No Class Today !!!! :) woo hoo

This week is Homecoming week which is really fun. Since I am on Cysquad I have a lot of responsibilities throughout the week. I didn't have anything today which was nice. Plus we didn't have class today which was also very nice. I got some grocery shopping done and got ready for our chapter tonight. I don't have a whole lot until Wednesday and then I have class all day, 3 quizzes on that day. I have one test this week and then I have activities on Friday all night. Luckily I am done with my responsibilities for Cysquad are offically over! I'm pretty excited for the homecoming game though! I was pretty happy that we got to 2nd cuts for yell like hell. Hopefully they move onto finals :) I hate that my boyfriend lives with 3 other guys. It's so annoying. He never comes over to my house and hangs out with me oh no that would be horrible. I always have to come over to his apartment and be with guys that are annoying and immature. I don't think guys are ever going to grow up. They will always be immature. I dont have a whole lot to blog about today. Pretty boring day to be honest. I've come to realize that there are just some things you can't change and that is just the way it is.

In Tribute for Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Lazy Weekend

Don't you sometimes wonder what your meaning of life is? I think of this all the time. I am a reality t.v. junkie and I love to watch people in real life but sometimes I catch myself wondering why they get chances and I don't? I find myself watching t.v. and wondering what my role in life really is. I am so confused and when I think about this topic it irritates and makes me very sad. I would like to think that my role in this life is to bring happiness to others with my smile or my laughter but how do you really know? How do you know what the meaning of life really is? I am feeling less and less reliant on my family and my parents. This makes me feel very sad and feeling lonely. It scares me that I might not need them anymore. I now have to make decisions on my own. Sometimes I get really nervous that I won't make the right decision and screw everything up. I like to talk to others about my problems and stresses in life to see what they think and get their point of view on the problem. The opinions of my friends and family mean a lot to me. I guess everyone else is just too busy to care. They have their own lives to think about. I have a lot of questions and I am not a very religious person but sometimes I go to God and ask him questions. I don't pray a whole lot but when I do I feel at peace. I feel as though I never know that is going to happen in my life. After all it could end tomorrow or today. There are a couple of quotes I like to live my life by and those are: To the world you are one person but to one you may be the whole world. This is important to me because I remember that I am worth being just because I am alive. I have people in my life that are my whole world and if I lost them I would not be who I am today. The other quote I like to live by is live this day as if it were your last. You never know what will happen tomorrow. The inevitable always has a way of crumbling in midflight. There are scary things that happen in the world and I can only hope that those will never happen to those I love. In the video titled Just a Dream by Carrie Underwood these are a concepts she touches on. I know it is just a music video and just a song but music is my therapy. You can compare anything to a certain type of music or a certain song. With the war going on and the new president only 16 days away this music video touches me and reminds me that it can always be taken away.

Rain Rain go away come again some other day...

Big Big test today. I have been studying a lot to make sure I get a good grade. If I do not get a semi- good grade on this test I will probably drop the class on account that I cannot get that bad of a grade on my gpa. It matters to much for one class to mess it up. I have worked hard this semester already trying to do good in all of my classes except for this ONE! I hate science. English, Language, Communication, Journalism, and Political Science anything that has to do with these subjects I can do pretty well on but Math, Science, or anything of that nature no way. I for some reason do not find them interesting and find the subjects extremely boring. Therefore I do not see the point in straining myself to pay attention to something I cannot stand. Anyway, On a new topic I watched some of the debate on Wednesday night and it was intense. I thought the way McCain was acting was childish and immature. Of course a Republican would act in this manner. I loved the way Obama just ignored and stood up for himself when he though McCain did get out of line. This is what America needs. We need a President who isn't afraid to stand up for what is right in belief of all people and a President who will get the job done. The way I look at it is if we were to vote McCain into the White House it would be putting a new head coach in the game expecting a different result of the game. Either way it is still the same Team!!!! McCain says he is not George Bush and obviously this is true, but he has been personal friends with him, agreed with most of the decisions he purposed, and most of all he is the same party. By the way have you seen or heard his VP talk?! She is a lunatic who belongs in a insane asylum! She's nuts! Feed her some peanuts and call it good. Now McCain was my first choice for the Republian Party and since I found out Obama was a candidate I have been a fan. I have read his books and the are fabulous! I would highly suggest reading them. And can I just say this weather sucks! It is cold and rainy and wet. Horrible fall weather. We had to miss the hayrack ride this year on account of the rain. I was pretty upset. I do like this video of Rhianna and T.I. though.


P.S. Only 18 days until Nov. 4th Get Excited :)

Brrrr.....

