There's Nothing Like Home

"There's nothing like home." I miss Chicago so much I never thought that I would miss it this much. I was in a rush to live that I forgot where I was heading to wich is this town called Waverly. It's so lame. It's small, country and prejudice. I'm use to my big city with build, talll builds and lots of people walking. I can't do the one thing I love to do when I'm bored, and believe me I'm definitely bored, which is going shopping. Waverly doesn't have any good clothing stores and the stores they do have are in long distance, about 30 minutes away. I don't have transportation. Sometimes when I see a old white person or little white kids they just stare at me like they've never seen a black person before. It's rude and disrespectful and I don't like it one bit. Some of the white people in Waverly walking pass me give out fake smiles and hello's. If you don't want to speak then why waste your breath? Believe me you're not hurting or offending me because I really don't care, so keep it walking and save you're fake smile for somebody else. I'm definitely not use to living in this kind of envirnment. I feel uncomfortable and unwanted. I'm thinking about finshing my freshmen year off here at Wartburg, then start off fresh in Chicago. I think it's better. That way everyone black and white, get all the they want. I don't like it here and it's crazy cause I thought that Wartburg was the place for me. I thought that if I went to a small college in a small town I will be able to stay focus. Be able to accomplish something, but I was wrong. I guess that's want I get for thinking and trying to leave my past behind. It's okay, I'm going to make it!  

Roommate Number 2

I think I've found a solution on the issue with my roommate, but I think this solution just might cause another problem. Two friends of mine are having problems living with one another. They were friends before they came to Wartburg, but I just met both of them here at Wartburg. Anyway the two girls are constantly fighting and arguing and feel their friendship will last no longer only if they move out and live in separate rooms. They are living in the lounge on Vollmer basement floor. Today, both girls found out that they're moving into normal dorm rooms and will be living separatly. This was very good news for both girls. Here where I come in. One of the girls don't feel comfortable to live with her new roommate and ask me if I would like to move in with her instead. Her roommate would then move next door with another girl and they both seem okay with this little arrangement. My the problem with this situatio is that I'm afraid if my friend and I move in together our relationship will fail just has Bria and Crystal's relationship was heading down. I don't know how to talk to my friends because I don't want her to think that I'm changing my mind because I don't want to live with her, but that's definitely not the issue. Me and Crystal get alone real well, but that just might change once we start living with each other. This is just too complicated for me!

I hate my roommate!!!!!!!!

One of the difficult issues I'm going through here at Wartburg College is with my roommate. She is such a big. She never takes out her trash, her hair is all over the room and on top of all that she's a gay.  Her name is Karly with a K. She doesn't take out her trash until the stuff is falling out of the trash can and sometimes even when that happens I'm the one taking out her trash because she's just to lazy to do it. I am a very clean and organized person and she'e the opposite. I hate when  she comes into our rrom and throws her things on the floor and just eat in sit her fat butt in front of the television. If you ask me she could be use some exercising. I understand that when a person does his own hair that piece of hairs are going to fall onto the floor, but that doesn't mean that they should just leave it there. That's disgusting. I hate walking around in our room mwith pieces of my roommates hair all over the bottom of my sock or house shoes. On top of that karly likes girls. I know that I shouldn't judge her, but having sex with the same sex is a sin and that she's a sinner. I makes my skin crawl just listening to her skype her girlfriend. It makes me disgusted when she asks me if her girlfriend can spend the night in our dorm room so disgust that I've don't even spend any time in my dorm room. All I do is sleep in my dorm room. I do my homework, watch tv, and etc in my friends dorm room. It's crazy how I can't even feel comfortable in my own dorm room.  It makes me mad and if something doesn't change I am goin go snap. I don't like my roommate.

