20/20 Foresight?

I don't like the person that I am right now. I have been mopy and lethargic. The end of rugby season just sucked all of the energy out of me. I try to go to the gym but I only want to nap. I spend most of my time in my room. I want some big change to happen but I don't know how to help that along. I know I'm tired still from going out last night but I took a nap before I went out and was in bed at 2:30. I don't know what to do. I want to go home this weekend because it seems like that's the only place that I can get a decent night's sleep. I also have been there to pick out the Christmas tree every year. I don't want to miss that. Last weekend was spent sleeping mostly and reading for my term paper. I needed that. I don't know what I should do. Meighan says that she is feeling really lonely at CMU also. It seems like I spend so much time doing stuff that's insignificant and that I won't remember when I reminisce about college. I know I'll think about rugby and being in Vagina Monologues and band. I want to think about doing really stupid stuff too. That's part of why last night was a lot of fun. I was the only completely sober one but it was just hanging out and talking. I felt like I belonged in a group. I suppose I would have rather not been the only sober one but it's fun to talk to drunk people. I want more of those kind of memories in my life.

I Think A Change Would Do You Good

School is stressing me out a lot right now. I know that I can handle it but this is getting me back to thinking about Americorps. Taking a break after my sophomore year would be a good way to regain some balance. Thanksgiving had me worried about my term paper. I was distracted even though I spent more time worrying about it than actually doing it. The break was needed though. I got my paper done but I slept a lot. Seeing all of the girls (minus Meighan) was kind of awkward. I still had a lot of fun but there was definitely a new dynamic to it. I had a long talk with Jen today. We talked about that. She also gave me the final push to join university band. I registered this afternoon and dropped Arts at Noon. I'm getting sick of this semester. I don't have any pure fun classes. Most class periods are interesting, if not entertaining but there aren't any classes that I am taking just for me. I'm excited for Tai Ch'i and Band next semester. I heard my geography class isn't just "This is Africa...This is Australia..." It's a lot more anthropology and sociology. I'm also really glad that I only have three more weeks with Lai. I pretty much ripped into her on my course evaluation. I'm ready for some change.

Sunday With Sprinkles

I had a very lazy Sunday. I got some of my Honors reading done. Seriously, Buddhist doctrine is trippy. I went to the fieldhouse and watched "The Royal Tenenbaums" on the treadmill. I did 3 miles. I only ran for like 5 minutes of that total. I am working on it. If I keep it up over the winter, I think I can keep up with the team. I also got my IR presentation done. That was a good feeling. I got a picture of me at the banquet. So I included it in this post. I looked pretty. I'm going to bed now.

Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting

Today has been semi-productive, I guess. My mom called at 9:30 this morning and it woke Kaity up. Mom, any time before noon is too early for a college student. I was online for a while and then I read some more of Sophie's World as well. I took a nap. I love naps. Then, lunch and more research on immortality. I am getting really fed up with the Wade-Giles romanization system. Pinyin kicks Wade-Giles's ass. At least Pinyin doesn't use frickin' apostrophes or have a p make a b sound. This year I learned that Beijing has always been pronounced that way. It's not a Bombay to Mumbai transition type thing. Peking is just the W-G way of romanizing it. It's really stupid. After I was bored to tears (or maybe it was just the old book must), I watched Mystery Men. I love that movie. Then, schlepped over to the field house. I did a half hour on the treadmill. I did intervals. Running at 5.5 for 2 minutes is getting easier. At the banquet last night, one of the guys who got the Coach's Award earned it by slimming down for rugby. I want to do that only even more. I know that it's a long way off. I don't even really care about losing weight. I just want to be able to keep up with everybody on the team. I want to last a full practice. Spring season is going to be a bitch but I'm going to get a lot of playing time. After that, I got dinner (sub and minestrone, yum!) and then tried to read more of this 43 page journal article that is really helpful but boring as hell. It's Saturday night and I'm in my room. Yep, what a wild college kid I am.

Clean Up, Clean Up

I was actually kind of productive tonight. I vacuumed, did the dishes, put away laundry and organized my bookshelf (that one's not all the way done yet). We got our logic quizzes back today. I got a 94. I'm happy with the score but I know I could have done better. I just didn't make one of my enthymemes valid. Kristen got 100. I'm proud of her. I took a nap. It was lovely. Then, I went to Chinese which wasn't bad. We got our quizzes back. I got a 90. I forgot a few characters. It's not that bad but I have done better. Our group had to lead discussion in Asia. It went moderately well. We did a powerpoint. We actually had fun making it last night. We were comparing Buddhism with religious Daoism. Some of our title were "Immortal Kombat" with the Mortal Kombat logos at the top and "My Karma Ran Over My Dogma." We didn't get too many laughs. It's so hard to lead a discussion. Nobody wants to talk. It kind of blows. Then, we went to Fresh for dinner. Treena really wasn't feeling well. I felt guilty eating around her. She looked so naseous. I'm going to bed now.

