After this week everything is going to change. I feel like some or most of us will have to deal with a whole set of new classes and new people to deal with. It’s kind of sad because it’s definitely not like high school. I am used to seven or eight classes with a lot of the same people in them. It’s only like that because there’s about 30 slots to fill in a normal class, and only about 330 people in my class of ’09, so there’s going to be at least three people that are going to be in the same class. Here at Tech, there’s what, 28,000 people (around 5,000 in my class)? So I could potentially have classes with all sorts of different people in them, especially being an engineer where there are so many different classes people can take. Once I’m a senior I bet the number of people in my classes will decrease so it will be easier to have the same people to talk to. Anyways, it’s just kind of hard to deal with personally. I’m thinking in my head, “soooo… we have to do this all over again…?!?”
I made some cool friends here already. I’m getting better at meeting people and all, but it’s still hard. I’ll hopefully have some of my friends in classes next semester, but a lot of them don’t have anything on my schedule as of now. I don’t know many of them that want to go into the same major as I am going to go into, so a lot of them don’t even have the same classes. Another reason I’m sad is that all the friends I have made I will not see for over a month, so that’s kind of a downer. I’m used to seeing the same people every day or almost every day, so it’s going to be so weird. As of now I don’t really like the people from my high school. I don’t care to see them when I’m back. I have learned that they were really not real friends before (when I was in high school) and the people I’ve met here seem to be a lot nicer and true and actually are my friends. I didn’t realize how much the “high school” friends weren’t true friends until I came here. I will probably make an effort to see some of my friends from Tech over break, but they don’t all live near me, so I don’t really know what will happen (I just hope I will be able to see them).
I guess there are some reasons I’m glad it’s all ending: for one, all this work will be done and no more work for a good month. That’s such a relief because I feel like I’m stressing all the time. No more tests for a whole month. Nothing to worry about. It’s not like high school where you have a project or something over the break because it’s in the middle of the quarter. There are so many cool things about college. I also like that it’s ending because I’ll be done with some classes for good (like Chemistry). Hopefully I’ll never have to take Chem again. I really do not like it and it’s a lot harder than the past two years that I’ve taken the class. I also hope I don’t have to take any classes at the Math Emporium anymore. The class I’m taking this semester, Linear Algebra, absolutely sucks. It’s the most annoying thing ever to go there. I hate it. I’m praying I don’t have to go there after next semester. I know I’ll have to go next semester because of math 1206 (calculus II), but after that, hopefully never again.
I kind of have an opposite opinion about the people in my classes too. Some people you just can’t stand haha and I’m not trying to be mean, but they’re just not your kind of people. Well, I met a bunch of new people here and well.. let’s just say some of them are not my type of people. So I will be glad to meet new people. I guess there are good and bad points about things ending. What are you going to enjoy or miss? O and have a nice break!
Sunday, December 6, 2009
Sunday, November 29, 2009
Shows that you just cant miss? Why
Ever think about when you are watching a show, why you are doing so? Why do you like the show so much that you have to watch it at that point in time? Is it a craving to watch it? Does the show make you happy? Do you feel like you have to watch it? Is it because of the certain show, or do you just like the certain genre?
I don’t really understand why I get hooked on certain shows, but I do. It’s like I have a favorite type of show. But then there are shows that are in a category of their own, like American Idol. I’ve watched it just about every year and I have no idea why. I love the good singing, but the terrible singers just bug me. The first few episodes of every season have a couple weeks of episodes where they show some auditions. Some are just horrendous and really strange. People dress up in weird costumes just to get noticed. Anyways, I’m not sure why every year from January to April I feel like I have to watch this show. There’s really no point. I always pick someone that I think is going to win though, and I’m usually pretty close to being right.
There are also other shows in the “crime solving” category that I absolutely love. I think I just get fascinated with the way they catch the “bad guy”. It’s so cool with all the forensics and each show has its own little different thing about it. I tend to watch one for a long time and then get bored of it because I’ve seen every episode and then start to watch another show. These shows include things like: Without a Trace, NCIS (Regular and Los Angeles), CSI (Crime Scene Investigation, Miami, and New York), Criminal Minds, Law and Order (Regular, SVU, and Criminal Intent), and Cold Case. With all of these options, there’s always something to watch on the USA channel. Some shows have more intense episodes or are just scarier in general. For example, in Criminal Minds most episodes are so intense that if I watch them at like 10 o’clock, I can’t sleep that night. The kinds of things the writers of the shows think of now just get to me sometimes. I actually watched an episode last night where there were three college girls that were raped and killed and then a high school girl was kidnapped. The way the show portrays the situation makes it get inside my head. The killer turned out to be two men that had this really weird partnership. One of them got caught and the other one tried to get him out by killing the girl that was kidnapped to try and say that the cops got the wrong guy. The FBI finally found out that there was a partnership and by the end of the episode they caught the two guys (of course). Anyways, because it was about girls my age, it kind of got to me. For some reason Rapists always get to me haha. I also hate when they have serial rapists that take girls that are home alone. That’s really freaky. I’m home alone a lot which is really creepy. I know it’s just T.V. but they play up everything to make it seem so real (like it could happen to me).
Some other shows I seem to watch and keep up with are pretty girlie shows. There’s always drama and something happening in them, unlike real life. The characters are always so pretty and perfect too. Of course things go wrong for them but they always seem to get over it very easily. Shows like Gossip Girl, One Tree Hill, and 90210 are like this. I don’t watch many of the other girly shows like the Hills and the City. Those shows seem stupid. I don’t know why but I’m not the kind of person who loves reality shows. Sometimes there really isn’t that much going on and so it gets old. Now that I’m at college I don’t watch really any TV. If I watch some, I tend to watch at a weird hour and usually just watch anything that’s on. My roommate usually has the remote anyways, so I’ll just watch what she’s watching. It’s usually not my thing, but I don’t really care. I just want a break from working so I’ll watch weird random shows from time to time.
So are there any shows out there that you watch because it almost seems like you’re addicted to them? Are there any shows that you “can’t” miss because you have to know what happens that week? Or do you not care about any TV? Like on Sundays I love to watch football all day. It seems like I always have to have the TV on for that. I can’t miss a game. It’s so weird. Why do I think like this? I have no idea…
I don’t really understand why I get hooked on certain shows, but I do. It’s like I have a favorite type of show. But then there are shows that are in a category of their own, like American Idol. I’ve watched it just about every year and I have no idea why. I love the good singing, but the terrible singers just bug me. The first few episodes of every season have a couple weeks of episodes where they show some auditions. Some are just horrendous and really strange. People dress up in weird costumes just to get noticed. Anyways, I’m not sure why every year from January to April I feel like I have to watch this show. There’s really no point. I always pick someone that I think is going to win though, and I’m usually pretty close to being right.
There are also other shows in the “crime solving” category that I absolutely love. I think I just get fascinated with the way they catch the “bad guy”. It’s so cool with all the forensics and each show has its own little different thing about it. I tend to watch one for a long time and then get bored of it because I’ve seen every episode and then start to watch another show. These shows include things like: Without a Trace, NCIS (Regular and Los Angeles), CSI (Crime Scene Investigation, Miami, and New York), Criminal Minds, Law and Order (Regular, SVU, and Criminal Intent), and Cold Case. With all of these options, there’s always something to watch on the USA channel. Some shows have more intense episodes or are just scarier in general. For example, in Criminal Minds most episodes are so intense that if I watch them at like 10 o’clock, I can’t sleep that night. The kinds of things the writers of the shows think of now just get to me sometimes. I actually watched an episode last night where there were three college girls that were raped and killed and then a high school girl was kidnapped. The way the show portrays the situation makes it get inside my head. The killer turned out to be two men that had this really weird partnership. One of them got caught and the other one tried to get him out by killing the girl that was kidnapped to try and say that the cops got the wrong guy. The FBI finally found out that there was a partnership and by the end of the episode they caught the two guys (of course). Anyways, because it was about girls my age, it kind of got to me. For some reason Rapists always get to me haha. I also hate when they have serial rapists that take girls that are home alone. That’s really freaky. I’m home alone a lot which is really creepy. I know it’s just T.V. but they play up everything to make it seem so real (like it could happen to me).
Some other shows I seem to watch and keep up with are pretty girlie shows. There’s always drama and something happening in them, unlike real life. The characters are always so pretty and perfect too. Of course things go wrong for them but they always seem to get over it very easily. Shows like Gossip Girl, One Tree Hill, and 90210 are like this. I don’t watch many of the other girly shows like the Hills and the City. Those shows seem stupid. I don’t know why but I’m not the kind of person who loves reality shows. Sometimes there really isn’t that much going on and so it gets old. Now that I’m at college I don’t watch really any TV. If I watch some, I tend to watch at a weird hour and usually just watch anything that’s on. My roommate usually has the remote anyways, so I’ll just watch what she’s watching. It’s usually not my thing, but I don’t really care. I just want a break from working so I’ll watch weird random shows from time to time.
So are there any shows out there that you watch because it almost seems like you’re addicted to them? Are there any shows that you “can’t” miss because you have to know what happens that week? Or do you not care about any TV? Like on Sundays I love to watch football all day. It seems like I always have to have the TV on for that. I can’t miss a game. It’s so weird. Why do I think like this? I have no idea…
Sunday, November 15, 2009
Thanksgiving makes me happy
What do I love about this holiday? Well, just about everything. Every other year I get to have Thanksgiving with my mom and her family. I love my dad’s family, but for some reason it is just not the same as having it with my mom. Her family loves getting together and having family outings and stuff like that. That half of the family is always warm and inviting, no matter who holds Thanksgiving dinner. It’s usually at my grandma’s house though. She will spend days cooking non-stop. I think she usually cooks at least five pumpkin pies, two apple pies, a huge turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, sweet potato casserole, green beans, and I’m sure a lot more. My mom usually cooks some things too. I think she makes a dessert or two and this cheesy potato dish. It’s so yummy. It’s a bunch of slices of potatoes in a baking pan and then she puts some sort of cream and cheese in on the slices. I love every single thanksgiving food though. For some reason, I feel like I eat more on thanksgiving then in probably 4 days combined on a regular week. Haha. I not only love all the yummy food, but I love the family stuff that goes on. I get to relax this year for a whole entire week which is pretty exciting. Not only will I have a bunch of family time, but I also get to relax. I don’t get to have thanksgiving at my grandma’s this year, which is a bit of a bummer, but that’s ok. I’ll still have a good time with my dad though. My mom is going to Texas this year during the week to visit my step-dad’s parents, so I won’t see her. I get to see her this coming weekend so that’ll be nice.
I am excited about next week though because I get to stay at my dad’s and I haven’t been there since this summer. I get to see all my doggies and bird and turtles, and my dad’s house. It’s going to be a lot of fun and I’m glad I finally get to just chill. And being home for an entire week will be a lot of fun. I kind of wish Alex came home when I did though, it would be a lot better. He doesn’t get to come home until Wednesday though. His stupid school is so weird. They didn’t have a fall break and they get off random holidays. They got off Labor Day and Veterans Day. I don’t think I have ever got Veteran’s Day off during school. It was really weird because it was a Wednesday, and I was trying to talk to him during that day, and I totally forgot they had it off so I was freaking out and thought he was missing all of his classes because he slept in till about 130. But I eventually figured it out, after he texted me around 2.
