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| Writer's Block: What You'd Accomplish if Success Was Guaranteed |
[Aug. 29th, 2008|01:06 pm] |
I first read this question this morning at about 7:20. Yeah, I check LJ first thing in the morning... what of it. Anyway, I guess I was tired and I somehow read it as "Knowing beforehand that you wouldn't fail, how would you attempt to kill yourself?" I don't know where I got that. I thought, "that's a horrible question. The likelihood that one will make a suicide attempt actually does not increase by suggestion or even thinking of a plan, but still... that's a sick question." I'm glad I read it properly.
My answer: I would publish a memoir. I would open a bakery as a side job to supplement whatever I do. I would build a huge, custom-designed house and pay it off quickly. I would do something to abolish child abuse. I would do a triathlon (I have doubts about my swimming abilities.) I would confront someone (no one in particular right now, just whoever pissed me off next) and WIN. I would become a cake decorator as a side job. IF I wouldn't fail, I would rob a bank so I could be rich.
Now, which one of those was a joke? You tell me.
I have one more class after this, hooray! I've learned too much already today, in my opinion. I think I'll see friends tonight. Tomorrow I'm seeing ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) kylek's family, then coming back for that housing welcoming session. Sunday will be a good day to get work done for the week. Monday is Labor Day, so that means... nothing. I'll have classes. However, I don't think my Bonner placement will be open, so I might be babysitting for someone. Tuesday is lab day, Wednesday is CRAZYBUSYAGH day, Thursday is another all-Bonner meeting, and Friday is a week from today!
Yesterday at the first all-Bonner meeting, a freshman walked in and I looked at her and thought, "she went to camp with me before 7th or 8th grade." Sure enough, I sent her a FB message and asked her, and indeed, she had gone to Camp Moneto. She didn't remember me, though. I hope I didn't terrify her. I can't figure out if we were actually friends or if we just knew each other. Either way, it's kind of fun that we both ended up at DePauw.
Off to research methods, "every psych major's most dreaded class," in the words of the prof on the first day. Hmm. I'm not THAT put out by it... but we'll see how I feel in a couple weeks. It's like application of stats and lab work. And a LOT of writing... that is scary. Lit and Interp is good, I don't expect it to kill me. Physio psych is a little tough but should be at least sort of fun. 20th Cent. US History is tons of reading but interesting.
Alrighty, I'm out. |
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[Aug. 29th, 2008|11:01 am] |
Sarah Palin?!?! |
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| First Day of Classes |
[Aug. 28th, 2008|11:54 am] |
Ah, finally I have 15 minutes or so to post a new blog. This past week has been a bit crazy as I have been touring my dad around San Francisco and trying to settle into my apartment and attend on campus meetings/training. Today is the first day back to class. I only have 1 afternoon class-Spanish 3- so it won't be that bad. After our newspaper meeting, I think a couple of my friends and I are going to see The Dark Knight. I saw it last week with my roommates, but it was so good that I don't mind seeing it again. It makes me a bit sad though that Heath Ledger died so suddenly, in the midst of success as an actor and as a person. He was very talented.
As always when I spend time with my dad, I am aware of how modern technology is such a big part of my life. That sounds really dumb, but my dad is very old school- as in doesn't own a cell phone, has dial-up Internet, no caller ID, etc. I run around the city so much, if I didn't have a cell phone I couldn't stay in contact with friends/family, change schedule appointments, make reservations, get directions and so on. When my dad arrived at the airport there was a merger between his airline and another, so I waited at one airline and he arrived at another. An hour later, we finally found each other. It was so frustrating because I had no way of contacting him or knowing where he was. He doesn't think that having a cell phone is worth it. But in reality, it's a bit of an inconvenience for those around him. I love my dad, but geez get a cell phone! And I tell him this quite often, but he thinks I'm joking and spend too much time texting. Oh, and according to him I will get brain cancer from talking on my phone. Fathers...you can't tell them anything.
