Cliched

Well as everyone else seems to be doing a "last blog" blog, i feel the need to follow suit and wrap up what has been a very...different, shall we say, experience. *RANDOM* I just realized I'm such an idiot. In the email saying blogs were due Tuesday at 9 my brain just totally skipped over the line that said 64 was the magic number. Oh well, i have 2 extra. Anyway, about this experience. I never really thought about blogging before this class. I mean i had heard of it but i didn't follow any and i never considered writing my own. My cousin basically blogs for a living, he writes for SB Nation with his blog Over the Monster, about the Red Sox. I really don't think i could produce quality blogs day in and day out. I mean when i had to write these minimum of 100 word blogs, it was like pulling teeth sometimes. Some days it was fun, sometimes i liked to write about a movie i just saw or something weird that happened during the day but other times i just hated it. It is a good way to get writing everyday but honestly i enjoyed the response papers so much more. I cant believe the semester is already over. I honestly will really miss this class, i like to write (just not blogs) and i really like everyone in the class. We should all take another class with Meg next year! Notes from Neverwhere OUT!

Next Semester

I'm really excited for my classes next semester! I was lucky enough to get all classes that i really wanted. I'm the most excited for my OT 510 class, which is basically an intro to occupational therapy, what you would do as an OT and the types of jobs out there. I think it will give me a really good idea if i want to chose OT for my major. I also am taking ANTH 411, which is an intro to anthropology, which i plan on minoring in i think. I just took an archaeology class this semester (ANTH 412) and i really loved it so i definitely want to keep taking those kinds of classes. I also have Psych stats, which I'm not super excited for just because its math, but i need it if i want to do OT, so whatever, its just stats, its not like calculus, so i should be ok. I am also taking American sign language, which i think will be really cool! Then i have concert band, which is just at night on T and R. My schedule is pretty sweet i only have one 8 o'clock class on M and W and on Friday i only have one class. Should be great!

No Punctuation

I really love living on Main Street i can see all the pretty lights on the street and it makes me feel like I'm living in like the suburbs or something get to see the occasional car pass by and with all the snow now it feels like something out of a Christmas movie all were missing is carolers and oh yeah no final exams would be nice but now were talking about a perfect world not gonna happen i was so happy to see snow the other night i got home at like 2 in the morning on Saturday and it was so beautiful with all the Xmas lights and the snow falling and it was just perfect i can only hope that we get to have a white Xmas this year its not supposed to warm up too much next week i don't think and i think we may be getting some more snow on Wednesday i have to go now though because i need to shut off the Xmas lights before my roommate goes to bed

ha ha when you read this it sounds like i have major ADD

Titles

I just realized that most of the titles of my blog posts have little to do with what i actually end up writing about. What i do is i come up with an idea, use that as the title and then start writing. The first few sentences end up being about what the title suggests but then i get off on a tangent and start writing about something unrelated. Like whats about to happen in a minute, because i mean, seriously how much can i write about my titles having no relevance, especially when i just said that. Now i have to write about something else. I think for my next entry i will write without punctuation just for laughs...Muahhahahah!

Drawing

Ive been sitting on my bed for the past hour trying to think of a funny cartoon to draw for our last response paper. I just could not think of anything really witty, so i just ended drawing the beginnings of all these stupid ideas and now i have given up. I guess i will just write a regular response paper. I love to draw but i suck at cartoons, i just am not witty enough i guess. So what to write about then? I could write about how much i have really enjoyed this class. Boring. I could write about how much i dislike blogging. Lame. I could write about how I'm writing about ideas to fill up space for this blog. Lamer. Hmmm. I could write a personal narrative. Maybe. Or perhaps ill just come up with some completely ridiculous story about a squirrel named Mike. Awesome. There you have it, i am going to write a story about Mike the Xmas squirrel. Just wait, ill be on the NY Times bestseller list!

Almost Done

I really cant believe that the semester is almost over. This semester has just flown by, it seems just like yesterday i was moving in and getting settled. I really hope that all of colleges doesn't fly by like this because i really don't want to have to work yet. I wonder what the difference between now and high school is, because high school certainly didn't fly by like this. Maybe its because high school was so structured and now we have all this free time and can actually have fun during the day and not be in a classroom all day. I really love college so far, all my classes are great and the freedom is just amazing! I cant wait for my new classes next semester and I'm so excited for winter break and spending some quality time with my family and friends from home!