This thanksgiving will also be different though because I don’t have to visit my dad’s parents. My grandma past away in October, and my granddad past away last November, so there is almost no point in going down there. My aunt still lives down there though, so we might go see her, but I’m not too sure yet. My dad said that “we’ll just play it by ear”…he always says sayings like that. Now that I have the stupid diseases like strep and mono. What is happening?!?! I never got sick at home. Stupid disease filled dorms. Anyways, now that I am sick, my dad said that we might just stay at his house. O well, that will still be nice.
It’s cool that Tech has a whole week off. My mom was so surprised to hear that we had an entire week. Now that I do I can have enough family time so that my parents will be happy, and I can see my boyfriend when he comes home, and I get to my old friends that I haven’t seen since August. I’m so excited. I can’t wait to go home. Ahh! I wish I knew my engineering grade. I don’t get it back until after thanksgiving. It really sucks. O well, I guess.
I am excited about next week though because I get to stay at my dad’s and I haven’t been there since this summer. I get to see all my doggies and bird and turtles, and my dad’s house. It’s going to be a lot of fun and I’m glad I finally get to just chill. And being home for an entire week will be a lot of fun. I kind of wish Alex came home when I did though, it would be a lot better. He doesn’t get to come home until Wednesday though. His stupid school is so weird. They didn’t have a fall break and they get off random holidays. They got off Labor Day and Veterans Day. I don’t think I have ever got Veteran’s Day off during school. It was really weird because it was a Wednesday, and I was trying to talk to him during that day, and I totally forgot they had it off so I was freaking out and thought he was missing all of his classes because he slept in till about 130. But I eventually figured it out, after he texted me around 2.
This thanksgiving will also be different though because I don’t have to visit my dad’s parents. My grandma past away in October, and my granddad past away last November, so there is almost no point in going down there. My aunt still lives down there though, so we might go see her, but I’m not too sure yet. My dad said that “we’ll just play it by ear”…he always says sayings like that. Now that I have the stupid diseases like strep and mono. What is happening?!?! I never got sick at home. Stupid disease filled dorms. Anyways, now that I am sick, my dad said that we might just stay at his house. O well, that will still be nice.
It’s cool that Tech has a whole week off. My mom was so surprised to hear that we had an entire week. Now that I do I can have enough family time so that my parents will be happy, and I can see my boyfriend when he comes home, and I get to my old friends that I haven’t seen since August. I’m so excited. I can’t wait to go home. Ahh! I wish I knew my engineering grade. I don’t get it back until after thanksgiving. It really sucks. O well, I guess.
Friday, November 6, 2009
love bites. Not mine but for most haha
Is it ever to early to think you’ve fallen in love? This kind of is a really broad question, I know, but there’s just something that bugs me. This story isn’t about me, but I definitely have an opinion about this. I have this friend that thinks she needs to throw herself on a lot of guys. She also says she does not want to get hurt anymore, so she doesn’t want to think about commitment. The last few times she has, a bad outcome has come from it. Bad as in, the guy wanted to be just friends, or friends with benefits, and she just wants someone to be with. I feel really bad because she gets stuck in the most awkward situations and she handles things a lot differently than I do. I get frustrated when she comes to me. I feel like she comes to me to just hear herself talk. I don’t know. It just seems like that sometimes. She never seems to care or listen to what I say or think, she just does what she wants. AND IT NEVER HAS WORKED. I’m sick of it.
This last guy she’s kind of with, or at least she thinks she’s with him, seems like he could be a good guy for her. Perfect actually. They fit really well together. She’s so happy when they talk, blah blah blah, etc. etc. Anyways, she thinks something might happen, or that she expects him to only “be with” her. She’s really naïve though and it hurts me to say this. She met him and spent 4 days with him non-stop and she thinks they are going to start dating almost. The way he talks to her, it sounds like he really likes her. I would get confused and think they might be a thing too. Except for the fact that the last guy she was with talked to her in the same way, saying ‘baby” and “I like you” and all these things, and yet he “only wanted to be friends and he’s just naturally friendly and flirty to everyone”. Oh but she didn’t learn I guess. Yea this new guy is sweet but I don’t trust him and I don’t believe the fact that she’s falling for him. She’s desperate to find someone and anyone who comes along and shows her any type of attention she falls for it.
The other night she had a few drinks “of water” and was falling all over a bunch of guys. Nothing too drastic, and I was ok, in other words I was making sure she didn’t do anything stupid. Anyways, we’re with these guys and she’s flirting with like 3 of them, knowing what she’s doing, and they were all very caring. She might be interested in one or two of them if we didn’t hang out with them a lot, but we do. She’s worried if she does get interested with any of them then it would be awkward. Oh well I say. I don’t give a rats ass if it’s awkward. I told one of my friends today that if I want something I actually go for it and I don’t care about awkward conversations. This one time, in 10th grade I think, I told this guy I was crushing on that I liked him. Yeah it was really awkward, but I just had to, to find out what he thought about me. It turned out he already had a date to homecoming that year and that maybe later, if things change with the girl and him. Well, the next 4 years throughout school he was one of my closest guy friends. He still is. He goes here at Tech, and I care about him still, but definitely not in the same way. It’s definitely a friendship kind of thing now haha. My point of that little story was that I went for it, and I wasn’t afraid and o well, yea I didn’t like the outcome in 10th grade, but what happened after that I loved.
That year for homecoming I went with a guy and we started going out right away. We went out for almost 2 months I think. So for that point in my life, 10th grade, that was a long time. I was “heart-broken” when he dumped me right before Christmas. But AFTER THAT, Alex and I started dating a few months later. So in the end, not going to homecoming with my crush was a good thing. But I gave it a shot.
Some people don’t take risks, and I feel like it hurts them in the end. It certainly hurts her. She doesn’t know what she wants, but all she knows is that she likes “bad boys” and she can’t stay away. I think that’s a load of s*** because she could easily find someone cute and perfect for her if she wanted to. She just throws herself out at the wrong times. If she didn’t want to be with one of the guys we hang out with all the time, then why does she throw herself at them when she’s drinking “water”? She’s just asking for trouble. I don’t like when she does this. I have to deal with it. I feel like she takes advantage of me too, because she doesn’t care about my feelings about things at all. She’ll embarrass me in front of everyone if she could. Some people don’t realize that their actions affect how people think about them.
Some people may wear tight/small clothes, act “touchy” (as in a way of flirting), drink a little too much, sleep with too many other people, or even worse. I hope I never turn into someone like this because people judge you on everything. Yeah it’s not fair, but they do. If she doesn’t want to be judged as a person who never has a guy, she could potentially get judged for being someone who doesn’t want anything. People could perceive it as she wants to explore college like most people. And yet she doesn’t. So she can’t go around trying out all these different people and think something’s just going to happen.
Does anyone have any advice for me? Should I keep being there for her for all the “heart-ache” she gets after all the guys pretend to like her and then tell her just friends? Or should I just sit back and not care? It’s hard.. I’ve gotten both answers. I just don’t know what to do anymore. I know the guy she likes now doesn’t like her, but I can’t just tell her, should i? I really don’t know anymore.. Please help
This last guy she’s kind of with, or at least she thinks she’s with him, seems like he could be a good guy for her. Perfect actually. They fit really well together. She’s so happy when they talk, blah blah blah, etc. etc. Anyways, she thinks something might happen, or that she expects him to only “be with” her. She’s really naïve though and it hurts me to say this. She met him and spent 4 days with him non-stop and she thinks they are going to start dating almost. The way he talks to her, it sounds like he really likes her. I would get confused and think they might be a thing too. Except for the fact that the last guy she was with talked to her in the same way, saying ‘baby” and “I like you” and all these things, and yet he “only wanted to be friends and he’s just naturally friendly and flirty to everyone”. Oh but she didn’t learn I guess. Yea this new guy is sweet but I don’t trust him and I don’t believe the fact that she’s falling for him. She’s desperate to find someone and anyone who comes along and shows her any type of attention she falls for it.
The other night she had a few drinks “of water” and was falling all over a bunch of guys. Nothing too drastic, and I was ok, in other words I was making sure she didn’t do anything stupid. Anyways, we’re with these guys and she’s flirting with like 3 of them, knowing what she’s doing, and they were all very caring. She might be interested in one or two of them if we didn’t hang out with them a lot, but we do. She’s worried if she does get interested with any of them then it would be awkward. Oh well I say. I don’t give a rats ass if it’s awkward. I told one of my friends today that if I want something I actually go for it and I don’t care about awkward conversations. This one time, in 10th grade I think, I told this guy I was crushing on that I liked him. Yeah it was really awkward, but I just had to, to find out what he thought about me. It turned out he already had a date to homecoming that year and that maybe later, if things change with the girl and him. Well, the next 4 years throughout school he was one of my closest guy friends. He still is. He goes here at Tech, and I care about him still, but definitely not in the same way. It’s definitely a friendship kind of thing now haha. My point of that little story was that I went for it, and I wasn’t afraid and o well, yea I didn’t like the outcome in 10th grade, but what happened after that I loved.
That year for homecoming I went with a guy and we started going out right away. We went out for almost 2 months I think. So for that point in my life, 10th grade, that was a long time. I was “heart-broken” when he dumped me right before Christmas. But AFTER THAT, Alex and I started dating a few months later. So in the end, not going to homecoming with my crush was a good thing. But I gave it a shot.
Some people don’t take risks, and I feel like it hurts them in the end. It certainly hurts her. She doesn’t know what she wants, but all she knows is that she likes “bad boys” and she can’t stay away. I think that’s a load of s*** because she could easily find someone cute and perfect for her if she wanted to. She just throws herself out at the wrong times. If she didn’t want to be with one of the guys we hang out with all the time, then why does she throw herself at them when she’s drinking “water”? She’s just asking for trouble. I don’t like when she does this. I have to deal with it. I feel like she takes advantage of me too, because she doesn’t care about my feelings about things at all. She’ll embarrass me in front of everyone if she could. Some people don’t realize that their actions affect how people think about them.
Some people may wear tight/small clothes, act “touchy” (as in a way of flirting), drink a little too much, sleep with too many other people, or even worse. I hope I never turn into someone like this because people judge you on everything. Yeah it’s not fair, but they do. If she doesn’t want to be judged as a person who never has a guy, she could potentially get judged for being someone who doesn’t want anything. People could perceive it as she wants to explore college like most people. And yet she doesn’t. So she can’t go around trying out all these different people and think something’s just going to happen.
Does anyone have any advice for me? Should I keep being there for her for all the “heart-ache” she gets after all the guys pretend to like her and then tell her just friends? Or should I just sit back and not care? It’s hard.. I’ve gotten both answers. I just don’t know what to do anymore. I know the guy she likes now doesn’t like her, but I can’t just tell her, should i? I really don’t know anymore.. Please help
Sunday, November 1, 2009
Pets in the family
So I said last week after commenting on Caitlin’s blog that I would write about my doggies and animals. Well at my mom’s house I have two cats. One is erratic and crazy insane. The other is turning into my mom’s little baby. It’s really funny, because Sylvia (the girl) tries to follow my mom around everywhere. She runs around and chases my mom and everything my mom tries to get she lies on top of so that my mom would pay attention to her and not what she’s looking for. I’ve found Sylvia in the middle of my mom’s shoes and jewelry before.
