it has been exactly one year today since we landed in paris. i can't believe it's been a year. on this day after taking 45 minutes to find our hotel we gave ourselves a 1 hour nap, then I went to Passion Paris, and then we went to the Eiffel tower. oh, i miss these things so much.
"the only thing we have to fear is fear itself." FDR
"what are fears but voices airy? Whispering harm where harm is not." Wordsworth
I beg to differ.
Shelly and I went to sea world last Friday after all of my classes were over. She had high hopes of conquering her fears by riding one of the two rollarcoasters there. I just wanted to see whales, dolphins and sharks. I thought about riding the coaster with her, possibly even the one with loops if she chose that one.
See, I don't like coasters that go upside down, I just don't enjoy it. Granted, I have only ridden one that went upside down, but I took from that that I didn't like them. I love regular coasters, well regular as in Disney rides which I have learned that those are wimpy. Even so I was willing to ride one with shelly.
We chose the Steel Eel. The one without loops and twists, before getting on it I had little fear. A little nervous, but not afraid. This rollarcoaster had little turns, but a lot of hills. The first drop was 15 stories. 15.
-oh my gosh. This drop was the most horrible feeling I've ever had. And the rest was just a blur of pain, up and down it went, over and over. I mean seriously, I felt like I was suffocating. Every time we went down a hill I would lose my breath and stomach and when we went up a hill I was being choked by both of them. I think that's what a panic attack might feel like. When I could breath I was wheezying and/or throwing up air. The steel eel dangled the breath of life in front of my face and yanked it away once I could feel it.
Needless to say, shelly faced her fear and got pwned, and I was blindly introduced to a new fear.
I am wimpy.
Embrace your fears, they are there to protect you.
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for my last small group meeting last monday we planned to go to the south congress bridge and see the infamous austin bats. there are about 1.5 million bats living under the bridge in austin, and every night for the spring and summer they take flight at dusk all at once, well sort of. they are not that time efficient, they came in one long strip which they outlasted our 15 minute watch. it was strange to say the least, i always wish some sort of freak accident will happen where we will get really close to a bat. but it didn't.
this actually makes me sad having to say goodbye to a small group that i just got to know. i really loved the group. i don't know how i will find as good of a group when i am at west ga. it sucks when you finally meet people that you like and then you leave.
[from left to right] jenny, josh, kirk, me, stephanie.
i passed my department exam! which is a relief, it means it don't have to analyze short stories ever again (hopefully). my final grade for that class is an A!
i got my book review back and received a B, which is fine, whatever. all i have left is two tests and one real final and then i am done.
i don't gave much to say, i've got a lot of work to do. but summer is almost here and i'll blog more then.
whoa! it's the last day of beda! i'm actually surprised that it was this easy. the hardest part though was coming up with something blog worthy to talk about. but now my commitment is over, which makes me happy.
speaking of commitment, i only have 2 weeks of school left. 2 weeks left of my first year of college, that really blows my mind. i go back to atlanta for good in 3 weeks, which is sort of sad and sort of not. i wanted so badly after christmas to go back to atlanta. being at a community college made it extremely hard to make friends and i had no college group to go to. now that i finally have a small group and my teachers gave me group projects, i have people i like. but i've made my plan and it feels/felt like a good plan. i'm going to west ga, i'm going to a normal college where i'll feel that "college" experience, mostly i'll like living close to things and it will be easier to meet people. i'm going to a college with a degree that i want and i've made a plan connected to that degree that i'm sure will change again and again. but at least it's a plan.
we'll talk about all this gushy goodbyes the last week i'm here, my point is my freshman year of college is over. and i can't believe it. i took my department exam, which was the hardest paper i have ever had to write, and then i have one take home final and the other two are regular tests. ahh, i am done with english composition! done! well, that is assuming i passed my exam. i never have to analyze a short story ever again, that's a relief!
i'll blog soon, i promise.
--update--
whoops. i need to acknowledge my beda buddies! i started beda because of maureen johnson. and she set up a way to get encouragement from fellow beda-ers. she gave each of us 3 beda buddies to go around and comment and whatever on each others blogs. and i've really enjoyed reading and commenting everyone else's blogs. they really kept me motivated with the comments.
laura, valarie and joey. it has been fun, and i'll continue to read your blogs.
i hate that packaged cookie dough never comes out the way it looks in the picture. i mean seriously, shouldn't someone file a lawsuit on false advertisement? just look at the package...
now look at the end product....
these cookies have got nothing on my chewy chocolate chip cookies.
that's all i've got today. sorry. but i've only got 1 day left for beda! i'm taking my department exam tomorrow, i'm sort of nervous. i'm going to take a nap now.
i really can't think of anything to blog about today.
here's a confession though.
i have said that i've gotten distracted and have procrastinated with school work. well the main reason is because once i do get on my computer to write a paper or something i always end up clicking that firefox button and surf the web. there are so many things you can do on the internet to pass the time, it's amazing.
but mostly i've been going to hulu. hulu is compiled of all the tv shows you would ever want to watch, and movies. what i have actually been doing for the past few months is watching buffy the vampire slayer. i use to watch buffy on fx before and after school during middle school, that was like 6 years ago. my mom and i watched the whole series, but i didn't remember much of it. so i started from the beginning on hulu. i vaguely remembered the story line, but not how everything happened. and i realized that this show is like one of the best shows ever made, truly one of my favorites, up there with gilmore girls. unfortunately they only have 3 out of 7 seasons on hulu, and i've finished them all. but they also have one season of angel which is a spin off the 3rd season of buffy, so i've watched that whole season. it's not as good as buffy, but it is entertaining. i finished it last night. i'm so bummed that there aren't more, i'll have to wait till the summer so i can netflix them. so that's what i've been doing with my time. haha.
i know why i like buffy so much, it's because the characters on there are not stupid. in most shows it takes an hour to put 2 and 2 together. but for buffy she gets it so quickly, someone says he's at the supermarket, she immediately understands why he's there. no lollygagging (lols). ahh, i love quick people.
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