We did have a good visit though. He had the chance to meet my friends, see where I work, help clean my apartment. Hosting requires a lot of energy though, and a trip to Fisherman's Wharf- eh. But we had some good chowder and he always appreciates seeing Alcatraz.
I have a newspaper meeting later this afternoon. My co-editor and I are meeting up beforehand to discuss our section and which stories we will be writing. I don't think we have any writers right now, so we will be writing our entire section unless we can talk the editor into writing a piece. I'm excited to start a new year though. A fresh start. And I definitely needed it from last semester. our advisor was not too happy with my work. Then again she rarely is. C'est la vie. |
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| Who's on first? Yogurt is! |
[Aug. 28th, 2008|12:43 pm] |
YES. This is what I'm saying!:)
(I must confess, however, that I eat yogurt every day. I was mad when they switched the recipe for Light n' Fit. So, I guess I'm a hypocrite... but yeah...) |
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[Aug. 28th, 2008|06:19 am] |
something that i do not know if i have mentioned, but seems odd to mention now. so many months after my move is how noisy it is here, compared to where i lived in california. i would still here the noises of emergenc vehicles there, like i do here, cars "bumping" down the roads. here voices of people i do not know, talking about things that must be of the utmost importance, because of the level and tone of their voices... but one thing that is different, is the amount of noise i hear from the bugs in indiana, compared to the lack of them in california.
i believe the noise from the crickets because it seems like there are ten million living outside my back patio is enough to drive me insane. |
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[Aug. 25th, 2008|10:49 pm] |
Al-RIGHT, time for a rant.
That Special K commercial? The one with the lady who looks all whimsical as she looks at herself, then the announcer says, "Right now you're probably thinking you need to skip breakfast to make up for all you ate this weekend. Well, the good news is that women who eat breakfast on a regular basis actually lose more weight..." BLAH BLAH BLAH. A few points of contention-
1) Why is it only women? Don't men ever need to lose weight? It makes it seem like a woman's job is to lose weight. It's only a girl issue, right?
2) "You NEED to skip breakfast" Are you kidding me? Who says?
3) Commercials make it seem like life is just one big diet. One big constant cycle of binging, gaining weight, beating yourself up for it, then trying desperately to make up for your horrible sins. One huge deprivation process.
4) Why not incorporate more exercise? Why just not eat?
5) That stuff, quite frankly, tastes like shit anyway. It's the cinnamon flavor- not good. I always liked the strawberry. Meaning yes, I've had those Special K cereals. They have them here at school and my dad buys them. I'm not expecting to lose 20 pounds from eating it for breakfast once a month or something.
Cool, now that I feel better...
Good day today. I got up, went to a meeting, visited the gym, went to Bloomington to surprise kylek for his birthday (thank you to everyone who assisted in SOME way to this happening, even if I just called you for a phone number- code6idiot, deceptikon05, mal_hackleman, thetourist1, shammers, and sexyblackguy. You're all wonderful.), drove back to Greencastle, stopped by the hospital to figure out insurance stuff, made a zillion phone calls to the insurance company, stopped to pick up a portfolio from someone who wasn't there, went to the Hub, got a book in the mail, ate something, went to my Bonner placement and led Kid's Group, came back and went for a run (it was NICE outside, too!), blogged, watched Jon & Kate Plus 8 (boy did I miss that this summer!), and now am going to start reading some stuff to be ready for Wednesday.
Question of the Day (answer it!!!!!): Sum up August (or the whole summer) in one song.
My answer: Marigold by Foo Fighters. |
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| Stupid websites! |
[Aug. 25th, 2008|08:34 pm] |
How to keep an idiot busy. Yes, I played. Amazingly, I beat it. (Really!)
