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Friday, January 23, 2004
TGIF!
Seriously, it's just been the first week of school, but I have lots of reading to do! It isn't so bad, seeing how quickly I'm progressing with each homework assignment...
And I have a chem quiz today, which I think I aced it, because it was so easy. I didn't go to bio lecture today, because the prof said that she's going out of town or something... English wasn't so bad either---just the lecture over the reading and some history stuff that goes along with it. There's no way I'm ever going to have the heart to major in English even though I'm good at it... I lean onto the sciences a whole lot...
I'm so glad that I've met so many people I've known since I was a kid, and now they're all at UST! That's so awesome! Psych yesterday was so cool---I think I'm going to extremely love that class. As for as New Year's yesterday, I heard fire crackers occasionally throughout the day... But yesterday evening was annoying though. Sometimes I can't stand parents' fussings at little things. It just irks me horribly, and I feel like I have to lash out and yell... Especially my dad. I can't get along with him normally at times, because he acts so insane---and it's even more embarrassing just to go out in public---cuz you never know when he'll just make you feel humiliated or embarrassed, etc. And of course, he has some stress and depression problems and he's on medication and whatnot... *sigh* And the worst thing is that he's becoming more and more like his own father everyday, and that's scary. Like father, like son. Thankfully and definitely hopefully, my brother doesn't become like my dad when he grows older... I think I'm just gonna go crazy. That's one of my big reasons I want to do something about this by becoming a psychologist, a psychiatrist, or something... I need to figure out things, seeing how I'm forever analyzing people...
Anyway, I just browsed through the Reader (a book my theology prof put together for all the students last semester), because there were always some good articles in there. And then I came across an article that talks about the importance of touch (and massage), and I read it, and it was really impressively wonderful. I'm glad that I'm a believer in the sense of touch, for it's one of the most important senses we need in life, just like we need shelter, food, and water. Without it, we may die or become impaired... After reading this article, I now understand why I'm always obsessed with the sense of touch, because I write a lot of poems relating to the senses a whole lot...
Here are a few sample passages from this article:
"The idea that touch can heal is an old one. The first written records of massage---the word comes from an Arabic word meaning stroke---date back 3,000 years to China...
Massage, it seems, helps asthmatics breathe easier, boosts immune funciton in HIV-positive patients, improves autistic children's ability to concentrate, lowers anxiety in depressed adolescents and reduces apprehension in burn victims about to undergo debridement, the painful procedure in which contaminated skin is removed...
Cultures that show more physical affection toward infants and children tend to have lower rates of adult violence...
'America is suffering from an epidemic of skin hunger, ' says Field, who talks of a 'dose of touch' as if it were a vitamin. She envisions a kinder, touchier America in which teachers can hug students without fear of a lawsuit, in which parents massage their children at bedtime as naturally as they tuck them in..."
Literature Cited:
Colt, George Howe. 1997. The Magic of Touch. Life. August 1997: 53-61?.
Mmm, this article is really wonderful... I'll have more soon when I come across them. And then, I think I might come back and write in here later. My thoughts are on a rampage right now for some weird reason. *shrug*
// rambled by A~Lotus at 1:26:00 PM
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