reside over at his apartment, lastingly
However, because she has no other place to subsist at this time, and no parents surviving and a family, who all are very distant from her, she, accepted his invitation to live in this apartment with him. And while she was living, there, with him, he approved that all he desired to be to her was a companion, and nothing else. That the on the grounds he took her in his apartment, was that he was feeling remorseful for her, not having a home of her own to live in.
By this time, she, finally, realized how famished and thirsty, she was, and actually, couldn’t commit to memory when she had had anything to eat or to drink. So, being this guy, Leon, was very apprehensive for her well being, he, then, being it was in the core of the afternoon, offered to acquire her something to eat and drink, especially, some Gator Ade, to rehydrate her.
So, since, at this time, she felt like she hadn’t slept very much in nights, she tried to take it easy on his black leather couch in his living room area, while he was getting some microwave TV dinner ready for her. And since, he has become quite famished, himself, he, also, put in another TV dinner for himself.
In the meanwhile, since, she couldn’t give the impression, it was considered necessary to get herself to settle down to sleep, he, at least, grabbed a bottle of Gator Ade out of his refrigerator, and brought it into the living room area for her.
While she was drinking down all that Gator Ade, he was very flabbergasted at how hasty she was consuming the whole bottle of Gator Ade. And since, the two were strangers, although, she seemed to have met him, somewhere, before he had departed into the army, a few years ago, she, still, felt like an outsider to him.
However, he decided to park himself there, with her on the couch, and give her, some companionship while he was waiting for the TV dinners to be done, jus to make her feel like she was wanted in his apartment. But he didn’t wish to make her, feel like he was roughly, trying to come on to her. So, he jus sympathetically held her hand, which she didn’t seem to mind at this time.
Not long after that, the two TV dinners were done. So, then, he walked over to the microwave, and then, over to his dining room area, where he positioned the two trays of food on the table, there, along with some silverware and a napkin for both of them.
At first, she didn’t sense like she could make it over to the table. So, then, he took her hand, very sympathetically and then, helped her over to the table. Once, he got her seated over at the table, then, he pushed her chair in for her. And then, he got some more Gator Aid out of the refrigerator for her along with two glasses of ice tea for the two of them. Since, today was sort of a very tepid day, and he reflected that some ice tea was what both of them desired to cool themselves off.
After dinner, he invited her to take a shower inside his bathroom. So, since, she didn’t even distinguish the last time, she had a good shower; she went ahead and took one.
While she was captivating her shower, he walked over to his bedroom, and grabbed some attire for her. However, all he had accessible for her to put on were guy’s clothes. So, after her shower, she jus wrapped a big towel around herself, although, she felt kind of funny of him, having seen her, all wrapped in this towel.
However, he guaranteed her that he has some clothes laid out on his bed for her. And that he’ll hang about in the living room area until she was, completely, clothed. So, in the meanwhile, he was observing some television, and as she was getting herself, clothed, she happened to see some green and slimy-looking living thing inside the bedroom.
At this time, she didn’t what to carry out and had the notion, she was imagining this creature inside the bedroom, and she was unrelenting to get clad while this terror still, seemed to haunting her inside.
Then, as she jus became fully clad with a t- shirt and some jean shorts on, which both seemed to be quite saggy on her, she then, walked out into the living room, where he was, still, observing television. She, really, didn’t feel like chatting much at this time. But she felt like there was some issue outstanding to do with having seen that green, slimy-looking creature in the closet, which required to be tended to.
So, upon her, walking into the living room, in a frenzied voice, she said to Leon, “I know this is going to sound quite outlandish to you, but as I was getting clad, I jus happened to detect this ugly green creature in your closet. Have you ever seen this creature around this apartment, before?”
“Are you sure that you haven’t been bearing in mind these things, because I’ve lived in this apartment for years, now. Ever since, I moved out on my parents when I used to be in my teens, and never have seen any green creature, anywhere, inside this apartment.”
“C’mon over here and have a seat beside me. Please endeavor not to be terrified because I discern this is a very old apartment, and that it’s probable that this apartment could be ghostly Now, put in the picture to me if you perceived anything else going on, while you were getting fully clad or even while you were in the shower.”
“Well, while I was taking a shower, it seemed like the water, altered from hot to cold. And that I had to scuttle out of the shower, and ravage no time in drying myself off, because I jus happened to gaze out the window while in the shower. And you won’t accept as true what I saw with my own eyes, while in there.”
“Please try to stay serene while you are trying to chatter to me. I’ve always been a very placid person, and used to have a wife a few years ago before departing into the army. But while I was in the army, she sent me, this letter, telling me, that she couldn’t put up with being by herself, anymore. So, then, she told me in the letter, that she was going to pack up and leave and go back with living with he parents. So, at this time, I don’t have any wife or girlfriend for that matter.”
“I know this might sound a little eerie to you. However, while I was taking my shower, I perceived this green shadow in the window, which caused me to hurry and get out of the shower. Then, when I was getting dressed inside your bedroom, I had this most atrocious sight in my life. This green creature was staring at me, and ready to hurdle out at me and get me. So, I don’t discern what I’m going to do, because this creature could come out here into the living room during the day, or at night, while we’re sleeping, and take one of us away.”
“Don’t try to fret about this creature, because there’s nothing that can be done to keep this creature away from us. And you’re sure; you weren’t dreaming or anything, because you jus might have been having hallucinations on seeing an illusion of that creature in the shower and coming out of the closet.”
“No, I’m making any of this up, and I know that I wasn’t dreaming. So, what are we going to do about this creature? I can’t try to go to sleep, and have this creature on my mind, tonight. In fact, I was going to try to go to sleep, right here, on the couch, while you’re watching television. But I don’t think I’ll be able to sleep with this creature, haunting me in my sleep, too.”
“I’ve got a rifle, and I’m not afraid of creatures, because I’ve come across shoddier than that while in the army, trying to battle the enemy. In one of those fields, I was in at one time, this green creature, which was one of my army fiends, was in the field. And had to bluster him up alive with this rifle of mine. If it can bluster him up alive, I’m sure I can slaughter that creature with my rifle. In fact, I’ll go right to the bedroom, now, and gun down that creature dead. You stay, here, so you stay out of harm's way and endeavor to get some forty winks on the couch, while I take care of that creature.”
She was a little petrified to be in the living room all by her. But she stayed, there, anyway, while he went into his bedroom, and got his rifle out of one of his drawers. As he was, he, actually, saw this creature in an illusion, try to come out of the closet. So, he figured this apartment was so aged that it was haunted. So, then, he, in pointing the overloaded rifle out at this creature, slowly, walked up to it, but not real close to it.
As he came within a hundred feet or so away from the creature, he became right on track in firing at the thing. And as he did, he overheard her, whimpering in the living room. Apparently, she could be having nightmares about this creature in her forty winks. However, he wasn’t about to depart his bedroom, until he was sure, this creature wasn’t alive, anymore.
So, he kept firing at this creature, and when he, almost, was out of bullets, finally, the creature became dead meat. But in the conclusion of its life, it seemed to fly into a rage and bits of it were flying all over the bedroom. Now, that he was sure it was dead, he, then, walked into the kitchen, and retrieved a garbage bag from the closet over there.
Once, he got the garbage bag, he, then, walked back into the bedroom, and spent some time, picking up after that green creature, which now was completely dead meat. After filling the garbage bag with the remnants of the creature, he, then, walked out the back door, and over to the dumpster, where he threw the contents of the bag, still, inside it, right into the dumpster. At first, he thought he saw parts of the creature, coming alive, but it was still dying.
When he was sure, that the bag stopped stirring him then, walked inside the apartment, and upon reaching the living room area, she, suddenly, woke up out of a nightmare. And she told the nightmare to him.
Jus after she told him, that this green creature had been after her, and then, had been shot to pieces, he told him in a solemn mood, “You can relax, my dear, and I’ll give you a sleeping pill, so, that you can sleep through the rest of the night. And do you mind if I sleep in the living room on a sleeping bag for the night, because after having seen that green creature explode to noting, I don’t have any gust to sleep in my bedroom, tonight. And I’d like to watch over you and make sure you are alright through the night, because if you happen to wake up ill, I jus might have to take you to the hospital. So, here, take this sleeping pill and I’ll see you in the morning.”
So, then, in a few minutes she was asleep, and then, he went to the bedroom closest, and got out his sleeping bag. In retrieving it from the closet, he, then, pulled out a blanket from his closet. And upon him, arriving back into the living room, she was asleep, already.
So, he lies on the floor after spreading the sleeping bag on the floor, and also, fell asleep for the rest of the night into the morning.
And no more, did that green creature, haunt either the gal or him, anymore, because he had shot down that creature for good.
However, in the morning, as he woke up, once more, he thought, he saw something weird happening before his eyes. And what he saw was a hallucination or he thought so, until a bunch of water came hastening right through the window. And it sucked him right up and he ended up outside the apartment. And then, he became swept away into a river nearby, and a current, then, took him away. No one ever retrieved his body, and she never even motto his whereabouts ever again.
This gal, Laura, lived in a very old apartment building by herself. What she didn’t know about this meticulous apartment, was that the place, possibly, could be haunted, because like whenever she opened her closet, she thought she saw some green, slimy-looking creature, ready to go after her.
The first time, this occurred was when she jus moved into the apartment. And she had been so auspicious at that time, because her parents, jus because they never seemed to get along with her, had moved away from her. And because she hadn’t been able to meet the expense of the maintenance of the house, which used to be owned by her elders, she had tried to set the house up for trade
But for months on end she didn’t seem to have any good fortune, selling the place. And when it came to the position that she couldn’t compensate for the mortgage, any longer she jus went into bankruptcy. And when it became compulsory to move out of that house, she had nowhere to go. So, she had taken whatever she could with her in garbage bags along with some food and water. And then, she had started living in the streets because her parents didn’t seem to be bothered that she was.
Then, one day, she was auspicious to find a shelter, and she stayed there for a little while. However, it came too much for her, living on what little food; she could acquire over at the shelter. And when the shelter became more than usually full with people, living, there, she jus had to depart the shelter.
Because it became too frustrating for her to be able to find a place to get her forty winks and eat, she, then, happened to be walking the streets, one day, when some guy in a fatigue outfit, which to her was implicit that he was from the army. So, then, upon her, making significant to the guy, her poignant story of her parents, having moved out of their house, and leaving it up to her to take trouble of the house, she, then, also, permit him to discern how she has been scarcely surviving in the streets.
So, this one guy, in feeling very kind hearted towards her, actually, gave her, a few hundred dollars in cash. And at first, she wouldn’t acknowledge the cash from him, although, she had been living in the streets. But upon him, permitting her to recognize that he had jus come home for leave from the army, and upon having established, then, that both of his parents had perished in a plane accident in an endeavor to get out to the army base to stopover to see him, his parents left him with an bequest.
And since, this guy, Leon Harrison, felt very remorseful for her, having been taking life real hard in trying to exist out in the streets, she, finally, acknowledged the cash from him, upon him, letting her discern he jus acknowledged this inheritance not long ago from his parents. So, although, he gave her, a lot of cash, this, still, didn’t seem to get to the bottom of her prevalent problem, at having no home for herself.
So, then, he, that very same day, since, he was on his way over to his apartment jus down the street as he jus had arrived from the nearest airport in St. Clair, he offered to take her in over at his pad until she could stumble on and meet the expense of residing in an apartment by herself.
So, she acknowledged his request to live in his apartment with him. Though, she didn’t recognize this guy, and he was a complete outsider to her. That very day, the two walked, together, over to his apartment on a very rainy day. And on the way, the two, almost, became, completely, drenched from the drizzle, which coming down from the overcast skies, that day.
Once, they both arrived over at his apartment, she became a little diffident to move into the apartment with him, jus because she seemed to sense, that there was something off the wall about this apartment, which was making her, feel very uncomfortable. However, she tried to plant this feeling out of her mind and walked up to the apartment with him.
Upon the two, arriving at his apartment, as he unlocked the door, and invited her inside the apartment, he permitted her to know to facilitate he wasn’t going to try anything on her, like gossip her into making love with him. And if anything ever urbanized between the two, being that they were about five years apart, then, she made it official to him, she was going to reside over at his apartment, lastingly
However, because she has no other place to subsist at this time, and no parents surviving and a family, who all are very distant from her, she, accepted his invitation to live in this apartment with him. And while she was living, there, with him, he approved that all he desired to be to her was a companion, and nothing else. That the on the grounds he took her in his apartment, was that he was feeling remorseful for her, not having a home of her own to live in.
