Subjects of Interest

Yesterday morning I woke up to a strange man in my kitchen.

Ha, no worries! There was a problem with our water heater, and it was leaking onto the people downstairs. Therefore, the landlord sent up a guy to fix our water heater. It was broken. I had no idea.

Funny things that have happened today: in the past hour, it's been sunny, rainy, sunny, pouring, thunder, and sunny again. Welcome to spring folks!

Recently, I've been in a fairly good mood. No reason, not even the sun. It's a weird thing to me because it seems like I should be feeling the opposite. My bike tire popped, I had a midterm, but... Neh. Not feeling bad. I just don't know. Maybe I'm happy it's almost the weekend? Who knows? I just know that I'm not in the mood to be a Debbie Downer.

Speaking of that midterm...

Today I did indeed have a midterm, and you know what? I just didn't care. Alright, that's not 100% true. I always care about tests, but...
I kind of have a confession: This Human Physiology class I'm taking is pretty much the same class I took last term, and the term before that. There's just a little more information added each time. Plus, the test was open book.
True, there was some information I couldn't figure out 100%, but I think it was okay.

I wish I loved science. I think how things work is fascinating. The human body is incredible. The universe is incredible. However, I just don't seem to care. I get terribly distracted, I start doing something else, it doesn't matter what. I'm glad I have no more science requirements after this term.

On the other side of that, I starting thinking about my English midterm in a couple a weeks. The causal thought crossed my mind: "That midterm actually might be fun..."
Um, WHAT? Who is saying these things? I don't know what the hell I was I was thinking. Right?

The thing is, I actually understand this class. I get involved with discussion, I do the readings, and the class doesn't seem to drag like all of my science classes.
Okay, probably won't be FUN. Perhaps more interesting? I dunno.

I'm so glad it's Thursday. Thursdays after class are a good thing for me because I don't have class until noon on Friday. Oh yes.

Have you ever been interested in taking a test?

Lack of Motivation and The World of Bloggers

I believe that the effect of studying for a good chunk of the day burnt me out, causing me to have a lack of motivation to complete anything today. That, and receiving a certain paper back.
Don't you hate it when you get great marks on the smaller assignments, making you think that you're writing everything right, then discovering that apparently you're not when it comes to the big essay? No? Just me? I know, I shouldn't be complaining about this, but I honestly thought that my writing had been good for the class. Well, I'll just be done with that for now, but I just wanted to get it out.

The blogging world is such a quirky, fun place. It's amazing how people can connect, tell incredible stories, and just create an environment where you can find at least one person if not many with the same interests. Before I started blogging, I occasionally looked at some blogs. I never really read any of the blogs on a regular basis though. As I started blogging, I started exploring blogs more often. Soon I had my regular blogs. I continued getting more regular blogs on my reading list, and I still am finding more blogs I like. (There's too many, it's ridiculous!)
Now it's funny because sometimes I end up thinking about some of my favorite bloggers like someone I know in real life. On a run recently, this is seriously how I was thinking:

I wonder if Annie's finals went well. They should be done by now.
Speaking of finals, how exciting that Lexie graduated from college! I wonder how she feels now that it's over.
I wish I had the confidence of taking pictures like Caitlin.
Gosh, all of the 50's inspired dresses that Jessica wears are so adorable. I seriously want to steal her clothes.
Speaking of things that are adorable, all of the treats that Erica makes look so fun and tasty. I wonder how her move has been going.
Rachel has been doing lots of home decorating hasn't she? And she just went on vacation, it looked really pretty.
Oh, that reminds me, how much longer is Mimi staying in the UK? She goes to the coolest places over there.
I can't believe Ashley went and ran a half marathon with her fiance who only had run a four mile run before. Crazy. She is a beast, and it's meant in the best way possible.
And Kat? Getting ready for her wedding, training for a marathon, and having two loved ones graduate right after another? Girl has a lot on her plate!

If you didn't already guess by now, those are a few of the blogs I read the most. Sometimes I'm forgetful in commenting, and some I miss a post or two. There are even more blogs than that that I like to look at. Geez, they're all women aren't they? Maybe it's just me, but I feel like a lot of bloggers are women.

To these bloggers, I'd like to say thanks. Not just to the ones who've peeked at my own blog (but you guys are AMAZING), but to all of you who have let the rest of us into your awesome lives. For being real, even if we can't prove it. For inspiring us unintentionally or on purpose. I'm pretty sure a huge part of the reason I thought it would be cool to do a half marathon is because I saw so many bloggers who had run them, or even farther. Bloggers who had only run 5ks, and had wrote about how scary that was. So anywho... yeah. Bloggers are cool.

