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Gnomes and Other Ponderings
Two years after World of Warcraft Online was released to the world, my sister and I joined in. Fresh from a disappointing refurbishment of the game Star Wars: Galaxies—which I swear didn’t need an overhaul at all, just little improvements—we set off to create characters in Azeroth. Gnomes? Who doesn’t love gnomes?! WoW gnomes are cuter than garden gnomes, by the way. Irean, my gnome frost mage, wasn’t my first toon—and definitely not the last—but she’s been my favourite all these years. I've been caught up in a new toon craze for awhile—especially any class that now has a gnome version—but I always find myself turning back to my mage. She started as frost and will stay frost so long as she exists. World of Warcraft was a big part of my life for eleven years. For now, I’m done with WoW, but I may eventually come back; but first an explanation of why this came about.
By Laura Gieg8 years ago in Longevity
America's Dependence on Processed Food
I depend on fast food like any other college student. I grab my coffee from Starbucks in the morning, my burrito from Del Taco for lunch, and a chicken sandwich from Carl’s Jr for dinner. Since my dad works and my mom is sick, they both depend on me to make them food when I get home but, I buy them McDonald's instead because I don’t have time to cook. On weekends, my boyfriend visits me and we go out to eat. It’s an endless cycle that will go on for the rest of my life or until I die of a heart disease. As my dependence on processed food grows, so does our nation's. America’s dependence on processed food is what is causing our nation's slow death of addiction and illnesses. We know it can cause these complications but yet, we still indulge.
By Analicia 🌸 Del Toro8 years ago in Longevity
My Never Ending Fight
Hello, my name is Amanda. I hope to inspire someone with my story so let's get into it and cut the beating around the bush. When I was born the doctors had trouble keeping my body temperature stable. I was either too hot from the waist down and cold from the waist up or vice versa so with this being said, I couldn't be out of the incubator.
By Amanda Turrubiate8 years ago in Longevity
ThetaHealing Can Give You a Life With Flo. Top Story - May 2018.
On her website, Flo Ankah states a focus on empowering creatives and entertainment professionals. On the other hand, she doesn’t limit inspiration to those who are all about putting on a show. “We are creative when we find solutions so you can be an accountant, a lawyer or a stock broker and be creative,” says the New York City actress, singer, etc, etc. But either way, moving on comes under the same guise for anyone who chooses ThetaHealing® for a coaching session.
By Rich Monetti8 years ago in Longevity
My Blood Clot Survival Story
A near death experience is never something that I thought would ever happen to me. That was always something that happened to someone on television, or even down the street. Up until the age of 23, the most serious surgery I ever had was getting my wisdom teeth out. I never thought as summer was winding down in August 2013, and as I began to prepare to move back to University, that my health and my life would drastically change in the form of a large blood clot. I want to bring awareness to my condition in the hopes that it can help someone else who has experienced this or prevent it from happening to someone else.
By Sarah Franchi8 years ago in Longevity
Milk Sugar Intolerance
I am hearing that more people are suffering from lactose intolerance. These people suspect that they cannot digest milk sugar in their body. This intolerance can affect anyone at any time when it has never bothered them before. People can go for years without a problem, and then all of a sudden he or she experiences gut-wretching abdominal/intestinal cramping, nausea, and diarrhea.
By Carolann Sherwood8 years ago in Longevity
Treating Schizophrenia with Compazine Prochlorperazine
What is schizophrenia? Schizophrenia is a debilitating, severe, and acute mental disorder that afflicts a good number of people. The symptoms of schizophrenia can range from a strange voice from within, misconceived notions, confused thinking and actions, depression, and suffering from hallucinations. These manifestations can cause an individual to feel fearful and recluse. Their distorted actions can be seen as difficult to understand or scary to others.
By Patricia Sarkar8 years ago in Longevity
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 It Is So Important to Listen to the Warning Signs When Training
Two weeks ago, I tore my hamstring tendon right at the top where the tendon attaches to the bone. I have injured myself before—I hurt my left hamstring at a pole show in Oslo last year, but I push through the pain. I did my right side about six weeks ago, but again pushed through.
By Samantha Bentley8 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
