The other day I did a program for my residents. I made posters with the best looking cookies online, and a giant picture of the cookie monster. It was FREE COOKIE NIGHT!!! I was baking cookies all night, and unfortunately burnt one batch. I had at least 50 people come, most of them more than once, having more than 2 cookies each! It was so much fun, and my friends Hannah and Michael came to keep me company. Very cool! I was pretty much getting paid to throw a party :D
My classes are going well so far. I am in love with my multicultural class!! It is beyond amazing. I also love my playwriting class. We got to have people read our scenes, and a lot of people liked mine! It was super exciting/ nervous-making!
I am not a fan of my philosophy class at all. I do like abstract things but this class is so abstract it makes my head want to explode. The class is Philosophy of Person, and we are basically trying to define what philosophy is. I am not sure at all yet. If I had to define it right now, it would be "talking about thinking about thinking." ughhhhh. I leave that class sooo frustrated every day. I really have decided that a bunch of people that couldnt do anything else designed philosophy in order to get paid. I mean how can you have a class based on opinion? Everyone would get As. And how can you have a test on someones life? They would always get an A! I know I like to think a lot, but this class is not thinking. Even a quote from Aristotle or some fuck said that Philosophy is thinking so that you dont have to think anymore. WTF?!?!?
Anyways, really stressed but having fun!
Neil :D
(P.S. the biology club is having a Beta fish sale and I am going to buy one! I also am growing a pine tree from a seed that my Hall director gave me. It is doing so well!)
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Thursday, September 10, 2009
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Off the Line!
Chorus Line. What an experience. Friday was great! I wasn't terrible nervous, which is a good thing! The second night we sang a lot better, but made a few mistakes. Sunday was, wow! Everyone warned me about matinees and how the audience is pretty much dead, but wow! It was like giving a play to a brick wall for the first hour! After that they lightened up a little, and monday was a relief just to get it over with!
Everyone really liked the show! I got compliments all over, and it was a pretty entertaining show. I am definitely glad it is over with though! I can have my own life back again!
Anyways, Regina gave me some flowers after the last show!!!! They are so pretty! Red Roses. I put them inside a SoBe bottle. Talk about College life, huh?
I also registered for my classes, and I got all of the ones I wanted. I am going to take that playwriting class and take my LCT class second semester.
Got to go!
Neil
Everyone really liked the show! I got compliments all over, and it was a pretty entertaining show. I am definitely glad it is over with though! I can have my own life back again!
Anyways, Regina gave me some flowers after the last show!!!! They are so pretty! Red Roses. I put them inside a SoBe bottle. Talk about College life, huh?
I also registered for my classes, and I got all of the ones I wanted. I am going to take that playwriting class and take my LCT class second semester.
Got to go!
Neil
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Hide-n-Seek, Classes, and the return of a Plague
The first night back, I went with the Theatre people to play Hide-n-seek in the Theatre. Technically we aren't supposed to do that, but nobody enforces it :D
It was a lot of fun, as the theatre has SO many hiding places! We even hid in the elevator for one round and just kept going up and down all the floors. hehe. Someone figured it out when they heard the elevator laughing.
So far, I have had my Artscore class, and my Argumentative and Research Writing class. In a nutshell, Artscore is to help us appreciate art more, and ARW is a class to help us learn to write better papers. The artscore teacher is AMAZING! She reminds me of somebody's cool grandma that never decided to grow up. We played a game in her class called name that art, in which we had to list different types of artwork. AP Art History in High School finally paid off!! I won for my creativity and extensive range of artwork :D. English class is alright. I have a really big vibe that she is an NF, and she seemed nervous so im gonna go with an INF. She also wore these amazing stiletto boots that could have killed someone if she wanted them too.
I really didn't want to mention this person again but their name has been brought up against me 3 times in the past two days! Also known as the Moper,and now the Plague, Bryan Moore is still popping up. People invited him to the Hide-n-seek thing, but he didnt show up. When I went to get my mail, I saw him getting his out of his box. Run away! The final straw was in english class, someone had left a piece of paper on the seat in front of me. It was really a small cut out square. I turned it over, and by golly there was a picture of Bryan Moore staring back at me! gaaaahhh! The teachers use these to identify us but really why was it in MY classroom at MY desk?!? Fate is playing cruel tricks on me!