Another thing I've noticed? All of the bloggers I read are older than I am by a couple of years. Many of them are about my sister's age (I think). Once again, I am drawn towards older people. Odd.

The main reason I started thinking about this was because Lexie messaged me asking about adding a Name and URL thing to the comments like so many other bloggers I know do. Currently, I am not sure how to do that. My skills in the language of HTML have disappeared, so I'm not sure what to do to fix that. It's like any language, you've got to continuously use it or you lose it. It could be because of Blogger, but I'm not really sure. So, if anyone has any knowledge on that... let me know! That would be great. (Geez, how far I've fallen in my tech skills.)

Right now I am lacking any good food for snacking. At first, I thought this would be a good thing so unnecessary snacking would not occur, but this is not the case. I've realized when I'm hungry, but not hungry for a full meal, I need snacks. Peanut butter, Top Ramen, and Bagel Thins are not good munchy foods. I shall jack some snacks from home when I pass by on Thursday.

My feet are horrendously disgusting. Good lord. Now that you know the status of my feet, you can sleep soundly. Or have nightmares, your choice.

How have blogs affected you? What are some of your favorite blogs?

Uppity People and Turning In Early

Who's ready for the weekend? I am, but just because I dig the weekends.

There is a certain type of person who can simply be referred to as uppity. You can find them just about anywhere, but I've noticed a large amount of them can be found in my English classes.
Now, uppity people are not hard to find. They tend to state their opinions quite frequently in class. I'm not saying that stating your opinion in class is a bad thing, but there's a difference between stating it politely and stating it like a jerk. For instance, you could be thinking that one character in a story has much more wisdom than any of the other characters. A good way to say this might be like this:

"Well, So and so could be considered a more intellectual character because..."

Then you state your reasons why that character is more intelligent with proof. Now, if you say it in a more uppity tone, it comes out like this:

"CLEARLY he's the more intellectual character, and there is no reason why anyone should think otherwise. Only a fool would think anything else."

Uppity people tend to come off as a tad ignorant, or their ears are blocked off to any other reasoning.
...Can you tell I dealt with a few of them today? Because I did. These people seem to try to make you feel bad or stupid. They are quite the pet peeve.

On a more positive note, today happened to be one of the most relaxed days in awhile. I kicked in my pjs early in the day and zoned out while surfing on the web. I thought, "Shouldn't I be getting ahead in work? Shouldn't I be doing things that I haven't had time for?" But then I decided you know what? It's okay to relax once and awhile.

Well, I am already in my pajamas...

Other positive part of my day? I decided to run on one of the treadmills in the wellness center today. I'm not usually one for treadmills, but a cool thing about these treadmills are that they have TVs on them. Yeah, the new center is not messing around! I ended up watching How I Met Your Mother, and I'm guessing it was quite a sight to see someone laughing like crazy while running.

When was the last time you encountered someone you considered "uppity"? Hopefully not recently!

Finishing Finals and Anticipation

This week seems to be a mix of feeling really fast and really slow. Sometimes I think, "Wow, it's only Tuesday" and "Wow, it's already Tuesday evening!"

I have completed yet another final! One more, then all done! Woohoo! My final was for English, and I think I did alright. There were two questions where I was wondering what's up, but I believe it went well. We also got our essays back. My score? Once again, a B. Dr. Kagawa, shall I ever be able to reach your expectations? Curses! Well, I suppose it's not too bad, but I wish I would have gotten an A.

I ventured over to Waremart to get some supplies for gifts. Tomorrow after my final I will commence in creating said gifts. I'm super excited!

While creating a note sheet for my final tomorrow, I have been extremely distracted. I suppose it's from having the knowledge that winter break is almost here and tomorrow is the last final. The final tomorrow is for History, and I know that I know the material. It's being able to write so much about it that's getting to me. I'm worried because I don't write very quickly and there's a lot to be done. Let's just look at it positively!

I've refrained myself from watching Glee tonight, because I know I need to be all in for tomorrow's final, and Glee does not help me be all in. After 10 I can watch it. (I really want to watch it though. It's the Christmas episode!)

Do you get distracted near the end of finals?

Finals, One Acts and Strange Traffic Sources

My first final in college is tomorrow... What a weird thought. Didn't I just start school?

The final I have tomorrow doesn't worry me as much as my Tuesday and Wednesday finals. I studied for the Tuesday one today and I'm going to study for it more tomorrow. Still, I feel worried. I'd like an A in English, but I think it's most likely going to be a B. Blah. We'll just see.