By this time, she, finally, realized how famished and thirsty, she was, and actually, couldn’t commit to memory when she had had anything to eat or to drink. So, being this guy, Leon, was very apprehensive for her well being, he, then, being it was in the core of the afternoon, offered to acquire her something to eat and drink, especially, some Gator Ade, to rehydrate her.
So, since, at this time, she felt like she hadn’t slept very much in nights, she tried to take it easy on his black leather couch in his living room area, while he was getting some microwave TV dinner ready for her. And since, he has become quite famished, himself, he, also, put in another TV dinner for himself.
In the meanwhile, since, she couldn’t give the impression, it was considered necessary to get herself to settle down to sleep, he, at least, grabbed a bottle of Gator Ade out of his refrigerator, and brought it into the living room area for her.
While she was drinking down all that Gator Ade, he was very flabbergasted at how hasty she was consuming the whole bottle of Gator Ade. And since, the two were strangers, although, she seemed to have met him, somewhere, before he had departed into the army, a few years ago, she, still, felt like an outsider to him.
However, he decided to park himself there, with her on the couch, and give her, some companionship while he was waiting for the TV dinners to be done, jus to make her feel like she was wanted in his apartment. But he didn’t wish to make her, feel like he was roughly, trying to come on to her. So, he jus sympathetically held her hand, which she didn’t seem to mind at this time.
Not long after that, the two TV dinners were done. So, then, he walked over to the microwave, and then, over to his dining room area, where he positioned the two trays of food on the table, there, along with some silverware and a napkin for both of them.
At first, she didn’t sense like she could make it over to the table. So, then, he took her hand, very sympathetically and then, helped her over to the table. Once, he got her seated over at the table, then, he pushed her chair in for her. And then, he got some more Gator Aid out of the refrigerator for her along with two glasses of ice tea for the two of them. Since, today was sort of a very tepid day, and he reflected that some ice tea was what both of them desired to cool themselves off.
After dinner, he invited her to take a shower inside his bathroom. So, since, she didn’t even distinguish the last time, she had a good shower; she went ahead and took one.
While she was captivating her shower, he walked over to his bedroom, and grabbed some attire for her. However, all he had accessible for her to put on were guy’s clothes. So, after her shower, she jus wrapped a big towel around herself, although, she felt kind of funny of him, having seen her, all wrapped in this towel.
However, he guaranteed her that he has some clothes laid out on his bed for her. And that he’ll hang about in the living room area until she was, completely, clothed. So, in the meanwhile, he was observing some television, and as she was getting herself, clothed, she happened to see some green and slimy-looking living thing inside the bedroom.
At this time, she didn’t what to carry out and had the notion, she was imagining this creature inside the bedroom, and she was unrelenting to get clad while this terror still, seemed to haunting her inside.
Then, as she jus became fully clad with a t- shirt and some jean shorts on, which both seemed to be quite saggy on her, she then, walked out into the living room, where he was, still, observing television. She, really, didn’t feel like chatting much at this time. But she felt like there was some issue outstanding to do with having seen that green, slimy-looking creature in the closet, which required to be tended to.
So, upon her, walking into the living room, in a frenzied voice, she said to Leon, “I know this is going to sound quite outlandish to you, but as I was getting clad, I jus happened to detect this ugly green creature in your closet. Have you ever seen this creature around this apartment, before?”
“Are you sure that you haven’t been bearing in mind these things, because I’ve lived in this apartment for years, now. Ever since, I moved out on my parents when I used to be in my teens, and never have seen any green creature, anywhere, inside this apartment.”
“C’mon over here and have a seat beside me. Please endeavor not to be terrified because I discern this is a very old apartment, and that it’s probable that this apartment could be ghostly Now, put in the picture to me if you perceived anything else going on, while you were getting fully clad or even while you were in the shower.”
“Well, while I was taking a shower, it seemed like the water, altered from hot to cold. And that I had to scuttle out of the shower, and ravage no time in drying myself off, because I jus happened to gaze out the window while in the shower. And you won’t accept as true what I saw with my own eyes, while in there.”
“Please try to stay serene while you are trying to chatter to me. I’ve always been a very placid person, and used to have a wife a few years ago before departing into the army. But while I was in the army, she sent me, this letter, telling me, that she couldn’t put up with being by herself, anymore. So, then, she told me in the letter, that she was going to pack up and leave and go back with living with he parents. So, at this time, I don’t have any wife or girlfriend for that matter.”
“I know this might sound a little eerie to you. However, while I was taking my shower, I perceived this green shadow in the window, which caused me to hurry and get out of the shower. Then, when I was getting dressed inside your bedroom, I had this most atrocious sight in my life. This green creature was staring at me, and ready to hurdle out at me and get me. So, I don’t discern what I’m going to do, because this creature could come out here into the living room during the day, or at night, while we’re sleeping, and take one of us away.”
“Don’t try to fret about this creature, because there’s nothing that can be done to keep this creature away from us. And you’re sure; you weren’t dreaming or anything, because you jus might have been having hallucinations on seeing an illusion of that creature in the shower and coming out of the closet.”
“No, I’m making any of this up, and I know that I wasn’t dreaming. So, what are we going to do about this creature? I can’t try to go to sleep, and have this creature on my mind, tonight. In fact, I was going to try to go to sleep, right here, on the couch, while you’re watching television. But I don’t think I’ll be able to sleep with this creature, haunting me in my sleep, too.”
“I’ve got a rifle, and I’m not afraid of creatures, because I’ve come across shoddier than that while in the army, trying to battle the enemy. In one of those fields, I was in at one time, this green creature, which was one of my army fiends, was in the field. And had to bluster him up alive with this rifle of mine. If it can bluster him up alive, I’m sure I can slaughter that creature with my rifle. In fact, I’ll go right to the bedroom, now, and gun down that creature dead. You stay, here, so you stay out of harm's way and endeavor to get some forty winks on the couch, while I take care of that creature.”
She was a little petrified to be in the living room all by her. But she stayed, there, anyway, while he went into his bedroom, and got his rifle out of one of his drawers. As he was, he, actually, saw this creature in an illusion, try to come out of the closet. So, he figured this apartment was so aged that it was haunted. So, then, he, in pointing the overloaded rifle out at this creature, slowly, walked up to it, but not real close to it.
As he came within a hundred feet or so away from the creature, he became right on track in firing at the thing. And as he did, he overheard her, whimpering in the living room. Apparently, she could be having nightmares about this creature in her forty winks. However, he wasn’t about to depart his bedroom, until he was sure, this creature wasn’t alive, anymore.
So, he kept firing at this creature, and when he, almost, was out of bullets, finally, the creature became dead meat. But in the conclusion of its life, it seemed to fly into a rage and bits of it were flying all over the bedroom. Now, that he was sure it was dead, he, then, walked into the kitchen, and retrieved a garbage bag from the closet over there.
Once, he got the garbage bag, he, then, walked back into the bedroom, and spent some time, picking up after that green creature, which now was completely dead meat. After filling the garbage bag with the remnants of the creature, he, then, walked out the back door, and over to the dumpster, where he threw the contents of the bag, still, inside it, right into the dumpster. At first, he thought he saw parts of the creature, coming alive, but it was still dying.
When he was sure, that the bag stopped stirring him then, walked inside the apartment, and upon reaching the living room area, she, suddenly, woke up out of a nightmare. And she told the nightmare to him.
Jus after she told him, that this green creature had been after her, and then, had been shot to pieces, he told him in a solemn mood, “You can relax, my dear, and I’ll give you a sleeping pill, so, that you can sleep through the rest of the night. And do you mind if I sleep in the living room on a sleeping bag for the night, because after having seen that green creature explode to noting, I don’t have any gust to sleep in my bedroom, tonight. And I’d like to watch over you and make sure you are alright through the night, because if you happen to wake up ill, I jus might have to take you to the hospital. So, here, take this sleeping pill and I’ll see you in the morning.”
So, then, in a few minutes she was asleep, and then, he went to the bedroom closest, and got out his sleeping bag. In retrieving it from the closet, he, then, pulled out a blanket from his closet. And upon him, arriving back into the living room, she was asleep, already.
So, he lies on the floor after spreading the sleeping bag on the floor, and also, fell asleep for the rest of the night into the morning.
And no more, did that green creature, haunt either the gal or him, anymore, because he had shot down that creature for good.
However, in the morning, as he woke up, once more, he thought, he saw something weird happening before his eyes. And what he saw was a hallucination or he thought so, until a bunch of water came hastening right through the window. And it sucked him right up and he ended up outside the apartment. And then, he became swept away into a river nearby, and a current, then, took him away. No one ever retrieved his body, and she never even motto his whereabouts ever again.
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER
SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER
From Wikipedia, Encyclopedia
Season Affective Disorder (SAD) also known as winter depression or winter blues, is a mood disorder in which people who have normal mental health throughout most of the year experience depressive symptoms in the winter or, less frequently, in the simmer, spring, or fall, repeatedly, year after year. In the Diagnostic and Statistical Manuel of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV), SAD is not a unique mood disorder, but is “a specifier of major depression”.
The US National Library of Medicine notes that “some people experience a serious mood change when the seasons change. They may sleep too much, have little energy, and crave sweets and starchy foods. They may also feel depressed. Though symptoms can be severe, they usually clear up.” The condition in the summer is often referred as Reverse Seasonal Affective Disorder, and can also include heightened anxiety.
There are many different treatments for classic (winter-based) seasonal affective disorder, including light therapies with bright lights, anti-depressionmedication, cognitive-behavioral therapy, inonized-air administration, and carefully timed supplementation of the hormone melatonin.
Contents
1 Pathophysiology
2 Symptoms
3 Diagnostic criteria
4 Treatment
5 Origin
6 Incidence
6.1 Nordic countries
6.2 Other countries
7 SAD and bipolar
8 See also
9 References
10 External links
Pathophysiology
Seasonal mood variations are believed to be related to light. An argument for this view is the effectiveness of bright-light therapy. SAD is measurably present at latitudes in the Artic region, such as Finland (64 00’N) where the rate of SAD is 9.5%. Cloud cover may contribute to the negative effects of SAD.
SAD can be a serious disorder and may require hospitalization. There is also a potential risk of suicide in some patients experiencing SAD. One study reports 6-35% of sufferers required hospitalization during one period of illness. The symptoms of SAD mimic those of dysthymia or clinical depression. At times, patients may not feel depressed, but rather lack energy to perform everyday activities. Normal Rosenthal, a pioneer in SAD research, has estimated that the prevalence of SAD in the adult United States population is between about 1.5 percent in Florida and about 9 percent in the northern US.
Various etiologies have been performed. One possibility is that SAD is related to a lack of serotonin, and serotonin polymorphisms could play a role in SAD, although this has been disputed. Mice incapable of turning serotonin into N-acetylserotonin (by Sertononin N-acetyltransferase) appear to express “depression-like” behavior, and antidepressants such as fluoxetine increase the amount of the enzyme Serotonin N-acetyltransferase, resulting in an antidepressant-like effect. Another theory is that the cause may be related to melatonin, which is produced in dim light and darkness by the pineal gland, since there are direct connections, via the retinohypothalamic tract and the suprachiasmatic nucleus, between the retina and pineal gland.
Sybsyndromal Seasonsal Affective Disorder is a milder form of SAD experienced by an estimated 14.3% vs. 6.1 % of the US population. The blue feeling experienced by both SAD and SSAD sufferers can usually be dampened or extinguished by exercise and increased outdoor activity, particularly on sunny days, resulting in increased solar exposure. Connections between human mood, as well as energy levels, and the seasons are well documented, even in healthy invididuals.
Mutation of a gene expressing melanopsin has been implicated in the risk of having Season Affective Disorder.
Symptoms
Symptoms of SAD may consist of: difficulty waking up in the morning, tendency to oversleep as well as to overeat, and especially a craving of carbohydrates, which leads to weight gain. Other symptoms include a lack of energy, difficulty concentrating on completing tasks, and withdrawal from friends, family, and social activities. All of this leads to the depression, pessimism, and lack of pleasure which characterize a person suffering from this disorder.
People that experience Reverse SAD (spring and summer depression) show symptoms of insomnia, anxiety, irritability, decreased appetite, weight loss, and an increased sex drive. RSAD can also manifest depression, which makes it difficult to diagnose this rare affliction.
Diagnostic criteria
According the American Psychiatric Association DSM-IV, criteria, Seasonal Affective Disorder is not regarded as a separate disorder, rather it is termed a ‘specifier’ and may be applied as an added descrption to Major Depressive Depressive Episode in patients with Major Depressive Disorder or patients with Bipolar Disorder. The Seasonal Pattern Specifier must meet four criteria: depressive episodes at a particular time of year; remissions of mania/hypomania also at a characteristic time of year; these patterns must have lasted two years with no nonseasonal major depressive episodes during that same period; and these seasonal depressive episodes outnumber other depressive episodes throughout the patient’s lifetime. The Mayo Clinic describes three types of Seasonal Affective Disorder, each with its own set of symptoms.
