Some Recognition

Just a little blog here.

I just wanted to say congratulations to a couple of people.

Mandy and Katie:
Congratulations to these two ladies for getting the RA jobs next semester...as FRESHMEN! Katie is going to be working in Cumberland Hall, and Mandy will be in Cambridge Hall! My friend Kevin interviewed too, but there were only 3 guy spots available and some sophomores tried out...but expect Kevin to be RA'ing in the future. Good job to all of you guys!

Jadyn:
Congratulations to Jadyn for two accomplishments. She found out on the same day, that she is going to be a student page for Garrett County in the spring, and also found out she was accepted directly in to Penn State's main campus! I am very happy for her! As most of you know, I was a student page for Allegany County last year, so I am especially happy to see my friends do the same.

Nothing as exciting has happened to me, but I figured I would acknowledge these people for accomplishing so much for themselves. Now why don't you stop reading this and go do something similar to this!?

...When Is Winter Break?

Yeah it's only the first day back from break, and I arleady am looking forward to winter break. It's kind of pathetic. All I want to do is do nothing at all. I sit and I wonder when I will have a break from school, but what will I be doing? Nothing at all. This vacation was good, but I am looking more forward towards Christmas now.

It didn't feel like Christmas until Friday, when Thanksgiving was finally over with. Although, plenty of places had lights and decorations up for Christmas as early as Halloween. I really love Christmas. I was thinking today about how much I hate the cold weather, and I wish it would go away. But, in reality I don't hate it at all. I love the fall, I love the crisp air. I love being able to wear jeans, and feel comfortable. It always feels like a movie when it's Christmas time. It always feels like everyone loves each other around Christmas time. So, I appreciate that.

I always told myself that when I get older, I would move away to some place where it's hot year round. I probably won't, now that I think about it. If I did move away, I would come back to Cumberland to see my family all winter. I just have to be in the cold when it's December and all Christmas-like.

Jake is going to have to deal with my love for Christmas. When I lived at home, I would always have Christmas lights up, and decorate my room for Christmas, and that's not going to change. I am thinking about getting lots of icicle lights and hanging them from the ceiling...and covering up the light in the room that blasts 400000000000 watts of electricity so that my eyes melt when I walk in to the room. I really hate that light. With these icicle lights, we can turn them on and use those as light...so that it's just enough light and it feels like Christmas! I LOVE CHRISTMAS!

Anyway, the semester is almost over and that's exciting! I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving. I will try to post as much as I can this week!

C11-H12-N2-O2

Yesterday was Thanksgiving, and I loved me some turkey.

My grandmother makes some of the best food on earth. Today, my dad, Pap, Granny, my aunt Mechelle, my uncle Josh, his girlfriend April, their daughter/my cousin Aurora, Mable, and I all tore up this here turkey dinner. We had turkey, steamed vegetables with cheese sauce, mashed potatoes and gravy, and noodle soup! It was delicious. All this was topped with apple pie courtesy of April's mom, or pumpkin pie courtesy of Sam's club -- which by the way is awesome. Don't underestimate Sam's club.

Lately, my sleeping pattern has been severely out of whack. I am going to bed at like 4a.m. and that's ridiculous. Then I wake up at like 11 or something, and am so tired, that when I go to take a nap, I am sleeping for 5 hours at a time. This has happened the past two days. Oh well, I will hopefully get over it. That tryptophan did wonders for me today.

Who Is Pai Mei, and Why Is He So Mad?

Tonight, before Jenny was rushed out of the building in a stretcher, put on the ground, and wrapped in a restraining bag...some of us watched Kill Bill Vol. 1 and Vol.2.

Basically, the Kill Bill movies are really awesome. I saw the first one a long time ago. But, then I borrowed my friend Trevor's Vol.2. So, Mandy, Krissy, Kevin, Katie and I watched Vol. 2. I wathced it last night, but since they wanted to see it, I came and watched it with them.

There is this guy Pai Mei, and he is the guy that taught the Death Squad how to fight, and at one point in the movie, Mandy was like, "WHO IS PAI MEI!?" Once we told her, she was like, "WHY IS HE SO MAD!?"

HAHA it was hilarious.

Today is Friday and I am excited about that. That means I get to go home and see my family. I love them so much. My baby cousin Aurora is the most beautiful thing I have ever seen. She is going to be a pro tennis player in 16 years. I am going to be her coach and it's going to be awesome.

But, for now, I have to get to sleep so I can wake up and go to class tomorrow! Hope you all have a good weekend.

P.S. I hope Jenny is alright.

