Last day of classes as a freshman…

… Is done! 

I haven’t written in this blog in awhile- I guess I just haven’t felt the need too ( I tend to update my facebook much more now). And I am a little sad that I didn’t write about all the fun things that happened lol. But there’s not much I can do about that now.

I think I’m doing really good in all my classes (of course, I could be wrong about that)- I really think I have mostly all A’s in everything. I had my last Anatomy and Physiology II lab exam two weeks ago and got a 90%! So yay! My cumulative average for A&P II Lab is an 89%! So that’s pretty good. I had my third lecture exam last night, so I’m not sure how I did with that, but otherwise I’m pretty good in A&PII- I might actually get that A that I want so badly… I’m thinking I should email my advisor as well about declaring my major- since I’ll actually have grades after this semester. 

I’ve sold most of my books back, still have one more that I’m not sure what to do with… I’m thinking I might sell it on eBay or something…. 

The New York City Trip for the school was last Saturday ! Emily slept over on Friday and then again on Saturday! EPICNESS! I didn’t really buy all that much actually (shocker!)- two scarfs… and I bought food. That’s about it lol. Oh, and a pair of Sunglasses!

(Myself modeling my new RED AVIATOR SUNGLASSES (kickass!!) and one of the new scarfs!

… Yep, definitely had fun! 

Anndddddddddd since I didn’t spend that much money (I definitely spent under $100), I still have some leftover to buy THE SIMS THREE!!!!!!!!!! wooooooooooooooooooo!!! Since I’ve gotten some many back from selling my books and I’ve already gotten one book (free! from a friend) and am getting another for a very good price, I’m not too worried about buying books next semester. (Sadly, fucking chemistry book we need is the brand new edition and I don’t want to fucking buy it- because I won’t be able to get it used- when I’ve already had chemistry before and I’ll never use the thing to begin with!).. But other than Chem everything isn’t that bad.

But that was mostly what I was going to save my work study money for, and nowwww I can use it for SIMS!! Weeeeeeeeee!! I need to buy the game and more memory for my computer.. I don’t know if I should buy two 1 Gb memory chips or two 2 GB memory chips- I’m thinking I might as well buy the two 2 GBs, even if it is more, because then I’ll be set. Sooo It’ll cost me around $100 for the gave and the memory- which I’m okay with. I’ll need something to do over the summer with limited internet access.

So anywho, all my classes are over. I have my take home gender studies final due tomorrow, and my College Writing take home final due on Friday, along with my Prob & Stat final on Friday as well. Then on monday I have my A&PII final around 5 PM (AND HOUSE FINALE!!! OMGGGGGGGGG!!!!!) and then I’m staying overnight and my mom is getting me the next day. I’ve pretty much got everything already packed up and put away.

I really can’t believe my freshman year is coming to an end. I feel like I have come so far from the shy girl I was at Bloomsburg to the much more confident (though still not completely there yet) woman that I want to be. Being here has helped me to understand myself and my beliefs better, and understand the world around me more. I’ve learned so much and will be sad to leave. Not to mention all the friends I’ve made. Going from 3 people I talk to to at least 10 best friends is such a change. I’m really going to miss everyone.

Well, I think that is all for now. Tomorrow I’m going to take pictures of my gender studies project, which I will post online in the near future. My roommate is also taking me and a few other girls to see Wolverine (woo!) tomorrow, and I’m going to buy Benjamin Button! Because I <3 that movie!

Tata for now~

 

I iz alive

wow, it’s been about a billion years (a month) since I updated this blog. I apologize (not that there is, yaknow, more than 5 people that probably read it anyway), I just lost track of time with it.

