http://therescue.invisiblechildren.com

If you ever feel like your life is inside a bubble, the same boring routine. The possibility of change is here.

Once a professor began his class by
holding up a glass with some water in it. He held it up for all to see
and asked the students, “how much do you think this glass weighs?
‘50gms!’?…’100gms…’125gms’….

The students answered, “I really don’t know unless I weigh it.”

The professor said, ‘now, my question is: What would happen if I held it up like this for a few minutes?’

‘Nothing’ the students said.

“OK what would happen if I held it up like this for an hour?” the professor asked.

“Your arm would begin to ache” said one of the students.

“You’re right, now what would happen if I held it for a day?”

“Your arm could go numb; you might have
severe muscle stress & paralysis; have to go to hospital for sure!
Ventured another student”, all the students laughed.

“Very good. But during all this, did the weight of the glass change?” Asked the professor.

“No” was the reply of all the students.

“Then what caused the arm to ache; the
muscle to stress?” After a pause the professor asked “Before my arm
ache, what should I do?”

The students were puzzled.

“Put the glass down!” said one of the students.

“Exactly!” said the professor, “Life’s
problems are exactly like this. Hold it for a few minutes in your head;
they seem OK. Think of them for a long time; they begin to ache. Hold
it even longer; they begin to paralyze you. You will not be able to do
anything.”

It’s important to think of the
challenges (problems) in your life, but EVEN MORE IMPORTANT to ‘put
them down’ at the end of every day before you go to sleep. That way,
you are not stressed, you wake up every day fresh; strong; can handle
any issue, any challenge that comes your way!

Remember to put the glass down everyday!

http://www.vijayforvictory.com/2007/08/put-the-glass-down/

How to write a paper in college/university:




1. Sit in a straight, comfortable chair in a well lit place in front of your
computer.



2. Log onto MSN and ICQ (be sure to go on away!). Check your email.



3. Read over the assignment carefully, to make certain you understand it.



4. Walk down to the vending machines and buy some chocolate to help you
concentrate.



5. Check your email.



6. Call up a friend and ask if he/she wants to go to grab a coffee.  Just
to get settled down and ready to work.



7. When you get back to your room, sit in a straight, comfortable chair in a
clean, well lit place.



8. Read over the assignment again to make absolutely certain you understand it.



9. Check your email.



10. You know, you haven't written to that kid you met at camp since fourth
grade. You'd better write that letter now and get it out of the way so you can
concentrate.



11. Look at your teeth in the bathroom mirror.



12. Grab some mp3z off of kazaa.



13. Check your email. ANY OF THIS SOUND FAMILIAR YET?!



14. MSN chat with one of your friends about the future. (ie summer plans).



15. Check your email.



16. Listen to your new mp3z and download some more.



17. Phone your friend on the other floor and ask if she's started writing yet.
Exchange derogatory emarks about your prof, the

course, the college, the world at large.



18. Walk to the store and buy a pack of gum. You've probably run out.



19. While you've got the gum you may as well buy a magazine and read it.



20. Check your email.



21. Check the newspaper listings to make sure you aren't missing something truly
worthwhile on TV.



22. Play some solitare (or age of legends!).



23. Check out bored.com.



24. Wash your hands.



25. Call up a friend to see how much they have done, probably haven't started
either.



26. Look through your housemate's book of pictures from home. Ask who everyone
is.



27. Sit down and do some serious thinking about your plans for the future.



28. Check to see if bored.com has been updated yet.



29. Check your email and listen to your new mp3z.



30. You should be rebooting by now, assuming that windows is crashing on
schedule.



31. Read over the assignment one more time, just for heck of it.



32. Scoot your chair across the room to the window and watch the sunrise.



33. Lie face down on the floor and moan.



34. Punch the wall and break something.



35. Check your email.



36. Mumble obscenities.



37. 5am - start hacking on the paper without stopping. 6am -paper is finished.



38. Complain to everyone that you didn't get any sleep because you had to write
that stupid paper.



39. Go to class, hand in paper, and leave right away so you can take a nap.
Source : http://asil.logicalinsanity.ca/300college%20paper.html

Popsicle Sticks: 1. Use a wet popsicle stick to apply caulking. 2. Use them as garden markers. Write the type of seeds you have planted on the stick with permanent marker and push into soil.