It was a lot of fun, as the theatre has SO many hiding places! We even hid in the elevator for one round and just kept going up and down all the floors. hehe. Someone figured it out when they heard the elevator laughing.
So far, I have had my Artscore class, and my Argumentative and Research Writing class. In a nutshell, Artscore is to help us appreciate art more, and ARW is a class to help us learn to write better papers. The artscore teacher is AMAZING! She reminds me of somebody's cool grandma that never decided to grow up. We played a game in her class called name that art, in which we had to list different types of artwork. AP Art History in High School finally paid off!! I won for my creativity and extensive range of artwork :D. English class is alright. I have a really big vibe that she is an NF, and she seemed nervous so im gonna go with an INF. She also wore these amazing stiletto boots that could have killed someone if she wanted them too.
I really didn't want to mention this person again but their name has been brought up against me 3 times in the past two days! Also known as the Moper,and now the Plague, Bryan Moore is still popping up. People invited him to the Hide-n-seek thing, but he didnt show up. When I went to get my mail, I saw him getting his out of his box. Run away! The final straw was in english class, someone had left a piece of paper on the seat in front of me. It was really a small cut out square. I turned it over, and by golly there was a picture of Bryan Moore staring back at me! gaaaahhh! The teachers use these to identify us but really why was it in MY classroom at MY desk?!? Fate is playing cruel tricks on me!
Monday, November 17, 2008
Dancing, Classes, and Swimming
On Friday I went with Annie and Gia to Winona's first nightclub, MYST! It was crowded waiting in line (since it was opening night, it was free), but when we got inside whew was it hot! I had had a rough day and the mindset I had going in was to just dance the night away and don't care what anybody thinks. It actually worked!.....well, until I saw Jarod there too. Why do I always run into people when I don't want to? lmao.
He left, but not without looking amazing the whole time. Anyways, a guy asked Annie to dance and she went off with him (more like we got lost in the crowd.) I must say I think I am getting better at this whole dancing thing. Probably 90% of it is not caring what anyone thinks. Poor Gia though! She is 5 feet tall, and I had to rescue her about ten times from people accidentally crushing her! I mentioned it was crowded, right?
It was so hot in there that everyone was sweating. Talk about really nasty when some girl needs to get past you and her sweat covered back slides all the way past your arm. Ick.
I then saw what I wasn't expecting: two guys dancing together. Wow. And nobody cared! I kept looking at them because It was such a rare sight. But then they started dancing much worse than the bad couples who were grinding on the floor. They were pretty much having sex, but with clothes on. Yea imagine that.
We then moved around and chose different places to dance depending on space, etc. They had those cages for girls to dance in, and they also had stripper poles. hmmmmmm.
Later, I was dancing with Gia again, and all of a sudden one of the gay guys was right in front of me. And all of a sudden he brushed his back up against me and we were dancing. Don't ask me how this happened because I'm not so sure myself. This lasted for about a minute until he either got tired of not practically having sex on the dance floor with his other friend, or because his partner was finally back and staring at him. He ditched me and went back to his sex buddy, but hey, at least I had the opportunity to say that I danced with someone. Later Gia also found a guy and danced with him for one dance.
We found Annie again, and went to HyVee to get something to drink. Yay for SoBe! It was all so much fun and so worth it.
Afterwards I started to think it over, like that guy dancing with me and ditching me, what did it mean, etc, but I made myself stop because I had fun and I didn't want to ruin the moment with worrying thoughts.
Sunday We had Showcase (Ballroom Dancing.) Of course Jarod was there. And like usual, if someone I have a crush on is present, thats pretty much all I can think about. He brought Pineapple for everyone and it was so good! Everyone keeps telling me that there is no doubt that he is gay. He ignored me all night. So I mentally crossed him off my list.
