*Sigh*
My life just gets more and more soap opera like..
Too bad I can't write what I'm talking about here..
BUUUUUUT I will tell Kierston or Bunny if they email me and all of (or maybe most) of the details will be in my secret (yet not so secret) Xanga blog..
Other than that, I can't believe I was right about my curse!!! Luckily this time, my guy friend didn't die! Alex is in the hospital because his lower intestine collapsed suddenly on Friday night..I told y'all I was cursed!
I gotta go see him and see how he's doing..
I'll probably do that tomorrow..then I'm getting some FREE FOOD! And then I'm gonna drop off a gift and say howdy to some friends, and then I'm buying some pies (I think they'll stop selling them soon, so I gotta cram around 20 small pies in our fridge for a few days) and cards *wink*..
It was cool today seeing how the movie festival at CSCC was set up..I'm so gonna have it set up that way for the Book and Movie Club (which it will be called until I hear a better name)..I still want the first movie to be Fahrenheit (sp?) 451..
But first, I have to find a vice president, tresurer, secretary, faculty (or is that staff) advisor and some "members"..Members is in quotes because the only difference between a "member" and a non-member is the fact I'll email the members fancy reminders of meetings, suggest group outings to movie theaters, and they can barrow the DVDs that were bought with the club's money (after signing it out and giving me their ID, etc. etc. to keep it safe...plus the DVDs will often be $5.50-$7.99 ones from Walmart)..but the people that show up to meetings can be anyone who wants to see a movie..and I'll advertise it that way..but I hope to have a discussion session after the movie about the movie and about the book it's based on..
Well, I'm off to write about the crap I noticed in my life today that I can't type here....lol..
So my laptop screwed up!
Some virus won't let me enter Windows, so now I'm trying to back everything up onto a new external harddrive with some program Chris let me barrow..
I have to go into "geek mode"..no offense to my friends lol..I haven't had to fix things like this lately, so hopefully it's in my brain somewhere..
The nice thing will be being able to have a place to store all of those H20 photos..I have too many to store on a set of DVDs! So this will be nice..
It's 160 GB and only cost me $160 ($100 if I send in the rebate) which when you compare that to something like a 40 GB iPod, that's a good deal! It's my new baby (In my head, I'm petting it like my teacher petted the boom mic lol)..
Let's see if this will work...
Gah! I only have about 2 hours to write that Op/Ed article about how lately, everything has been getting in my way because I'm handicapped..
Like the In-Service setup (thank God it was a nice 70 degrees out at the time because I had to go around buildings to get where I needed to go) and why did they put carpet down on a Thursday and Friday, blocking any handicapped access to Rhodes Hall (a very important building) when they should have done it on Saturday and Sunday..and I was also told this quarter to "ease up" on reporting healthy people parking in handicapped spots..some park in the slashed out areas! I had someone towed for that in the Spring lol..and then, for some events, trucks and cars park in front of the street ramp (making anyone with a wheelchair or a walker have to walk backwards on a one-way street to another ramp)..and for "Taste the Future", I was blocked in on the one-way street and they told me to go backwards (illegal and dangerous) or wait 45 min...
Luckily, the Public Safety Department and Police Department ticket the ramp parking people and told the "Taste the Future" trucks to move..and recently, they told me to disreguard the cop's statement and to report any cars parked in violation..
Also, a lot of stuff can be done online..
Now, I just have to turn all that into a comprehensible article....by noon today :oP
Otherwise, I tag Kierston, Bunny, Tim, Matt (now that he has joined myspace) and whoever else wants ta do it, this:
15 Random Facts About Me:
So we went back to the childhood game of tag! Alright, I guess I can put together fifteen random facts about me...
1. I'll try anything once..if I like it, I'll try it again..hell, I might try it again, even if I don't like it..it worries me to think I might die of an unknown food allergy tho..
2. My skin is weird..I have a skin disorder that makes my skin really dry..the only thing that helps is this expensive facial scrub and this crap called Carmel 20 which actually makes my skin worse for a week before it gets better..I also have WAY too many moles..and I love the sun, so I seem to get more moles every year..I used to joke they were constellation maps because I have so many that form lines and shapes..I tan unevenly..I have Vitiligo (sp?) which means my pigment is slowly depleting and soon, I won't be able to tan..but my weird skin WILL allow me to make temporary designs by scratching the surface and henna tattoos stay for over a month!
3. I HATE talking on phones! It's all Email and AIM for me! If you get me actually on a phone for more than 1-2 min. concider yourself lucky or very important to me..
4. Like Sam, I have a problem with picking one guy and crushing on him for a long period of time. My problem is it takes me a while before I even like them..and then I become sorta obsessed and forget about why I didn't like them at first..
5. My personality has changed so much in the last 3 years that my "crushes" and guys I'm attracted to has changed..I used to like shy Aquarians (now, I think they are WAY too shy and it gets on my nerves) and now I tend to be more attracted to compasionate fire signs (outgoing wild guys who also are very loyal and kind to everyone)..
6. I used to be able to memorize hundreds of lines of Shakespeare..I haven't tried it in a while, so I'm not sure if I still can..
7. I'm called a "crazy note-taker" when I don't ever really take notes..the "crazy notes" which formed into production journals for Intermediate Video Production class were all in my head (overactive memory) until I wrote them the day before I thought they were due..
8. I have no real goal in life..I love school, so I always try to find the most challenging things to major in and continue to go..I love being a student ambassador, so that keeps me going to school, too..and because it's a challenge, I'm hoping to get into Phi Theta Kappa soon and become a five-star member..as for family life..I'm not even sure I wanna get married anymore..I mean, I would LOVE to, but I'm afraid I wouldn't be a good wife and/or the marriage would fail..but no matter what, I would love to have kids..
9. My future kids will be seriously corrupted..I'm very liberal when it comes to raising kids..I would first teach them to love learning (not teaching them things, because that will bore them when loving learning will make school always exciting) and how to play some music..when they are teenagers, I'd be like, you can smoke and do drugs, just not inside my house or car..and drink and have sex all ya want, just don't drive drunk and be sure to use a condom..I would hope they would learn from mistakes at a young age so when they move out, they would be smarter and more responsible..
10. I have a habit of taking on WAY too much..and then I always put friends and family (sometimes) first..sleep will always be last..
11. Like Sam, I love all music and can listen to anything..
12. I'm weird about personal space..I feel weird when most people sit close to me or touch me..but it's strange because it attracts me most when a guy sits next to me or touches me (shoulder rub, trying to annoy me by playing with my hair, taking my hand/arm, telling me a secret, etc.)..go figure..