I think I'm going to start posting whacky websites occasionally. The best ones will get a link in my sidebar... |
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| Writer's Block: Your Threads |
[Aug. 24th, 2008|11:03 pm] |
I have a lot of clothes that I love. Sorry if that is annoying, but it's one of the things that makes me happy, so that's what I do. Buy clothes. It's not like I was "deprived" as a kid or anything, but my parents were super strict about clothes and I never had a huge wardrobe, so it's fun for me to be able to have what I want now that I make my own money and decisions. As a result, I have two full closets, a couple random shelves, 8 drawers, and closet floor space for clothes here at DePauw. Anyyyyyyyway, here's my answer- I have a shirt that I just found after not seeing it for several months. It's kind of a thermal shirt, and it's white and pink striped. I like to wear it with jeans or my blue khaki shorts, flip-flops or pink Converse or rainboots depending on the season and weather, and a beaded necklace.
You know what I LOVE? Freakin' Frog and Toad. I want the stuffed ones from Amazon.com so badly, but I can't really justify spending $15 on stuffed animals when I'm 20 years old.
Aggh so cute. |
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[Aug. 24th, 2008|10:07 pm] |
i broke down and bought zeke video games for the PS2 i have acquired.
oh god what have i become?? |
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| Layers of Stress |
[Aug. 23rd, 2008|10:59 pm] |
Once again, I don't have a lot of time to articulate a thoughtful post, but I'd like to post an update nonetheless.
I've been having a really good visit with my dad, showing him around the city and going about on my weekly happenings, like the chiropractor and even babysitting my little preschooler. It hasn't been dull. I hope I'm not waring him out. I think he was a bit tired from helping me chase the little tykes around this afternoon. I know their mom appreciated it though, she seemed to be in a bit of a bind. This week is speeding up already and it hasn't even begun. I have work at the bed and breakfast, hanging out with my dad, adjustments for my back/neck, mandatory newspaper meetings, unpacking/settling into my room, paying bills, working out our summer expenses for the apartment, oh and classes start on Thursday. I can feel the stress being piled upon me, but it's exciting and I'm ready for the challenge of another tough semester. I will be taking 18 units, writing/editing for the newspaper, and working off campus. And I want to get back in shape by running, pilates and doing spin. I will probably lose some of this summer fat just by running around and getting everywhere on time. But, who am I kidding? I'm hardly ever on time. I hate being early for things and having to wait around. It really bugs me.
I watched Dead Poets Society tonight with my dad and a couple of friends. It was a serious, and somewhat melancholy movie, but really good at the same time. The theme is carpe diem and doing what you love, not what others think you should do. Spending your life as you wish, and making it count. Robin Williams stars as the English teacher who inspires them all with sprinklings of poetry by Walt Whitman and lines from Thoreau's "Walden" and bold gestures to invoke their individuality and creativity. Needless to say I loved it. But the feminist in me couldn't help but with it was a girl's school that served as the setting/backdrop. It made me want to watch Mona Lisa Smile, even though I didn't really like it too much the first time. |
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| Writer's Block: Your Online Hot Spots |
[Aug. 23rd, 2008|09:59 pm] |
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| | The whirring of the fan since I burnt some bread earlier while making food | ] |
On here (LJ), Facebook, or just checking my email. I'm probably stalking you right now.
Today's been full of running, running errands, and errand-running. Mixed with sinus medication, I'm pretty tired. Kati went to Denver today, and I'd miss her a lot more if I were staying here longer than one more night. Tomorrow I'm off to DePauw to check in (officially), get my parking pass, pay for a small meal card balance, and move in my food and computer, essentially. Oh, and the bike. Then I guess since Kyle's not having his birthday dinner, I'll negotiate space stuff with my new housemates, since they want to get that over with tomorrow. Agh, potential conflict.
In the last 28 hours, I've been to the post office twice, the airport once, Target twice, Walmart once, Dick's Sporting Goods once, On the Border once, PetSmart once, Circle Center Mall once, the library once, gas stations three times, the grocery store once, Icing once, CVS once, Maurice's once, and someone's house to drop off a picture. I finished my dad's scrapbook, made a mural/photo board for my room, printed pictures, created a package to send to a friend, went running, took a shower, ate, annoyed my mom, probably annoyed a lot of other people, sent out Bonner emails, got my finances in order, slept, baked bread, cookies, and more cookies. I helped my mom move in her new trampoline, read some of a book, bought the dog a new toy, slayed a nasty bug, and went for a bike ride.
