I know I keep saying it but I have yet to take action in "updating this on a more daily basis."
I'm getting back to working again at the office. It's been over a week or so since I've been in. I've been slow getting into the routine again; still recuperating from my St. Auggie trip of getting to stay up late and sleep in even later - a luxury I don't get here.
Right now I'm working on a Norway presentation for early November...which is quickly approaching around the corner. It's mostly a general presentation on state of the science therapy working with adolescents with substance abuse problems and presenting with comorbid psychiatric problems.
I'm also still working on that FFT article. My very very first assingment when I started the internship back in August. It was kind of surreal when I oppened up the document and saw my name on the title page of the article. My name will also be on the Norway presentation. That'll be three projects with my name on it (FFT article, Norway and the Sweden presentations). Right now we have to cut down the article to be under 9800 characters. I have to say that after the first edit back in August, Mike did an awesome job cutting it down. It was originally 45 pages and when I got it last weekend, he had been able to cut it down to 14 pages. I was pretty impressed. Hopefully when I'm finished with this cut it'll get its finally submit...Meaning I'll be all that much closer to getting paid. About $200...which is well needed. I could use it for bills...but I would rather use it for FLaRF, towards a new laptop or put a little aside for a new tattoo. I could split it up 3 (even 4) ways, donating cash toward each one.
Along with my internship, I've picked up a little side work with my aunt (not getting paid of course, but its all good as it'll help hone my filing skills). I'm just going to be alphabetizing some files and copying documents in order to file.
Until later.
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Highlight of the work day
On the drive home from work yesterday, Mike and I saw a man dressed in a hospital gown with his IV pole down outside the Wendy's. It's 3 blocks from Jackson Hospital. And he had about 8 police officers standing around him.
Just another awesome day in Miami.
Just another awesome day in Miami.
Monday, October 5, 2009
It's okay, he didn't really rape her!
My mornings to work are rather entertaining, consisting of Mike filling me on who's who on the Howard Stern show. I remember listening to him back in high school and kind of found him offensive. Though now, I kind of see him as an intelligent individual and some of the show pieces are definitely laughable.
This morning Howard was talking about he happened to catch what Whoopi Goldberg was saying (in defense) about the case about Roman Polanski - him having sex with a 13-yr-old girl; though the case happened in 1977. I'm not sure if they're reopening the case or what not over here in the states, since I was thinking that the statute of limitations would prevent the case from moving forward because of how long ago it happened. It turns out that he was already charged in 78 but fled to France - so he has an active outstanding warrant for his arrest because of his failure to appear in court. I don't know since I'm not well versed in the details of the situation. Any way, he was charged with having unlawful sex with a minor which leads me to my point on Whoopi's comment.
The piece that I heard from Stern's show just seemed like a big joke all the way around the table. What is "rape-rape"? Is that the same expression children use when they are differentiating how they feel about people? You know: you either like a person or you like-like them. The terminology relating to rape is just ridiculous. It's either rape or its consensual sex, there is no gray area especially in the eyes of the law. So Whoopi is going on about how they have to be sensitive in how they use the terminology of raping and allegations toward Polanski. In the background one of the other ladies ask what exactly is the definition of rape. How can you not know? Now Whoopi has a good point in kind of way they should be talking about it, but she is clearly steadfast in her point that he didn't rape her because the girl was drugged.
The term rape is considered a sensitive subject in our society and its definition has been revised through the years and can differ across state lines. But agreed upon in most states is rape is a criminal offense and is a forcible sexual relation(s) with a person against that person's will. Now historically, spousal rape (back in the day) wasn't considered rape as it was a wife's duty to fulfill the needs of her husband be it sexual or other. Now we have defined a number of different sexual acts that would be considered as rape.
"The criminal offense of statutory rape is committed when an adult sexually penetrates a person who, under the law, is incapable of consenting to sex." It has been said that the girl (at the time) knew what was going on. Regardless if she knew what was going or consented, it would still be considered rape because a young teenager, who still is practically a child, does not have the mental capacity to fully comprehend what is taking place. Their brains aren't fully developed. Even if she had started with saying yes, in the end she did verbally protest what he did while it was taking place and he didn't respect her enough to stop. As an older person he had the capability to over-power her because of his age and physique. And it doesn't matter if her mother was in the building -- take that back. It does matter that her mother was in the building at the time. Where was she while this was going on??