13. I often see my life as some sort of movie script..mostly because my friends would make great characters and some of the stuff that happens only happens in movies..and some parts of it now seem like a soap opera..I also think my friends' quirks makes it more interesting..I just wish I knew what act we were in now so I know what to expect..
14. It drives me nuts when my friends try to set me up with guys I would have liked a year or two ago..so here is a quick synopsis of some of the qualities I'm attracted to NOW (this is long):
Singer Eyes, Dancer Body, Doctor Hands, Life-Saver Jaw, and Wrestler Arms
-) Singer Eyes are just really nice soft round eyes often found on guys who can sing or have great voices..
-) a Dancer Body is just a healthy body..fat guys can be healthy looking..I think what I like about the bodies of dancers (and HS/College wrestlers) is the overall semi-muscular look..I'm attracted to guys that you can actually tell they have arm muscles and have a nice shape to their back..I don't like tall and skinny guys much and I really don't like those guys who have WAY too many muscles..I like strong looking guys with at least a small layer of fat to prevent protruding veins..
-) Doctor Hands are usually found on caring guys who would risk their life to help people..they are nice big soft hands..
-) a Life-Saver Jaw are squarish jaws usually found on firefighters, miliatry guys, some cops, and paramedics..Those guys are HOT..lol..
-) Wrestler Arms go with the Dancer Body where their arms show some muscle and strength, but it's not like icky bodybuilding type and not too skinny..
Height and Weight
I seem to like guys ranging from 5'6" to 5'10", most of the guys I've liked over the last 5-7 years have been around 5'8"..
Weight wise, it doesn't matter, as long as they are healthy, but I prefer medium to slightly bigger than medium build instead skinny guys..
Personality
I used to like the shy, quiet, smart guys..now I like outgoing, almost fearless, can be wild, partier-type, but at the same time, are loyal to friends and family, responsible for the most part, intellegent in more than just facts, quick-witted, creative, can juggle life, work, school, etc. pretty well, knowhow to relax, and are great friends..sounds contridictory, but I like that in a guy! And of course, they have to be able to put up with my personality and (like my theory suggests) know how to manipulate me in a possitive way..
The bad thing is, I kinda think this kind is hard to find a guy that fits all of this..I've only known about five guys that do over my life time..but I'm not as picky as I sound, I'll give almost anyone a chance..
15. I'm procrastinatious (yes, that word doesn't exsist)..tell me it's due 30 min. before it actually is!
Matt's party was fun..
I drank too much..mostly 'cuz Nancy (his roommate) wasn't there until later and I had a "Matt Drink" which is a really potent screwdriver..I should have stopped there because I was sick later..luckily, I wasn't drunk enough to not remember last night..
It wasn't much of a crowd (mostly because of the cold rainy weather and a lot of people thought it was next week and a lot of people didn't want to be the only one not dressed up), but I got to talk to friends (outside a work environment) so it was fun! and that's all that matters..
I did my bird flu costume, Matt was a priest from the Church of Cain (I think), Dave was a skeleton dude (I couldn't recognise him until he talked), Jennifer was a girl from Star Wars, Bola was a rocker chick, Bett was a Dutch girl, Tim and Justin dressed in their military clothes, and Kyle came as a black guy (which means he came as himself and reffered to "his people")..
but the BEST costume would be Bill and Jason's costume..
They're known to be like, the bestest friends and do everything together..so it was great when they showed up dressed as siamese twins!!! They had a huge pair of pants with a hole in the middle and had their legs through it..they even danced like that! Later they changed clothes and were like, "We had surgery!"
I gave a couple of crappy tarot readings and we thought about playing Chess or Risk..
Gawd, like I've said before, all I need to do to lose 15-20 lbs. is stay a week at Matt's..I had to stay the night because I did not want to drive home drunk..All that alcohol and the water afterwards made me have to go up and down those stairs 4 times!..just to use the bathroom..twice in one hour once..that's a lot of excersize for me!
But the first time I went to his house, July/August ish, I had to use crutches and have 3 people help me..In August's party, I had a lot of trouble, but I did it without crutches..I only had to go up once in the September Party..and this time, I only needed help when I was drunk..after I sobered up, the stairs weren't that bad..so within two or so months, I've gone from using crutches and sweating perfusely by the time I got up the stairs, to not having too much trouble and my heart isn't even racing by the time I get up there..
It's weird, it's through his parties that I've learned how to become more independent..simple things for most people, but hard things for me..from getting better at taking stairs to being able to get up from the love seat without help..which is great because I hate asking for help..
Other than that..
What's with Mother Nature lately?
Is she retaliating lately against the human race or what? We've had a record amout of hurricanes and tropical storms..they're bigger than normal..and we still have a month left! Then there are the huge earthquakes everywhere..usual places getting snow or rain and flooding in the new england states..and now, the bird flu..
Was it the 9.0 earthquake last December that changed the shape of the earth cause all this? If so, what caused the earthquake?
I have a feeling tho that we shouldn't worry about the bird flu..like some bigger threat of a pandemic is on its way..
Hmm..I've been predicting for the last 5 years something big to happen around the end of 2006/beginning of 2007..of course it's always been a delusion I'd have when I was depressed..
Yeah, I'm weird..
I wanted to go to bed, but my mom said I NEEDED to see Ghost Hunters and after hearing Sam's awesome description of it, I'm staying up until 11pm to watch the tape (because my mom has to see Survivor, CSI, and Without a Trace)..
And plus, now the Adrenaline Rush is kicking in..
Talking about serendipity! Because I was bored (and needed a club registration packet), I went to the SA office..Jacque was eating..she told me about some scholarships (including an A/V one), so I went out to get a chicken gyro, Skyward Grill closed early because no one was coming to get food because it was rainy..so I went to get the scholarship info and was blocked by carpet instillation..there is no way for a person in a wheelchair (or someone who can't do stairs) to get to Rhodes Hall (that means financial aid, cashier's dept. (where you pay for EVERYTHING), the Bank, and Human Resources)..so I was told the scholarships were online..
Well, I went to get a pizza at Aramark (our cafeteria) and thought a fish sandwich would be better than pizza (I've been eating more fish in the last 3 months or so lol..fish is gooooooood)..so I brought it back to the SA office and gave some fries out..everyone got hungry, so I went with them to the cafeteria, where they got fish..
Had a deja vu moment..I could have SWORN we (including Bett) have gone to the cafeteria to get fish before and I talked about Britney Spears driving me nuts because of my having no radio! WEIRD!!!
