Cheaters by Joey Greco

Every time I watch the show cheaters, I go through different emotions. I feels sad for the ones being cheated upon, I feel anger for the ones doing the cheating. My main reason for watching that show is to try and understand the psychology of cheating. I am no professional giving an expert opinion, neither am I qualified to do so, but as a human being it makes you aware of the power of the human mind. You hear the cheaters lie with complete confidence to their significant other over the phone, not expressing even a hint of guilt in their voices. You see some of them completely denying that it is them cheating on the video and blame the show for framing them and making them look bad. They truly believe they are innocent despite the days or sometimes months of proof that is presented to them. It shows how men and women sometimes completely blame themselves for being the reason their significant other has cheated on them and make it their fault. No matter what the situation, sometimes I feel the brain is the one who is actually creating the drama in an individual's life by allowing it to come with things to lie about, plans to cheat, but at the same time, it even allows an individual to make sense and justify his/her actions. The brain is something I would not want to mess with and the more I think about it (brain) I would rather let my heart do the talking as it minimizes the risk of manipulation.

Internet – The Drug for Communicating

Can communication exist without taking a dose of the internet, three times a day, morning, noon, and night?  Does communication have its own identity?  Does the internet take over your identity?  Is communicating through the internet becoming an addiction?  Can the internet break hearts, end careers, and create death in its literal sense?  Well, unfortunately all of the above and much more holds true.
Although various websites and social networking sites keep us closer to our ‘so called’ friends, the repercussions are far more severe and detrimental to the society as a whole.  Personal communicating allows you to read the opposite person’s body language, expression, demeanor, etc. but without that your friends are truly virtual, graphically designed objects in oblivion.  In the first instance you don’t get to see, feel, touch, or observe the characteristics of the person on a one on one basis and you are forced to believe the truth as is fed to you.  It robs you and the other individual off his or her true identity.  There is constant pressure to look good on paper, and as human nature dictates, it is easier to lie over the internet than lie to the face.  Trying to keep up with the newly created persona of oneself, there is an overwhelming desire to change the facts and underplay or overplay situations.  This creates a new identity typically the opposite of what the individual truly is or secretly desires to be.  Keeping up with the façade created by this selective communication over the internet, might just make it hard for weaker personalities to move away from this falsity of their life and they may begin to truly believe and live by their newly found avatar.  Nothing fake can last that long and hence the downfall will always be in the offing.  Overall it affects relationships, and does not allow it to grow and mature along its normal path.  However, the benefit of having to develop an alter ego for the sake of communicating over the internet can hugely assist those with timid personalities and those suffering from inferiority complexes, which gives them that initial push to break out of their shell.

Dog Adoption

I was never a pet owner. I can say that the decision to adopt my dogs was the best decision ever of my life. Having adopted one male and one female dog, they just make the perfect pair! Having adopted them since 2009, my life with them and my husband has dramatically changed. They have brought so much happiness, contentment and fulfillment to our lives that now living without them would be torture. The whole adoption process was as easy as eating pie. I went to Fresno Valley Animal Center in the morning, felt a connection to my dog, filled out paper work, paid the $75 fee and was out of the center in less than an hour! The same effort went in with our other adoption, but this time it was a different place so they charged us $150 and again we were out of there in less than an hour. I would encourage everyone out there to adopt pets, as you are not only saving lives but also enhancing your life. If anyone has any questions about adopting dogs, please do let me know, I would be more than happy to assist anyone in the process. Happy puppy shopping.

What's the difference between a sacrifice and a compromise?

there have been so many instances in my life and with my friends, where we get confused between a sacrifice and a compromise. There's such a fine line between the two, that even though you think you are not the sacrificing kind, be careful cause the minute you decide to compromise you wont even know how fast it became a sacrifice. I think when we you bend your rules to fit the situation and your significant other bends his rules to meet you in the middle, it's definitely a compromise on your part and his. However, as soon as the words "can you," "will you," "you should," start entering the picture, let your alarm bell go off as no one should be asking favors from you if it means you having to give up what's important to you. Seeing the various situations in which I have personally done both, you only know the real difference between the two by the way you feel afterward. If you feel sad and happy, love and hate, smart and foolish, you know you've crossed that line into making  a sacrifice. A compromise should leave you feeling rejuvenated like you've been given the opportunity to make a fresh start with new tools and you cant wait to get things going.

Hello Bloggers! This is my first blog for my online communication class, starting March 2nd. I was thinking of first introducing myself, but instead of doing that I am going to let you all want to get to know me by the content I post. As of now I am enrolled in this class and have three more starting the week of March 12th. I am almost done with my pre-requisites for Physical Therapy and am waiting on colleges to get back to me with regards to their decision. The last time I was this nervous waiting on something significant to happen was waiting on my graduation results, 10 years back! Anyways I shall keep you'll updated on what happens and hopefully it will be good. For now everyone needs a plan B and even though I hope and pray to God I never need to use it, I prefer to be safe than sorry. Cheers and catch up with you guys soon.