Borax: Mix 1/4 cup of Borax to a sink full of hot water to get your china sparkling clean. (Be sure to rinse properly before use)

Hair spray: 1. Spray hair spray on freshly polished brass or copper pieces to prevent tarnishing. 2. To remove fresh ink or dye stains on fabric spray with hair spray and then blot.  Wash as soon as possible.

Coffee Grounds: 1. Work used coffee grounds into the soil around rose bushes bushes. 2. The next time you go fishing, add used coffee grounds to your bait box. The grounds are lighter than soil so the worms will be easier to find. The coffee also comes off of hands easier than dirt.

Corks: 1. Attach an old cork to your keys before you go boating: if they fall into the water they will float. 2. Burn the end of a cork and use as face black at  Halloween.

Buttons: Replace lost game pieces with buttons that are the appropriate colors. Perfect for bingo and backgammon.

Plastic Jugs: 1. String several plastic jugs ( the type with the handle) on long lines to mark designated swimming areas at the cottage. 2. Cut the bottom from a plastic jug with a handle and use as a scoop. This is especially handy for pet food and large bags of potting soil.

Bottle Caps: 1. Screw or nail bottle caps upside down in rows onto a piece of plywood

to make a boot scraper. 2. String caps together and hang in your gardens. They will scare the birds away.

Tennis Balls: 1. When the kids are feeling artistic and want to paint pictures, cut a tennis ball in half and make a hole in the middle and slip their paintbrush through the hole. The tennis ball will catch the drips that would otherwise run down their arms. 2. Hang a tennis ball from a string from the garage ceiling so that the ball touches the windshield when the car is being parked. When the ball touches the windshield, you are where you should be.

Old Hammocks: 1. Using two hooks, hang an old hammock high up in the garage,basement or utility area to store footballs, soccer balls or other sports equipment. 2. Using hooks, hang a hammock kitty-corner in your child..s play room or bedroom to store stuffed toys.

Tea Bags: 1. Apply wet tea bags to burns or scrapes to ease the pain (Chamomile is best as it is more soothing than regular tea) 2. Plants will thrive when watered with weak tea one every week or two.

Tires: Old tires painted bright colors make perfect planters for strawberries or flowers.

Aquariums: The old aquarium that the kids lost interest in but is still sitting in the garage. Haul it back into the house and use it to plant an indoor herb garden. Aquariums are also just the thing to use to force bulbs so that your winter days can be bright with color.

Old Headboards: Old brass headboards make unique garden trellises.

Pantyhose: 1. Cut the entire leg off of pantyhose and use to stake tomatoes in the veggie garden. They wont dig into the plants like string. 2. Use old pantyhose to store onions so they don't sprout. Fill the legs with onions, tying a knot after each onion and hang in a cool dark place. When you need an onion, just cut between the bottom knot. 3. Use pantyhose feet to strain paint that  has been sitting. They fabric will catch any chunks that may have formed.

Dried Beans: 1. Place a handful ofdried beans in a pie shell and bake when your recipe calls for a pre-baked shell. The beans will prevent the bottom of the shell from puffing up. 2. For quick relief of neck pain, fill a sock 3/4 full of dried beans and microwave for two minutes. Wrap sock around neck and enjoy the heat.

Denture Tablets: Soak stained tea cups and spoons in warm water with a denture tablet over night. In the morning the stains will be gone.

Beer: 1. Rinsing hair with beer will leave it shiny and manageable. 2. Pour a small amount of beer into jar and make a small hole in the jar lid . Place jars around your yard/garden to trap bugs. The beer will attract them, but they won..t be able to escape.

Bread: 1. Put ½ slice of bread into the container with your brown sugar container. The bread will prevent the sugar from going hard. 2. Use a piece of bread to pick up small shards of broken glass. They will stick to the bread rather than piercing your skin.