Well, while we were waiting for everyone's fish, I saw an Adrenaline Rush and tried to get money for it..I argued with Bola (lol) about it being a good drink..she tried to convince me that Beta Carotene was bad! lol I knew it wasn't because I used to take it as supplements..Matt said it was in his multi-vitamin, so HA!!! SoBe Adrenaline Rush rocks! I would drink 2 of those a day if I had the money..
Well, I bought a cold one and didn't pick out a table, so it all led to me getting a FREE Mountain Dew X..........................which I'll have tomorrow because it has 3 times the amount of caffeine as regular Mountain Dew..it's basically a headache in a can! But I'll be going 3 times as fast tomorrow! lol..but think, other than the headache, I won't have much pain :o) Caffeine rocks! It also has the "amino acids" or whatever they called some of those things in Adrenaline Rush..
I need a costume for Matt's party..
I'm too lazy to make the original bird flu costume..I think I'll instead, wear some sheets, sorta toga-style and get some white feathers and put some on a head band and have it for my head and a party hat for a beak..and something to put around my neck..
I want something easy to take off in case it gets in my way or it gets too hot..
I think I'm also going to bring a spray bottle and sneak up behind people and pretend sneeze and squirt people..
Can you imagine??? Me, walking around, drunk, in a sheet and feather costume with a party hat strapped to my face and I squirt people with a fake sneeze and start doing the "wings" part of the "Chicken Dance" saying, "You've just been infected with the bird flu! Bawk-Bawk-BawkAWWWWWWWW!"
I'm sorry, but this is gonna be FUN!
I'm also coming to school on the 31st with the costume and terrorize the school with my handy dandy spray bottle..
Other than that, I need a name for the Book and Movie club..so far, this is the list of possible names:
"Based on a Story" -- by me
"Book and Movie Club" or the "BMC" for short -- by everyone else and I
"The Story Ends (or Stops) Here" -- by Bett (because us viewers is the end of the story's journey)
"The End" -- by my mom (after hearing about Bett's idea)
Other than that, I'm trying to clean up and organize my life (I've been trying to for MONTHS!)..so I'm getting rid of a lot that I don't need and donating some stuff I can't sell lol..
So I think I'm giving my wooden rose (from Oktoberfest) to the SA office or something and then if anyone wants it, they can have it..it's really pretty, but I have nowhere to put it at the moment and if I put it in my room, it's gonna be smashed..
I think I'm gonna take my trash from cleaning my room to the Computer Commons and recycling it..I have SO much paper!
Speaking of flowers, today Sam, Matt, and I were talking..Matt is the only other person I know (well, at least have talked to and most of those people were girls) that agrees with me that plastic, wooden, or metal flowers are the best flowers to give because real ones die..
I, personally, and superstitious and I'm always like, if a guy gets me flowers because they did something bad, it BETTER be yellow roses (the flowers I dislike the most) so I associate bad behavior with flowers I dislike..and even better: they die and the behavior [should] die with them..and good behavior/meanings (like birthdays, anniversaries, etc.) the guy should give me my favorite flowers (pink verigated roses) so I'll think of them positively continually..and the good flowers should be fake, so they don't die..
Hearing about Sam's plights with her boyf made me remember my theory about love and marriage..
I'm not writing it here, but in my secret public blog lol..it's online, I'm just not linking it..maybe I'll write it here someday..
Leave your name and
1. I'll respond with something random about you.
2. I'll tell you what song/movie reminds me of you.
3. I'll say something that only makes sense to you and me.
4. I'll tell you my first/clearest memory of you.
5. I'll tell you what animal you remind me of.
6. I'll ask you something that I've always wondered about you.
7. If I do this for you, you must post this on your journal.
I wrote some this morning, but rushed out of the house when I remembered I said I'd be at the College Transfer Fair at 10am..
But anyway, I'm gonna freak if I ever see this symbol (or something like it):
It was in my dream associated with a cult..a dangerous violent one..and their website was tothetruth.org ..there was also a rainbow banner flag thingy that had a yellow smiley at the end..
It was all written on a wall and I got it on video..
Another part of my dream had "Justin" and "Doug" on another ropes course thingy..they (and there was another person there, too)had to walk across this 4in. diameter round pole..later, one or both of them had to hold the other on the ropes with a pulley type contraption..well, "Justin" almost dropped "Doug" all the way to the ground, but stopped him about a foot up..
When "Doug" got down, he kept telling me, "Rachel", and "Laura" that he peed his pants because he was so scared..that was weird, yet funny..
In another dream, my family and I lived in a older, cheaper house in a semi-poor area of Columbus..it was a nice neighborhood, but the houses were needing to be fixed up..
I was walking around in the house during the summer or springish summer and we had our front door open..through the screen door, I saw an african american boy across the street playing with two large rubber balls..he was between 7 and 12 years old..
He bounced one ball off the other and the ball bounced into the street, crossed it and hit our house (near the roof) hard..the boy freaked out..
I got my mom and told her to check the damage and she wouldn't..she was busy cooking or doing laundry or something..
But to make up for the damage, the boy's father gave us some meatloaf in tin foil..
In another dream (all these dreams were in a 6-hour sleeping period), I and other student ambassadors were at some Mt. Rushmore thingy..it was much smaller than the real Mt. Rushmore and there used to be more heads..
I went around taking photos and found the other heads laying in a field..
Weird dreams...
I made an online journal account under a fake name so I can write about what I'm really thinking..
Not really that hard to find lol..
but I'll still blog here..
Some friends messaged me and I figured out how much of a monster Facebook was, so I'm updating the list I made in May..
So here's an update about what people are doing (some from memory, so it's not the best list) (alphebetical order):
Becky Anderson - Doing well!
Kirby Baker - Doing well!
Rickey Baldwin - Went to Columbus State for some time and was called to duty for the Marines back in April!
Saddie Benroth - Going to Capital University for Nursing!
Annie Bobek - Going to Otterbein!
Lillie Boggs - Going to The Ohio State University for English and Education!
Amanda Bradley - Doing well and attending Bradford School! Her MySpace.com page says she's married!
Josh Brewer - Going to Wright State University!
Samantha Byrne - Going to Shawnee to become a teacher!
Christina C. - Doing well, just had a kid!
Ashley Defelice - Doing well!
Derek Dowdy - Apparently went to Ohio University - Chillicothe Campus and became a firefighter, EMT, and corrections officer! He currently lives in Beaufort, South Carolina!
Ashley Duncan - Going to Ohio University - Lancaster Campus and is about to go to Athens for Special Education!