The Financial Aide Office and Wind Turbines

You know it's a bad day when seeing wind turbines is the highlight of your day. Yeah today sucked really bad. It couldn't get much worse. Here's what's up.

So, for the past couple months I have had a hold on my university account. A hold is when you have an obligation of sorts that keeps you from progressing with your life, basically. If you have a hold you can not register for classes, you can not graduate from the university...and I am sure there are many more consequences that I will eventually come across, that I don't know about yet.

Bascially what it comes down to is that I had a hold...fixed it...and when I got back from fixing that hold, I checked my status, and I had another hold.

So I called the unbelievably rude "professionals" that work at the financial aide office and asked them what was going on. I had to get a form turned in before I could have my loans dispursed. Even though this is something that I have been dealing with all semester long, (because my mother had to get me her tax forms) they decided to go ahead and put a hold on my account THE DAY BEFORE I SCHEDULE FOR CLASSES.

I later find out that it takes up to 7 days for the paperwork to be processed and my hold to be lifted. So, I won't be registering for classes today, and I probably won't get any of the classes that I want.

Yeah it sucks.

So, Brittney had to go back to Seton Hill to return some books from when she was there, and she asked me to go, so I went with her. On the way there, I look to my left and there are atleast 10 HUUUUUUUUUUUGE wind turbines...you know the things that spin and convert wind in to energy!? It was amazing! I never realized how unbelievably big the blades were, and how high they were in to the air.

I know most people don't find wind turbines the least bit fascinating, but seeing them all together like that and on top of a mountain was very exciting to me, for some reason. Oddly enough that was a highlight of the day!

We went to Seton Hill, and had a blast. We met up with some of Brittney's friends from school when she was there and they were a great time. It was nice to get my mind of things, and we had a blast doing it.

So, anyway, I just thought I would vent by writing about my day. I hope all of you had a better day than I. And, if you are reading this and you go to Frostburg, I hope you got all the classes you wanted...because I probably won't. :(

Networking = Notworking

I really get sick of Frostburg State. I mean not only is the weather unbelievably cold here, the networking that I am paying for REALLY SUCKS, bad.

The network on campus goes down atleast once a day. Sunday when I got back to campus I couldn't get online until Monday morning...why? Figure out what the problem is and fix it. Other schools that are much larger than this one don't have problems this bad, I am sure of it.

So, on top of the internet failing all the time, this laptop of mine is now infected with with, as of right now...63(still scanning), different viruses. That's pathetic. This school needs to get it together with the networking not working.

Well the weather sucks, and it's 3:11a.m. and I have no clue why I am still awake. Oh yeah, because I slept from 9-11 on a Friday night, then drank a Cupaccino.

Goodnight
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Song to Download: "Selah" by Lauryn Hill

No, You Don't Know

I hate to continue to complain about thing after thing, but I feel that if I let you, the innocent bistandard, learn about the stupid shit that goes on in my world, you can learn to avoid it, undertand it, recognize it, and ultimately destroy it. Okay?

If I hear one more person say the phrase, "I know, right?" one more time, I am going to walk over to that person and rip that person's larynx out of that person's neck in a successful attempt to hush this person from ever uttering these words again.

It's fake. It's retarded. It's pathetic. It's a fad.

I wish people would wake the hell up and learn how to be their own person.

My suggestion would be to not ever say those words around me. I know where your larynx is.

Fads That Shouldn't Be

I am so sick of fads dominating and destructively running today's society. So, I will now discuss a few fads that really bother me in no particular order.

Fad #1 - Livestrong bracelets
These are the yellow bracelets that EVERYONE is wearing and has been wearing for most of the summer. The Lance Armstrong Foundation created them as a fund raiser to help raise money for the research of cancer. They are $1 and they sold very quickly and no one could find them for a while.

However, half of you ignorant and pathetic idiots out there don't even know what the damn thing means and what it stands for. I've overheard conversations in more than one of my classes where someone would be like, "Oh hey Amanda[random name], where did you get that bracelet!?" and Amanda would say, "I got it from my boyfriend, he got 3 of them off eBay for $56.00." And then the person asking the question would be like, "Oh my God I want one so bad," quickly ending the cretinous and dense conversation that just made me roll my eyes so far in the back of my head, my blood vessels burst.

I once had a Livestrong bracelet. Cancer runs in my family, and I thought it was put towards a good cause. I didn't pay $56.00 for mine, because I have dignity. In fact, I don't even have it anymore. I gave it to my friend Mandy one day because her grandfather was dying from cancer and I thought it would be a nice gift. She appreciated it and we went on with our lives.