Dental Floss: 1. Sew rips in leather garments with Dental floss. It is stronger than regular thread. (If the leather is a dark color, darken it with a magic marker before sewing) 2. Use dental floss to cut a cake into two layers. It does a better job than a knife.

http://www.bukisa.com/articles/12865_how-to-use-common-household-products-in-very-uncommon-ways

     Alright, so I had two exams on the same day, and one right after another. The first exam was an exam that the university requires you to take at some point after your third year.  It's a writing exam that is supposed to measure your writing proficiency.  At any rate, I was told to bring a dictionary and thesaurus for the exam, so I thought, this is going to be some hardcore shit. I mean, at my level, I sound like I'm speaking another language when I speak "Biology." 
     I was a little nervous on what to expect, so naturally, I did not study. But good thing I did not waste my time.  When I finished all of the details of signing in, I sat down and began to read.  The exam had to be at least 400 words or 3 to 4 pages. I had to choose between two of the following topics.  1.) Write about a good or bad job experience. or 2.) Write about a time when someones been either a good or bad friend.  To this, I completely melted down.  Here I go, thinking I might give opinions on our current university politics or something more formal, but NO. I sat there gripping my pencil wanting to bitch slap the idiots who charged me money to take this waste of fucking time.  They should of told me to turn in one of my biology papers. I was honestly thinking of writing an essay on how this was a stupid fucking exam and a waste of time and money; hell, I was willing to give three strong paragraphs with supporting reasons and sub reasons. OMFG!  There I was,  pissed about the retarded question some idiot conjured up.  I picked the second one because I thought it would be easier to milk for 3 to 4 fucking pages.  I felt like I was writing to a fucking retard who must drool and pull his hair out reading the huge pile of shit I was laying on paper.  At any rate, I drew blood with every paragraph I finished.  I honestly had to stop myself from writing down about the time we got pulled over with two fat blunts stuffed with the good shiet. Well,  That didn't really happen to me, but I knew the story, someone started crying like a little bitch and someone decided to eat the blunts. Funny stuff, really.  I was also thinking about writing about how one of my friends drove me home from that frat party; I was so fucked up. I couldn't find my car and I lit a cigarrette, backwards. I should of wrote about Harry Potter.  LOL, about the time I saved Hermione from a fucking troll.  If only I would of thought about that sooner. No, I stuck with some boring elementary story.  I left there pissed about the crap I was turning in, but the stupid fucking choices they gave me literally begged me for it.  I would of done a marvelous job telling you the biochemistry behind photosynthesis or how to extract DNA from any vegetable with nothing but vodka and a blender.  Well, that was that, I hope I passed.  I think it taking me out of my comfort zone is what really got to me. 

   So the second exam came from the love of my fucking life, computer Science bullshit programming waste of fucking time class.  Now I was not sweating this exam, I made a 94 on my first exam, so I was pretty sharpened, just a bit annoyed; this arse decided to give us this second exam today and a final next week. At any rate, I met up with my mates to study. I won't disclose the details of that session, but I was pleased with the results. The exam had two parts to it. I know I must have gotten at least 90% of the points for a total of 50 from the first part, but the second part, the other 50 points fucked it all up.  The second part was a programming assignment from before but with an added modification.  If it wasn't for my friend Kelly, I would of had started from scratch.  So I literally had begun that part of the exam with 90% of it completed and correct.   The only problem I had was trying to get this stupid bar graph to display the output. I knew the output, but converting that was the problem, so time ran out and that part didn't work.  Fine, I thought, two sentences of code compared to a paragraph plus GUI of the project completed should give me enough points to keep my >90% test average, right? WRONG! The cocksucker decided to mention that the stupid, two sentence of code, graphic was worth 25 points out of 50! Are you fucking serious!?!  OMFG, you are a fucking cock! Yes, I had 90% of the code done, but was it my fault that I already had that code because it was from a previous project?! I mean I feel for everyone who did not have that code with them to begin with.  This shit smelling, asshole decided to make those two sentences worth 25 points.  The highest I can make is a 75%?  There goes my "A" average.  SHIT SHIT SHIT!
  

