I know, I know. I haven't posted in two months. Blah blah blah.
Normally I would post this tomorrow, but I'm going to be in Des Moines all day getting a new battery for my laptop (FINALLY!), so I figured I would post it today.
I'll start by going over my New Year's resolutions I made on January 1st this year, and see how I did.
1) Spend less time on Netflix and the internet, and read more for pleasure. This means that I'd like to read 50 books in 2012, but I'd ideally like to read one book/week, to make it 52 books in the year.
2) Procrastinate less: get my work ethic into better shape.
3) Get in better shape and generally eat more healthily (lose 20 lbs, if possible).
4) Get on a good sleep schedule and STAY ON IT.
5) Make the most out of Amy's last semester of college with her.
6) Travel as much as possible (LeakyCon; visit Amy in Boston next winter break & possibly in NH next summer; visit Dar in Ithaca)
7) Do well enough at MUM so my first term back at Knox is a complete breeze
8) Keep in touch with my friends at Knox
9) Visit Knox at least twice this semester
10) Don't die on December 21, 2012
11) Keep a journal in which I write down one good thing that happens each day
12) Blog every weekend
How I did:
1) I am currently in the midst of my 50th book of the year, so I'm doing well on that one.
2) It's not in FANTASTIC shape, but my work ethic is definitely better.
3) HA. This one didn't happen at all. I think I...gained 7 pounds? I have no idea how much I weighed at the beginning of the year.
4) This one didn't happen either. My sleep schedule was pretty much terrible for most of the year. But I'm currently on a decent enough sleep schedule, so we'll keep it at that.
5) Done.
6) I did travel a lot, but to none of the places I mentioned. I went to NH with Amy for Spring Break, I went to California in June, I visited Amy in July, and I visited Amy in December. I did visit Dar also, as she moved to NH in March-ish, so I got to visit her while I was also visiting Amy.
7) Done. My term GPA is a 3.33, which I am very happy about.
8) I did this. I mainly kept in touch with my roommate, but I am okay with that.
9) I only visited once...oops.
10) Seeing as it's currently December 29, I would say with complete confidence that I did not die.
11) Nope. I did this for like the first two weeks of the year, and then I completely stopped.
12) Ha. Again, nope. Oh well.
Other than that... I don't know what to say. I'm glad to be back at Knox. It's the right place for me. I'm excited to be studying abroad in London next fall. I can't wait for my classes this term. Christmas was wonderful, of course.
I think that's all I have to say. I know I should do a more comprehensive post to encompass 2012, but I'm honestly really tired, so I'm going to go to bed. Yes, I know it's only 10pm, but I am exhausted.
Next post will be from my dorm room. Weird.
Sunday, December 30, 2012
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
My life is crazy
I should probably post something.
But I'm so busy!
...said every Knox College student during week 9, as it currently is. And yet I have enough time in my day to make room for all the NaNoWriMo I'm doing.
So much has happened over the past two weeks, I don't know where to start.
Halloween weekend, a student was tragically hit by a car on South and West, and died from her resulting injuries. I didn't know her, but from what I've heard in the past week about her makes me wish I had known her. She sounds like she was an amazing person. I'm sending my love and thoughts to everyone who knew her as well as to her family.
I went home this past weekend, and It. Was. Amazing. I want this term to be over so I can sleep in my own bed for six weeks. That just sounds amazing right now. I got to spend so much time with Amy and oh my god I have missed that girl. She's such a happy, supportive presence in my life and I really wish we still lived in the same town so we could see each other every day. That would make me so happy. But she has to live in New Hampshire (so jealous) and I have to live in the freaking Midwest. I'll be moving out there eventually though, so it'll work out.
NaNoWriMo started this past week, and I'm actually keeping up. I think this is the longest I've ever kept up. I wrote hardly anything on day 3, but I got myself caught up since then, so overall, I'm doing well. I wrote a ton yesterday, leaving me within 500 words of today's word goal. I should be able to get that done no problem. I just have to write it....Ha. It will happen eventually.
It's Election Day today, and I'm freaking out. I know Obama's going to win, but I'm still really scared that Romney will win. I sent in my absentee ballot about two weeks ago though, so I have for sure already voted.
Goodbye for now. Classes end a week from tomorrow. It's crazy.