Sarah Erchenbrecker - Going to Bowling Green University for Theatre and Film!
Mike Evans - Went into the Marines and is an Avionics Technician! He'll be in town in November 2005!
Adam Fausnaugh - Going to Capital University!
Matt Fausnaugh - Going to Otterbein!
Scott Frazier - Going to Ohio University!
Casey Freeman - Going to Miami University of Ohio for a Speech Communication and Marketing fields!
Angie Giuffre - Doing well in New Jersey, but wants to come back to Ohio! She had a beautiful baby boy recently!
Tammi Gleason - Doing well, working at Circleville's YMCA in child care! She soon will have a daughter named, Ava! Isn't that a cool name??
Holly Gray - Doing well!
Amy Grogan - Doing well and recently moved to California!
Valerie Hilde - Going to University of Findlay!
Tracie Harris - Going to University of Cincinnati!
Audra Helser - Going to The Ohio State University!
Jennifer Hinerman - Doing well in New York, but wants to come back to Ohio!
Marc and Matt Hood - Doing well and work in Westerville!
Tiana Kelly - Going to Capital University for Radio/Television and Public Relations!
Arron Kinser - Doing REALLY well! lol like acting/directing/modeling/etc. in California!
Mike Leffler (sp?) - Doing well!
Jack Legg - Going to Cedarville for Youth Ministries and World Missions!
Monica Lombardo - Going to Ohio University for Journalism!
Tim Madden - Went into the Navy and will be in town at the end of October 2005!
Kierston McKenzie (sp?) - Going to Ohio Dominican University and majoring in Education!
David McPeek - Doing well and soon to be a father!
Eric Messic - Going to Denison University for Economics!
Laura Paul - Going to Ohio University for Dietetics!
Sarah Pedigo - Going to University of Akron for Dietetics!
Marinda Perrill - Going to Ohio University for Criminal Justice!
Adam Peters - Going to Wilmington!
Shawn Price - Going to Miami University of Ohio!
Jennifer Pruit - Doing well and soon will be moving to South Carolina!
Becky Reckart - Going to Miami University of Ohio!
Jon Reed - Going to Olivet Nazarene!
Erika Reese - Going to The Ohio State University and Columbus State Community College for Sports Therapy!
Amy Roese - Going to Ohio University majoring in Health Service Administration!
D.W. Routte - Going to The Ohio State University for Architecture and Political Science!
Elizabeth Runnion - Going to Bowling Green and is in the Air Force!
Alex Rushley - Going to Wooster for Psychology!
Laura Sell - Going to Capital Univeristy for Athletic Training and Excersise Science!
Greg Seltzer (sp?) - In the Air Force National Guard and a union electrician!
Elise Shubert - Went to Wright State University and is now going to Coastal Carolina University for Middle School Education with concentrations in Math and Science!
Austin Stone - Doing well and working in Columbus!
Erica Taylor - Going to Ohio University for International Business!
Valerie Wakmunski-Wucter - Going to Ohio University - Chillicothe campus!
Kacy Walton - Going to Otterbein for Life Science!
Michael Warrell - Going to Ball State for Theatre and Dance Performance and Music!
L.J. West - Doing well!
Rylon Whitcomb - Will soon graduate DeVry University with a degree in Computer Engineering Technology! He will soon move to Portland, Oregon to work at Intel!
Ashley Wilson - Doing well, has at least 2 cute sons, Nathan and Nicholas!
Alea Wohnhas - Going to Lipscomb!
Connie Yaple - Got a degree and now works in a healthcare related field! She will have a beautiful baby girl soon!
Couples:
People from my class who I heard got married..
Andrew Byerly and Megan Sayre
Connie Yaple and David McPeek
Holly Gray and Scott Brown
Missy Webb and Adam Zealer
Jennifer Pruit and Derek Dowdy (engaged)
Toni Mosca (now Saladrigas)
Jake Lowe
If I forgot ANYBODY, please EMAIL ME and I'll add ya!
Most of the info is from seeing them in person, MySpace.com, Facebook, their personal websites, word of mouth, and newspaper articles..if anyone has a MySpace.com page or a site I didn't know about or want their email linked from their name, please tell me if you want me to link you in the list!
The lady wasn't as stressed out..
Weird Dream Last 2 Nights
What's with the color RED?? It's in a lot of my dreams..
the night before last, "Justin" (fake name) was in my dream and I was at some place volunteering with kids and stuff.."Justin" was either participating or volunteering as well because he was coloring a stinstle (sp?) with a red marker..
I was showing a friend at the time the cool crazy frog ringtones on a MySpace.com ad..
--------- RANDOM WORRY -------------
CRAP!! It's that time of year that a guy friend of mine dies..it's wierd, but I hope it doesn't happen this year or next..or the next, or the next, etc....
it's always around late Sept. to late Nov. :o(
Guys, if you're reading this, don't do anything dangerous until December, k?
Even though the last two guys didn't cause their deaths, one had a ruptured spleen and the other was hit by a truck..
So be careful!!!
----------- END RANDOM WORRY -----------
And the dream last night was ultra vivid at the time..
I was in a house with a flight of stairs that had a landing in the middle with a bedroom and half bathroom on it..
My family and a part of my family that doesn't exsist were being held hostage..the hostage takers allowed me to stay in my room and also allowed family members to use my bathroom..
They killed some people in the bedroom above and were like, "You don't want to go up there.."
I was more afraid for the others than myself..
I warned them not to go up there because the bad guys listen for footsteps to know where they where..
I couldn't use the phone because the bad guys would know..
In the end, my dream grandma and grandpa (who doesn't exsist in real life) came upstairs..
My dream grandma went up stairs and I kept whispering telling her not to..
I heard the bad guys coming..the grandma went upstairs and my grandpa got into a closet nearby..
I don't understand why, but an oldfashioned baby carriage rolled itself over into front of the closet door and my grandpa couldn't get out..
They killed my grandma..
Later, I heard they were going to kill everyone, starting with me..
I run over and grab something to throw at their heads..
I ended up grabbing a small dolphin snow globe and a lightweight Stephen King book..
Well, I suck at throwing and it didn't really hit them very hard..
So I find what I can to throw and all there is is a coster another book and a ketchup bottle..
I ended up squirting their hands with the ketchup, making them drop their guns..
THAT was weird..
Other than that..
*Sigh* so the pattern of losing everything to gain everything is continuing..and my psycho mind tells me that maybe if my dad throws out the cats into the wilderness and they starve to death, a friend of mine won't die..
