I think that this week is going to be very stressful for me. This weekend I went home and I didn’t come back to tech until this morning so I didn’t do any of my work and I’m feeling very behind. I really hope I can catch up, but I’m not sure if it will happen.
This morning I left home at 4:30 in the morning and got back to tech around 8:30. I really should have done some work when I got back, but I was too tired so I just went to sleep until noon. I went to my two classes and now I am writing this blog to get it over with. After this I will probably try to get some other work done and then get some rest. I have been really sick the last few days and all I want to do is sleep so that is making it difficult for me to do my work. I have like a million things to do and I know it’s gonna be hard to get it all done.
Tomorrow I have two classes and as of right now I haven’t done my homework for either of them. After those two classes I will probably try to get some more work done so the end of the week won’t be so stressful. I also have a job interview for Owen’s food court tomorrow. I’m actually pretty excited about that because I really need money and two of my really good friends work there as well. I think working at Owen’s won’t be too bad because they don’t make people work more than three days a week, which is really awesome. Also the salary is pretty good and I will get a free meal with every shift I work. Hopefully I will get the job, but my friend told me that no one ever really gets rejected so I should be okay. Sometime tomorrow night I will try to go work out because I haven’t been doing it often and I need to get back into the routine.
Wednesday I only have one class and that is English. I’m very glad because I will need a lot of time to study for my Psychology exam that I have on Thursday. I will have to study a whole lot for that exam because I failed the first one and I need to do a lot better to get my grade up in the class.
Thursday I have ACIS and Psychology. I have my exam in Psychology and I really hope I do well on it. Thursday night will probably be the best part of my week because I won a student ticket to the football game and I am really excited. This is the second game I will have gone to and I hope it will be as great as the first one. My only hope is that it doesn’t rain because when I went to the Miami game it was freezing and I’d like to experience a game where it isn’t raining. Right now only one of my friends won a ticket so I’m really hoping that some more of my friends will. That way we can all go together. When I went to the Miami game I only went with one other person, so hopefully this time we can get a whole group that can go. I think the game will be really fun and I think it will help relieve some of my stress since I will be having a good time. I’m sure I will probably do something after the game with a bunch of my friends because we usually do.
Friday I only have English, but sometime I will have to go to the math empo to take a quiz. I am really dreading doing that because I suck at Calculus and I will probably do badly on it. I get really frustrated with math because I try so hard, but always do awful on quizzes. After my quiz I will be done with work for the week and I will be so happy for that.
I’m sure I’ll probably go to at least one Halloween party over the weekend. Now I just need to get a costume. I’ve looked around, but haven’t found anything I like yet. Hopefully I will soon or I won’t be anything. The good thing about the weekend is that I will be here and will be able to get some work done before next week. That’s the only thing I don’t like about going home. I always get behind because I don’t want to do work when I’m home; I want to spend time with my friends and family. I hope next week will be less stressful than this one is going to be.
Monday, October 26, 2009
Monday, October 19, 2009
Upcoming Weekend
I’m really hoping this week will go by fast because I think I’m going to take a trip home to surprise my family and friends. I go home a lot, but that’s because I love the small town environment and I love seeing my friends. In order to go home, I first have to find a ride because I don’t have a car here. One of my friends goes home almost every weekend so hopefully he’ll go home again.
I think the biggest reason I like to go home is that I have a group of friends that I’m really close too. All through high school, I pretty much hung out with most of the people a grade lower than me. Every time I go home I still hang out with them because we’re all so close. My biggest problem with college so far is that I’m not meeting very many people and so that’s probably another reason why I love going home and hanging out with my friends.
When I first get home, I’m going to hang out with my parents for a little bit. Then I’m probably going to go to my high school sometime and eat with a bunch of my friends. While I’m there I’ll go see some of my teachers and coaches from last year. That night there will be a football game so I’m going to go to that with a bunch of friends. Friday night I will probably stay at my best friend, Alex’s, house. She has a jeep so we’ll go find some mud and go mudding. Either that or we’ll go swimming. We always do something crazy whenever I come home so I already expect it to happen. Someone will probably be having a party so we’ll most likely go there as well.
Every time I stay at her house her dad will make me breakfast so I’m already looking forward to that. Breakfast usually consists of bacon, eggs, hash browns, sausage, and orange juice. After I leave Alex’s, I’m going to go to my sister, Amanda’s, apartment and visit her and her daughter, Taylor. My sister and I were very close before I left for college and I miss her like crazy. I’m excited to see Taylor too because she keeps getting smarter and smarter. She’s not even two yet, but she can talk your ears off. I can’t wait to see them both.
