Ok so anyone watch the show Intervention? Normally i am all for it. I dont watch the show reguilarily, but they do good work with people addicted to crack an dheroin, etc….HOWEVER! Last night they had an episode about Brooke who has had Arthritis since highshcool and takes lots of pain meds to manage it. The portrayed her as a massive addict, they portrayed her as being worse than a crack addict.

SHE DID NOT CHOOSE TO HAVE ARTHRITIS! I KNOW CUZ I AM THE SAME!

Just because i have to take some pain meds and lots of other meds, basically spending $500 a month on medication to manage my disease does not make me a drug addict! Just because i like to smoke a bit of pot to relieve the torturous pain in my joints does not make me an addict! I would dare anyone from intervention on A & E to walk a month in my shoes, you feel what its like to have pain day in and day out. To not be able to sleep with out meds because the pain is so bad you cant sleep. It wouldnt have been so bad if they had explained that in the show, but they seemed to stress that her pain wasnt as bad as she said it was.

And why the HELL didn’t Intervention the Show on A & E talk to any of Brookes doctors, I mean seriously. If she is being prescribed these meds, wyh didnt they ask the doctor why, how much, and isnt there any other treatment? Obviously brooke is scared and feeling alone since her family is abandoning her and not believing her pain, she doesnt know about the other available treatments like Gene Therapy (Enbrel, Remicade and Humira). Why is all the blame being put on this poor girl who is suffering.

Anyways, im running out of steam here….so I also wanted to post the letter I wrote to A & E. I want this to spread, if anyone can digg this or link to it, please, because watching that show last night made me question my self and made me feel like a drug addict and a failure and I AM NOT. I am anything BUT a failure because i am still going with my severe pain, I am still alive, I am still working, I still have some spark left….but i wont be able to keep it if people like those on Intervention on A & E keep giving the impression that arthritis is not a severe condition and its not needing research and funds. A & E STOP HURTING THE CAUSE! There are thousands if not millions of sufferers of arthritis whether young or old and we need help, and we are constantly overlooked by everyone. Just cuz i look young and healthy doesnt mean i am.

the letter i wrote to A&E Intervention show:

” Hi there. I was watching your show Intervention last night with Brooke, who suffers from arthritis and I am extremely angry with you for how you portrayed her. I have suffered from arthritis since being a baby.Not only did you give the impression that young arthritics are all drug addicts for trying to manage their pain, but you also gave the impression that Arthritis in young sufferers is not severe and should be manageable with a tylenol or advil, which is extremely wrong. I have gone through many pain meds and antiinflamitories, in fact my story is very similar to Brookes, except my mother has always supported me and understood how much agonizing pain i am in. I consider myself lucky that I have found another type of medication that helps so i dont have to rely on pain meds, but you need to understand, once you take so much meds, you need more of it to get the same result you had the first time, resulting in higher and higher doses. How canyou blame brooke and make her feel like an addict, when her meds were perscribed that way. You should be on Her doctors case and ask him why he never offered brooke gene therapy! I have never been so angry with a program before, but watching that episode of intervention last night made me feel like i was a bad person because i have to spend $500 a month on medications for a disease that i did not choose to have and which makes me feeel bad enough without people like you rubbing it in my face. Sure at the very end the dr was defending brooke, but that was only shown for about 30 secs, the rest of the program is how she is an addict and she is bad this way and she is faking her pain. I dont think anyone but people like Brooke and me understand what its like to be in that pain and have people not believe you and penalize you for it. It is not fair and it is wrong. You all should be ashamed. I sincerely hope some one will apologize to me and all other severe arthritis sufferers out there for this misrepresentation of this disease, and i think you should apologize to brooke for making her feel even worse about the disease she did not choose to have.

Auliya”

Please, if you are a friend of mine or you understand what i am saying here, please pass it along somehow. I dont think this should be ignored, there are far to many ideas about arthritis that are wrong and need to be changed. I know because I am one of these sufferers and I have had it up to the celing with people saying it is in my head or it cant be that bad get over it. It is that bad. Fuck you. (To all those who understand, I love you and you are the reason I am still alive today. Without all the support of my family, My Boyfriend and my best friends, i wouldnt be able to cope at all.)

Ok so we all write random stuff on our websites and blogs and forums. Some are opinions and some are facts, but it is all pretty much free speech. So can you go as far as to say that you own a brand name or company name; therefor, no one else can even write the name? I think not! There is no way you can demand someone not to rank on search engines for your terms either. You dont own the Google SERPs, Google does! If you can bid on other trademarks and brand names in google adsense without consequence, as has been shown in courts, your not going to be able to control organic search results.

To read the whole story visit Morgan’s REW blog post about Woodbury Junction New York or continue to read my little rant… Read the rest of this entry »

So I have submitted some Photos for the Virtual Bed In (one of The Amnesty International Campaigns to save Darfur). One of the photos, the first one infact which is on the AI Virtual Bed in website (I am at the bottom of the page as I write this, and have been for about a week) was not planned for the bed in, but it was the only in bed photo I had when i first signed up. So I decided to do it properly and make a mural on my wall for a special Bed In photo, but I actually took many. Here are a couple of my Favorites!

