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[Feb. 9th, 2010|03:14 pm] |
Today in one of the global health seminars (I'm taking it as an extra unit) I learnt about the "gag rule" on abortion which Bush put in place.
"The Global Gag Rule was reinstated by President George W. Bush on his first day in office in January 2001.
Officially termed the Mexico City Policy, these restrictions mandate that no U.S. family planning assistance can be provided to foreign NGOs that use funding from any other source to: perform abortions in cases other than a threat to the woman’s life, rape or incest; provide counseling and referral for abortion; or lobby to make abortion legal or more available in their country.
Called the "gag" rule because it stifles free speech and public debate on abortion-related issues, the policy forces a cruel choice on foreign NGOs: accept U.S. assistance to provide essential health services – but with restrictions that may jeopardize the health of many patients – or reject the policy and lose vital U.S. funds, contraceptive supplies and technical assistance.
Our continuing research shows the gag rule is eroding family planning and reproductive health services in developing countries. There is no evidence that it has reduced the incidence of abortion globally. On the contrary, it impedes the very services that help women avoid unwanted pregnancy from the start"
Any NGO even TALKING about abortion had funding removed. This meant that a lot of them lost money which supported basic reproductive health services. Women were going out and doing their own abortions, many women died because of this leaving their previous children (sometimes as many as 10) as orphans.
I like Obama so much more for lifting it this time last year. But who on EARTH has the right to tell a woman what she can or can't do with her own body? It's religious blackmail.
Damnit Bush really was a total idiot. |
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[Feb. 2nd, 2010|02:47 am] |
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I justed grabbed the back of my electric heater plug without realising the casing had fallen off and shocked myself.. my whole bloody right side jolted.
I feel sick.
Stupid electricity. |
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[Jan. 31st, 2010|09:38 pm] |
I forgot just how good this song is.
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[Jan. 31st, 2010|06:39 pm] |
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Has anyone else ever felt like they wanted to give Damien Rice a hug?
I do right now. I want to have a cup of tea with him and we can both have a little cry together and then get on with life.
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Sorry Damien Rice, you're going to have to be miserable on your own for a while. I hope things work out for you... Thanks for the empathy though *high fives* |
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[Jan. 9th, 2010|01:55 am] |
I have every single Beatles song ever on my MP3 player but this song made my day today and has strengthened my resolve to (eventually) learn how to play guitar.. |
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[Jan. 8th, 2010|06:28 pm] |
In my fridge at the moment is;
1 large bowl of green lentils with chopped tomatoes and graham masala.
2 packets of Halloumi
2 turkey breasts
1 pack of stirfry vegetables
1 pack of mixed vegetables
1 pack of low-fat cream cheese with onion
I am posting this because, for the first time in ages, I am proud of the contents of my fridge.
That is all.
What's in your fridge? |
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[Dec. 27th, 2009|03:43 pm] |
Am I the only person who sort of fancies Captain Von Trapp?
I'm guessing it's childhood Sound Of Music Conditioning.
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[Dec. 23rd, 2009|05:07 pm] |
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I added my old chemistry teacher on facebook whilst my profile picture was of me and my Nephew.
He thinks I have had a baby and congratulated me.
This has made my Christmas. |
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| Thinking about life.. |
[Dec. 21st, 2009|12:07 am] |
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"When I had nothing to lose, I had everything. When I stopped being who I am, I found myself."
Paulo Coelho, Eleven Minutes |
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| The world looks better in a headstand |
[Dec. 18th, 2009|09:53 am] |
It's just started snowing again here in (now sunny?!) London. It's all a bit too exciting really. It's also a shame it isn't settling but that's probably for the best considering Londoners are evidently allergic to more than 0.5cm of snow on any surface. So yesterday, I got to hold my nephew for the first time yesterday. It was amazing- I've never actually held a proper baby baby baby before!! I don't understand how such a small body can work with such a big head but he seems to be coping. I just hope this world can sort itself a bit before he gets old enough to start questioning things..
 
A photo of me and then the boys from training yesterday.. me attempting escoripon (it's like a headstand but where your back is arched and the feet almost tough the floor) and the boys just loving some camera attention and trying to out-do each other. Massive amounts of happy weekend love to everyone x |
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[Dec. 17th, 2009|01:38 am] |
I just finished piercing my foot with a needle, no less than 20 times, as I relieved pressure from blisters. Yum. This afternoon I ended up in an almost trance-like state after playing maculele for the first time. For those of you who may not know, maculele is a dance associated with capoeira. There's a lot of theories of why it's around but the main idea is an expression of freedom- I don't know if the slaves would have played this in Brazil/Bahia but we also use machetes when we do performances (machetes would have been used on plantations- seeee?! it's fun to learn kids!)
So, I hate the fashion industry with an un-rivalled passion.. BUT..words cannot even describe how happy I am that Audrey Tautou has exactly the same hair as me in this advert.
I used to, until recently, straighten my hair almost every day and hate how my hair settled without any expensive products which claimed miracles and insisted that I'd be a better person for using them. Ergh.
Fingers crossed for a shoulder length NATURAL wavy-hair revolution instead of women spending hours trying to make their hair look a certain way. Any move towards the natural look is a good one. 10 billion points to this advert.