I’m hoping that on Saturday I can see some of the girls that were on my travel softball team. I would love to play in a tournament, but I don’t think they have one this weekend. That’s one of the things I miss the most about home. I got to play softball all year round for the last four years of my life and now I never get to play anymore. It really sucks because I have no one to play with here. I didn’t make the club team and that really made me upset because that was my chance to play all the time.
Anyways, back to what I’m doing over the weekend. Saturday evening I’m going to go to church with my family. Our church has service on Saturday evenings and Sunday mornings, but my parents prefer Saturday’s. A tradition of ours is to go out to eat after church and usually we go to a Chinese restaurant called Hunan Village. They have the best Chinese food I have ever eaten.
After that I’m probably going to go four-wheeling with a bunch of my friends. This is actually a different group of friends. My friend, Alex, always comes with me though because she’s the one that introduced it to me. We usually ride with a group of guys because neither of us actually has a 4-wheeler. I can’t wait to go riding because it’s so fun. It’ll get very messy and muddy, but that’s what makes it so fun. I’ll probably clean up after that and then go home so spend some more time with my family.
Sunday morning I will get up and eat breakfast with my parents and then just relax until it’s time to leave to come to tech. I hope the weekend goes by very slow because I love how things are at home. Things can get to chaotic here at tech and at home it’s never busy. I can’t wait to get to drive my car around in the little town of Warsaw. I’m hoping the weekend will be as great as I’m seeing it to be and hopefully it will relieve some of the stress I’m having from schoolwork.
I think the biggest reason I like to go home is that I have a group of friends that I’m really close too. All through high school, I pretty much hung out with most of the people a grade lower than me. Every time I go home I still hang out with them because we’re all so close. My biggest problem with college so far is that I’m not meeting very many people and so that’s probably another reason why I love going home and hanging out with my friends.
When I first get home, I’m going to hang out with my parents for a little bit. Then I’m probably going to go to my high school sometime and eat with a bunch of my friends. While I’m there I’ll go see some of my teachers and coaches from last year. That night there will be a football game so I’m going to go to that with a bunch of friends. Friday night I will probably stay at my best friend, Alex’s, house. She has a jeep so we’ll go find some mud and go mudding. Either that or we’ll go swimming. We always do something crazy whenever I come home so I already expect it to happen. Someone will probably be having a party so we’ll most likely go there as well.
Every time I stay at her house her dad will make me breakfast so I’m already looking forward to that. Breakfast usually consists of bacon, eggs, hash browns, sausage, and orange juice. After I leave Alex’s, I’m going to go to my sister, Amanda’s, apartment and visit her and her daughter, Taylor. My sister and I were very close before I left for college and I miss her like crazy. I’m excited to see Taylor too because she keeps getting smarter and smarter. She’s not even two yet, but she can talk your ears off. I can’t wait to see them both.
I’m hoping that on Saturday I can see some of the girls that were on my travel softball team. I would love to play in a tournament, but I don’t think they have one this weekend. That’s one of the things I miss the most about home. I got to play softball all year round for the last four years of my life and now I never get to play anymore. It really sucks because I have no one to play with here. I didn’t make the club team and that really made me upset because that was my chance to play all the time.
Anyways, back to what I’m doing over the weekend. Saturday evening I’m going to go to church with my family. Our church has service on Saturday evenings and Sunday mornings, but my parents prefer Saturday’s. A tradition of ours is to go out to eat after church and usually we go to a Chinese restaurant called Hunan Village. They have the best Chinese food I have ever eaten.
After that I’m probably going to go four-wheeling with a bunch of my friends. This is actually a different group of friends. My friend, Alex, always comes with me though because she’s the one that introduced it to me. We usually ride with a group of guys because neither of us actually has a 4-wheeler. I can’t wait to go riding because it’s so fun. It’ll get very messy and muddy, but that’s what makes it so fun. I’ll probably clean up after that and then go home so spend some more time with my family.
Sunday morning I will get up and eat breakfast with my parents and then just relax until it’s time to leave to come to tech. I hope the weekend goes by very slow because I love how things are at home. Things can get to chaotic here at tech and at home it’s never busy. I can’t wait to get to drive my car around in the little town of Warsaw. I’m hoping the weekend will be as great as I’m seeing it to be and hopefully it will relieve some of the stress I’m having from schoolwork.
Monday, October 12, 2009
Drunk Driving Continued..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyHdt_Wvn1w&NR=1
This video is also about preventing drunk drivers from being on the road. The only difference is that this video focuses on teens that are drinking and driving. It had a very emotional appeal because it shows many of the consequences that could happen. Its main audience are those that are teens or under the age of 21.
