Candy

I started this new book, called Candy. It's quite interesting. I am only a few chapters in so far. The main character Candy is very hard to read, and very mysterious. She just met a boy named Joe, and exchanged numbers. I have a feeling that Candy is really shady, and a bit creepy. I've been trying to figure it out, but I can't put my finger on it. Joe is a normal guy, nothing really special or anything. Nothing special has happened enough to log about, so I will keep reading and blog about it in a day or two.

Assisted Suicide III

Jacoby, Susan. "The Right to Die." AARP Bulletin Today 10 Nov 2005 10:56:00-05:00. 8 Dec 2008 http://bulletin.aarp.org/yourhealth/policy/articles/assisted_suicide.html?CMP=KNC-360I-YAHOO-BULL&HBX_OU=51&HBX_PK=assisted_suicide.

In the article, Jacoby is going over one of the first major tests for newly appointed Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., the Bush administration is challenging Oregon's controversial law allowing physician-assisted dying, claiming it violates federal laws governing drug use. It also tells you Oregon's law, ratified by voters in 1997 and it's strict conditions, which include: 1) two doctors certify that the patient has no more than six months to live; 2) patients must make three requests to the doctor for a lethal dose of medication — twice orally and once in writing; 3) the prescription can be filled only after a 15-day waiting period; 4) patients take the drug themselves — the prescribing doctor may not administer the drug. Charlene Andrews, 68 who was diagnosed with advanced breast cancer in 2000 spoke out: "I think of this as 'doctor-aided dying' or 'compassionate aid in dying,' That may be less catchy in headlines than 'doctor-assisted suicide,' but it's much more truthful. I am still fighting to live with every available medical tool, but I am going to die of this disease anyway." Kenneth R. Stevens Jr., M.D., a radiation oncologist in Portland, Ore., and vice president of the Physicians for Compassionate Care Education Foundation informs us that he believes assisted suicide as a violation of the doctor's healing role. "I did not become a doctor to write a prescription to end a patient's life," he says.Jacoby closes her article with Andrews: I have peace of mind because my state respects my own judgment about my own life and death, "I'm hoping the court will send a clear message that will give other Americans the same chance—to decide for themselves when enough is enough."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/7770641.stm i need that for my next post..

He Completes Me

So I've continued reading, and well....I can't stop. The second book is Jacob's story, and goes through what he is thinking. Ah it just keeps getting betterrrrrr! Just wanted to tell you its amazing, but what else would you expect? READ THE TWILIGHT BOOKS NOW JARRETT!!! :D Post again laterrr!

Assisted Suicide

Research Question: When is assisted suicide ethical? Or is it ethical at all?

Ricci, James. "Assisted Suicide Attacked from an Unlikely Front." Los Angeles Times 2007. SIRS Researcher. SIRS Knowledge Source. Edina High School. 7 December 2008 http://www.sirs.com.

In this article by James Ricci, he is showing dissability rights groups who are usually supportive of individual liberty, how they have helped defeat bills out of fear that HMOs would see a chance to cut care. Throughout the article, Ricci goes over cases that assisted suicide has taken place, and how people think that it is just a way of cutting care that should be given to these patients. He shows us what different people view on this subject, and some were quite stong, such as Paul Longmore, a history professor at San Fransico State, as well as a pioneer in the historical study of disability: " HMOs are denying access to healthcare and hastening people's deaths already. Our concern is not just how this will affect us. Given the way the U.S. healthcare system is getting increasingly unjust and even savage, I don't think this system could be trusted to implement such a system equitably, or confine it to people who are immediately terminally ill." He ends with a quote from Remson Mitchell: "I'm tired of fighting it, I'd much rather be working for healthcare reform than battling this, over and over and over again. Killing someone isn't improving anyone's care."

Hirsch, Afua and Gillan, Audrey. "Ask Parliament, Not Courts, Whether Your Husband Can Help End Your Life." The Gaurdian 2008. SIRS Researcher. SIRS Knowledge Source. Edina High School. 7 December 2008 http://www.sirs.com.

In this article Hirsch and Gillan examine the case of Debbie Purdy who went to Royal Courts of Justice because she was determined to have her husband with her holding her hand, when she died. Purdy wanted to be certain that her Husband, Omar Puente would not face prison time if he took her to the Dignitas clinic near Zurich to help her die. Purdy's response the the two high courts rejecting her: "I would be heartbroken if Omar could not hold my hand while I died. It would be the worst thing I could ever imagine. Ambulance men hold people's hands because they don't want them to die alone. It would break Omar's heart if he could not hold mine, and that would be heartbreaking for me." Purdy is still alive, the doctors gave her pain killers because the law was not clear, and Purdy did not want her husband in jail. Representing the DPP, Jeremy Johnson had said there was no compelling reason for the case to be heard on appeal. "Only parliament can provide Debbie Purdy with the remedy she seeks"

OH MY GOD

I'm completely, and utterly speechless. You have no idea, I don't know what to say. So, I started reading Breaking Dawn, the fourth book of the Twilight series, by Stephanie Meyer. Um, so this book so far is flawless. It's broken down into books, and I just finished the first book. Holy $$#%*&^! What happens in the first book, you could never even have imagined before! Just to give you a taste..BELLA IS PREGOOO!! Yup, you heard me. Pregnant. Oh my god, who would have ever thought. I don't even know how to respond. At the begining of these books, kissing was a risk, but now! SEX!?!?! When I finished reading, I truly just sat there looking at the book with my jaw dropped for about 20 minutes. I will blog later, I have to keep reading! BYE!