I'm not trying to down Whoopi, because I love her as a person. But I just feel what she was saying seemed ignorant and also sounded like she wasn't getting what she wanted to say out in the right way. But even still, I don't think people should be defending Polanski just because he's won an Academy Award or because of his prestigious work in the past. Chris Rock, I think says it best (from his appearance on Leno): "People are defending Roman Polanski because he made good movies 30 years ago?" he said. "Are you kidding me? Even Johnny Cochran didn't have the nerve to go, 'Well did you see OJ play against New England?'" - Here's the clip, which is a little under 10mins about the piece from The View among other things:
This morning Howard was talking about he happened to catch what Whoopi Goldberg was saying (in defense) about the case about Roman Polanski - him having sex with a 13-yr-old girl; though the case happened in 1977. I'm not sure if they're reopening the case or what not over here in the states, since I was thinking that the statute of limitations would prevent the case from moving forward because of how long ago it happened. It turns out that he was already charged in 78 but fled to France - so he has an active outstanding warrant for his arrest because of his failure to appear in court. I don't know since I'm not well versed in the details of the situation. Any way, he was charged with having unlawful sex with a minor which leads me to my point on Whoopi's comment.
The piece that I heard from Stern's show just seemed like a big joke all the way around the table. What is "rape-rape"? Is that the same expression children use when they are differentiating how they feel about people? You know: you either like a person or you like-like them. The terminology relating to rape is just ridiculous. It's either rape or its consensual sex, there is no gray area especially in the eyes of the law. So Whoopi is going on about how they have to be sensitive in how they use the terminology of raping and allegations toward Polanski. In the background one of the other ladies ask what exactly is the definition of rape. How can you not know? Now Whoopi has a good point in kind of way they should be talking about it, but she is clearly steadfast in her point that he didn't rape her because the girl was drugged.
The term rape is considered a sensitive subject in our society and its definition has been revised through the years and can differ across state lines. But agreed upon in most states is rape is a criminal offense and is a forcible sexual relation(s) with a person against that person's will. Now historically, spousal rape (back in the day) wasn't considered rape as it was a wife's duty to fulfill the needs of her husband be it sexual or other. Now we have defined a number of different sexual acts that would be considered as rape.
"The criminal offense of statutory rape is committed when an adult sexually penetrates a person who, under the law, is incapable of consenting to sex." It has been said that the girl (at the time) knew what was going on. Regardless if she knew what was going or consented, it would still be considered rape because a young teenager, who still is practically a child, does not have the mental capacity to fully comprehend what is taking place. Their brains aren't fully developed. Even if she had started with saying yes, in the end she did verbally protest what he did while it was taking place and he didn't respect her enough to stop. As an older person he had the capability to over-power her because of his age and physique. And it doesn't matter if her mother was in the building -- take that back. It does matter that her mother was in the building at the time. Where was she while this was going on??
I'm not trying to down Whoopi, because I love her as a person. But I just feel what she was saying seemed ignorant and also sounded like she wasn't getting what she wanted to say out in the right way. But even still, I don't think people should be defending Polanski just because he's won an Academy Award or because of his prestigious work in the past. Chris Rock, I think says it best (from his appearance on Leno): "People are defending Roman Polanski because he made good movies 30 years ago?" he said. "Are you kidding me? Even Johnny Cochran didn't have the nerve to go, 'Well did you see OJ play against New England?'" - Here's the clip, which is a little under 10mins about the piece from The View among other things:
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Get a job woman
I've been horribly lax when it comes to this side of my blog. I'll be sure to give myself 40 lashes with a wet noodle - might not get to 40 because I'll have eaten the noodle before that point. I haven't been doing too much that deemed worthy of noting. I officially hate...strike that; hate is a strong word and I don't care too much for it, so corrected - I officially despise literary searches. They are so mundane. Mike has been gone too for quite some time, he practically had back to back trips to Sweden and just recently returned from Chile.
Actually, Monday at the office and Tuesday at home I was counterproductive. While slowly taking notes for the social injustice assignment, I was designing in the paint program what my future home will hopefully look like. :) It has a nice eclectic style to it; there are Spanish elements, thanks to working at Market to Market in St. Augustine, as well as my own heritage, and traditional Japanese features due to my fascination with the culture. However, some of design seems predominately Japanese, especially in the doors. This is fine though I wanted a more Spanish look to the front door. Oh well, I have plenty of time to tweak the design.Ideally, I would like to build the house in the Florida panhandle. My parents own a plot of land in the Compass Lakes area (off of I-10 near Alford and Cottondale. I'm hopeful that the land will be passed to me and they won't sell it off beforehand. We used to go up there just about every summer when my brother and I were younger, but now that we're older I seemingly have to beg to get them to even consider travel there. While they rather travel places like Costa Rica and New York and all those exotic places, I find myself drawn to the calm and simple life of Compass Lakes. I've never been one for large crowds of people, especially for extended periods of time. I just love it there; there aren't a ton of people, the air is so clean and crisp you can taste it, the area isn't built up, not all the roads are paved so you're driving on red dirt roads most of the time, and the trees go on for miles and that isn't an exaggeration. Where our land is located is great because its just down the road from McCormick Lake perfect for swimming and get togethers. Its like being on vacation in your own private corner of the world. :)
Its kind of ironic really. This place is so peaceful and our little plot is located on Battleground Ave.