Tata until next week.
But I'm so busy!
...said every Knox College student during week 9, as it currently is. And yet I have enough time in my day to make room for all the NaNoWriMo I'm doing.
So much has happened over the past two weeks, I don't know where to start.
Halloween weekend, a student was tragically hit by a car on South and West, and died from her resulting injuries. I didn't know her, but from what I've heard in the past week about her makes me wish I had known her. She sounds like she was an amazing person. I'm sending my love and thoughts to everyone who knew her as well as to her family.
I went home this past weekend, and It. Was. Amazing. I want this term to be over so I can sleep in my own bed for six weeks. That just sounds amazing right now. I got to spend so much time with Amy and oh my god I have missed that girl. She's such a happy, supportive presence in my life and I really wish we still lived in the same town so we could see each other every day. That would make me so happy. But she has to live in New Hampshire (so jealous) and I have to live in the freaking Midwest. I'll be moving out there eventually though, so it'll work out.
NaNoWriMo started this past week, and I'm actually keeping up. I think this is the longest I've ever kept up. I wrote hardly anything on day 3, but I got myself caught up since then, so overall, I'm doing well. I wrote a ton yesterday, leaving me within 500 words of today's word goal. I should be able to get that done no problem. I just have to write it....Ha. It will happen eventually.
It's Election Day today, and I'm freaking out. I know Obama's going to win, but I'm still really scared that Romney will win. I sent in my absentee ballot about two weeks ago though, so I have for sure already voted.
Goodbye for now. Classes end a week from tomorrow. It's crazy.
Tata until next week.
Sunday, October 21, 2012
fun fun fun
All I can think about is how excited I am to go home in two weeks. Unfortunately, this time in two weeks I'll be back at campus. But two weekends from now, I'll be home and with Amy and all my Fairfield friends and it's going to be so lovely.
This weekend was another weekend where I only had Latin homework. I was intending to get it all done Friday afternoon so I had yesterday and today free, but that didn't end up happening. I ended up spreading it out between yesterday and today, and I finished it earlier this afternoon, which was pretty great. It still led to the uncertainty of what to do with myself all weekend though. It did lead to the opportunities of lying around in bed all day though, which were pretty nice. I was exhausted all weekend - especially today - to the point where I felt like a zombie any time I walked around and I was barely able to focus and everything. It was pretty ridiculous. I need more sleep.
The Andy Grammer concert was last night, and it was awesome. This guy named Chris Wallace opened, and I surprisingly liked him! The beat of one of his songs kind of sounded like California Gurls, leading me to make the comment that he kind of reminds me of Katy Perry, which lead to everyone in my group being very amused.
The highlight of Chris Wallace's set was when he sang "We Are Never Ever Ever Getting Back Together" by Taylor Swift to a girl in the front row. I was dancing along and singing louder than I probably should have, but what can I say? I love me some Taylor Swift. (Her new album comes out tomorrow and I AM SO EXCITED.)
And then Andy Grammer came out and he pretty much brought the house down. I only sat for one of his songs, and that was because I was singing and dancing to the rest of his set, so I was pretty beat. But overall his set was amazing. Bessie and I fell in love with his bassist though. He had dreadlocks and plays a left-handed bass guitar, which just happens to be purple. People kept on throwing glowsticks at him and he tried to catch them in his mouth. He almost caught two in his mouth. And he caught a couple one-handed, which he used as a mustache. It was SO ADORABLE.
Basically, the show was a lot of fun and I'm really glad I went. It was really nice to get off campus for a night, especially for a concert. Even if I didn't like the musician or knew them that well, I probably would have still gone, since it's a free concert at Knox, and those never happen, unless it's a student performance or something. Not to say that student performances aren't bad, but there's nothing like a proper famous musician.
Overall, it was a good week.
See ya guys later.
This weekend was another weekend where I only had Latin homework. I was intending to get it all done Friday afternoon so I had yesterday and today free, but that didn't end up happening. I ended up spreading it out between yesterday and today, and I finished it earlier this afternoon, which was pretty great. It still led to the uncertainty of what to do with myself all weekend though. It did lead to the opportunities of lying around in bed all day though, which were pretty nice. I was exhausted all weekend - especially today - to the point where I felt like a zombie any time I walked around and I was barely able to focus and everything. It was pretty ridiculous. I need more sleep.
