‘The Handicapped’ by Clare H.

(Here’s the text since that picture of it was a little small)

The Handicapped

If science hadn’t already confirmed it many years ago, I would argue that the two halves of our brain work independently, as if the connecting tissue did not exist.

I would argue that the tissue simply holds the halves together to save space, much like a rubber band holds a handful of colored pencils together:

each pencil is still its own pencil; just crammed with the others in order to fit.
That tissue stands as a mediator, making sure the two are connected, yet separated at the same time.
I would argue that one side, the ‘right’ side, echoes, “The opinion of another does not in fact matter.”
The ‘left’ side, the secular side, claims that “reputation is important.’”
A scientist walks onto a hollow platform.
In front of him stand hundreds of empty, black lenses who personally are apathetic to all except their lids. That apathy to all, however, works in the master’s favor, and in the favors of the other 6,999,999,998, too.
The Lab Coat: “It is true. Each work independently.”
The Rest: “Thank God I’m not different!”

I can see more and more that this concept shares a likeness with old as time depictions such as good and bad, heaven and hell, the angel and the demon arguing.
I don’t look at it that way, however. In place of the angel and the demon stand two equally intelligent creatures. Creatures that have no communication with that angel or that demon. Each creature is exactly alike in every way,
except for the slight limp noticeable in one.
It is for each conflicted individual to decide which creature has that slight impairment.
Each individual’s choice, however, may render both creatures handicapped.

London: Week One

Sunday - 5/20/12

• arrive at Regents College
• orientation
• walk around London

• first major panic attack since June of last year

Monday - 5/21/12

• first day of class (History of London: Sport & Society)
• Piccadilly Circus
• H&M
• I finally get an international cellphone
• The Globe Pub
• 4 of us walk the streets of London at night in search of somewhere that sells chocolate

Tuesday - 5/22/12

• second day of class (Perspectives: Charles Dickens)
• Big Bus tour around all of London

• I get sick after being in the country for less that 48 hours

Wednesday - 5/23/12

• class field trip to see the remains of an ancient Roman amphitheater at Guildhall Art Gallery

• view portraits at said gallery
• try and schedule doctor’s appointment before being told they closed early that day (?)
• dinner at Glassblower Pub

Thursday - 5/24/12

• miss class and a trip to the Charles Dickens Museum because I am so sick
• try and schedule a doctors appointment again, finally getting one at 6:40
• Doctor: “Sorry, it’s a bacterial virus. Antibiotics won’t work. You’ll have to let it run its course”

Friday - 5/25/12

• take the train to Hampton Court Palace and Gardens

Saturday - 5/26/12

• Bath, Somerset, UK - journey to see the ancient Roman baths (The Great Bath) & Museum

• Lunch at The Real Italian Pizza Co.
• My friend Braden and I have to take the train back early because we felt so bad

Sunday - 5/27/12

• I get myself out to go shopping

So, all in all, this week has had its ups and downs. I’m obviously still trying to recover :/