Today was pretty darn cold out! I must say though that I somewhat liked it. The leaves falling and the warm autumn colors are coming through making it fun to walk in the leaves on the way to class just to hear them crunch underneath your feet. I love fall. Fall and summer are the best seasons by far. The only reason to like winter is the first snowfall and santa clause. By the way I really really want to take a picture with the fake santas at the mall with my boyfriend. I think it would rock and be super fun! Today in class we watched commercials and compared them to each other and dissected them. I like to do this in class but at times it can be frustrating. I don't like to think that much and I am already a cynical person so going through step by step why the advertisers do what they do irritates me. At times it can be fun too. I like to hear the purposes behind things and how it affects other people and myself included. I'm really not looking forward to writing my rhetorical analysis paper. It doesn't sound appealing to me at all. I am still stressed about classes and other things. Now my parents are pretty much begging me to get a job. I do not have time for a job! I am too involved with other things but after Homecoming week I really don't have a choice! All in all I have had a not so good week and I can't wait for it to be over. I can't wait for next week to be over either.

Ahhhh!

I am so stressed out!

Everything is getting to me and catching up to me all at once! I do not think I did so good on my Spanish exam today which really makes me upset. I think that I need to focus on my studies more as a student and allow myself to do good things. I have never really "learned" how to study and it gets frustrating when I do really good on all of my assignments and get them in on time and participate in class then bomb the tests. Pretty much that's how it is in every class and it is so annoying! I am such a horrible test taker! I can't afford another bad gpa! My average is a 2.8 which isn't horrible its a B- I think? But still I want better! These stupid gen eds suck and I hate them! I just want to take classes that interest me and that are for my major! We also have Homecoming next week which will be fun but busy. Since I am on cysquad I have a lot of responsibilities to uphold. I think I want to be a Greek Week aide but I am not so sure yet. I have to get a good gpa that is all I can think about. I am honestly contemplating dropping my Meteorology 206 class and picking up another class but being 6 weeks in it feels like a waste to just drop it already. I don't know what else to do. I will have to think about it and see how this next test goes on Friday to see if I even have a chance of passing. If not I will just pick up an online class or a one credit course once a week. That sounds like a good plan to me at this point. I am so sick of my class shedule anyway. I can't wait until next semester. This semester has sucked so bad for me. I am not a happy camper :(!

Monday Mornings are no fun!

Of course monday mornings are no fun! I can't wait for Thanksgiving break! It will be much needed. First I have to get through homecoming, Halloween, and another I-week. Sheesh! My life is oh so busy. Sometimes I wish I could have a week off of everything and just be by myself! This week I only have 2 tests which is nice. Tonight we are going on a hayrack ride pending on the weather so hopefully it doesn't rain because I love the hayrack ride it is so much fun! I have some stuff for Homecoming that I have to do on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday but it is only about an hour a day so that isn't bad at all. I really hope my meteorology test goes well. I know what to study now I think?! I get so nervous about tests they really are no fun at all! Mid terms are also due this Friday which is nervewracking. I know I will at least have 1 midterm hopefully no more than that! The Nebraska game is this weekend which I am really excited for! My parents are going to come up and go to the game so that will be fun. I was born in Nebraska so I am a Husker fan at heart!

And I can't believe that next week is Homecoming already! That is crazy! At least I am on the other side of it working with HCC! That is really exciting and I just found out last week that I am the PR Cy Capatain which is awesome! I was really excited about it! The following week we are meeting with President Geoffory for dinner at my sorority so he and his wife are going to come. That is pretty cool if you ask me! I better get going!
P.S. Only 4 weeks until voting day!(Get out and vote!)

Weekly blog assignment #6

Introduction/Thesis: In Dove Onslaught advertisement the main three things to analyze is the music, the little girl in the ad, and the images within the video including the pace and order of them and the main message is to talk to your daughter before the beauty industry does.
1. The music within the Dove ad is upbeat and peppy. The title of the music playing is "Here it comes". The artist is unknown. When the video starts the little girl is staring a blank stare and the music starts in and it states here it comes. Then the ads start coming and the music picks up.
2. The little girl in the video has red hair and she is really young. She has a blank stare on her face at the very beginning of the video and as the music gets louder and more crazy her face turns into a little smirk.
3.The images within the video are crazy and fast paced. They go in order from where it starts to where it ends. An example of this is the billboards, music videos, dieting and products that can "fix" you, to checking your weight and the weight going on and off, to exercising and eating, to throwing up what you have eaten in the toilet, and to the most extreme plastic surgery.
Conclusion: The overall main purpose of this video and the effect that dove wants to have on us is that their products are better than the others and that they believe in real beauty and not the fake things. They want to impact women to talk to their daughters and by buying dove products they are doing their daughters a favor and eliminating all other options of self failure to pass on. The advertisement is also showing that you have to talk to your daughters first before it is too late.

