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gugracious
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Gender: Female
Interests: Music (listening to it and falling asleep to it and making it and making mixes of it and one day maybe writing it), beating boys at knockout, tennis, stamp collecting, pilates, watching reality TV, karaoke, playing big sister, gospel choir
Expertise: agonizing over my cultural identity (or lack thereof), listening to people debate passionately about their opinions and chiming in for both sides whenever i feel like it
Industry: Other
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Member Since:
3/2/2003
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| I never thought it would happen to me.
So yesterday, when I was walking around after church on a busy street full of shops, out of nowhere I feel some gloop hit me on the side of my face. Yes, I was on the receiving end of a newly taken dump by some bird.
I am proud to say that I didn't react too girly and panicky, I guess because I wasn't sure what had just happened since I couldn't see the poop on my face. Props to Jason for cleaning it up with a relatively straight face. I think if the bird had pooped on him I would have cracked up while trying to clean it.
It was suprisingly easy to clean while still fresh, just wiped it off with a tissue and then ducked into a Starbucks to rinse off.
So the moral of the story is...everybody POOPS and everybody can be POOPED ON. | | |
| a (10:42:30 AM): i am finding out that . . .
a (10:42:35 AM): caucasians
a (10:42:46 AM): are not really into the whole ivy league thing
b (10:42:50 AM): LOL
a (10:42:52 AM): _____'s never heard of upenn
a (10:42:56 AM): nor did _____'s parents
b (10:42:59 AM): no way!!!!
a (10:43:03 AM): i'm soooo serioussss
b (10:43:04 AM): that's WEIRD
a (10:43:25 AM): my physical therapist
a (10:43:28 AM): has never heard of upenn either
a (10:43:29 AM): hahah
a (10:43:36 AM): i think it's totally an asian thing
a (10:44:08 AM): _____ seriously thought i was choosing a state school over another state school | | |
| Subject: FW: Health Hazard, please read
No plastics in microwave.
No water bottles in freezer.
No plastic wrap in microwave
Johns Hopkins has recently sent this out in their newsletters worth
noting... This information is being circulated at Walter Reed Army
Medical Center. Dioxin Carcinogens cause cancer, especially breast cancer. Don't freeze
your plastic water bottles with water as this also releases dioxins in the
plastic. Dr. Edward Fujimoto from Castle hospital was on a TV program explaining
this health hazard. (He is the manager of the Wellness Program at the
hospital.) He was talking about dioxins and how bad they are for us. He said that
we should not be heating our food in the microwave using plastic
containers. This applies to foods that contain fat. He said that the
combination of fat, high heat and plastics releases dioxins into the food and ultimately
into the cells of the body. Dioxins are carcinogens and highly toxic to the
cells of our bodies. Instead, he recommends using glass, Corning Ware, or
ceramic containers for heating food. You get the same results, without the
dioxins. So such things as TV dinners, instant ramen and soups, etc.,
should be removed from the container and heated in something else Paper isn't bad
but you don't know what is in the paper. It's just safer to use tempered
glass, Corning Ware, etc. He said we might remember when some of the fast food
restaurants moved away from the foam containers to paper. The dioxin
problem is one of the reasons.
To add to this, Saran wrap placed over foods as they are nuked, with
the high heat, actually drips poisonous toxins into the food, use paper
towels.
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I spent two years volunteering in inner-city DC with some other lovely ladies at Little Lights Urban Ministries, helping to run a once-a-week after-school program for kids 4-8 years old called Tiny Lights. The kids I taught and played with really have a special place in my heart and have impacted who I am today in many ways. So it breaks my heart to hear this news...
Donovan Tolson, who lived at Potomac Gardens and participated in our programs, passed away today at Children's Hospital. The accident which took his life occurred at Potomac Gardens on Wednesday.
We are writing because Donovan was such a unique and precious person. He had already overcome so much at a young age. Abandoned at the hospital as a baby by a drug addicted birth mother (whom I think he has never met), he was taken in and adopted by someone who lives at Potomac Gardens.
In the past few months, he had come back to Little Lights after leaving the after-school program. He really came back changed and he improved his behavior and attitude every day. He had a beautiful smile and warm eyes that connected with you immediately. He was an early riser, too. Ms. Bonita said the first thing she would see every morning at Potomac Gardens was Donovan playing around outside.
My daughter Kayla, who is Korean-American and two years old, attended Tiny Lights just two Fridays ago. Donovan was there and as a six-year old, really took care of her. He held her hand and my wife said how he played less with other kids his age to help Kayla. One of my last images of Donovan was him holding my daughter's hand helping her down a step at the front gate of the church before getting onto the van to go back to Potomac Gardens.
I know most of you never got to know Donovan, but I hope you can in some way join us in celebrating his life. He had a natural kindness that is rarely seen even in adults. He will be missed. If you feel led, please say a short prayer for him and his family.
Blessings,
Steven Park | | |
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