On most Saturdays in the fall Exposition Park is where Trojan fans assemble for the traditional ritual of tailgating, but on this Saturday Angelinos assembled at Exposition Park for a different cause. Thousands joined in the 2nd annual Lupus Walk Los Angeles. Lupus is an autoimmune disease that affects (1) out of every (200) Americans. After missing it last year, I was determined to walk the entire 3 miles this year. There were teams everywhere with Butterfly logos, signs, and banners. I slowly started to really absorb being surrounded by all of this positive support. It was in a sense aspiring to continue on and give an extra effort for the cause and my recovery.
Yet, as the “Yesi” Team stood waiting for the walk to start we realized at how many of the banners read “RIP”. My friend turned to me with a perplexed look on her face and asked me, “Yesi, people die from Lupus?” I sadly answered, “Yes.” I was amazed as well at how many people were walking for patients that had been killed by this disease. I noticed that all of the pictures were of young girls and as I started to walk I started to appreciate the fact that I was able to walk at this event and was getting healthy. As the cliché goes “the grass is always greener on the other side” and in my case I’m on the greener side and I’m really grateful.
So my rundown is that sometimes it is hard to appreciate the little things in life and in my case as a Lupus patient, I got a hard lesson in life. Therefore I am grateful for everything that I can do and for all of those that surround me. Thanks to everyone that came out to support! Much love!
Monday, October 20, 2008
Monday, October 13, 2008
Playing Fair
In the movie 50 first dates Adam Sandler’s character, Henry, breaks up with his girlfriend by telling her that he is a spy that has to go undercover to another country so he will not be able to see her again. While this scene was upsetting to me, it made me realize how honesty and confrontation are really hard for some people to the point that they have to sort of weasel their way out of it and unless the other person finds out they are basically “Scott Free”. Or are they?
After talking to a friend that was recently dumped I was perplexed by her story. It is bad enough that breakups are hard to deal with, but for her the wound was worsened when she found out that her boyfriend had lied to her when he broke up with her. He initially told her he needed “space” and needed to find himself, yet two months later she found out he had a girlfriend. In reality he didn’t need any “space” he just didn’t want to be with her anymore. This made me wonder, “Is there a real way to break up with someone?” And how do you do it without hurting feelings? I think for some “Breaking up” is almost a necessary evil especially if the relationship is not healthy anymore or the spark is gone. Most of the time in a situation like this if both parties are “Adults” it will hurt, but their will be a mutual agreement.
My rundown is just to be as honest as possible, because not only are you being honest with the other person, but yourself as well. You have to treat others as you would like to be treated. When someone breaks up with you, how would you feel or how would you like to be treated?
As sad as breakups are, they are a reality and I’m pretty sure all of us have been on either end at one point or another so play nice.
After talking to a friend that was recently dumped I was perplexed by her story. It is bad enough that breakups are hard to deal with, but for her the wound was worsened when she found out that her boyfriend had lied to her when he broke up with her. He initially told her he needed “space” and needed to find himself, yet two months later she found out he had a girlfriend. In reality he didn’t need any “space” he just didn’t want to be with her anymore. This made me wonder, “Is there a real way to break up with someone?” And how do you do it without hurting feelings? I think for some “Breaking up” is almost a necessary evil especially if the relationship is not healthy anymore or the spark is gone. Most of the time in a situation like this if both parties are “Adults” it will hurt, but their will be a mutual agreement.
My rundown is just to be as honest as possible, because not only are you being honest with the other person, but yourself as well. You have to treat others as you would like to be treated. When someone breaks up with you, how would you feel or how would you like to be treated?
As sad as breakups are, they are a reality and I’m pretty sure all of us have been on either end at one point or another so play nice.
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
To Palin or Not to Palin
With a black skirt suit and clear rimmed glasses, Palin stood in front of America “representing” Hockey Moms everywhere. Palin rallied for Joe Six Packs and Hockey Moms to fight back against the greed of Wall Street. She has charisma and inspiration and with that the Republicans are awed. A day after her "inspiring" speech at the Republican convention someone at work approached me asking, “Did you see her? Wasn’t she amazing?” Well he was of course referring to Sarah Palin, the Republican vice-presidential candidate. The truth was that this person represented people everywhere that almost instantly fell in love with Palin. Women everywhere were switching there democratic vote, because there was now a woman they can stand behind.
Yet I was neither impressed nor inspired by this woman and quite honestly I was appalled by her comparison of a Hockey Mom and a bulldog. I almost start to compare Palin to Hilary Clinton whom has stamina and ambition as a leader and with an actual political agenda Hilary properly represented women everywhere, yet on the other hand Palin almost gives me the feel of being the covergirl for the Republican party. With her comments on important foreign policy issues and her knowledge on current issues, I almost wouldn’t trust her running the nation.
My rundown is that I rather have Hilary Clinton running the show and representing the hardworking woman with poise and brilliance, than this Hockey Mom that winks at the camera at every opportunity.
Yet I was neither impressed nor inspired by this woman and quite honestly I was appalled by her comparison of a Hockey Mom and a bulldog. I almost start to compare Palin to Hilary Clinton whom has stamina and ambition as a leader and with an actual political agenda Hilary properly represented women everywhere, yet on the other hand Palin almost gives me the feel of being the covergirl for the Republican party. With her comments on important foreign policy issues and her knowledge on current issues, I almost wouldn’t trust her running the nation.
My rundown is that I rather have Hilary Clinton running the show and representing the hardworking woman with poise and brilliance, than this Hockey Mom that winks at the camera at every opportunity.
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