Socially Responsible It Is

I found this ad and I thought it is a funny and creative yet scandalous example of socially responsible advertising. It was created by TBWA/Paris in France. I don't know if here in US anybody would find it proper to create an ad like that but I do not have problems with it. It shows what it is. I find it interesting and entertaining. You might not agree with me

watch the ad here

It's Not What It's About

One day in my creativity class we were talking about "it's not what it's about" concept and how important it is in creating a successful ad. So I have my own interpretation of that concept. See if you understand what I am talking about here. The story might seem not making sense at all but remember...it's not what it's about...

Sugar - most women love sweets...love sugar. Well...there are some men out there who like it too. But usually they don't want to admit it. They try to hide it. Some of them are brave enough to say it in public that they like sweets. Usually white sugar is preferred. People say it's more universal: it's good for everything. You can't use brown sugar everywhere. Its flavor is too specific and strong. I grew up with the white sugar. I didn't really know much about the brown sugar before coming to US where it is pretty common...more common than back home. Anyway...my mum says we should stick to what we are familiar with. She doesn't really like brown sugar even though she says she has nothing against it. Well...i have a different opinion...now. I switched my regular sugar diet to brown sugar diet :) . Once I tried brown sugar I don't want to go back to the regular sugar anymore. It has so much more flavor. It's almost that its flavor has a character...strong and distinctive...bitter sweet sometimes but never boring. Will I ever switch back to my old diet...that can happen. I might just get tired of brown sugar and return to my universal sweetness. Oh my mum would be happy. However one moment I felt that I had enough...my life was turning too sweet...almost cloying...bitter sweet. I decided I'm done with sugar for a while and went to that sugar free diet. I got rid of all the brown sugar in my kitchen, small sugar packages-to-go in my back pack, candies in my purse. I was done with it! It felt sooo good...so refreshing and freeing. But not for a long time: in a week or two I felt I need something sweet. Since I threw away all the old sugar I went to the store and bought a new one... Actually I bought several brown sugar packages of different brands to see which one is the best. A couple of them I tried I didn't like so I put them aside right in the beginning. I didn't even have to taste it because the smell was bad enough to repel me away.

That was the story...I hope I won't get in trouble for that :)

That's Just Not Cool...Not Cool At All!!!

With all that stuff going on between North and South Korea I found something quite interesting yet disturbing. True or not it really made me think. I really hope it is not true but the facts speak for themselves. There was a woman who apparently could predict the future. She is very well known in Europe. Her name was Vanga. Pandeva Dimitrova. She was born in 1911 in Bulgaria. Vanga died in 1996. She lost her eye-sight when she was 12-years-old after being swept away by a tornado. She was found alive, but blinded. She said it was then that she received her ‘gift’. When she was 16-years-old she began making prophecies and quickly became famous because of the accuracy of her predictions. People from around the world sought her out seeing insight into the future, including Adolf Hitler is said to not have liked what she told him. Vanga claimed her visions were given to her from unknown creatures from another dimension. At times people who had lived hundreds of years earlier and at times aliens from a planet they call ‘Vamfim’ brought the visions to her. (we'd think here she must got hit hard in her head huhh). According to people who knew her, she predicted her own death and that a 10-year-old French girl would inherit her gift and become known to the world. Here are some predictions that actually happened:

In 1980, Vanga predicted the accident of the submarine Kursk ‘At the turn of the century, in August of 1999 or 2000, Kursk will be covered with water, and the whole world will be weeping over it.’ The accident occurred in August 2000.

In 1989 she predicted the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. ‘Horror, horror! The American brethren will fall after being attacked by the steel birds. The wolves will be howling in a bush, and innocent blood will be gushing.’

2008 – Assassination attempts on four heads of states. Conflict in Indonesia. That becomes one of the causes for the start of WWIII.

What's the scariest : Among her predictions is that World War III will start in early November 2010 and last until October 2014. According to her prophesy, the war will start out like any other war, but quickly escalate into chemical and nuclear warfare that will have devastating consequences on the Earth and people for years to follow. Those who follow what's going on in the world right now see some connections. The situation in Korea has always been kinda shaky. Now things got even worse. For those who don't know what I am talking about (and I know there might be several out there especially here...) check the news and you understand.

sigh*..I just wish there was no such thing as hate, war... We here are so far from it that we think it doesn't concern us. It hasn't reached us so we just close our eyes and ignore it. But it has been going on in my mind for several days now. Why do people want to destroy themselves? Is our human nature that egoistic and arrogant that we can't stand anything around us?