At my dad’s house there are 5 dogs. It is crazy all the time there; I absolutely love it. Two of them are pugs and they snort around all day. I love one of them because he just crawls up into your lap and snuggles with you. He also runs around with “speeds” as people call it. It’s when little hipper dogs run around places crazily. I always think he’s going to run into something but he never does. Little dogs can run into one room run around the bed and then run out around the whole entire house doing the exact same thing. It’s really funny to watch. Anyways, the other dogs. The oldest one, a golden-lab, is my baby. The story of when I got him is entirely my fault. One day my dad and I went to breakfast at this place called the Virginia Kitchen. We usually went on Sundays to this place, so I guess it was kind of a tradition. Well this Sunday, my dad decided to read the paper. I don’t remember what section it was that he saw it, but all of a sudden he showed this picture of this puppy and I said to him, “Daddy! I want to go see them!” My dad looked at me and said, “Ooook but we are NOT getting one! You hear me? NOT GETTING ONE!” I sulked but was fine with it. We went up to this place where the puppies were in Maryland. I sat down with all the puppies and they were all so loving and cute. Little white-lab/ golden retriever puppies are adorable. Anyways, this one plopped on my lap and wouldn’t get off. I fell in love and gave my dad a “puppy-dog” face and he ended up caving in. Kids most of the time get what they want if they give the right face and beg. It’s amazing how that works.
So we picked him up a few weeks later. He was and still is the perfect little dog (except not little anymore). The way he got his name was from a commercial I watched actually. I was walking around my dad’s apartment and the tv was on. All of a sudden a Guinness Beer commercial came on. I said, “Hey Dad, how bout Guinness?!” So that was basically it. That was really random way, but o well, it’s kind of a cool dog name. I liked it. Haha. I love that dog so much.
At my dad’s house there are 5 dogs. It is crazy all the time there; I absolutely love it. Two of them are pugs and they snort around all day. I love one of them because he just crawls up into your lap and snuggles with you. He also runs around with “speeds” as people call it. It’s when little hipper dogs run around places crazily. I always think he’s going to run into something but he never does. Little dogs can run into one room run around the bed and then run out around the whole entire house doing the exact same thing. It’s really funny to watch. Anyways, the other dogs. The oldest one, a golden-lab, is my baby. The story of when I got him is entirely my fault. One day my dad and I went to breakfast at this place called the Virginia Kitchen. We usually went on Sundays to this place, so I guess it was kind of a tradition. Well this Sunday, my dad decided to read the paper. I don’t remember what section it was that he saw it, but all of a sudden he showed this picture of this puppy and I said to him, “Daddy! I want to go see them!” My dad looked at me and said, “Ooook but we are NOT getting one! You hear me? NOT GETTING ONE!” I sulked but was fine with it. We went up to this place where the puppies were in Maryland. I sat down with all the puppies and they were all so loving and cute. Little white-lab/ golden retriever puppies are adorable. Anyways, this one plopped on my lap and wouldn’t get off. I fell in love and gave my dad a “puppy-dog” face and he ended up caving in. Kids most of the time get what they want if they give the right face and beg. It’s amazing how that works.
So we picked him up a few weeks later. He was and still is the perfect little dog (except not little anymore). The way he got his name was from a commercial I watched actually. I was walking around my dad’s apartment and the tv was on. All of a sudden a Guinness Beer commercial came on. I said, “Hey Dad, how bout Guinness?!” So that was basically it. That was really random way, but o well, it’s kind of a cool dog name. I liked it. Haha. I love that dog so much.
The time before all the fun
The time before all the fun
Have you ever been waiting for something so exciting to come, and it seems like it’s taking years to get there. Yea, that’s what I have felt this past week. I’m getting to see my boyfriend in the first time in I think three weeks, but of course it has seemed like a lifetime. I get to see him though tomorrow and it’s so exciting . Halloween is going to be so much fun. I can’t wait to see him. I hear college is the place to be around Halloween just because it’s so crazy. We had a game this week, actually tonight we did (I’m writing this on Thursday night) and we lost. It was so horrible. We lost in the last two seconds I hear, everyone was yelling. People were throwing things, and I’m sure tonight is going to be a rough night concerning alcohol. I’ve seen some crazy things happen after we’ve lost and it has not been pretty at all. Just go around DX at like 2 A.M. after a game. It’s hilarious, but it gets really annoying after about 5 minutes. For some reason, drunk people think that they need to yell F*** (and then the school that we just played). They would yell it over and over and over and over and over again.
Anyways, this week. It was the slowest week ever. I could not believe how slow it was. I would be in my room at like 2:34 in the afternoon and just stare at my computer screen. I was probably on Facebook and creeping all these people I never talk to, but it slowly past the time. It did not work whatsoever. Monday is always hard because it’s Monday and no one wants to do anything on Mondays. I know I don’t. Mondays suck. And having an 8 A.M. does not help. I have four classes on Mondays! UGH! O well I guess. I just take naps after my last class. That’s always nice. Tuesdays for me aren’t so bad though. I have one class recently. I’m supposed to have two but my class that’s in the nighttime was cancelled the past few weeks. That’s always nice; when classes get cancelled. That actually makes my day. So Tuesdays are good. But Wednesdays are a pain in my behind. I’m actually in pain on Wednesdays. It hurts me just to think about. I’m always so happy after 5 P.M. on Wednesdays, just because Engineering decided to make everything due at that time. After that I’m usually stressed free. So by this time this past week I was very happy. Thursday night we have a game so that’s something to get excited about (except for the fact that we lost but at the time, meaning Thursday afternoon it was really exciting). Then Friday, finally, it might come, sometime.
I can’t wait to see boyfriend! I see Alex around 3 tomorrow afternoon! Yay!
So now it’s Saturday and I got to see Alex yesterday! It was so nice. Have you ever felt like you’ve missed someone so much and yet it has only been something like 3 weeks? Yea in reality it isn’t a lot of time, but when you love someone this much, time like 3 weeks last forever. We had a lot of fun just hanging out. It was nice relaxing with someone I love after a hard week. It makes me so happy.
Have you ever been waiting for something so exciting to come, and it seems like it’s taking years to get there. Yea, that’s what I have felt this past week. I’m getting to see my boyfriend in the first time in I think three weeks, but of course it has seemed like a lifetime. I get to see him though tomorrow and it’s so exciting . Halloween is going to be so much fun. I can’t wait to see him. I hear college is the place to be around Halloween just because it’s so crazy. We had a game this week, actually tonight we did (I’m writing this on Thursday night) and we lost. It was so horrible. We lost in the last two seconds I hear, everyone was yelling. People were throwing things, and I’m sure tonight is going to be a rough night concerning alcohol. I’ve seen some crazy things happen after we’ve lost and it has not been pretty at all. Just go around DX at like 2 A.M. after a game. It’s hilarious, but it gets really annoying after about 5 minutes. For some reason, drunk people think that they need to yell F*** (and then the school that we just played). They would yell it over and over and over and over and over again.
Anyways, this week. It was the slowest week ever. I could not believe how slow it was. I would be in my room at like 2:34 in the afternoon and just stare at my computer screen. I was probably on Facebook and creeping all these people I never talk to, but it slowly past the time. It did not work whatsoever. Monday is always hard because it’s Monday and no one wants to do anything on Mondays. I know I don’t. Mondays suck. And having an 8 A.M. does not help. I have four classes on Mondays! UGH! O well I guess. I just take naps after my last class. That’s always nice. Tuesdays for me aren’t so bad though. I have one class recently. I’m supposed to have two but my class that’s in the nighttime was cancelled the past few weeks. That’s always nice; when classes get cancelled. That actually makes my day. So Tuesdays are good. But Wednesdays are a pain in my behind. I’m actually in pain on Wednesdays. It hurts me just to think about. I’m always so happy after 5 P.M. on Wednesdays, just because Engineering decided to make everything due at that time. After that I’m usually stressed free. So by this time this past week I was very happy. Thursday night we have a game so that’s something to get excited about (except for the fact that we lost but at the time, meaning Thursday afternoon it was really exciting). Then Friday, finally, it might come, sometime.
I can’t wait to see boyfriend! I see Alex around 3 tomorrow afternoon! Yay!
So now it’s Saturday and I got to see Alex yesterday! It was so nice. Have you ever felt like you’ve missed someone so much and yet it has only been something like 3 weeks? Yea in reality it isn’t a lot of time, but when you love someone this much, time like 3 weeks last forever. We had a lot of fun just hanging out. It was nice relaxing with someone I love after a hard week. It makes me so happy.
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Lick
http://ydouthink.com/tvandradio.php
-Lick-
The anti-smoking campaign advertisements presented by “Ydouthink” are always very “out there”. They always have weird things that happen and they are always things that you would never actually see happen. In this add this girl goes around and literally licks everything, including her cat, a plant, a trashcan lid, the ground, a grill, a swing set, etc. (basically everything she sees). She even licks this dirty gross fly swatter that was in the garbage. This ad is so gross and disgusting and I always shiver when I see it, while saying “ew” in my head.
The purpose of this argument to tell people different circumstances that would happen to you if you smoked. In this ad the girl licks all these gross dirty things and then it says at the end of the ad, “isn’t smoking just as disgusting?” This is meant to compare smoking with disease-licking. In my opinion I totally agree with this ad and I think smoking is disgusting and is stupid. I can’t stand smoke, I always cough when I’m around people who do it, and I don’t hang out with anyone who does. That’s good that none of my friends smoke then.
The audience is basically everyone. Anyone who watches the commercial would see it. It’s probably mostly for younger people that may try smoking out because of all sorts of reasons. This company wants to show anyone who does smoke, or anyone who is thinking about trying it that smoking is stupid and very bad for you. They don’t go and say that smoking will kill you or give you cancer or rot your teeth, but to get people’s attention, they want to show extremes so they have commercials like this.
This has a few different appeals to it. It uses pathos/ethical appeals by saying that it’s gross to smoke and gross to lick garbage cans. You could argue that there is a little logical appeal to it to, because you would morally and logically not lick the fly swatter or trash can lid, so why would you morally or logically smoke? You wouldn’t.
The company that makes these ads, the anti-smoking company YDOUTHINK? has made so many ads regarding smoking being stupid. I picked this one (Lick) because I think it’s one of the most extremes, and when I see other commercials, I never pay that much attention to it as to this one. It’s just gross. I know I keep saying it, but it really is. GROSS!
The claim in this argument is the fact that smoking is stupid and it’s comparing smoking to how bad licking trash and a cat is. They don’t mention any type of poll or numbers to make it a stronger argument, so logically this argument is not that strong at all. There isn’t much logic to this at all. How are they going to compare smoking with licking everything. They can’t. But somehow, I’m guessing by emotional appeal, it still is affective and it still works.
I think another thing that makes the argument work is the fact that the video starts really close to the girl’s face, and then kind of spreads out. That way the reader, or in this case, the person watching the commercial sees what she is actually doing. It also starts really slow and then eventually goes really fast. It’s a cool technique, and they definitely get their point across.