Well, the next entry will likely be from DePauw. Classes start Wednesday and I'm essentially doing Bonner stuff until then, so expect many hours spent on the computer. |
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[Aug. 22nd, 2008|03:06 am] |
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| Back to Having Cable TV |
[Aug. 22nd, 2008|12:50 am] |
Okay, not just one answer here. I'd pick Ghostwriter or Where in the World is Carmen San Diego? from my early childhood days, Malcolm in the Middle from my mid-childhood, or Unhappily Ever After, and Everwood from my late childhood, as long as it was a GOOD season.
Yesterday and today I made trip to G-Castle to move in all of my stuff so I won't have to do it on Sunday. Sunday, I can show up and get my key, put some money on my meal card, get my parking space, then go to Kyle's birthday dinner. I went ahead and bought some food to have out there, too, so I don't have to go to Walmart or Kroger immediately. I start my Bonner placement on Monday, have Bonner meetings all day on Tuesday, and then start classes on Wednesday. To be honest, I'm ready to start schoolwork again. I bet I won't feel that way in about 2 weeks, though.
The house we live in is very old- probably from the start of last century. None of the floors, ceilings, or walls are straight. It smells funny and has random closets everywhere. It has charm, though. There are 7 bedrooms, and we are using 5 of them as singles and the other two as doubles. We have a back porch, a backyard, a basement that we can't get into, a driveway, and a place to park cars on the sidewalk if we need to do so. I will have a bike up there, since it's kind of far away from my classes. I'm just happy to be able to park so close. No more walking a mile to get to my car in the snow.
Now, if only all of my friends were coming back this year, it would be just about as good as it's going to get. However, that's not happening, so I guess I just make the best of it. My classes are going be to pretty tough- two psych classes with labs, a history, and some entry-level lit class that I never took.
Tomorrow brings an alignment for my truck and baking cookies for my sister for helping me move, plus probably some more. Saturday Kati leaves for Colorado, and it's my last day at home. Who knows what I'll do... whatever, probably nothing. Almost all of my friends are already at school. If anyone is home, though, let me know. Perhaps I'll do something dumb like get my hair trimmed or go shopping for the last time.
Here's some pictures of my new room, in case you'd like to see.
( A Strange House ) |
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[Aug. 21st, 2008|05:01 pm] |
I called Dave to ask if he wanted me to pull the steaks out of the freezer for dinner tonight. "Oh, well...." he started, "I kinda thought I would take you to Papa Roux tonight."
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| 13 years ago.... |
[Aug. 21st, 2008|03:02 pm] |
i looked like this...
oh my gosh...
(fyi - i'm the one on the right) |
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| Olympics! |
[Aug. 21st, 2008|12:48 am] |
**I'm too tired to sleep.
**It's killing me that I missed the entire second half of the season of CI. Will they ever start putting seasons 4-7 on DVD?!
**Thanks for everyone responding to my last post about usernames! I learned a lot! As it turns out, there was a Fraggle named Mokie (the 12 I figured! lol)! And o2museis not just really inspired by breathing. hehe.
**Looks like Old Navy is having a sale on their jeans this weekend. I really want to go. I need new jeans.
The end. |
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[Aug. 20th, 2008|02:48 am] |
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Happy birthday Robert Plant. |
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| Loud Chinese Film |
[Aug. 19th, 2008|11:38 pm] |
The title of this will be the cause of my annoyance for the next hour or so. I will be trying to get a few hours of sleep and my landlord will be playing her crazy movies. Anyways, I don't have time to really write something tonight, because I have to be work in 7 hours, but I wanted to write something! I had a great time in San Diego and am looking forward to my dad visiting tomorrow and the rest of the week, and then starting classes again next week. We moved into our apartment- fully- and it's wonderful. I'm really enjoying it and definitely appreciating all the hard work it took to get (and keep) the place. Anyways, more later. |
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