The Andy Grammer concert was last night, and it was awesome. This guy named Chris Wallace opened, and I surprisingly liked him! The beat of one of his songs kind of sounded like California Gurls, leading me to make the comment that he kind of reminds me of Katy Perry, which lead to everyone in my group being very amused.
The highlight of Chris Wallace's set was when he sang "We Are Never Ever Ever Getting Back Together" by Taylor Swift to a girl in the front row. I was dancing along and singing louder than I probably should have, but what can I say? I love me some Taylor Swift. (Her new album comes out tomorrow and I AM SO EXCITED.)
And then Andy Grammer came out and he pretty much brought the house down. I only sat for one of his songs, and that was because I was singing and dancing to the rest of his set, so I was pretty beat. But overall his set was amazing. Bessie and I fell in love with his bassist though. He had dreadlocks and plays a left-handed bass guitar, which just happens to be purple. People kept on throwing glowsticks at him and he tried to catch them in his mouth. He almost caught two in his mouth. And he caught a couple one-handed, which he used as a mustache. It was SO ADORABLE.
Basically, the show was a lot of fun and I'm really glad I went. It was really nice to get off campus for a night, especially for a concert. Even if I didn't like the musician or knew them that well, I probably would have still gone, since it's a free concert at Knox, and those never happen, unless it's a student performance or something. Not to say that student performances aren't bad, but there's nothing like a proper famous musician.
Overall, it was a good week.
See ya guys later.
Sunday, October 14, 2012
I got a new pillow today
It's one of those days where I've been ready to go to bed since about 6:30pm.
I've somehow managed to keep myself awake for the four hours that have occurred since then.
I'm not sure how I managed to do it. I was so tempted to just curl up in bed and sleep forever, but that would mean that I would wake up at an awkward time in the wee hours of the morning and that would just be bad. So I forced myself to stay up until now, where I am finally ready to fall asleep.
But I have to get this blogpost written first. Oi.
Regardless, it's been a weird weekend. I came out of class on Friday not knowing what I had to do for homework this weekend. To my knowledge, I had no Graphic Design homework, History was cancelled so all my homework due Friday was now due Monday, and my Latin professor hadn't told us what we needed to have completed for Monday. To this date (10:24pm on Sunday night), I still don't know what I technically have to get done in Latin. On the schedule, it just says "Chapter 8, details TBA" for this week. So, class will undoubtedly be interesting tomorrow. I ended up winging it.
As far the weekend went, it was very odd. I had almost no homework to do. I didn't know what to do with my time. It felt like I was spending my time doing virtually nothing.
It was still a good weekend. I suppose you could say I've become a coffee drinker -- I went to a coffeeshop near campus with my friend Katie yesterday to catch up and have coffee, and I got a s'more mocha latte, because it sounded freaking amazing, and it was actually pretty good. I enjoyed it. So that was my first cup of coffee. I've made tentative plans with Katie to hang out again soon, which makes me really happy. I didn't get to spend nearly enough time with her last year, so it will be nice to see her more frequently this year.
And then my family visited me today and brought me food and granola and my mom fixed my coat and I'm very happy.
I'm also really excited for this term to be over. I'm enjoying my classes, don't get me wrong, but we've reached the point in the year where I'm ready for new classes. I think it's really just that I miss literature classes a lot. I love writing and reading and analyzing. Hell, I even miss writing essays. If it's an essay about some kind of literature, I will probably enjoy writing it.
But we get to select classes in a couple weeks, and I am ridiculously happy. Next term should be enjoyable.
Have a good week, everybody. Midterm grades come out Monday, and I'm not too nervous. I'm feeling pretty good about all my classes.
I've somehow managed to keep myself awake for the four hours that have occurred since then.
I'm not sure how I managed to do it. I was so tempted to just curl up in bed and sleep forever, but that would mean that I would wake up at an awkward time in the wee hours of the morning and that would just be bad. So I forced myself to stay up until now, where I am finally ready to fall asleep.
But I have to get this blogpost written first. Oi.