I do not like you The Aeneid

We had the One Acts tonight. I think I did well! A little shakey, but I chilled out after awhile. I'm glad that I was able to do something like that! Just learning a little bit at a time...

Like every blogger, I like to see where I get viewers from (if any sometimes). I know that my mom looks at it, but I was curious who else thought my ramblings were a riveting read. This is where I came across some odd information. See below, but just look at the circled one:

See what it says near the end of that URL? Buy Viagra... seriously, what the heck? Why would... I have no idea. I've never seen it on my traffic thing until this week. Maybe they just like my blog?
I also looked at where my readers/lurkers were from. This is what I came up with:

I understand the U.S., but Russia Denmark and Malaysia? Huh. Russia's been off and on since I've started too, and I can't figure out what URL it's from. Well, it was an interesting thing to see.

Time to get a little more review in! I don't want finals to be here, but I can't wait until they're done!

What's the strangest referring URL you've ever had?

Completing Things, Essays, and Disagreements

Before I say anything else, I must make a statement. Today is December 1st. NOW it is appropriate to start blasting the Christmas music. Honestly, if you start hyping a holiday too early it loses flair. Holidays are special because they only happen once a year, right? Perhaps there are different viewpoints on this, but these are my thoughts.

The dreaded essay is finished! Judging from the reaction I received from the writing center girl, I've started to feel pretty good about it. ...Now time to worry about finals. Oh dear. Strangely enough, I'm feeling pretty good about them. I simply need to put in some good studying for English and History, and from the midterms I feel I can do it! Theatre should be pretty simple, just a few review words. (I got the score for my Costume Project today- 97%! Woohoo!)

On the One Act side of the world, I'm not feeling too great. My confidence is becoming shot because simply put I need a lot of direction. I know that I need practice in acting, but the other actor hasn't even been in a production before. Yet I'm the one who looks like a doof. Honestly, it's because I'm over thinking things. Why must I over think everything? I do not know.

My room mate was in bed by 8:45 tonight. She said how she was soooo tired, and she has finals tomorrow. I call B.S. on this. Why? She sleeps all of the time. I wake about 3 hours earlier than her, and she goes to bed at the same time as me pretty much every night. That's about 11 hours of sleep a night. Then again, lately most everything she does pushes my buttons. Maybe I'm just becoming bitter. Very possible.

I might actually get ready for bed after this post... We'll see what happens.

When do you psyche yourself out?

Essays, One Acts and Running Reputations

Dear blog world,

Please write my English essay for me. An A would be much appreciated. Thank you.

Love, Me.

This English essay has been looming over my head since I got the assignment, and I am not excited about it. Strangely enough this essay is what is freaking me out the most. Finals? Psh, I have that covered. I've learned how to study right. Essays? Woo boy. Not my forte. My mind likes to pretend that I'm a better writer than is true, but my subconcious knows I'm pretty average. I'm strangely pumped for College Writing next term just so I can become a better writer. Due Thursday. Have about 1/3 written out... maybe 1/4. Now that I'm done with my other essay, this is my main focus.

Met for the One Act again tonight. We've got rehersals every night this week now. Scary? Perhaps, seeing what I mentioned in the paragraph above. Rehersals will only be about an hour each, so it should be fine. I'm just nervous that we do it on Sunday!

Last thing for the night to mention is about running, because for some reason I always have to say something about it. I ran today instead of yesterday, which was kind of weird. A funny thing about running is when you talk to other people about your running. For instance, let's look at my running schedule. I run usually Tuesday, Thursday, Friday or Saturday and Sunday. Only one of those runs is a long run and the other runs go from 4-5 miles. When I see family members, it's after I've ran my long run. This gives the illusion that I run these long runs every day, or multiple times. Maybe you don't but sometimes ignorance is bliss and you can feel like a cocky son of a gun in front of other people. Just sayin'. Besides, you're still doing freakin' long runs.

Boo. Need to get things ready for tomorrow and work on the essay more. Bleah.

How do you write a good essay?

Up and Down and The Comparison Game

All day I've been up and down. One minute I'm full of energy, the next I'm extremely tired. Huh.

Today we got our midterms back for English. I just have to say, I was estatic when I got it back... for the first few seconds I was anyways. Then the words heard around me made me look down upon myself. It's the comparison game. We all play it. No matter how hard we try, we are always comparing ourselves to others.

