Grocery Store and Habitual Food

In my family, going to the grocery store is a rare occasion. Most of our food comes from leftovers or something that I was craving and just went out to get. we rarely have fruits or nuts much to my dismay. I have tried multiple times to get my parents to buy me some "natural" food but it always seems to be forgotten. It's also hard to eat healthy in a world like the one we live in. The only foods that are cheap are the junk food and fast food. If you want to eat healthy for cheap you actually have to go to the grocery store and pick out what you want, go home, make it, then you can eat, and hardly anyone really has time like that.

Healthiness

In order to live a good and meaningful life, there are certain non-materialistic things you must have, or will at least help. You need mental, emotional, and moral health. It also seems to help if you have physical, social, and spiritual health. In class, we have been doing many activities to test the theory that in order to live a good and meaningful life you must have those things. We rolled on top of each other, played tag inside, and outside, we put each other through therapy sessions, and more. What I have decided is that when you are physical, you are much happier, but it also bleeds into the mental, and emotional health, because you feel better. This weekend, I did nothing but play basketball and just walk around. I was out the entire time just being social and having a good time. I honestly felt like I was high off life. It was such a good feeling that I actually wanted to do homework. Everything is connected. My theory goes as follows: If you are physical, you feel mentally and emotionally better because you feel good about yourself and that you are actually doing something useful in your life. Not only do you feel better about yourself, but you feel like you want to do better, like me wanting to do my homework. That’s moral health. That also bleeds into social health because you want to do good for people, and to make friends because you feel good about yourself and you want people to see it. But to top it all off this all leads into spiritual health—Everyone wants to believe in something, and wants to know that their life has some meaning to it, that’s it’s just for no reason. That its for a greater good, that they were put on earth for a reason. If you enjoy life more, because of the healthiness I talked about, you will want to know the actual meaning of things, and that’s where religion ties in. There are many things that help to make life better. Some people find fake reasons to make themselves “think” that they have meaningful lives, but if you just take time to do the simple things you know you should do anyway—be physical, eat right, etc. your life will be meaningful, and you will feel better.

Therapy

The Therapy I decided to look up was...

Animals Paper

This past month or so in History, we have been comparing ourselves to animals. From the time I could talk, I knew I was part of a...culture you could say. A race, but not in the sense of white or black. Like the Human Race. When I went to elementary school for the first time, I learned that I was a mammal, without any good reason. Now, as I'm learning that we, as the Human Race are all animals as well, it makes a lot of sense, but there are still some obstacles. For example, the biblical story of creation: Genesis. As “God” goes about his 7-day creation of the universe, he creates Man, on the last day, the day after he creates “Animals”; thus in the Christian world view, Man is characterized in a category of his own, rather than the evolutionary perspective that asserts a continuum between man and animal. In Genesis, they are viewed as distinct. Scientific Classification, 95% of our time is with humans, Particularly in urban settings, man is confined to interacting with other humans. He cannot get in touch with his fellow living beings that are the animal kingdom, even though he is dependent on them ecologically for survival. we emphasize our non-animal traits—the tendency to exchange, that is the quintessence of commerce; we have the ability to produce more than we need, we walk on two feet, we give birth unnaturally, Man is forever trying to surpass his animal condition. , evolution, and Mind vs. Body (Rene Descartes).
Man is not an “automaton”
While several animals may surpass man in physical prowess, man has the advantage of his highly developed mental capacity. Man has the faculty of reason, and is not governed by instinct alone, and is thereby distinct from animals—this is at the heart of enlightenment philosophy.
On man is governed most effectively by his desires.


Wild animals and domestic animals
Man as an animal who is in a cage/ circus. Society

Animals in an Hour

In 1 specific hour, while in the park i saw:
Dogs
Birds
A Racoon
A Rat
A couple Cats
While walking to the park i saw:
Chicken
Cows
Pigs
Turkey
Because they were dead and people were eating them

Thoughts on my Living Funeral List

During this recent break, I made a list of people who i would like to attend, if I was in fact dying, a living funeral. Just some people who i would like to either clear the air with, or just some people i love and want to spend my last days with. I thought about my family. At first i was like "let me invite all of them because who ever i don't invite will feel bad", but then i was like fuck it. I'm about to die i should invite only people i want to be there. So i invited my close family and only my closest friends who have been there for me and who i can talk to. As i was making the list i kept stopping after each person and just thought about memories i had with them. it really made me think about who was my real friends.

Old People Questions wit Answers

1. At what age do people consider themselves "old"?
On Yahoo Answers most people claimed that they started to feel old between the ages of 55-65. http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070802094957AA7i0b3

2. When do family members start to feel that the "old person" in their lives become a burden?
There's no straight answer on the Internet which i suspected because its so subjective to circumstance, but from personal experience i feel that when you have to start worrying if the "old person" at hand is incapable of taking care of themselves, and you must worry about them all the time.

3. How is our generation of old people different from past generations?
2005 life expectancy: 77.9 years old
1995 life expectancy: 75.8 years old
http://www.wholehealthcenters.com/blog/reports/life-expectancy-is-up-in-usa-by-almost-10-years-over-1955/comment-page-1/

4. Why is it considered "bad" to go old?
Why do people fear old age? It's the most natural thing in the world. Although one may look at old age as deterioration, its inevitable.

5. Is the process of aging different for women than it is for men?
At all ages, women had higher heart rates but lower BP than men. Pulse pressure, however, was lower in young women and higher in older women. Measurements influenced by body size, such as CCA diameter, compliance and systemic compliance, were lower in women. Those related to arterial wall properties, such as CCA and aortic distensibility, were the same. Although aortic PWV rose similarly with aging, PWV had more of an influence on PP in women than did mean BP. The reverse was true in men.
Despite lower mean BP and similar arterial distensibility, women develop a higher degree of pulsatility with aging, as compared with men. This is mainly due to their smaller physical characteristics, independent of the role of menopause and its related hormonal changes.
http://content.onlinejacc.org/cgi/content/full/37/5/1374
6. What % of old people are sexually active? (Gavin)
In 1998, the National Council On Aging conducted a survey of 1300 "older" (over age 60) Americans and their sexual activities. The results indicate that sexual activity plays an important role in relationships among older men and women. Forty-eight percent report that they were sexually active (sex at least once per month).
http://www.sexualityandu.ca/professionals/older-women-3.aspx
7. What do old people do for fun? (Gavin)

8. What is the most common illness among old people? (John Li)

9. What percent are married? (Elvis)

10. What is the top fear of the elderly? (Henry)

11. How long is the life expectancy for the average human? (Elias)
77.5 years old
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_average_life_expectancy_of_a_human