In art class on Monday, Whenever I tried to sneak a peek at him, I already found his gorgeous brown eyes staring back at me. WHY WHY cant people just either ignore me or pay attention to me, and not both? Now I am confused again. I wish I could turn this part of my brain off because A) I am sick of writing about this stuff and B) you guys are probably sick of reading about it.
This is our first Two-A- Days. We had morning practice, and it was so hard my brain, out of nowhere, started singing "I Will Survive" by Gloria Gaynor. Such an amazing song. So spend some time listening to it! (does anyone else think she has similar Mannerisms to Kona?[look at 1:28-1:40])
He left, but not without looking amazing the whole time. Anyways, a guy asked Annie to dance and she went off with him (more like we got lost in the crowd.) I must say I think I am getting better at this whole dancing thing. Probably 90% of it is not caring what anyone thinks. Poor Gia though! She is 5 feet tall, and I had to rescue her about ten times from people accidentally crushing her! I mentioned it was crowded, right?
It was so hot in there that everyone was sweating. Talk about really nasty when some girl needs to get past you and her sweat covered back slides all the way past your arm. Ick.
I then saw what I wasn't expecting: two guys dancing together. Wow. And nobody cared! I kept looking at them because It was such a rare sight. But then they started dancing much worse than the bad couples who were grinding on the floor. They were pretty much having sex, but with clothes on. Yea imagine that.
We then moved around and chose different places to dance depending on space, etc. They had those cages for girls to dance in, and they also had stripper poles. hmmmmmm.
Later, I was dancing with Gia again, and all of a sudden one of the gay guys was right in front of me. And all of a sudden he brushed his back up against me and we were dancing. Don't ask me how this happened because I'm not so sure myself. This lasted for about a minute until he either got tired of not practically having sex on the dance floor with his other friend, or because his partner was finally back and staring at him. He ditched me and went back to his sex buddy, but hey, at least I had the opportunity to say that I danced with someone. Later Gia also found a guy and danced with him for one dance.
We found Annie again, and went to HyVee to get something to drink. Yay for SoBe! It was all so much fun and so worth it.
Afterwards I started to think it over, like that guy dancing with me and ditching me, what did it mean, etc, but I made myself stop because I had fun and I didn't want to ruin the moment with worrying thoughts.
Sunday We had Showcase (Ballroom Dancing.) Of course Jarod was there. And like usual, if someone I have a crush on is present, thats pretty much all I can think about. He brought Pineapple for everyone and it was so good! Everyone keeps telling me that there is no doubt that he is gay. He ignored me all night. So I mentally crossed him off my list.
In art class on Monday, Whenever I tried to sneak a peek at him, I already found his gorgeous brown eyes staring back at me. WHY WHY cant people just either ignore me or pay attention to me, and not both? Now I am confused again. I wish I could turn this part of my brain off because A) I am sick of writing about this stuff and B) you guys are probably sick of reading about it.
This is our first Two-A- Days. We had morning practice, and it was so hard my brain, out of nowhere, started singing "I Will Survive" by Gloria Gaynor. Such an amazing song. So spend some time listening to it! (does anyone else think she has similar Mannerisms to Kona?[look at 1:28-1:40])
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Hmmm
So nothing terribly exciting has happened. Really. All I have been doing is eating, sleeping, exercising, doing homework, and constantly stressing over bryan while *trying* to play it off.
Swimming is getting pretty hard. We started weight lifting and I must tell you I have not be really going to the gym. That was nothing compared to what we do now. I really start to question if I love comfort or food more because the cafeteria is up a flight of steps :D
I also joined the ballroom dancing club. And I'm gonna be in their showcase with my friend Annie in May!!!
Bryan, its too complicated to give a definitive answer. When I actually get in tune with reality I'll let you know ;)
Computer Apps--I saved my grade! It said I had a C and I was perplexed because I had had a B before! I went to see the teacher and Somehow I was supposed to have taken a quiz that he hadn't informed the class about....