So anywho… Schools going good. Got my midterm grades a week or so ago- I have A’s in Anatomy & Physiology II, College Writing, and Prob and Stat. I have an A- in Sociology, a B in Gender studies and a B+ in A&P lab (which is half of A&PII). So I’m doing pretty good. And that lab exam that I had about a month ago that I was freaking out about? I got an 89% on it- much better than the epic failing that I thought I would do. I also got an 83% on my first soc exam, which isn’t great, but compared to everyone else’s grades (most people got 40s-60s) it’s pretty good. I also just had my second prob and stat test Wednesday, and got it back today- got a 100% yay! I also did my presentation in A&PII, and while I wasn’t the best presenter or whatevs, I think we did okay. She said we did a good job when we were leaving, so I feel pretty good about it. And it’s over with, so YAY! lol.

Next week I’ve got my second Sociology exam on Tuesday, and my second A&PII exam on Wednesday. Which sucks, but whatevs. I didn’t really study too much for my Sociology exam because I had other things to worry about and I did pretty well, so I think I’ll be okay. Plus, I pay attention in his class- my professor is awesome. He’s like the ultimate hippie, and he just rocks. Very wisdom-y and such lol.

andddddd- on Sunday Cristina and I are going to the Baltimore Aquarium!! YAY!! lol I was there when I was like in 8th grade- so I’m excited to go again lol. I’ll take lots of pictures of fishies to put up here.

hmm.. what else? I feel like an idiot for not emailing my advisor earlier about scheduling- I sent her an email last night and I hope everything will be okay. It was just one of those things I new I had to do but lost track of time and it’s already time to pick classes on Monday. So, I hope it isn’t a big deal. We’ll see. 

I’m also currently addicted to a Savage Garden song. We listened to songs in Gender Studies, like actually listening to the lyrics and what they were saying. My professor played this song (when I heard Savage Garden I thought of the song “I Knew I loved You” LOL- I love that cheezy song) and It was sooo good! So I bought it on iTunes. It’s called “Two Beds and a Coffee Machine”- Look it up, it’s amazing. I couldn’t find an official music video for it, but here is a shorter, live version of the song.

Well, since everyone else is posting pretty pictures on their blogs, I guess I’ll do it too. While I like all the neat pictures everyone else puts up, I feel like doing something different- I’m going to upload old vintage photographs. I absolutely love looking at old pictures, they make you feel normal. The people don’t look like plastic. No body’s airbrushed the shit out them. And I like that. It’s nice to see. I feel like photographs should capture reality in a moment, and I feel like airbrushing destroys that realness. (Now, some of the women are wearing corsets that are probably not very comfortable, so it’s not perfect)… So yeah.

Okay, that’s all for now… Hopefully I’ll get around to updating sometime this century lol.

 

Feeling really tired.

I don’t know why, but I just feel really exhausted all of a sudden… Since this afternoon. I just feel like I want to sleep and do nothing else. I went to get dinner before I had to work (where I’m at now).. And I just wasn’t hungry at all. I got a small salad (basically lettuce on a plate with some grapes and cauliflower, dressing is nasty ) andddd a rice krispy. Like, I just didn’t want any food to eat. It was weird. I just feel kinda out of it…

Well, in any case, the general bulk of my work is done. I had my final draft of my global warming paper handed in today, on Wednesday I took my Anatomy & Physiology II test, and Thursday I had my sociology test.

Now all I have to freak out about it my A&P II lab test, which is on Tuesday. I’m so nervous, but I also kind of feel like I don’t even care anymore. Or maybe I’m just feeling depressed. I dunno… I feel like I don’t have the energy to worry about it. 

But I will be spending a whole hell of my weekend studying for it. I have to. I can’t get a bad grade on this, and I’ve heard it’s a very, very, very hard test. I know I talked about it before, but I’m still just really nervous.

So, to do this weekend:

- Study A&P II lab
- Math homework
- Read the Hours and start response paper
-  Answer questions for College Writing

So I do actually have quite a bit of work to do- hopefully it won’t be too bad. My mom might come up this weekend, we’ll see.

I’m just so tired of doing so much. I feel overloaded. I wish this could be my break weekend, but it won’t be with the studying I have to do. Hopefully next weekend will have that honor- though I need to start working- I’d like to finish- my A&P research paper- the portion I have to write… Not really looking forward to that, but I’d rather suffer with that next weekend and have it done with.