It starts off showing some children and it says that they when they were young they didn’t know any better because they didn’t have to make so many choices. As they start getting older it shows them drinking at parties and having fun with one another. It doesn’t seem so bad at first until it shows them once they get behind the wheel of a car after drinking.
One of the consequences it shows from drinking and driving is a bloody person lying outside of a car. This is emotional because it shows how someone can really be injured by a drunk driver. Another consequence it shows is a guy in handcuffs. Drinking and driving can get people in serious trouble with the law. If a person is not 21, they can get in a lot more trouble because it is against the law for them to be drinking in the first place. They probably put this in the video to show teens that they can get in serious trouble. There was another part of the video that showed someone being taken out on a stretcher. These images make you feel really sorry for the people that die or are injured in these accidents. The one image that hit me the most was a bunch of men carrying someone in a casket. That was very emotional because it was someone that died over something dumb like alcohol.
No one ever wants to live with the fact that they killed somebody else because of alcohol. The best way to prevent it is to stay off the road if you’ve been drinking. Most teens have a curfew and sometimes they feel like they have to go home or they will be grounded. If they think logically, they realize that being grounded would be better than sitting in jail or killing another person. Drinking and driving is very risky and this video did a good job in trying to prevent it.
At one point in the video it says, “Don’t become a statistic.” One statistic about drunk driving is that alcohol related car accidents kill someone every 30 minutes. Another statistic is that 40 percent of fatalities in car accidents are alcohol related. One in every four car accidents is because of teenage drunk driving. Nobody wants to be a part of these statistics and we don’t have to be. We can save ourselves and others by not driving drunk.
The music appeals to the audience as well as the images. The song is “Hurt” by Christina Aguilera. It is about someone who dies. It is a slow song and it relates to the video so it makes the video seem more emotional. The images were the most appealing thing because they show how bad things are when an drunk driving accident actually occurs. Teenagers that look at this video might think twice about driving drunk because they can see what kind of damage they might actually do.
This video is also about preventing drunk drivers from being on the road. The only difference is that this video focuses on teens that are drinking and driving. It had a very emotional appeal because it shows many of the consequences that could happen. Its main audience are those that are teens or under the age of 21.
It starts off showing some children and it says that they when they were young they didn’t know any better because they didn’t have to make so many choices. As they start getting older it shows them drinking at parties and having fun with one another. It doesn’t seem so bad at first until it shows them once they get behind the wheel of a car after drinking.
One of the consequences it shows from drinking and driving is a bloody person lying outside of a car. This is emotional because it shows how someone can really be injured by a drunk driver. Another consequence it shows is a guy in handcuffs. Drinking and driving can get people in serious trouble with the law. If a person is not 21, they can get in a lot more trouble because it is against the law for them to be drinking in the first place. They probably put this in the video to show teens that they can get in serious trouble. There was another part of the video that showed someone being taken out on a stretcher. These images make you feel really sorry for the people that die or are injured in these accidents. The one image that hit me the most was a bunch of men carrying someone in a casket. That was very emotional because it was someone that died over something dumb like alcohol.
No one ever wants to live with the fact that they killed somebody else because of alcohol. The best way to prevent it is to stay off the road if you’ve been drinking. Most teens have a curfew and sometimes they feel like they have to go home or they will be grounded. If they think logically, they realize that being grounded would be better than sitting in jail or killing another person. Drinking and driving is very risky and this video did a good job in trying to prevent it.
At one point in the video it says, “Don’t become a statistic.” One statistic about drunk driving is that alcohol related car accidents kill someone every 30 minutes. Another statistic is that 40 percent of fatalities in car accidents are alcohol related. One in every four car accidents is because of teenage drunk driving. Nobody wants to be a part of these statistics and we don’t have to be. We can save ourselves and others by not driving drunk.
The music appeals to the audience as well as the images. The song is “Hurt” by Christina Aguilera. It is about someone who dies. It is a slow song and it relates to the video so it makes the video seem more emotional. The images were the most appealing thing because they show how bad things are when an drunk driving accident actually occurs. Teenagers that look at this video might think twice about driving drunk because they can see what kind of damage they might actually do.
Stop Drunk Driving
It is quite obvious that this advertisement is telling that we shouldn’t drink and drive because it can put ourselves and others in danger. When someone has been drinking and they get behind the wheel that is just pure stupidity. This ad creates an emotional appeal because it shows that many people that survive drunken car accidents wind up injured. It makes people think twice about drinking and driving because they see what the consequences can be.