And there was an extra section that he typed into the grades that wasn't supposed to be there at all! So thanks to me, everyone in the class has better grades :D I have a B again.
Statistics--I went to tutoring and actually understood what he was talking about! It all fit in. I just hadn't gained knowledge about one small part of it all, and since I do now, it all fell into place.
That is about it; the leaves here are beautiful, and Halloween is just around the corner! (anyone have any Ideas for a cool costume I could make/ buy? Help ariell! Uve been to college, what do they wear!)
Swimming is getting pretty hard. We started weight lifting and I must tell you I have not be really going to the gym. That was nothing compared to what we do now. I really start to question if I love comfort or food more because the cafeteria is up a flight of steps :D
I also joined the ballroom dancing club. And I'm gonna be in their showcase with my friend Annie in May!!!
Bryan, its too complicated to give a definitive answer. When I actually get in tune with reality I'll let you know ;)
Computer Apps--I saved my grade! It said I had a C and I was perplexed because I had had a B before! I went to see the teacher and Somehow I was supposed to have taken a quiz that he hadn't informed the class about....
And there was an extra section that he typed into the grades that wasn't supposed to be there at all! So thanks to me, everyone in the class has better grades :D I have a B again.
Statistics--I went to tutoring and actually understood what he was talking about! It all fit in. I just hadn't gained knowledge about one small part of it all, and since I do now, it all fell into place.
That is about it; the leaves here are beautiful, and Halloween is just around the corner! (anyone have any Ideas for a cool costume I could make/ buy? Help ariell! Uve been to college, what do they wear!)
Friday, October 17, 2008
Bryan
What else is there to talk about?
The weather? psh its really cold now.
My friends? theyre great friends
Classes? I got a 95% on my mass comm paper. Of course Robby got a 98% grrrr. Art is great. Math is ehhh,
So now onto the two most important topics: Bryan Moore <3 and this website I found.
Let us start with the website: http://www.infj.com/MenuBasic.htm
It is all about INFJ's so sorry mostly everyone hahaha. As most of you probably know I am an INFJ (if you dont know what this means, check it out! http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes1.htm)
So the second website will tell you all about Temperament theory and something I find very interesting. The first website leads you to a page made by another INFJ for INFJ's. It really is something to look at to find out more about yourself (ehem, mother) Especially helpful to me is the "INFJ Handbook," Which has topics on everything that INFJs' need to succeed and be happy in this world: http://www.infj.com/MenuHdbk.htm#Introduction%20to%20The%20INFJ%20%22Handbook%22
In it are topics on Romance, "Rose Colored Glasses," Stress, Authenticity, Change, Life Purpose, etc, etc. The list really does go on, from a topic on INFJs' as children, to dealing with midlife. If you go to the website you will see tons of Dolphins.
I bring this up because I know that I can get too much into romance, and paint the person of my affections with "Rose Colored Glasses." (Hopeless Romantic here!)But by reading the posts I can now judge my actions from a scientific perspective? I don't know it makes sense inside my head.
And now Bryan Moore
He happened to be the first gay person that I found on facebook that went to college here. I was so intimidated because he is so beautiful. But he is also nice, outgoing and unbelievably sweet. We haven't spent much time together, but it has been really amazing. (I have been known to jump the gun many times, and this isn't an exception. I've officially warned you :P ) It was so cold the other night that he warmed my hands for me while we watched the best movie ever: August Rush (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0426931/) This was our third meeting, and of course the perfect time for "True Love’s First--" OK REALLY I do need to stop before the rest of you start puking. lmao.
Of course I wasn't puking, far from it. And now as a consequence I feel on top of the wooooorld. And unlike with Kyle, I'm not sad because Bryan is still here, and unlike Josh, I actually like him. :D:D:D
Do you guys want a picture? Because I feel like giving you a picture!
(Bryan if you read this I am really sorry hahahaha)
The weather? psh its really cold now.
My friends? theyre great friends
Classes? I got a 95% on my mass comm paper. Of course Robby got a 98% grrrr. Art is great. Math is ehhh,
So now onto the two most important topics: Bryan Moore <3 and this website I found.