Sounds illogical and I know a friend of mine won't die..but I might have to see my cats (which are like my kids) be thrown out in the cold and left for dead..
Oh, well, I have to keep reminding myself that they are property and I already have too many things..If something gets in the way, it's thrown out..why should I or the cats be any different?
Crap..
This might be the start of my week of depression...
Let's hope not..
Geez..
First, I find out that timecards were due today, so I rushed up north after my mom went to the dentist and got to school around 11:30/11:45 or whatever..I took another 1 1/2 hours in the Welcome Center making tour packets..then I came all the way back home..
Found out the the play wasn't in Dublin, but off of S. High St...shouldn't have been so much of a suprize that it was down an alley-looking drive hidden among old houses..Sam and I pictured a big nice building..
I get there and the lady is all like, "We're not handicapped accessable.." and I'm like, "That's ok, I can go up stairs..how many are there?" and she said, "Several"...
Well, "Several" ended up being only about 7? stairs..not bad, except walking with clunky high heel platform shoes also over gravel..
The president of the Shamrock Club was really nice! He rocked!
After we get behind the registration table, the lady gives me the job (that really wasn't a job lol..you'd get it if you saw Act 2) and Huong the "hard" stuff, which after time and time again of treating her like a five-year-old, the lady really ended up doing Huong's job..Sam was left with really nothing to do but stand around..
One girl (who was the girlfriend of some guy who had tickets) had a ticket for Sunday, but came today and was willing to pay for another ticket..She was told to wait downstairs..
A couple came in later and were walk-ins, too..their name was written down in the book (in my mind, that gives them first dibs) and I was like, "Put their names as number 2 because that one girl was here first.." I was ignored..not by Huong, but by the lady, doing her job..
They didn't have change, so for the one girl (who came in third, somehow), I was about to give her $3 of my own to make it fair for her, but the lady said she'd get it from her later..
While we waited, it was fun talking with Huong and Sam..Huong taught us some more Vietnamese and Sam told us about how she was a troublemaker in her town growing up..who da thunk? We all see her as innocent and a good student type of person lol..
We did get to see Act 2..even though the seats were unconfortable, the play made me want to join the drama club..I would love to do behind the scenes work!!
The psychic I went to back in 1999 was right - I'm always in the future..I'm hardly ever enjoying the present..
The same thing happened tonight..Halfway through Act 2 I had a..what would you call it...a "vision" (and ironically this is a deja vu moment, but yeah, at least this wasn't a dream)..a "vision" of what could be the near future and it was weird..it was like a backward deja vu moment!
But *sigh* I know it's just wishful thinking..there's a HUGE chance it won't happen..even though, everyday something else happens to lead there..
Like I said before, I need an anonymous blog somewhere to blog crazy crap in my head..like my analysis of people's motives and crap..
*sigh* ..maybe I'm just psycho..
Yesterday, my teacher had the "flu" and went home early..I guess Chris dropped the class..
I put "flu" in quotes because having someone drop the class when only 4 people are in the class is a huge blow and he might have just been stressed out..
Shooting at Bridgeview this morning was cancelled (as far as I know, since my cell phone sucks when I call from home and I could barely hear Jim) so I took John's shift since no one else had by that time..
We got our jackets, today! They rock, they're just way big lol..I fit great in a size smaller..so did Jessie and Mary..even a small was too big for Jennifer..
Barbara and Chris came in and showed us CougarWeb 101..gawd, that was boring (not Barbara and Chris, but the video!)..
It's a 12 min. video about CougarWeb..I (and others like Jessie and Jason) suggested having chapters (like in a DVD)..I thought maybe a contents page with links to the segments (making download times faster and you can select what you see)..and also have static pages with text for each because deaf people would be lost on a speaking only video..
The audio sucked..it sounded like it was recorded with a small computer mic and you can hear breath, wind, etc. and the voice was distorted..
David, Jessie, et al. and I suggested different students doing the narration..I think it would be cool if it was done old-school WOSU style with wide angle cameras mounted beside/behind the student narrator so to explain things, the computer looks behind him at the camera (as if he were showing you in person) and then it flashes back to the screen shots)..and adding life style shots or something to break up the monotony..
Sam's idea was neat..she suggested having a video rollover that pops up when you roll over the link with a student saying what the link does..
Other issues where not knowing where it was and you wouldn't catch it if you did see the page..
I guess Matt and I will help them make it better..
We signed up for upcoming volunteer opportunities..I almost didn't say I'd do the Stroll for the Epilepsy Foundation..then it dawned on me I already said I would months ago! Luckily the meetings are on Wednesdays and the Stroll is on a weekend..
Ed wanted me to do the tour with him on Friday but I was like, "Dude, my mom needs to get her teeth back." ..I'm taking her to the dentist on Friday..then "Through a Rear View Mirror" is that night..
we did this personality / multiple intelligences thingy that Jessie gave us..I love these things!
But is it that weird I got 10s in 3 categories? The only reason I'm good at both math/science/logic crap and the art/music/etc. crap is because my personality was different when I was in high school and some of those traits stayed with me and now I'm into different things..
I got 10s in Interpersonal, Visual/Spatial, and Musical categories..musical one was DUH 'cuz of choir and band..Visual/Spacial - DUH - I'm a designer and I previsualize..and Interpersonal - DUH - Student Ambassador, previous girl scout, always part of a "Team" such as choir, band, drama, etc...I crave being around people, now..
One thing I learned from being a student ambassador:
I don't wanna be staring at a computer or at a desk for 8-10 hours a day..
I need to be around and talk to people..I need to find ways to help..I need to be challenged both physically and mentally..and I need to travel (even if it's around town)..
That's why photojournalism is so appealing to me..
A guy (I'm so bad with names!) that was working in the SA office this morning said I might think about looking into some kinda educational thing/degree where I'd work for or head a department in a school or college to help improve college/school life for students..
That would be fun..but I can't even remember what it was called..
As for Halloween costumes..I thought maybe "Superego and Id" where I'd go with one side of me as an angel and the otherside as a devil..
But then Barbara said I should go as "Bird Flu" so I will!
I'm gonna go with a robe and a bird head with a funny hat and fake sneeze a lot..it's supposed to be reminesent (sp?) of the doctors at the time of the Black Death..
I still suck at writing stuff for a golf course..
lol
This has been a weird day
This has been a weird day
This has been a weird day
Sorry, I've just been lost all day..
Yesterday, I remembered I forgot my Thursday AVP homework and sent it in..
Today, I looked at my syllabus again and found out that it's 25% off every DAY late..so I would have gotten a zero on it and since there are no storyboards and location lists, the assignment was worth 150 points instead of 50..