The thing is, I actually got an A on my midterm! I was so excited! It was when I saw that two people around me had gotten 100% including my study partner, I felt less thrilled. Why?! That's a great grade! However, just because it wasn't perfect like the other people, it didn't mean as much. UGH! I gotta stop doing that to myself.
Seriously though, I am really happy that I got an A. (Also, I got a B on my essay, so not too bad!)

I'm really quite excited for this weekend! So many things happening, so little time! Does it ever feel sometimes like there's nothing for awhile and then everything all at once? Ah, life.

Glee tonight! Woo! I hope that everyone has a lovely evening.

Do you compare yourself to others? How do you stop yourself?

Tripping Over Myself and Arch Support

I always have trouble starting out a post. It's hard to try to think of something clever to draw the reader in!

Before even getting to class for my English midterm, I was greeted with bad karma by tripping on the stairs. I'm okay, but not a great sign. I even ended up ripping some of my best tights right on the knee! Boo.

On the other hand, I think I actually did decently on the midterm. The first two parts I had down pretty well, but I'm a tad worried about the essay. We'll just see what happens. That means there's only one midterm left, History! It's the one I'm dreading the most, but I've studied up for it! I'm ready to get it over with!

I ran 5 miles today, first run of November! I need to start mapping out courses because the treadmill is not joyful for long distances. It's boring. It can be nice, but it gets old.

My left arch has been bothering me lately, and I was wondering why until I thought of a strange habit I have. You see, when sitting I tend to end up sitting on my left foot. Why? I honestly can't tell you. I should probably stop now if it's gonna mess with my arch!

I'm not really sure where to reply to comments, so I'll just say it here- Thanks! And yeah, turning off the celluar device is probably really useful.

I'll keep it short tonight so I'll leave ya'll with a picture of how lovely campus looked today:



Isn't fall grand?

What's an odd habit you have?

Halloween and Studying

This week is definitely going to be a tough one. Three midterms in three days. I have Theatre tomorrow, English on Tuesday and History on Wednesday. Let's do it!

I actually studied for my English midterm earlier today with someone from my class. We were actually doing pretty well for two hours... Then we started talking about other things. Overall, I feel pretty good about it now!

Last night every single one of my plans fell through. Even the RHPS one because they were sold out when I got there. I tried so hard... and it made me feel awful. But you know what? Doing stuff three out of the four days isn't too bad!

Today's activity was going to my family's little Halloween event up north. It was a nice little time with fun little treats.

The last three days I have been eating nothing but junk, and too much of it. It needs to stop! I used to alway read stories that talked about how they would eat way too much, eat at ridiculous times, etc and think, "How can people really be that ignorant to what they're doing? I'd never do that." Yet... I have done that. I'm no better than the other people out there. Everything takes work.
That brings us to our weigh in. Tonight, I weigh 133 lbs. That's about a three pound weight gain in a month. That's just not good. Truthfully, I've weighed myself during the weeks because I was paranoid, and it's fluctuated. However, I feel blobbier. I can see where the weight is going, and I don't like it. I need to start thinking about what I eat and how much of it I eat. I also feel better when I'm running and have less weight on me. It's harder to breathe with extra fat. C'mon!

I hope everyone has a Happy Halloween!

How did you spend your holiday weekend? Any midterms coming up?

Zumba and Craving

One thing that should not be allowed is me writing a blog entry with the influence of mood swings. My goodness!

Last night, Sabrina, Leihua, Katelyn and I went to Zumba club. It was so much fun! Definately going again next week.

Katelyn has been staying in the room now, and I don't know if I like it as much. Let me explain:
I have this whole process of slowing getting to the point of sleep. Right when I'm almost there...
*Click!*
Katelyn comes in. And I know she's going to turn on the light, so I duck under my covers. It throws me off! I suppose that's part of living in a dorm room, ha.

Today I was thinking about how I'm doing in classes. I'm worried that I'll end up getting just alright in. Always doing well, but not quite exceptional. I'll keep working!
I've also been RAVENOUS today! I wonder why? (ahem).

I emailed the head people for the dragon boat team and the running club yesterday. I'm thinking one of the things might be fun! Even though I'm not the greatest runner, that would be okay right? He still needs to email me back though.
Speaking of running, I went on a little run on the treadmill today! I went 3.06 miles for 30 minutes, but when I was done I still felt like I could run more! I'll have to start upping my running/time.

Tonight I'm going to PB and Glee night down on the main floor! Get excited!
I have not watched last week's SNL yet. This is tragic.

