I've been back at school for four days now. The last two days I've been experiencing my new classes. I can say with absolute certainty that this semester will not be easy. I have problems with a couple of my classes because, well, they aren't art classes. Also because the subjects are too thinky.
For those interested:
Mondays:
Work - 8:00 am to 10:00am
Old Testament Theology - 10:10am to 11:05am
Band - 11:15am to 12:10am
Core II: Exploring Vocation - 2:30pm to 3:55pm
Tuesdays:
Drawing I - 8:00am to 10:50am
Computer Programming - 1:00pm to 2:20pm
Digital Illustration - 2:30pm to 4:00pm
Work - 6:00pm to 9:00pm
Wednesdays:
Work - 8:00 am to 10:00am
Old Testament Theology - 10:10am to 11:05am
Core II: Exploring Vocation - 2:30pm to 3:55pm
Band - 5:05pm to 6:30pm
Thursdays:
Drawing I - 8:00am to 10:50am
Computer Programming - 1:00pm to 2:20pm
Digital Illustration - 2:30pm to 4:00pm
Work - 6:00pm to 9:00pm
Fridays:
Old Testament Theology - 10:10am to 11:05am
Band - 11:15am to 12:10am
I think its probably easy to see what classes I'm not looking forward to. Old Testament Theology and Core II don't look very promising. Both involve a lot of critical thinking. I'm not a big critical thinker. It makes me feel like my brain's about to explode. Both classes have the same professor, and he gives out a unbelievable amount of reading homework, and just regular homework. Dropping Old Testament has definitely been in my thoughts, but I think I can do it. All I have to remember is no homework can take as long as 3-D Dimensional Design homework took. I would spend entire Saturdays and Sundays doing homework.
Let's not talk about those hideous classes. Computer Programming, Digital Illustration and Drawing are going to be difficult but I will definitely enjoy them way more. Band and work are just things I do, I guess.
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College: Thinking is required.
GroovyBandGeek
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Saturday, August 25, 2012
Movement
I moved back to Lakeland today,
So needless to say,
I've had a very long day.
"An Accidental Poem" by Katie LaPlaunt
I'm in my dorm room, and it feels like I never left. The last few days have been very slow because I've had nothing to do. All my things were packed, so I had no art, no knitting, no hobbies, and all I had was my MacBook. I never knew that you could get bored of being on the internet, but it happens.
Now that I'm back at school I have all these responsibilities. Before all I had to do was get up for work, then go to work, then go home, then eat, then sleep, and try to remember to breath while all that was going on. Now I need to get everything situated. I need books for all my classes. I need to reset passwords, I need to talk to the business office about work things, and just stupid adult things.
I would be looking forward to my classes a lot more if over half of them didn't sound miserable. I'm going to try to drop and add a different class just to make it less miserable (another thing to add to my responsible list.)
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I'm going to do some sleeping now,
GroovyBandGeek
So needless to say,
I've had a very long day.
"An Accidental Poem" by Katie LaPlaunt
I'm in my dorm room, and it feels like I never left. The last few days have been very slow because I've had nothing to do. All my things were packed, so I had no art, no knitting, no hobbies, and all I had was my MacBook. I never knew that you could get bored of being on the internet, but it happens.
Now that I'm back at school I have all these responsibilities. Before all I had to do was get up for work, then go to work, then go home, then eat, then sleep, and try to remember to breath while all that was going on. Now I need to get everything situated. I need books for all my classes. I need to reset passwords, I need to talk to the business office about work things, and just stupid adult things.
I would be looking forward to my classes a lot more if over half of them didn't sound miserable. I'm going to try to drop and add a different class just to make it less miserable (another thing to add to my responsible list.)
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I'm going to do some sleeping now,
GroovyBandGeek
Thursday, August 23, 2012
Acceptance
This blogging thing isn't going to happen everyday. Let's just accept that and move on.
This week has been making me think a lot about the things that happen to us in our life. And the people that we welcome into our lives. There are so many terrible people that we come in contact with, and then there are beautiful wonderful souls we have the pleasure of meeting. I think we can all learn things from both of them. Sometimes you can even learn more from the miserable people out there. You learn patience and tolerance and discover what you truly do NOT want to be. Then there are amazing inspirations that make you thrive to be a better person and always do what's right.