So if I were to get 100% on every future assignment, I'd still only have an 85% B..
Well, I'm freaking out, but I go to class anyway..
I almost get pulled over by cops for speeding and I miss some "train luck" by 30 sec.
When I get to school, I find out I forgot my cell phone at home..
I was going to call Jim (the student) or Randy (numbers on my cell phone) to see what was due today..
So I show up at 5 min. 'till 2pm (when I try to be there at 15 'till) and I get Mr. ADD high school student to give a tour to..
I'm sorry, but I have a problem with people who don't listen to me..mostly when people either start the conversation, ask a question, or ask for a tour..it's like, giving the damn tour to myself!! The dude would wander off in weird directions and try to enter rooms that were locked..
even when people I know are doing something else at the time, I can tell when they are listening or when they aren't, are nice enough to say, "I'm sorry, I wasn't listening" or at least interrupt me to tell me to shut up..cuz I do talk A LOT..especially when I'm in a good mood..
so I start talking faster to keep up pace with this guy..usually my tours last an hour or an hour and a half..this time, it was 35 min..
He didn't care about the campus, he just [apparently] cared about his major and I think he wanted me to give him a tour of only the area his classes were in..
After the tour, there wasn't anything to do, so I watched some TV in the Admissions office..I saw that Eric was talking on his cell phone, so I later barrowed it from him..
I called home and my mom gave me Jim and Randy's numbers and I got ahold of Jim..he told me the scripts were due TODAY..and not last Thursday like I originally thought..
I knew on the way that might be the case..a part of me was like, "Calm down, Hope, the scripts will probably be due today not last week.." so that was weird..
I got to see Matt's Flash assignment..the one with the plane..
His was SO much better than mine..All I mad was a plane going back and forth and clouds going by (I'll upload it later so y'all can laugh at it)..He made this awesome piece with a story and the plane from the side and a view from the cockpit..he originally wanted a bird to eat the plane or something, but the final version had these weird things (I thought they were funny looking birds, but it made more sense) that (they) were aliens..he says that he's gonna work on it more and maybe add a laser fight..
I went to lunch, some friends were there..
And now I'm here in the Computer Commons being a slacker..
I guess I'll go work on homework..
One more random thing...
Has anyone else noticed I'm becoming more and more gemini like? The only real cancer traits I have is I:
-) am very moody
-) like kids and would love to have a family someday
-) let things effect me too much and for way too long
-) have a good memory
-) am a little psychic
But lately, more than ever, I've been Gemini-ish because I:
-) Talk A LOT
-) Talk FAST
-) Want to know EVERYTHING
-) Wanna tell people what I know
-) Wanna do EVERYTHING
-) Wanna do 5 things at once
-) Get bored easily (leaving me always looking for something new to do)
-) am very intuitive
I'm being like that (a gemini) more and more lately and I wasn't even born in a cusp!
Go figure..
Friday Night
Friday night was fun! Went bowling with friends from school..
first time bowling in 15 years or so..I think I was in kindergarten or 1st grade when I bowled last..I could barely pick up the ball..
This time, I was a little stronger..I used to think 3 pounds was heavy and started lifting 5 lb. weights just for some extra excersize..well, it must have worked fast because I at times used a 9-lb. ball an originally thought it was 4-5 lbs.
so I bought 10 lb. weights this weekend..they are a little light, but I think it wouldn't be good to jump from 5 lbs. to 15 or 20 so I bought the 10s..that will last me a week or two and then I'll see if I can't put the 5 and 10s in a bag and lift those instead of buying 15-lb. weights..then I'll use my dad's 20s..my goal is 15 to 20 lbs. by next quarter..I know it's not much, but I would like to be a little bit stronger..never know when it'll come in handy..all I know is that it's better than complaining that 3 lbs. is heavy..
well, back to bowling night..Bola, Dave, Chris, Barbara, Justin and Matt were there..The great bowlers were all on the left side while Bola, Matt, and I were on the right..
Honestly, Matt should have been on the left side and with the score Bola got the first time, her, too..and lonely crappy bowler (me) would stay on the right..
First time, I got a 15..yeah, you read it right, a 15..the scoreboard was like, 0000000708..
Luckily, the second time, I used the pretty orange 8-lb. ball and started throwing harder and got a 52!!! Huge improvement!
My feet were killing me and I worked up a small sweat (I'm not used to walking around in crappy flat shoes and throwing a 7-9 lb. ball around for however many hours we played)..but I wanted to go for another round of bowling..I was determined to improve that score! But everyone else was tired..
So, luckily, I was able to follow Barbara (crazy driver, Barbara, lol) to Hilliard to eat at Friday's with everyone..it was the first time I ever did an illegal U-turn! I didn't fair too well with that..
Actually, I got lost on the way to the bowling alley..I went way north..
at least now I know my roads..
..except in Hilliard, which I've been about 10 times and even got my license there, but I haven't learned the roads..all I know is they seem to go around and around and around..and I always have to follow someone back to I-270..
Speaking of driving..
Parodies
"I want my radio back
I want my radio back
I want my radio back
I want my radio back.."
Being without a radio has got me making up songs and parodies about driving and having no radio..
The most deveoped one was to the Pussycat Dolls' "Don'tcha":
"I know you like it
I know you do
That's why the only time you come around
Is to ask, "can I get a ride from you?"
I know you like it
When my car goes so fast
That's why when people slow down in front of me
I decide to pass
Don'tcha wish your car could go sixty like mine?
Don'tcha wish your car could go sixty five?
Don'tcha
Sixty
Five"
It's supposed to me stupid, weird, and funny and I realize 65 is actually very slow..
There is one I'm working on "For the Longest Time" or w/e it's called..but it's about how I haven't had a radio for the longest time..
sometimes I'll just sing christmas songs and adlib with thoughts..
a 30-60 min. commute REALLY sucks! I wish I lived in Columbus..or should I say, I can't wait to live there someday..
Unless I actually decide to go to Ohio University in 2-5 years, I still think the first place I'd move once I move out of my parents' house is Columbus..it will probably be the crappiest area of the city because I'm poor..at least I wouldn't have anything worth stealing..except maybe a computer/laptop and all my photography equipment..and a boombox and a TV and all my DVDs (I'll take half of our collection here at home because I'm the one who buys 3-5 DVDs everytime I go to a Super Walmart)..DVD player(s)..and all my CDs (not that anyone wants to really steal Britney Spears and *NSYNC stuff anyway)..
So this really popped in my head out of no where..ok, so not really..