So what do you think of this ad? Have you ever seen this ad before? I’ve seen it a bunch of times, but I don’t know if it influences you guys in the same ways as it does me. Should I have talked about a different commercial they offer? Or do you think this one is a good one?
-Lick-
The anti-smoking campaign advertisements presented by “Ydouthink” are always very “out there”. They always have weird things that happen and they are always things that you would never actually see happen. In this add this girl goes around and literally licks everything, including her cat, a plant, a trashcan lid, the ground, a grill, a swing set, etc. (basically everything she sees). She even licks this dirty gross fly swatter that was in the garbage. This ad is so gross and disgusting and I always shiver when I see it, while saying “ew” in my head.
The purpose of this argument to tell people different circumstances that would happen to you if you smoked. In this ad the girl licks all these gross dirty things and then it says at the end of the ad, “isn’t smoking just as disgusting?” This is meant to compare smoking with disease-licking. In my opinion I totally agree with this ad and I think smoking is disgusting and is stupid. I can’t stand smoke, I always cough when I’m around people who do it, and I don’t hang out with anyone who does. That’s good that none of my friends smoke then.
The audience is basically everyone. Anyone who watches the commercial would see it. It’s probably mostly for younger people that may try smoking out because of all sorts of reasons. This company wants to show anyone who does smoke, or anyone who is thinking about trying it that smoking is stupid and very bad for you. They don’t go and say that smoking will kill you or give you cancer or rot your teeth, but to get people’s attention, they want to show extremes so they have commercials like this.
This has a few different appeals to it. It uses pathos/ethical appeals by saying that it’s gross to smoke and gross to lick garbage cans. You could argue that there is a little logical appeal to it to, because you would morally and logically not lick the fly swatter or trash can lid, so why would you morally or logically smoke? You wouldn’t.
The company that makes these ads, the anti-smoking company YDOUTHINK? has made so many ads regarding smoking being stupid. I picked this one (Lick) because I think it’s one of the most extremes, and when I see other commercials, I never pay that much attention to it as to this one. It’s just gross. I know I keep saying it, but it really is. GROSS!
The claim in this argument is the fact that smoking is stupid and it’s comparing smoking to how bad licking trash and a cat is. They don’t mention any type of poll or numbers to make it a stronger argument, so logically this argument is not that strong at all. There isn’t much logic to this at all. How are they going to compare smoking with licking everything. They can’t. But somehow, I’m guessing by emotional appeal, it still is affective and it still works.
I think another thing that makes the argument work is the fact that the video starts really close to the girl’s face, and then kind of spreads out. That way the reader, or in this case, the person watching the commercial sees what she is actually doing. It also starts really slow and then eventually goes really fast. It’s a cool technique, and they definitely get their point across.
So what do you think of this ad? Have you ever seen this ad before? I’ve seen it a bunch of times, but I don’t know if it influences you guys in the same ways as it does me. Should I have talked about a different commercial they offer? Or do you think this one is a good one?
Sunday, October 18, 2009
CURRENT ISSUE. STATUTORY RAPE
JUST BECAUSE SHE HAS THE BODY, DOESN’T MEAN SHE HAS THE BRAINS
WHEN YOU LOOK AT A YOUNG GIRL AS SOMETHING MORE, YOU NEED HELP
The purpose of this ad is to inform people about having sex with girls who may look older than 18, but are in fact not legal. The ad is going far with this picture, because by her face she looks like she’s ten, maybe, but then her body looks about 15 years older than that. On a regular basis, most people do not look like that. This is an extreme example of what a girl would look like.
The audience for this ad is most likely towards people who are over 18 and are doing this to girls. Statutory Rape is increasingly a concern of today’s economy and many people get away with it. Guys sometimes don’t even ask they just assume that the girl is legal.
There is some emotional appeal to this, just because any woman that sees this, and has had someone rape them, can sympathize with it, especially if the guy got away with it. There aren’t really any facts in this ad, so it doesn’t really have any logical appeal to it. It does have ethical appeal though. The ad is very powerful and the attitude of the writer wants to let everyone know how serious people get ages wrong and for wrong reasons. The writer makes this statement with an extreme view on the current issue.
The company Copyranter created this ad, but Laurie Toby Edison, a famous photographer blogs about it. http://www.laurietobyedison.com/discuss/?p=494
This ad was for a nonprofit company against statutory rape (as probably anyone could tell).
“The net result, of course, since a picture is and always has been worth a thousand words, is to sexualize these teenagers, and underscore their attractiveness and availability while claiming otherwise.
This, we believe, is a nonprofit organization and an ad agency that have been so seduced by the dark side of sexualization of young girls that they may not even realize they are sending a message opposite to the one they intend” (Edison).
All the people that have commented on the blog really hate the ad. I agree with them, it is very offensive and creepy. I think it could possibly hit people hard though, because it makes such a strong statement. Yea it’s horrible, but in reality it’s supposed to be horrible. The company is trying to make heads turn when people see it and hopefully realize how dangerous it is. It’s not about children getting recognized, it’s about how girls as young as maybe 14 go out and look a lot older and guys take advantage of that because they think they are legal but they actually are not.
The only main fact in this advertisement is the fact that if you are older than 18 and have sex with a person (in this case a young woman or girl) that is under that age, then you are committing a crime known as statutory rape.
This is a social statement for the most part. It is not historical or cultural. It doesn’t have to do with race, religion, or any type of ethnicity. The people that get the most out of this ad are people who have an opinion on this issue. If you are on the side of “this ad is really great and educates people about this issue” or on the opposite side saying, “this ad is horrible and shouldn’t be publicized” then this ad is for you. If you have feelings towards this ad, that is exactly what the company wanted to get. I don’t think they wanted bad feedback, but this issue is too important to not be publicized about.
So what do you think about the ad? Do you think this ad is too aggressive? Do you think it’s just right? What kinds of problems do you see this ad getting, if it hit a really well known newspaper or news anchor that a lot of people read/watch?
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
answer
THE LAST BLOG WAS A LIE.. MEANING.. I JUST MADE IT UP..
SOMETHING SIMILAR DID HAPPEN.. BUT MOST OF THE BAD STUFF HAPPENED TO MY FRIEND WHO WAS DRIVING..
and she didn't randomly get those food... but she came into my dorm room and brought weird things like that, but on Sunday she did... not a few months ago.
And i went to the beach for "beach week"
the gps didnt work though, which was a pain
SOMETHING SIMILAR DID HAPPEN.. BUT MOST OF THE BAD STUFF HAPPENED TO MY FRIEND WHO WAS DRIVING..
and she didn't randomly get those food... but she came into my dorm room and brought weird things like that, but on Sunday she did... not a few months ago.
And i went to the beach for "beach week"
the gps didnt work though, which was a pain
Sunday, October 4, 2009
On the way to Myrtle...
This summer I went to the beach a few weeks after graduation. On the way down I had a traumatic experience. I feel like things like this just happen to me. Anyways, I started driving at three in the morning. I was so exhausted but so excited at the same time. My best friend decided to walk to the local Bloom just before we left so that we would have snacks for the trip. She thought it would be a good idea to get pepperoni and cheese sticks because she was really hungry. I don’t know why she would ever think that was a good idea but she said that’s what she was craving. She also picked up a half gallon of soy milk and 6 red bulls. I don’t drink red bull so when I saw that I got so pissed. Then we finally left, with me being in a bad mood.
Within the first 30 minutes we hit traffic and I do not know how. 3:25 in the morning, and there’s traffic?! These stupid 18-whellers felt like they needed to be on the road this early and get in my way. We sat on Fairfax County Parkway for a good 45 minutes before we finally got off, and we only had to go about 10 miles on the road. We finally got off and moved onto the next highway. This was my first trip on the highways driving by myself (meaning no adults were in the car), so I kind of got freaked out at first. Driving for long periods of time was something different too. And after all that crap I had to deal with, my air conditioning broke. It absolutely sucked and it was really hot in the middle of July. My friend decided to almost take off all her clothes but I yelled at her so she kept most of them on.
After this happens we finally think we’re on a roll and nothing else bad could happen. Well, that’s not true apparently. My G.P.S. decides to malfunction and break. It falls out of its holder and slides all over the place. My friend tries to put it back but it kept on falling! I was getting so aggravated because I was not giving all of my attention to the road and driving, but was focusing on this stupid machine. It even made me go off course and got us lost. Around the North Carolina and Virginia state border it said to turn on this weird road. Then it said we were on a random road somewhere in New York or something (it said I was driving on Rochester Avenue and I’m guessing that’s not in North Carolina). At one point the little car on the screen was in the middle of nowhere, “in la la land.” It wasn’t even on any type of road. I got so angry because I have no idea where I’m going. I’ve never been to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina before. I couldn’t just get right back on a random road and know exactly where I was going. Then I started to freak out, so my friend offered to take the wheel, so I was relieved and tried to find someplace to pull over. There was no where though. I seriously drove about 20 miles before I found some place worth getting out and switching.
She was nice and calm and started driving. As soon as she did, the road seemed to clear and everything went right for her. There was a nice breeze and it even got cloudy. I hated that. I just sat in the passenger side, pissed. She laughed and started pulling random food out of nowhere and eating it. I got jealous. Apparently earlier in the morning she also bought gold fish and Swedish fish and didn’t tell me. I stole the gold fish and blasted the music. That could almost change my mood and make me happy, and at the time it pretty much did. This entire story is a complete lie and I’m just trying to see if anyone picks up on it because I don’t know what to write about. We played and fell in love with the new Nickelback CD, Blackhorse, and some new Lil Wayne songs. “Fireman” and “Got Money” were two favorites. The band 303 was good to listen to too, but we barely did. I made this playlist right before we left and it seemed like we played the first seven songs over and over again. When I put my ipod on shuffle now I get so confused because I think this one song, like “Birthday Sex” will come after Pop Champagne” but really, all of a sudden some of the Lion King Soundtrack comes on. Sometimes I’m not expecting it, so I jump if the song has a loud noise at first and it freaks me out, like “I’m Not Your Boyfriend Baby.”
So, after she drove and everything was dandy for her, we stopped somewhere to eat breakfast. We were almost there, but she wanted to travel through Strawberry Town so we did. We stopped at this sketchy old house/restaurant and stayed there for awhile. I don’t know why she would ever want to stop there, because it was gross and creepy. We got out of there and finally got to where we were an hour away and finally I could see the light at the end of the tunnel so to speak. While she was driving she didn’t notice the gas tank though. It just about ran on empty because she didn’t notice. We barely made it to a gas station in time, but somehow with her luck we made it. If I was driving, we wouldn’t have. Anyways, we actually arrive in Myrtle around 10 in the morning on a Monday. I was so relieved and exhausted. I think as soon as we got to the house and got all of our stuff inside, I fell asleep.
Within the first 30 minutes we hit traffic and I do not know how. 3:25 in the morning, and there’s traffic?! These stupid 18-whellers felt like they needed to be on the road this early and get in my way. We sat on Fairfax County Parkway for a good 45 minutes before we finally got off, and we only had to go about 10 miles on the road. We finally got off and moved onto the next highway. This was my first trip on the highways driving by myself (meaning no adults were in the car), so I kind of got freaked out at first. Driving for long periods of time was something different too. And after all that crap I had to deal with, my air conditioning broke. It absolutely sucked and it was really hot in the middle of July. My friend decided to almost take off all her clothes but I yelled at her so she kept most of them on.
