Mariah Carey!

I just bought the new Mariah Carey CD, E=MC2, it's amazing! She wrote all the songs herself, and her voice is insane! My favorite song is "Side Effects."

Rare Quadruplets born, 3 Identical..

In Maryland, a mother has given birth to a rare set of quadruplets in which three of the four boys are identical. The boys were born 11 weeks premature in January at Greater Baltimore Medical Center in Towson. There are fewer than 100 documented cases of "identical triplets plus one" in the United States.

-There is a very cute picture of the babies laying in the shape of a "4."
http://news.aol.com/health/story/ar/_a/rare-quadruplets-born-3-identical/20080418112609990001

Sex & the City, & others

I don't know if you're a Sex & the City fan, but I can not wait for the movie to come out. I'm probably a little too excited.

& I recently saw "Juno," I thought it was hysterical. It's worthwhile if you're in the mood for a constant laugh.

A Bridal Shower

Next Saturday, April 26th, is my cousins' bridal shower. This was supposed to be joyous time for everyone, but since we were all bombarded with devasting news of my aunts passing, it is anything but. The shower is going to be extremely depressing, and difficult to get through. We are doing everything possible to make this shower be as lovely as can be, but there will be a lingering feeling of sadness no matter what.

family

Within the past two weeks, my family and I have been going through a devasting time following the death of my aunt. It was a complete shock and totally unexpected. I'm just having a very difficult time accepting this; I can't believe it, it seems surreal. I wish I could take the pain away from my three cousins, who have to spend the rest of their lives without their mother. There are times when I am trying to comfort them, and I can't speak, there are just no words.
To add to the loss, my oldest cousin Christina was supposed to celebrate her 27th Birthday, but instead attended her mother's wake on that same day. She is also getting married in June without her mother, my cousin Allie is graduating from Rutgers next month, and my cousin Victoria is attending her senior prom and graduating high school in June.
It's just not fair, it's not right, it will never settle right with us. I have never felt such a pain, it is unbearable.The rest of My family is a complete wreck, especially my mom. My mother lost her sister and best friend. My mom comes from 6 siblings, which made for an extremely large and close family, and to lose someone as wonderful as my aunt, who held us all together with her pizza nights, and other events, is insane to comprehend. She truly was the greatest aunt, and a wonderful person all around. I miss her immensely. Our lives will never be the same. We will be there for eachother and pull through it.

12th assignment

Dana, in all honesty, (no "kiss-assness" intended), I think you are a great professor, and you genuinely care about your job, as well as your students. I appreciate your attitude, compassion, and understanding towards me within the past 2 weeks, as I have not been myself 100% following the death of my aunt. I havn't been in any kind of a productive mood lately.
I do not think you are being unreasonable with your expectations, you do not overwhelm us with assignments by any means. Handing in our work within a week is more than do-able, I understand people are busy and things come up, work, etc., but I always manage to set time aside for that. All in all, I do not think your expectations are inexceedable, and I truly appreciate how cool you are.

Woman Reaches the age of 115!

In Shelbyville, Ind., Edna Parker has lived a long life. Maybe it was just good genes, or maybe it was her life of chores growing up on a farm. The oldest known person turned 115 on Sunday, defying staggering odds. She is recognized by Guinness World Records as the world's oldest known person. Researchers would like to find out how and why she and other supercentenarians -- people 110 and older -- enjoy such long lives.

Here's the link if you would like to see what she looks like. (she definitely looks 115!) :wink:
http://news.aol.com/health/story/_a/at-115-woman-defies-incredible-odds/20080418164209990001

11th assignment

At first, I thought the 11th assignment was an easy task because we got to pick our topics. As I was completely my paper, I realized my knowledge of the subject was not suficient, so I needed to research, which enabled me to write the paper with ease. All in all, I didn't mind the assignment. I'm not sure if it is easier to have a free choice of what to write on, or a structured, guided paper.