Treatment
There many different treatments for classic (winter-based) seasonal affective disorder, including light therapies, medication, ionized-air administration, cognitive-behavioral therapy and carefully times supplementation of the hormone melatonin.
Bright light using a specifically designed lamp, or light box, provides a much more intense illumination than traditional incandescent bulbs are more capable of. The light is usually white “full spectrum”, although blue light is also used. The light has proven to be effective as doses of 2500-10,000 lux, the sufferer sitting a prescribed distance, commonly 30-60 cm, in front of the box with his/her eyes open but not staring at the light source. Most treatments use 30-60 minute treatments, however this may vary depending on the situation. Many patients use the light box in the morning, and there is evidence that morning light is superior to evening light, although people can respond to evening light as well. Discovering the best schedule is essential. One study has shown that up to 69% of patients find the treatment inconvenient and many as 19% stop use because of this.
Dawn stimulation has also proven to be effective; in some studies, there is a 83% better response when compared to other bright light therapy. When compared in a study to negative air ionization, bright light was proven to be 57.1% effective vs. dawn stimulation, 49.5%. Patients using light therapy can experience improvement during the first week, but increased results are evident when continued throughout several weeks. Most studies have found it effective without use year round, but rather as a seasonal treatment lasting for several weeks until frequent light exposure is naturally obtained.
SSRI (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor) antidepressants have proven effective in treating SAD. Bupropion is also effective as a prophylactic. Effective antidepressants are fluoxetine, sertraline, or paroxetine. Both fluoxetine and light therapy are 67% effective in treating SAD according to direct head-to-head trials conducted during the 2006 CAN-SAD study. Subjects using the light therapy protocol showed earlier clinical improvement, generally within one week of beginning the clinical treatment.
Negative air ionization, which involves releasing charged particles into the sleep environment, has also been found effective with a 47-9% improvement if the negative ions are in sufficient density (quantity). Depending on the patient, one treatment (ie. Lightbox) may be used in conjunction with another therapy (ie. Medication).
Modafinil may be also an effective and well-tolerated treatment in patients with seasonal affective disorder/winter depression.
Alfred J. Lewy of Oregon Health and Science University in Portland, OHSU, and others see the cause of SAD as a misalignment of the sleep-wake phase contra the period of the body clock, circadian rhythms out of synch, and treat it with melatonin in the afternoon. Correctly timed melatonin administration shifts the rhythms of several hormones en bloc.
Another explanation is that Vitamin D levels are too low when people do not get enough Ultraviolet-B on their skin. An alternative to using bright lights is to take vitamin D supplements. However, at least one study did not show a link between SAD and vitamin D levels.
Origin
In many species, activity is diminished during the winter months in response to the reduction in available food and the difficulties of surviving in cold weather. Hibernation is an extreme example, but even species that do not hibernate often exhibit changes in behavior during the winter. It has been argued that SAD is an evolved adaption in humans that is a variant or remnant of a hibernation response in some remote ancestor. Presumably, food was scarce during most of human prehistory, and a tendency towards low mood during the winter months would have been adaptive by reducing the need for calorie intake. The preponderance of women with SAD suggests that the response may also somehow regulate reproduction.
Incidence
Nordic countries
Winter depression is a common slump in the mood of some inhabitants of most of the Nordic countries. It was first described by the 6th century Goth scholar Jordanes in his Getica wherein he described the inhabitants of Scandza (Scandinavia.) Iceland, however, seems to be an exception. A study of more than 2000 people there found the prevalence of seasonal affective disorder and seasonal changes in anxiety and depression to be unexpectedly low in both sexes. The study’s authors suggested that propensity for SAD may differ due to some genetic factor within the Icelandic population. A study of Canadians of wholly Icelandic descent also showed low levels of SAD. It has more recently been suggested that this may be attributed to the large amount of fish traditionally eaten by Icelandic people, 225 lb per person per year as opposed to about 50 lb in the US and Canada, rather than to genetics. Fish is high in vitamin D.
Other countries
In the United States, a diagnosis of seasonal affective disorder was first proposed by Norman E. Rosenthal, M
D in 1984. Rosenthal wondered why he became sluggish during the winter after moving from sunny South Africa to New York. He started experimenting increasing exposure to artificial light, and found this made a difference. In Alaska it has been established that there is a SAD rate of 8.9% and an even greater rate of 24.9% for subsyndromal SAD. American science fiction-fantasy author Barbara Hambly has had undiagnosed SAD for many years and speaks freely about her condition.
Around 20% of Irish people are affected by SAD, according to survey conducted in 2007. The survey also shows women are more likely to be affected by SAD than men. An estimated 10% of the population in the Netherlands suffers from SAD.
SAD and bipolar
Most people with SAD experience major depressive disorder, but as many as 30% have or may go on to develop a bipolar disorder, a manic-depressive disorder. It is important to discriminate the improve mood associated with recovery from the winter depression and a manic episode because there are important treatment differences. In these cases, persons with SAD may experience depression during the winter and hypomania in the summer.
See also
Circadian rhythm sleep disorder
Depression (mood)
Social anxiety disorder
Vitamin D
http://en. Wikipedia.org/wiki/Seasonal_affective-disorder
From Wikipedia, Encyclopedia
Season Affective Disorder (SAD) also known as winter depression or winter blues, is a mood disorder in which people who have normal mental health throughout most of the year experience depressive symptoms in the winter or, less frequently, in the simmer, spring, or fall, repeatedly, year after year. In the Diagnostic and Statistical Manuel of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV), SAD is not a unique mood disorder, but is “a specifier of major depression”.
The US National Library of Medicine notes that “some people experience a serious mood change when the seasons change. They may sleep too much, have little energy, and crave sweets and starchy foods. They may also feel depressed. Though symptoms can be severe, they usually clear up.” The condition in the summer is often referred as Reverse Seasonal Affective Disorder, and can also include heightened anxiety.
There are many different treatments for classic (winter-based) seasonal affective disorder, including light therapies with bright lights, anti-depressionmedication, cognitive-behavioral therapy, inonized-air administration, and carefully timed supplementation of the hormone melatonin.
Contents
1 Pathophysiology
2 Symptoms
3 Diagnostic criteria
4 Treatment
5 Origin
6 Incidence
6.1 Nordic countries
6.2 Other countries
7 SAD and bipolar
8 See also
9 References
10 External links
Pathophysiology
Seasonal mood variations are believed to be related to light. An argument for this view is the effectiveness of bright-light therapy. SAD is measurably present at latitudes in the Artic region, such as Finland (64 00’N) where the rate of SAD is 9.5%. Cloud cover may contribute to the negative effects of SAD.
SAD can be a serious disorder and may require hospitalization. There is also a potential risk of suicide in some patients experiencing SAD. One study reports 6-35% of sufferers required hospitalization during one period of illness. The symptoms of SAD mimic those of dysthymia or clinical depression. At times, patients may not feel depressed, but rather lack energy to perform everyday activities. Normal Rosenthal, a pioneer in SAD research, has estimated that the prevalence of SAD in the adult United States population is between about 1.5 percent in Florida and about 9 percent in the northern US.
Various etiologies have been performed. One possibility is that SAD is related to a lack of serotonin, and serotonin polymorphisms could play a role in SAD, although this has been disputed. Mice incapable of turning serotonin into N-acetylserotonin (by Sertononin N-acetyltransferase) appear to express “depression-like” behavior, and antidepressants such as fluoxetine increase the amount of the enzyme Serotonin N-acetyltransferase, resulting in an antidepressant-like effect. Another theory is that the cause may be related to melatonin, which is produced in dim light and darkness by the pineal gland, since there are direct connections, via the retinohypothalamic tract and the suprachiasmatic nucleus, between the retina and pineal gland.
Sybsyndromal Seasonsal Affective Disorder is a milder form of SAD experienced by an estimated 14.3% vs. 6.1 % of the US population. The blue feeling experienced by both SAD and SSAD sufferers can usually be dampened or extinguished by exercise and increased outdoor activity, particularly on sunny days, resulting in increased solar exposure. Connections between human mood, as well as energy levels, and the seasons are well documented, even in healthy invididuals.
Mutation of a gene expressing melanopsin has been implicated in the risk of having Season Affective Disorder.
Symptoms
Symptoms of SAD may consist of: difficulty waking up in the morning, tendency to oversleep as well as to overeat, and especially a craving of carbohydrates, which leads to weight gain. Other symptoms include a lack of energy, difficulty concentrating on completing tasks, and withdrawal from friends, family, and social activities. All of this leads to the depression, pessimism, and lack of pleasure which characterize a person suffering from this disorder.
People that experience Reverse SAD (spring and summer depression) show symptoms of insomnia, anxiety, irritability, decreased appetite, weight loss, and an increased sex drive. RSAD can also manifest depression, which makes it difficult to diagnose this rare affliction.
Diagnostic criteria
According the American Psychiatric Association DSM-IV, criteria, Seasonal Affective Disorder is not regarded as a separate disorder, rather it is termed a ‘specifier’ and may be applied as an added descrption to Major Depressive Depressive Episode in patients with Major Depressive Disorder or patients with Bipolar Disorder. The Seasonal Pattern Specifier must meet four criteria: depressive episodes at a particular time of year; remissions of mania/hypomania also at a characteristic time of year; these patterns must have lasted two years with no nonseasonal major depressive episodes during that same period; and these seasonal depressive episodes outnumber other depressive episodes throughout the patient’s lifetime. The Mayo Clinic describes three types of Seasonal Affective Disorder, each with its own set of symptoms.
Treatment
There many different treatments for classic (winter-based) seasonal affective disorder, including light therapies, medication, ionized-air administration, cognitive-behavioral therapy and carefully times supplementation of the hormone melatonin.
Bright light using a specifically designed lamp, or light box, provides a much more intense illumination than traditional incandescent bulbs are more capable of. The light is usually white “full spectrum”, although blue light is also used. The light has proven to be effective as doses of 2500-10,000 lux, the sufferer sitting a prescribed distance, commonly 30-60 cm, in front of the box with his/her eyes open but not staring at the light source. Most treatments use 30-60 minute treatments, however this may vary depending on the situation. Many patients use the light box in the morning, and there is evidence that morning light is superior to evening light, although people can respond to evening light as well. Discovering the best schedule is essential. One study has shown that up to 69% of patients find the treatment inconvenient and many as 19% stop use because of this.
Dawn stimulation has also proven to be effective; in some studies, there is a 83% better response when compared to other bright light therapy. When compared in a study to negative air ionization, bright light was proven to be 57.1% effective vs. dawn stimulation, 49.5%. Patients using light therapy can experience improvement during the first week, but increased results are evident when continued throughout several weeks. Most studies have found it effective without use year round, but rather as a seasonal treatment lasting for several weeks until frequent light exposure is naturally obtained.
SSRI (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor) antidepressants have proven effective in treating SAD. Bupropion is also effective as a prophylactic. Effective antidepressants are fluoxetine, sertraline, or paroxetine. Both fluoxetine and light therapy are 67% effective in treating SAD according to direct head-to-head trials conducted during the 2006 CAN-SAD study. Subjects using the light therapy protocol showed earlier clinical improvement, generally within one week of beginning the clinical treatment.
Negative air ionization, which involves releasing charged particles into the sleep environment, has also been found effective with a 47-9% improvement if the negative ions are in sufficient density (quantity). Depending on the patient, one treatment (ie. Lightbox) may be used in conjunction with another therapy (ie. Medication).
Modafinil may be also an effective and well-tolerated treatment in patients with seasonal affective disorder/winter depression.
Alfred J. Lewy of Oregon Health and Science University in Portland, OHSU, and others see the cause of SAD as a misalignment of the sleep-wake phase contra the period of the body clock, circadian rhythms out of synch, and treat it with melatonin in the afternoon. Correctly timed melatonin administration shifts the rhythms of several hormones en bloc.
Another explanation is that Vitamin D levels are too low when people do not get enough Ultraviolet-B on their skin. An alternative to using bright lights is to take vitamin D supplements. However, at least one study did not show a link between SAD and vitamin D levels.
Origin
In many species, activity is diminished during the winter months in response to the reduction in available food and the difficulties of surviving in cold weather. Hibernation is an extreme example, but even species that do not hibernate often exhibit changes in behavior during the winter. It has been argued that SAD is an evolved adaption in humans that is a variant or remnant of a hibernation response in some remote ancestor. Presumably, food was scarce during most of human prehistory, and a tendency towards low mood during the winter months would have been adaptive by reducing the need for calorie intake. The preponderance of women with SAD suggests that the response may also somehow regulate reproduction.