Anyway...there are some more predictions from Vanga...enjoy!

2011 – Due to the radioactive showers in Northern Hemisphere – no animals or plants will be left. Muslims will begin chemical war against Europeans who are still alive.

2014 – Most of the people in this world will have skin cancer and skin related diseases. (as a result of chemical wars)

2016 – Europe is almost empty

2018 – China becomes the new world power.

2023 – Earth’s orbit will change slightly

2025 – Europe is still barely populated

2028 – Development of a new energy source. (Probably controller thermonuclear reaction) Hunger slowly stops being a problem. Piloted spaceship to Venus deploys.

2033 – The world’s oceans rise as the polar ice caps melt.

2043 – World economy is prosperous. Muslims are running Europe.

2046 – Any organs can be mass produced. Exchange of body organs becomes the common method of treatment.

2066 – During it’s attack on Rome (which is under control of the Muslims) U.S.A. uses a new method of weapons – has to do with climate change. Instant freezing.

2076 – No class society (communism)

2084 – Nature restores herself.

2088 – New disease. – People are getting old in few seconds.

2097 – This disease is cured.

2100 – Man made Sun is lighting up the dark side of the planet Earth.

2111 – People become robots. Think ‘The Terminator’.

2123 – Small countries are at war and the larger countries don’t get involved.

2125 – Signals from space are received in Hungry. An interest in Vanga will be renewed.

2130 – Colonies are built under water with advice from aliens.

2154 – Animals become half-humans.

2167 – A new religion is formed.

2170 – World-wide drought.

2183 – Colony on Mars becomes nuclear nation and asks for independence from the Earth.

2187 – Two volcano eruptions are successfully stopped.

2195 – Sea colonies are fully supplied with energy and food.

2196 – Asians and Europeans are no longer distinguishable from each other.

2201 – Thermonuclear reactions on the Sun slow down. Temperatures Drop.

2221 – Humans engage with something very frightening while in the search of Alien life.

2256 – Spaceship brings a freighting new disease into Earth.

2262 – Orbits of planets start to change progressively. Mars is under threat of being hit by a comet.

2271 – Physic properties are re-calculated because of changes.

2273 – A new race emerges that is a mix of Asian, European and African.

2279 – Energy can be made out of nothing (probably from vacuum or black holes)

2288 – Travel through time. New contacts with the aliens.

2291 – Sun cools. Humans make attempts to fire it up again.

2296 – Bright flashes on the Sun. Force of gravity changes. Old space stations and satellites begin to fall to Earth.

2299 – In France, there is a guerrilla uprising against Islam.

2302 – Important new laws and mysteries about the universe are uncovered.

2304 – The mystery of the Moon is uncovered.

2341 – Something frightening is approaching Earth from the space.

2354 – An accident on one of the man made suns will result in drought.

2371 – World-wide hunger.

2378 – New and fast growing race.

2480 – Earth is dark when two man made suns collide.

3005 – War on Mars. Trajectory of planets changes.

3010 – A comet will ram into the Moon throwing a belt of rocks and dust around the Earth.

3797 – By this time, everything living on Earth dies. But humans are able to put in the essentials for the beginning of a new life in a new star system.

3803 – A new planet is populated by a few humans. There are few contacts between people. The climate on the new planet causes people to begin mutating.

3805 – Humans go to war over resources. More than half of people dying out.

3815 – The war is over.

3854 – The development of civilization virtually stops. People live flocks like animals.

3871 – New prophet tells people about moral values, religion.

3874 – New prophet receives support from all segments of the population. Organized a new church.

3878 – along with the Church to re-train new people forgotten sciences.

4302 – New cities are growing in the world. New Church encourages the development of new technology and science.

4302 – The development of science. Scientists discovered in the overall impact of all diseases in organism behavior.

4304 – A cure for any disease is discovered.

4308 – Human mutations result in people using their brains more than 34% and losing notions of evil and hatred.

4509 – Getting to Know God. Man reaches a level of development that can communicate with God.

4599 – People achieve immortality.

4674 – The development of civilization has reached its peak. There are about 340 billion people living on different planets. Assimilation begins with aliens.

5076 – Humans find the universe boundaries.

5078 – The decision to leave the boundaries of the universe. While about 40 percent of the population is against it.

5079 – End of the World.

Well...the good thing is the world won't end in 2012 :)



That Just Hit Me Today...

