I think I found the reason why all us first-years gain those gosh darn fifteen pounds.
Today, I ate dinner. I also ate lunch and breakfast. What's the problem, you ask?
I also ate an energy bar, a hi-chew, and a packet of asian snacks.
I also fell asleep in class today, and I am about to fall asleep now.
OKay, now that I have laid out all the facts, it is time for me to correlate them! hooray!!!
Basically, in college, you are either studying, eating, sleeping, or being social. HOWEVER. If you do not want to sleep or eat, AND if you do not want to study and being social makes you feel bad because you SHOULD be studying, what do you do?!
you eat. you eat your damn sorrows away.
or you can blog your sorrows away.
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Thursday, August 19, 2010
8/19/10
Well, it has been approximately 4 days of college.
Actually, it hasn't even been college! It has been welcome week!!!
I have had a good time:
-meeting new people and then promptly forgetting their names
-playing ridiculous icebreakers
-sweating it out in this freaking heat
-living 24/7 in a public space
As welcome week is winding down, I am winding up (doesn't make sense but I am trying to make a pun here, humor me) for the start of academics! We had our Academic day of welcome week today, and while everyone complained about listening to boring speeches of how awesome humanities and social sciences were, I was already PSYCHed (also another pun, as I will be majoring in psychology) because I was in a freaking lecture hall in the presence of professors who are just SO INCREDIBLY SMART and are ready to impart that knowledge to me!!!! On the downside, I had to spend money to buy textbooks, so boo for that.
I'm sure that I will not be excited about class once it actually starts, but it's ok!!! I don't think I have ever been excited for school because I would be able to learn...
Carnegie Mellon is definitely where I am supposed to be.
Actually, it hasn't even been college! It has been welcome week!!!
I have had a good time:
-meeting new people and then promptly forgetting their names
-playing ridiculous icebreakers
-sweating it out in this freaking heat
-living 24/7 in a public space
As welcome week is winding down, I am winding up (doesn't make sense but I am trying to make a pun here, humor me) for the start of academics! We had our Academic day of welcome week today, and while everyone complained about listening to boring speeches of how awesome humanities and social sciences were, I was already PSYCHed (also another pun, as I will be majoring in psychology) because I was in a freaking lecture hall in the presence of professors who are just SO INCREDIBLY SMART and are ready to impart that knowledge to me!!!! On the downside, I had to spend money to buy textbooks, so boo for that.
I'm sure that I will not be excited about class once it actually starts, but it's ok!!! I don't think I have ever been excited for school because I would be able to learn...
Carnegie Mellon is definitely where I am supposed to be.
Sunday, August 15, 2010
8/15/10
It has only been one day on the east coast, and all i can say is that...
IT IS SO HOT. AND HUMID. I MISS CALIFORNIA WEATHER :((
IT IS SO HOT. AND HUMID. I MISS CALIFORNIA WEATHER :((
Friday, August 13, 2010
8/13/10
One last day.
One last day!
One last day?
It truly is bittersweet. I don't want to do the whole "I grew up so much, but let me whine about leaving in my blog so other people can sympathize with me and acknowledge my growth as a person, therefore acknowledging me and my existence" thing.
My favorite author, John Green, said in his vlog thing:
"College is a place where you are no longer a child, but you don't have to do the annoying adult stuff, like cleaning your toilet. But this in-between space gives you, for the first time in your life, time, to do things that you want to do."
Essentially, that is what I want: Time, so I can actually take classes that I want to take (and then possibly blow them off for, ohhhh, I don't know, a nap?). I am excited about becoming a faux-adult, but am petrified at the fact that I will no longer be treated like a child. My comfort cotton baby blanket is being ripped away from me to be replaced by polyester. poopie.
I am closing the book on my childhood and turning a new page in another book. (Speaking of books, I just thought of a quote that was from the beginning of a book but i forgot what book it was called, "I am the loser in the game of life." interesting.)
Yay?
Yay.
One last day!
One last day?
It truly is bittersweet. I don't want to do the whole "I grew up so much, but let me whine about leaving in my blog so other people can sympathize with me and acknowledge my growth as a person, therefore acknowledging me and my existence" thing.