After this happens we finally think we’re on a roll and nothing else bad could happen. Well, that’s not true apparently. My G.P.S. decides to malfunction and break. It falls out of its holder and slides all over the place. My friend tries to put it back but it kept on falling! I was getting so aggravated because I was not giving all of my attention to the road and driving, but was focusing on this stupid machine. It even made me go off course and got us lost. Around the North Carolina and Virginia state border it said to turn on this weird road. Then it said we were on a random road somewhere in New York or something (it said I was driving on Rochester Avenue and I’m guessing that’s not in North Carolina). At one point the little car on the screen was in the middle of nowhere, “in la la land.” It wasn’t even on any type of road. I got so angry because I have no idea where I’m going. I’ve never been to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina before. I couldn’t just get right back on a random road and know exactly where I was going. Then I started to freak out, so my friend offered to take the wheel, so I was relieved and tried to find someplace to pull over. There was no where though. I seriously drove about 20 miles before I found some place worth getting out and switching.
She was nice and calm and started driving. As soon as she did, the road seemed to clear and everything went right for her. There was a nice breeze and it even got cloudy. I hated that. I just sat in the passenger side, pissed. She laughed and started pulling random food out of nowhere and eating it. I got jealous. Apparently earlier in the morning she also bought gold fish and Swedish fish and didn’t tell me. I stole the gold fish and blasted the music. That could almost change my mood and make me happy, and at the time it pretty much did. This entire story is a complete lie and I’m just trying to see if anyone picks up on it because I don’t know what to write about. We played and fell in love with the new Nickelback CD, Blackhorse, and some new Lil Wayne songs. “Fireman” and “Got Money” were two favorites. The band 303 was good to listen to too, but we barely did. I made this playlist right before we left and it seemed like we played the first seven songs over and over again. When I put my ipod on shuffle now I get so confused because I think this one song, like “Birthday Sex” will come after Pop Champagne” but really, all of a sudden some of the Lion King Soundtrack comes on. Sometimes I’m not expecting it, so I jump if the song has a loud noise at first and it freaks me out, like “I’m Not Your Boyfriend Baby.”
So, after she drove and everything was dandy for her, we stopped somewhere to eat breakfast. We were almost there, but she wanted to travel through Strawberry Town so we did. We stopped at this sketchy old house/restaurant and stayed there for awhile. I don’t know why she would ever want to stop there, because it was gross and creepy. We got out of there and finally got to where we were an hour away and finally I could see the light at the end of the tunnel so to speak. While she was driving she didn’t notice the gas tank though. It just about ran on empty because she didn’t notice. We barely made it to a gas station in time, but somehow with her luck we made it. If I was driving, we wouldn’t have. Anyways, we actually arrive in Myrtle around 10 in the morning on a Monday. I was so relieved and exhausted. I think as soon as we got to the house and got all of our stuff inside, I fell asleep.
Sunday, September 27, 2009
What happened after the disaster
So after that horrible time in London, I finally went to Africa after those miserable two days. The rest of the trip was pretty great. I was exhausted though when we got there, because the past two days before that I had no sleep and was basically pissed the whole time. We also got there and it was about 10 in the morning, so my clock was all off. We got to this first hotel place, which was as much of a hotel as we were going to get. It was a really nice place. The rooms were tents, but almost houses. It had a floor and it had doors, unlike the other luxury tents. It also had this place where people sit and eat snacks and then watch wild animals come up and try and get your food. I just relaxed that day, and slept half of it.
There were all kinds of animals at this place. They were somewhat wild, or more like they weren’t in cages like at a zoo, but they were stuck in the same property so they have been used to seeing and interacting with people. It was nice for the first day. We were all pooped.
The next day we got up and got in our huge safari jeep and got ready to go. There are NO roads in Africa, so the two hour trips here and there from place to place throughout the trip was horrible. I was in the back, because I was the smallest person. The back made me almost throw up because of all the bumps. Ugh. I got so car sick. But anyways, the next place we went was a town. We got to rest a little bit, and have a nice lunch. Then afterwards we went on a safari.
The safari was amazing. We went to a place where it was a lot of different scenery. There was a part of the drive where we went up a mountain and it felt like we were traveling through a jungle. Then we also saw open areas where there were a bunch of animals. We saw giraffes, antelope, and cape buffalo. I was amazed at everything! My eyes were probably so big because of the sights. It’s really indescribable. This day I really thought I was going to see an elephant. But, I didn’t… so it was almost disappointing. O but that didn’t last very long.
The next place we went was in the middle of this huge park. Parks in Africa aren’t like the parks here. They are legit hundreds of acres of land where wild animals roam for the rest of their lives. This isn’t like the first place. I was literally scared. The place we stayed was an actual tent that could be ripped up by any animal that wanted to rip it up. We slept on beds, and had actual toilettes, but we had a zip-up tent door and a mosquito net over our beds. The first night we were there, I got so spooked because a warthog came by snorting really loud right by our tent. I peeked outside and saw these eyes looking at me. I almost screamed! I looked over around the back of the tent and I swear I saw about 20 eyes looking at me. I imagined they were harmless gazelles, but seeing anything like that looking at you in the complete dark was creepy.
The next day we went on a safari in the park. This place was so open, that in the morning we couldn’t get to our truck, because there was a herd of 12 elephants blogging our vehicle. They climbed up this steep hill and started charging at workers on this “campsite’s” property. Coming out of my tent around 8 A.M. and then seeing 300-2,000 pound elephants right in my face was not a great feeling. It was so cool though. I will never experience something like that again. Try waking up to elephants.
Finally, when we got out, we went into the rest of the park and saw so many animals. I think we saw close to 200 elephants and all these weird birds. My grandfather was really good at recognizing what kinds of birds they were, but I could have cared less. I think his favorite was this one called a lilac-crested roller. It was the funniest looking bird. Another funny looking creature was called a dik-dik. It honestly looks like a miniature deer that’s about two feet tall.
That day was the first day we saw lions. It was so cool. They were only about 20 feet away from our jeep, chilling in the “bush”. The “bush” is what the tall grass/bushes are called. Then, after seeing all those animals, we went to the middle of the park and ate a box lunch that they made for us. Eating with the animals was interesting. Baboons would come up to us and throw berries at us. They actually started attacking this one family. We parked right by them, but our driver warned us about these mongrels and told us to roll up our windows. This other family didn’t, and then went to the bathroom. When they got back, there were about five baboons running in and out of their truck. They happened to go into their stuff and grab their food out of their lunch boxes. They then started eating the food and chucking rocks. It was so hilarious; my mouth dropped in amazement.
After this day, we drove to another part of Tanzania and did a few different things. We went to an orphanage one day, and that was something special. These kids had nothing, and it was so sad. Their “toys” were flat soccer balls, and pieces of wood. Their idea for fun was chasing each other outside. The lady that was running the orphanage crammed 10 kids into three tiny bedrooms. It was so unsanitary and dirty, but that’s all she could afford. One child wasn’t even there because he had caught malaria and was dying. Another little girl had aids and was an orphan because of it. Her parents both died and she is expected to not have a great long life. Seeing people like that made me really take my life for granted. When I got back to the states, I appreciated everything a lot more. This wasn’t my whole trip, but this is a lot to read, and nobody likes reading these, so I’ll just stop writing! Haha.
There were all kinds of animals at this place. They were somewhat wild, or more like they weren’t in cages like at a zoo, but they were stuck in the same property so they have been used to seeing and interacting with people. It was nice for the first day. We were all pooped.
The next day we got up and got in our huge safari jeep and got ready to go. There are NO roads in Africa, so the two hour trips here and there from place to place throughout the trip was horrible. I was in the back, because I was the smallest person. The back made me almost throw up because of all the bumps. Ugh. I got so car sick. But anyways, the next place we went was a town. We got to rest a little bit, and have a nice lunch. Then afterwards we went on a safari.
The safari was amazing. We went to a place where it was a lot of different scenery. There was a part of the drive where we went up a mountain and it felt like we were traveling through a jungle. Then we also saw open areas where there were a bunch of animals. We saw giraffes, antelope, and cape buffalo. I was amazed at everything! My eyes were probably so big because of the sights. It’s really indescribable. This day I really thought I was going to see an elephant. But, I didn’t… so it was almost disappointing. O but that didn’t last very long.
The next place we went was in the middle of this huge park. Parks in Africa aren’t like the parks here. They are legit hundreds of acres of land where wild animals roam for the rest of their lives. This isn’t like the first place. I was literally scared. The place we stayed was an actual tent that could be ripped up by any animal that wanted to rip it up. We slept on beds, and had actual toilettes, but we had a zip-up tent door and a mosquito net over our beds. The first night we were there, I got so spooked because a warthog came by snorting really loud right by our tent. I peeked outside and saw these eyes looking at me. I almost screamed! I looked over around the back of the tent and I swear I saw about 20 eyes looking at me. I imagined they were harmless gazelles, but seeing anything like that looking at you in the complete dark was creepy.
The next day we went on a safari in the park. This place was so open, that in the morning we couldn’t get to our truck, because there was a herd of 12 elephants blogging our vehicle. They climbed up this steep hill and started charging at workers on this “campsite’s” property. Coming out of my tent around 8 A.M. and then seeing 300-2,000 pound elephants right in my face was not a great feeling. It was so cool though. I will never experience something like that again. Try waking up to elephants.
Finally, when we got out, we went into the rest of the park and saw so many animals. I think we saw close to 200 elephants and all these weird birds. My grandfather was really good at recognizing what kinds of birds they were, but I could have cared less. I think his favorite was this one called a lilac-crested roller. It was the funniest looking bird. Another funny looking creature was called a dik-dik. It honestly looks like a miniature deer that’s about two feet tall.
That day was the first day we saw lions. It was so cool. They were only about 20 feet away from our jeep, chilling in the “bush”. The “bush” is what the tall grass/bushes are called. Then, after seeing all those animals, we went to the middle of the park and ate a box lunch that they made for us. Eating with the animals was interesting. Baboons would come up to us and throw berries at us. They actually started attacking this one family. We parked right by them, but our driver warned us about these mongrels and told us to roll up our windows. This other family didn’t, and then went to the bathroom. When they got back, there were about five baboons running in and out of their truck. They happened to go into their stuff and grab their food out of their lunch boxes. They then started eating the food and chucking rocks. It was so hilarious; my mouth dropped in amazement.
After this day, we drove to another part of Tanzania and did a few different things. We went to an orphanage one day, and that was something special. These kids had nothing, and it was so sad. Their “toys” were flat soccer balls, and pieces of wood. Their idea for fun was chasing each other outside. The lady that was running the orphanage crammed 10 kids into three tiny bedrooms. It was so unsanitary and dirty, but that’s all she could afford. One child wasn’t even there because he had caught malaria and was dying. Another little girl had aids and was an orphan because of it. Her parents both died and she is expected to not have a great long life. Seeing people like that made me really take my life for granted. When I got back to the states, I appreciated everything a lot more. This wasn’t my whole trip, but this is a lot to read, and nobody likes reading these, so I’ll just stop writing! Haha.
