Whew....

Hell week is almost over..... YAAAAAAAYY!!!!!

This was probably one of worst weeks that I can remember having this early in the school semester.
My English class had two reading responses due within a week of each other (last Monday this coming Monday) which are basically 2+ page essays each, a Math test Tuesday, and all of my homework for Spanish class due with a quiz this coming Monday. Because I finished most of all of my stuff in advanced, all I have left right now is my Spanish quiz (which I'm actually confident about).

This all wouldn't have been so bad though if my group in English class didn't have our group project due yesterday. That also wouldn't have been so bad if the teacher hadn't assigned us (and the group that went before us) our project topic only a week before it was due, while all the other groups have known theirs since classes started. All things considered though, I think my group did pretty well. :)

I was in charge of getting and presenting the information on the author. I wrote almost a page and a half long paper with pictures and stuff that was actually kind of useless since the paper itself wasn't used lol. It did work as a way for me to remember all the stuff that I found on her, and throughout the day and during loading times while I was playing Soul Calibur V, I recited that information in my head so many times that I remembered it all without having to look at my paper lol! YAY!!!

Despite one of my group members having to redo the entire PowerPoint right before class (4 out of 5 of us were about 10 minutes late to class trying to get everything together), all of our group members pulled through and we spent over 20 minutes (which is supposed to be the minimum amount of time presenting the project), which capped off a pretty awful week happily for me. I feel bad for one of our group members though, because she didn't get to present all of her study questions, which were all really, really good and well researched.

That's about all for this blog sooooo, bye. *smiles, winks, and waves*

Sidenote: As for that plan...... I don't see it happening lol. He strikes me as way too........... ummm... uptight? Like if someone suggested anything to him, it would flip his world upside down lol.

It's Been A While...

Hello to whomever sees this. : )

Since my last blog, not a lot has happened. I went to my Uncle's funeral, which had my emotions totally confused. One second I wanted to cry, and a split second later, the choir would take me completely out of it by singing "stomp your feet and clap your hands" types of songs. Then they'd say something like "I don't know what YOU came here for, but I came to praise Jesus!!!", making me think to myself, "Well, I came to cry over my Uncle with my family" lol. I was annoyed until I heard that's what my Uncle and Aunt wanted. They didn't want it to be sad, so I guess it was fine in that way, I was just thrown off. Typically whenever my family gets together, something stupid happens ruining everything, but it was actually totally fine. I saw family members I hadn't seen since before Hurricane Katrina and didn't even expect to see and it was basically a nice family gathering. It's a shame the circumstances that occurred to cause it though.

After that, nothing happened, Christmas and New Year's were both pretty empty. I spent quite a bit of money on my nieces, nephews, and parents, but it was pretty empty with my family being split between Memphis and New Orleans for Christmas and New Year's.

Now, another school semester has started, and I feel somewhat lost lol. I have no Tech classes, so I don't feel like I have a "base" building anymore. I'm also....... frustrated. Something a little embarrassing I'll admit is that every semester I've had so far, I'd end up developing a crush on someone in one of my classes, and the false hope of something happening would drag me through each semester lol. This semester is almost totally devoid of anyone I find attractive, with the worst ratios ever. My African American Literature class has a ratio of 23 girls, and 8 guys, and two of those 8 are ugly.... UGH!!!! lol.

Speaking of English/Literature, I've been totally spoiled by 1020 last semester. 1020 seemed like it was never long enough, but my current English class doesn't end soon enough lol. The teacher isn't a native English speaker, and some pronunciations like rap (as in "find a rap song") and rape (as in, "the slave masters would rape the slave women") both being pronounced as "rap" in the same lecture is so unintentionally wrong that it had me rolling on the floor laughing in my head (I know, I'm terrible lol). It's got to be hard being in his position.

Me and Nolon are actually in this class together, but it feels so claustrophobic in the class that I doubt it will be as fun as 1020. It's a very stifling feeling coming from 1020, as if you'll be judged for the slightest thing, and I know how "my people" are, we can be incredibly judgmental of anyone different. We somewhat spoke about it in 1020 once (such as being criticized or made fun of for speaking properly by your own people, I actually went through that in elementary).

I feel like this is getting waaaay long, so I'll end it here. Bye! *smiles, winks, and waves*

Already Having 1020 Withdrawls....

As the title says I'm having 1020 withdrawals already lol. I can't believe most of us might never cross paths again, and now I need to adjust to not needing to think of the class at all, which will most likely include this little class blog as well.... I said in my previous blog that a few of my classmates inspired me, and in the last day I was inspired by another classmate. Seeing someone else go up there and demonstrate their talent, putting it all out there like that, made me want to do the same.

I had three ideas for my presentation, one was an actual topic, one was a personal background story (which I gave a rushed version to Ms. Swan after class), and one was...... singing..... the more I think about it the more I wish I would have done it. Its just that I haven't sung in front of anyone in so long that the thought alone makes me nervous. However, crying over unspilled milk (yes, I said that on purpose) won't get me anywhere and like everyone else all I can do is move on and hope to grow from it.

As this is after the class has ended, no one will probably see this, and this is possibly my last blog as  well. So with that said, I'm signing off. This class was an experience I won't forget, bye. (smiles, winks, and waves)
: )

Hmph... I'm Sad...

Warning. This could possibly be very sappy, and with the way I feel right now it could be. I'll try not to be too sappy lol. I've been holding out on making this blog on purpose. It kind of signifies the end of this class, and I don't want it to end, so I didn't want to write it.

