Because it wouldn’t post it the first time…
Gooooood evening everyone! So I haven’t posted in at least two months and you probably all hate me (all five of you), but I am back and better than ever and I want to post so I will post and SO THERE, NYAH. And so, since I dropped off the face of the planet during Christmas break, a few updates. In bulleted form!
- I got a new computer for Christmas! It is an Asus Notebook G60Vx, with 320 GB of hard drive space, 4 GB of RAM, a 2.13 GHz processor, and 1 GB of VRAM. In layman’s terms, it is a Jaguar. Some girls get cars for Christmas; I get a computer. And I am equally free. Also I got this to go with it. Together, they form a geeky monstrosity that is just wonderful.
- I am officially a Communications major, and for Interterm I am taking Young Adult Literature. I didn’t realize when I signed up for the class that it was actually an English Education course, so we talk a lot about not only the books we read, but teaching them. It’s actually really fascinating. I’m not the only non-ed minor in there, though; one of them’s an Engineering major and she’s just taking this for fun. It involves a lot lot LOT of reading. Currently I am working on Anne Frank’s Diary of a Young Girl.
- I haven’t done much story-writing lately, but I have been thinking about it, and I think in my spare time between writing essays, reading books, going to class, and playing games, I will begin writing again. I have a lot of ideas that need to be freed. Also Skye and Vien have been very active lately and they need to get out and play for a bit or else they will drive me crazy.
- Be proud of me: I got up this morning at a quarter to seven, took a shower, got dressed, blow-dried my hair, did my make-up, printed out my essay, and had breakfast, and I still got to my 8:30 class with time to spare. My roommate was amazed that I was up so early, but I’m trying to make a habit of it. I want to be ready for next semester.
- Next semester! My classes shall be Elementary Statistics, Thinking and Writing, Speaking and Listening, and Oral Interpretation. That’s two gen eds (Thinking and Writing is ENG 101) and two for my major. I’m also taking a guided study course, where I go in and the Academic Support advisor helps me schedule my week, make timelines for assignments, and organize my thinking so I know what to do next. I also have to go in for two hours a week for supervised study time. It’s a bit embarrassing that I have to take this course, but at the same time I know it’ll help tremendously. Everything Dr. Claassen and I will be working on is stuff that my therapist has recommended I work on anyway, so why not get his help? I need to learn to accept help, too.
As I write more stuff (and play Mass Effect *cough*) I will show you what I’ve done and what I think. But first I need to concentrate on my schoolwork. I know that sounds kind of cliche and stupid and just saying it to make my parents happy, but I am totally sincere when I say it’s not. Well, it is cliche, but that doesn’t make it any less true. I’m terrified of becoming an adult, yeah, and getting my own place and my own job, but at the same time it’s kind of exciting. I might actually live the life I dream about and read about. I might actually be someone special and important. But I can’t do that without working on it, and that’s what I’ve got to do now.
Even if it’s hard. And scary. And tiring. I guess that’s the most important part of becoming an adult in the end.
P.S. WordPress is being a bitch tonight so if this posts twice it is not my fault.