Sunday, September 20, 2009
My London Disaster
This past summer I had a once in a lifetime experience; I got the privilege to travel to Africa for ten days. My trip getting there was a hassle though. My grandparents were the ones that took me and they thought because of the length of the flight that we should stop in London for about a day and a half, so we ended up doing that. I thought the idea was nice because it would have been like a 16 hour flight, but instead it was about 7 ½ hours to England, and then another eight hours after that.
So I was all excited, getting packed and ready for this trip. I just came back from the beach and the next day I was on the plane. Everything was going perfect until we got off the plane in England. The first thing that went wrong was the fact that we couldn’t find the baggage claim. After the red eye we took, and it being 6 A.M. there, we were all really grumpy. We were walking in circles, and the London-Heathrow Airport was so confusing. We finally found where we were supposed to go about an hour later. Then we tried to figure out where we should go. Should we go to downtown London, or should we try and see if we could drop off our bags at the hotel. We finally figured that we would find the hotel. So we try and find the buses to the hotel. This takes another 45 minutes at least. We finally find the bus terminal and get on a bus. We look at our schedules and papers and the hotel’s name is Holiday Inn. Well, yet another issue. There is more than one Holiday Inn in London. We ended up getting off the bus and getting all of our stuff settled. My grandpa went up to check in, just to find out that it was the wrong hotel.
So we wait another 20 minutes after that to get on another bus. Then we find our hotel finally. We drop our stuff off and wait for a bus. It takes about 15 minutes of all of us sitting there before we decide we should call a cab, because we have to go back to the airport to get on a train to go visit downtown. So we get in the cab, and get to the airport. By this time I’m really grouchy and pissed. I got no sleep the night before, and I didn’t want to go through all this mess. Anyways, we finally got back to the airport and then we try and find the underground subway system/metro. And again, this place is the most confusing place ever. There are no signs anywhere, and the levels are all labeled wrong on the maps. We finally find this stupid train. The underground ticket area is so confusing too. We had to get the European money equivalent to dollars, which is pounds, and then try and get tickets out of the money we had.
Alright, now we’re on the train. I’m relaxed and a lot more excited now that we are actually getting to the downtown area. This train takes about 25 minutes to get there, but that’s ok because I was stoked to see the London I see in the movies. It took us 5 ½ hours to get from off the plane, to downtown London. Wow.
After we get there, we try and decide what to do. I say, “Let’s try and get on one of those double-decker tour buses. The ones in all the movies. The red ones.” So we paid for tickets for a bus and waited outside for one to arrive. A bus is supposed to arrive every 15 minutes. But of course with the luck we have had that day, it didn’t happen. 45 minutes later we go into the place where we bought the tickets and ask for a refund. As soon as that happens, the bus starts to come, so we quickly decide to get everything together and jump on the bus even though we had just waited forever. The bus driver was a real tool too. When we got on the bus, my grandpa asked the driver what had taken him so long to get here. His response was, “Well I don’t care how long you’ve waited. I take my time. I get paid by the hour.” He then went to the first attraction: the “Arch”, which was dedicated to all the horses who died in one of the big world wars. He circled around it four times, and then parked it. Everyone was so confused. We then hear over the speakers: EVERYONE MUST GET OFF THE BUS. THIS BUS IS DISABLED AS OF NOW. My mouth dropped. Seriously.
We get off that stupid bus and get on another one. This one decides to be nice and give us a tour for awhile. We went to four attractions with this one. Yet again, it decides to become “broken” or “disabled” and everyone must get off. At this point I just wanted to go back to the hotel and go to sleep. We had to sit on this stupid bus ride for the next three hours; the buses only go one way. I ended up falling asleep on the bottom of the double-decker for about an hour. We finally get back to the stop we started off and got off. And again, we go down to the train station and get tickets, and get on a train. Everyone is dead at this point and we are all glad to be going back to the airport/then hotel. We sit down and wait.. and wait… and wait…
15 minutes goes by, and we are still waiting on the train. The conductor comes on the intercom and says, “I’m sorry, but everyone please exit the train. This train is no longer in service.” I busted out laughing and looked at my family members. Then they all started laughing as well. How did we seriously get stuck having the worst time in a new city. So we all get up, walk out of the train, and go on another one. As we are sitting there, waiting for this train to start, I look over and the other train that was “broken” is leaving. It just took off! My mouth dropped again, and everyone in my family was dying with laughter. My grandpa was crying he was laughing so hard.
How could I have such a bad day?! How does this happen?!?!?!?! There were points in the day where I wanted to just go home and forget about the trip, but I got through it. I guess I’ll tell you about the actual trip to Africa next blog post.
So I was all excited, getting packed and ready for this trip. I just came back from the beach and the next day I was on the plane. Everything was going perfect until we got off the plane in England. The first thing that went wrong was the fact that we couldn’t find the baggage claim. After the red eye we took, and it being 6 A.M. there, we were all really grumpy. We were walking in circles, and the London-Heathrow Airport was so confusing. We finally found where we were supposed to go about an hour later. Then we tried to figure out where we should go. Should we go to downtown London, or should we try and see if we could drop off our bags at the hotel. We finally figured that we would find the hotel. So we try and find the buses to the hotel. This takes another 45 minutes at least. We finally find the bus terminal and get on a bus. We look at our schedules and papers and the hotel’s name is Holiday Inn. Well, yet another issue. There is more than one Holiday Inn in London. We ended up getting off the bus and getting all of our stuff settled. My grandpa went up to check in, just to find out that it was the wrong hotel.
So we wait another 20 minutes after that to get on another bus. Then we find our hotel finally. We drop our stuff off and wait for a bus. It takes about 15 minutes of all of us sitting there before we decide we should call a cab, because we have to go back to the airport to get on a train to go visit downtown. So we get in the cab, and get to the airport. By this time I’m really grouchy and pissed. I got no sleep the night before, and I didn’t want to go through all this mess. Anyways, we finally got back to the airport and then we try and find the underground subway system/metro. And again, this place is the most confusing place ever. There are no signs anywhere, and the levels are all labeled wrong on the maps. We finally find this stupid train. The underground ticket area is so confusing too. We had to get the European money equivalent to dollars, which is pounds, and then try and get tickets out of the money we had.
Alright, now we’re on the train. I’m relaxed and a lot more excited now that we are actually getting to the downtown area. This train takes about 25 minutes to get there, but that’s ok because I was stoked to see the London I see in the movies. It took us 5 ½ hours to get from off the plane, to downtown London. Wow.
After we get there, we try and decide what to do. I say, “Let’s try and get on one of those double-decker tour buses. The ones in all the movies. The red ones.” So we paid for tickets for a bus and waited outside for one to arrive. A bus is supposed to arrive every 15 minutes. But of course with the luck we have had that day, it didn’t happen. 45 minutes later we go into the place where we bought the tickets and ask for a refund. As soon as that happens, the bus starts to come, so we quickly decide to get everything together and jump on the bus even though we had just waited forever. The bus driver was a real tool too. When we got on the bus, my grandpa asked the driver what had taken him so long to get here. His response was, “Well I don’t care how long you’ve waited. I take my time. I get paid by the hour.” He then went to the first attraction: the “Arch”, which was dedicated to all the horses who died in one of the big world wars. He circled around it four times, and then parked it. Everyone was so confused. We then hear over the speakers: EVERYONE MUST GET OFF THE BUS. THIS BUS IS DISABLED AS OF NOW. My mouth dropped. Seriously.
We get off that stupid bus and get on another one. This one decides to be nice and give us a tour for awhile. We went to four attractions with this one. Yet again, it decides to become “broken” or “disabled” and everyone must get off. At this point I just wanted to go back to the hotel and go to sleep. We had to sit on this stupid bus ride for the next three hours; the buses only go one way. I ended up falling asleep on the bottom of the double-decker for about an hour. We finally get back to the stop we started off and got off. And again, we go down to the train station and get tickets, and get on a train. Everyone is dead at this point and we are all glad to be going back to the airport/then hotel. We sit down and wait.. and wait… and wait…
15 minutes goes by, and we are still waiting on the train. The conductor comes on the intercom and says, “I’m sorry, but everyone please exit the train. This train is no longer in service.” I busted out laughing and looked at my family members. Then they all started laughing as well. How did we seriously get stuck having the worst time in a new city. So we all get up, walk out of the train, and go on another one. As we are sitting there, waiting for this train to start, I look over and the other train that was “broken” is leaving. It just took off! My mouth dropped again, and everyone in my family was dying with laughter. My grandpa was crying he was laughing so hard.
How could I have such a bad day?! How does this happen?!?!?!?! There were points in the day where I wanted to just go home and forget about the trip, but I got through it. I guess I’ll tell you about the actual trip to Africa next blog post.
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Will Ferrell
My absolute favorite actor in the entire world is WILL FERRELL! I love him. You have to have this comedic sense of humor to love his movies though. There are a lot of his movies with “guy” humor too, so you have to understand that. One of my all time favorite Will Ferrell movies is A Night at the Roxburry. It’s relatively old, but I love it. His co-star is really funny in that movie as well. I also love Step Brothers, Talladega Nights, and Elf. Anchorman is a new one for me, but the parts I’ve seen and remember I absolutely love.
Step Brother is one of the funniest movies. I quote it all the time, and it seems like every conversation I have with someone I can use a quote in the movie. There are times when scenes say “That’s what she said” moments, but there is also little kid moments about who can have this special concocted “fancy” sauce.
A Night at the Roxburry is my all time favorite because it is one of the oldest movies Will Ferrell is in, and no one really knows about it. There are a lot of phrases that I quote, but not nearly as many as Step Brothers. It’s also funny because the two main characters wear really awkward, tight outfits that do not fit them well. There’s this one scene where they are both walking on the beach in skimpy speedos and they are trying to pick up girls. The pick-up lines are the funniest I’ve ever heard. In one scene Will Ferrell tries to talk as if there is an ambulance there. He makes a really loud siren noise and then says, “It’s the ambulance, coming to get me. Cuz the sight of you stopped my heart.” There are also points in the movie where the two brothers are trying to get into a bunch of different clubs and uses different moves on each club. Every time the two are not allowed in, but they keep trying. They must stand in about 10 lines, just to get rejected again and again. They also do this really interesting and memorable head dance while listening to the song, “What is Love?” After this scene Will Ferrell’s co-star bangs his head and shatters the glass window on the passenger’s side. For all that have seen this movie, you know exactly what I’m talking about.
And of course, I have to quote all of the other Will Ferrell movies, like the popular Talladega Nights or even on some terms, I’m pretty sure I’ve quoted Blades of Glory (yet another one of his movies). Will Ferrell is one of those actors that people either love or hate. Well, there are also people that don’t watch movies and have no idea who he is. But those people don’t count. I love his sense of humor, and most of the time I quote phrases from his movies because I have a personality somewhat like his characters. No I’m not a middle-aged man pretending to be a kid, or is acting like one. I do come off as a not so girly girl though, making me have that sense of humor. It shows as I am pretty much a tom-boy. But I guess I can dress up at times too. But anyways, yea I love Will Ferrell and I get so excited when movies come out with him in it because most of the time they are hilarious and awesome. Comedies are my favorite type of movie, if you couldn’t tell.