Incidence
Nordic countries
Winter depression is a common slump in the mood of some inhabitants of most of the Nordic countries. It was first described by the 6th century Goth scholar Jordanes in his Getica wherein he described the inhabitants of Scandza (Scandinavia.) Iceland, however, seems to be an exception. A study of more than 2000 people there found the prevalence of seasonal affective disorder and seasonal changes in anxiety and depression to be unexpectedly low in both sexes. The study’s authors suggested that propensity for SAD may differ due to some genetic factor within the Icelandic population. A study of Canadians of wholly Icelandic descent also showed low levels of SAD. It has more recently been suggested that this may be attributed to the large amount of fish traditionally eaten by Icelandic people, 225 lb per person per year as opposed to about 50 lb in the US and Canada, rather than to genetics. Fish is high in vitamin D.
Other countries
In the United States, a diagnosis of seasonal affective disorder was first proposed by Norman E. Rosenthal, M
D in 1984. Rosenthal wondered why he became sluggish during the winter after moving from sunny South Africa to New York. He started experimenting increasing exposure to artificial light, and found this made a difference. In Alaska it has been established that there is a SAD rate of 8.9% and an even greater rate of 24.9% for subsyndromal SAD. American science fiction-fantasy author Barbara Hambly has had undiagnosed SAD for many years and speaks freely about her condition.
Around 20% of Irish people are affected by SAD, according to survey conducted in 2007. The survey also shows women are more likely to be affected by SAD than men. An estimated 10% of the population in the Netherlands suffers from SAD.
SAD and bipolar
Most people with SAD experience major depressive disorder, but as many as 30% have or may go on to develop a bipolar disorder, a manic-depressive disorder. It is important to discriminate the improve mood associated with recovery from the winter depression and a manic episode because there are important treatment differences. In these cases, persons with SAD may experience depression during the winter and hypomania in the summer.
See also
Circadian rhythm sleep disorder
Depression (mood)
Social anxiety disorder
Vitamin D
http://en. Wikipedia.org/wiki/Seasonal_affective-disorder
NON-SPORTING DOG BREEDS
NON-SPORTING DOG BREEDS
There is a catchall group for breeds that didn’t seem to fit in elsewhere, from the cuddly Brishon Rrise, a little too big to be considered a toy, to the striking Dalmation and the stunning but difficult Chow Chow. Their individual skills, original purposes and temperaments are found as varied as their origins.
The poodle is by far the most popular of the non-sporting breeds. It once was a skilled truffle hunter. In more modern times, the Poodle’s intelligence and trainability saw it employed in show business, commonly in circuses.
The Poodle’s opposite may be the bulldog. The national symbol of England, known for its strength and determination, it has been out of work since bull-baiting went out of fashion in the 19th century. It now serves only as a loving, albeit, somewhat sedentary, companion.
AKC list of non-sporting breeds
American Eskimo dog
Bichon fries
Boston terrior
Chinese Shar-pei
Chow Chow
Dalmation
Finnish spitz
French Bulldog
Keeshond
Lhasa Apso
Lowchen
Poodle
Schipperke
Shiba Inu
Tibetan Spaniel
Tibetan Terrier
This Animal Planet’s list.
I wonder how long the Dalmation stopped being fire dog which would make a working dog?
There is a catchall group for breeds that didn’t seem to fit in elsewhere, from the cuddly Brishon Rrise, a little too big to be considered a toy, to the striking Dalmation and the stunning but difficult Chow Chow. Their individual skills, original purposes and temperaments are found as varied as their origins.
The poodle is by far the most popular of the non-sporting breeds. It once was a skilled truffle hunter. In more modern times, the Poodle’s intelligence and trainability saw it employed in show business, commonly in circuses.
The Poodle’s opposite may be the bulldog. The national symbol of England, known for its strength and determination, it has been out of work since bull-baiting went out of fashion in the 19th century. It now serves only as a loving, albeit, somewhat sedentary, companion.
AKC list of non-sporting breeds
American Eskimo dog
Bichon fries
Boston terrior
Chinese Shar-pei
Chow Chow
Dalmation
Finnish spitz
French Bulldog
Keeshond
Lhasa Apso
Lowchen
Poodle
Schipperke
Shiba Inu
Tibetan Spaniel
Tibetan Terrier
This Animal Planet’s list.
I wonder how long the Dalmation stopped being fire dog which would make a working dog?
Monday, September 21, 2009
NASA SPACE DISASTERS
NASA’S SPACE DISASTERS
Apollo 1 was the first manned rocket ship that never had taken off. During a test mission the capsule caught fire. The three men crew were “Virgil I, (Gus) Grissom, Ed White, And Roger B. Chaffee.
At the time of the fire they had no idea what had caused the fire. They were guessing at numerous things, such as too much “too much oxygen, faulty wiring, flammable materials, and the hatch that would not open from the inside.”
“They had 2 sets of backup crew for this mission. They were James McDivitt, David Scott, and Rusty Schweickart”. The second set of crew were supposed to be “Walter Schirra, Donn Eisele, and Walter Cunningham.”
This rocket ship was designed just “Earth Orbit” as is they did not have the proper equipment to go to the moon. This Rocket Ship to circle the Earth for 2 weeks.
The crew was even apprehensive about this flight. They had a superstition that something was going to go wrong. NASA tried to calm their fears. “by saying that everything would be fine.”
“Mission Control said that they would be ready in February for lift off.” They had no idea that pure oxygen would burn up the cone of the rocket ship.”
On January the three crew members were ordered to enter the space craft ship dully dressed in their space suits for a test mission. When they had entered the space craft “Grissom had expressed there were some problems that needed immediate attention in his space suit. This delayed the test mission from 1:00 p.m. till 2:42 p.m. A few minutes later the escape hatch was sealed and pure oxygen was being pumped in.
There were other problems as well. “They had communication problems as well. They were put on hold for the second time. “They were still having problems at 6:00 p.m. Everything was still attached to the rocket why they were still trying to fix the problems.”
A few minutes later the astronauts were in their suits ready for takeoff. A couple minutes later NASA’s Officials could hear “Grissom screaming (FIRE) then a second astronaut spoke up saying “There is a fire in the cockpit.”. 17 seconds later all of the screaming in the capsule had stopped. “Overheating in the capsule and the fire is what killed the crew members.”
The ground crew tried to rescue the three men in the capsule but were afraid that they might kill other personnel as well.
When it was safe enough to approach the capsule, the smoke was too thick at first to see any of the crew. After the smoke cleared up they could identify the crew members. But, could not help them as they were already dead.
The intense fire in the capsule had melted some of the suits together. The fire had melted the nylon suits together.
“It was said that poor workmanship was the cause of the fire. (faulty wiring, and other things were the cause of the fire.”
On Apollo 11’s trip to moon they had left a plaque up there to remember all that died in the Apollo 1’s tragedy.
Apollo 13
Apollo 13 was supposed to land on the moon. It was the third manned mission in space to go to the moon. But something seriously went wrong. And they had to turn around and come back.
The three crew members were supposed to be (James A. Lovell, Fred W. Haise, and Ken Mattingly) But they had to make aching at last minute as Ken Mattingly was exposed to (Rubella) and had to be replaced by John L. Swigert at last minute.
Mattingly never contracted rubella.
The mission was launched on “April 11 at 13:13 C.S.T. (Central Standard Time). 2 days later the mission was in trouble. This was due to a faulty electrical system.
Mission Control had asked the crew the stir the “Hydrogen and Oxygen Tanks.” That’s when the explosion took place. Then you heard “Houston we’ve got a problem” that was misquoted it was supposed to be “Houston we have a problem.”
They were to explore the ‘Fra Mauro Formation’ or as it was called “Fra Mauro Highlands” This was a crater on the Moon.
On the way to the moon 200,000 miles away from earth “oxygen #2 exploded. The cause of this accident was uncertain at this time. Because of the explosion was uncertain they had to close the service module down they had to live in the command module on limited power. Still having attached to the service module, using it as a life boat.
The damage done to the odyssey
The damage done to the Odyssey made landing on the moon impossible. What they had done was use the moon’s gravity to send them back towards earth. They had done 3 burns to send them in the proper direction, to put them into earth’s orbit.
It took extreme measures to get the crew back home safely. What they had to do was to put a round peg into the square hole. There were no more television communication after this incident. But they were in touch with each other at all times.
Another problem they had was too much carbon dioxide in the air.
After leaving the Aquarius the Odyysey became their home. The crew was in fair condition except for Haise. “He had a serious Urinary Tract Infection.” It was ordered by Mission Control that there be no more urine drops. They had to store them in specific canisters. Also this might have caused the ship to lose its direction towards earth.
Even though the mission was cancelled for the moon “fortunately it happened on the way to the moon. If this had happened in the moon’s gravity their lives would have been lost.
“Because of the heater malfunction, the temperature only read 100 degrees, they had judged the temperature was 1000 degrees.
During this emergency they had used Ken Mattingly and Ken Aaron and other personnel to make sure that the crew got home safely. They had to concuct a tubing that would transfer the oxygen supply into the Aquarius. They had to put a square peg into a round hole.
“The mission was called a successful failure”. As it never reached its destination.
The crew was awarded with the Presidential Medal of Freedom for the efforts they put forth during this tragedy.
They also had made a move out of the happening that went on during the scenario of Apollo 13.
THE CHALLENGER DISASTER
The space shuttle called “Challenger” exploded about 73 seconds after takeoff.
The entire shuttle disintergrated after a seal called “The O-Ring had caused a rupture in the S.R.B. (solid rocket booster) that lead to the shuttle exploding.
This was the first shuttle with a teacher on board, so it was television on National Television.
The seven people were “Sharon Christa McAuliffe, (the first teacher in space), Mission Commander Francis K. Scobee; Pilot Michael J. Smith; Mission Specialists Ronald E. McNair; Ellison S. Onizukal; Judith A Resnik; and Cargo Specialists Gregory B. Jaruis”.
The takeoff for Challenger was delayed for 5 days and 2 hours. It finally took flight at 11:38 a.m. E.S.T. (Eastern Standard Time)
After a long search they found the “crew compartment and many other items in the ocean floor. Although the exact times of death of the crew are still unknown. The suspect it happened during the explosion.” Unfortunately the shuttle had no escape in case of an emergency.
After the Challenger disaster there was an approximately a 3 year rest in the shuttle program.
The “NASA managers had known that the (SRB) had a serious flaw in O-Ring”) since 1977, but had failed to fix the problem. They also had a warning of cold temperatures. That may cause a problem for the space craft. They were also told the fix the problem to make sure that the aircraft was safe for take off and for the crew.
I was watching this in television and I can remember this like it happened yesterday.
Since this was a special event with the first teacher on board this was a special event for NASA.
The cold morning was a concern for some NASA’s Officials, because of the defect in the O-Ring.
The makers of O-Ring had told the officials that this part may not work properly in low temperatures.
There was ice buildup on the “Challenger” and the deicing team worked all night to remove the ice. The Rockwell Managers did not approve of this launch because of the temperatures being so low. ‘NASA’ officials still went ahead with the launch due to the warning of the other managers.
Unknown to the crew and Mission Control the gas began to leak through a hole in one of the SRB’S.
At Mission Control they heard some static and the spacecraft just blew up.
After this disaster schools were named after the Challenger. Some of the families had opened up educational centers in memorial of the crew on board.
By May 1 they had found enough of the SRB to determine the actual cause of the accident. They collected about 15 tons of debris, 55% of the Challenger, and 65% of the satellite cargo is still missing. Debris kept washing up on the shore as of 1996.
They had identified some of the crew members and were buried properly.
The shuttle mission was to carry cargo to a satellite device in space.
COLUMBIA DISASTER
This space shuttle was a disaster waiting to happen. The Columbia was flying over Texas when it fell apart over Texas. This shuttle was delayed 18 different times. The Columbia STS-107 was the oldest of the space shuttle missions. And was the first to orbit the Earth. This shuttle mission had seven people on board as well.
These people were Rick D. Husband-Commander, William C. McCool-pilot, Michael O. Anderson, David M. Brown, Kalpana Chawla, Laurel Clark and Han Ramon.
“According to the NASA’s space safety regulation board had concerns about foam shedding from the shuttle. Damaging the shuttle itself. There other safety concerns as well.
7 to 8 minutes before launch they were all kinds of failures going on. The gauges were loose readings. Other gauges were failing as well. And to be fixed before liftoff.
The original take off was scheduled for January, but was delayed till June of 2002.