Before I go further, I'll give a little background on why I feel the way I do. Through various different circumstances and situations, I've been a shut-in for most of my 21 years, and outside of my big family, I don't know a lot of people. I'm probably the definition of a sheltered child. I generally have nowhere to go, and nothing to do unless I'm watching my little niece. As crazy as this might sound, and I'm not sure how I come across in class, but I'm still getting used to being around people.

It's so many things I want to say, a lot of different emotions I want to express at one time and can't. This class was the reason I tiredly yet happily got up every Tuesday and Thursday morning. I've met so many interesting, different, and friendly people with so many things to say, some of you even inspired me a bit (Including everyone in the room, I know one of you will read this, and I have a feeling 1 of the other main ones will too). In my previous 2 semesters, the general education classes were always very anti-social feeling. No one talks to anyone, and no one knows anything about one another, and in this class it was much different. Having these blogs and the things we've written in them, we know more about each other than 99% of this school ever will, and having a teacher as free-willing as Ms. Swan, as well as the topics brought up by our various guest speakers (ranging from sex, race, religion, poverty, the will to help, and living happily) made everything feel so comfortable.

It was like I had accidentally joined a school club that I originally had no intention of being in, but I was happy to be in it. I wish it was a club, because that would mean we wouldn't have to leave. Thank you Ms. Swan, had you not have been as "unconventional" of an English teacher as you are, this class might not have made the mark on me that it did. To everyone, especially those who are reading this, thank you for..... well... being you (God that sounds cornier than I want it to lol), and even being interested in what I had to say at all enough to click this.


PS. I'm sooooo tired of being single. It isn't fun AT ALL lol.
PPS. I'm hoping this slowly rising bump under my nose will be gone before class Tuesday lol.

*scratching head*

I am such a freaking ditz sometimes....
I scheduled a meeting with my adviser last Thursday, and apparently all I heard was that it was scheduled for November ???? on Monday at 11:00. So I get up this morning, for a meeting with my adviser, go to the office and waited 5 minutes before I went in. I go in ready for my meeting only to quickly find out that my meeting is actually next Monday on the 14th..... I'm not used to mixing things up like this, but it's been happening pretty frequently this semester and it sucks monkey balls. I'm already the baby/dumb one of my family, and stuff like this only makes it worse lol.

Anyways, I can't wait for next Tuesday... Saint's Row The Third comes out!!! YAAAAAAAY!!! Then it gets better for me, because the next week WWE 12' and King of Fighters XIII come out just in time for Thanksgiving Break!!! YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!! All I'll need is to see my family from New Orleans and everything will be perfect. Only an assignment during that week or a test to study for the next week could ruin Thanksgiving for me.

Well, since we don't have class this week, whoever is reading my blog (and everyone else too), I'll see you next Tuesday. : )
Ms. Swan, I'll see you Thursday for our meeting lol.

Saying it out loud...

Early sidenote: The judges on X-Factor (particularly Simon) were so damn catty, it was uncomfortable to watch. I'm just glad Simon kept Melanie, and the brunette Bieber twins and the crazy Memphis dude went home. On to the topic (that got longer than I expected).

No this isn't something deep and profound, you should know better if you're reading my blog lol. In class yesterday morning, we were asked to read our papers out loud, in order to see hear whether what we had written sounded right or not, and after class, the conversation about games like Saint's Row and Grand Theft Auto popped into my head the same way. Throughout the conversation, all I could do was laugh at how absolutely, certifiably crazy it sounded to describe the things you can do in the games lol. Hearing, "You can sleep with hookers and run over elderly people" while most of the girls looked as if they were thinking "Why on Earth would you want to do that?" was hilarious to me, but it made me think of how crazy it sounds to other people and why they'd be against them.

My currently 9 year old niece loves Saint's Row 2, but when I saw her throw a policewoman into a burning car without even trying, it freaked me out and I stopped letting her play it until I came to terms with it. I had to remember that me and my older nephews and nieces grew up on Mortal Kombat and Doom, and we have yet to try to rip someone's spine out like they do in those games, so I trust in my smart little nieces and nephew to know better than to be influenced by those games as long as they're taught right. My little niece and nephew however do live in a place where it's cute for little boys to want to act "gangsta" and try to rub on girls booties at 5 years old, or the ass shaking little girls get taught at 4 years old but that's an entirely different issue. Well, that's all I've got for now, bye! ; )

Sidenote: Oh, and for the record, my 9 year old niece will kick your butt in Smackdown Vs. Raw 2011, and soon, my 4 year old niece will too. She's already asking how to pick up the steel stairs lol.

PS for Ms. Swan in response to my post before this one: Disgaea 4 is a really hard one to explain, it's a strategy RPG (think chess with characters and magic) about goofy demons fighting amongst one another in the netherworld, and in this one a vampire with an obsession with sardines leads a fight against the "Corrupterment", the government of the underworld to restore the balance of good and evil. I play it mostly for the silly story. Here is the website if your really curious. Aren't they the cutest looking demons ever?

Too Much "Fun"?

I know a blog isn't due for like two weeks, so no one is likely to see this, but I'm bored. : (

I'm not sure whether her age had something to do with it or not, but apparently it's possible to have too much "fun".
Well, with that said...... Don't have too much fun with those "fun bags" lol. Well.... To those who see this, see ya'll next Thursday. *winks, waves, and goes back to playing Disgaea 4*