Fad #2 - Voting when you have no idea what you are voting for.
I don't know about you but I would much rather have people not vote and not know the issues than simply voting and not knowing what he or she is voting for. This goes against P. Diddy's pathetic attempt to create publicity for himself known as, "Vote Or Die!" You may have seen him and his "crew" at such cultural landmarks in television as "The Real World" and "TRL"...both of which attempt to brainwash their viewers. The Real World says, "Let's get a bunch of beautiful people in a house together and make a show about. Oh, and to avoid any kind of trouble from society we'll give them jobs." You know, jobs like working for Bon Jovi, and writing a travel guide for Paris...things that most American people can relate to. Sure, I'd love to be on the show, but that doesn't change the way the editors choose their characters and how they portrey them. I digress.

P. Diddy's "Vote or Die!" campaign seems like just another marketing attempt to get his name out there and to reassure himself that even if his music sucks people will still pay attention to him. Besides, what 18-24 year old with any common sense is going to respond to someone that goes by the name P. Diddy?

It bothers me when people, that before the past couple months, create display pictures of pro-Kerry or pro-Bush in a failed attempt to be original and individual. If you didn't care about the issues a year ago, why all of the sudden do you care now? Not to mention half of these people that "individualize" theirself aren't even old enough to vote. Get involved...but make sure you get involved. Ya know what I mean? Don't let it be something that you're interested in just because everyone else is interested in. And just because you aren't old enough to vote doesn't means you can't be political, but if you can't vote then do something more than...changing your display picture on an instant messenger you downloaded in middle school.

Well I am glad that I have expressed my concerns towards weak and ignorant people. I hope I didn't offend anyone in the process. Have a nice day!

Me

Listen if you don't know who I am by now, that's sad for you. This is me.

I like tuna. I like Coke. I like to drink Coke with my tuna. I enjoy lemonade...but only the Minute Made kind. I leave the toilet seat up most of the time. I love my new cousin Aurora. I love my friends more than words can describe. I live in Frostburg right now. I love showers. I like to turn the shower on before I disrobe. I like playing tennis. I like Serena Williams. I like being able to watch Serena Williams play tennis. I like being able to think I could win the U.S. Open, or Wimbledon. I don't like mayonnaise with my tuna. I don't like mayonnaise in general. I don't like butter. I love Mountain Dew.

I sometimes make something out of nothing. All of the best friends I have had in life, except the one I have now, have turned in to crack heads. I no longer know who they are or what they are doing. Brittney is my best friend. My mom and I don't get along as much as I would like. I love my Dad more than he understands. My grandparents are amazing human beings. I don't not like my family because they are all republicans. I hate double negatives, but sometimes they are necessary.

I appreciate someone who stands up in their beliefs. If you piss me off I am going to tell you. If you piss me off, I will be polite but I will confront you. If you eat with your mouth open, stop. My senior year was stressful. My senior year most people got drunk and partied. My senior year I stayed home to write papers, and do AP Environmental Science work even though I knew I would never apply Environmental Science to my life in any way.

I don't like college in general. I like the food at college. I like the people at college. I like the look of the campus at college. I do not like college. I do not like how people expect certain things. I wish people would do what they think is best for him or her and not worry about what other people are thinking. I like coming home on the weekends and taking a VERY hot shower with the water pressure at a high level. I like Mandy. I like Alix. I like Katie. I like Chrissy. I like Kevin. I like Ryan. I like Beth. I like Rachael. I like Jake. I like Larry. I like Chris. I like these people that live in my dorm because they are good people. I like good people. I like a lot of the people that live in Frost Hall. They are mostly good people.

Get out and do something...just don't be me in the process.

I Don't Dwell On Sadness

This week was really rough. A lot happened, yet at the same time nothing did.

Death was a prevalent theme throughout this week. It sucks and I can deal with it, but I hate seeing the people I care about be so sad and depressed. I am not going to go in to detail about what happened but two seperate friends had to deal with two seperate deaths this week, of people they were very close to. That, on top of the miserable weather that we have had really didn't make this week an enjoyable one.

But, I don't dwell on sadness.

Good things happened this week too. I got a B on my first college paper and I was really excited about that. I am enjoying my classes a little more than I used to. What else was good?...

Hmmm... I am sure there are plenty of things but none really come to mind.

Basically, I just wanted to let everyone know that regardless of the fact that the sun hasn't been seen in more than a week, or that people are voting because PUFF DADDY told them to "Vote or Die," there is still hope. The sun will come out soon, and Puff Daddy's publicity stunt will be over faster than you can say, Theresa Heinz Kerry...with a sexy Mozambican accent.