In other news;
It snowed in London today. I was so excited when I woke up. I then went to Southwark Cathederal for a carol service which had a brass band. I am loving brass at the moment in a huge way and have even considered trying out some instruments to finally fulfil my dream (one of many silly ones) to jam in a ska/brass/funk band.
Also, is it just me, or is there a kid called "Justin Beaver" who has done a song in that repetitive shitty R&B style you always hear where the last word of a song is always repeated-eated-eated-eated? I think it's spelt "Beiber" but it's still friggin' funny. I saw his music video today and it was brilliant; so these kids are about 12 right? I'm bad with ages. Maybe they're 18. Either way.. they're at a cool house party?! His testicles are still almost inside him but he's thrown a sexy house party? I don't understand the music industry. I don't understand the world any more when I watch TV (which I only ever do when I'm home.. at the moment I can't find the remote control and am too lazy to get up and change this.. on a side note, EVERY single girl on TV has the aforementioned fake/styled until you die hair)
If house parties for those born after 1995 is your thing, enjoy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNI43Q6MNt0
Right, enough ranting, I'm going to bed. Hope everyone is as groovy as .. um.. flares? |
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| Things I am excited about |
[Dec. 15th, 2009|09:59 am] |
Holding my new nephew for the first time
Learning maculele for the first time tomorrow
The fact it is going to (hopefully) snow. Snow is a rare thing in London, especially in December.. it normally happens in Feb when you're not feeling Christmassy (word?)
EVERYTHING to do with the fact I have tickets for HAIR
EVERYTHING to do with the fact I've been told I can produce a version of HAIR at University if Imperial don't do it next term
The fact my 8,500 word report was handed in yesterday morning at 4am and now it's gone into the midsts of the University intranet.
This!!!!
Having access to my recent photos again
EVERYTHING to do with the situation I'm in right now. I love my city so much and am so happy to be here-I feel like I've grown culturally a thousand times over since I've started University.
The prospect of becoming a little kids hoop teacher!
Being enrolled for the USMLEs- it's going to be a pain in the arse and expensive to sit them but it means I can, hopefully, run away to Boston when it's all done.
Using the the other Universities padded dojo tonight for 8-10:30pm training.. (Capoeira me venceu)
Finding out the Greek version of my name is χαρά
FIIIIIIVE GOOOOOLD RIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINGS!
Our next interactive theatre production and the fact it's going to be a glitter-tastic occasion
My new black ballet shoes.
All the art exhibitions I have lined up; first stop, Beatles to Bowie at the National Portrait Gallery.
Reel Big Fish in Janurary
BON-friggin-JOVI!!
Having an artist pass to Glastonbury 2010. WOOOOO!
Having time to write in LJ again :) |
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[Sep. 19th, 2009|03:45 am] |
So, okay, I'm back on this journal. "But why?!" I hear you all cry simultaneously, grabbing your hair in anticipation... no? Me neither.
It's just because my friends are on here and I want to keep the "beepea" username. I'm slowly taking over every single site which requires a username with mine. It's only 6 letters but they're cool and I want to keep them. The "h" ditracted from the whole Bee + Pea aesthetic.
I need to sort out the page layout,. I'm actually a bit sad that it's so easy to do nowadays.. I realise how old i'm getting now as I start to feel resentful of 13 year olds who can have these amazing looking journal layouts through drag+drop/templates and I remember slaving away over HTML codes. This is only the beginning of what kind of grumpy Grandma I'm going to be. I'll be so pissed off when virtual reality gets good and I'm going to be too old/busy to play with it. Kids have all the fun (secretly why I mainly want to have them, you get to have a second childhood..well, the toys anyway)
Aside from that.. I think I'm becoming the person I wanted to be. Which is nice. I think? Shifting ideals and being open minded.. as far as is possible I mean. I'm limited by modern science and common sense but that's good because otherwise I'd probably just end up with either a pile of puppies or start to think that Apple (and Bono) aren't actually an evil corporation. We wouldn't want that to happen.
Uni starts on Monday. WHOOP! More edumacation for me to learns if I reads dem books good and proper. I can actually see a strange light at the end of the tunnel now.. it's not totlally impossible that I might in fact be able to complete my medical degree and become a Doctor. I'll give it a damn good shot anyway.I've lived and enjoyed the "not doing much" lifestyle and it's been brilliant but at the same time depressing and unfulfilling. I've learnt to appreciate how importance balance is in life.. It dawned on me that as long as things are kept in persepctive, viewed objectively (as possible) and seen as a balance then it's actually all okay. I say this when I'm not hormonal though.. any other time life is just constantly shit(ish..sortt-of-not-really)
In the mean time, i'll keep Hula Hooping:
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This is NOT any sort of "real" hooping. I was just showing off the hoop itself on world hoop day (9/9/9). Not that "real" hooping exists but, for me, it's when you hear music and feel the urge to move and express yourself. This happens rarely for me... it's not easy to do in a Public park either.. you tend to look a bit nuts. I'm going to use the Missus' dance studio at some point to try and take a decent video.. I tend to hoop like a chicken. I'm not elegant in the slightest but I'm working on it. I think this includes no more burping after drinking cider and no more scatching my testicles. (?)
RIght, enough. Bed time. And on an additonal note, Derren Brown didn't make me stick to my seat but he did prove me right in my prediciton that he's a loveable twat.
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[Sep. 9th, 2009|03:25 pm] |
I'm back
....this old journal was more fun.
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