Equality

Todays, reading assignement really had me thinking and I didn't know how else to express my thoughts but by writing it down through a blog. My reading assignment was on Daniel Cheever "Women's Progress:A Simple Solution". It's on Daniel's thoughts on the subject of how women are being treated in society and in their own homes by their husbands. Society says women and men aren't and shouldn't be equal in the workforce. Even if a woman appeared more qualified for the job or position than a man: the man would definitely get  the job because it looks right which it's right. Women and men should be given the same amount of opportunity in the workforce. It shouldn't be based on gender. At home women are taking care of the children while their husbands sit already and do little. When two people get married they become partners and are equal to one other so at home women and men should be having an equal amount of responsibilities when it comes to housework and taking car of the kids. Come on! It's 2011 and society still hasn't change it's values on equality for men and women. We as women are tired of fighting for equality, but don't dare to give up. We are strong and dedicated to making a differnece in society. It's time for more men to get over themselves and face the fact that women are just as capable of getting the job done than men. Some of us are more capable than men. Some of us can and will get the job done better than a man. Get over yourself men!!!!!

 When is outfly? "Outfly is Monday...NOOO outfly is wednesday...well, I heard outfly is Thursday", response by three Wartburg students. Everybody got their own perspectives of when they believe outfly is, but none of them are really sure about it. They're just going by what somebody else said or told them. I know for sure that outfly is this week. I jus don't know what day it's going to fall on. I hope outfly is tomorrow so that I want hace to attend my 7:45 psychology class. That's a really early class. I hate Tuesdays and Thursday! I really  feel like I need a brake. A brake from school and outfly would really do that. I just want to sleep. My body is swore and I'm really tired. I think if i just get some kind of rest/sleep in tomorrow; next week I will be more focus. I should be focus now, but my body needs some rest. It's weak and swore. Outfly please be tomorrow! 

Fatty Freshman Not So Fat!

I can't say that I am one of those freshman dealing with the freshman 15 process, but a friend of mine believe's she has become an statistic for freshman 15. She is very dramatic with this so called experience. Every five mintues she is commenting on how fat she think she is or how much weight she has gained. See, I definitely don't believe that my friend is any where near over weight/fat, but she tends to think otherwise. You can't tell her anything, she knows everything. I  have noticed that she is eating a lot of food during meal times and continues to have a lot of plates at our table, almost all is unhealthy for her. That still doesn't mean anything. I just see it as the girl just like to eat, but she isn't fat. I don't get why people assume just because they're gaining a few pounds that they're fat or over weight. It really doesn't make since. If you think you're fat then start exercising and make right choices at lunch, instead of talking and complaining about it all the time to your friends. I am sick of hearing about freshman 15 from girl's who are not even fat. I am trying to gain weight while other girl's are trying to lose weight. I realize that everyone has their own opinion about what is fat and what is not, but believe me if I could gain a few pounds I definitely would try whatever it takes, legally, but I can't my body tends to burn off the fat,instead of trying to keep the fat on. Freshman 15 is pretty common, but it's definitely avoidable for college students.

Career Fair

Today, I am planning on attending the major career fair at around 12:00 pm. I have this up coming reflection paper about four different major I am interested in learning more about, which goes along with the career fair. I am kind of a little nervous about this paper because I really don't have four differeent major I am interested in; I only have about two. The other two major are just something I am not interested in but is opened to learn more about. The hard part about this project is that I have a hard time writing about subjects I am not interested in. The paragraphs usually are shorter then the ones I am interested in and that's because when I have something I actually like, I tend to have more to say plus more interesting topics to discuss in that papers. But now that I have to write an reflection paper on four major's, I glad that I have the opportunity to go to this career fair because I'm sure they will have something useful for me to talk about in my paper on the major's I am not so intereested in, which are Fitnee Management and Accounting.

Where Am I Now?

I am a little past the beginning of my starting point. This is a starting point to making the best out of this great opportunity called liberal education. What is liberal education? While an liberal education can be define in many different ways depending on the value of the subject that's being describe. But, at Wartburg College, they define a liberal education as preparing for the future, which means developing strength in the mind and self-thinking strategies, while being able to explore variety of things in college as while as in your major courses. A liberal art school prepares their students to be able to recognize the old knowledge from the new knowledge. We learn to become good writers, readers, researchers, and problem solvers. If that's not a good way to learn then I don't know what way would be. I'm happy I chose Wartburg, or maybe Wartburg chose me, because by this decision I know I will be prepared for the real world and everything that comes with it.