There were other problems as well they were Ramp insulation falling off in whole parts or in some parts. “They were flights which had these problems as well they were STS-7, STS-27, STS-32, STS-50, they were also problems in STS-52 and STS-62. There also some foam insulations falling off in pieces.
NASA’s engineers downplayed that the same thing could happen to Columbia. The space shuttle was supposed to land at Kennedy Space Center 9:16 a.m. Eastern Standard Time. All communications were lost 8 minutes before they were supposed to land.
Viewers over Texas took amateur pictures, and video of what was happening.
Apollo 1 was the first manned rocket ship that never had taken off. During a test mission the capsule caught fire. The three men crew were “Virgil I, (Gus) Grissom, Ed White, And Roger B. Chaffee.
At the time of the fire they had no idea what had caused the fire. They were guessing at numerous things, such as too much “too much oxygen, faulty wiring, flammable materials, and the hatch that would not open from the inside.”
“They had 2 sets of backup crew for this mission. They were James McDivitt, David Scott, and Rusty Schweickart”. The second set of crew were supposed to be “Walter Schirra, Donn Eisele, and Walter Cunningham.”
This rocket ship was designed just “Earth Orbit” as is they did not have the proper equipment to go to the moon. This Rocket Ship to circle the Earth for 2 weeks.
The crew was even apprehensive about this flight. They had a superstition that something was going to go wrong. NASA tried to calm their fears. “by saying that everything would be fine.”
“Mission Control said that they would be ready in February for lift off.” They had no idea that pure oxygen would burn up the cone of the rocket ship.”
On January the three crew members were ordered to enter the space craft ship dully dressed in their space suits for a test mission. When they had entered the space craft “Grissom had expressed there were some problems that needed immediate attention in his space suit. This delayed the test mission from 1:00 p.m. till 2:42 p.m. A few minutes later the escape hatch was sealed and pure oxygen was being pumped in.
There were other problems as well. “They had communication problems as well. They were put on hold for the second time. “They were still having problems at 6:00 p.m. Everything was still attached to the rocket why they were still trying to fix the problems.”
A few minutes later the astronauts were in their suits ready for takeoff. A couple minutes later NASA’s Officials could hear “Grissom screaming (FIRE) then a second astronaut spoke up saying “There is a fire in the cockpit.”. 17 seconds later all of the screaming in the capsule had stopped. “Overheating in the capsule and the fire is what killed the crew members.”
The ground crew tried to rescue the three men in the capsule but were afraid that they might kill other personnel as well.
When it was safe enough to approach the capsule, the smoke was too thick at first to see any of the crew. After the smoke cleared up they could identify the crew members. But, could not help them as they were already dead.
The intense fire in the capsule had melted some of the suits together. The fire had melted the nylon suits together.
“It was said that poor workmanship was the cause of the fire. (faulty wiring, and other things were the cause of the fire.”
On Apollo 11’s trip to moon they had left a plaque up there to remember all that died in the Apollo 1’s tragedy.
Apollo 13
Apollo 13 was supposed to land on the moon. It was the third manned mission in space to go to the moon. But something seriously went wrong. And they had to turn around and come back.
The three crew members were supposed to be (James A. Lovell, Fred W. Haise, and Ken Mattingly) But they had to make aching at last minute as Ken Mattingly was exposed to (Rubella) and had to be replaced by John L. Swigert at last minute.
Mattingly never contracted rubella.
The mission was launched on “April 11 at 13:13 C.S.T. (Central Standard Time). 2 days later the mission was in trouble. This was due to a faulty electrical system.
Mission Control had asked the crew the stir the “Hydrogen and Oxygen Tanks.” That’s when the explosion took place. Then you heard “Houston we’ve got a problem” that was misquoted it was supposed to be “Houston we have a problem.”
They were to explore the ‘Fra Mauro Formation’ or as it was called “Fra Mauro Highlands” This was a crater on the Moon.
On the way to the moon 200,000 miles away from earth “oxygen #2 exploded. The cause of this accident was uncertain at this time. Because of the explosion was uncertain they had to close the service module down they had to live in the command module on limited power. Still having attached to the service module, using it as a life boat.
The damage done to the odyssey
The damage done to the Odyssey made landing on the moon impossible. What they had done was use the moon’s gravity to send them back towards earth. They had done 3 burns to send them in the proper direction, to put them into earth’s orbit.
It took extreme measures to get the crew back home safely. What they had to do was to put a round peg into the square hole. There were no more television communication after this incident. But they were in touch with each other at all times.
Another problem they had was too much carbon dioxide in the air.
After leaving the Aquarius the Odyysey became their home. The crew was in fair condition except for Haise. “He had a serious Urinary Tract Infection.” It was ordered by Mission Control that there be no more urine drops. They had to store them in specific canisters. Also this might have caused the ship to lose its direction towards earth.
Even though the mission was cancelled for the moon “fortunately it happened on the way to the moon. If this had happened in the moon’s gravity their lives would have been lost.
“Because of the heater malfunction, the temperature only read 100 degrees, they had judged the temperature was 1000 degrees.
During this emergency they had used Ken Mattingly and Ken Aaron and other personnel to make sure that the crew got home safely. They had to concuct a tubing that would transfer the oxygen supply into the Aquarius. They had to put a square peg into a round hole.
“The mission was called a successful failure”. As it never reached its destination.
The crew was awarded with the Presidential Medal of Freedom for the efforts they put forth during this tragedy.
They also had made a move out of the happening that went on during the scenario of Apollo 13.
THE CHALLENGER DISASTER
The space shuttle called “Challenger” exploded about 73 seconds after takeoff.
The entire shuttle disintergrated after a seal called “The O-Ring had caused a rupture in the S.R.B. (solid rocket booster) that lead to the shuttle exploding.
This was the first shuttle with a teacher on board, so it was television on National Television.
The seven people were “Sharon Christa McAuliffe, (the first teacher in space), Mission Commander Francis K. Scobee; Pilot Michael J. Smith; Mission Specialists Ronald E. McNair; Ellison S. Onizukal; Judith A Resnik; and Cargo Specialists Gregory B. Jaruis”.
The takeoff for Challenger was delayed for 5 days and 2 hours. It finally took flight at 11:38 a.m. E.S.T. (Eastern Standard Time)
After a long search they found the “crew compartment and many other items in the ocean floor. Although the exact times of death of the crew are still unknown. The suspect it happened during the explosion.” Unfortunately the shuttle had no escape in case of an emergency.
After the Challenger disaster there was an approximately a 3 year rest in the shuttle program.
The “NASA managers had known that the (SRB) had a serious flaw in O-Ring”) since 1977, but had failed to fix the problem. They also had a warning of cold temperatures. That may cause a problem for the space craft. They were also told the fix the problem to make sure that the aircraft was safe for take off and for the crew.
I was watching this in television and I can remember this like it happened yesterday.
Since this was a special event with the first teacher on board this was a special event for NASA.
The cold morning was a concern for some NASA’s Officials, because of the defect in the O-Ring.
The makers of O-Ring had told the officials that this part may not work properly in low temperatures.
There was ice buildup on the “Challenger” and the deicing team worked all night to remove the ice. The Rockwell Managers did not approve of this launch because of the temperatures being so low. ‘NASA’ officials still went ahead with the launch due to the warning of the other managers.
Unknown to the crew and Mission Control the gas began to leak through a hole in one of the SRB’S.
At Mission Control they heard some static and the spacecraft just blew up.
After this disaster schools were named after the Challenger. Some of the families had opened up educational centers in memorial of the crew on board.
By May 1 they had found enough of the SRB to determine the actual cause of the accident. They collected about 15 tons of debris, 55% of the Challenger, and 65% of the satellite cargo is still missing. Debris kept washing up on the shore as of 1996.
They had identified some of the crew members and were buried properly.
The shuttle mission was to carry cargo to a satellite device in space.
COLUMBIA DISASTER
This space shuttle was a disaster waiting to happen. The Columbia was flying over Texas when it fell apart over Texas. This shuttle was delayed 18 different times. The Columbia STS-107 was the oldest of the space shuttle missions. And was the first to orbit the Earth. This shuttle mission had seven people on board as well.
These people were Rick D. Husband-Commander, William C. McCool-pilot, Michael O. Anderson, David M. Brown, Kalpana Chawla, Laurel Clark and Han Ramon.
“According to the NASA’s space safety regulation board had concerns about foam shedding from the shuttle. Damaging the shuttle itself. There other safety concerns as well.
7 to 8 minutes before launch they were all kinds of failures going on. The gauges were loose readings. Other gauges were failing as well. And to be fixed before liftoff.
The original take off was scheduled for January, but was delayed till June of 2002.
There were other problems as well they were Ramp insulation falling off in whole parts or in some parts. “They were flights which had these problems as well they were STS-7, STS-27, STS-32, STS-50, they were also problems in STS-52 and STS-62. There also some foam insulations falling off in pieces.
NASA’s engineers downplayed that the same thing could happen to Columbia. The space shuttle was supposed to land at Kennedy Space Center 9:16 a.m. Eastern Standard Time. All communications were lost 8 minutes before they were supposed to land.
Viewers over Texas took amateur pictures, and video of what was happening.
10 TIPS TO GET BETTER SLEEP
10 TIPS TO GET BETTER SLEEP
We all have trouble sleeping from time to time. But you can make it easier to get a good night’s sleep every night with these simple steps.
l. Cut caffeine. Simpy put, caffeine can keep you awake. It can stay in your body longer than you might think—the effects of caffeine can take as long as eight hours to wear off. Cutting out caffeine at least four to six hours before bedtime can help you fall asleep easier.
2. Avoid alcohol as a sleep aid. Alcohol may initially help you fall asleep, but also causes disturbances in sleep resulting in less restful sleep.
3. Relax before bedtime. Stress not only makes you miserable, it wrecks havoc on your sleep.
Some people find relief in making a list of all the stressors of the day, along with a plan to deal with them this can act as “closure” to the day. Combining this with a period of relaxation, perhaps by reading something light, meditating, aromatherapy, light stretching, or taking a hot bath can also help you get better sleep. And don’t look at the clock! That “tick-tock” will just tick you off.
4. Exercise at the right time for you. If you are the type of person who gets energized or becomes more alert after exercise, it may best not to exercise in the evening. Regular exercise in the morning even can help relieve insomnia, according to study.
5. Keep your bedroom, quiet, dark, and comfortable.
6. Eat right, sleep tight. Try not to go to bed hungry, but avoid heavy meals before bedtime. A over-full belly can keep you up. Some foods can help, though. Milk contains tryptophan, which is sleep-promoting substance.
7. Restrict nicotine. Nicotine can keep you up and awaken you at night.
8. Avoid napping. If you do nap, keep it short. A brief 15-20 minute snooze about eight hours after you get up in the morning can actually be rejuvenating.
9. Keep pets off the bed.
10. Avoid watching TV, eating, and discussing emotional issues in bed.
We all have trouble sleeping from time to time. But you can make it easier to get a good night’s sleep every night with these simple steps.
l. Cut caffeine. Simpy put, caffeine can keep you awake. It can stay in your body longer than you might think—the effects of caffeine can take as long as eight hours to wear off. Cutting out caffeine at least four to six hours before bedtime can help you fall asleep easier.
2. Avoid alcohol as a sleep aid. Alcohol may initially help you fall asleep, but also causes disturbances in sleep resulting in less restful sleep.
3. Relax before bedtime. Stress not only makes you miserable, it wrecks havoc on your sleep.
Some people find relief in making a list of all the stressors of the day, along with a plan to deal with them this can act as “closure” to the day. Combining this with a period of relaxation, perhaps by reading something light, meditating, aromatherapy, light stretching, or taking a hot bath can also help you get better sleep. And don’t look at the clock! That “tick-tock” will just tick you off.
4. Exercise at the right time for you. If you are the type of person who gets energized or becomes more alert after exercise, it may best not to exercise in the evening. Regular exercise in the morning even can help relieve insomnia, according to study.
5. Keep your bedroom, quiet, dark, and comfortable.
6. Eat right, sleep tight. Try not to go to bed hungry, but avoid heavy meals before bedtime. A over-full belly can keep you up. Some foods can help, though. Milk contains tryptophan, which is sleep-promoting substance.
7. Restrict nicotine. Nicotine can keep you up and awaken you at night.
8. Avoid napping. If you do nap, keep it short. A brief 15-20 minute snooze about eight hours after you get up in the morning can actually be rejuvenating.
