Chick's blog: "End of 2007"

Mentor man shot by woman he met through online dating service, police say Posted by Maggi Martin February 22, 2008 13:54PM Categories: Breaking News A Mentor man is recovering from at least five bullet wounds after he was shot by a woman he met on an online dating site on Thursday night, police said. Michael Kufrin, 19, is at MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland in serious condition with bullet wounds to his arm, knee and hip. Eastlake Police Lt. Bill Gutowski said Kufrin met Leechelle Brown, 29, of Eastlake, on an Internet chat room and was supposed to go on a date. According to police this is what happened: Kufrin went to Brown's Vine Street apartment about 7 p.m. Thursday and she demanded he pay her $300. She pulled out a gun, then forced him to take off his shoes and go to a local bank to withdraw the $300 from an ATM. They returned to her apartment and another argument followed and Brown emptied her gun. Police recovered seven shell casings. Kufrin knocked on several neighbors doors before someone called 911 for help. He was taken to LakeWest Hospital in Willoughby and later transferred to MetroHealth. Police have not yet determined what chat room he met her on or why she demanded the cash. Brown is in Lake County Jail and faces a felonious assault charge as well as other charges. http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2008/02/online_date_leads_to_shooting.html You can read the article and the funny comments after by using the link. Wonder if he "met" her on Fubar???

As a nurse I see so many patients coming in and being on all kinds of antidepressant drugs. It amazes me that some of these people arent in a coma from the amount of stuff they are on. Doctors these days are way too quick to put people on meds imo. My daughter told her physician that SOMETIMES she feels a little anxious when shes driving in her car alone. He prescribed an addicting antidepressant for her. A little over the top in my opinion. I happened upon this article....that says basically that sadness is not only NORMAL it is also healthy and can help you to be a better person and actually enhance your life more. I know...it sounds strange but check out the article. it does make some valid points, especially when discussing relationships. May explain why the divorce rate is so high.....not always happy with your mate? Just dump them and find someone that makes you happier. http://www.newsweek.com/id/107569 In thinking about it...Ive done some of my best work while feeling melancholy. I believe the reason why people are so depressed is they are trying to acheive this "chronic happiness" in thier lives. And its an unatainable goal. Like the commercial says....life comes at you fast. Just being happy most of the time is good enough for me.

Stole this form my freinds Myspace and I really feel it at the moment, so I thought Id share. "All blame is a waste of time. No matter how much fault you find with another, and regardless of how much you blame him, it will not change you. The only thing blame does is to keep the focus off you when you are looking for external reasons to explain your unhappiness or frustration. You may succeed in making another feel guilty about something by blaming him, but you won’t succeed in changing whatever it is about you that is making you unhappy. (Casey Stengel)."

Happy New Year to all my freinds here. Hope the new year brings you lots of joy and happiness and any BS or bad Karma from 2007 be washed away. It is the time of new beginnings. Take full advantageof it. Life is short! Take care my freinds and I'll see you next year! :)