This ad’s audience is anyone who drinks alcohol. It reaches out to the audience because it shows the bad results of drinking and driving. Many people die in drunken car accidents, but those that survive most likely will have some kind of injury. It especially reaches out to those who have been in a drunken car accident because they see what could’ve happened. It shows that the driver is not only putting their lives at risk, but also the lives of all the innocent people that are driving. It’s not fair for those innocent people so this ad tries to prevent those people that do drink alcohol from getting behind the wheel after they’ve been drinking.
The ad tries to make us feel sorry for those that have been killed or injured in drunken car accidents. If we feel sorry for them, then it could stop us from driving while intoxicated. It could also cause people to stop others from driving drunk. If we know that someone is drunk, then we can’t let them drive that way because it is a huge risk. We can save lives and keep people from having to park in the handicapped spot by keeping drunk drivers off the roads.
This ad’s audience is anyone who drinks alcohol. It reaches out to the audience because it shows the bad results of drinking and driving. Many people die in drunken car accidents, but those that survive most likely will have some kind of injury. It especially reaches out to those who have been in a drunken car accident because they see what could’ve happened. It shows that the driver is not only putting their lives at risk, but also the lives of all the innocent people that are driving. It’s not fair for those innocent people so this ad tries to prevent those people that do drink alcohol from getting behind the wheel after they’ve been drinking.
The ad tries to make us feel sorry for those that have been killed or injured in drunken car accidents. If we feel sorry for them, then it could stop us from driving while intoxicated. It could also cause people to stop others from driving drunk. If we know that someone is drunk, then we can’t let them drive that way because it is a huge risk. We can save lives and keep people from having to park in the handicapped spot by keeping drunk drivers off the roads.
Sunday, October 4, 2009
Great Weekend
It was Friday morning and I was debating whether to drop Biology since it was the last day to drop classes. I talked to my cousin, roommate, and aunt about it and decided that I was going to drop it. Biology had been irritating me because I kept doing badly and I actually studied a lot for it. I felt so relieved when I hit the drop button. It only left me with twelve credits, but I wasn’t really worried about it because I came in with a bunch of credits anyways. Since I dropped it that meant I only had one class on Friday and I was so happy for that.
After English class I went back to my dorm and hung out with my roommate, Kelli, until a friend of mine, Liz, came to visit. I was so excited for Liz to get here because I hadn’t seen her in awhile. Friday night Kelli, Liz, and I decided to eat at Olive Garden and it was so delicious. Then we did some major shopping at Wal-Mart. I think I probably have enough food to last me the whole month now. While we were at Wal-Mart we got a bunch of Halloween decorations so we could decorate our room. When we got back to our room, we decorated for about an hour. We made our recycling bin into a table and we put a bowl of candy on it. This was so people could come trick or treating to our room. I’ve always been really into decorating for holidays. Liz was staying at a hotel so when she left Kelli and I went to sleep. At this point, it was around 3:30 in the morning so we were exhausted.
Saturday morning we woke up at 10:00 and we already knew it was going to be a busy day. We had a lot of plans and I wasn’t sure if we’d be able to get around to everything. When Liz came to campus we first went to the farmers market and I wasn’t too thrilled with that. We found a flyer about an apple festival at the Smithfield Plantation so we went over to that. It didn’t seem like much of a festival, but we made it fun. Kelli and I churned apple butter and got to take a picture with a militia man. When we left the apple festival it was about 12:45, so that’s when we went over to Ancient Art Tattoo.
I had been planning on getting another tattoo; I just wasn’t sure when I was going to get it. Liz and Kelli wanted to watch me get it done so I thought it was a good time to do it. My first tattoo hadn’t hurt too badly, except for the color because that was right on my spine. It was a cross with a heart in the middle and it had my father’s initials above it. I was standing the tattoo shop and I gave the artist the design that I found. He redrew it because he said he doesn’t like to copy what someone else did. I loved his new design. He was telling me all the colors he thought would look good and I agreed so then I went and laid down on the chair while he got his equipment ready. I was getting it on the front of my hip and I knew it was going to hurt because people had told me it did. He started drilling on me and it hurt pretty badly at first, but once I relaxed it didn’t hurt as much. Originally he told me it was going to take about an hour, but I laid there for over two hours. I liked my artist because he made sure I was alright and he was really funny. He kept telling me I was taking it like a champ and then he was joking with one of the other guys and said, “I’m just going to keep drilling on her until she tells me to F off.” Since I had been there well over an hour, I was actually starting to think I might tell him that. The tattoo was almost finished and then all of a sudden I had to use the bathroom very badly. He kept leaning right on my bladder and I couldn’t hold it anymore so I had to get up and go. When he finally finished I got to stand up and look at it. I absolutely loved it. It is a bird and the tail of it is heart shaped. It also has a peace sign above it. I thought it was great and it really made my day.