My mum had me when she was 23...I am 23!!!!! Yeah, I don't know why but it hit me today...and it hit hard... I realized that, compared me to her. It feels kinda weird...funny...because I thought about it and tried to imagine myself in the situation of starting a family at the age of what I am now...and it just felt soooo so so strange and funny. I just can't picture myself in that kind of situation right now. I don't know what's wrong with me..maybe I am just not mature enough. Not only that...I can't see myself as a mother and a wife even in the near future...not like in the next 5 years. Is it wrong? Maybe...maybe not...

I have set specific goals right now for the future but family is not of them. I've always been independent, I hate to rely on somebody...wait for somebody. I like to move in my own speed, my own rhythm. And I think it's not easy to find somebody who would be able to keep up and not slow me down. That's why sometimes I rather do things by myself than ask for a help. So, that's why one of my goals is to achieve the level where I could be financially totally independent. A great education, finding a desirable job, working myself up - that will get me to that level. This is what is on my mind now. And...when that goal is achieved...I can think of the next important thing: family. So, said that comparing myself to mother when she was at my age doesn't feel so strange anymore. The times have changed, the society has changed. There is no right or wrong thing to do. It's more about what you want to do. ''We walk the same path, but got on different shoes. Live in the same building, but we got different views.''

Never Go To Bed Hungry...

Yes, that's what I learned one time when I got home so late and I was so unbelievably tired that I didn't even care if I was hungry, thirsty or cold. Sleep was all I needed, so I went straight to bed. Well, apparently my body or my brain or they both did not agree with me or maybe they just changed their mind, because I had this crazy nightmare. I remember I was sooo hungry in my dream...I felt it so clearly. I got this opportunity to become invisible. Guess what I did...I went to the grocery store and realized that I can eat whatever I want as much as I want. I felt like a little kid in the toy store. Of course I used the chance and started going aisle to aisle eating everything I desired. Mostly it was the food I usually I don't allow myself to eat because being an athlete I have to choose what I eat. Yes, there is forbidden food for us. I guess the dreams are the only place we can enjoy some things that in real life we don't let ourselves to enjoy. Anyway...after I was done with stuffing myself with all that food I felt incredibly bad...guilty. I couldn't believe I ate that all. I felt a real concern...frustration. Suddenly a dream turned into a nightmare for me. You can imagine the relief I felt when I woke up...the feel you get when you wake up from the nightmare. I remember waking up and my first thought was if that was just a dream or was it reality. So...not a good experience. Yeah...after that I never went hungry to bed.

Colours...

Those are the things that first came to my mind when I thought about different colors.

pink

green

yellow

red

black

blue

gray

beige

orange

purple

light blue

white

brown

Some Poetry Time...

The grass is green my eyes are too

have you seen?

We like to have it in the pocket

I bet you knew

it's obvious, ain't a science of a rocket

Sometimes green is how we feel

Sometimes they say it's gonna kill

''it's bad it's wrong it's weed!''

or you might say ''you look so ill''

They even say it's from a witch...ughhh...let's proceed

I see a hope I see a growth

it's new it's fresh it's natural indeed

Feeling happy - that's all I need

Beginning of a life, feels kinda cold
and makes me wanna play
I'm not that old

I say I'm on that Green Ray

you think I am a fool?

Well...here is the proof

So throw some yellow into blue

and tell me what you get

Oh, you have no clue?

Try...if you haven't yet.

Some poetry time. It's a poem I wrote about my favorite color green. Each verse has a meaning related to the green color. It talks about the different meanings of that color, and how I feel about green and what it means to me.

It might seem a bit confusing so I'm gonna explain the meaning of some verses:

The first one is pretty obvious...the grass IS green and well... those who have seen...my eyes are green as well.

We like to have it the pocket...here I refer to money because it is also called green and who doesn't like to have money, right. So it's not a rocket science and everybody knows that.

We all can feel green...or we all are green depending on what. That means there are some areas we know well and things we are good at, and there are areas we are not really competent in...so said we are untrained, beginners, ''green''.

Green can also refer to marijuana. So it's bad and it can kill you...eventually

Looking ill - in some cultures green symbolizes sickness, being ill. Also we've all seen cartoons where characters become green when they get nauseas.

Green is sometimes related to evil and witchcraft. Witches were thought to have green eyes. But disagree with the people who think green symbolizes bad, so I just wanna go on, argue against them and explain what green means to me.