If you would like to make your own bed in photos, just head on over to Amensty International’s Virtual Bed in Site. You can win prizes, and it raises great awareness, especially if you can make a party of it and educate your friends to spread awareness yourself. You can alsp raise donations for the AI Darfur Cause.

One last note, I highly HIGHLY Reccomend the Instant Karma: Amnesty International’s Campaign to Save Darfur CD. I ordered it online through Future shop (Via that website - InstantKarma.org), and was very stoked to get it. I will give it a better review soon. But I do reccommend people go out and get it. It is a collection of some of the best songs written by John Lennon, they are some of the songs that Yoko Ono - Lennon donated to Amnesty International because she believes in the cause and she believes John would too if he was still alive today. John Lennon has always been a huge inspiration in my life to live peacefully and be as good a person as I can be. Even though I was not even born when he died, my mother was always a huge fan and I grew up listening to John Lennon and Beatles music. Anyways. It’s a great CD…So go get it!

And don’t Steal it, The money goes to a good cause!

Check out the Amnesty International Virtual Bed In Page

Join the Amnesty International Virtual Bed In Campaign to Save Darfur

Help bring peace to the people of Darfur by joining Amnesty’s virtual Bed-in for Darfur.Take a creative photograph of you and your friends in any bed and location of your choosing and win one of many great Instant Karma prizes.

Judge for yourself…….I think it’s gorgeous!

Click on it for the larger version.

By: Mary Amos

How to keep your cat or kitten amused for hours

Cats and kittens love to play. Kittens especially love to play and sharing your life with them is so much more rewarding if you play with your cat. It’s really great fun even if you do pick up the occasional scratch and it’s important for your cat’s fitness and well being too.

How do you keep your cat entertained? After all it’s not the same as a dog; you can’t play catch or fetch with a cat – or can you? To keep your cat enthralled and interested in playing with you, you need to have a challenging and ever changing environment. Now before you go off the deep end, it’s not as bad as you think. All you really need to do is to have a few cat toys out at a time and rotate them to keep your cat interested. It doesn’t have to be expensive toys either. String, paper, balls and boxes are all great cat toys. Read the rest of this entry »

Happy new year everyone! I hope it has been good for everyone so far.

This year I have been inspired. I think I have chosen where I am going, lifetime job wise. It is time to get started on that.

I have been reading books by Vicki Halls, a Cat Behaviour Specialist in the UK. She has amazing books, and honestly I think she is somewhat of a genius on this subject, and in her I have found a new role model. I am going to work towards becoming a cat behviour specialist myself, no matter what it takes.

So if you noticed, there is a new catagory for Ferocious Feline, and that is Cat Psychology and Behaviour. I’m sure the Rights and Rants will be much smaller than the Kitty cats on this blog, but there will be some because I want to keep the personal touch here. I will be posting much on behavioural tendancies of cats and how to help them. You may think that everything is harmonious in your cat household, but often it really isnt that way at all. Years of cats tolerating many things, such as unwelcome other cats, boredom, and poor health can suddenly become apparent for no noticeable reason other than your cat simply cant take it anymore. I would like to try and help those people make their cats happier, and in turn making the owner/cat relationship stronger.

I will be setting up an email address soon for cat questions. I would like to say that I am not a certified vet or aide, but just a person who has spent many years researching and learning about cats health and behaviour. I am also someone who will be going back to school in order to have a profession in this area. Vicki Halls has given me a new hope for life. As a person living with an illness, knowing where to go in life is very hard. But in Vicki Halls books, I have found a whole new possibility for my life that feels more like the right direction for me everytime I think about it.

I hope I can help some people, but I mostly hope I can help a lot of Felines, Ferocious or not!

I LOVE YOU THE MOST!! It’s your Birthday today, and i doubt you will check my blog, Bu ti do love you, and i want to be with you forever. You are such a wonderful person to be with everyday, and I sure hope we will be this happy forever. Happy Birthday!

Hey everyone!!!  Guess what!?  I started a new project called Pets Dressed.com.  I’m really excited about this!  It’s not completely set up, but the website is started, and I hope to be ready for the new year!

I really enjoy taking photos of Girber and friends, and adding to them, drawing on them.  The funny thing is, many people think that they are actually dressed and comment “How do you get them to stay still in the costume?”  Well, I have decided to offer this to the internet community.  If you would like your pet dressed in his or her best for any occasion, put me up to the job.  I havent worked out prices for shipped photos, say if you want your photo on a mug, or cards or whatever, but I will be offering digital copies of these wonderfully artsy photo’s for probably $15 US.  The best part is, it is your favorite pet(s) and you can tell me what exactly you want.  Even if you dont know what you want, you can let me be even more creative if you like.

Once I get my paypal set up I will be offering credit card payments through there.  And once i have time to do more research I will have more price information for shipped photos on the site. Right now I am working on the imagery and setting up the site for 2007.  Inputting the information is easy after, as long as i can get it.  I will be posting updates on the site and here so please take a look at my newest project - Pets Dressed.com: For the Best Dressed Pets.