Step Brother is one of the funniest movies. I quote it all the time, and it seems like every conversation I have with someone I can use a quote in the movie. There are times when scenes say “That’s what she said” moments, but there is also little kid moments about who can have this special concocted “fancy” sauce.
A Night at the Roxburry is my all time favorite because it is one of the oldest movies Will Ferrell is in, and no one really knows about it. There are a lot of phrases that I quote, but not nearly as many as Step Brothers. It’s also funny because the two main characters wear really awkward, tight outfits that do not fit them well. There’s this one scene where they are both walking on the beach in skimpy speedos and they are trying to pick up girls. The pick-up lines are the funniest I’ve ever heard. In one scene Will Ferrell tries to talk as if there is an ambulance there. He makes a really loud siren noise and then says, “It’s the ambulance, coming to get me. Cuz the sight of you stopped my heart.” There are also points in the movie where the two brothers are trying to get into a bunch of different clubs and uses different moves on each club. Every time the two are not allowed in, but they keep trying. They must stand in about 10 lines, just to get rejected again and again. They also do this really interesting and memorable head dance while listening to the song, “What is Love?” After this scene Will Ferrell’s co-star bangs his head and shatters the glass window on the passenger’s side. For all that have seen this movie, you know exactly what I’m talking about.
And of course, I have to quote all of the other Will Ferrell movies, like the popular Talladega Nights or even on some terms, I’m pretty sure I’ve quoted Blades of Glory (yet another one of his movies). Will Ferrell is one of those actors that people either love or hate. Well, there are also people that don’t watch movies and have no idea who he is. But those people don’t count. I love his sense of humor, and most of the time I quote phrases from his movies because I have a personality somewhat like his characters. No I’m not a middle-aged man pretending to be a kid, or is acting like one. I do come off as a not so girly girl though, making me have that sense of humor. It shows as I am pretty much a tom-boy. But I guess I can dress up at times too. But anyways, yea I love Will Ferrell and I get so excited when movies come out with him in it because most of the time they are hilarious and awesome. Comedies are my favorite type of movie, if you couldn’t tell.
Fantasy Football
Fantasy Football seems to be something that only guys can do. Every guy seems to feel like girls do not even know the meaning of football, let alone fantasy football. Well, that’s a piece of crap. I was in a league with 14 other guys, and they thought I didn’t know anything. O yeah, and I won the league.
Guys expect girls to not know the difference between a quarterback and a cornerback, a defensive lineman and defensive back, a tight end and a wide receiver, an offensive lineman and a defensive lineman, OR right or left guard and right or left tackle (just a few examples). I guess I’m one of the few girls who do. Just because football’s a guy’s game, doesn’t mean girls can’t watch it or love it. I absolutely love football, and I think fantasy is really fun to be a part of. My favorite part is the draft. It’s so much fun preparing and looking at all the different sites or magazines. Learning who all the rookies are, and who the sleepers are, is exciting as well.
So the thing about fantasy football is that you could pick people from your favorite team, if you can get them before someone else does, or you can pick the tops of each section. For those who don’t know what “tops of each section” are, sections are positions that you can pick players from. Tops of the sections are the players that are ranked the highest in their position. You can also pick sleepers, which are players who are usually new in the league because they just graduated from college, and no one knows how they will do.
My team consists of two quarterbacks, three receivers, four running backs, two kickers, three tight ends, and two defenses. I guess I can say I have a solid team, but sometimes the projected points don’t reflect what actually happens in a game. For example, a receiver might be projected to get 7 points for a game, but he actually gets 14 or 21 because the touchdowns he scored. Defense can also get points by getting safeties and defensive touchdowns. I think I have a pretty good team this year. Even though I don’t have players on my favorite team, the Redskins, I have a lot of good players.
So, if you can’t tell already, I really love football and fantasy football too. It is hard to keep up with but I love figuring all of that out. Football takes up my entire Sunday, even if it is not my team I watch all the games.
Guys expect girls to not know the difference between a quarterback and a cornerback, a defensive lineman and defensive back, a tight end and a wide receiver, an offensive lineman and a defensive lineman, OR right or left guard and right or left tackle (just a few examples). I guess I’m one of the few girls who do. Just because football’s a guy’s game, doesn’t mean girls can’t watch it or love it. I absolutely love football, and I think fantasy is really fun to be a part of. My favorite part is the draft. It’s so much fun preparing and looking at all the different sites or magazines. Learning who all the rookies are, and who the sleepers are, is exciting as well.
So the thing about fantasy football is that you could pick people from your favorite team, if you can get them before someone else does, or you can pick the tops of each section. For those who don’t know what “tops of each section” are, sections are positions that you can pick players from. Tops of the sections are the players that are ranked the highest in their position. You can also pick sleepers, which are players who are usually new in the league because they just graduated from college, and no one knows how they will do.
My team consists of two quarterbacks, three receivers, four running backs, two kickers, three tight ends, and two defenses. I guess I can say I have a solid team, but sometimes the projected points don’t reflect what actually happens in a game. For example, a receiver might be projected to get 7 points for a game, but he actually gets 14 or 21 because the touchdowns he scored. Defense can also get points by getting safeties and defensive touchdowns. I think I have a pretty good team this year. Even though I don’t have players on my favorite team, the Redskins, I have a lot of good players.
So, if you can’t tell already, I really love football and fantasy football too. It is hard to keep up with but I love figuring all of that out. Football takes up my entire Sunday, even if it is not my team I watch all the games.
Saturday, September 5, 2009
What I Miss Most...
Being a freshman at Virginia Tech is a whole different experience. High school was so different. You saw the same people every single day just about. There were only about 500 students that I knew or at least I can say I knew all their names. High school seems like it was so long ago and sometimes I think back and I get kind of sad. Yeah high school was high school, and everyone says college is way more fun, but as of now I’m not too sure about this whole experience.
It sounds so weird. Most people are ecstatic to be going off away to school but for some reason I do not know if I feel the same. I do look forward to being here and experiencing this school and everything else that comes along with it, but I do miss home. I bet when people read this, they’re going to be like, “What in the world is this chick’s deal? She misses high school?!” I will have fun and it will get better I know that, but as of right now this is how I feel.
What do I miss most about high school and my life before this? Well, I think I miss the idea of “home.” I was one of those lonely kids, not having any siblings, and growing up with both of my parents breathing down my neck about everything. I love them to death but I guess being their only child, they were very protective and I guess you could say strict. I was not allowed to go out and be like all my other friends. I was not allowed to spend the night at friend’s houses if there were boys over. I was only allowed to go somewhere if I told my mom, texted her before I left and when I got there. She also didn’t get the fact that times are different from when she was growing up and my age. My dad is a little bit more lenient but because my parents are divorced and I don’t live with him, he doesn’t have nearly the impact as what my mother has. He’s still very active in my life but he doesn’t hear about all the times I haven’t told my mom where I was, and all the times I’ve gotten in trouble. Anyways, for a lot of kids going off to college they would be screaming with joy at this point, but I definitely wasn’t when they left on the 21st of August. Yea there are times I’ve said to myself, “two more months. That’s it. Two more months before I don’t have to deal this is crap anymore!” Don’t get me wrong, I love my mother and my father so much, I just needed a break.
I didn’t know what I meant by a “break from my parents” or how long I wanted, but being here and not seeing them at all is a lot different than I thought it would be. I miss them a lot. They have become two of my closest friends, as nerdy as that sounds. I can’t wait to see them too!
I also miss my boyfriend, which sounds stupid because who goes to school as a couple, right? That’s like the stupidest idea ever, but when we talked about it before we both went away, we decided to try and keep the relationship, especially since we’ve been together for almost three years. It’s worth a shot. He is actually the best guy ever, and I would like to think that we will work out over the next four years and eventually get married. Hopefully my dream bubble doesn’t burst. That wouldn’t be fair or any fun.
Let’s see, the next thing on my list of things I miss is my room. In my room were so many pictures of all my friends, some trophies I had won over the years for softball, and random stuff that goes in rooms. There were random books I never picked up, and cool shelving units full of stuff that no one ever touches again after they put them down. Little baby pictures were here and there. A lot of memories were in that room. I’ve lived in the same house, in the same room for probably 15 years, so there are A LOT of memories.
In my room there is also something new, something different that I’m not really used to. In June I started volunteering at my local PetsMart and fell in love with this five year old cat named Silvia. I ended up adopting her, but there’s just one problem. I have a cat, a twelve year old spastic and crazy cat. His name is Slick, and the problem is that he absolutely hates her. So now, in my room, there is a scared little kitty (12 years old). Now he sleeps on my pillow all the time, and he does this really weird thing where he burrows under my covers and sleeps under them. I’ll just see this little lump under my comforter and then I’ll throw back the covers and he’ll get all big-eyed and scared. He’s my psycho baby though and I love him. So yeah, I miss him and my room and him in my room.
Other things in my past that I miss include my friends in high school. None of them were true friends, except my boyfriend: Alex, longtime friend: Hannah, and best friend: Crystle. Everyone else I thought I really wouldn’t miss, but then I think about it, and walking around campus now, I feel like I’ll just see random people, but I don’t. It’s really funny too in my mind, because there are about 30 kids going here from my school, so you’d think I wouldn’t miss too many people. I guess there are those people that I always sat with at lunch, went to all the sporting events with, and hung out regularly; I guess those are the people I miss. My boyfriend is one of those people though. I miss him terribly.
So all in all, I’m going to be very happy when I go back to visit home. Eventually on breaks I’ll see all those people hopefully and be happy once again. And I also hope that I’ll eventually make more friends here at college. That would be the best thing, and I guess I’ve already met a couple of people that I can see myself hanging with for awhile. I guess they’re pretty cool (especially my English class! Haha uh…)
So I guess the argument I'm having with myself is: Am I gunna start being happy here, or am I going to spend too much time dwelling in the past? (And yet again, I'm pretty sure it'll be the first one, but we'll see)
It sounds so weird. Most people are ecstatic to be going off away to school but for some reason I do not know if I feel the same. I do look forward to being here and experiencing this school and everything else that comes along with it, but I do miss home. I bet when people read this, they’re going to be like, “What in the world is this chick’s deal? She misses high school?!” I will have fun and it will get better I know that, but as of right now this is how I feel.
What do I miss most about high school and my life before this? Well, I think I miss the idea of “home.” I was one of those lonely kids, not having any siblings, and growing up with both of my parents breathing down my neck about everything. I love them to death but I guess being their only child, they were very protective and I guess you could say strict. I was not allowed to go out and be like all my other friends. I was not allowed to spend the night at friend’s houses if there were boys over. I was only allowed to go somewhere if I told my mom, texted her before I left and when I got there. She also didn’t get the fact that times are different from when she was growing up and my age. My dad is a little bit more lenient but because my parents are divorced and I don’t live with him, he doesn’t have nearly the impact as what my mother has. He’s still very active in my life but he doesn’t hear about all the times I haven’t told my mom where I was, and all the times I’ve gotten in trouble. Anyways, for a lot of kids going off to college they would be screaming with joy at this point, but I definitely wasn’t when they left on the 21st of August. Yea there are times I’ve said to myself, “two more months. That’s it. Two more months before I don’t have to deal this is crap anymore!” Don’t get me wrong, I love my mother and my father so much, I just needed a break.