Let us start with the website: http://www.infj.com/MenuBasic.htm
It is all about INFJ's so sorry mostly everyone hahaha. As most of you probably know I am an INFJ (if you dont know what this means, check it out! http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes1.htm)
So the second website will tell you all about Temperament theory and something I find very interesting. The first website leads you to a page made by another INFJ for INFJ's. It really is something to look at to find out more about yourself (ehem, mother) Especially helpful to me is the "INFJ Handbook," Which has topics on everything that INFJs' need to succeed and be happy in this world: http://www.infj.com/MenuHdbk.htm#Introduction%20to%20The%20INFJ%20%22Handbook%22
In it are topics on Romance, "Rose Colored Glasses," Stress, Authenticity, Change, Life Purpose, etc, etc. The list really does go on, from a topic on INFJs' as children, to dealing with midlife. If you go to the website you will see tons of Dolphins.
I bring this up because I know that I can get too much into romance, and paint the person of my affections with "Rose Colored Glasses." (Hopeless Romantic here!)But by reading the posts I can now judge my actions from a scientific perspective? I don't know it makes sense inside my head.
And now Bryan Moore
He happened to be the first gay person that I found on facebook that went to college here. I was so intimidated because he is so beautiful. But he is also nice, outgoing and unbelievably sweet. We haven't spent much time together, but it has been really amazing. (I have been known to jump the gun many times, and this isn't an exception. I've officially warned you :P ) It was so cold the other night that he warmed my hands for me while we watched the best movie ever: August Rush (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0426931/) This was our third meeting, and of course the perfect time for "True Love’s First--" OK REALLY I do need to stop before the rest of you start puking. lmao.
Of course I wasn't puking, far from it. And now as a consequence I feel on top of the wooooorld. And unlike with Kyle, I'm not sad because Bryan is still here, and unlike Josh, I actually like him. :D:D:D
Do you guys want a picture? Because I feel like giving you a picture!
(Bryan if you read this I am really sorry hahahaha)
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Break and Stuff
So I've noticed that in order to commence in random chatter with people I always come up with negative things to talk about. So here is me talking only about positive things!:
The break was really cool. I really needed time to myself because that happens few and far between here. Also, with the inability to leave school at school and come home, school is my home! So somehow the worries never leave but thats ok because now I know. I think I am going to start meditating on my own again.
I biked to the store twice, and bought sandwiches/ buffalo wings/ and microwaveable food. The blueberry bagels I stole last week were very nice and comforting. I am so glad Alex let me borrow his bike in return for feeding his fish. Even though fish are pretty and cool to look at, I prefer cats or dogs because you can pet them and they are (mostly) free to roam around.
On monday I went to bed at 4 AM, and woke up at 4 PM. I love vacation! On Saturday I invited Bryan to hang out and watch a movie with me. He said yes, and so I spent the most of 2 hours making sure the place was super clean (it is a very clean room to my standards, and I am very proud of it!) and making myself look super clean. I told him I did not have many movies, and so he said to come over to Benilde hall to watch some of his! We watched Mr. & Mrs. Smith, which is an excellent movie I must say.
It went very well, and I think he is a really cool guy ;) He and Izzy were the only people here that I talked to. I talked to Claire, and she is still being her free-bird self off in Hawaii. And of course still getting in trouble with her mom hahaha. Emily seems to get hurt every week, thus resulting in me calling her unlucky. But she loves ND. She also has a boyfriend now who I am going to warn not to pull any funny business.
People came back and it was soooo weird. I didn't really want people back yet. Having the whole campus to myself was very "last man on earth" -y. For some reason whenever I envisioned being the last man on earth or being able to pause time, I always first went to IHOP or some such place to go eat pancakes :P mmmm
For some reason my stats grade went down, and my comp apps grade went up, so instead of having an A and a C I now have two Bs. Odd.....
