Iria Vasquez-Paez
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I have a B.A. in creative writing from San Francisco State. Can people please donate? I'm very low-income. I need to start an escape the Ferengi plan.
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What Is Trance Mediumship?
As a trance medium and somebody who experiences psychic stuff daily, which doesn’t change on account of my medication, I am a channel. I’m not the sort of trance medium who lets spirits take over though. This may be dangerous for my mental health. I do not just lend my body to anybody who asks. Trance may be considered the strongest degree of control, as there are different types of trance states from light trance to deep trance. I’m not into a deep trance. It could make me catatonic or something and it is often the first thing spidery (my psychic ability) says to me about attempting this.
By Iria Vasquez-Paez8 years ago in Horror
What Is Hoodoo?
Hoodoo is one of the many witchcraft practices available to study. Hoodoo and Voodoo are often linked but hoodoo is also called rootwork. Hoodoo comes from the South, a region in the United States that fosters this path also called Conjure. Hoodoo is not necessarily Vodou, but it does mix the religion of the Congo slaves that were kidnapped from Africa to use in the slave trade. Also found under the heading of hoodoo is Native American herbal folklore, some European folk magic, and a dose of Jewish mysticism. Witchcraft of the type of Hoodoo is not necessarily a religion but a magical system that requires study. Some rootworkers are Protestant Southern Baptists who read the bible as well as pray Christian prayers such as reciting psalms.
By Iria Vasquez-Paez8 years ago in Futurism
Submission Steps for 'How To Give Bullies What They Deserve'
I have to submit this book to my literary agent soon. The process begins with a query letter sent by email. You then attach your book proposal as a Word file including a 1-4 page overview of your book. I don’t know what having “information about your author platform” means but I may have to email the agency for more details on this. I have a business plan/promotional/marketing plan ready to go. Chapter summaries need to be written and two sample chapters attached. I also need to go over my citations for a book I have on manipulative people called In Sheep’s Clothing.
By Iria Vasquez-Paez8 years ago in Journal
My Job Search Situation
I have a problem with my rib cage being painful and feeling like it is shifting side to side or something. This brace is often why I’m not hired right away. My knee is inching its way to better, give or take my rib cage situation as well. I find that the better I get, the more people will actually hire me, but I have to do a work from home gig for a while because I need to be able to work from home with my injuries in mind. All I need for two jobs is a headset. Rev.com demands I use a headset anyway.
By Iria Vasquez-Paez8 years ago in Journal
Why I Want to Become a Certified Diabetes Educator
I want to study diabetes education because of every educator who helped me. I mean I don’t care about making money so much as I care about helping other people. If I can have full control over my diabetes, so many people will be inspired to follow this. Diabetes self-management is an interactive process with an educator who tells you what to do to fix various problems, such as my middle of the night high blood sugar at 2:00 AM, which means that I had an undocumented low blood sugar before 2:00 AM.
By Iria Vasquez-Paez8 years ago in Longevity
Why I Want to Become a Certified Diabetes Educator
I want to study to be a diabetes educator because I want to help other people beat the apathy they sometimes have to take care of their diabetes. Sometimes it just happens. Not everybody is as motivated as I am to take care of his or her diabetes. This is why I tell myself I want to study diabetes education for both type-1 and type-2 diabetes. Many people are nowhere near as motivated as I am to take care of themselves. Obviously, my medication is a huge part of my treatment because I feel good daily instead of as terrible as I felt in high school and up until my 20s.
By Iria Vasquez-Paez8 years ago in Longevity
Infusing Can Improve Diabetes Control
By infusing, you are taking your life into your hands. It is a great way to manage diabetes but also, you must be wary of making sure you have a working set every single day you use it. My infusion set model is the silhouette model infusion set. I have a round device with three prongs on it because the connector then inserts into the set itself. Super-strong tape makes up the other portion of the device. My machine is the 630G system because I upgraded to a color screen as well as more readable screens in general.
By Iria Vasquez-Paez8 years ago in Longevity
How to Improve Diabetes Control
Improving diabetes control with an insulin pump is one of the easiest solutions to diabetes management in the world. Shots are bad because you get peaks at exact times—you have to eat no matter what. The pump gives you any time flexibility. Basically, shots are about the act of eating or die trying. This is why shots don’t work for me. Back in junior college, I had a hectic lifestyle. In college, I strived to make it less hectic as I went to school in San Francisco. I was taking meds for most of college but there was one quarter or so I decided not to do meds. It was not too difficult, but rather than mess myself up, I went back on the meds.
By Iria Vasquez-Paez8 years ago in Longevity
What Stocks I Would Invest In
I want an MBA so I can do some business things with it, as in help other people start businesses to get off of disability, for example. Humalog is a slow-growth stock according to a December 22nd, 2017 article. Sales are better for a diabetes medication called Trulicity. Eli Lilly not only sells Trulicity well, but is also working on the osteoporosis drug Forteo. The FDA has approved Taltz, a medication that treats psoriatic arthritis. Sales, however, are dropping for Lilly’s cancer drugs Alimta, and Erbitux. Other medications that are slipping are Cymbalta, Strattera, and Zyprexa. All of these psychiatric drugs are reported as facing generic competition.
By Iria Vasquez-Paez8 years ago in Trader
Diabetes Anniversary and Its Solar Return
Every May I look forward to giving myself plenty of treats as well as incentives to keep on fighting the good fight in order to get an average of 135 and then being able to eat whatever I want to. I have cut cornflakes out of my diet completely for one. I managed to nail good middle of the night ones this evening. But I was low at lunch at 101, which I count as low, and it forced me to eat lunch without insulin so I went up to 260, and I was able to get myself down to 216. I’m going back to the meds at an 8 PM schedule, or even perhaps the meds at a 9 PM schedule.
By Iria Vasquez-Paez8 years ago in Longevity
How to Dump Frenemies
Frenemies are not immediately obvious when they show up in your life. If somebody seems unusually trustworthy and they are too quick to become your friend because they want something, this is a sign of frenemy behavior. Sometimes they are there for you way too much, expecting the same thing in return. My frenemy has laughed at me, which is unacceptable. Laughing at somebody’s anxiety is completely weird and makes that person a bully. This person is medication inconsistent on top of her bizarre tendencies to laugh at my anxiety, which is a form of pain for me. So she is in effect laughing at my pain.
By Iria Vasquez-Paez8 years ago in Humans