Since we had been in the tattoo place for about three hours, we then went and ate lunch at Moe’s. It was the first time I had been there and I didn’t like it that much. After lunch we went back to our dorm and hung out for awhile. Then we showed Liz around campus because she had never been here before. When it was dinner time we went to Macado’s and it was really good. Liz dropped us off and went to her hotel after dinner and then I went out with my friend, Brittany. I got back at around 1:30 and went to sleep.
We all decided to sleep in this morning since we had been out and about since Friday afternoon. It was a lazy day for us because we couldn’t get ourselves motivated to do anything. We did finally go out to eat at Buffalo Wild Wings. My meal wasn’t too great, but that’s partly because I’m sick and don’t have much of an appetite for anything. Liz wanted to go buy some gifts for people so we went to the book store to do so. She had a four hour drive back home so she left after that. I was glad she came down because I had a lot of fun with her and Kelli. The best part for me was getting my tattoo, but I was really glad I got to see Liz too.
After English class I went back to my dorm and hung out with my roommate, Kelli, until a friend of mine, Liz, came to visit. I was so excited for Liz to get here because I hadn’t seen her in awhile. Friday night Kelli, Liz, and I decided to eat at Olive Garden and it was so delicious. Then we did some major shopping at Wal-Mart. I think I probably have enough food to last me the whole month now. While we were at Wal-Mart we got a bunch of Halloween decorations so we could decorate our room. When we got back to our room, we decorated for about an hour. We made our recycling bin into a table and we put a bowl of candy on it. This was so people could come trick or treating to our room. I’ve always been really into decorating for holidays. Liz was staying at a hotel so when she left Kelli and I went to sleep. At this point, it was around 3:30 in the morning so we were exhausted.
Saturday morning we woke up at 10:00 and we already knew it was going to be a busy day. We had a lot of plans and I wasn’t sure if we’d be able to get around to everything. When Liz came to campus we first went to the farmers market and I wasn’t too thrilled with that. We found a flyer about an apple festival at the Smithfield Plantation so we went over to that. It didn’t seem like much of a festival, but we made it fun. Kelli and I churned apple butter and got to take a picture with a militia man. When we left the apple festival it was about 12:45, so that’s when we went over to Ancient Art Tattoo.
I had been planning on getting another tattoo; I just wasn’t sure when I was going to get it. Liz and Kelli wanted to watch me get it done so I thought it was a good time to do it. My first tattoo hadn’t hurt too badly, except for the color because that was right on my spine. It was a cross with a heart in the middle and it had my father’s initials above it. I was standing the tattoo shop and I gave the artist the design that I found. He redrew it because he said he doesn’t like to copy what someone else did. I loved his new design. He was telling me all the colors he thought would look good and I agreed so then I went and laid down on the chair while he got his equipment ready. I was getting it on the front of my hip and I knew it was going to hurt because people had told me it did. He started drilling on me and it hurt pretty badly at first, but once I relaxed it didn’t hurt as much. Originally he told me it was going to take about an hour, but I laid there for over two hours. I liked my artist because he made sure I was alright and he was really funny. He kept telling me I was taking it like a champ and then he was joking with one of the other guys and said, “I’m just going to keep drilling on her until she tells me to F off.” Since I had been there well over an hour, I was actually starting to think I might tell him that. The tattoo was almost finished and then all of a sudden I had to use the bathroom very badly. He kept leaning right on my bladder and I couldn’t hold it anymore so I had to get up and go. When he finally finished I got to stand up and look at it. I absolutely loved it. It is a bird and the tail of it is heart shaped. It also has a peace sign above it. I thought it was great and it really made my day.
Since we had been in the tattoo place for about three hours, we then went and ate lunch at Moe’s. It was the first time I had been there and I didn’t like it that much. After lunch we went back to our dorm and hung out for awhile. Then we showed Liz around campus because she had never been here before. When it was dinner time we went to Macado’s and it was really good. Liz dropped us off and went to her hotel after dinner and then I went out with my friend, Brittany. I got back at around 1:30 and went to sleep.
We all decided to sleep in this morning since we had been out and about since Friday afternoon. It was a lazy day for us because we couldn’t get ourselves motivated to do anything. We did finally go out to eat at Buffalo Wild Wings. My meal wasn’t too great, but that’s partly because I’m sick and don’t have much of an appetite for anything. Liz wanted to go buy some gifts for people so we went to the book store to do so. She had a four hour drive back home so she left after that. I was glad she came down because I had a lot of fun with her and Kelli. The best part for me was getting my tattoo, but I was really glad I got to see Liz too.
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