Yum

I’m eating really good beef jerky! I bet it’s unhealthy even though it says on the bag that it’s high in protein and low in fat. I paid 6 dollars for it so I’m going to eat it. Anyway, I have two exams tomorrow and I should study but Hanna is in my room now. I don’t like to study if I’m with Hanna but I can blog. I signed up for classes yesterday and I’ve switched classes about 8 times already because I don’t know what to take! I don’t want an 8 am class because I want to sleep. The only class I really want to take is conditioning because I get to run and then I won’t get fat!!! That’s always good. Otherwise, I want to take easy, fun classes but honestly, not one of those classes sounds fun to me. I am just a dull person with no interests. I don’t even know why I took biology when it is a hard course for people with majors in that field. I don’t have a major! College just isn’t for me, but it has helped me in some ways; I don’t spend so much money since I’m here and I always have something to do which is studying even though I prefer not to. Oh, yesterday, I bought a “homeless” guy 5 cookies. I think they’re pretty brave for putting themselves in that position because it must be tough not to shower or to sleep on a bed in a warm room. So so sad. I hope I find something else to do after I drop out of college because I don’t want to be homeless!!

 

Wow!

It’s beeeeaaautiful out!! I hope it is like this every single day. I would never want to leave this place. If only, right?! Well, I just got back from running; it felt so good because I think the weather is perfect for running outside so everyone should just drop what they’re doing and go running around campus. I am looking forward to Thanksgiving break! I think it starts on a Wednesday but I can leave Monday after class since I don’t have any classes on Tuesday. Exciting I know! We’re already signing up for spring classes next week. I sign up on Monday at 5 and I think I’ll probably get some of the classes I want but not all because I chose some easy classes. I like taking the easy way out because I’m lazy. I actually want to go running again because I need to burn some calories. Today I had fried food for lunch. I don’t really like running but I think it’s good for me because then I don’t become obese. It’s easier to avoid obesity than to overcome it. So, farewell!

 

Hi Tuesday!

Well, today is Tuesday! I signed up for my j term class yesterday and I was sad because I didn’t get my first two choices. I signed up at 10 last night so I wasn’t surprised. I wanted to take the horror film one or knitting because they sounded cool. And perhaps, they sounded easy?! I ended up taking Communicating Food, though. I guess I’m ok with that because I love food! I eat food every day so I suppose it would be interesting to go deeper and talk in-depth about food and such. Also, it’s only one class during that time so I’m excited!! My birthday is on January 25th so it will be during j term and having just one class sounds spectacular! Anyway, I had a really good weekend; I love Halloween!! I was Rocky’s Girl, not his wife in the movie, but I guess I was a girl version of Rocky Balboa? So I had a boxer costume and of course the gloves! The gloves were soft though so when I hit people that night, it didn’t hurt them…I hope. But I really like Rocky! If I were a boy I would want to be exactly like him. I’m going home on Friday! I love going home. One day, I may never come back!

 

HellO!

Well, I had a WONDERFUL break. I loved being at home. I wish I could stay home forever. I had an in-depth conversation with my mother and she gave me permission to drop out of college after the first year!!! She said that I just have to find SOMETHING to do and not be a lazy bum. I think I can handle that! I really missed showers at home and using nice, clean toilets. My mom is obsessed with air fresheners so my bathrooms smell delicious! Here, they always stink horribly and it makes me sad. I really am thankful for the custodians!! Oh, what a depressing loss for the Vikings on Sunday! I think I might have cried because I was so devastated. We only needed one yard for a touchdown and our attempts failed! Favre disappointed me, but I still like him a lot. I really cannot wait to watch them kill the Packers next week!! Next weekend is going to be big since it’s Halloween also, so it should be a lot of fun! Hopefully noo homework for the weekend.

 

!!!

I cannot wait to go home this weekend! I might forget to come back…on Wednesday? That’s odd. My brother is coming to pick me up on Friday with my car! He has been driving it and that makes me nervous because we’re all pretty bad drivers and this is my fifth car! I just want to make it last for more than 6 months. I will be the happiest person ever on Friday at 2:20 PM after I finish all 3 exams. I was sad because 4 days ago I started to study for my English exam and I accidentally left my book and notebook at the caf, and someone must have stolen it or thrown it away because it’s not in the lost and found. I searched everywhere for it and asked everyone but no one knows where it is. People are so silly; who would want my notebook and an English book?! My notebook included notes for three of my classes. I didn’t even take good notes so it wasn’t worth taking. What a bummer. Anyway, I look forward to going home and being able to see free movies again!