When I see green I associate it with something new and fresh, it makes me feel happy. It can really boost my mood. It makes me wanna laugh and have fun and play around. It is a color of a nature, rain forest, meadow, limes, emerald, apples, avocados, mint, jade, spring, malachite... It's refreshing and cold.

The Green Ray is called a creative intelligence. So, my poem is a part of creativity. I am on that green ray - I am on that creative FM :). And if you don't believe me or think it's silly then my poem is the proof.

If you mix yellow with blue you get green as a result. So, if you didn't know that you should mix those colors and see what happens.

My Positivity Booster Shot

We all love comfort, security, balance... It's amazing how quickly we get used to good things...things that make us feel good, things that satisfy the needs of both: body and soul. In good times we forget about bad times, we get lazy and forget what's really important. It happens so naturally that we start taking everything for granted forgetting that nothing is eternal and that for every bright day, there is a dark night. The question is...after getting hit by the reality of life do we still remember that after that dark night, there will be another bright day??

I do...I take my downs as a necessary part of my life. It's just something I have to deal with, get through with and learn from. Moreover I see bad times rather in a positive light. They let us know we need to change something. It's like a wake up call that makes us stop, think, rewind, review, search, analyze, think again, make conclusions, take actions and keep on moving. We grow and develop in hard times because we like comfort and we do anything to get it back. Difficulties teach us appreciate and remember the good times. Imagine life is a zebra...black white black white black white...now...what do you see? Do you see white with black stripes, or black with white stripes? Learn how to benefit from the bad times...that's the key.

The Wall of The Memories

One evening was going through my old stuff in my closet. I was amazed and excited at the same time to find things that I didn't even know I have. So many memories... That is the main reason why I collect everything and that is the reason why my closets, shelves and drawers are always full and I never have enough space for the things I actually need. Math tests from the 3rd grade, cheatsheets, organizers, greeting cards, 1st grade drawings, essays, love letters...all of these things have a priceless value for me. This time I found something that could be reused in a kinda creative way. Namely my competition numbers. So  here's the result.

Music as an Alternative Media

Music - what a great channel to reach publics. I heard this song today on the radio. It's a great example of alternative advertising. It's funny, innovative, hard to resist the message(and ignore). So...what is advertised? A well known chain of grocery store Walmart. They do it through a hip hop song called Club Walmart and it is performed by rappers Kia Shine, Young Joc and Cool Courtney. We can assume that the main target is young Afro-American audience. People are tired of boring alternative ways of advertising, but this here is a great idea. The lyrics are kinda odd though, but the melody and the rhythm are pretty catchy.

listen to the song here

Now if you wanna meet girls and I know a little place
It’s a zingy neighborhood and it’s open everyday
Afraid to get in and never got away
You should see this girl that I pulled yesterday

At the Walmart,Club Walmart, I met her at the grocery store
At the Walmart,Club Walmart, every second baby girls go alone X 2

If you call her, you get to know her, I’ll be scared too, got met at the folgers
At the Target Saturday Margaret,Italian Stallion, I met her at the car lick
She was jocking hard, I went to my shopping cart, it’s the Walmart shopping for the hallmark
… in the jar medicine,
... I ever been, everybody’s knowing me
Think I see my ace girl, I don’t give a damn though,
She could be my next girl, … her ebt, you can still be with me
...

Now if you wanna meet girls and I know a little place
It’s a zingy neighborhood and it’s open everyday
Afraid to get in and never got away
You should see this girl that I pulled yesterday

At the Walmart,Club Walmart, I met her at the grocery store
At the Walmart,Club Walmart, every second baby girls go alone X 2

In place filled with college girls, we gonna change the name
Club wiley worm, 24 hours, 7 days a week, no charge, they don’t even check for ID
They smile and say my name, soon as I enter , they look at my chain and say I’m a big spiller
… pocket full of cake.. , I’m in great place, the prices roving
I met a bad chick just last year, hey what do you know?
She’s my cashier she had a pretty smile, everybody perfect
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She did a great job, good customer service

Now if you wanna meet girls and I know a little place
It’s a zingy neighborhood and it’s open everyday
Its free to get in and never gotta pay
You should see this girl that I pulled yesterday

At the Walmart,Club Walmart, I met her at the grocery store
At the Walmart,Club Walmart, every second baby girls go alone X 2

I know, I know what you’re thinkin right, wrong one, you know that
But like if you go there like on a Sunday or Saturday man like, you see what we’re talking about though you know what im sayin?
Now every time I hit the store I see somebody that I know
Start pointing start whispering as soon as I hit the door
… yeah they know who I am
I’m gonna get the store deposit from the … money grand
Hello, how you doing man? Excuse me miss, I gotta tell you this
you a six star chick, who you in as I’ve been with I think I like it …
Nice purse, nice kicks , baby shine on your lips, would you wanna stop and give
… girl what I say
… cause she wanna parle …

Now if you wanna meet girls and I know a little place
It’s a zingy neighborhood and it’s open everyday
Its free to get in and never got pay
You should see this girl that I pulled yesterday

At the Walmart,Club Walmart, I met her at the grocery store
At the Walmart,Club Walmart, every second baby girls go alone.