Mexico 3 - Jamaica 0

 

Poor, poor, Jamaica, though I admit, Mexico sometime fails that way to me when she faces big teams like a synchronized Argentina or Brazil.  Least to say that Jamaica's poor act in Mexico City made the Mexican selection shine bright.  Mexico won by three goals that were nothing short of spectacular.  The goals were well defined and poorly defended.   

Mexico saved themeselves from a defeat against Honduras. 

     Sven-Goran Eriksson aka, El Calaverin, looked a fright during most of the match as he saw his new Mexican squad trying desperately to gel together with their new futbolistic responsibilities.  Mexico suffered a goal against in the first quarter to send them into half-time with the weight of the Aztec Stadium on their backs. I blame Oswaldo for that one, I don't know if it was just me, but I saw that ball go towards that far post in slow motion; meaning, maybe he didn't stretch or move fast enough to cover it, meaning, that Guillermo Ochoa might of had fresher legs....As a thing I always do, I didn't speak during the entire game, call it my niche response to not jinx the match, I acted out all my emotions of excitement and frustration in sheer pantomime.  CORRECTION; I broke the silence on that second goal with a, "PAVEEEELLLLL! GOOOAALL!" 
     This was Calaverins first gig as manager and he showed his quality as he quickly made adjustments in the second half that brought immediate results.  Let me just say that I fear the day players like Pavel and Cuahtehmoc leave the squad because I dont see any one replacing them just yet.  All in all, Mexico looked refreshed after Pavel Pardos magnificent goals.  After those two, the Mexican squad loosened up a bit and seemed to have things under control.  Mexico 2-Honduras 1.

Another player making his debut, which I think was stellar, was PUMAS's, Leandro Augusto, El Gato Azteca, pelos dorados...I mean he did get his hair did, I saw the golden locks bounce in unison like one of those chicks in those Pantene commericials.  There was a whole bunch of contraversy because he is a Brazilian born, Mexican Naturalized player, but let me say,  HE DID THAT SHIT!  He made a better play of game than that TERRIBLE, OVERRATED, Kiss ASS, Gerardo Torrado could ever muster.   

Other players that weren't up to snuff in this game were, Giovanni Dos Santos, well, I just think that position he was in was unfavorable, but he did just play mediocre. 

Rafa Marquez did give me a couple of scares in terms of his defensive responsibilities during most of the first half...He needs to stay in the back and NOT ATTACK! 


Player of the match went to Pavel Pardo.  Salcido and Guardado made very important plays.

Hasta luego...Mexico- Jamaica   SEPTEMBER 6, 2008  

....

It doesn't interest me what you do for a living. I want to know what you ache for, and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart's longing. It doesn't interest me how old you are. I want to know if you will risk looking like a fool for love, for your dreams, for the adventure of being alive. It doesn't interest me what planets are squaring your moon. I want to know if you have touched the centre of your own sorrow, if you have been opened by life's betrayals or have become shrivelled and closed from fear of further pain. I want to know if you can sit with pain, mine or your own, without moving to hide it or fade it or fix it. I want to know if you can be with joy mine or your own. if you can dance with wildness and let the ecstasy fill you to the tips of your fingers and toes without cautioning us to be careful, be realistic, remember the limitations of being human. It doesn't interest me if the story you are telling me is true. I want to know if you can disappoint another to be true to yourself. If you can bear the accusation of betrayal and not betray your own soul. If you can be faithless and therefore trustworthy. I want to know if you can see Beauty even when it is not pretty every day, and if you can source your own life from its presence. I want to know if you can live with failure, yours and mine, and still stand at the edge of the lake and shout to the silver of the full moon,"Yes." It doesn't interest me to know where you live, or how much money you have. I want to know if you can get up after the night of grief and despair, weary and bruised to the bone, and do what needs to be done to feed the children. It doesn't interest me who you know or how you came to be here. I want to know if you will stand in the centre of the fire with me and not shrink back. It doesn't interest me where or what or with whom you have studied. I want to know what sustains you from the inside when all else falls away. I want to know if you can be alone with yourself, and if you truly like the company you keepin the empty moments.

© Oriah Mountain Dreamer, from the book The Invitation published by HarperSanFrancisco, 1999