Weekend Recap

Friday after class I had to run home and get ready for Initiation for our new members which was really stressful. I can't go into detail about what happens during initiation but it Is a pretty long process. Overall though it was worth it. I love our new members they are so fun and fresh! I especially love my little sis. I am so glad I got to meet her and that we are big and lil together. It make me happy. J After that I went over to Dominic's apartment and went to bed early around 11:45 and didn't wake up to my alarm at 7:30. I had to be at Eaton to pick up some girls to be at the house by 7:45 am for memory walk in the morning. That really sucked. I woke up at 7:50 so I was late. Luckily Angela went to pick up the newbies. And I wasn't counted absent which makes me so happy so now I don't have to pay a fine. I hope I got all of my study hours done this week otherwise I will have used up my only warning. After memory walk I went home to Des Moines and hung out with the family until around 8ish and then went to a friends birthday party. It was her 21^st! so she got a party bus and we went to different bars downtown. It was so fun and I am so happy I went. Now I am sitting at home waiting to go back to Ames to get some homework done and I really want a nap. I still have to do Assignment 6 but I will do that later. Ttyl!

Fridays

Fridays sometimes are fun other times suck. Especially when you have class from 4-5. That really sucks. On Fridays all you want is to be done with the week and have fun on the weekend. Most of the time my weekends are just as busy if not more busy than my weekdays. Luckily I get to go home this weekend on Saturday I think. We have Initiation tonight at 5 until midnight roughly. Where did my life go? Why do I have to do all these things that I do not look forward to or that I do not want to do. It gets old doing things over and over again. Especially things you do not want to do but have to do. I tell myself that no one can make me do anything, but not doing these things would eventually just cause me more trouble in the end so I might as well just do them and get them over with and move on with my life. Although this week has been pretty easy for me. No tests except 2 quizzes in Spanish on Wednesday which I bombed. In my defense we have not had class all week so we were put in there blind not knowing what to expect. Since it has been I-week all week we have had different things to do with that. My allergies are acting up as usual. I hate having allergies they suck! I also have a eye problem so I have had to go to the eye doctor twice this week which is not fun. Luckily I like my eye doctor he is pretty cool but other than that it sucked. He gave me some drops but ultimately it doesn't matter because my eyeball still hurts and all he could tell me was that it was from allergies. But when my eye started hurting I didn't have allergies so I know he is full of it. Oh well. I slept late today which felt nice but sleeping so much you feel more tired throughout the day. Sometimes I feel as though I just can't win. Don't you feel like that sometimes? I really just want to curl up tonight and watch a movie by a fire with some popcorn cuddled next to the person that I love. And if this was at all possible this is the movie that I would watch...

October 7, 2008

At my sorority tonight we had our big sis revealing through a candle passing. It's super fun. I love my little sis and I hope she was surprised and happy to find out that I was her big sis. This week is called I-week on account that the new members are being initiated on Friday so we have different events all week. and the older members get their "daughters" presents throughout the week. I love Iweek except for Initiation itself which takes forever! but i love my sisters and they make me very very happy! Speaking of sisters I can't wait until the sisterhood of the traveling pants comes out on dvd!

Class

How boring is class. Honestly. We all sit here (all 200 of us) and listen to crap we could care less about. And we call that education? Yes I understand that we want the people coming out of college and going into the "real world" to be well rounded and educated on all subjects but...do you think I will ever remember how to measure the dew point?! Hell NO! So why am I forced to take a class that will not make me a better student or a better person. It will not only bring my gpa down because when you are not interested in a class for me at least you do not give a crap. Therefore you do what you have to to get by and dont really care about a grade because you can't wait for the class to be over with so you can move on with your life and move on to something you actually find interesting. Another thing that I don't find fun is going to any type of doctor. Anyone who likes to do this is out of thier mind. I feel like I am falling a part at the seams. My neck hurts, my back hurts, my feet hurt, and even my eyeballs hurt. I am going to the eye doctor today. Thank goodness. I can't wear my contacts which sucks because I hate wearing my glasses all the time. I should get that lasik eye surgery and I will eventually even if I have to take out a loan. ugh. At least I like this song and it cheers me up! :)

Week #5 Assigned Blog

The next few months flew by each day getting harder and harder to look at the prince. She knew the burning inside of her would not go away. She also knew that he was growing closer and closer to the edge. She tried to steer clear of his temper and understood that if she crossed that line there would be consequences. As the summer faded into the fall and after the fall turned into the winter she sometimes could not get herself out of bed. She dreaded looking into the once innocent eyes of her fair prince. The days were dark and dreary and she felt as if she had nothing to look forward to. The winter eventually turned into spring and before you know it the spring had some how formed into summer. One year had gone by and the day that stood out in her mind so much was now a mear memory in the past. But to her it was still as clear as the sky was that day. She feels remorse and guilt. Should she have told her husband the truth? Was she the one to blame? What could she have done to stop what happened that day? Those were the questions brewing in her mind all the time. The princess realizes that it will never go away this pain and her heart will always feel like there is a hole in the middle of it. This feeling will stay with her until the day she dies.

Finally October!

So I am officially excited that it is October! Probably one of my favorite months out of the year other than June and December! This year the beginning of November will be super exciting as well just because of the elections. I am so excited to vote for the very first time! I hope everyone votes because it is not only a privilege to vote it is an honor. I am currently waiting on my absentee ballot to come in but after that I am going through every step and making sure i am doing the right thing at the right time so my vote counts. I want to make sure the man I want in office will make it there with my help.