An unexaming life is NOT worth living

What do you think about this quote? Today, in IS class this quote really had me thinking, thinging about a lot. It had me thinking about the reason for me coming to college and how my response is similar to many different people, especially those people who have came from some bad, unstable environments. Everyone has a reason for wanting to go to college, but what makes their response different from the next person? Well, if you really think about it, their all the same; whether the reasonings are money, better jobs, my parents made me and to be better then your parents. Either way the situations all come down to the same reasonings. I don't want my response to be the same nor similar to everybody else. I want my response to be unique in it's own way. I want my response to mean something and have the next person thinking, "wow this gilr really knows what she wants in life". I don't want to exam my life, better yet I want to create my own life. I have to take this opportunity, at Wartburg College, in use my time to figure out what it is exactly that I came here for, and what it is that I want to do with my life. I'm leaving my past behind, living in the present but seeking for the future!

Sometimes When It Doesn't Fit You Have To Let It Go!

This is starting to become a very stressful school year at Wartburg College. The work is hard and it seems to be taking up a lot of my time; and on top of that ,I have to let go a very special event in my life, which is basketball. See, I've been playing basketball since I was in 4th grade. I've played during my school years and as well as the summer. I can't even remember a time; I haven't spent my time running up and down a court. I love basketball and everything about it. I love the struggle of playing against some of the most athletic girl's. I love the fact that it takes teamwork and dedication to win the game. I love the enthustism; that comes along with the sport. Basketball means a lot to me. I've been living in some of the worst environments, and basketball has kept me out of a lot of trouble. But I was so dedicated to playing basketball, that I wouldn't allow anything nor anyone try to influence me into doing something that could've prevented me from playing the sport that I love, basketball. This year, I 've decided that for the first time, since 4th grade, I'm not going to be playing ball because it's not fitting in with my responsiblities. My school work and paying off my school fees are my most important goals, at this moment. I don't like it, but it's something I'm definitely going to have to make sacrifices for. I guess basketball will be on hold til I feel I can manage my time for it, my school work and working. Reality is really starting to hit me now!

You Don't Understand

You don't understand that I don't believe this is for me anymore.
You don't understand the stress I'm feeling everyday
The white spaces surrounding me walks around with so much pride
No stress, no pain, just living through life with no worries.
I on the other hand go through each day with a fact that i just want
to give up, I wonder if I'm going to be able to make it another day
You don't understand, that I have never felt this way before and
It's taking a hold of me
What do I do
Where do I go
 What will I say
They will not understand
You don't understand that I am going through a difficult stage
But I won't show my face!

Don't Judge A Book By It's Cover

Last week, in IS class we started watching Jurassic Park. My first impression on the movie was really bad. I almost fell asleep trying to watch it. I thought it was the most stupid and uninteresting movie I've ever been force to watch. At the end of class, I had know idea what was going on, I couldn't even stay focus long enough to even watch the movie. My mind just kept wondering off, in every direction literally. But, today in IS class I had a more positive impression on the movie Jurassic. I was able to get more into the movie, when the dinosaurs started attacking people (when the actions began). I guess since I was interested in what was accuring in the movie, today I was able to stay focus long enough to kind of have an idea on what the purpose of the movie might be. I was defiinitely able to understand what was happening and why. I still am not a big fan of the movie Jurassic Park, but I will say that today part of the movie had my mouth open almost through the whole class period. Very shocking I would say!

How Could You

I am very angry and sad all at once about what happened to me last night.  Late last night I decided to that it was time for me to wash my cloths, so I took my cloths down to the basement floor of Vollmer. I was in a rush and had a lot of stuff in my hands. I just wanted to hurry up washing and go to bed; but let me say that this was my first time washing my own cloths, so you can picture how I was. There was about 4 other girls doing their laundry as well. Anyway, I had a lot of items in my hands so I set aside a 10 dollar roll of quarters on top of a dryer, so that I could put my cloths in the washer machine. When i finished putting my cloths in the wash, I turned to pick up the roll of quarters (so that I could put them in the wash) nothing was there, neither were the four other girls, but I didn't realize that right away. I started looking around trying not to think the worst but it was obvious that somebody stole my quarters. I am very angry and disappointed. If I wanted somebody to take what was mine away from me I would've stay in Chicago, real talk!!!!