Sometimes you lose the best people in the world. Someone nobody could ever hate. It makes you feel helpless, and wonder how someone so great has disappeared from your life. How do I get to live when they made such a bigger impact than me? When you miss them it can hurt, but eventually the pain eases up. Then you can look back and remember all that they taught you.
Laughter is definitely the best medicine. You an act like a kid no matter what age you are. Love can be expressed in many different ways. Embrace chocolate. Always be there for someone. If you're going to make fun of someone, let it be yourself. Be selfless.
I like to believe that everything happens for a reason, because living in darkness is the only way to appreciate the light.
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Thanks, Uncle Todd.
GroovyBandGeek
This week has been making me think a lot about the things that happen to us in our life. And the people that we welcome into our lives. There are so many terrible people that we come in contact with, and then there are beautiful wonderful souls we have the pleasure of meeting. I think we can all learn things from both of them. Sometimes you can even learn more from the miserable people out there. You learn patience and tolerance and discover what you truly do NOT want to be. Then there are amazing inspirations that make you thrive to be a better person and always do what's right.
Sometimes you lose the best people in the world. Someone nobody could ever hate. It makes you feel helpless, and wonder how someone so great has disappeared from your life. How do I get to live when they made such a bigger impact than me? When you miss them it can hurt, but eventually the pain eases up. Then you can look back and remember all that they taught you.
Laughter is definitely the best medicine. You an act like a kid no matter what age you are. Love can be expressed in many different ways. Embrace chocolate. Always be there for someone. If you're going to make fun of someone, let it be yourself. Be selfless.
I like to believe that everything happens for a reason, because living in darkness is the only way to appreciate the light.
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Thanks, Uncle Todd.
GroovyBandGeek
Monday, August 20, 2012
Motivation
2:30 PM
This whole packing thing isn't working. I can't even convince myself to get up and throw my clothes into the dryer. -- I actually have to pee pretty bad too, but instead I'm just laying on the couch watching Adventure Time and Tumbling. I don't think I'll find the motivation to pack until I'm leaving the very next day.
I just want to be lazy & eat jars and jars of various foods.
I don't feel like accomplishing things right now. I know that soon school will start and I'll have homework and things to do all the time. Doing things is the worst.
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six and a half hours later
I eventually found the ambition to get up and relieve my bladder. Which lead to a chain of events. All these events involved me doing actual useful things. It was nice. It just goes to show what doing one thing can lead to. Sometimes the hardest part of accomplishing something is just getting yourself to start it. Actually, that's almost always the hardest part. In fact, right now I just talked myself out of doing artwork because I'm worried that I won't finish before I leave, or that it will be a waste of time, and because I'm lazy.
Anyways, I recently synced my iPod with my MacBook, because I don't use my PC anymore. This involved me erasing my whole iPod. I have all the music I need on my Mac, and it wouldn't really bother me so much, but I'm a bit of a crazy person. The thing that bothers me about this whole "restarting my iPod" is that I lost all my play counts.
Play counts? Who cares, Katie? Nobody cares. . . . Well, I care. My iPod and I have been together for two years. Do you have any idea how much music I listened to in two years? Do you know how accurate my "Top 25 Most Played" playlist was? Do you know how inaccurate my "Top 25 Most Played" playlist is now?
My iPod thinks I've only heard "The Remedy (I Won't Worry)" ONE TIME. EVER. My iPod can't remember all the times we've listened to any Mraz songs, and now it thinks my favorite song is "Distance" by Christina Perri. And... and... and it's not. I don't even know. I'm just really, really bothered.
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Sometimes I laugh at my own problems,
GroovyBandGeek
This whole packing thing isn't working. I can't even convince myself to get up and throw my clothes into the dryer. -- I actually have to pee pretty bad too, but instead I'm just laying on the couch watching Adventure Time and Tumbling. I don't think I'll find the motivation to pack until I'm leaving the very next day.
I just want to be lazy & eat jars and jars of various foods.
I don't feel like accomplishing things right now. I know that soon school will start and I'll have homework and things to do all the time. Doing things is the worst.