Soooo yeah, major busy this weekend. College seems like a cycle that never ends.

So, for some enjoyment, I am posting some Benjamin Button Quotes, because that movie is amazing and I love it. And I need some pick me ups. Because lately I’ve been on the philosophical side of thinking about life and all that serious stuff and I love these quotes <3.

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“You never know what’s coming for you” 

“We are defined by opportunities, even the ones we miss” 

“You can be as mad as a mad dog at the way things went, you can curse the fates, but when it comes to the end, you have to let go.” 

“Life can only be understood looking backward. It must be lived forward.”

“You never know what’s coming for you.”

“It’s a funny thing coming home. Nothing changes. Everything looks the same, feels the same, even smells the same. You realize what’s changed, is you.”

“I want to remember us, just as we are now.”

For what it’s worth, it’s never too late, or in my case too early, to be whoever you want to be. There’s no time limit… start whenever you want… you can change or stay the same. There are no rules to this thing. We can make the best or the worst of it. I hope you make the best of it. I hope you see things that stop you. I hope you feel things that you never felt before. I hope you meet people with a different point of view. I hope you live a life that you’re proud of and if you find that you’re not, I hope you have the strength to start all over again.
-Benjamin Button

“We were meant to lose people. How else would we know how important they are?”

“Have I ever told you I’ve been struck by lightning seven times?”

“Along the way you bump into people who make a dent on your life. Some people get struck by lightning. Some are born to sit by a river. Some have an ear for music. Some are artists. Some swim the English Channel. Some know buttons. Some know Shakespeare. Some are mothers. And some people can dance.”

 

 

<3

That is all for now. I swear sometime this millennium I will get around to commenting on other blogs….

Life’s just too busy.

 

Sersly. Freaking. Out.

Okay, I just have to ask for some inspiration. Both my IRL friends know about this, but I think I need hope in written format (lol)…

I have a major major test next Tuesday (Feb 24) and I am really worried I’m going to do badly. I have been told by everyone that this is one of the hardest tests ever. It’s Anatomy and Physiology II Lab exam. It take all 2 hours and 50 minutes to finish. There are like 50 questions, each with 5 parts to them. It’s very detailed and you need to know everything. I. Am. Freaking. Out.

I feel horrible about it because I hear people saying how they make flashcards and study whenever they get a chance- it just makes me feel like I’m a horrible student. I haven’t studied for it yet. I pay attention in class and in lab, I write down notes and highlight things. But I haven’t sat down and studied it. Yesterday I spent two hours drawing the heart and artery circulation

(some of my valiant efforts here)

Okay, heart Circulation:

Superior & Inferior Vena Cava, Coronary Sinus, Ant. Cardiac

-> Right Atrium -> Right Atrioventricular (Tricuspid) Valve -> Right Ventricle – > Pulmonary Semilunar valve

-> Pulmonary Trunk -> L & R Pulmonary arteries -> Lungs -> L & R Pulmonary Veins -> Left Atrium 

-> Left Atrioventricular (Mitrol) Valve -> Left Ventricle -> Aortic Semilunar Valve -> Aorta -> Ascending Aorta -> Arch

-> Where ever need to go

and these two (above and below) are Arteriole circulation – upper and lower.

At least I can use my love of drawing to a purpose I guess… It does help to study.

…..

 

So yeah, it’s a lot of information. Plus the Endocrine System, and a few other chapters…. Not to mention I didn’t even get around to drawing the veins… 

I really don’t know how I’m going to do it… I really do not want to fail. I’m sad that right now I’m just aiming to pass… Apparently this teacher is crazy (one teacher makes up all the lab tests- I don’t have her as my teacher though)… We have to know all this circulation stuff cold. All of it. Every vein and artery pathway and the blood, lungs, heart, fetal, hepatic…. all of it. I think I’m going to die from the stress of it… *sigh*

Maybe this will teach me to start studying right away? I dunno… I mean, I studied last semester at my other college, but it was usually for the week before the test, and I did well. But I’m starting to realize that that might not work well with this lab exam. For the next two I may need to start studying right off the bat.