Call Me Weirdo...

To all present and future college students and not only...

What a college student never has? Time and money. Well I found some ways for myself how to spare some money. It won't spare a lot but hey...you don't have a million if you miss a buck, right. Not sure if SMU students would be the right target though:))) and I don't know how much guys would benefit from it. Anyway...spare the money on the hair cut and do it yourself. I have hair style that you cannot really see if the cut went a bit wrong. So I never hesitate, I take the scissors and cut the style I want. I love to experiment...it's fun and it's free. Plus I don't have to waste the time on scheduling appointment and going to the hairdresser. Also coloring the hair...alway do it myself.

Second thing: manicure and pedicure. I went there for couple of times and figured out that I could totally do it myself. All I had to do is buy some of the nail stuff I didn't have but that was like one time investment. The only thing is it requires time which I usually don't have. But once I get it done I can surely say that my work is not worse than what those tiny vietnamese ladies do.

Third thing: toilet paper. Definitely overpriced. I refuse to pay that money. They know that people will be paying that money because that's the product that is pretty much a necessity. Not me though. No no no...don't get me wrong. I'm not that nasty. Where I get it then? Hmm...you have to figure that out. ;) Let's just say...I like to study at the Fondren library. ;)

I only buy a bottled water if I really need it. That's the second overpriced product. I agree that the water from the tap doesn't have a best quality but still... It is cheaper to buy a filter like Pur or Britta. Again...a way to spare some money.

Then this one is kinda ridiculous. Not that the previous ones are brilliant. Oh well...I am addicted to frozen yogurt. Especially the one that is across the street on Hillcrest called IHeart. I could eat it every day. The only problem is the price is pretty high. But I still want it. So...what I do is I go there and get samples. This place has a self service and clients can have samples. I simply get the most of my dosage from the samples and then to not to be rude and piss off the people working there I buy some of the yogurt. Has worked so far...

:))

We ain't Wasting...

I don't know about you but almost every time I buy milk, it gets bad before I finish it. I was just sick and tired of buying and then throwing half of it away. So, I found a way how to use it. I remember back in the days how my grandmother used to make cheese, butter, quark, sour cream... So inspired by her I decided to  use the bad milk in a useful way: I made a cottage cheese of it. Yes...natural, healthy, high protein cottage cheese with out any preservatives or other other crap they usually add. How? Well all you need to do is take the bad milk and heat it up until you see a white pulp coming up. Then you just need to sift it through a sieve. That white pulp is cottage cheese. Bad thing is out of a liter of milk you only get like 100-150g of cheese. But still...at least you won't just throw it away. The cheese has the same amount of fat the the milk had. So out of 2% milk you'll get cottage cheese containing 2% of fat.

That's How Health Tastes

I am not a fan of cooking. Not saying I cannot cook but it's just something I'd rather not do....oh my...must be a headache for whoever marries me in the future hahaa. However there are some occasions when I get myself together and even can enjoy cooking. For example my birthday. So this time I decided to invite over some friends and surprise them with something new created by me. Well recipe of the dessert I found online but the recipe of the salad I made up myself. I didn't know if my friends will like it. But I didn't expect the reaction like that: they were amazed, they couldn't believe that salad could be that good. Well...I was really flattered, happy and proud of myself. They sometimes still mention my salad and how tasty it was. So...since it got so much attention I think it deserves to be shared.

All you need is lettuce ( iceberg lettuce, chinese cabbage), strawberries, grilled chicken strips, fresh basil, cottage cheese, shredded almonds, grape tomatoes. It's so simple that it's hard to believe there is anything so special about it. But I guess the magic is in mixing sweet strawberries with rather spicy chicken. So first goes lettuce, then add grape tomatoes cut in half, then shredded basil and almonds, strawberry quarters, chicken strips, mix everything together. Then put mixed salad in separate portions on the plates. Put cottage cheese on top of every portion. Then mash the rest of the strawberries in an even pulp and pour it evenly on the salad. Nothing complicated huhh. Who said healthy can't taste good :)

Addict? For sure...