---
six and a half hours later
I eventually found the ambition to get up and relieve my bladder. Which lead to a chain of events. All these events involved me doing actual useful things. It was nice. It just goes to show what doing one thing can lead to. Sometimes the hardest part of accomplishing something is just getting yourself to start it. Actually, that's almost always the hardest part. In fact, right now I just talked myself out of doing artwork because I'm worried that I won't finish before I leave, or that it will be a waste of time, and because I'm lazy.
Anyways, I recently synced my iPod with my MacBook, because I don't use my PC anymore. This involved me erasing my whole iPod. I have all the music I need on my Mac, and it wouldn't really bother me so much, but I'm a bit of a crazy person. The thing that bothers me about this whole "restarting my iPod" is that I lost all my play counts.
Play counts? Who cares, Katie? Nobody cares. . . . Well, I care. My iPod and I have been together for two years. Do you have any idea how much music I listened to in two years? Do you know how accurate my "Top 25 Most Played" playlist was? Do you know how inaccurate my "Top 25 Most Played" playlist is now?
My iPod thinks I've only heard "The Remedy (I Won't Worry)" ONE TIME. EVER. My iPod can't remember all the times we've listened to any Mraz songs, and now it thinks my favorite song is "Distance" by Christina Perri. And... and... and it's not. I don't even know. I'm just really, really bothered.
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Sometimes I laugh at my own problems,
GroovyBandGeek
Sunday, August 19, 2012
No Alarm
The realization that I have no alarm set for tomorrow has just hit me. I'm really looking forward to sleeping in. The only plans I have for tomorrow is to begin packing for school. I'm probably going to focus on gathering my clothes & getting rid of the ones that I don't want. Otherwise, I just need to remember that Casey has Volleyball practice at 3:30.
Today was as normal as it gets. It was Sunday, so I woke up & got ready for church. I attended church, and then I went to my Grandparent's for a late lunch/early dinner. Bomps made me my favorite because I'm leaving this weekend. Ma, Casey, Gram and I ended up playing some Sequence. Mother and I won, but I have to say it wasn't very fair teams. Even though Gramma has some magical thing where she always somehow has a jack in her hand. She just doesn't know when to play them.
This past week Phyllis has been really cuddly with me. I don't know if she finally forgave me, or she knows that I'm leaving her soon. I'm going to miss my kitty. Sometimes it seems like she's the only one that depends on me, and takes me seriously. She's so easy to love & forgive. -- Believe me, I do a lot of forgiving. In fact, today I came home to find a hairball on my bed. I wasn't even upset about it (just grossed out.)
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Life has been treating me well,
GroovyBandGeek
Today was as normal as it gets. It was Sunday, so I woke up & got ready for church. I attended church, and then I went to my Grandparent's for a late lunch/early dinner. Bomps made me my favorite because I'm leaving this weekend. Ma, Casey, Gram and I ended up playing some Sequence. Mother and I won, but I have to say it wasn't very fair teams. Even though Gramma has some magical thing where she always somehow has a jack in her hand. She just doesn't know when to play them.
This past week Phyllis has been really cuddly with me. I don't know if she finally forgave me, or she knows that I'm leaving her soon. I'm going to miss my kitty. Sometimes it seems like she's the only one that depends on me, and takes me seriously. She's so easy to love & forgive. -- Believe me, I do a lot of forgiving. In fact, today I came home to find a hairball on my bed. I wasn't even upset about it (just grossed out.)
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Life has been treating me well,
GroovyBandGeek
Saturday, August 18, 2012
Going To Try This Again
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| Something I Did |
I'm going to start blogging again. Not that anyone will bother reading it. I just want to somehow document my thoughts, ideas, and the happenings in my life. Every post doesn't have to be super long. I just want something to say, "Yeah, I'm Katie & I lived that day & did things." Besides, sometimes reading my thoughts in the written word can help me see what I'm really thinking. It helps me discover what's bothering me, and sometimes even makes me realize how petty or ridiculous I'm being.
ONWARD! -- This is the first Monday of the summer that I won't have to bother with that whole "work" thing. Instead, next week I'll be packing & getting ready to go back to school next weekend. I'm definitely looking forward to going back to school. I can't wait for my art classes & to just hang with Krust again. I'm sure eventually I'll be stressing & missing my family again, but for now I'm excited.
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Trying to improve my attitude everyday,
GroovyBandGeek
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