Regardless, it's been a weird weekend. I came out of class on Friday not knowing what I had to do for homework this weekend. To my knowledge, I had no Graphic Design homework, History was cancelled so all my homework due Friday was now due Monday, and my Latin professor hadn't told us what we needed to have completed for Monday. To this date (10:24pm on Sunday night), I still don't know what I technically have to get done in Latin. On the schedule, it just says "Chapter 8, details TBA" for this week. So, class will undoubtedly be interesting tomorrow. I ended up winging it.
As far the weekend went, it was very odd. I had almost no homework to do. I didn't know what to do with my time. It felt like I was spending my time doing virtually nothing.
It was still a good weekend. I suppose you could say I've become a coffee drinker -- I went to a coffeeshop near campus with my friend Katie yesterday to catch up and have coffee, and I got a s'more mocha latte, because it sounded freaking amazing, and it was actually pretty good. I enjoyed it. So that was my first cup of coffee. I've made tentative plans with Katie to hang out again soon, which makes me really happy. I didn't get to spend nearly enough time with her last year, so it will be nice to see her more frequently this year.
And then my family visited me today and brought me food and granola and my mom fixed my coat and I'm very happy.
I'm also really excited for this term to be over. I'm enjoying my classes, don't get me wrong, but we've reached the point in the year where I'm ready for new classes. I think it's really just that I miss literature classes a lot. I love writing and reading and analyzing. Hell, I even miss writing essays. If it's an essay about some kind of literature, I will probably enjoy writing it.
But we get to select classes in a couple weeks, and I am ridiculously happy. Next term should be enjoyable.
Have a good week, everybody. Midterm grades come out Monday, and I'm not too nervous. I'm feeling pretty good about all my classes.
Monday, October 8, 2012
Not My Ideal Saturday...
Hey Guys.
I have a story for you.
So Monday night at the weekly TKS meeting, one of the stories for Mosaic was called "Ninja vs Samurai Swords." I thought it sounded awesome, no one took it, so I happily took it, certain I would have a fun way to spend my Saturday night.
Fast forward to last night. The show was not anything I expected. I expected it to be filled with history, with the samurai people giving a cool demonstration of what a fight between a ninja and a samurai would actually be like. And then the audience would get to participate and swing sticks at each other, learning simple offensive and defensive strokes.
The audience participation was the only part I actually got. Most of the audience left halfway through when it was actually time to use the swords. The first half was a complete mess filled with inappropriate offensive jokes and no history whatsoever. The only history that I learned was that the sword fighting techniques used are based on 16th century sword fighting, and
So after the show, I talked to my friends who are members of the Japanese Club and proud of this seemingly awesome event, and got halfheartedly enthusiastic quotes from them. They were planning this awesome event, and they didn't get it at all. This is extremely disheartening since the last time these folks were here, they put on an awesome show and took Knox seriously. They just didn't take us seriously this time around. I'm not sure why. We can be an enthusiastic bunch when you put us in the close proximity of shiny swords.
And then I found out that they were planning on playing Cards Against Humanity after the show was over. Okay, fine. I could get the interview from them before the game started and get back to my room by 9:30 or so. But no, that didn't happen, even though that's what they told me that we could do. I was forced to play the game and wait for almost three hours (until almost midnight!) to get the interview. And by that time it was about 11:45PM and I was exhausted and I just didn't care about getting the interview anymore. They completely brushed me off even I made it pretty clear that I wanted to get to bed early and not spend 5 hours at this event.
And the poor Japanese club. They thought they would be getting this awesome event with tons of history and swordfighting and general awesomeness, but instead, they got a less than stellar grade C poorly written comedy show.
And now I get to figure out how to write this article without making it be entirely scathing. Fun fun.
At least it's family weekend next weekend, so I get to see my family. That will be nice.
I have a story for you.
So Monday night at the weekly TKS meeting, one of the stories for Mosaic was called "Ninja vs Samurai Swords." I thought it sounded awesome, no one took it, so I happily took it, certain I would have a fun way to spend my Saturday night.
Fast forward to last night. The show was not anything I expected. I expected it to be filled with history, with the samurai people giving a cool demonstration of what a fight between a ninja and a samurai would actually be like. And then the audience would get to participate and swing sticks at each other, learning simple offensive and defensive strokes.