How to stay motivated doing something for many years and not getting bored? Imma tell you this...I have been doing track and field since I was 9. So, that makes what...14 years. Sometimes I think back and think of what I have now and think about the future, put everything I've gained from being a die hard athlete on one side and everything I've missed and the consequences of being such a die hard athlete on the other side, and ask myself: "Is that all worth? Why am I doing it? What was that what kept me walking this path?" When other girls' concern from my class was if the guy from a grade above likes them or not or how to make him notice them, then I was thinking of how to get physically stronger, faster, better to beat my competitor at the next competition. When my friends were headed to the party late night then I was walking home from the practice. When others were enjoying a nice meal in a family circle on Christmas Eve...yes, that's right...no holidays from practice for athletes...I was practicing. Not mentioned the injuries...phefff...

Well...athlete without any injuries is considered to be a dead athlete. Professional sport has never been good for the health. I just do not want to think of what's going to happen when I'm 50. So, what has been keeping me on doing that... Well, first of all I do not feel like I've missed anything because of that compared to others. I do not regret it. I think I am just addicted to it. Sport is a drug for me. All the pain ( and there is a lot of it, believe me), all the joy - it's all addictive. It is said that athletes must be a bit self-torturers, that they enjoy the pain. And I have to admit it is true...I love the pain I get from what I'm putting my body through. While doing it I think it sucks so much, I think of how much it hurts but I don't quit. I push myself to the end. And then comes the reward: the unexplainable satisfaction that fills each cell of the body. Now it knows it can relax...the work is done. The mind is calm, the soul balanced. The other thing is whenever I am concentrated on my performance on the field or in the gym I'm totally in my own zone...in totally different world where there exists no school, no family, no friends, no other world problems. It's like I am taking the time out from everyday life and concerns that come with it. Sometimes I get so into my own thing that I don't even notice people I know around me. They would come to me and ask why I'm not saying hi or why I'm ignoring them. Man...I'm trying to do my thing here...it's not like we are hanging out at the bar or club on friday night, you know.

We'll see how long that will work for me. I definitely understand that track is something I'm doing now and there will be a point when I will have to move on. Because nothing is eternal and the life goes on.

What Supernatural Power I'd Like to Have...

How cool would that be to have a power that nobody else has, huhh?? I know many of us have probably thought of what power they would like to possess. The movies and cartoons have definitely affected those ideas: Fantastic Four, Charmed, Ironman, Spiderman, Batman etc. I remember as a child I wished to have a power of finding lost things. I tended to lose stuff or forget where I put something and while looking for it I just wished to be able to find it immediately. Would be easier to have a better memory or just be more careful, wouldn't it...

Well...I guess a better memory and mindfulness came with years because I don't lose things so frequently anymore. Now I have another wishhhh...I wish I could read people's mind. I think it would help me to spare my time and energy. For example I would instantly know what a person thinks of me and if there is a point spending time on her or him. Oh my...can you imagine how much it would save me from some headache caused by the relationship? I would be able to avoid all the drama and pain that some people like to cause, I could arrange my everyday life in a better way, avoid some dangerous situations. But then there is another side of the coin: would I be strong enough to take all that information. I can imagine it would be mentally and emotionally really overwhelming. But then again...if I was given that power it would mean I am strong enough to handle it. None of us is given more than we can take. If I had it I wouldn't use it in the way that only I'd benefit from it. I'd definitely help the society. For example I could work for the police or FBI or whatever to define criminals so that innocent people wouldn't have to suffer and right person would get their punishment. Wouldn't be bad, huhhh.

It's time to play...now...put your game face on...

Game face - something that every athlete knows what I'm talking about. Yes, it's something you have to have when you go on the field against your competitors. Can't be the same person you are in every day life. Gameface involves in it everything: the attitude, the way I am, the way I think, the way I walk and talk, and what's most important the way I look at my competitors. I look at them like there is nothing but the heaven above me. When I am on the track there are no friends, no boyfriends, no team mates, no spectators...even no emotions...I hear but I don't listen, I see but I don't observe, I hurt but I don't feel the pain...and walk around like I'm 30 feet tall. It works like a switch. Don't have to put much effort in it... After I am done, something clicks and I'm me again. Simple huh...yet so powerful...