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I feel that smart people ask questions alot. But they also listen to the answer. Its common knowlage that people with higher I.Q.'s ask many questions, but its not very well known that simply listening to an answer is enough.



I went to the doctors the other day for my routine check up, and she asked what pill I am on. I told her, and she mentioned to me that there have been a series of lawsuits against that particular company/brand due to having a higher risk of possible blood clots. She then told me the statistics of getting a clot from that pill, and it turns out I have a 2 in 100,000 year chance of getting one. A pill with a lower doseage of hormones gives you a 1 in 100,000 year chance of getting a clot.

Interesting, no?

Now, this quick little question lead to a greater disscussion on the pill. She then explained to me what exactly the pill does. I found this interesting:

The two hormones in a womans body that cause the period are estrogen and progesterone. Estrogen levels rise slowly as the lining of the uterus begins, at a point, it slowly reaches its peak, and that is when the women is ovulating (when the egg is ready for fertilization). As the estrogen slowly decreases, the progesterone spikes up and that is when a woman has her period. The progesterone releases the lining from the body, and actually prevents more lining from forming.

So, the birth control pill gives the body an equal doseage of these two hormones, so that they cancle eachother out, and no lining is formed. Now, when a woman stops taking that pill for the one week, the body builds up a lining in two days. the woman has her period for three days, or until the lining is completely gone, leaving one or two days after of no period, or pill taking.

Heres the kicker: If a woman decides she doesn't want to have her period for a while, and continues to take the pill and skips her period, no harm no foul. It won't have a negative effect on the body. Infact, the only reason women do this is a result of a decision made by the pope. When birth control first came out, church still ruled over government, so doctors had to go to the Pope for permission to distribute this new pill legally. Since this pill defys God in the sence of childbearing, the pope asked if the women could still have her period. The doctors decided to tell the pope they could, as long as they didn't take the pill for a week. This gave the go ahead for the pill. So women who didn't want children could still have their period to decieve their husbands.



See what you learn when you just listen?

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DarkxSidexOfxThexMoon
21:53 Aug 22 2011

Interesting story.. Didn't know the pope anecdote, but did learn the rest in biology class.



Love! the title of this entry though! :)



Next auction piece.. Leonardo da Vinci's napkin :)

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There's an elderly man who comes in almost every day. His wife is dying of lung cancer, and today he told me that they will be keeping her there "for the rest of her life". He couldn't say until she passes, or something along the lines of admitting to her death. i couldn't help but feel sorry for him. Not because of his wife dying, but because he was in denial about it. I hate to see older persons dreading the thought of losing their spouse, or even dying of a broken heart. i don't mean to be cruel, but it's expected. You're dying the moment you hit your physical peak. I'm sorry, but you should be expecting this. You should have prepared for it the moment you knew she had cancer...

Luckily I din't say anything like this too him, I just hugged him, told him I was sad to hear and gave him his coffee. Theres nothing else I could have done. A nineteen year old isn't going to help him get over this.

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xVIRUSx
19:52 Aug 18 2011

I'm sorry you have to go through this. I've been through the same things working at the nursing home. Denial is a long step in the stages of death. Just gotta keep on chugging till the train stops I guess. It's sad, but eventually he will come to terms.

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Isis101
00:34 Aug 19 2011

True. Better to keep your thought to yourself, and be professional and friendly with the man.

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A while ago I saw a girl with a Marie Antoinette (spelling?) tattoo, that had the famous quote "Let them eat cake." underneath it. So, being the prick that I am, I told her that the quote actually isn't hers, it's from critics who tried to make her look dumb (this is true). She became very angry with me, and said "Fucking thanks... cunt." To which I retorted, "Not a problem my dear, but you shouldn't get mad at me for pointing out a mistake YOU made." She then flipped me off and walked away with her friend, both giving me dirty looks.



A man came into the shop today. He looked homeless, and talked to himself. He sat in the shop for about an hour, and just talked and talked, muttering under his breath. He had a coin purse that was in the shape of a teaddy bear that used to have a red backpack, but that part was ripped off. It was very worn down and dirty... alot like him.

He mumbled on about some young man calling his sister a saddist, and how he this man slept with her every night, and he also mentiond an apartment he recently moved into. None of it was consistant.

When he left, he rode away on a worn down motorcyle. It looked like it was made from scrap metal.

After he left i regretted not sitting down beside him and just listening more intently to what he was saying. I wouldn't say he was crazy, just not all there.

My tutor from a couple years ago told me about a friend of his who was a custodian for an asylum. He had walked past a room with a man inside who sufferd from severe schizophrenia. The man was talking with someone else in the room (no one was there) about the exsistance of God, and what proof could be given. From what the custodian heard, this disscussion had a lot of substance and deep thought to it.

Whenever someone is not all there, and they talk to themselves, I regret not sitting beside them. They always have the most interesting things to say to themselves, or the people in their heads.

Last night, I remembered a very important fact: When the Zombies come, the fatties will go first. So on a whim I wrote down in my goal book to start up an exersize routine. And so far I feel confident about it. I've done this many times before, but of course, they fall through. I'm sticking with this though, I don't want to be a living dead happy meal.



Secondly, starting tomorrow, I will begin working on a character for my animation portfolio. I may just stick with an animal this time, it all really depends. I will take this school year seriously, and since Cam wont be going to the same college this year, I will have little to no distraction. I need to get these portfolios done, I'm not fucking up again.



This entry is mostly for myself... It's a kind of reassurance and push to keep these tasks up. I need to get my life back on track, I've done enough soul searching for one summer.

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Nicnic
22:47 Aug 15 2011

Zombie plans are just as important as a natural disaster plan.



Also, one must make a raptor plan.

That one is often overlooked. When it's too late...

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