Happy 설날 (seollal). January 23rd is the Chinese/Korean New Years.
Since I’m a shut-in, I won’t be doing much of anything this year but just wanted to wish everyone a prosperous new year in this year of the DRAGON!
Also: I’m streaming my random little DOS games that I happen to find. You can find me here on TwitchTV, and see any old broadcasts I’ve done.
What will you do to help elect pro-choice candidates in 2012?
It’s a major year for politics. Although the pro-choice movement can’t get as much support as the anti-SOPA movement, the biggest thing that we need to remember is to not vote politicians who disagree with our views. Access to medical services is 100% important, and some politicians (like ones that support things like SOPA) do whatever they can to get in the way of women. Doing things like preventing minors to leave a state to have an abortion feeds into “big government,” what these politicians are against in the first place. It’s hypocritical.
I can’t do much but give my opinion, and give some facts. It’s so interesting to learn these facts about politicians, but with the feeling of disgust afterward.
Unfortunately at this point, the Republican party is showing itself to be very much against women’s rights and rights to abortion. Kind of puts voters between a rock and a hard place, forcing voters to choose ‘lesser of two evils,’ if a voter doesn’t agree with the opponent.
It’s a difficult time to be voting. Call your local politicians and vote for those who support choice.
Last night, this game was brought to my attention, and it has a successor which is just as fun. I love strategy games and turn-based games, and this fulfills both needs!
Let me introduce to you Rebuild and Rebuild 2.
Rebuild 2
Rebuild is much more simplified than Rebuild 2, so it’s a good starting point. Play that through an entire map and you’ll have the gist for Rebuild 2. What Rebuild 2 offers over the first Rebuild is that survivors are able to specialize in more than one area, and rescuing survivors isn’t automatic. You also have in-game decisions to make that will turn the tide, or ruin your compound. One major addition is the ability for survivors to scavenge items and equip those items, which give bonuses depending on the type. You know all those dogs you picked up in Rebuild that didn’t do anything? They do now.
I found myself busy with both games for hours. It’s a great way to pass the time, and you don’t have to keep constant attention on it since it’s turn based. I like the fact that you have to juggle between food (farming and scavenging), finding new people and housing, as well as keeping your compound safe from the zombies who want in. You also have to research in order to really beat the game.
If I had to give this game a score, it would definitely be an A.
So, at New Years, my fiance and I had a sit down and chatted about the future. More specifically, my future. The week to come after that just solidified what I wanted to do. As a person, I’m a bit wishy washy — I’m surprised that I’ve kept drawing for the past (almost) 10 years. I’M NOT OLD. 
Anyways, I have this idea of *who* I want to be: I want to be someone who is a superior, an officer, or even the president of my own company. A business owner. I want to obtain that status. However, I have no idea *what* exactly I want to be doing.
I’ve literally found out today, after some previous frustration as all the jobs in the area I’m training into want EPIC, that the program that I’ve been training with is going to become in demand within the next few years as it gains some standards that it was missing. (Medical services that don’t use programs that meet certain criteria will not get the money for going into e-records!)
It makes me feel happy to hear that. I’ve been frustrated with my public health search, but now with an internship and this news it feels like a revival.
Sometimes I worry too much.
… and Xmas, and Hannukah and all of the other holidays that have recently passed.
I’m currently working on finding a job in the public health field. “Public health is everywhere!” they said. “Nurses are taking all the jobs though,” she said.
AND LITTLE DID I KNOW TIL NOW THAT THIS WAS TRUE.
Why is this true? I spent two years focused in the learning of prevention and education specifically with a focus into at-risk populations. My family member is in nursing, and she focuses on clinical work. Why, therefore, does someone with clinical work deserve my job even though she has no specific training into that position?
She never took a class on grant writing or epidemiology or health counseling. Sure, she did some volunteer work once a week with kids. I’ve done many presentations to large groups on X health topic, from erythroblastosis fatalis to hyperthyroidism to tobacco issues. There’s a deep disconnect with employers, though I do see that there are health educators who may only need to be bilingual. (I’m currently learning Spanish in order to become more competitive. In California, it’s a must.)
I hope to update within the next few months with news of me finding a job in health education or public health, I really do. In the mean time, I plan on volunteering for more experience. No one could ever have enough experience.
End rant.