I heard the word "genocide" at the beginning of "Tears of the Sun" and I was thinking, "Why would anyone do that?" and "What would this world be like if it happened in the extremest extent?"
I would think everyone would believe having only one race is a good thing, but there would still be the same amount of fighting as we have now..
So my story idea is..
It's the future and there is only one "race" and in schools, children are taught that the genocide was a great thing..and there are courts battling over weather or not to have children be told about the other races at all..
Well, a scientist guy discovers a way to travel through time..other scientists are happy..happy that they are entering a new "science frontier" and most of all that it was (of course) their race that was able to do it..
Well, the government (only a few top guys know and could remember how the world was before the genocide (many with secret ties to other races) and thought it was just as peaceful/warring as the current times) didn't want anyone traveling through time..
There's a struggle and at the last moment, the scientist is able to go back to modern times (our modern times)..
Well, he discovers the "truth" and actually falls in love with someone of another race..
back in the future, the "truth" about one of the military dudes' past comes out..
to protect his postition and to avoid being killed, he finds a way to go back in time to kill the girl he had a relationship with (who's from another race)..he wants to kill the time traveler, but he realizes he can't because he needs to go back to the future..
There's a big fight where the military dude tries to kill the time traveler and his girlfriend before jumping into the time portal..
BUT even tho he misses the time portal, the traveler was able to think ahead and had it set up to make another one just after the last..
That's where I'm at right now......
I need a good ending and I'll go write a treatment just for fun..
Wow!
It's been awhile since I've updated..
Basically:
Friday:
-) Help give a couple of tours..
Saturday:
-) Worked the Oktoberfest..
-) Painted faces non-stop for 5+ hours strait at the Kinderplatts (sp?) tent
I suck at face painting..kids are happy if it looks even romotely like what they ask for and is bright and colorful..
I, however, wish I could sketch out the drawings on their faces and I kept erasing some because I'm way too perfectionist when it comes to drawing..
The kids asked for things like a tiger or a puppy..most people would paint a profile of the whole animal..I end up taking 10-15 min. to draw a cartoon character's mug shot..
Grapes and cherries are circles..so are pumpkins, right?..........NOT WITH ME!! I have to give the grapes and cherries dimension..and my pumpkins look like "M"s..
There was one girl (who I often call these people "angels in disguise" because THEY are the people that were born to save the world in small ways through kindness) who came over (she was maybe 5 or 7) and she heard me talk about how much I suck at this..she asked for something on her hand and was like, "If you don't know how to draw that, you can draw something else.." and was just plain NICE..nicer than other kids I knew..parents do NOT teach this..I believe that kind of niceness lives within the soul..so it was nice to see someone so young try to cheer up a "grown up"..
My best work was the dolphins I drew on this girl who had never had a face painting before..I drew 2 dolphins on her arm..then I painted water near her hand..
If they allowed me enough time, I would have painted her hand blue and painted fish and alge under the water on her fingers and would have also painted a spiral sun and a white cloud or two and maybe some far away birds..
SEE?? "Dolphins" to me doesn't mean A dolphin..it means a whole scene!
I think WAY too "holographically"..
-) Matt, Jason, and Bill worked there as well in the afternoon..
It was SO funny!
Matt came over and was like, "Bill and Jason and I are gonna ask those hot girls over there if they wanna dance with us on stage.."
Like I do with all my friends (male and female) who point out hot people or their crush, I look over and say, "WHERE???"
Usually, my friends get mad at that..but if they don't (and Matt didn't even catch it), I then point and say "YOU MEAN OVER THERE????!!"
It cracks me up to see my friends freak out and get nervous when the people I point at are usually looking away..
Matt was like, "You're killing me, Hope!"
Well, the next thing I know, Jason and Matt are on stage about to do a polka..I just HAD to get pictures and video!!!
Well, after the polka, they got off stage..the girls weren't up there, but were in the audience having fun doing kid stuff..
The accordian lady asked for more dancers to do the "Chicken Dance", so Jason and Matt got back up there..
What impresses me the most about Matt and the few other guys I know that are like him is that they'll go on stage in front of people (even girls they were going to ask out) and do a dance or something THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW!!!
Now THAT is cool!
Jason gave him a crash course in the "Chicken Dance"..he gave it a good try, but was funny was the "Classic Matt Face" that Matt gave after the accordian lady said they were going to do the chorus again..it's kinda like he holds his hands together and looks over kinda like, "ARE YOU SERIOUS??"
It was so funny!! But it was cool, too!
The neat thing was that the so called, "Hot Girls" (I have trouble saying if girls are hot in my opinion because I'm not a guy or gay and from what I've seen "hot" changes from guy to guy just like from girl to girl..but they were physically fit and were wearing cool clothes..but they looked like a lot of my friends I had in high school) came over to THE GUYS and looked like they hit on them! It is SO funny to see the look on guys faces, even good looking guys like Jason, Bill, and Matt (who you would think between personality and looks would have no trouble talking to girls), when "hot" girls talk to them..it's like there faces were like, "OMG, is this really happening??? These girls are talking to US???"
Matt ended up sending over one of the girls to have me paint her face..her and her friend had the personalities of most of my closer friends I had over the last 10 years..THEY WERE THE ONLY ONES to get my sarcastic jokes about how I suck at face painting..
I was painting grapes on one of their faces and Matt kept asking, "What is that supposed to be?" and stuff and then he figured out it was grapes and was like, "Good thing you picked something with circles..Hope's good at circles.."
It was fun! and Matt actually got a date with the girl I did the painting on, so that was cool..
Sunday:
-) Worked the Oktoberfest again
-) There was no parking in the volunteer lot
-) I parked in the lot that was a $5 lot on Saturday, but the $5 guy wasn't there..so it was free..MUCH better than the $10 lot..
-) I waited a half hour for someone to walk by and help me with getting my 127 lbs. wheelchair out of my car..no one walked by..
-) I was about to leave and had my keys hanging out of my ignition when some family walked by..
They helped me get my chair out, but I locked the door like I usually do..
-) I locked my keys in my car!!!!!
-) Thank GOD for AAA..they came within 15-20 min. and unlocked my car for free!
-) The nice cop lady (all Columbus cops seem SO nice!!!!) later said the Cols. cops used to be able to unlock cars for free, but the police chief decided to have the cars not have the tools to unlock cars..
-) I met the MOST INTELLIGENT 3 YR OLD EVER!! She had me convinced she was nine..
I thought she was joking when she said she was nine, thinking she was 4 or 5 at the most..