9. Keep pets off the bed.
10. Avoid watching TV, eating, and discussing emotional issues in bed.
Thursday, September 17, 2009
BIPOLAR CELEBS
BIPOLAR CELEBS, MENTAL HEALTH CELEBRITIES WITH BIPOLAR
FAMOUS PEOPLE WITH BIPOLAR A-G
Buzz Aldrin (astronaut)
Adam Ant (musician)
Ludwig van Beethovan (composer)
Napoleon Bonaparte (political leader)
Tim Burton (artist, director)
Lord Byron (poet)
Dick Cavett (television journalist)
Winston Churchill (politician)
Charles Dickens (author)
DMX, Dark Man X (Earl Simmons) (musician, actor)
Richard Dreyfuss (actor)
Patty Duke (actress)
Ralph Waldo Emerson (author)
Emily Epler (poet, actress)
Carrie Fisher (actress, writer)
Larry Flynt (publisher, activist)
Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (writer)
Connie Francis (singer)
Stephen Fry (actor, comedian)
Peter Gabriel (musician)
Alan Garner (novelist)
Matthew Good ( musician)
Phillip Graham (publisher, businessman)
Macy Gray (musician, actor)
Graham Greene (English novelist)
Ivor Gurney (English composer, poet)
FAMOUS PEOPLE WITH BIPOLAR A-G
Buzz Aldrin (astronaut)
Adam Ant (musician)
Ludwig van Beethovan (composer)
Napoleon Bonaparte (political leader)
Tim Burton (artist, director)
Lord Byron (poet)
Dick Cavett (television journalist)
Winston Churchill (politician)
Charles Dickens (author)
DMX, Dark Man X (Earl Simmons) (musician, actor)
Richard Dreyfuss (actor)
Patty Duke (actress)
Ralph Waldo Emerson (author)
Emily Epler (poet, actress)
Carrie Fisher (actress, writer)
Larry Flynt (publisher, activist)
Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (writer)
Connie Francis (singer)
Stephen Fry (actor, comedian)
Peter Gabriel (musician)
Alan Garner (novelist)
Matthew Good ( musician)
Phillip Graham (publisher, businessman)
Macy Gray (musician, actor)
Graham Greene (English novelist)
Ivor Gurney (English composer, poet)
CAREER AND SCHOOL
CAREER AND SCHOOL
I love to be organized and I loved to work with people. This time I’m going for the all and I’m not stopping from my dreams.
I love to work in the health field, but I can’t lift patients anymore like I used to. I was Nurse’s Aide.
I also care about people, but as I get older I get wiser, so now I’m going to brush up on my basic reading, writing, and math; then go back to college again to reapply. I just talked to the Lady in charge of Blue Water Clubhouse and I found out that there’s a man that just got hired to drive the club members home that can help me with reading, writing, math. That’s great.
My goal in life is to do Medical Records.
Also at home I have a computer I bought from the Clubhouse for $10.00 and it works great for me because I get to practice my typing skills.
From Christine 6-26-09
I love to be organized and I loved to work with people. This time I’m going for the all and I’m not stopping from my dreams.
I love to work in the health field, but I can’t lift patients anymore like I used to. I was Nurse’s Aide.
I also care about people, but as I get older I get wiser, so now I’m going to brush up on my basic reading, writing, and math; then go back to college again to reapply. I just talked to the Lady in charge of Blue Water Clubhouse and I found out that there’s a man that just got hired to drive the club members home that can help me with reading, writing, math. That’s great.
My goal in life is to do Medical Records.
Also at home I have a computer I bought from the Clubhouse for $10.00 and it works great for me because I get to practice my typing skills.
From Christine 6-26-09
TEN COMMANDMENTS FOR PEACE OF MIND
TEN COMMANDMENTS FOR PEACE OF MIND
Peace of mind is the most sought after ‘commodity’ in human life. It appears that most of us are of perpetual restlessness. On analyzing the causes of this restlessness, I have ventured to find for myself ten solutions that need to be followed religiously if we are serious about achieving perfect peace of mind.
Do not interfere in other’s business
Most of us create our own problems by interfering too often in other’s affairs. We do so because somehow we have convinced ourselves that our way they because they are prompted to do so by the Divine within them. There is God to look after everything. Why are you bothered? Mind your own business and you will have your peace.
Forget and forgive
This is the most powerful powerful aid to peace of mind. We often nuture ill feeling inside our heart for the person who insults or harms us. We forget that the insult or injury was done to us once but by nourishing the grievance we go on excavating the wound forever. Therefore it is essential that we cultivate the art of forgiving and forgetting. Believe in the justice of God and the doctrine of Karma. Let Him judge the act of the one who insulted you. Life is too short to waste in such triflels. Forget, forgive and march on.
Do not crave for recognition
This world is full of selfish people. They seldom praise anybody without selfish motive. They may praise you today because you are rich and have power but no sooner you are powerless, they will forget your achievement and start criticizing you.
Moreover, no one is perfect. Then why do you value the words of praise of another mortal like you? Why do you crave for recognition? Believe in yourself. People’s praises do not last long. Do you duties ethically and sincerely and leave the rest to God.
Do not be jealous
We all have experienced how jealousy can disturb our peace of mind. You know you work harder than your colleagues in the office but they get promotions, you do not. You started a business several years ago but you are not as successful as your neighbor whose business is only one year old. Should you be jealous? No, remember everyone’s life is shaped by his previous Karma that has now become his destiny. If you are destined to be rich, not all the world can stop you. If you are not so destined, no one can help you either. Nothing will be gained by blaming others for your misfortune. Jealousy will not get you anywhere, but will only give you restlessness.
Change yourself according to the environment
If you try to change the environment single handedly, the chances are you may fail. Instead, change yourself to suit the environment. As you do this, the environment, which has remained unfriendly for you, will mysteriously appear to be congenial and harmonious.
Endure what cannot be cured
This is the best way to turn a disadvantage into an advantage. Every day we face numerous inconveniences, ailments, irritations and accidents that are beyond our control. We must learn to bear them cheerfully thinking, “God will it so, so be it.” God’s logic is beyond our comprehension. Believe it and you will gain in patience, in inner strength, in will power.
Do not bite more than you can chew
This maxim should always be remembered. We often tend to take more responsibilities than we are capable to carry out. This is done to satisfy our ego. Know your limitations. Spend your free time on prayers, introspection and meditation. This will reduce those thoughts in your mind, which make you restless. Fewer the thoughts, greater is the peace of mind.
Meditate regularly
Meditation makes the mind thoughtless. This is the highest state of peace of mind. Try and experience it. If you earnestly meditate for a half an hour every day, you will tend to become calm during the remaining twenty-three and half hours. Your mind will not be disturbed as much as before. This will increase your efficiency and you will turn out more work in less time.
Never leave the mind vacant
An empty mind is devil’s workshop. All evil deeds start in the mind. Keep your mind occupied in something positive, something worthwhile. Actively follow a hobby. You must decide what you value more – money or peace of mind. Your hobby, like social work may not always earn you more money, but you will have a sense of fulfillment and achievement. Even if you are resting physically, occupy yourself in healthy reading or mental chatting of God’s name (japa).
Do not procrastinate and never regret
Do not waste time in wondering “should I or shouldn’t I?” Days, weeks, months and years may be wasted in that futile mental debating. You can never plan enough because you can never anticipate all future happenings. Always God has his own plan too. Value your time and do things. It does not matter if you fail the first time. You can rectify your mistakes and succeed the next time. Sitting back and worrying will lead to nothing. Learn from your mistakes but do not brood over the past. DO NOT REGRET? Whatever happened was destined to happen only that way. Take it as the will of God. You do not have the power to alter the course of God’s will. Why cry?
May God help you remain at peace
With yourself and with the world
Om shanti shanti shanty
http://hinduism.about.com/od/selfdevelopment/a/peaceofmind.htm
Peace of mind is the most sought after ‘commodity’ in human life. It appears that most of us are of perpetual restlessness. On analyzing the causes of this restlessness, I have ventured to find for myself ten solutions that need to be followed religiously if we are serious about achieving perfect peace of mind.
Do not interfere in other’s business
Most of us create our own problems by interfering too often in other’s affairs. We do so because somehow we have convinced ourselves that our way they because they are prompted to do so by the Divine within them. There is God to look after everything. Why are you bothered? Mind your own business and you will have your peace.
Forget and forgive
This is the most powerful powerful aid to peace of mind. We often nuture ill feeling inside our heart for the person who insults or harms us. We forget that the insult or injury was done to us once but by nourishing the grievance we go on excavating the wound forever. Therefore it is essential that we cultivate the art of forgiving and forgetting. Believe in the justice of God and the doctrine of Karma. Let Him judge the act of the one who insulted you. Life is too short to waste in such triflels. Forget, forgive and march on.
Do not crave for recognition
This world is full of selfish people. They seldom praise anybody without selfish motive. They may praise you today because you are rich and have power but no sooner you are powerless, they will forget your achievement and start criticizing you.
Moreover, no one is perfect. Then why do you value the words of praise of another mortal like you? Why do you crave for recognition? Believe in yourself. People’s praises do not last long. Do you duties ethically and sincerely and leave the rest to God.
Do not be jealous
We all have experienced how jealousy can disturb our peace of mind. You know you work harder than your colleagues in the office but they get promotions, you do not. You started a business several years ago but you are not as successful as your neighbor whose business is only one year old. Should you be jealous? No, remember everyone’s life is shaped by his previous Karma that has now become his destiny. If you are destined to be rich, not all the world can stop you. If you are not so destined, no one can help you either. Nothing will be gained by blaming others for your misfortune. Jealousy will not get you anywhere, but will only give you restlessness.
Change yourself according to the environment
If you try to change the environment single handedly, the chances are you may fail. Instead, change yourself to suit the environment. As you do this, the environment, which has remained unfriendly for you, will mysteriously appear to be congenial and harmonious.
Endure what cannot be cured
This is the best way to turn a disadvantage into an advantage. Every day we face numerous inconveniences, ailments, irritations and accidents that are beyond our control. We must learn to bear them cheerfully thinking, “God will it so, so be it.” God’s logic is beyond our comprehension. Believe it and you will gain in patience, in inner strength, in will power.
Do not bite more than you can chew
This maxim should always be remembered. We often tend to take more responsibilities than we are capable to carry out. This is done to satisfy our ego. Know your limitations. Spend your free time on prayers, introspection and meditation. This will reduce those thoughts in your mind, which make you restless. Fewer the thoughts, greater is the peace of mind.
Meditate regularly
Meditation makes the mind thoughtless. This is the highest state of peace of mind. Try and experience it. If you earnestly meditate for a half an hour every day, you will tend to become calm during the remaining twenty-three and half hours. Your mind will not be disturbed as much as before. This will increase your efficiency and you will turn out more work in less time.
Never leave the mind vacant
An empty mind is devil’s workshop. All evil deeds start in the mind. Keep your mind occupied in something positive, something worthwhile. Actively follow a hobby. You must decide what you value more – money or peace of mind. Your hobby, like social work may not always earn you more money, but you will have a sense of fulfillment and achievement. Even if you are resting physically, occupy yourself in healthy reading or mental chatting of God’s name (japa).
Do not procrastinate and never regret
Do not waste time in wondering “should I or shouldn’t I?” Days, weeks, months and years may be wasted in that futile mental debating. You can never plan enough because you can never anticipate all future happenings. Always God has his own plan too. Value your time and do things. It does not matter if you fail the first time. You can rectify your mistakes and succeed the next time. Sitting back and worrying will lead to nothing. Learn from your mistakes but do not brood over the past. DO NOT REGRET? Whatever happened was destined to happen only that way. Take it as the will of God. You do not have the power to alter the course of God’s will. Why cry?
May God help you remain at peace
With yourself and with the world
Om shanti shanti shanty
http://hinduism.about.com/od/selfdevelopment/a/peaceofmind.htm
WHAT IS MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS?
WHAT IS UULTIPLE SCLEROSIS?
Multiple Sclerosis affects the central nervous system, comprised of the brain and spinal cord. In the CNS, nerve fibers or axons are surrounded by a layer of insulation called myelin. Myelin allows nerve signals to travel properly.
In MS, the myelin is destroyed (demyelination) on the brain and spinal cord. The scarring disrupts transmission of messages that communicate a desired action from the brain, through the spinal cord, to various parts of the body. The inflammation produced by MS damages the axons themselves and can cause permanent loss of function. The cells that produce myelin can also be damaged. This limits the ability of the brain to repair damaged myelin.
It is impossible to predict the severity or progression of any given individual. To better develop appropriate management plans, MS is divided into four classifications:’
Relapsing-Remitting-clearly defined attacks lasting from days to weeks, with full recovery or with some remaining neurological symptoms and deficits upon recovery. Periods between relapses are stable and absent of disease progression. This is by far the most common form of disease.
Secondary-Progressive-begins initially with a relapsing-remitting course that becomes consistently progressive. Deficits are accumulated without recovery between attacks.