In art we are making images in a circular border. This is much unknown to Western Culture, and I could definitely agree with that. For some reason my brain confuzzled and I could not come up with a good pattern. Later in my room, I did but it has some symbolism and deeper connotation to it. I also did this for my label pattern. Somehow I can't seem to like something without drawing some secret into it, or I cant like a painting until it has a made up story I like. Really really weird. I guess it's the INFJ in me...
I arrived late to swimming 30 minutes by mistake but coach saw me running so he wasn't mad; knowing I had made a mistake. I am now swimming in the fastest lane just like High School. Typical hahaha. Just John Fox and me, and he actually started talking! Its a miracle! He's actually really nice. If I had to guess though I would say he was a Rational (any thoughts Ariell?)
To break on my happy post I got some really bad news today. One of my friends back home in Cali got in trouble with the law, I won't go into detail but basically hes going to jail for a year or more for something I know he didn't do! :(:(:(
I know this because I was with him the day he is being accused of doing what never happened. All because of stereotypes. It really makes me sick that the Justice system can be so screwed up. Really makes me want to be a juror so I can see the truth with my own eyes. It is so weird being able to say I know someone who is in jail...I don't like it at all.
Anyways,
Love,
Neil
The break was really cool. I really needed time to myself because that happens few and far between here. Also, with the inability to leave school at school and come home, school is my home! So somehow the worries never leave but thats ok because now I know. I think I am going to start meditating on my own again.
I biked to the store twice, and bought sandwiches/ buffalo wings/ and microwaveable food. The blueberry bagels I stole last week were very nice and comforting. I am so glad Alex let me borrow his bike in return for feeding his fish. Even though fish are pretty and cool to look at, I prefer cats or dogs because you can pet them and they are (mostly) free to roam around.
On monday I went to bed at 4 AM, and woke up at 4 PM. I love vacation! On Saturday I invited Bryan to hang out and watch a movie with me. He said yes, and so I spent the most of 2 hours making sure the place was super clean (it is a very clean room to my standards, and I am very proud of it!) and making myself look super clean. I told him I did not have many movies, and so he said to come over to Benilde hall to watch some of his! We watched Mr. & Mrs. Smith, which is an excellent movie I must say.
It went very well, and I think he is a really cool guy ;) He and Izzy were the only people here that I talked to. I talked to Claire, and she is still being her free-bird self off in Hawaii. And of course still getting in trouble with her mom hahaha. Emily seems to get hurt every week, thus resulting in me calling her unlucky. But she loves ND. She also has a boyfriend now who I am going to warn not to pull any funny business.
People came back and it was soooo weird. I didn't really want people back yet. Having the whole campus to myself was very "last man on earth" -y. For some reason whenever I envisioned being the last man on earth or being able to pause time, I always first went to IHOP or some such place to go eat pancakes :P mmmm
For some reason my stats grade went down, and my comp apps grade went up, so instead of having an A and a C I now have two Bs. Odd.....
In art we are making images in a circular border. This is much unknown to Western Culture, and I could definitely agree with that. For some reason my brain confuzzled and I could not come up with a good pattern. Later in my room, I did but it has some symbolism and deeper connotation to it. I also did this for my label pattern. Somehow I can't seem to like something without drawing some secret into it, or I cant like a painting until it has a made up story I like. Really really weird. I guess it's the INFJ in me...
I arrived late to swimming 30 minutes by mistake but coach saw me running so he wasn't mad; knowing I had made a mistake. I am now swimming in the fastest lane just like High School. Typical hahaha. Just John Fox and me, and he actually started talking! Its a miracle! He's actually really nice. If I had to guess though I would say he was a Rational (any thoughts Ariell?)
To break on my happy post I got some really bad news today. One of my friends back home in Cali got in trouble with the law, I won't go into detail but basically hes going to jail for a year or more for something I know he didn't do! :(:(:(
I know this because I was with him the day he is being accused of doing what never happened. All because of stereotypes. It really makes me sick that the Justice system can be so screwed up. Really makes me want to be a juror so I can see the truth with my own eyes. It is so weird being able to say I know someone who is in jail...I don't like it at all.
Anyways,
Love,
Neil
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