At first, she was trying to face paint the other face painters (I think they were in their early teens)..
The neat thing was to see how kids think..
The girl would dip her brush in the water and the glitter and brush it on the different pictures that were drawn on a bag to show examples..she thought at first, that's how you get the picture onto the brush and paint it onto the person's face..
Then she thought you could only get the color from the pictures, so when she wanted blue, she brushed the blue picture..
one of the girls took the bag away and tried to explain you aren't supposed to pain on it..
honestly, you either take it away immediately or, in this case, she wasn't hurting anything, let her keep doing it!
She came over to me and I let her paint my arm and face..
She could actually take the brush, get it wet, and brush the corret part of the crayons and paint on me!! That was neat to see! I never knew a 3 year old that could do that! I knew a 4 year old once who could count to 100 by drawing "mountains"..but this was really neat to see!
After that, she was throwing a baton (pretty safely) up into the air and catching it..then she danced to the music really cool! She went with the beat and even moonwalked! She also break danced and other dances, too!
She talked very well and could carry on a conversation..
Her sister came over and she was the one who told me she was nine and her younger sister I have been watching was three! Those kids were SMART!! the older sister was smart like most 9 year olds I've ever known..
I swear, I wanna know were these kids went to day care and school because I want my kid(s) that I'll have someday to have that kind of education..
I think what makes these kids so smart (including Susan's and other friends of mine's kids) is having them around loud, intelligent, talkative people..not only does it teach extroversion (which in a way, I think helps kids learn faster), but they hear patterns in speech which leads to better speech and actually develops the math and language part of their brains..
So someday when I'm pregnant and have a kid or kids, I'm going to surround myself with people I already surround myself with (fun, outgoing, smart people) and talkative people, too..
It worked with me..I learned how to speak and read much earlier because my parents are talkative and put me in a daycare with a lot of other age groups and taught me stuff early and made it fun..
I think it was the Girl Scouts and maybe a genetic leaning toward community involvement (now my dad is the web master of Ashville, Ohio Online, the vice president of the Ashville Area Heritage Society, part of Ashville Kiwanis, webmaster and member of the Roundtown UFO Society, and a psychic said he might be a coucilmen (sp?) soon) that got me really wanting to be a Student Ambassador..
That, and last year at Kitty's college (Ohio University - Chilicothe)'s Holloween on the Hilltop where I kept seeing college students participate and I was like, "I seriously need to find a way I can participate like that at CSCC"..and now I do, and I'm glad I applied to be an SA..
I'm going to try out for senior (it's hard because, even tho I'm competitive, I feel weird competing against friends who deserve the position as much or more than I do)..it's going to be different, but I crave having new and different situations thrown at me..
Lately, I've been telling people how competitive I am..but I think it sounds like I "steal" ideas..I don't "steal" ideas, that's cruel and backstabbing..what I do is take what ideas I hear and turn it into something BETTER..and if I get the idea from someone else, I give them credit (like asking questions during my presentation came from the person from the last set of SAs)..
Monday:
-) Worked the bake sale! We bought a goat from Heifer International..it's an organization that gives farm animals to improvershed countries so they can have the ability to feed themselves and breed their animal and give it to another neighbor to do the same thing..
-) Worked the Circleville College Fair..the same fair that inspired me to go to CSCC..
I went around and got ideas about how we could make our booth and college better..
At our booth, we need pretty boards with the majors on them and another with student activities and sports..we also need a mascot toy sitting there and a slide show on a laptop..
I also found out that if I wanted to go to the best colleges for Photojournalism, I'd have a 2 1/2 hour or more commute either way..Ohio University has the best in the country I guess and there's also Bowling Green University and Kent State University..
I might end up still going to Ohio State University and double major in Photojournalism and Photography..it would be cheaper, smaller commute, and in a city I know (somewhat) and LOVE..
Tuesday:
-) Gave a tour
-) I forgot that Jeff from Bridgeview was coming to talk to our class, so I had my SA T-shirt on instead of something more professional..
Randy is doing a lot because he's the only one in class that golfs..
Jim (the teacher) showed us the boom mics he bought for the AVP classes..
Everyone kept talking about how heavy it was..I asked if it was heavier than the cameras (around 3.5 lbs. I think) and they said yes..actually it was about the same when folded..
Once you stretch out the handle, it multiplies the weight of course and I think in the end it was 10-12 lbs? Honestly, even tho after about 15 sec. my arm started shaking, I think I can strengthen my arms to eventually hold twice as much weight for twice as long..
Wednesday:
-) At lunch, my more liberal side came out as I talked against the gay marriage ban..I'm even more against it now because Matt said he wants to have a big family, but doesn't want to get married..SEE?? This stupid gay marriage ban law effects people like him and he's not even gay..I don't think it's fair to him and whoever he ends up with that they can't have benefits like a married couple just because they aren't legally married..
I also was talking about abortion and how babies supposedly don't feel pain until after the first trimester and wh would "God" put a soul in a couple of cells? Life is for learning and experiencing..what does a soul learn from being a couple of multiplying cells..
Thursday:
-) I didn't feel very good yesterday, but I went to work anyway..
-) since the welcome center/international services were having a meeting, I didn't really have anything to do..but I kept getting sicker..
-) was practically dragged to the International Student Association's potluck by Kristy and friends..
got to play a game..gawd, I'm competitive!
But the food didn't help my stomach
I went home instead of class
I wanted a one-hour nap, but ended up passing out for 6+ hours and still slept all morning..
Other News:
I have evnough people wanting what apparently is more likely to be called the "Book and Movie Club" that I'll get the paperwork going to start it in the Winter Quarter..I'm gonna ask Jenny to be vice president and Johnny to be the secretary (and maybe tresurer)..
This will go nicely with Jim's "Movie Days" idea (I came up with the BMC 2 weeks before he mentioned the "Movie Days") where AVP students watch a movie every week and write a paper about it or discuss it and write a paper..
I still would like to have Jim be the faculty advisor for the BMC, but he might be too busy..
I don't want the club to become too class like, so there will be no papers, just a 30 min. discussion at the end..
The first meeting will be having everyone pick which movies they'd like to see in the coming weeks and the first movie will be Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (a quick classic read about book burning and the importance of reading)..the movie doesn't follow the book a whole lot, but the movie keeps the importance of the concept, so I like them both..
They are supposed to have made a remake of it this year..I can't wait to see that!
My mom thinks the members of the club wouldn't want to go as deep as Shakespeare or Orwell, but that's the whole point..to get people to be more interested in reading, especially stuff they wouldn't have read before..