This whole thing of me drawing up plans and designs are attempts to further my parents decision in eventually handing the land over to me. I had brought up idea to them over the weekend while I was home and my mom wasn't too keen on letting me have it and building on it - saying that they were thinking of retiring there, which I assume meant building a house. To which I replied that would be fine but if they could retire in the house I want to build. My dad especially is always going on about them moving in with me when they get older. Kind of like payback. Any who, my mom doesn't want a two-story or a large home that she'll have to end up cleaning. If I can find away to incorporate an elevator (I saw a perfect example of one in an episode of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition) because they'll be too old to get up and down stairs, maybe she'll settle and meet me halfway. I'll even put their bedroom on the bottom floor. Which means they would be getting the main master bedroom. The second and third bedrooms would be upstairs - one of those would also be a master suite but not nearly as large.
I've got to do my best to sell this idea to them - especially mom. By the time it comes to building this, all the kinks and design flaws will have been weeded out. Let's knock on wood!
Actually, Monday at the office and Tuesday at home I was counterproductive. While slowly taking notes for the social injustice assignment, I was designing in the paint program what my future home will hopefully look like. :) It has a nice eclectic style to it; there are Spanish elements, thanks to working at Market to Market in St. Augustine, as well as my own heritage, and traditional Japanese features due to my fascination with the culture. However, some of design seems predominately Japanese, especially in the doors. This is fine though I wanted a more Spanish look to the front door. Oh well, I have plenty of time to tweak the design.Ideally, I would like to build the house in the Florida panhandle. My parents own a plot of land in the Compass Lakes area (off of I-10 near Alford and Cottondale. I'm hopeful that the land will be passed to me and they won't sell it off beforehand. We used to go up there just about every summer when my brother and I were younger, but now that we're older I seemingly have to beg to get them to even consider travel there. While they rather travel places like Costa Rica and New York and all those exotic places, I find myself drawn to the calm and simple life of Compass Lakes. I've never been one for large crowds of people, especially for extended periods of time. I just love it there; there aren't a ton of people, the air is so clean and crisp you can taste it, the area isn't built up, not all the roads are paved so you're driving on red dirt roads most of the time, and the trees go on for miles and that isn't an exaggeration. Where our land is located is great because its just down the road from McCormick Lake perfect for swimming and get togethers. Its like being on vacation in your own private corner of the world. :)
Its kind of ironic really. This place is so peaceful and our little plot is located on Battleground Ave.
This whole thing of me drawing up plans and designs are attempts to further my parents decision in eventually handing the land over to me. I had brought up idea to them over the weekend while I was home and my mom wasn't too keen on letting me have it and building on it - saying that they were thinking of retiring there, which I assume meant building a house. To which I replied that would be fine but if they could retire in the house I want to build. My dad especially is always going on about them moving in with me when they get older. Kind of like payback. Any who, my mom doesn't want a two-story or a large home that she'll have to end up cleaning. If I can find away to incorporate an elevator (I saw a perfect example of one in an episode of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition) because they'll be too old to get up and down stairs, maybe she'll settle and meet me halfway. I'll even put their bedroom on the bottom floor. Which means they would be getting the main master bedroom. The second and third bedrooms would be upstairs - one of those would also be a master suite but not nearly as large.
I've got to do my best to sell this idea to them - especially mom. By the time it comes to building this, all the kinks and design flaws will have been weeded out. Let's knock on wood!
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Getting back to work
Well I'm finally back to work in the actual building! And some more good news...I finally got my ID badge. I hate my picture on it though. I'm not entirely sure if it's worse than my previous school ID or my driver's license pictures. But it doesn't matter because I finally have it and hopefully that's the last time I'll have to go to the security office.
Today, I've been working on the literature search for the social injustice paper I'll be working on with Mike. It's going slowly right now. These searches have to be the most tedious of tasks for my internship. While I was home during the Labor Day weekend I made sure to snag my Criminal Justice text book hoping it might help me. I just thought of this, I should have grabbed my Policing in America text book as well.
**I'll finish this when I get home because I get to leave in like 30minutes
Mood: Sick
Thoughts: Why do my eyes still feel this way??
Listening to: Courtney Love
Drinking: Zephyrhills bottled water
Should be: Taking a long nap to get well
Today, I've been working on the literature search for the social injustice paper I'll be working on with Mike. It's going slowly right now. These searches have to be the most tedious of tasks for my internship. While I was home during the Labor Day weekend I made sure to snag my Criminal Justice text book hoping it might help me. I just thought of this, I should have grabbed my Policing in America text book as well.