I didn’t know what I meant by a “break from my parents” or how long I wanted, but being here and not seeing them at all is a lot different than I thought it would be. I miss them a lot. They have become two of my closest friends, as nerdy as that sounds. I can’t wait to see them too!
I also miss my boyfriend, which sounds stupid because who goes to school as a couple, right? That’s like the stupidest idea ever, but when we talked about it before we both went away, we decided to try and keep the relationship, especially since we’ve been together for almost three years. It’s worth a shot. He is actually the best guy ever, and I would like to think that we will work out over the next four years and eventually get married. Hopefully my dream bubble doesn’t burst. That wouldn’t be fair or any fun.
Let’s see, the next thing on my list of things I miss is my room. In my room were so many pictures of all my friends, some trophies I had won over the years for softball, and random stuff that goes in rooms. There were random books I never picked up, and cool shelving units full of stuff that no one ever touches again after they put them down. Little baby pictures were here and there. A lot of memories were in that room. I’ve lived in the same house, in the same room for probably 15 years, so there are A LOT of memories.
In my room there is also something new, something different that I’m not really used to. In June I started volunteering at my local PetsMart and fell in love with this five year old cat named Silvia. I ended up adopting her, but there’s just one problem. I have a cat, a twelve year old spastic and crazy cat. His name is Slick, and the problem is that he absolutely hates her. So now, in my room, there is a scared little kitty (12 years old). Now he sleeps on my pillow all the time, and he does this really weird thing where he burrows under my covers and sleeps under them. I’ll just see this little lump under my comforter and then I’ll throw back the covers and he’ll get all big-eyed and scared. He’s my psycho baby though and I love him. So yeah, I miss him and my room and him in my room.
Other things in my past that I miss include my friends in high school. None of them were true friends, except my boyfriend: Alex, longtime friend: Hannah, and best friend: Crystle. Everyone else I thought I really wouldn’t miss, but then I think about it, and walking around campus now, I feel like I’ll just see random people, but I don’t. It’s really funny too in my mind, because there are about 30 kids going here from my school, so you’d think I wouldn’t miss too many people. I guess there are those people that I always sat with at lunch, went to all the sporting events with, and hung out regularly; I guess those are the people I miss. My boyfriend is one of those people though. I miss him terribly.
So all in all, I’m going to be very happy when I go back to visit home. Eventually on breaks I’ll see all those people hopefully and be happy once again. And I also hope that I’ll eventually make more friends here at college. That would be the best thing, and I guess I’ve already met a couple of people that I can see myself hanging with for awhile. I guess they’re pretty cool (especially my English class! Haha uh…)
So I guess the argument I'm having with myself is: Am I gunna start being happy here, or am I going to spend too much time dwelling in the past? (And yet again, I'm pretty sure it'll be the first one, but we'll see)
Sunday, August 30, 2009
The Mike Adkins Profile
Mike Adkins is not just a regular eighteen year old guy. He lives in a house in Burke, Virginia with eight other people and five dogs, he has been diabetic for six years, throughout high school he worked as a DJ for dances, and now he is juggling friends, a girl friend, college life, and studying to become a Mechanical Engineer.
In his house he has three siblings, his mom and dad, his grandparents, and his aunt. Being the middle child he describes the role he plays in his family as the mediator and the “go-to” guy. “If something needs to be done, they go to me.” His siblings also look to him as a fun guy to hang with, whether they are older or younger. He also has a great relationship with his aunt Kathy, “We have had a very special relationship since he was a baby, and it has grown deeper and stronger as he has grown up and into his teen years - and even now. He is my nephew, like a son to me, and one of my best friends all in one.” (Kathy)
On a typical day, Mike listens to a lot of music, does a little bit of homework, and hangs out with friends. He also DJ’s at nighttime dances. The music that he mostly plays is hip-hop, but he likes to listen to just about all genres. His aunt describes him as “very intelligent, sensitive, caring, loyal, and affectionate. He also has a servant's heart. He is always ready and willing to lend a helping hand. In fact he helped so many people in high school, the administrators and teachers of the school wonder what they would do now that he graduated. He is also reliable and dependable. Though he can be shy at first at times, he has a great sense of humor and is the life of the party.” (Kathy)
He first decided and looked at Virginia Tech because his sister is going here. She looked at the school and fell in love with the atmosphere, as well as the sports (a.k.a football), and the same goes for him. He also likes the fact that the Engineering program is highly ranked and successful. When he graduates out of college and finds a career, he would like it to have a stable environment concerning money, and he also wants to be happy at the job he’s at. He likes Mechanical Engineering because he has the most fun doing it and nothing else sparks his interest. “His innate ability to know how things work and the ability to fix things when they are broken help him in school, especially engineering” (Kathy) He has a few good friends that go here too: Best Friend - Stephen, Girlfriend - Rachel, Middle school/High school friends - Bobby, Julia, and Drew.
Random Facts about Mike:
Pet peeves: People who over react about stuff. Make things a big deal or make it dramatic.
Favorite animal: Dogs
What do you like to do for fun: Listen to music, boating, cruising in my car with friends and loud music
Hobbies: I love listening to music, going boating, playing and watching basketball, and watching football.
Which one of your dogs is your favorite pet? Molly. She is my Black lab/German shepherd mix. I found her on the streets in Queens, New York City.
What makes you happy?Listening to music and hanging with my best friends
What makes you sad?I’d say when I disappoint people or upset them in some way. I like to always make people happy. So when I don’t, it upsets me.
If you knew you could not fail, what would you do? I would be a professional DJ and give most of my pay check to the needy while only keeping what I needed to live.
Unique Qualities:
“He is the fastest texter I have ever seen or known. -- handling multipledifferent conversations with different people - and keeps it strait.” (Kathy)
He has been diabetic since he was 12
Favorite school subject : Math
Least favorite school subject : English
If you could travel anywhere in the world, where would it be? Germany. I took German classes all through high school and never went there. I guess I would go to see what life over there would be like.
If you could travel either back in time, or the future, what time period would you go to? I would go forward in time to when I’m married, working my career, and I’m happy in life. I don’t know when that would be, but I would like to jump to that point.
If you could have a conversation with anyone in the entire world, at any point in time, who would it be? I would talk with my aunt because she and I always seem to click and agree on stuff in life. She has also been a big part of my life since I was born and still is, so I would just talk and chill with her.
What his aunt thinks about him:
· His favorites: Cars, Driving fast & Boating; why - Cars and boating he's always liked - driving fast has been in thepast few years - tickets to prove :)
· Basketball (favorite sport); why- he played when he was younger - still likes to play - and managed b-ball in High School
· Favorite cake --- yellow cake with white icing
· Favorite ice cream vanilla; why- this one was a little tough - cause he does like other Ben & Jerry's and stuff - but primarily I think it's vanilla - he always gets a vanilla frostyand shake
· When Mike was little he was so active that he was blamed for a lot ofmishap. As he grew up he became very responsible and was relied on a lot todo things and fix things.
· Favorite vacation spot: Smallwood, NYwhy - cause are whole family loves it there.
In his house he has three siblings, his mom and dad, his grandparents, and his aunt. Being the middle child he describes the role he plays in his family as the mediator and the “go-to” guy. “If something needs to be done, they go to me.” His siblings also look to him as a fun guy to hang with, whether they are older or younger. He also has a great relationship with his aunt Kathy, “We have had a very special relationship since he was a baby, and it has grown deeper and stronger as he has grown up and into his teen years - and even now. He is my nephew, like a son to me, and one of my best friends all in one.” (Kathy)
On a typical day, Mike listens to a lot of music, does a little bit of homework, and hangs out with friends. He also DJ’s at nighttime dances. The music that he mostly plays is hip-hop, but he likes to listen to just about all genres. His aunt describes him as “very intelligent, sensitive, caring, loyal, and affectionate. He also has a servant's heart. He is always ready and willing to lend a helping hand. In fact he helped so many people in high school, the administrators and teachers of the school wonder what they would do now that he graduated. He is also reliable and dependable. Though he can be shy at first at times, he has a great sense of humor and is the life of the party.” (Kathy)
He first decided and looked at Virginia Tech because his sister is going here. She looked at the school and fell in love with the atmosphere, as well as the sports (a.k.a football), and the same goes for him. He also likes the fact that the Engineering program is highly ranked and successful. When he graduates out of college and finds a career, he would like it to have a stable environment concerning money, and he also wants to be happy at the job he’s at. He likes Mechanical Engineering because he has the most fun doing it and nothing else sparks his interest. “His innate ability to know how things work and the ability to fix things when they are broken help him in school, especially engineering” (Kathy) He has a few good friends that go here too: Best Friend - Stephen, Girlfriend - Rachel, Middle school/High school friends - Bobby, Julia, and Drew.
Random Facts about Mike:
Pet peeves: People who over react about stuff. Make things a big deal or make it dramatic.
Favorite animal: Dogs
What do you like to do for fun: Listen to music, boating, cruising in my car with friends and loud music
Hobbies: I love listening to music, going boating, playing and watching basketball, and watching football.
Which one of your dogs is your favorite pet? Molly. She is my Black lab/German shepherd mix. I found her on the streets in Queens, New York City.
What makes you happy?Listening to music and hanging with my best friends
What makes you sad?I’d say when I disappoint people or upset them in some way. I like to always make people happy. So when I don’t, it upsets me.
If you knew you could not fail, what would you do? I would be a professional DJ and give most of my pay check to the needy while only keeping what I needed to live.
Unique Qualities:
“He is the fastest texter I have ever seen or known. -- handling multipledifferent conversations with different people - and keeps it strait.” (Kathy)
He has been diabetic since he was 12
Favorite school subject : Math
Least favorite school subject : English
If you could travel anywhere in the world, where would it be? Germany. I took German classes all through high school and never went there. I guess I would go to see what life over there would be like.
If you could travel either back in time, or the future, what time period would you go to? I would go forward in time to when I’m married, working my career, and I’m happy in life. I don’t know when that would be, but I would like to jump to that point.
If you could have a conversation with anyone in the entire world, at any point in time, who would it be? I would talk with my aunt because she and I always seem to click and agree on stuff in life. She has also been a big part of my life since I was born and still is, so I would just talk and chill with her.
What his aunt thinks about him:
· His favorites: Cars, Driving fast & Boating; why - Cars and boating he's always liked - driving fast has been in thepast few years - tickets to prove :)
· Basketball (favorite sport); why- he played when he was younger - still likes to play - and managed b-ball in High School
· Favorite cake --- yellow cake with white icing
· Favorite ice cream vanilla; why- this one was a little tough - cause he does like other Ben & Jerry's and stuff - but primarily I think it's vanilla - he always gets a vanilla frostyand shake
· When Mike was little he was so active that he was blamed for a lot ofmishap. As he grew up he became very responsible and was relied on a lot todo things and fix things.
· Favorite vacation spot: Smallwood, NYwhy - cause are whole family loves it there.
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