Primary-Progressive-progression of level of disability from the onset without any distinct relapses of remissions. Temporary, minor improvements may be experienced.
Progressive-Relapsing-clear progression in disability level from the onset, but also clear acute relapses that may or may not include memory.
Multiple Sclerosis affects the central nervous system, comprised of the brain and spinal cord. In the CNS, nerve fibers or axons are surrounded by a layer of insulation called myelin. Myelin allows nerve signals to travel properly.
In MS, the myelin is destroyed (demyelination) on the brain and spinal cord. The scarring disrupts transmission of messages that communicate a desired action from the brain, through the spinal cord, to various parts of the body. The inflammation produced by MS damages the axons themselves and can cause permanent loss of function. The cells that produce myelin can also be damaged. This limits the ability of the brain to repair damaged myelin.
It is impossible to predict the severity or progression of any given individual. To better develop appropriate management plans, MS is divided into four classifications:’
Relapsing-Remitting-clearly defined attacks lasting from days to weeks, with full recovery or with some remaining neurological symptoms and deficits upon recovery. Periods between relapses are stable and absent of disease progression. This is by far the most common form of disease.
Secondary-Progressive-begins initially with a relapsing-remitting course that becomes consistently progressive. Deficits are accumulated without recovery between attacks.
Primary-Progressive-progression of level of disability from the onset without any distinct relapses of remissions. Temporary, minor improvements may be experienced.
Progressive-Relapsing-clear progression in disability level from the onset, but also clear acute relapses that may or may not include memory.
A WOMAN, CHER BEAR SUFFERS FROM AN UNFORTUNATE INCIDENT BY CHERYL V.
A WOMAN, CHER BEAR, SUFFERS AN UNFORTUNATE INCIDENT
INTRODUCTION:
The Johnsons had a 150 year old farmhouse renovated along with having a barn,
Built and farm land put in around the farmhouse through hired help and got some chickens and goats.
Cher Bear, who had a pleasant personality and brown hair, sat on a stool in the interior of the barn; and progressed to milk the goats like she, usually, does right after feeding the chickens and goats and collecting all the eggs from the chickens at 5:30 in the morning. But one of the goats became very edgy due to inclement weather being on the way. Since, the goat wouldn’t snuggle down, Cher Bear, frantically, tried to snatch the goat by its ropes. But the goat started pulling on the ropes, getting them, wedged around her right hand.
The goat, then, darted around the farm land, dragging her roughly on the ground. The goat kept dragging her, taking her for a rough ride all around the farm land until Donna heard her, screaming. So, ran to the exterior of the farm house, and over to the farm land. She found Cher Bear, still, hanging onto the goat, struggling to tow herself back up onto her feet with her hands. The goat, finally, stopped running and was like a dead beat, down on its’ knees.
Upon Donna, spotting Cher Bear in a struggle with the goat, she loosed her from the ropes; and checked out her hand. She couldn’t put her right hand in motion, which hand had a few busted fingers. So, a doctor came over to the farmhouse, and placed her whole hand in a cast. To Donna’s surprise, she seemed to have, suddenly, become in high spirits, jus because she didn’t have to watch over of any of the animals until her whole hand was healed.
INTRODUCTION:
The Johnsons had a 150 year old farmhouse renovated along with having a barn,
Built and farm land put in around the farmhouse through hired help and got some chickens and goats.
Cher Bear, who had a pleasant personality and brown hair, sat on a stool in the interior of the barn; and progressed to milk the goats like she, usually, does right after feeding the chickens and goats and collecting all the eggs from the chickens at 5:30 in the morning. But one of the goats became very edgy due to inclement weather being on the way. Since, the goat wouldn’t snuggle down, Cher Bear, frantically, tried to snatch the goat by its ropes. But the goat started pulling on the ropes, getting them, wedged around her right hand.
The goat, then, darted around the farm land, dragging her roughly on the ground. The goat kept dragging her, taking her for a rough ride all around the farm land until Donna heard her, screaming. So, ran to the exterior of the farm house, and over to the farm land. She found Cher Bear, still, hanging onto the goat, struggling to tow herself back up onto her feet with her hands. The goat, finally, stopped running and was like a dead beat, down on its’ knees.
Upon Donna, spotting Cher Bear in a struggle with the goat, she loosed her from the ropes; and checked out her hand. She couldn’t put her right hand in motion, which hand had a few busted fingers. So, a doctor came over to the farmhouse, and placed her whole hand in a cast. To Donna’s surprise, she seemed to have, suddenly, become in high spirits, jus because she didn’t have to watch over of any of the animals until her whole hand was healed.
A QUADRAPLEGIC FINDS LOVE BY CHERYL V.
A QUADRAPLEGIC FINDS LOVE
This guy, Mark, with gray hair and a friendly personality, hit his back and neck while trying to dive off the side of a cement pool. He was lying inside the pool, face down; and swallowed a lot of water, and was gasping for breath. Upon a couple of lifeguards noticing the guy, motionless inside the pool, they jumped into the pool with a board. And upon taking the guy out of the pool to the grass; one lifeguard performed CPR on the guy while the other one, called 911.
In no time at all, the paramedics arrived, and checked out the guy who was in coma. Then, the guy was driven off to the hospital. Once, there, a doctor checked him over, thoroughly; as he still was in a coma, the doctor gave him, Morphine for pain, and admitted him.
Once, out of his coma, Mark found, that he couldn’t move a muscle; and therapy for a month’s time, only, got him back the use of his arms and partial use of his fingers.
A girl, Cher Bear, who had given him, therapy, at the hospital, drove him back to his apartment; and moved in with him being she was falling in love with him. She devoted the rest of her life to taking care of him, and even took a one-year course to become a live-in nurse.
This guy, Mark, with gray hair and a friendly personality, hit his back and neck while trying to dive off the side of a cement pool. He was lying inside the pool, face down; and swallowed a lot of water, and was gasping for breath. Upon a couple of lifeguards noticing the guy, motionless inside the pool, they jumped into the pool with a board. And upon taking the guy out of the pool to the grass; one lifeguard performed CPR on the guy while the other one, called 911.
In no time at all, the paramedics arrived, and checked out the guy who was in coma. Then, the guy was driven off to the hospital. Once, there, a doctor checked him over, thoroughly; as he still was in a coma, the doctor gave him, Morphine for pain, and admitted him.
Once, out of his coma, Mark found, that he couldn’t move a muscle; and therapy for a month’s time, only, got him back the use of his arms and partial use of his fingers.
A girl, Cher Bear, who had given him, therapy, at the hospital, drove him back to his apartment; and moved in with him being she was falling in love with him. She devoted the rest of her life to taking care of him, and even took a one-year course to become a live-in nurse.
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
KIDNAPPED BY CHERYL V.
KIDNAPPED
Pearl had her own house, because she jus bought it, being her and her ex-husband John, jus got a divorce. And she didn’t have countless furnishings inside her house yet, except for an old couch bed and a chair in her living room and a twin bed in her bedroom. She jus lost her job as a teacher, being she has been laid off her job due to a union strike. And she jus came home from being out in the streets near the elementary school, she has been teaching at.
She didn’t know what to do with herself, and she was feeling a little tired from all the hassle this union strike, has been causing her. And this strike has been going on for a week not.
She tried to lie down in her couch bed, after laying her jean jacket over the armrest of the couch bed. But she couldn’t seem to get herself to fall asleep. So, being it wasn’t evening, yet, and she wasn’t in a rush to fall asleep, she then, jus made her, as comfy as possible, on her couch bed.
She turned on her television, and was watching the news at this time. But it seemed that the news was, mostly, centered on about this union strike, going on at her school. Since, she couldn’t stand watching all the news, centered on this union strike. Since, it was such a nice day, outside, and the weather was nice and sunny and warm. She, then, was determined, she was going to go outside, and take pleasure in the warm weather, until she became ravenous enough to eat some dinner.
So, she trudged out the door after putting on her jean jacket, and jus sat down on a brown rocker, which was on an open porch in back of her house. As she was sitting, there, enjoying the nice warm air, the skies were somewhat cloudy, but there was a nice breeze outside.
As she was sitting outside, in the distance, the mountains have this bluish haze on top of them. And around the mountains, there were a lot of trees, appearing so beautiful in the distance. That she jus felt an uncanny urge to scurry off her porch. However, she tried to overlook this feeling, as she was sort of tired to be running around. However, the green waters of the deep appeared to be so inviting. And she noticed there were a lot of skiers out in the water, besides some guys surfing on the high waves.
She was becoming so contented, that she felt like she was ready to fall into a slumber before dinner. So, she jus was falling asleep, when she thought, she heard someone around the house. But she wasn’t paying any attention to what was going on around her house.
Jus as she was closing her eyes, she was having the notion; she was bearing in mind, a silhouette in the sand around her house. But she, still, wasn’t aware of what’s going on around her.
Then, to her surprise, some guy, who she couldn’t formulate in her mind, because her eyes were half open, appeared in her backyard, and seemed to come around from nowhere. However, she felt a sweep of wind on her. And the next thing, she knew, some guy seemed to nudge her out of a sound slumber.
As she opened her pretty blue eyes, she, suddenly, started panicking, because right before her eyes, trudging up to the porch and over to her, was some guy, who looked like he may be her ex-husband. But she wasn’t sure if it was imminent, that it was him, because she was half-asleep at this time.
She did happen to notice, that this guy appeared like he hasn’t shaved in days. And he was wearing jeans and a t-shirt, along with a jean jacket. And before she realized what was going on around her, she felt him, placing his right hand over her mouth. So, she couldn’t squeal for help, or shriek bloody murder.
The next thing, she knew, she was trying to mutter some words. However, she couldn’t seem to get any words out of her mouth, because he jus positioned some tape over her mouth. Then, still, being half awake, she noticed him, getting some rope out of his right pocket of his jeans. And then, upon jerking her out of her chair, he laid her on the front porch, while she, still, was in a terror with her heart, feeling like it was going to jump out of her chest.
However, she felt like everything, suddenly, turned black, and then, she was out of it.
He had knocked her downward to the porch, while she was trying to get back up on her feet, again. She was blacked out for a few minutes, and feeling like the earth was caving in around her. While she, still, was blacked out, he took the rope and tied her legs, together, right away,jus in case, she came to, again. So, that she wouldn’t be able to have any likelihood of running away from him. Also, he, then, tied her arms and wrists, together.
Then, jus as she was starting to come to, she couldn’t believe what was going on, because she felt, like he was carrying her, somewhere, half dragging her. She felt like her whole body had turned helpless, because he jus happened to drug her with something. Then, because in walking through the squishy sand with her, her feet, seemed to get jumbled in some tall, green grass, so, he then, picked up her legs. And then, he carried her over to a speedboat, which was yellow and white, and looked streamlined, and an immense one at that.
She wanted to squeal out, again, but found she couldn’t do any screaming, as he ran as fast as his feet could carry him, and over to the docks, where he positioned her right in the bottom of the speedboat. As he was doing so, the clouds above were starting to turn black, and rain started pouring down from the skies. The skies appeared to be so sinister and bloodcurdling to her, as she was coming out of her blackout.
The next thing, she knew, he was hopping onto the front seat of the speedboat, and taking off down the way over to where he has a huge house on the water. On the way, she felt as though she was ready to suffocate to death, from the tape, still, being over her mouth.
As he pulled into the dock, where he, usually, keeps his boat, the waves in the water were starting to get higher. And she could, barely, see the white caps of the waves, as they were bouncing towards the shore.
Both of them were drenched by now from the rain. And it, finally, stopped raining, and the clouds in the sky were starting to break up.
Jus after tying his boat to the dock, he, then, bend over and reached over inside his speedboat, to get her out of his boat. Upon doing so, he ran as fast as his feet would carry him up to his house, which seemed to be huge-looking to her, as he was carrying her up there to the back entry of his house.
This house seemed to be an elegant-looking one, and had white aluminum siding all around it, along with being a tri-level.
As he reached the house with her, still, in his arms, since the bottom of the house was an open area, he jus carried her down the hill, there. And as he was entering that part of the house with her, everything appeared to be black around her.
There jus happened to be an old mattress in this part of the house, and nothing else except for some old and barren-looking table, which appeared as if it needed some stain on it.
As he lay her down on the old mattress, he wouldn’t untie her. But he took the tape off of her mouth, because in being so drugged from what he had given her over at her house, she, still, couldn’t even mutter one word. So, he knew that she wouldn’t be able to shriek for any help, being that he had given her enough drugs to place her in a stupor.
She wasn’t even aware, that she was in any stupor, because at this time, she was feeling, as if she was drunk. And she believed for him to have given her, some booze, and had made her, become drunk.
