What would be going on inside the head of a young executive nervously biting on her nails?

This morning I have a meeting with my boss and my co-workers. I'm so nervous because one of us would be getting the job promotion. I was so nervous that I couldn't even eat breakfast. Also, i tried my best to look like a professional women that you would see on 'The Apprentice'. I asked my dog Snooki if I looked good before I exited the door and I think he approved. Now sitting here while my boss is talking about our sales and what not, it's so hard to pay attention while all that is on my mind is what I would gain if i got this promotion. Maybe I could purchase the car of my dreams, or even move out into a nicer apartment. While looking at all my co-workers, it seems to me that my boss really likes Ken and myself, so maybe now of us would get the promotion. Now, finally he's wrapping up with the talking, this is it, I can't help but to bite on my nails. The nervousness is really getting to me, it feels like i could pass out any second. Oh dear, the boss picks Ken, what a shameful morning. I think the boss saw how nervous I was and could not handle the tasks with the promotional job. Back to Snooki and my old apartment for me now..

My Sister's Keeper Journal Entry #1

"In my first memory, I am three years old and I am trying to kill my sister. Sometimes the recollection is so clear I can remember the itch of the pillowcase under my hand, the sharp point of her nose pressing into my palm. She didn't stand a chance against me, of coarse, but it still didn't work. My father walked by, tucking in the house for the night, and saved her. He led me back to my own bed. "That," he told me, "never happened."

As we got older, I didn't seem to exist, except in relation to her. I would watch her sleep across the room from me, one long shadow linking our beds, and I would count the ways. Poison, sprinkled on her cereal. A wicked undertow off the beach. Lightening striking.

In the end though, I did not kill my sister. She did it all on her own.

Or at least this is what i tell myself." (page,3)

"The first time i gave something to my sister, it was cord blood, and I was a newborn. She has leukemia -APL- and my cells put into her remission. The next time she relapsed, I was five and I had lymphocytes drawn from me, three times over, because the doctors never seemed to get enough of them the first time around. When that stopped working, they took bone marrow for a transplant. When Kate got infections, I had to donate granulocytes. When she relapsed again, I had to donate peripheral blood stem cells." (page,21)

They don't really pay attention to me, except when they need my blood or something. I wouldn't be alive, if it wasn't for Kate being sick.

Novel Research

Jodi Lynn Picoult (born May 19, 1966) is anAmerican author. She was awarded the New England Bookseller Award for fiction in 2003. Picoult currently has some 14 million copies of her books in print worldwide.



Picout was born and raised in Nesconset on Long Island but moved to New Hampshire when she was 13 years old. Picoult wrote her first story at age 5, entitled "The Lobster Which Misunderstood." She studied writing at Princeton University, and graduated in 1987. She published two short stories in Seventeen magazine while still in college. Immediately after graduation, she landed a variety of jobs, ranging from editing textbooks to teaching eighth-grade English. She earned a master's degree in education from Harvard University.



My Sister's Keeper is a novel written by Jodi Picoult in 2004 that tells the story of a young girl Anna who sues her parents for medical emancipation when she is expected to donate a kidney to her sister Kate who is dying from leukemia.





http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jodi_Picoult

The Perils Of Indifference

1) The Perils Of Indifference - The Danger of being despicable

2) The ending of "The Lottery" was very shocking and unexpecting to read. In the world we live in now its kind of hard to believe that this story was true because they were killing people for no reason. But stuff like this happens in different parts of the world, that's why we're not used to reading material like this. For example during the Rwandan Genocide the Hutu's and the Tootsie's were killing there own people as well and they did not stop. In this short story it showed how they held a "lottery" once a year and one person had to die.

3) Eli Wiesel's speech is very true and relates to "The Lottery" in many ways. Wiesel's speech shows the truth of how the world really is and how much care there is for things and people.

Informational- The Common Cold

The common cold (acute viral rhino pharyngitis, acute coryza, viral upper respiratory tract infection, or a cold) is a contagious, viral infectious disease of the upper respiratory system, primarily caused by rhino viruses, (picornaviruses) or coronaviruses. It is the most common infectious disease in humans; there is no known cure, but it is very rarely fatal.
Collectively, colds, influenza, and other infections with similar symptoms are included in the diagnosis of influenza-like illness. Often, influenza and the common cold are mistaken for each other, even by professional health care workers, but most of the recommended home treatments (drinking plenty of warm fluids, keeping warm, etc.) are similar if not the same. The symptoms of influenza often include a fever and are more severe than the cold.

Sleep
Lack of sleep has been associated with the common cold. Those who sleep fewer than 7 hours per night were three times more likely to develop an infection when exposed to a rhinovirus when compared to those who sleep more than 8 hours per night.

Vitamin D
A 2009 study found that low blood serum levels of vitamin D were associated with increased rates of the common cold. A randomized controlled trial found that 104 post-menopausal African American women living in New York given vitamin D were three times less likely to report cold and flu symptoms than 104 placebo controls. A low dose (800 IU/day) not only reduced reported incidence, it abolished the seasonality of reported colds and flu. A higher dose (2000 IU/day), given during the last year of the trial, virtually eradicated all reports of colds or flu.



The best way to avoid a cold is to wash hands thoroughly and regularly; and to avoid touching the eyes, nose, mouth, and face. Anti-bacterial soaps have no extraordinary effect on the cold virus; it is the mechanical action of hand washing with the soap that removes the virus particles.

Top Three Fruits

1) Apples- Apples are one of my top three fruits because they are so good and crunchy. And on top of that, they are very good to eat because they clean your teeth. There are so many different types of apples you can choose from which makes eating apples not so boring and bland. They also say "an apple a day keeps the doctor away".

2) Strawberries- Strawberries are also part of my top three fruits because they are so sweet and leave a tangy taste in your mouth which I like. I love cutting up a whole bunch of strawberries then sprinkling a lot of sugar on top of them, its the best thing in the world. With strawberries you can also make smoothies and include them on top of your cereal in the morning!

3) Peaches- Peaches are also one of my favorite fruit. Nothing beats waking up in the morning and eating a fresh bowl of peaches. They are so sweet and so delicious. With peaches you can also include them on top of your breakfast. The best thing about all kinds of fruit is that it is all healthy to eat!

Superpower.

If I could have a super power I would choose the power of flying. If I could fly, I would be able to get to places faster. I could travel to any place I wanted to and whenever. Also, during heavy traffic periods I could just fly over all the vehicles faster and get to my destination on time. Flying would also be helpful if someone was stuck in a high burning building and needed to get out immediatly. I could just fly up there carefully and rescue them. So if I could choose a superpower to have I would choose flying.