So the country seems to be freaking out about this whole swine flu thing.

Similar to the avian flu, this is a flu that only pigs got but has mutated so that humans can get it too. I looked it up on the CDC website so I knew I would be getting pretty good facts. The swine flu is transmitted the way any other flu is transmitted. With pigs, swine flu is spread from pig to pig living in close quarters. While this has caused obvious health concern to humans, I think that this is also a call to reform the way animals are treated. We would all like to imagine that pigs are frolicking in grassy fields on a farm somewhere when in reality they are kept in cramp quarters like this:

 

Maybe if we didn't keep pigs like this swine flu wouldn't be so widespread. I think that pigs should be able to live happy lives in green fields not metal cages.

And don't even get me started on chickens:       

If you want to keep updated on number of cases and deaths in the US heres the CDC link

http://www.cdc.gov/swineflu/

Photos from www.hsus.org

I usually faint when ever I have a blood test. Im not afraid of needles or blood, and I'm totally ok with blood tests, but after they are done I will feel ok and will get up and walk out into the waiting room. Then usually  the nurse will come and talk to my mom and i will be standing there and soon it will feel like my ears are stuffed with cotton and then everything goes black.  

I just answered this Featured Question; you can answer it too!

thought I would jump on the bandwagon with a list! lets see what number I can get up too!

1. I don't like peanut butter

2. I fence!

3. When I was little I won a 5 lb bar of chocolate for coloring a picture.

4. I made it though AP Art History

5. I have stayed in a monestary near the Vatican

6. I have never drank more than a sip of alcohol

7. I have a fear of missing buses, trains, and planes

8. I have tricked my mom into thinking I got a tatoo and a piercing just to see her freak

9. I have 20 cousins

10. I want to have a cow in the future.

11. I have gone hiking in the Alps

12. I am only 4'10 and have amassed many nicknames becuse of it

13. I am allergic to fabric softener

14. I was seriously a bad child lol

15. I am pro-life to the max

16. I am a middle child so therefore skrewed for life.

17. It takes me years to trust people.

18. I had a cactus and it died

20. I want to have 8 kids when I get married

21. I love staying up all night

22. I used to be self destructive

23. I went to Niagra falls and was disgusted by the number of casinos

24. I ate cheese fondue in Switzerland

25. I am a quarter swiss

26. I might get to go to India for a summer.

27. I pass out every time I get a blood test

28. I plan to eventually read 100 books in a year

29. Little kids cling to me where ever I go, maybe I am a magnet

30. I like washing dishes and doing laundry

31. As hard as I try I can't understand football

32. Maria Goretti is my role model

33. The first guy I fell in love with died of cancer

34. There are 2 peices of jewelry I wear everyday, my purity ring and my Miraculous Medal

35. I love lighthouses

36. I had to have a tumor removed last year

37. I have a conversion story even though I was raised Catholic

38. I like to leave my mark every where I go, I always write my initials in the closet of all of the houses I have lived in

39. I love making homemade cards because I think they are really meaningful

40. I love making lists, I make lists about books and things to do the most