I'll leave you guys with a picture of a letter I'm sending to my friend!

What do you guys do when you have crazy cravings?

The Start of the the Weekend... College-wise that is.

I have heard and read everywhere that Thursday is the official start of the weekend in college. I wonder how true that is? All I know is that I don't have class until 10 then to noon and I'm done. 10 may sound early but remember I've been waking up for 8 am classes all week. Speaking of classes...

It turns out that apparently there's been a bug with the email service that hasn't allowed a lot of students to get mail. It's wonderful that I find that out the night before I need something and no one can send it to me. Thankfully, I talked to my teacher and I hope she understood. I emailed her through my gmail and she sent me the link this afternoon. Since we're on the subject of Individual Health Fitness, I'd like to mention the lab today. We need to do some tests like the 12 minute walk run, curl ups, etc. I thought I did pretty well for the running until I checked online. It turns out I only did average, which is okay but I thought I would have done better!
Today I ran 1.36 miles for 12 minutes. It's good to do at least a little everyday right?

Ugh. I feel liked I've been punched in the ribs. That ab workout in Weight Training got to me!

Before I forget! Bi-mart night was wild! There were so many people there, it was insane! It was pretty much deals on things and free stuff, including this cute little guy!



Nothing relieves stress like a cute fat panda.



Do you ever have those moments where you know you messed up, but it's not so bad because everyone else messed up? That is exactly what happened in Literature of the Western World today. We had to write this mini essay due today, and these are some of the mistakes that happened...
"Wait, we NEED page numbers?"
"What do you mean it was MAXIMUM of 1 1/2 pages?" -(me)
"I thought our names needed to be on the left side."
"...I just didn't do it."
So we all made a mistake. Fortunately I don't think it was really a big deal. I hope.

My cousin Ali is coming to visit me tonight! It should be fun. She goes to school in Salem and we are both freshmen, so we try to stick together on what's current.

I would like to say one last thing before I end this entry. A few days ago I was getting my key out to unlock the stair area when one of my hall mates opened it for me.She said she was just going to use the elevator to go upstairs but I convinced her to walk up with me. Today I saw that same hall mate using the elevator to go downstairs. Now, I live on the 4th floor of my dorm. I understand that walking up four flights of stairs can be tiresome, but walking down the stairs isn't that difficult! It just kind of disappoints me to see that people can't make the effort to simply use the stairs even if it's only when going down. It's a little something that helps you be a teeny bit healthier every day.

So please you guys, use the stairs. Like my PE131 teacher quoted, "Health is our biggest wealth." So use it wisely!
Have a wonderful start to your college weekend!

The Feeling of My Mind Overflowing

Hm. Odd title, but what are you gonna do?

Today has definately been a hectic day to say the least. I feel like I've been going and going all day, and it's not gonna stop until I go to bed.

This morning was a tired kind of morning. I woke up early automatically which was a good thing because it turns out I forgot to set my 7 alarm and set it for 7:20! Wouldn't have been horrible, but still. Classes!

Individual Health/Fitness
My GOSH this woman went through information way too quickly. It was a bit stressful.

Freshmen Year Experience
Now this is a ridiculous class. Seriously, it felt like I was in bucket list class. Perhaps it was from being sleepy that I was bored by this class, but it's ridiculous. Pretty much one of the assignments is what I'm doing with this blog, saying 28 things I want to do before I graduate college. What grade are we in again?

Literature of the Western World: Greco-Roman
This class seems interesting, but it's gonna be a tough one. There's a lot of reading and the teacher seems very particular though nice.

The homework is now beginning to pile up in the calendar. I'm on time as of now, but soon I'm gonna have to start buckling down and not get distracted. There are other factors that get in the way though...

Remember that tryout that I talked about? Well... I got a callback! That's the reason this entry is so late. Plus, I was busy ya know? Okay, the play. It was so exciting to get a callback. It was crazy though because there are some amazing talents here at WOU. How fun! I missed Glee unfortunately. It will be on Hulu tomorrow though!
Random things... I tried a tofu wrap today in Valsets. It wasn't shabby!



Delicious!

 Another cool thing, I received my first letter at college today! It was from my friend Diana who I haven't talked to in FOREVER. We were both really busy this summer.


Isn't the envelope cute! She's an artsy kid too.

 Well it's time for me to take a shower, rewrite my questions for History so the look nice, and probably go to bed. (Yeah, how cool of a college kid am I? I can't help it, I have to get up early in the morning!)

What is the most ridiculous class you've ever had in college? Did you party hard or study hard?