**I'll finish this when I get home because I get to leave in like 30minutes
Mood: Sick
Thoughts: Why do my eyes still feel this way??
Listening to: Courtney Love
Drinking: Zephyrhills bottled water
Should be: Taking a long nap to get well
Sunday, September 6, 2009
At least it's not H1N1
I'm so tired of sneezing. It's been non-stop today. The days before that, coughing. Yep I'm sick...starting to get a little better but still sick, though not as sick as my cousin John has been. There's a possibility he had(s) the dreaded swine flu or H1N1. That's the reason I haven't been on here and probably won't for the next few days.
I'm also still recuperating from finishing that Sweden presentation. Thank God for Labor Day Weekend, it gives me time to recuperate and work on my story.
Expect another post in a few days.
Mood: Sick and tired
Thoughts: Meh
Watching: Law & Order: SVU marathon on USA
Eating: Oreo cookie
Should be: Sleeping
I'm also still recuperating from finishing that Sweden presentation. Thank God for Labor Day Weekend, it gives me time to recuperate and work on my story.
Expect another post in a few days.
Mood: Sick and tired
Thoughts: Meh
Watching: Law & Order: SVU marathon on USA
Eating: Oreo cookie
Should be: Sleeping
Thursday, September 3, 2009
It's important to look again
Worked with Mike this morning on the presentation and it was fruitful. We got a lot done. I'm working on it a little more tonight before handing it off to him to fill in some holes. Then tomorrow I'll get a chance to look at the finished product before it heads off to Sweden on Monday. I'm feeling good about this.
I went back down to Nancy's office yesterday to get the mess the school made of getting an ID badge. I wasn't able to get it on Monday because of some mess up....I thought Flagler was the only place where no one knew what was going on? Am I still in that Twilight Zone??? Ugh. It goes without saying that I was frustrated. So my badge is on hold until they get that figured out. Well I sent an email to both Dan and Mike about the problem on Tuesday. Dan was pretty quick about it as he sent a copy to Nancy who worked her magic and sent a reply back to me...which I didn't see until I was on the phone with Mike talking about the problem. She had said they mixed up on some forms and for me to come back in on Wednesday. So that's what I did yesterday only to find out I had refill out a Volunteer Background Check form I had already filled out over 2 weeks ago. It was after 10:30AM by the time I got out of her office. I could have filled it out then and there and headed to the Security Office (I'd probably have my badge by now if I did) but there were some spaces that I couldn't remember what I had filled in before. I should have brought the copies with me. So I took it back home, thinking I could bring it back by the time the Security Office closed (they're only open until noon - bogus). Well by the time I got back to my aunt's house it was well after 11AM. I just made plans to drive down early today and do it, but plans with Mike kind of messed that up. I'd go tomorrow but I think they're only open Monday through Thursday - again another bogus. And of course Monday is Labor Day, so it's a good chance they won't be open then either. Tuesday is when I'll do it, bright and early. I tell you, what an inconvenient adventure. And if not Tuesday, then someday. =)
Mood: Working
Thoughts: I miss Punk'd
Watching: Punk'd - Salma Hayek just got punk'd by Penelope Cruz
Drinking: Ginger ale and Apple Juice
I went back down to Nancy's office yesterday to get the mess the school made of getting an ID badge. I wasn't able to get it on Monday because of some mess up....I thought Flagler was the only place where no one knew what was going on? Am I still in that Twilight Zone??? Ugh. It goes without saying that I was frustrated. So my badge is on hold until they get that figured out. Well I sent an email to both Dan and Mike about the problem on Tuesday. Dan was pretty quick about it as he sent a copy to Nancy who worked her magic and sent a reply back to me...which I didn't see until I was on the phone with Mike talking about the problem. She had said they mixed up on some forms and for me to come back in on Wednesday. So that's what I did yesterday only to find out I had refill out a Volunteer Background Check form I had already filled out over 2 weeks ago. It was after 10:30AM by the time I got out of her office. I could have filled it out then and there and headed to the Security Office (I'd probably have my badge by now if I did) but there were some spaces that I couldn't remember what I had filled in before. I should have brought the copies with me. So I took it back home, thinking I could bring it back by the time the Security Office closed (they're only open until noon - bogus). Well by the time I got back to my aunt's house it was well after 11AM. I just made plans to drive down early today and do it, but plans with Mike kind of messed that up. I'd go tomorrow but I think they're only open Monday through Thursday - again another bogus. And of course Monday is Labor Day, so it's a good chance they won't be open then either. Tuesday is when I'll do it, bright and early. I tell you, what an inconvenient adventure. And if not Tuesday, then someday. =)
Mood: Working
Thoughts: I miss Punk'd
Watching: Punk'd - Salma Hayek just got punk'd by Penelope Cruz
Drinking: Ginger ale and Apple Juice
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