Archive for May, 2006

 

Decisions, decisions, decisionsā?¦

by Sophie - 9 May 2006

Iā??m trying to decide what to do with my life. All Iā??ve ever wanted is an sci, itā??s all I can think about, it consumes most of my thoughts. The rest of my thoughts consist of what I can do in the meantime in terms of living full time in a chair. I donā??t have that many desires beyond my thoughts of wheelchairs.

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Living life is exhausting

by Sean - 8 May 2006

For the last two or three weeks, I’ve been trying to focus my thoughts around a concept that has been slowly emerging and finally, today, in therapy, everything kinda coalesced. "Living life is exhausting". I reach 5 or 6pm, and I have no energy left. I’m drained most of the time, both emotionally and physically.

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Move?

by Alex - 7 May 2006

As much as I love the place I live and the job I have there may come a time when I need to grow and experience life outside of where I live now.

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Saved! - The movie

by Sophie - 4 May 2006

Today I watched the movie Saved! because one of the characters was in a wheelchair.  The character, Brian, used a Quickie TNT wheelchair (not being made anymore, see the review on the wheelchair zone).  For those of you who have never seen this movie before, it is based in a Christian community, specifically at “American Eagle Christian College”.  Imagine a roomful of over excited “yea lets convert the world” teenage Christians, and that is the school.  I won’t focus too much on the actual movie; I’d prefer to discuss the wheelchair things in the movie. 

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Always seen as that guy who used to wanna

by Sean - 3 May 2006

So the other day, I started wondering: "Would I be accepted any better [by the disability community] if I actually did acquire the SCI I so dearly wish for?" . Sadly, I think the answer is no.

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