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(no subject)	[Jan. 22nd, 2007\|10:14 pm]
Getting a Clearer View of the Future While we are deriving from an age of gas guzzling vehicles, we are becoming more aware of the affects our vehicles have on the environment. Car companies, such as Mercedes-Benz, Ford, General Motors, Honda, Hyundai, and Toyota are starting the development of hydrogen cars. Hydrogen cars may become the most efficient, environmentally friendly way to drive in the future. According to facts collected by Cycle America, the average American travels more than nine thousand miles a year by car. While this seems like a small amount, you should think about how often people fill up their gas tanks, and know that burning just one gallon of gasoline creates twenty-two pounds of carbon dioxide. To get a clearer image of how bad we are hurting our environment by driving the cars we do, you should also know that thirty-five percent of the approximate one billion gallons of gasoline Americans use each year makes it’s way into the environment we live in. How much longer can we live like this? How can Hydrogen help. Hydrogen is odorless, colorless, and the least dense of all gases. When burned it produces only water. In Chicago, after taking a ride on a hydrogen bus and being given a cup, Mayor Richard Daley actually drank the exhaust, stating; “It’s not bad.” Hydrogen cars have many advantages besides just the lack of emissions they send into our atmosphere. They are also combustion free making a pleasant, peacefully quiet ride. The hydrogen fuel the car uses will double the mileage you would get with a tank of gas, and they have no moving engine parts so maintenance is easier. Hydrogen fuel would also help the United States in becoming a more self-sufficient country, lowering the more than fifty-two billion dollars we pay for foreign oil. While every situation has its advantages, there are always a few disadvantages. The most important disadvantage is that hydrogen is a highly flammable substance. It is such a simple gas that it can easily leak through cracks and seals, but it can also be turned into forms of liquids and solids, which would make it more space efficient and less likely to leak. Hydrogen is very expensive to make. Until someone finds a way to remove hydrogen from a source at low cost, it is cheaper just to mine for coal or drill for oil. Most hydrogen cars will cost more than one hundred and fifty thousand dollars until mass production occurs; which industry leaders expect will be around the year 2010. There is also the need for hydrogen fueling stations. Twenty-two stations have already been established in California and Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is working on building a network of about two hundred hydrogen fuel stations to encourage the use of these cars. While Arnold Schwarzenegger has recently bought his own hydrogen Hummer vehicle, he is not the only big supporter of the hydrogen car. Hydrogen cars are gaining support from both federal and state governments because of the drastic increase in gas prices and the growing threat to our environment. President Bush has launched a five year, one point two billion dollar proposal for hydrogen cars and service stations. Together Bush and Schwarzenegger have campaigned with the promise of pushing the hydrogen car business further. John Kerry has also stated his support for the development of these cars. How does a hydrogen car run? The car contains a hydrogen fuel cell that creates the power the car needs to run. Hydrogen fuel flows into one end of the cell and comes incontact with a platinum plate. The platinum plate acts as a catalyst and helps break down hydrogen atoms into positive and negative charged particles. The particles are sifted through a substance called an electrolyte, where the electrons are trapped and ions passed through. The electrons are then sent through a wire and begin to make electricity, which causes the motor to run. The wire then carries the electrons back to the cell, where they are combined with the ions and oxygen to create the cars only waste; water. Hydrogen seems to be a good choice for future energy needs. Not only are hydrogen cars environmentally friendly; they are also better for our economy and easier to handle. Americans are always looking for more self-sufficient technology.
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Do You Believe In Your Dreams	[Jan. 22nd, 2007\|10:04 pm]
Dream Interpretation A white room with only a table and chairs. My step mom and I are drinking tea when her twin sister (which she does not have) comes in and she looks exactly like Laura, my step mom, except she has evil eyes. I start swinging a chair around and Laura and I are laughing and smiling, until I accidentally hit the evil sister in the eye and she starts bleeding. We did not have any band aids so we put scotch tape over her eyebrow and then she starts chasing me around the table. Suddenly, its night time and we are in Laura’s bedroom. Its raining and I am crying while she cradles and rocks me back and forth. It quickly thunders and then lightnings and we see the evil sisters face smeared on the window. My dream interpreted makes me wonder how I feel about my step mother subconsciously. My dream seemed to have three parts to it. The beginning is set in a white room giving a sense of purity where we are sitting and drinking tea, which shows we are content with each other. In the second part of my dream, I am being chased by my step mother’s “evil” twin. Being chased by evil shows fear and even hatred or anger toward someone (my step mom?). The hitting and bleeding on the eyebrow is a sign of power and astonishment. Indicating I might get angry and do or say things that I will regret. Then, the end of my dream, in a dark room and death, gives my dream a sense of a new direction in our relationship or something unknown. The rain indicates a release in tension or stored emotion. When I think about my dream and the interpretations deeply; they do make sense. I have always had mixed feelings about Laura. I love her to death, but I know we both wonder or even believe sometimes that one another hates each other. I do not always agree with the things she says and does but I do love her. I do not want to believe that dreams are just made up and mean nothing. I believe in dream analysis. Part Two She is at an old school, on the first day, and she is leaving first class when she keeps having to go back and get things she has forgotten. After the third time of going back, the teacher gives her a pass to get to her next class in four minutes. She has to go to her locker but can not find it. Someone points to where her locker should be and she looks up to see lots of hallways and floors that seem to intertwine. She can not find her locker and she sits down and cries. This dream set in a school, says she might be learning new lessons in life or she might have anxiety toward her abilities to perform in life. Her not being able to find her way in the dream and seeing intertwining hallways, is telling her she might have lost sight of her goals in life but she has to make decisions and she has many choices. Can not see, someone is poking needles in his eyes. Finally, he sees lots of people lying on the floor. Mattresses are staked on walls so people can sleep between them. He tries to reach a back pack between the mattresses and becomes claustrophobic when he can not move. His dream seems to be telling him something is not right for him. The needles represent him being introduced to something he is unfamiliar with or is not sure about. Seeing people sleeping in his dream represents his feeling of being uninformed of something going on around him. The mattress and backpack seem to work together to tell him he has new responsibilities that need attention and these responsibilities seem to be weighing him down. His claustrophobia is a sign of feeling confined in a relationship or life situation. A ball bounces slowly and becomes faster and faster until it is going as fast as it can and the bouncing becomes so loud. He is afraid. The ball in his dream might symbolize that he needs to be more in tune with his inner child. His fear and the intensity of the ball gives the dream a sense of wanting to find that inner child but being afraid to do so. Each person, while skeptical that their dreams really meant something, agreed that there seemed to be some sort of truth in the analysis. Dreams can help us understand our subconscious thoughts and feelings. I do not believe that analyzed dreams can help somebody make an accurate decision about another persons psychological state. Everybody gets curious or thinks unmoral things once in a while. It is only human to think and wonder about the unknown.
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[Oct. 22nd, 2006|01:27 pm]

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So its been forever....

Im so scared
i dont want to turn into the person im becoming
where did ali go?
i used to think these kinds of people were terrible
and now ive become one...
will it ever stop?
i think im gonna have to let go of it all
just give up on it
whats the point? your just gonna do it again

im sorry
im sorry
im sorry
what more can i say or do...
im so ashamed too

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its so hard
i was sure the hurt was gone
then the news of a replacement
and the hurt came back
its my fault i know
but i hate myself for what ive done
and now its over
i know its for good
now the hurt is back
and it wont go away
just the thought
of never again
and we cant even talk
i lost my best friend

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