The audience participation was the only part I actually got. Most of the audience left halfway through when it was actually time to use the swords. The first half was a complete mess filled with inappropriate offensive jokes and no history whatsoever. The only history that I learned was that the sword fighting techniques used are based on 16th century sword fighting, and
So after the show, I talked to my friends who are members of the Japanese Club and proud of this seemingly awesome event, and got halfheartedly enthusiastic quotes from them. They were planning this awesome event, and they didn't get it at all. This is extremely disheartening since the last time these folks were here, they put on an awesome show and took Knox seriously. They just didn't take us seriously this time around. I'm not sure why. We can be an enthusiastic bunch when you put us in the close proximity of shiny swords.
And then I found out that they were planning on playing Cards Against Humanity after the show was over. Okay, fine. I could get the interview from them before the game started and get back to my room by 9:30 or so. But no, that didn't happen, even though that's what they told me that we could do. I was forced to play the game and wait for almost three hours (until almost midnight!) to get the interview. And by that time it was about 11:45PM and I was exhausted and I just didn't care about getting the interview anymore. They completely brushed me off even I made it pretty clear that I wanted to get to bed early and not spend 5 hours at this event.
And the poor Japanese club. They thought they would be getting this awesome event with tons of history and swordfighting and general awesomeness, but instead, they got a less than stellar grade C poorly written comedy show.
And now I get to figure out how to write this article without making it be entirely scathing. Fun fun.
At least it's family weekend next weekend, so I get to see my family. That will be nice.
Sunday, September 30, 2012
The Weekend of the Knox Plague
Hi, guys.
I've spent this weekend doing two things: studying my butt off, and being sick.
I woke up feeling fine on Friday. By Friday evening, I was starting to feel a little stuffed up and my throat hurt a bit. But I wrote it off as talking too much during the day, took some Clear Throat, and went to bed.
Well, when I woke up on Saturday morning, I was sick. I had the entire package: sore throat, runny nose, headache, the whole shebang. And two tests and a Graphic Design Project to do. I had enough sense to call off work, and I'm really glad I did. I mean, I probably could have pushed through it, but I would have been miserable. I've done work while having to blow my nose every five minutes and let me tell you guys, it is not fun. I used up half a box of tissues yesterday. It was awful.
Anyway, all of yesterday was spent studying for my Latin test on Monday, and I think I'll do alright. I'm going to read over the material again tomorrow morning before class, but I think I'll manage pretty well. I just have to remember the endings and I'll be fine.
And then I spent today "studying" for my history test and working on my first draft of my project for Graphic Design. Fortunately, I felt a lot better when I woke up this morning. My sore throat is completely gone and my nose is now just stuffed up and not constantly leaking. And I don't have to blow it every five minutes - just every hour or so - which makes me really happy.
Sorry if this is gross to anybody. I'm usually very frank and open with my descriptions of sicknesses.
On a happier note, I get to go to Chicago for my History class on Wednesday! We're going to the Oriental Institute at the University of Chicago and eating at a Mediterranean restaurant for lunch, and I am so excited. It's going to be great. I'm going to take a ton of pictures.
I just realized that tomorrow starts week 4 of class, which means that this term is almost halfway over. Wow. I can't believe that I have a midterm due in a week and a half. This is crazy. It feels like class just started. I swear it was just last week that my friends and I were sitting in Jimmy John's saying how it was the last night of summer and how we can't believe that class starts tomorrow, but that was three weeks ago. Wow. Time really flies...
I'm going to bed. I have lots to do tomorrow.
Goodnight!
I've spent this weekend doing two things: studying my butt off, and being sick.
I woke up feeling fine on Friday. By Friday evening, I was starting to feel a little stuffed up and my throat hurt a bit. But I wrote it off as talking too much during the day, took some Clear Throat, and went to bed.
Well, when I woke up on Saturday morning, I was sick. I had the entire package: sore throat, runny nose, headache, the whole shebang. And two tests and a Graphic Design Project to do. I had enough sense to call off work, and I'm really glad I did. I mean, I probably could have pushed through it, but I would have been miserable. I've done work while having to blow my nose every five minutes and let me tell you guys, it is not fun. I used up half a box of tissues yesterday. It was awful.