.. It just sucks that lab is HALF my total A&P grade… I don’t feel too bad about lecture. I have my first lecture exam Wednesday (now I should be studying for that too…) but it doesn’t seem near as bad as lab. I have a different teacher (than the crazy one) for lecture, and she seems nice, and the information isn’t too much. It might be easier than last semester at my other college (I guess lab more than makes up for it then)… I still need to study for it, but I don’t feel as hopeless with that.

I also have my first Sociology exam Thursday. I love that class, and I actually enjoy reading the textbook. Sadly I have heard his tests are impossible as well… Which sucks. Plus, I don’t know when I am going to find time to study with all this Anatomy stuff to do. Not to mention I have a paper due on Friday for our College Writing Class, and my response for Gender Studies due Wednesday… There’s just so much to do. I need to start working on my A&P Research assignment too.

I don’t know how I’m going to handle it all. I need advice/inspiration/you-can-do-it-speech. Pretty please.

In other news, my family is coming up for linner? lol we are going around 2 pm. And Nikki and I went to see The Vagina Monologues Friday night- it was amazing. I am going to go every year I loved it so much. All joking aside, it was very powerful and it was such an experience to be in an environment where girls were talking about themselves. down there. You don’t get to do that often. It’s one of those taboo things. And it was just amazing to hear an openness about it, that it isn’t wrong. Plus, some of the stories were funny, some were sad, and some hopeful. Plus, it’s all for a great cause. 

Well… hopefully all this stress will go away and I’ll get a clear head soon… Hopefully. 

(and I am sorry for not commenting on anyone else’s blog… as you can see, I am busy freaking out.. I’m going to try to soon, because I feel bad about it)

 

Dreams…

wow, I just had a great/sucky dream. 

The sucky part I had Anatomy & Physiology tests and got them back and I had two Ds and a C and I started crying and getting upset and I couldn’t believe it. So that sucked.

But the fun part was I had some magical power or something and there were two hot guys. But that was a dream in my dream, and then I actually met one of them and said something like “well, I’m open if you’re ever free” or something… and then he gave me his number on some yellow flashcard. I said “omg, you actually want to give me your number?” and then he kissed me. It was awesome. And then I went to Emily’s house (because we were in Hamburg) and Becky was following me!

LOL weirdest dream in awhile. God it just sucked though once I realized it was a dream… I was like nooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! And then I thought “damn my dream boyfriend was awesome” and then my mind ventured to wishing there was a real dudeez like that. lol. But oh well. For now my dream will do. Damn wind waking me up…. I wanted to see where the dream would go…

Mkay, so in other, more normal news.

I’m writing my Sociology response right now, have class at 1 pm – 2:15 pm. Fun. I seriously love that class- I guess I’m weird for actually enjoying listening to him talk about the ‘mystics’ and ‘metaphysics’ or something, to just let my mind wonder. And learn about Sociology, which I love too (just like I really enjoyed Anthropology).

Probability & Statistics test tomorrow. Anatomy and Physiology II test next Wednesday. Sociology test next Thursday. Anatomy and Physiology lab exam 1 on Feb 24 (I am SOOO not looking forward to that…).

This weekend: Study A&P, lab, and Sociology. Lots of studying to catch up on. Thank god yesterday is over with, that was stressful! At least I got to watch The Swan Princess with Nikki and my roommate- lol. Then my roommate and I watched the Digimon Movie- because we are cool like that. And Cristina was watching with us too. lol. Fun times fun times.

Okay, well, that’s all for now. Hopefully soon I can do my blog check up and actually leave comments (sorry Nikki and Emuhlee).. Watching Interview with the Vampire later today – WOOT!

 

OMG A CAT!

Because I am a horrible procrastinator I feel like posting some cat videos.

Okay, so that’s enough cat videos lol.