A million Little Pieces pt. 4

Hi everybody, I finished A Million Little Pieces. Wow it was amazing, since my last post so much has happened I can't even comprehend it all. If you haven't read this book, READ IT NOW. The intensity is ridiculous. So since my last post, Lilly has become a huge part of the book, her and James continue to see eachother even though it is against the rules, and some of the workers were starting to get suspicious. Eventually they did figure out that they were having relations, and it was a major problem. They threatened to kick them out of therapy a few times. This is at a point where Lilly and James are falling head over heals for eachother, they are an outlet for eachother, similar in so many ways. Although James and Lilly both have horrible trust issues from their past with other relationships they are suprised with how they have fallen for eachother. So when they threaten to kick them out, Lilly looses it threatening to leave to go back to Chicago to be with her grandmother and say goodbye to her (she is sick and dying) and than kill herself, she leaves the clinic on her own, without James knowing. He finds out the news and starts freaking out. He is so scared, and has no idea where she could be, he finds two members who work at the rehab center who he has become close with, Hank and Lincoln. They leave the treatment center in a hurry, James panicking in the backseat. He is thinking about the comment Lilly made about killing herself if she couldn't be with him. They drive to the Minneapolis bus station, when James is there he finds a drug dealer, who is speaking of Lilly, James talks to him and find out where Lilly might be. They go there, it is a boarded-up old building, he walks inside, the rancid smell overtakes him, throw up, urine, making him want to vomit. He goes up the stairs, he smells the drugs, hears the sex, everything is around him, tempting him, testing him. He keeps going, yelling out for his Lilly, he gets to a hallway. He hears a man yelling commands at a girl, (innapropriate for the blog) ...and he steps inside the room, finding Lilly on her hands and knees, (innapropraite for the blog) his heart sank into his stomach, he can't believe what he is seeing. He holds back his tears, and picks Lilly up. Against her own will, she kicks and screams, trying to get him to let her down. He won't budge, he has to get her out of there. She was having sex with the man for crack, knowing that she has already smoked they take her back to clinic and get her into detox. It kills James to let go of her hand, but he can't go with her. He tells her not to worry and that she will be with him again soon, just hold on. OHH MYY GOOSSHH, it is so crazy. That is just a little preview, it only gets better. This book is by far the best book I have ever read. I am now going on to read, My Best Friend Leonard, by James Frey as well. It goes on with his story, and more in depth with his friendship with his friend Leonard. Ah I'm so excited! Keep ya posted.

A Million Little Pieces pt. 3

Hi you guys! I have continued reading A Million Little Pieces, and you have NOOO idea how good it has got! I only have like a few chapters left! Remember Lilly? The character that came into the book towards the begining, well she is back and is a HUGE part of the book! I am like obsessed with her. After James bumped into her awkwardly when he was picking up his meds, they saw eachother again after that and started to feel a connection between eachother. Although, the rehab center that they are at, forbids any relationships between patients. They didn't really think of that, so they decided to see eachother anyway. They sneak around the outside areas of the clinic, going into the woods and meeting up with eachother. They don't know how to feel at first, knowing that it is forbidden and not really knowing anything about eachother. They were both a little hesitent but felt like they had to be around eachother. They started seeign eachother more and more, and some of the people at the clinic were starting to catch on. They were in the woods one day and they started to become very close, closer than they thought. They both had trust issues, and didn't know how to react to this. They were under a blanket, and Lilly started to get closer to James, he didn't know what to do. He started to shake, and pushed Lilly off of him. She didn't understand, he tried to explain it to her so she would understand and know that it wasn't about her. She seemed to understand and said that they would take it slow, he appreciated it, because he couldn't handle it yet. I am litterally obsessed with this book and can't get enough of it. I'll keep you all posted!

A Million Little Pieces pt. 2

Second blog post for A Million Little Pieces! It has become so good in the last few chapters, I still can't put it down. After arriving to Chicago, where his parents picked him up at the airport, they than take James to their cabin where they give him time to rest before they take him to this rehab center in MINNESOTA (: ha I think that's cool but anyway. He goes to the rehab center, not knowing what to think. They check him in, and than he starts his detox process. Which was miserable, he could barely move, throwing up, seeing things, anger issues. He didn't know what to do. He mets a few people, Leonard and a strange girl named Lily, she is sketchy so far but who knows. The writing is getting more intense, more explicit writing. I love reading books like this, an actual interesting story. It's not boring and it relates how people in todays society actually speak, I love it so far, and can't wait to keep reading. Keep ya posted!

A Million Little Pieces

Hi everybody! I am doing my first post for my outside reading assignment! I am reading A Million Little Pieces, the memoir by James Frey. I have only read around 40 some pages, and already I can't put it down. From the very first sentence I was intrigued. The book is not written in a "normal" format, it includes of extremly short sentences (some only one word) with a enter right after. It makes me want to keep reading, not like one HUGE overwhelming paragraph. The book so far is about Jame's and his life with drugs and alocohol, he is the narrator and protagonist. The opening scene is him on a plane with a hole in his cheek, a broken nose, missing teeth, and the smell of vomit all over him. He had no idea where the plane was going and what was going on. This was all within the first page, and it only gets better as you go on. The plane is going to Chicago, he gets off the plane to see his parents. They don't know how to respond, they are saddened and shocked. I won't go into to much that happens right away because I don't want to give too much away! (: I truly can't put it down, the word choice, the gut wrenching descriptions, and intense feel the book has leaves you always wanting more. From what I have heard, James is a struggling 23 year old man with serious drug and alcohol issues. At this point his mental and physical health is waisting away by the second. He has to go into a drug and alcohol clinic, or he wouldn't make it. I can't wait to continue reading and will keep you posted as I continue! :D

Welcome to my blog everybody, there is not too much now but will be later. I hope you enjoy!

-Gabbie