Merry Christmas!Thursday, December 24, 2009
Monday, December 21, 2009
Friday, December 11, 2009
What the what?!
You know it's finals week when...
... instead of singing in the shower, you recite Spanish verb conjugations.
...you get on Facebook every 20 minutes and all your friends are on there, too.
...you start losing your hair.
...getting the flu shot is most exciting thing that happens all week.
...you don't eat breakfast, lunch or dinner at the regular times.
...you don't know if it's cloudy or sunny outside.
...you can't remember if you wore clean underwear.
...the library is crowded.
...the Institute is more crowded.
...you wear the same clothes all week.
...you suddenly become best friends with all the people in your classes
as you all frantically try to cram for the final.
...you fall asleep even though you're sitting straight up in your chair studying.
...you weep from joy as you leave your last class of the day and the semester.
...thinking gives you a headache.
...you just don't care anymore.
...you wake up in the morning and the first thing you think is, "Aw, heck."
... instead of singing in the shower, you recite Spanish verb conjugations.
...you get on Facebook every 20 minutes and all your friends are on there, too.
...you start losing your hair.
...getting the flu shot is most exciting thing that happens all week.
...you don't eat breakfast, lunch or dinner at the regular times.
...you don't know if it's cloudy or sunny outside.
...you can't remember if you wore clean underwear.
...the library is crowded.
...the Institute is more crowded.
...you wear the same clothes all week.
...you suddenly become best friends with all the people in your classes
as you all frantically try to cram for the final.
...you fall asleep even though you're sitting straight up in your chair studying.
...you weep from joy as you leave your last class of the day and the semester.
...thinking gives you a headache.
...you just don't care anymore.
Friday, November 27, 2009
Carolette
Seventeen years plus twelve days ago, a child was born.
Not just any child. One with a round head and a small nose. The first sound she made was silence, the first action she took was blinking.
Little did she know the world she had just entered, little did she know the havoc she would wreak on it. A split open eyebrow, many cuts and
bruises, and a couple sliced open knees later,
she is still kicking, alive and healthy.
And we couldn't be more thrilled. Seriously.Happy Belated Birthday, young one.
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Who's counting?
Days until Thanksgiving Break: 1Days until Thanksgiving: 2
Days until the last day of class: 16
Days until Christmas break: 23
Days until Christmas Day: 32
Days until the day after Christmas: 33
Days until New Year's Eve: 38
Days until 2010: 39
Days until next semester: 49
Days until Spring Break: 119
Days until summer: 165
Days until I graduate: 1, 234,567,890
... ... ...
Days until Thanksgiving break: 1
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Anger Management
Oh mass media, how we love thee. Why is it that we love to indulge ourselves in watching and reading about other’s wrongdoings? Is it the shock factor that reels us in? Possibly. The recent vicious attacks made by New Mexico soccer player, Elizabeth Lambert, against players on BYU’s women’s soccer team received national news coverage and the videos on YouTube had over six million hits. I personally watched it at least three or four times, each time in awe of not only Lambert, but how she only got away with one yellow card the whole game! Ridiculous.
Lambert finally gave an apology, two weeks later, claiming it was all just a misunderstanding. Mmhmm.
"I look at it and I'm like, 'That is not me,'. I have so much regret. I can't
believe I did that. I think the way the video came out, it did make me
look like a monster. That's not the type of player I am. I'm not just
out there trying to hurt players. That's taking away from the beauty of
the game. And I would never want to do that."
Oh really Miss Lambert? Please, go on.
"I definitely feel because I am a female it did bring about a lot more
attention than if a male were to do it. It's more expected for men to go
out there and be rough. The female, we're still looked at as, Oh, we
kick the ball around and score a goal. But it's not. We train very hard
to reach the highest level we can get to. The physical aspect has maybe
increased over the years. I'm not saying it's for the bad or it's been
too overly aggressive. It's a game. Sports are physical."
Yes, blame the negative attention on being a girl. Nice failed attempt to explain/apologize.
If you haven’t seen the video yet, indulge and be shocked by some of the poorest sportsmanship you’ll ever see.
Here's the article I got the quotes from: http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/post/Vilified-New-Mexico-soccer-player-breaks-her-sil?urn=top,203447
Lambert finally gave an apology, two weeks later, claiming it was all just a misunderstanding. Mmhmm.
"I look at it and I'm like, 'That is not me,'. I have so much regret. I can't
believe I did that. I think the way the video came out, it did make me
look like a monster. That's not the type of player I am. I'm not just
out there trying to hurt players. That's taking away from the beauty of
the game. And I would never want to do that."
Oh really Miss Lambert? Please, go on.
"I definitely feel because I am a female it did bring about a lot more
attention than if a male were to do it. It's more expected for men to go
out there and be rough. The female, we're still looked at as, Oh, we
kick the ball around and score a goal. But it's not. We train very hard
to reach the highest level we can get to. The physical aspect has maybe
increased over the years. I'm not saying it's for the bad or it's been
too overly aggressive. It's a game. Sports are physical."
Yes, blame the negative attention on being a girl. Nice failed attempt to explain/apologize.
If you haven’t seen the video yet, indulge and be shocked by some of the poorest sportsmanship you’ll ever see.
Here's the article I got the quotes from: http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/post/Vilified-New-Mexico-soccer-player-breaks-her-sil?urn=top,203447
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Livin' Life Carefree
A discovery that I’ve made since coming to college has been that, in general, boys tend to be more stress-free than girls when it comes to school work. It has been a mystery to me for a while now. We have the same assignments and tests, but somehow boys just do them and it’s not that big of a deal. So I decided it’s because boys just don’t let themselves get stressed like us silly girls. We worry, and complain, and worry, and stress out way too much. We just need to take on a more boy-like attitude about this whole school thing. Just do it, get it done, and don’t worry about it anymore. So this has been the approach I’ve taken this semester and the difference between this semester and last is vast. I’m not at the library everyday, I still get my homework done, and the majority of the time I’m fairly stress-free. Really, this carefree mindset is simply wonderful. BUT, (and there is a but) there is also a difference in my grades and performance in school which we won't discuss any further. So the mystery remains. I figure it’s not female nature to be that way. We’re naturally stressed out, worried, and anxious and if I want to do well, I guess that’s how it has to be… next semester.
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