Olivia's Opinions

It's really late and the hype is over, but I watched IT today. Over all, it was made nicely. Following the book and original TV miniseries, it sucked. I am a fan of the original, and watching the new one and seeing how different it is made me mad.   Not only did they cut out some signature scenes, like when Georgie's picture bled, the wolf man, the showers, and Ben's dad; t hey lacked any emotional connection to one another. T he group in the miniseries had chemistry and there was a sense of togetherness  throughout the who thing. T he new movie, and these new kids, they didn't have that. Yes,  I think it's cool how they went deeper into the kids' lives , but their stories should at least be accurate and go with the book. (keep in mind this is all based on my memory and opinions. Please don't take offense if you like the movie.) Breaking down the characters: Beverly She was some kind of badass which is opposite from the original. Her dad was played we...

The coolest thing. I started donating plasma at BioLife in Findlay a few months after I turned 18, and it was a great decision. First of all, what is plasma? Plasma is defined as;   the colorless fluid part of blood, lymph, or milk, in which corpuscles or fat globules are suspended. What does it do/Why is it important? The primary purpose of plasma is to transport nutrients to parts of the body that needs it.  Donating plasma, like blood, saves lives;  it  is used to  produce therapies that treat people with rare, chronic diseases and disorders such as primary immunodeficiency, hemophilia and a genetic lung disease, as well as in the treatment of trauma, burns and shock. Besides being important in the sense of saving people, it's also super cool. They hook you up to a machine that sucks your blood up into  a  centrifuge, where it separates the plasma from the blood. The  plasma it emptied into a special bag, and the blood is emptied into a s...