Sooo school’s going pretty well. I’m a little worried about all the work that I have to do (it doesn’t help that I’m procrastinating majorly right now)… I’m mostly behind in A&P with reading the book (I’ve got one chapter down, 3 to go…blegh), and I’m worried I’ll fall behind in Writing and Gender Studies.. Right now in Writing we are watching An Inconvenient Truth. I’ve never seen it before so I find it really interesting.

In other news I am completely obsessed with Apple Juice. Why is a mystery, how is through a straw. (… wasn’t that poetic?)

Right now for Gender Studies I am reading Virginia Woolf’s “A Room of One’s Own” and I’m am enjoying it. I wasn’t sure how I’d feel about it- the subject matter is obviously interesting to me, but I find classic novels hard to read. Just trying to understand and follow the words can be difficult because of the way it is written. But I’m actually enjoying it. There are many quotes I could… well, quote from the book because I just love the way it is written. It makes me want to try and write something as amazing. Who knows what I’ll do… For now I just need to concentrate on catching up. I blame myself for going home this weekend (and subsequently getting nothing done).

I’ve my first test on Friday in Probability and Statistics- we’ll see how it goes.. First A&P II exam is next Wednesday, and Soc next Thursday… Sooooo we’ll see how that goes.

In other other news, on Friday Nikki and I are planning to go see The Vagina Monologues! I’ve been wanting to see this for awhile now, and I’m psyched! lol (I liked the peace signs on the V in that picture lol)… So I’m looking foreword to that on Friday.

Earlier today I interviewed my Sociology teacher for my College Writing class (about Global Warming)… I totally love this professor- he’s awesome lol! His office has friggin Hippie beads on the door. AWESOME lol. And his one wall has shelves filled with tacky stuff that students give him. So we talked for like 40 minutes while I got my answers to questions. But the guys is awesome, I should’ve told him I want to be a hippie when I grow up LOL! And I wish my hair was as awesome as his lol. (okay, Nikki’s probably the only person who knows what the heck I’m talking about lol)… But anywho, now I have all my responses for my questions and can start working.. I need to find research too… blargh. Well, at least I have the interviews done.

I guess I’ll stop now, since I really should be getting some work done.. blargh.. I’ve got A&P from 5:30-6:45, then House is on at 8pm and then My roommate, Nikki, and I are watching Thumbelina lol. WOOT FOR FUN! lol

Lizzie outie~

 

Superbowwwwwwl

lol, best commercial of the night.

YAY FOR THE STEELERS! !! lol.

Soo, as I am talking about here, the Superbowl was last night… I had to work 6-8 so I miss the first half of the game. But then Nikki and I went to another girls room and the six of us played Uno and then followed by Bullshit. LOL- Nikki knows how to play now We have to play it again, because it was so much fun.

Plus, they also made awesomely yummy mini hamburgers. 

yum~ (they were Girl Scout Thin Mints with little coconut shreds for lettuce, yellow icing for cheese, and vanilla wafers for buns). Those things were amazing lol.

hmm.. Other news? Well, I’m still feeling very overwhelmed- got a lot to do and stuff. Have an Anatomy & Physiology quiz later today, I need to read my Gender Studies packet and write a 2-3 page response, I need to read ahead for A&P lab… blegh, and a few other things… So yeah, just blegh. And today I have a meeting with my advisor, so we’ll see how that goes.

And I suppose that’s all.

 

Back at school today…

UGH!! WTH??? I totally had a whole post typed up and it “failed to post” and now I’m really pissed off and don’t want to retype it. FUCK YOU WORDPRESS !!

blargh.. Sorry Emily, I actually tried, and then it screws me over. blargh.

Well, anyway, look at this awesome video, because it’s awesome. After watching it five times I am still in ‘wow’ mode.

 

First few days at my new school!

Okay, so again, I need to apologize for my lack of posting! I am really sorry. Now that I am back at school though I should be posting more often since I now have TEH INTERNETZ!!!