My favorite author, John Green, said in his vlog thing:
"College is a place where you are no longer a child, but you don't have to do the annoying adult stuff, like cleaning your toilet. But this in-between space gives you, for the first time in your life, time, to do things that you want to do."
Essentially, that is what I want: Time, so I can actually take classes that I want to take (and then possibly blow them off for, ohhhh, I don't know, a nap?). I am excited about becoming a faux-adult, but am petrified at the fact that I will no longer be treated like a child. My comfort cotton baby blanket is being ripped away from me to be replaced by polyester. poopie.
I am closing the book on my childhood and turning a new page in another book. (Speaking of books, I just thought of a quote that was from the beginning of a book but i forgot what book it was called, "I am the loser in the game of life." interesting.)
Yay?
Yay.
Monday, August 9, 2010
8/9/10
Bored bored bored.
I am tired, but, since I a lame person and don't want to sleep before 11, I decided to look at the Orientation schedule for CMU next week.
I am FRAKKING SCARED, DUDE!
There are so many things to do, and all these people that I have to meet. This is either going to really suck, or just partially suck. I found myself becoming less social this summer, and while having alone time is a good thing, I'm not sure that I trust myself to be normal and make friends in a whole new environment. eek!
This is the first time I have ever been scared to go to college, and it will probably not be the last. God, grant me courage!
I am tired, but, since I a lame person and don't want to sleep before 11, I decided to look at the Orientation schedule for CMU next week.
I am FRAKKING SCARED, DUDE!
There are so many things to do, and all these people that I have to meet. This is either going to really suck, or just partially suck. I found myself becoming less social this summer, and while having alone time is a good thing, I'm not sure that I trust myself to be normal and make friends in a whole new environment. eek!
This is the first time I have ever been scared to go to college, and it will probably not be the last. God, grant me courage!
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
7/27/10
When I first came to Mexico, I definitely thought that I would be grunging it up and making a direct impact on the Ensenada community.
What I actually did? I worked in the kitchen and built one house. one!
I'm not complaining, though. I am actually rejoicing. Every single time I go out somewhere for Jesus, He seems to:
1. Crush my own expectations, and then promptly
2. Blow me out of the water with His experience
I have gotten to know amazing and inspiring people who hail from all sorts of different backgrounds in different parts of the world. I have felt God show me what heaven will feel like. I may not have done things that have an immediate result, but, as I work behind the scenes, I have seen what it takes to run an operation like this.
This is not a missions trip, but an immersion into the life of a missionary. Of course, I will miss this place. Life is definitely more simple here, where people don't make long term plans on where they will be in ten years, or even what they are doing this evening! But of course, I know that God has sent me to college for a reason. I can't always stay in this bubble forever.
Adios Mexico (even though I really leave on Saturday), see you when I see you.
What I actually did? I worked in the kitchen and built one house. one!
I'm not complaining, though. I am actually rejoicing. Every single time I go out somewhere for Jesus, He seems to:
1. Crush my own expectations, and then promptly
2. Blow me out of the water with His experience
I have gotten to know amazing and inspiring people who hail from all sorts of different backgrounds in different parts of the world. I have felt God show me what heaven will feel like. I may not have done things that have an immediate result, but, as I work behind the scenes, I have seen what it takes to run an operation like this.
This is not a missions trip, but an immersion into the life of a missionary. Of course, I will miss this place. Life is definitely more simple here, where people don't make long term plans on where they will be in ten years, or even what they are doing this evening! But of course, I know that God has sent me to college for a reason. I can't always stay in this bubble forever.
Adios Mexico (even though I really leave on Saturday), see you when I see you.
Friday, July 2, 2010
7/2/10
Hola!
I am typing this in the combines of Ensenada, Mexico! There isn't really anything to report here, seeing as this is only my second day at YWAM. All I can say is that the people here are SUPER nice and really into Asian people. I'm not quite sure what I will be doing, so I guess more updates on that later!
Adios!
I am typing this in the combines of Ensenada, Mexico! There isn't really anything to report here, seeing as this is only my second day at YWAM. All I can say is that the people here are SUPER nice and really into Asian people. I'm not quite sure what I will be doing, so I guess more updates on that later!
Adios!
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