What would it be like to be on this earth 115 years old! Well, aparently it’s possible. Researchers are unsure of what accounts for such longevity however they’re conducting studies to determine the cause. An interesting fact brought out in this article shows just how much stronger women are than men ..”Only 75 living people — 64 women and 11 men — are 110 or older, according to the Gerontology Research Group of Inglewood, Calif., which verifies reports of extreme ages.” 64 vs. 11, that is crazy, can’t say I’m surprised though!!

I always said I wouldn’t want to live too long and my mother says that too. She wants to be able her whole life and not be a burden, but I think about how much knowledge and wisdom a person acquires in 115 years. That is so much time. As medicine gets increasingly more effective, I wonder what the average age of living will be.  And if we begin living longer, will be not live as much? Will be put things off thinking we will probably have more time? I’m curious to see.

I recently came across an article on interracial relationships, a topic which has facinated me a great deal since I am coined the girl in my family that will most likely step outside of the box and bring someone not indian home. Since then, luckily, it has been done. My two cousins married Italians guys, and their babies are ADORABLE. I almost want to do it for that reason alone…JOKE!

I rarely date Indian guys, although as I’m getting older and I’m watchin my sister join another Indian family I got to say I’m a little more convinced that it would definitely be nice. I say that because our families are already so close, and there are so many things that don’t need explanations, social norms that are already learned, and traditions that will surely live on in their offspring.  I feel as if that sounds like the easy way out, but that’s not what I mean.

At one point I always imagined I’d marry outside my race, I certainly date outside my race–but right now marriage is the furthest thing from my mind. I think that the fusion of two cultures is an amazing gift to give your children, that way they have the best of two, well three, worlds and they can take whatever they want from each. They’d be free-spirits in a sense.

I was fortunate enough to grow up here to Indian parents. I experienced their culture and this culture here and took values from both, I am who I am because of it. As I grew up I began to formulate my own ideas about what I really wanted to take from each culture. I think it’s one of the best things about my perspectives on life and my open mind.

They say by some year very soon…I need to find out the exact date. 70% of all babies born will be interracial. That’s amazing. Now, the world jus needs to catch up with becoming whole-heartedly accepting. Hopefully we’ll get there soon.

As for me, I’m not sure what will happen. Right now I’ll date anyone who captures my interest..as for marriage..well that’s a wayssssss away, so I’ll just see. Like my mom says, “You’ll meet the right person at the most random time and you’ll just know.” I believe her

In light of differences of opinion, I always wondered about the true effectiveness of Power Point. There is nothing worse than watching someone read directly from what they have prepared before hand, as if we can’t read? At some point or other, though, we’ve all done that. Maybe we were amateurs, nervous, or just unprepared with the material.  Sometimes, powerpoint proves to be a safety net that can often work against what our purpose is, and like Tufte’s book says, “is costly to the content and the audience.” We never want to discredit the positives about PP, however I think it is important to recognize the level of preparedness that one must possess in order to give a successful presentation under any circumstance. Power point is simply a tool, not a backup plan. Some need to recognize that.

I have 27 more days until I am on the plan to India..wow exciting right?..well it would be if I didn’t have to revise and finish up an entire thesis by then, keep up with work for my other classes, finalize and make big decisions concerning jobs, and consider wrapping things up down here since I’ll most likely be moving north if no where tropical like Hawaii ..possible. 27 days certainly does not seem like enough time to do all that and make life altering decisions, does it? Well it’s not. Hence all the insanity, the slight flare of my condition, and feeling of overwhelming-confusing-resistance to change and all.  I know it’s normal, but it really sucks.

I guess that’s why they say Change is both wonderful and scary all at the same time. I’ll have to remember to breath and keep things in perspective

Hello classmates and any other bloggers out there reading this!!

So I have to apologize for my lack of posts over the last week, I’ve been battling an illness (i hate to call it that, b/c it’s livable but it’s quite real and pretty painful) I’ve had since high school, I might go into it in another post, not sure yet. It does however consist of really bad stomach pain and makes me really tired, to say the least. So I’ve been a little behind on A LOT. This is so not the time for anything to be happening, but isn’t that the way it goes? When you have a million billion things going on, something happens to slow you down. That’s life. So I’ve been way out of touch with my precious blog…sorry about that..