 

Boo

Like many people who blogged, I am also sick! I have a really gross cough and my head always feels like it’s going to explode. It doesn’t help that I have to think about having 3 exams next Friday again!! Honestly, I did want to get sick because then I would get to go home! I would love for my mother to come and get me ASAP! However, I know I will fall really behind and not do well on those exams. I realized that it’s foolish of me to want to get sick just so I have an excuse to go home. I could be deathly ill! My best friend won’t even eat lunch with me because he has a very weak immune system and he doesn’t want to catch whatever I have. Perhaps, getting sick is not worth it after all. I can handle the coughing and such but I would hate to fall behind in my classes. I managed to climb down from my bed and blog though. We have a long weekend next weekend anyway so I’ll get to go home then. So now that I’m sick, what do I do?! Oh boy, I’m going to go eat 25 cans of soup and hopefully I’ll feel better.

 

Yay nobel conference!!

I really like not having classes on Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday! I wish it were like this every week. I’m not sure why I’m up right now though. I normally sleep in until noon or later. Well, I watched the first lecture of Nobel Conference yesterday when Rajendra Pachauri spoke about climate change and global peace. I thought it was really interesting because he presented a lot of evidence and information to emphasize the fact that if we don’t act now, there would be conflict along with deception of peace. It is a serious matter as he said that climate change would impact basic needs like the access to resources and food, stable health conditions, and security of settlements. In addition, he talked about how water availability will be affected for consumption, agriculture, and energy generation because of changes in precipitation patterns, glaciers melting causing decreasing water flow, and increasing salinity of groundwater. Water stress at low latitudes means losses of productivity for both rain-fed and irrigated agriculture. Certainly, water scarcity plays an essential role in creating conditions of social desperation and discontent. Over 260 river basins are shared by two or more countries so competition for water already plays a central role in international conflicts. I agree with him that we must do something to tackle this problem. He suggested that we should eat less meat, especially red meat. It takes a lot of water to produce meat so it would be better for the planet if we changed our diet. Besides, it would be healthier for us! At the end of his speech, I thought he added a lot of insight when he added a quote by Ghandi: “Be the change you want to see in the world.”

 

Yikes

I don’t think I would be able to step back and watch these kids struggle without lending them a hand. I understand that as a journalist, like Sonja Nazario was obligated to observe and expose the real story. However, I would not have the heart to watch a little boy struggle when I could easily help him. The pictures that she showed us were really touching. There were kids who had lost their legs and there were some with no arms. That is just devastating; these young children go through so much just to reunite with their parents who had left them. Many people think they’re crazy for doing it, and they tell them to go home and that they’re going to die, but the children don’t let that stop them. Also I think it took Sonja Nazario a lot of courage to retrace Enrique’s tracks because she had to go through some of the danger he had gone through. She mentioned that a thug tried to grab her and she had nightmares about being beaten, robbed, and raped. I am not that brave!! It was nice hearing from her and I understood a lot of what she was talking about because I actually read the book! Yay I have my exams tomorrow oh no goodbye forever.

 

Blah

I knew college would be stressful, but I haven’t faced anything so difficult that I couldn’t handle. However, I just found out that I have three exams next Wednesday! This fts class is the only class that I don’t have an exam in and I am so thankful. Nevertheless, I am bummed about Wednesday. I really want to do well on the exams so I know I have to study hardcore, especially for psych and bio. My bio exam will be the hardest for sure! My sister who goes to Carleton said having three exams on the same day wasn’t allowed there. I wish that was the case here, but I guess I will just suck it up because there is no way out of it. I didn’t even want to go to college to begin with; my mother made me and told me that she would kick me out of the house if I didn’t go. She’s nuts because I know she needs me. Anyway, I didn’t want her to hate me so here I am! I hope she visits me soon so she can bring me hot dogs and then take me home with her.

 

Eeeeeeek

I saw my mama today! Hanna let me use her car and I am so thankful because anyone who knows me would never allow me to situate myself in the driver’s seat. I’ve been involved in many car accidents where I am at fault for most of them. Indeed, I informed Hanna of these facts and I’ve had five cars also so I highly appreciate Hanna for being so kind and for taking a risk today!! =) Even though I didn’t spend much time at home, I was able to do laundry and to grab some food. I was ecstatic when mother gave me a bag of grapes! My roomie and I love to freeze our grapes; frozen grapes are delicious! I was home for only two hours because I had to be be back here before it got dark since Hanna’s car has a broken headlight; I didn’t want to get pulled over because I’ve had enough of that. Surprisingly, a few changes have been made at home even though I’ve been gone for less than two weeks! My mom was on a treadmill and she has never ran before; it was so weird! I’m irritated by the construction around here. I hope it ends tomorrow.

Thanks again Hanna. You are wonderful!