An entry of excessive complaining

I had my big presidential candidate presentation today in my Sociology class. I thought the presentation itself went pretty well. I did a lot of the work, including the powerpoint, paper and the handouts. No one else was taking any kind of initiative to get anything done, so I took it upon myself to do the things that were needed. Then at the end of class, the professor starts critiquing the presentations and basically says that my group didn't do what we were supposed to. Which is a load of crap. We were supposed to focus on issues that are relevant to women. Which is freaking everything. And that is what I told her. What isn't a women's issue? She specifically had a problem with the fact we chose gun control as an issue to focus on. We had 5 people and you can only talk about abortion for so long. It isn't MY fault that the other group members didn't discuss why the issue affected women. But I was stuck defending our choices. I did some research about women and guns, and wow, IT IS A FRIGGIN ISSUE THAT CONCERNS WOMEN! 

• American women who are killed by their intimate partners are more likely to be killed with guns than by all other methods combined. (Rothman E. F., Hemenway D, Miller M, and Azael D. Batterers' Use of Guns to Threaten Intimate Partners. Journal of the American Medical Women's Association, 2005. 60 (1): p. 62- 68.)
• A recent study shows that access to firearms increases the risk of intimate partner homicide more than five times compared to instances where there are no weapons. In addition, abusers who possess guns tend to inflict the most severe abuse on their partners. (J.C. Campbell, Webster J, Koziol-McLain, CR, et al. 2003. Risk Factors For Femicide in Abusive Relationships: Results From A Multi-Site Case Control Study. American Journal of Public Health. 93 (7).)
• Women are twice as likely to be shot and killed by intimate partners as they are to be murdered by strangers using any type of weapon. (Tjaden P., Thoennes N. Full Report of the Prevalence, Incidence and Consequences of Violence Against Women: Findings from the National Violence Against Women Survey. Washington, DC: US Department of Justice: 2000. NCJ 18781.) (Rothman E. F., Hemenway D, Miller M, and Azael D. Batterers' Use of Guns to Threaten Intimate Partners. Journal of the American Medical Women's Association, 2005. 60 (1): p. 62- 68.)
• Firearms- especially handguns- were the most common weapon used by males to murder females in 2003. (When Men Murder Women: An Analysis of 2003 Homicide Data: Females Murdered by Males in Single Victim/ Single Offender Incidents. September 2005. Violence Policy Center. Washington, DC. Available at: http://www.vpc.org/studies/wmmw2005.pdf.)
• In homicides where males used firearms to kill females, handguns were clearly the weapon of choice over rifles and shotguns. In 2003, 77 percent of female firearm homicide victims were killed with handguns. (When Men Murder Women: An Analysis of 2003 Homicide Data: Females Murdered by Males in Single Victim/ Single Offender Incidents. September 2005. Violence Policy Center. Washington, DC. Available at: http://www.vpc.org/studies/wmmw2005.pdf.)
• Approximately 700 American women are shot and killed by intimate partners each year. (Homicide trends in the U.S Intimate homicide and Homicides by relationships and weapon type. Washington D.C.: U.S Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics; 2002.)
• The cost of domestic violence is nearly $67 billion per year, roughly 15% of total U.S crime costs. (Miller T, Cohen M, Wiersema B. Victim costs and consequences: a new look. Washington, D.C.: U.S Department of Justice, National Institute of Justice; 1996.NCJ 155282)
• In 2002, background checks noting domestic violence misdemeanor convictions and restraining orders kept 22,000 abusers from purchasing firearms. (Background Checks for Firearm Transfers, 2002, BOJS; Disarming Domestic Violence Abusers, Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, September 2003.)

Source: Women Against Gun Violence Website, http://www.wagv.org

Thank you VERY much. 
Also a couple of my group members got into an argument because one girl wrote on her group evaluation that I did most of the work and the other thought that she should have brought that up before we were writing the evals. I could care less. My goal was to get a good grade and to be as productive as possible. I organized everything, badgered people for their parts of the paper, and spent money making hand outs. I only really wanted to be sure that at least, we had the CHANCE of getting a good grade. I bombed the two quizzes that we had, so I needed it. I did also absorb the work of one girl who dropped the course. I wrote an extra paper and did extra on the presentation for it. I dunno, I just don't need to get 100% of the credit. I think the thing about the argument that pissed me off was that they did it during another group's presentation. They were being loud and disrespectful. The evaluations are confidential, so no one should have been discussing them anyway. I went up to the group members of the presentation that was presenting when they were being rude. I apologized for my group members' rude behavior and complimented them on their presentation. I also apologized to the professor. I know that it isn't my fault that they were being rude and inconsiderate to the presenting group, but I felt that I needed to at least explain what was going on since I was kind of the source of the problem. I have a sinking feeling that I may need to discuss the distribution of work with her. I knew that things needed to be done, people didn't volunteer for anything, and I didn't want my grade in someone else's hands. I can't force people to participate. 
Anyway. My mom is coming out to Buffalo this weekend. I am super excited. I miss my mom. I have another presentation for that class next week. Yuck. 
I found Idol Gives Back to be rather boring. I thought that Kelly Clarkson's performance last year made the whole show. I understand that the show is about raising money, but I expect to be entertained as well. I liked Robin Williams. He was funny and he grabbed Simon's butt. 
Oh and I wore my new dress pants today. LOVE THEM!