Anyway, all of yesterday was spent studying for my Latin test on Monday, and I think I'll do alright. I'm going to read over the material again tomorrow morning before class, but I think I'll manage pretty well. I just have to remember the endings and I'll be fine.
And then I spent today "studying" for my history test and working on my first draft of my project for Graphic Design. Fortunately, I felt a lot better when I woke up this morning. My sore throat is completely gone and my nose is now just stuffed up and not constantly leaking. And I don't have to blow it every five minutes - just every hour or so - which makes me really happy.
Sorry if this is gross to anybody. I'm usually very frank and open with my descriptions of sicknesses.
On a happier note, I get to go to Chicago for my History class on Wednesday! We're going to the Oriental Institute at the University of Chicago and eating at a Mediterranean restaurant for lunch, and I am so excited. It's going to be great. I'm going to take a ton of pictures.
I just realized that tomorrow starts week 4 of class, which means that this term is almost halfway over. Wow. I can't believe that I have a midterm due in a week and a half. This is crazy. It feels like class just started. I swear it was just last week that my friends and I were sitting in Jimmy John's saying how it was the last night of summer and how we can't believe that class starts tomorrow, but that was three weeks ago. Wow. Time really flies...
I'm going to bed. I have lots to do tomorrow.
Goodnight!
Sunday, September 23, 2012
My life is hectic, man
I have so much left to do
Well, I just have my Latin test to study for, but that's going to take a while and it's 9:30pm on Sunday.
Oooooops.
My family came to visit me today, though, so that's my excuse for not starting on this until now. It was great seeing them. Mom brought a homemade meal of gypsy soup, bon bon chi (a pasta salad), mangoes and yogurt, and homemade blueberry muffins for dessert. It was amazing. I have missed home cooked food so much. They also brought me a half gallon of 2% Radiance Dairy milk, and Oh. My. God. I didn't realize I could miss milk that much. But the RD Milk is AMAZING. It actually makes me want to drink milk.
And this week went by so much quicker than last week did. It's insane, man. Last week felt like it spanned two or three weeks, but this week just flew by. It felt like two days at most.
I got my first Latin test back on Thursday, and I got an 89 on it! I'm so pleased with myself. I hope I do as well on this week's test as I did on last week's. I feel a lot more confident with Latin this year, which is great.
I also finally officially have finished my training at the Library, and I'm a bona fide librarian now! It's pretty exciting. I had my first shifts on Saturday, and they honestly flew by, even though they spanned a total of 4.25 hours. I checked a lot of people out, checked some books in, got some practice shelving, and I learned how to transfer phone calls! It was so nerve-wracking because I kept on messing up, but I eventually was able to transfer a call and yay!
My next shift is Tuesday morning, and then Tuesday afternoon as well. It should be fun.
I need to go study for my Latin test now....
Have a good night, everybody.
Well, I just have my Latin test to study for, but that's going to take a while and it's 9:30pm on Sunday.
Oooooops.
My family came to visit me today, though, so that's my excuse for not starting on this until now. It was great seeing them. Mom brought a homemade meal of gypsy soup, bon bon chi (a pasta salad), mangoes and yogurt, and homemade blueberry muffins for dessert. It was amazing. I have missed home cooked food so much. They also brought me a half gallon of 2% Radiance Dairy milk, and Oh. My. God. I didn't realize I could miss milk that much. But the RD Milk is AMAZING. It actually makes me want to drink milk.
And this week went by so much quicker than last week did. It's insane, man. Last week felt like it spanned two or three weeks, but this week just flew by. It felt like two days at most.
I got my first Latin test back on Thursday, and I got an 89 on it! I'm so pleased with myself. I hope I do as well on this week's test as I did on last week's. I feel a lot more confident with Latin this year, which is great.
I also finally officially have finished my training at the Library, and I'm a bona fide librarian now! It's pretty exciting. I had my first shifts on Saturday, and they honestly flew by, even though they spanned a total of 4.25 hours. I checked a lot of people out, checked some books in, got some practice shelving, and I learned how to transfer phone calls! It was so nerve-wracking because I kept on messing up, but I eventually was able to transfer a call and yay!
My next shift is Tuesday morning, and then Tuesday afternoon as well. It should be fun.
I need to go study for my Latin test now....
Have a good night, everybody.
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