Follow up on "to breathe or not to breathe"

My word of the day is
BALANCE. lmao;-p

your listening companion for my blog today is Amos Lee-"Keep it loose, Keep it tight"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_9_Dhi2s1Y


after I posted "to breathe or not to breathe" my friends told me it was painful and kinda funny to read. Well it was painful to live, not really so funny.... trust me, but my point was trying to find that, ANY bright spot you can out of a Shit Storm. I couldn't of handled it without your support. True Friends Rock. I love you!


Did you know the military does this? I copied this article off the net...can't remember where. Its an amazing article and makes a ton of sense....

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.....He/She ended up in southeastern North Carolina at Fort Bragg, home of the Army's elite Airborne and Special Forces. This is where the Army's renowned survival school is located. It's also where they believe in something called stress inoculation. Like vaccines, a small challenge or dose of a virus in your system prepares and defends you against a bigger challenge. In other words, they expose you to pressure and suffering in training so you'll build up your immunity. It's a kind of classic psychological conditioning: the more shocks to your system, the more you're able to withstand.

(Special shout out to R.O)
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After I read this I actually was relieved to know that all the shit happenings from my past were just part of my Life Training. Whew! I finally got a furlough and am currently enjoying my training break contemplating my existance while making devils food chocolate cupcakes with milk chocolate icing. Ice cold milk is a must too.

I've heard through the grapevine I'm getting a huge promotion...something about courage under fire, valor, commitment, strength of conviction and passion. I think everyone should know how to validate themselves and recognize their strengths and deficits (notice I did not use the word weaknesses). Personally I have a ton of those deficit thingys. If you stir me up somehow you might see those shiny things in me too. Stay true to yourself and remember to ask for help if you need it. I could think of worse 4 letter words besides h.e.l.p...

NEWS FLASH!!!!!!!!

A 9-1-1 call came in tonight from a 15 year old boy who frantically said he found his mother laying on the kitchen floor. He stated she was barely breathing and covered in what looked like chocolate cake batter from head to toe. He said it appeared from the 3 open boxes of cake batter mix that she could be in a chocolate coma . She was clutching 2 cupcakes in each of her hands and had a very pronounced milk mustache the boy stated and had she appeared to have rolled in all the batter on the floor. Her long hair was caked like chocolate dreadlocks and batter covered her entire face and body. The boy said she looked like Whoopi Goldberg except for the half eaten cupcake hanging out of her mouth. Emergency vehicles responded.

LATER NEWS FLASH!!!!!!!!!!

Ambulance team of Starsky and Hutch arrived on the scence and immediately began CPR on now identified Ms. Kristen of Troutdale. OR. They cleared the cupcake obstructing her airway and her oxygen levels and heart rate returned to somewhat normal. The ambulance team could not be sure if permanant brain damage was done. Ms. Nilsen was carefully taken to a nearby field and air lifted to OHSU hospital by The Chocolate Coma Team. Present condition is listed as critical.

LAST NEWS FLASH!!!!!!!!!!

Upon arrival and assesment by Oregons finest medical professionals, the report is as follows:

-Patient keeps mumbling "bring it on you fuckers" and flipping the bird over and over. 50 mg. of Rhino tranqulizer was administered. Patient quit mumbling. Wrist and ankle restraints were removed.

Ms. Nilsen is now in stable condition and threat of immediate death is not apparant. It took 4 scrub nurses (haha) to get all the caked on...pun intended....cake batter off her body and out of her hair.

Chocolate heals. Batter up!

~Kristen