One of the articles we discussed today dealt with descrimination within the black community. Namely, those with lighter skin receive more favorable treatment than those with dark skin. Those with lighter skin are actually seen as more beautiful, among various other benefits. Is there anything more perplexing than standards of beauty. I thought ( Read more... )

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I'm still waiting to receive my last picture, which I think will turn out to be a good shot. Nevertheless, here are the movie stills from my dive.

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I suspect it was a practical joke. Someone found an article from a May 1955 edition of Housekeeping Monthly and put it in Dr. B-A's mailbox. So without further ado, I give you "The Good Wife's Guide" (http://robinsweb.com/humor/good_wife.html). To surmise, it's basically a ( Read more... )

I sent Dr. B-A an email about my “Out-of-Comfort-Zone-Experience.” In class she gave some examples. For instance, an obvious example would be visiting a Jewish temple or a Muslim mosque. She gave some other examples, too. One of guy she had as student used getting a pedicure as his experience. She also had a young woman who always had to be ( Read more... )

The wind finally calms down, but the four of us cannot make our jump together. Bob goes up first with a bunch of other experienced jumpers. Bob is also the only one not to make it to the landing area. He lands in a softball field at a church down the road. The jump school’s office personnel have to drive down there to pick him up. Next, Rick ( Read more... )

An hour later, we reach the airport. I am not going to do a tandem jump. A tandem jump is when you’re strapped to the front of an instructor when you jump. He reads the altitude, guides the fall, pulls the ripcord, and steers the parachute to the landing zone. I’m not crazy about spooning with anyone while I jump out of an airplane unless she’s ( Read more... )

We made small talk, but I didn’t pay much attention to it. Today wasn’t just about jumping out of a plane for the first time and its appropriate discomfort. While I am not afraid of heights, skydiving is one of the last things I ever foresaw myself doing. I was so sheltered as a child. That’s one of the drawbacks of being the youngest of three ( Read more... )

So there I sat. It was roughly 6:00pm yesterday evening. Then again, it may have been 6:30pm or closer to 7:00pm. Who knows? I removed all my personal items (keys, cell phone, wallet, etc.) when I was putting on my jump suit just minutes before. About ten of us were crammed in the middle of a twin engine B-99 like spoons. There were no seats ( Read more... )

I have to write a paper for my Law class. It's an "Out-of-Your-Comfort-Zone" paper. I don't want to do everything I can think of that qualifies. I guess that's the point ( Read more... )