TV makes me hungry

I keep seeing all theses Pillsbury commercials and they are making me so hungry. They show like all the different things you can make with Pillsbury rolls and now i want a breakfast sandwich.

20 minutes later.

Well my hunger got the best of me. I went to Panache with my roommate and got a tomato, mozzarella and basil sandwich. I know, not exactly a breakfast sandwich, but it was so good. I'm so grateful that that place is open late because i seem to get these late night cravings quite a bit. I also have like 130 dining dollars to spend so I'm trying to use them up before the end of the year. That may sound easy but i eat at the dining hall most of the time and never really think to stop somewhere else and get food. But now I'm full and i think i will go to bed.

Ridiculous Commercial

I just saw the most ridiculous and probably really effective commercial for Hanes socks ever. So the mom walks into the house with some shopping bags and sees her husband dunking their son's feet into a tub of what looks like glue. So she asks what the heck he's doing and he tells her that he invented a paste that can substitute as socks because they (him and his son) are sick of socks that don't conform to their feet. They mom just looks at them with a dumbfounded look and says "well thats stupid" and pulls out a packet of Hanes super extra comfort socks (or whatever they were) and throws then at him. Then it skips to all three of them jumping for joy on a bed in their new super comfy socks. Oh. My. God. Seriously? It was so stupid but really effective because it totally caught my attention and made me laugh.

Room Decorations

My roommate and i decorated our room for Xmas today. I bought some cute mini trees and tinsel and ornaments at Borders the other night. The trees are so cool, they're both made of tinsel and one is bright pink and the other is multicolor. The ornaments are bright blue mini glass balls and i also bought some caramel filled chocolate ornaments which I'm sure are going to be disappearing slowly! Then we hung the tinsel strands around the window sills and hung up a stocking i bought at Old Navvy. My roommate also bought some window clings of snowflakes and snowmen, so we put those up as well. I think we want to cut out some paper snowflakes and write our names on them and stick them to our door. I'm just so happy now because our room is so festive and will hopefully keep our spirits up when it comes time to start studying for our finals!

Harry Potter Marathon

Heck yes! This weekend on ABC Family was the HP marathon where they show all the deleted scenes from each of the movies! I'm just able to catch the end of it! I love seeing all the awesome deleted scenes, its much better to see them in the context they were meant to be in rather than all together as bonus features. Its amazing how all the actors still look around the age they should be when in reality there quite a few years older than they should be. I cant wait to see the last two movies, and i cant wait until the theme park opens! I think the theme park is scheduled to open in April 2010! Just after spring break, I'm so sad. Oh well it just gives me an excuse to go down to Florida for the weekend in the middle of the semester!

City of Wonders

NYC really is a very fascinating city for those who like to "people watch" like me. In the subway station there was this guy wearing the tightest black pants i have ever seen and he was wailing away on an electric violin, and he was just totally rocking out and it was hilarious. There were just so many people doing ridiculous things, i cant even name them all. Also in the subway was this girl who was like screaming down the hallway after her boyfriend/friend, who was walking away from her, about taking the wrong train and going the wrong way. Wonder why he was walking away. Oh boy, it was just such a fun day.

NYC Trip

I went on a day trip to NYC yesterday for only $25! The trip was put on by my dorm so we had a nice coach bus and obviously it was really cheap.I had such a fun time despite all the rain and snow! Luckily i have friends that live in the Upper East Side, so we were able to hang out at their flat for a while to take refuge from the rain. They met us where we got dropped off at Bryant Park and took us out to lunch. NYC pizza is so good, i don't care where you go, i have been to NYC 5 or 6 times and every time I've had pizza there it was delicious! Then we hung out at their flat for a few hours and caught up and had tea. Then we went out and shopped around a bit and went to Grand Central Station and then had dinner at a cute Vietnamese restaurant. We caught the bus at Bryant Park at 8:30 and arrived back in Durham around 2:15 am! I was so happy when we got back because it was snowing and so beautiful, not to mention i was dead tired! Such a fun trip and i was so happy to see my friends!

