Breakdown, Breakdown whooooaaaaoooooooo!

That's right, folks, I'm headed for a breakdown. Just like Relient K.

Did you know that it is nearly impossible to get a good nights sleep when you are worrying about what to write for class or what grad school to apply for, or what to write for your personal statement, or whether or not to job search????????????????? Yea, it's bad news bears, let me tell you.

I'm hoping life gets easier soon, because this is totally nuts and I am unable to handle it for much longer.

I miss fall break. :(

Rain is a good thing.

But this kind of wind still has me worried. Last time we had a bad wind storm (aka last summer, which wasn't even as bad as this is supposed to be) the tree in my back yard fell down. Another part bent so far onto the house we had to take it down. I'm hoping for a better outcome this time, but not really confident on that one.

Anywho, can I just say that schools that stay open, not even a two hour delay or anything, during a tornado watch are just plain unintelligent. Why in the world would you put your students in harms way if you can avoid it? And where is this happening most today? North of Grand Rapids, where the world is a field and there are barely even hills to break up the intensity of the twister. Good thinking guys! Sheesh. I hate to say that my High School is one of those that apparently doesn't have a policy in place for this type of weather situation. I vote all schools enact a policy like this, asap!

Good luck and God speed with this weather ya'll.

Peace.

Back to school, Back to school.

Soooo I am a bad scheduler and somehow managed to make an appointment to interview a woman on campus for 3pm... when my only class today ended at noon. That was stupid.

Also, the corner really needs its own cell tower so everyone can talk/ text from down here. I have full bars for internet, but absolutely no way to communicate via phone.

Yea, this post is mostly whining because I'm sad that we're done with Fall Break already. Ohhhhh well. Only 1 and 1/2 semesters left!!

I feel old

Did you know that when you displace three ribs on your back it makes the pain a LOT worse to carry your golf clubs around. Pretty awesome, huh? I probably should have considered that before carrying my clubs during our scramble today for class, but I didn't and I'm paying for it. My back KILLS. Class tonight should be interesting and fun to get through. I hope we get out early because it's almost fall break.

Yay. K Peace.

"Wild thing..." "Yes?" "You make my heart sing."

I am in a perpetual state of tiredness, boredom and impatience with school.
I still have no idea what to do with my life, but I'm meeting with the communication arts and sciences graduate program manager person at MSU next Thursday. That's exciting, let me tell you.
I have officially written my life to death.
I need a change of pace. Alaska in March is sounding fabulous.
I have to seriously step up the grad school applications.
I wonder if anyone has actual written my letter of recommendation yet?
I am being very self centered in this post.
I always am, though.
I'm going to get back to "work" now.

Peace.

Panda Puffs are awesome.

3 things:

1) Being gluten free doesn't suck so much now that I know basically everything comes in a gluten free form... even brownies, and that gluten free form is quite often delicious.

2) Fall break is in 3 and 1/2 days. :) YESSSSSS!

3) Chiropractors are your best friend, go visit one. But if they tell you they need to see you every week for the rest of your life (or twice a week) run away. That's total B.S. You do NOT need it. I promise.

Peace.

Oh P.S. Aquinas should seriously sell Peace Tea. They're like the only people in the world without that memo. Losers.

Sick

Being sick during exam week is a tradition i would like to avoid from now on.

Thanks.

Chris Laporte won ArtPrize 2010!!

I am so happy for Chris! He totally deserved it! That drawing was so technically beautiful, and the story behind it with the enhanced features and the spirit of his father was just incredible. I feel honored to have had the opportunity to talk to him about the piece and to see it up close. He is such an awesome and humble guy. I couldn't have picked a better winner myself. And Svelata was a perfect second place winner. Both pieces were amazing. Actually the 1000 and some pieces were all well done. I'm so proud of Grand Rapids for hosting such an awesome event and of the people around here who understand and appreciate the event. Even if that did make for a VERY long line at the Art Museum last night! :)

Go GR! Congrats Chris! =) You make AQ proud!

Peace.

P.S. GO BLUE!!

Thursday

I feel that Thursdays are like turning 20. There's not much said about them, except that it's almost Friday-- just like being 20 just means you're almost 21. They aren't good for much, except maybe getting in a game of golf (which I always do... until next week, anyway)-- just like being 20 is good for nothing except adding a year more to your lifespan. I feel bad for Thursdays, and being 20 for that matter. Always overlooked and underappreciated.

Anyway, I'm going to see ArtPrize tonight... finally! I'm excited to see Chris Laporte's piece up close. I interviewed him for the AQ Homepage and now will be writing  a second piece about him for The Saint, and he's an awesome guy. Very humble and fun. I hope he wins!

Peace be with you!

Wow.

I got the highest grade in my class on our Communication Theory exam... and it was only an 86%.

This is going to be a seriously intense semester!

Life's got that box of chocolates thing down!

A- Chris Laport is AWESOME. Great guy, great artist, very humble. I like him.

B- I'm stoked the Halloween season is here because hay rides and haunted mazes are incredibly fun!

C- I second guess myself and my writing way too much and I need to stop that.

D- My favorite nearly brother and sister in law are coming home in May to visit from Alaska!!

E- My back hurts worse after the chiropractor than it did before, and I hate that I went to allow that to happen.

F- Living gluten free for one day is hard. The next three months are probably going to suck. Luckily... I have panda puffs. :)

G- I really need to go see ArtPrize.

H- I need to go now and write a couple of articles for the homepage.

I- Peace

J

Things I learned today.

1) Going to the chiropractor HURTS.
2) At some point in my life, I broke my neck and never knew. (But it's cool, because it's healed now.)
3) I think being a Jackrabbit (aka student at South Dakota State University) would be awesome!
4) Regent University is a more conservative Christian school than Calvin and Cornerstone combined.
5) I broke my tailbone and never knew... I do a number on my body, I guess?
6) I obviously have an awesomely large pain tolerance.
7) I should avoid gluten because it hates me
8) If there was any food-like item I would choose to be allergic or sensitive to, it would NOT be gluten.
9) People at MSU don't call you back.
10) Even college graduates are sometimes immature.

Realization

Whenever I'm on top of the things I have to get done, the people I'm counting on are not.

Writing articles is awfully hard to do when the people you need to interview refuse to call you back.

Never do that to an interviewer of any sort. It's just not nice.

Peace.

P.S. Happy Red Flannel/ Pulaski Weekend!! =)