Dookie

I have a headache. I didn't take a nap yesterday so I went to bed at some ungodly early hour. I was reading about the search for immortality through religious Daoism and then suddenly it was 11:30 and my eyes were burning because I had just slept for 3 hours with my contacts in. Then I was up until 2ish. I need to get back into the groove. It's throwing me off way too much. I just got back from IR. Normally, class goes until 11:15 but today was all group work for our presentations next week. Our group had everything pretty well organized so it was just sort of putting things together and updating each other on where we are. I'm pretty happy with our progress. The presentation is 15% of our grade so it should work in my favor. I'm going to take a nap so I can actually focus on my readings for Asia.

More Good News!

I got a 93 on my IR exam. I am a happy camper! I think I did alright on my quiz in Chinese. I forgot a few characters but everything else I'm pretty solid on. I am also super happy about the results of the election. Both houses are blue now. Jennifer Granholm won as well. The only downer is that Proposal 2 passed. This is been a pretty good week. I'm still feeling a little overwhelmed but it is definitely better than earlier in the semester.

Vagina

I got a part in the Vagina Monologues!!!! I'm in "Wear & Say." Just wanted to let everyone know.

An Old Friend

Ruthie is back in Michigan!!! I went to classes and such just looking forward to seeing her. I walked into Julia's room and just gave her a huge hug. She was working on a tanagram thing from the back of a Rice Crispies with Julia and Sarah. It was funny. We still can't get the "sand shark." Mikay came by as well. We, minus Sarah, walked over to Kirkhof so I could buy my rugby banquet ticket. We also met up with Shelby and some other friends of Ruthie's from last year. Julia had to go to class and Mikay had just eaten but the rest of us went to Fresh. I felt like I sort of clicked in that group. I had only known Dave for five minutes and I was already questioning his masculinity with the rest of the group. I laughed really hard and it was refreshing to be around people who could appreciate my humour. Then, Ruthie and I walked back to Niemeyer. We were planning on going to Hip Hop but we had eaten too late and we just weren't quite in the mood to be jumping around and such. So, we just sat in my room and talked for a while and then watched "Big Trouble." I think Ruthie just needed some down time to sit and laugh and get her mind away for a bit. After that, we went over to Laker Village to visit Wes and Dave. I had so much fun. We talked for a while and played Apples to Apples. That game is really entertaining when played with the right group of people. They were definitely the right group. We kept mentioning cake and hamburgers through the course of the night so when we got tired of playing, we made a Wendy's run. I didn't get anything but it was really funny to watch Wes because he was driving so he couldn't eat and the smell was driving him crazy. During the drive, we introduced Ruthie to Dane Cook. It was really precious. "Hellooooooo! I'm a caaaar. Gas-o-line makes me run. Back seat. Trunk space." We stayed in the car for like 10 more minutes after we had gotten back to LV because we wanted to finish "Chicken Sangwich." We stayed for about another hour. Ruthie pretty much fell asleep the instant she hit the couch so Wes and I just talked for a while. Then, it was around 2:30 and I thought going to bed would be smart seeing as I had a 9 o'clock class this morning. We tried saying Ruthie's name a few times. I decided some slightly more extreme measures would be required. Wes had Perrier Lime in the fridge that nobody wanted to drink. I poured a capful into her mouth. Only a few drops actually got in. The rest went down her shirt but it was still effective. It was a really fun night.

Back On Track

Ok, so I haven't written an actual blog in quite some time. I'm currently still sweaty and gross from kickboxing. I rediscovered what I already knew. I have no stamina. Today was a fairly average day. Logic was easy although Matt did use the phrase "Oh as in surprise and alarm." He was trying to give the form of a syllogism and it was AIO. I suppose you had to be there to truly appreciate the humor. Then, my tutoring appointment went pretty well. They help a lot. Chinese was just pattern drills and going over vocabulary. It was kind of funny in Asia today. Smith came in late and then he had us all coagulate onto one side of the room. It was weird to change my perspective of the room. The down side was that the motion sensor was on the side of the room that we weren't so every ten minutes the lights would go out. The class was pretty good. Smith did the whole lecture so we digressed a lot. We ended up talking about the origin of the word "stoned." That and how hippies and beatnicks were like the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove. It was actually pretty fun. I was looking all cute and put together because after class was the auditions for The Vagina Monologues. I'm pretty sure that I nailed it. It was a cold read. I was in the group that did The Little Coochi Snorcher That Could. I really hope that I get it. The performances are for the V-Day campaign. It's to raise money and awareness for ending violence against women. The first performance would be on my mom's birthday. I think that would be a cool present for her. Then, as you know, I went to kickboxing and it kicked my ass. I left early because I felt like I was going to puke. I am going to go back though. I just need to keep working up my endurance. Maybe, after that, I could actually make it through rugby conditioning. Alright, enough bloggage for tonight.

"Let Me Explain. No, There Is Too Much. Let Me Sum Up"

I have not been in very much of a blogging mood lately. If you want the rest of the Milwaukee story, call me. This past week has been pretty easy. No major mishaps in class or anything. I do have an exam in IR tomorrow. I'm not too worried about it. I'm going to go study some more for it. As a side note, Mitch Hedburg is awesome. "Don't bother ringing it up. It's for a duck."