Itunes Visualizer

Whoa! So i totally just discovered that Itunes has a visualizer, like in windows media player, but like ten times cooler!! It has a classic version which is ok but the newer version is completely mesmerizing! Oh i cant even tell you happy this made me! I saw my roommate like staring at hers and i was so excited and went to look for it. Its under the view menu, as visualizer! I cant believe how easily amused i am but seriously look at, its so cool! Weird that i never though to look for it before or just stumbled upon it. It just totally made my music experience so much cooler, and less productive because no rather than doing work while i listen to music I'm just staring at the screen like an idiot.

Skype

I haven't decided if i really like Skype yet or not so i think i came up with a list of pros and cons to help me make up my mind.

Pros:

-Face-to-face interaction -Awkward if there are other people in the room (you
-Funny effects you can use
-Free
Cons:
-Awkward if there are other people in the room (you can use headphones but then it sounds like you're talking to yourself)
-Delayed responses occasionally

While i do have more pros than cons i guess my real problem is just that with three other people in the room it can be a little awkward if they have to listen to my entire conversation. I guess by using headphones it would be the same as talking on the phone. Well either way Skype is still pretty cool and way more fun than just talking on the phone.

Registration

Its so unfair that some freshman got to register at like midnight and i have to wait until 1:3o this afternoon! I was told they just do a lottery to see who gets to go first but ughhhh its so frustrating to have to sit here and wait and hope that the classes i want/need are still open. I'm just really concerned about getting OT 510 which is a class that explores what occupational therapy is all about and what careers you can have with it. I think i want be be an occupational therapist but I've never really experienced what it is, so i think this class will really give me a good idea if its what i really want to do. I'll just have to keep my fingers crossed!!

A Blog about Blogging

I never thought it would be so hard to do something as simple writing a blog. I mean you can write about anything you want, they don't have to be long and i only needed to do one a day. Yet i still found myself getting behind. I just could never remember to do it, even though i made it my home page and have a sticky note on my desk reminding me to do it. Every time i did remember i would just push it off or be like, oh i can do it later. I guess this is because i just really don't enjoy doing it. I don't want to write about my day, because really, who cares? I started out writing movie reviews, which i did enjoy but it was also at the beginning of the semester when i didn't have that much work and could watch like a movie a night. Now i have time for maybe a movie a week if i really try to fit it in. I guess i just need more inspiration, because there is only so much i can say about the Xmas season and other things that no one really cares about.

Xmas Traditions No More

I keep thinking of all these things that I'm going to miss out on this holiday season! I'm so sad, I'm not going to be able to watch most of the 25 days of Xmas on ABC family! Between having 3 other room mates who may not want the TV on, to having to study for finals, i just don't see when i would be able to watch it. I'm also missing going shopping for wish upon a star with my mom. I wont get to make cookies and other treats for presents and to munch on. I wont get to decorate my house or put up my mini Xmas tree in my room at home. And what about drinking hot cider and just curling up with a good book and watching the snow fall? Well the snow thing is kinda out of my control, but honestly even if it did snow, when am i actually going to have time to just relax with finals on the way,and where can i get some hot cider around here? So many changes!! This is i think the biggest crisis I've faced since coming to college!! I feel better now that I've ranted though.

Tree

I am so sad that i wont get to partake in picking out my family's Christmas tree this year. Every year since i was just a kid we always did it as a family and its going to be so weird to come home for break and see the tree already up and decorated. Maybe i will ask my parents to leave me a few ornaments to hang up when i get home. I might just have to get my own little mini tree for my dorm. I saw a few at rite-aid but i think they were normal size for people to use in their homes. Maybe i could draw one and put it on my door, that seems so lame though. I already put up a stocking and some window stickers, so maybe of i get some lights my room will feel more Xmas-y. Well regardless this is just going to be something I'm going to have to get used to.

Cell Phone

I just got a new cell phone right before i left for college. I really like it, its the new Motorola Clutch and it has a full keyboard and everything but i really cant stand the screen. My screen is so scratched up and i cant figure out why, i have been so careful with this phone and still its got the crap scratched out of it. I bothers me just to look at the screen, which is kind of a problem as you may imagine. When they made the phone, because it doesn't fold shut making it prone to scratches already, they should have made the screen super durable. Like the ipod touch, i have dropped mine quite a few times and the screen is still perfect, not a single scratch. I guess i should have bought a case for my phone or something but i didn't honestly think it would bother me that much. But it does, oh ho ho, yes it does..i really cant stand to look at it. I really need to chill and not be so OCD but i cant help it.