So I moved in Sunday and everything went smoothly! Nikki and I went to Target and got things. lol it took us forever to find bed risers, and when I found them I was like “OMG MOM I. FOUND. THEM!!! BED RISERS!!” Followed by me jumping up and down lol. And I also found new lime green sheets (awesome) for $8 since I needed new ones. My room is awesome! I have so so much more space here than I did before- it’s great! Seriously, it feels like a palace compared to me old shitty room. My new roommate (not plural lol!) is really nice and we get along great! She is also into anime and manga and drawing!! So everything really worked out well. Plus, she told me that she goes home weekends so I’ll also have some alone time if I want it- which will be nice.

The campus here is so beautiful! It snowed all day yesterday and I couldn’t stop being amazed at how pretty it was. Everyone I’ve met here so far is really nice and friendly. Like, two people actually asked me if I wanted to have lunch with them. TWO PEOPLE! That never happened at Bloomsburg. So it’s a little weird how people actually want to hang out with me lol.

So yesterday was my first day of classes- I had Prob & Stat, College Writing, and Anatomy & Physiology II. Today I had Sociology, and have A&P Lab at 7 PM-10 PM (blegh)… I’m feeling a little overwhelmed by all the work that it looks like I’m going to have to do. I mean, before all I really had to do was study, and not much else. Now I have to write papers and do presentations and all this other stuff. Blegh on that. But I know I need to get over that fear, and the only way to do that is for professors to force you to do those projects and presentations lol. But all my teachers seems pretty awesome, so that’s good.

I am a little freaked that for Sociology we have to facilitate a classroom discussion for 50 minutes- and I choose the first one that’s a week from Thursday. I’m so fucking nervous about it! I don’t know how the hell to facilitate a class! If anyone has any good ideas, let me know… The first discussion is “Is third world immigration a threat to America’s way of life?”.. I really have no idea how I’m going to do this… We’re in a group of like 7 people, but it’s still nervie making. I just keep reminding myself that the worse case is that I suck horribly and I get a bad grade- it’s only worth 10% of the final grade anyway, and the professor said that even a group that did something weird and not what he wanted got an 80%, so hopefully I’ll be okay. But again, any ideas on how to facilitate a classroom discussion- let me know!

I also got a free mug and falcon plushie when I went to transfer orientation- yay!

This weekend I’m going to go around with my new camera and take loads and loads of pictures of my room, the campus, etc. and I’ll post them up here ASAP!

And I’m sorry for being such a leech Nikki

 

o.m.g.

Okay, so I just have to say that my dad and I just got back from seeing The Curious Case of Benjamin Button… and I totally cried… a lot. I walk out of the theater looking like my cat had just died- the people waiting and getting food and stuff probably thought I was crazy… It was a great movie. UBER GREAT! Even my dad (the critic) loved it. I’d have to rank it pretty high myself. Soooo definitely go see it! And bring some tissues, because you will need them (unless, as my dad said, if he hadn’t been trained to be a man and not have man tears he would’ve cried too….yeah…)

Soo other things done today: Went to Cedar Crest! yay! I got my textbooks that I bought from the store… though now I am confused because I don’t have an Anatomy Textbook… I put in my A&P class on the website, but no textbook came up.. It used to, because I remember seeing a 180 some dollar book come up, but then it stopped showing up. Soo now I’m really confused, and alittle annoyed that I still need to add another $180 to my already $500 textbook bill. But I figured I would wait until the first day of classes to find out, and then I’ll go back to the store and buy it if I need to. I would email the professor but I tried to email her about a different book and haven’t heard back yet sooo I dunno… I’m thinking I’ll just wait, since it’s only like a week or so till I go back.

And now I just have to wait until my three books I ordered off Amazon get here, hopefully it’ll be soon… but I’ve got most of my books now and they are ready so that’s good.

I can’t believe it’s almost time to go to school!! I’m still feeling excited and nervous… I’m hoping it will be what I want it to be. I’m worried I’m going to think it will be like a miracle house and it will be perfect and I don’t know that anything can live up to that lol.. Either way, I guess I’ll see… I’m tired of waiting!

Seriously, I can’t get over how good that movie was… GO SEE IT! lol…

Off to go grocery shopping- todeloo!