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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How to Stand Up to Bullies
I grew up with non-stop aggression in my life from home and school, since I went to a private Catholic school that allowed enormous bullying to happen. I can’t stand cowards who can’t cope with bullies, since certainly I can. I was not removed from a hostile environment despite how much I asked to be sent to public school. I also survived a private high school with more bullies there since my freshman year. I was told how to properly kill myself by students who wanted to bully me out of school. I eventually learned how not to be aggressive because of my medication. They were endlessly creative about how I was to be suicidal. When I read about bullycides now, I have to wonder at why the bullies succeeded in getting their victims to kill themselves.
By Iria Vasquez-Paez8 years ago in Humans
Why I Want to Run for Office
I want to make a difference in the world. First I’m going to get onto the Work2Future board in San Jose, which meets on the 3rd Thursday of every month. I can get to this meeting, first thing. Second, I have to run for District 10, or my home district. I want to get more involved with District 10. This is the same reason I want to run for office in the California State Senate. I went to see the State Senate both in 8th grade for a class trip to Sacramento, and in junior college with student government. I can start off by becoming a City Commissioner appointed for three years. I can also become a District 10 volunteer. There is even a way to become a city volunteer.
By Iria Vasquez-Paez8 years ago in The Swamp
How Birth Control Works
Birth control works to prevent pregnancy as well as to repress the menstrual cycle. Hormones need to be replaced in order to not allow a pregnancy to happen. The birth control pill is a form of contraceptive that works when ovulation is stopped (when the egg is released). Birth control also helps make the cervix’s mucus get thicker rather than stay fluid, which allows sperm to enter the vagina so that the egg can be fertilized. Birth control completely stops the fertilization process. This is why birth control must be taken one pill at a time, one day at a time, daily.
By Iria Vasquez-Paez8 years ago in Viva
Why I Practice Witchcraft
I got sick in the Catholic Church with my mental health symptoms, every time we went to Mass. I got anxious, manic, neurotic, wound up, stressed out, and feeling terrible since I grew up without medication helping me treat my schizophrenia. Church made me all kinds of OCD, in addition. I wanted to escape from the age of 12, but I wasn’t able to escape until I was 20, and got some meds to try out. Church made me stressed; the whole concept was stressful to deal with. I was an out-of-control empath growing up who had no idea how to filter out other people’s energy. This is why I was constantly sick in Mass.
By Iria Vasquez-Paez8 years ago in Futurism
Straight Talk About the Annunaki
As the oldest civilization on record, the ancient Sumerians gave us models for future civilizations on this planet. The Earth we know came to be from a collision with the planet Niburu, and the planet Tiamat over 450,000 years ago, which caused Tiamat to break in half, also causing a moon of Niburu to hit another half of the new planet now called Earth. Ancient legends also speak of a race of giants that walked the earth, Goliath being one such giant referred to in the Bible. Sumerian deities included Anu and Ki, which is where the name Annunaki came from. The giants were also called Nephilim who slept with the women of earth, creating a hybrid race.
By Iria Vasquez-Paez8 years ago in Futurism
What Psychic Talent Is and What It Isn’t
The term “psychic” — is given to people gifted with extra sensory perception. Some may prefer the term, “gifted.” There is a comprehensive list of abilities on Wikipedia. Extrasensory perception may be present in all human beings since we are a psychic species by nature, but in some, the abilities are shut off. These days the knowledge of what real psychic ability can appear as, is being researched more often and is gaining some ground with regard for credibility by scientists. In terms of what real ESP is, it can manifest in a variety of ways. Real psychics do not cold read people. They see deeper than a mere cold reading on the surface, such as “Do I see a wedding ring on this person or not?” Rings are not the most obvious sign a person is married. They are put on the index finger to signify somebody is taken, but at the same time, a person may or may not be actually married. They might be wearing that ring to keep men away from them.
By Iria Vasquez-Paez8 years ago in Futurism
My T-shirt Business Idea
No discussion on my business ideas is complete without discussing my t-shirt business. I have printed out a “Denial is not just a river in Africa” t-shirt. This has gotten some interesting looks and my Pagan recovery group flat out laughed at it because they thought it was hilarious. That’s what I’m going for. "Bill W. sent me" is a subtle t-shirt to wear around an alcoholic just to make them a bit crazy, in particular those alcoholics who are unaware of how much they pound it. I have now found a made-in-the-U.S.A. cotton supplier. This is a first step to producing t-shirts. Now I need to find somebody who can make t-shirts.
By Iria Vasquez-Paez8 years ago in Journal
Book Editing Website Business
One of my business ideas is a website that people can edit books on. It would have a back office where you can log in. Then as an editor, you can edit a manuscript inside the back office using a program that allows for proofs with a track changes feature, like in Word 2017 or below. People would make money getting paid for their editing work done entirely online without a need to print anything. Authors have tendencies to procrastinate sometimes, in particular with regard to editing. Editing is what causes ferocious and serious procrastination tendencies. Publishing a book requires persistence, as well as writing talent, which reflects consistency.
By Iria Vasquez-Paez8 years ago in Journal
How To Start a Business for Those on SSI
I have an idea for a turnkey website designed to help people start a business rapidly. It would help people on SSI and SSDI make money to get off those systems and live freely. It would be a massive collection of links to Nolo press as well as city websites everywhere in the United States for every major city. It would be functioning as part social network, part database. The website would help a business owner write a business plan using business plan template software. We would make every Nolo press paper or paperless contract available on the site. SSI could use this to promote the PASS Plan that gets people to plan ahead financial self-sufficiency.
By Iria Vasquez-Paez8 years ago in Journal
When I Was Pinched in the Mission
Back in school, I had gone to get my dinner, and I was walking down the street at night sticking close to a group of people. Out of nowhere, some idiot pinched me in between the legs. I mean pinched. Right there. Pulled on me, and pinched. This is sexual harassment at its finest. I yelled at him, swinging my grocery bag at his chest three times. I then cornered somebody, a male somebody, yelling at the person to look out for somebody smaller than he was because some idiot had pinched me. I was surrounded but I escaped that situation rather quickly, and I was yelling at them really loud. I had beef, green beans, and cheese in my bag as my only weapon.
By Iria Vasquez-Paez8 years ago in Viva
Cool It With Your iPhone Addiction
Some people are addicted to their iPhone. This is obvious when they demand to use to record videos. Some of these addicts need their own iPhone to do this with. We are addicted to looking at the weather app like I just did now. Texting or sending emails with an iPhone could also be a serious addiction. Smartphones are very versatile but fragile. If you drop it on the concrete or floor, look out because your screen will crack. Once your screen cracks, your phone is done. The batteries also do not last very long, causing the phone to drain quickly if not plugged into a charger.
By Iria Vasquez-Paez8 years ago in 01
Mean People on the Bus
I lived in the Mission-Excelsior district while I was going to school at San Francisco State University. A bus route ran through that neighborhood as a way of getting to school. This incident happened on the 14 however, which went down Mission itself while the school line went to Ingleside. Living off campus was better than living on campus, as way too much drama was happening on campus, save me moving with normal roommates as well as accomplishing my desire to live with a graduate student on top of that. The school wasn’t having me move out of a toxic living environment. On the bus one day, I was going home from somewhere, when this guy puts his arm around my seat, so I leaned forward as not to have him actually touching me. The woman next to him was an elderly woman with extreme jealousy problems toward me.
By Iria Vasquez-Paez8 years ago in Psyche
