Could I be?

My idea for my topic for our final web essay came from our class discussion about psychological disorders and how there are so many of them and what are the implications of that. I started thinking about the weird things that I do. I've never been clinically diagnosed with a disorder, but i bet that myself and lots of other people probably could. I want to know what separates the people who don't seek medical attention from those who do. You know like when does it actually become a problem or when does something actually become "wrong" with you. So I want to create a fictional character who has various symptoms that could or could not classify her as as having a psychological disorder. After going to class today I'm pretty sure I want to do it in a book style, because I like how you can flip the pages. Maybe I could do something like if you have these symptoms you go to this page and if some disorders are similar or interrelated then they can link to each other as well. I also cam across a quiz that might be kind of cool to include. But I will have to do a lot of research because i no very little about psychological disorders. Although a lot of medical site are pretty annoying to look at, take this one as an example http://www.wrongdiagnosis.com/p/psychological_disorders/intro.htm. I'm not really sure if all this information is super reliable b/c so many people can post about medical issues. It might be cool to include blogs of people who have some type of disorder though. Does this sound interesting to anyone else? Let me know what you guys think.

Changing the Body Story in your Mind

I have to admit that a lot of what I have done with my life until I got to college has had to do with my body.  My body has been the reasons for both my success and my failures. I'm pretty good at a lot of things, but there only a few I can do really well. I used to be a really good dancer. I basically ate, slept, and breathed dance for nine years of my life. Since I don't have the typical "ballet body"  or I was just doing things incorrectly I actually did have some injuries. I had inflamed tendon in my Achilles tendon and had to wear a boot, broke my wrist, I've had numerous problems with my back and my hips and I still have knots in my calves to this day. Basically I have worn my body out. Minus all the injuries, I was still good. I got to dance a lot of major roles in the Nutcracker, Alice in Wonderland, Dracula, Sleeping Beauty, Coppelia, and a few others. I went away for a summer to dance at Miami City Ballet's summer intensive. I got to do a lot of cool things because of dance, but it was also my biggest downfall.

Like I said, I don't have the typical body of  a ballet dancer. I'm not "small enough" in the areas the count and I also don't have good feet.  So when it came time to audition for companies my senior year this was a problem. I began to fell really bad about myself and had the worst body self-image, but then I remembered that it was my body that had helped me do all the amazing things that I could do.  Even with all my supposed imperfections I was really really good. I could have danced professionally if I found the right company for sure.  But eventually I decided to give up on dance because I didn't want to be a part of something that made me feel bad about myself. I was tired of feeling bad over something that I knew wasn't a problem. I by no means think there is something wrong with my body. So every time I begin to feel nostalgic, I remember the times when I was at my best not my worse.

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Hi Barbs and Kens,


My name is Arlissa. I am a junior Organizational Communication major with a related area in Public Relations. Yep. It's a mouthful, but it basically means that I want to do entertainment PR. I went to a Performing Arts High School in Cincinnati where I was a dance (ballet) major. Sadly, I quit dance when I came to Ohio University in the fall of '08. It really is a sad story. I miss it, but I'm kinda just seeing where life takes me right now.


I chose to take Women and Writing because I've heard stories about the rhetoric one. So far I am loving it. English has always been one of my favorite subjects so I'm not really bothered that we will be writing a lot. I especially like how much of the writing we will be doing will be online. Being a Coms/PR major learning about blogs and wiki's is  beneficial for me.


 I'm really excited that our topic is Barbie. Weirdly enough, I think that I am more of a fan of Barbie now than I was when I was younger. I dunno maybe I'm influenced by Nicki Minaj or something. I have very few memories of Barbie, but when I was in pre-school I had this amazing black princess barbie cake. The doll was on a stand and the cake was her dress... I think. I wonder how they cut that?


As I said in class the other day, ironically, my friends and I were thinking about going as different types of Barbies and our guy friend go a Ken for Halloween. I think it's a cute idea, but I have no idea what Barbie I would want to be. What are your favorite barbie's/what Barbie's do you think my friends and I should consider being?