I really dislike chocolate. I think it's disgusting.

YAY, my leg muscles are healed, and so have my abdominal muscles.

This is quite popular in many TV shows where they show the woman managing all the finances and purse while the husband made the money. I often found that cliche, but being in married life, it turned out that I managed the finances quite well and became a cliche myself.

I started managing it when I realized my husband wasn't making proper payments on time, or even knew how much he was making. That surprised me the most. "How can you not know how much money you're making?" - me
"I just work. I'm too busy to check." -him
"..." 
After checking military website that was "paying" him, I realized that they made a mistake and was paying to the wrong bank! We weren't even getting the money! There was a back log of about 7 months of pay. This is one of my first memories of shock and I fixed the issue quickly. I now file our taxes with the highest savings possible through itemized deductions, invest our money in multiple investments and research companies (as I can now read and understand the investor reports), and have paid attention to the current economy to reap the most benefit.

Through the process, I learned I had a knack for finance and managing money. I am intent on finishing my business management and accounting degree, work for a few years, then go into MBA school for investment analysis or business administration.

I am a fan of Chinese style fried rice, especially the one with salted fish.

However, after coming over to the Midwest, finding Asian goods have been especially rare and difficult. As a result, I could not cook my favorite foods. Salted, fermented fish is sold in Asian markets.

I decided to try a substitute, and found this to be surprisingly (!) similar in taste:

King Oscar: Flat Fillets In Olive Oil Anchovies, 2 Oz

Make sure you check the ingredients and "Salt" is found. Also when buying the anchovies, avoid any other spices or ingredients (tomatoes, basil, etc.) in there. All you want is olive oil, SALT, and the anchovies.

Prepare fried rice as usual (avoid carrots, sausages, other meats, and any other ingredient beside the basic fried rice recipe). Add salted fish and thinly shredded lettuce for texture when eating. Make sure you use slightly dry rice that crumbles easily (not moist), or the rice will come out sticky and glutinous.

I believe that banning gay marriage in California is unconstitutional because it goes against the substantive due process and the Equal Protection Clause (everyone has the constitutional right for equality under the law). My reasons are stated below:

Both the 4th and 14th Amendment provides that no person shall be deprived of "life, liberty, or property, without due process of law."

Due process of law has two aspects:

1) Procedural due process - any gov. decision to take life, liberty, or property must be made fairly.

2) Substantive due process - Substantive due process protects all rights from deprivation without rational basis - that is to say, the Government may not burden exercise of a right without having a reason for doing so. Legislation must be fair and reasonable in content and must further a legitimate governmental objective. If a law or other governmental action limits a fundamental right, the state must have a legitamate and compelling interest to justify its action. Fundamental rights include interstate travel, privacy, voting, MARRIAGE AND FAMILY, AND ALL FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS.

Does the national government have more power than the state government in terms of exercising due process?

Gay people have the right to marry because first of all, they are people and no person shall be deprived [...] without due process of law. Assuming they received due process of law, gay people have fundamental rights to marriage. Same-Sex marriage was passed in California in early 2008. But soon thereafter, Prop 8  (titled"Eliminates Right of Same-Sex Couples to Marry Act") passed, which was an amendment to the California state constitution so that marriage is defined as "only between one man and one woman." Because the definition of marriage was changed, the previous ruling that stated same sex couples had the constitutional rights to marry was overturned.

Smoothness: The higher this number, the easier it is to write clean, beautiful and bold lines.

• Low (0 points)
• Light Average (1 points)
• Average (2 points)
• High Average (3 point)
• High (4 points)

Ink flow: If this is "high" then ink is bleeding into the paper or blotching. "Average" is your standard pen. "Low" means the ink doesn't flow that well, resulting in open lines that are *not* bold and thin, sometimes a shallow lack of connection between lines (due to ink stopping or low ink flow).

Ink flow rankings:

• Low - ink doesn't flow that well; sometimes a shallow lack of connection between lines (due to ink stopping or low ink flow). Ink is low enough to make the black color come out grey instead. (0 points)
• Light Average - Comes out blackish grey. (2 point)
• Average - standard pen (3 points)
• High Average - perfect (4 points)
• High - Thick ink lines and some stickiness, smears due to high ink flow. May be some blotching. (1 points)

Pressure Required to Write: The higher the rating, the harder it is to get the ink out to write a bold line. More pressure is needed to attain the bold line that some other pens would require less effort to do.

Pressure rankings:

• Low (4 points)
• Light Average (3 points)
• Average (2 points)
• High Average (1 point)
• High (0 points)

Overall Rating: Overall rating.
The highest points that you can attain in each section is 4. There are 3 sections, for a total of 12 points. The total tally is added up and divided by 12.





INC Discover Premium 1.0 (can purchase from Walmart)
Smoothness: Average
Ink flow: Average
Pressure Required to Write: Average
Overall rating: 58%

Papermate Eagle
Smoothness: Light-Average
Ink flow: Average
Pressure Required to Write: High Average
Overall rating: 41.67%

Uni-ball Jetstream (Highest Rating)
Hands down, the best pen ever. Writes effortlessly, clean lines, superior ink flow, and extremely smooth.
Smoothness: High
Ink flow: High Average
Pressure Required to Write: Low
Overall rating: 100%

Pictured: UNIBALL JETSTREAM

Quill Round stick ballpoint
Smoothness: Low
Ink flow: Low
Pressure Required to Write: High
Overall rating: 0% Failure

Bic 4-Color Pen
Smoothness: Light-Average
Ink flow: Average
Pressure Required to Write: High Average
Overall rating: 41.67%

Bic Round Stic Grip
Smoothness: Light-Average
Ink flow: Average
Pressure Required to Write: High Average
Overall rating: 41.67%

Papermate Write Bros.
Smoothness: Light-Average
Ink flow: Average
Pressure Required to Write: High Average
Overall rating: 41.67%