So, as she lay, there, on the old, tattered mattress, she tried very hard to try to get out of the ropes. But upon struggling found she, couldn’t get out of them, no matter what she tried to do. So, then, as he walked out of that part of the tri-level, before all she could make out was darkness all around her.
She jus didn’t like being alone in the dark, because when she had been a little girl, she had been ensnared inside her parents’ house without any light, one time, when a real bad storm had made all the lights go out in the house. And this storm had, unfortunately, occurred in the nighttime. So, she has been terrified of even being out of the dark of night, ever since, that time of the storm.
While he was going about his own business in another part of the house, getting himself, something to eat and drink, he thought, he’d at least give her, something to drink and some toast. But that’s all he wanted to give her, because he was trying to get some vengeance against her, for getting an annulment from him.
For the rest of the night, she felt as though she was famished to death from lack of food, because he didn’t even have the manners to give her, a respectable supper that night. Though, he kept water near her the rest of the night, in case, she became thirsty.
He was getting dinner ready for himself, and had jus popped a dinner inside the microwave for himself, when he thought, he heard somebody around the house at this time.
Jus as he was parking his butt down to eat; he didn’t know what brought the police to his house. But a cluster of police were surrounding his house, and waiting for him to come out of his house with his arms up. However, he didn’t know what to do at this time, because he had no idea, how the police had found out him, having kidnapped his ex-wife.
He had no idea, how the law enforcement had managed to find them, but one of them let him know, he has to let the girl loose, or that he was going to be blasted to death. So, unwillingly, he freed the girl, who looked ragged-looking and like she hadn’t been cared for in days. So, then, two of the police arrested her ex-husband as he came out of his house into the front with his arms up. Upon the policeman putting handcuffs oh him; he was taken to the police station to await trial.
The girl was carried out from underneath the house by a policeman, as he trudged through the squishy sand on a mild day with sunny skies. And then, upon the policeman walking towards the front the house, and then, proceeding to lay the girl inside the back of the police car, her ex-husband pleaded with her, trying to get her to come back to him. But she jus overlooked him, and being he was trying to pull something on her, one of the policeman took her out of that car, and placed her in back of another one.
The policemen took him right to the police station with handcuffs on, and then, made him, stay, there, in a jail cell to await trial. And the girl arranged to be at his trial. So that she would make sure, he ended receiving what he has deserved from trying to take her, hostage and torture her.
During the trial, he pleaded not guilty to all charges. And then, he ended up in the electric chair, which a bit hard for her to take at first. But the policeman assured her, that he was receiving what he has deserved for months after having all these warrants against him. And during the trial, he found out, that she’s the one, who gave a statement to the police of how he had been torturing her and almost making her, starve to death.
After the trial, then, the girl put her house up for sale, and went back to living with her parents, who got her assistance from a social worker, because she had been battered by her ex-husband. And during the treatment, it was very hard for her to go through with the treatment, because it caused her to whimper at times. But, she, gradually, became her own old self, again. It took her awhile to get through the treatment, because she had to learn not to love her ex-husband, anymore. And she had to push him back into her past through hypnosis, which seemed to work well on her.
After she had endured treatment for about a year’s time, she became the type of women, who wasn’t interested in men, anymore, jus because she didn’t trust men, anymore. And this was due to the fact, that she had been abused by her ex-husband for a long time, even when after she had made a nuptial agreement to him. So, this abuse, he had pulled on her, had been the justification for her annulment from him.
Pearl had her own house, because she jus bought it, being her and her ex-husband John, jus got a divorce. And she didn’t have countless furnishings inside her house yet, except for an old couch bed and a chair in her living room and a twin bed in her bedroom. She jus lost her job as a teacher, being she has been laid off her job due to a union strike. And she jus came home from being out in the streets near the elementary school, she has been teaching at.
She didn’t know what to do with herself, and she was feeling a little tired from all the hassle this union strike, has been causing her. And this strike has been going on for a week not.
She tried to lie down in her couch bed, after laying her jean jacket over the armrest of the couch bed. But she couldn’t seem to get herself to fall asleep. So, being it wasn’t evening, yet, and she wasn’t in a rush to fall asleep, she then, jus made her, as comfy as possible, on her couch bed.
She turned on her television, and was watching the news at this time. But it seemed that the news was, mostly, centered on about this union strike, going on at her school. Since, she couldn’t stand watching all the news, centered on this union strike. Since, it was such a nice day, outside, and the weather was nice and sunny and warm. She, then, was determined, she was going to go outside, and take pleasure in the warm weather, until she became ravenous enough to eat some dinner.
So, she trudged out the door after putting on her jean jacket, and jus sat down on a brown rocker, which was on an open porch in back of her house. As she was sitting, there, enjoying the nice warm air, the skies were somewhat cloudy, but there was a nice breeze outside.
As she was sitting outside, in the distance, the mountains have this bluish haze on top of them. And around the mountains, there were a lot of trees, appearing so beautiful in the distance. That she jus felt an uncanny urge to scurry off her porch. However, she tried to overlook this feeling, as she was sort of tired to be running around. However, the green waters of the deep appeared to be so inviting. And she noticed there were a lot of skiers out in the water, besides some guys surfing on the high waves.
She was becoming so contented, that she felt like she was ready to fall into a slumber before dinner. So, she jus was falling asleep, when she thought, she heard someone around the house. But she wasn’t paying any attention to what was going on around her house.
Jus as she was closing her eyes, she was having the notion; she was bearing in mind, a silhouette in the sand around her house. But she, still, wasn’t aware of what’s going on around her.
Then, to her surprise, some guy, who she couldn’t formulate in her mind, because her eyes were half open, appeared in her backyard, and seemed to come around from nowhere. However, she felt a sweep of wind on her. And the next thing, she knew, some guy seemed to nudge her out of a sound slumber.
As she opened her pretty blue eyes, she, suddenly, started panicking, because right before her eyes, trudging up to the porch and over to her, was some guy, who looked like he may be her ex-husband. But she wasn’t sure if it was imminent, that it was him, because she was half-asleep at this time.
She did happen to notice, that this guy appeared like he hasn’t shaved in days. And he was wearing jeans and a t-shirt, along with a jean jacket. And before she realized what was going on around her, she felt him, placing his right hand over her mouth. So, she couldn’t squeal for help, or shriek bloody murder.
The next thing, she knew, she was trying to mutter some words. However, she couldn’t seem to get any words out of her mouth, because he jus positioned some tape over her mouth. Then, still, being half awake, she noticed him, getting some rope out of his right pocket of his jeans. And then, upon jerking her out of her chair, he laid her on the front porch, while she, still, was in a terror with her heart, feeling like it was going to jump out of her chest.
However, she felt like everything, suddenly, turned black, and then, she was out of it.
He had knocked her downward to the porch, while she was trying to get back up on her feet, again. She was blacked out for a few minutes, and feeling like the earth was caving in around her. While she, still, was blacked out, he took the rope and tied her legs, together, right away,jus in case, she came to, again. So, that she wouldn’t be able to have any likelihood of running away from him. Also, he, then, tied her arms and wrists, together.
Then, jus as she was starting to come to, she couldn’t believe what was going on, because she felt, like he was carrying her, somewhere, half dragging her. She felt like her whole body had turned helpless, because he jus happened to drug her with something. Then, because in walking through the squishy sand with her, her feet, seemed to get jumbled in some tall, green grass, so, he then, picked up her legs. And then, he carried her over to a speedboat, which was yellow and white, and looked streamlined, and an immense one at that.
She wanted to squeal out, again, but found she couldn’t do any screaming, as he ran as fast as his feet could carry him, and over to the docks, where he positioned her right in the bottom of the speedboat. As he was doing so, the clouds above were starting to turn black, and rain started pouring down from the skies. The skies appeared to be so sinister and bloodcurdling to her, as she was coming out of her blackout.
The next thing, she knew, he was hopping onto the front seat of the speedboat, and taking off down the way over to where he has a huge house on the water. On the way, she felt as though she was ready to suffocate to death, from the tape, still, being over her mouth.
As he pulled into the dock, where he, usually, keeps his boat, the waves in the water were starting to get higher. And she could, barely, see the white caps of the waves, as they were bouncing towards the shore.
Both of them were drenched by now from the rain. And it, finally, stopped raining, and the clouds in the sky were starting to break up.
Jus after tying his boat to the dock, he, then, bend over and reached over inside his speedboat, to get her out of his boat. Upon doing so, he ran as fast as his feet would carry him up to his house, which seemed to be huge-looking to her, as he was carrying her up there to the back entry of his house.
This house seemed to be an elegant-looking one, and had white aluminum siding all around it, along with being a tri-level.
As he reached the house with her, still, in his arms, since the bottom of the house was an open area, he jus carried her down the hill, there. And as he was entering that part of the house with her, everything appeared to be black around her.
There jus happened to be an old mattress in this part of the house, and nothing else except for some old and barren-looking table, which appeared as if it needed some stain on it.
As he lay her down on the old mattress, he wouldn’t untie her. But he took the tape off of her mouth, because in being so drugged from what he had given her over at her house, she, still, couldn’t even mutter one word. So, he knew that she wouldn’t be able to shriek for any help, being that he had given her enough drugs to place her in a stupor.
She wasn’t even aware, that she was in any stupor, because at this time, she was feeling, as if she was drunk. And she believed for him to have given her, some booze, and had made her, become drunk.
So, as she lay, there, on the old, tattered mattress, she tried very hard to try to get out of the ropes. But upon struggling found she, couldn’t get out of them, no matter what she tried to do. So, then, as he walked out of that part of the tri-level, before all she could make out was darkness all around her.
She jus didn’t like being alone in the dark, because when she had been a little girl, she had been ensnared inside her parents’ house without any light, one time, when a real bad storm had made all the lights go out in the house. And this storm had, unfortunately, occurred in the nighttime. So, she has been terrified of even being out of the dark of night, ever since, that time of the storm.
While he was going about his own business in another part of the house, getting himself, something to eat and drink, he thought, he’d at least give her, something to drink and some toast. But that’s all he wanted to give her, because he was trying to get some vengeance against her, for getting an annulment from him.
For the rest of the night, she felt as though she was famished to death from lack of food, because he didn’t even have the manners to give her, a respectable supper that night. Though, he kept water near her the rest of the night, in case, she became thirsty.
He was getting dinner ready for himself, and had jus popped a dinner inside the microwave for himself, when he thought, he heard somebody around the house at this time.
Jus as he was parking his butt down to eat; he didn’t know what brought the police to his house. But a cluster of police were surrounding his house, and waiting for him to come out of his house with his arms up. However, he didn’t know what to do at this time, because he had no idea, how the police had found out him, having kidnapped his ex-wife.
He had no idea, how the law enforcement had managed to find them, but one of them let him know, he has to let the girl loose, or that he was going to be blasted to death. So, unwillingly, he freed the girl, who looked ragged-looking and like she hadn’t been cared for in days. So, then, two of the police arrested her ex-husband as he came out of his house into the front with his arms up. Upon the policeman putting handcuffs oh him; he was taken to the police station to await trial.
The girl was carried out from underneath the house by a policeman, as he trudged through the squishy sand on a mild day with sunny skies. And then, upon the policeman walking towards the front the house, and then, proceeding to lay the girl inside the back of the police car, her ex-husband pleaded with her, trying to get her to come back to him. But she jus overlooked him, and being he was trying to pull something on her, one of the policeman took her out of that car, and placed her in back of another one.
The policemen took him right to the police station with handcuffs on, and then, made him, stay, there, in a jail cell to await trial. And the girl arranged to be at his trial. So that she would make sure, he ended receiving what he has deserved from trying to take her, hostage and torture her.
During the trial, he pleaded not guilty to all charges. And then, he ended up in the electric chair, which a bit hard for her to take at first. But the policeman assured her, that he was receiving what he has deserved for months after having all these warrants against him. And during the trial, he found out, that she’s the one, who gave a statement to the police of how he had been torturing her and almost making her, starve to death.
After the trial, then, the girl put her house up for sale, and went back to living with her parents, who got her assistance from a social worker, because she had been battered by her ex-husband. And during the treatment, it was very hard for her to go through with the treatment, because it caused her to whimper at times. But, she, gradually, became her own old self, again. It took her awhile to get through the treatment, because she had to learn not to love her ex-husband, anymore. And she had to push him back into her past through hypnosis, which seemed to work well on her.
After she had endured treatment for about a year’s time, she became the type of women, who wasn’t interested in men, anymore, jus because she didn’t trust men, anymore. And this was due to the fact, that she had been abused by her ex-husband for a long time, even when after she had made a nuptial agreement to him. So, this abuse, he had pulled on her, had been the justification for her annulment from him.
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