Happy Thanksgiving all! I hope everyone has a lovely day, even if you aren't celebrating. Mom made chocolate pie, banana pie, banana cupcakes and we made two pumpkin rolls and bought a pumpkin pie. So there will be lots of goodies today. Oh.. gotta go. Happy Thanksgiving!

Oh, shiny!

I suck at homework. I procrastinate and only work in 10-20 minute stints. It's not so good for getting homework done on time. I spent a couple hours on facebook instead of writing a speech that was due last Wednesday. But homework is pretty boring.

How adorable was Taylor Swift on the CMA's? I was so happy for her when she won entertainer of the year.

I might start Project 365 next week, on my birthday. If you don't know what that is, you take a picture of yourself, with you in it some way, everyday for a year. My cousin wanted to do it and it was only a couple weeks from our birthdays (hers is the day before mine) so we decided to start on our birthdays.

Ok, I really need to write my speech now... :(

and because I am already excited about Christmas.



♪ CHRISTMAS MUSIC SHARING MEME ♪
'Tis the season to be jolly, fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la!


Head over here to find some Christmas music and post your own.

So, I gave my speech today. I got a good grade, but I didn't realize that my title was funny until the class laughed....

I hate speeches.

Glad that's over, now I have to start my next speech. It's persuasive and I have NO clue what to write on... hmm...

I am having such a hard time with my homework. I need to write a self-introduction speech, which is possible. However, the chances of me writing something that I will then be comfortable presenting... well, that's something different. I am a very private person. I can share but I usually don't. I write in my journal, work it out in my head, or vent to my cousin. that's what works for me. Standing up in front of a group of people and talking in general usually doesn't go over well for me. Add a personal story and I don't do well! I want to do well in this class. I like the teacher. She's nice, I like the other students, they are nice enough. It does seem, though, that none of them are nervous in front of the class. which makes me feel alone in my fears. I just dislike it. I am trying though. I keep writing, then changing my mind about what I am brave enough to share. It's due Monday. I'm nervous.

This, right here, this that I am doing, is not my homework. I don't want to do my homework. It's not interesting to me and it makes me nervous. I have to pick a topic.I have to give a speech in one of my classes. A self introduction. The first topic that came to mind was my relationship with my father, but that's personal and painful and I'm not sure I could share that with a classroom full of strangers. What I'm thinking about now is giving a speech about what I want to do after I graduate. I'm studying Anthropology and I want to join the Peace Corps. Maybe after that do some work with the government? I'm still not a hundred percent on what I want to do but that doesn't so much matter because they aren't going to check on me in 5 years to see if I lied or embellished. I'm not sure how to go about writing this speech or what way to address the topic. I do not like speeches. So instead I am doing this, which is not homework.

I got my new computer today. It's an HP Touchsmart. I can write instead of type. It's entertaining to me. And it catches some pretty bad handwriting too! I'm amused with it. I'm still learning though. Glee is on. Im loving this show right now.
I have a Japanese class at school. Probably my favorite class.
Sayonara!

Fun, promise.

spnland

I've been feeling fairly nostalgic today. Yesterday morning five kids died in a car accident, they were hit by a train.

Girl in fatal train crash 'was my princess,' mom says
( So )

snagged from...captain_yavanna

WHAT MADE YOU SMILE YESTERDAY?
Tuesday? Nothing in particular but I have been in a pretty good mood this week. Renata made me laugh a bit?
( Well... )




It's been crazy hot outside these last few days, but I have been unusually chipper. Interesting thing this summer we have. I have finals next week, just did two midterms this week. We'll see.

It's hot out, we are going swimming for a bit. Then I am going back to school, I have class tonight. Business Anthropology. I like it, but finals are next week so that class is almost over. I have midterms for two of my classes this week and finals for the other two next week. I need to study.... but I'm going swimming.

I have 3 papers that I need to finish this weekend... I have done a miniscule amount of research and read about a paragraph of the article I need to read. I haven't even found the other article yet. I can not concentrate, at all. My brain does not want to function, I'm not sure what's going on with that. They are all short papers, no more than 2 pages, but I can't seem to get going on it. I should get off LJ and write but I really kind of want to go to bed.

The first week back in school was... familiar? It doesn't feel different now to sit in a classroom as it ever did. I still don't like to speak out when a teacher questions the class, I hate having to stand up and 'tell the class about myself', and I like to learn. It's the reason I put up with everything else, I like to know things, I feel accomplished when I end the day with something more than I started with. So, last week was okay. Nothing too much, nervous a lot, but nothing I couldn't survive. This week, I have a sore throat... yay... and a group project... double yay?

We went to the Hoedown on Sunday and it was a lot of fun. Kid rock came out as a surprise while the Zac Brown Band was singing, and then again while Willie Nelson was out. My little sister (15) was almost attacked by some pervs, she hid behind a recycle bin. They thought she was sexy and wanted her picture, they circled her and she freaked out. She's okay though.

I should be doing homework (a timeline on the civilization growth in Mesopotamia), but I can't concentrate. I'm tired.

Second week?

It was another beautiful Springy almost summer-like day outside today. We went to the park.

1. I threw our brand new frisbee in the river. (Kindly retrieved by a stranger with a fishing pole)

2. Sister's new kite broke because it was too windy.

3. Little sister hit herself in the eye with the frisbee and blamed big sister.

4. We were rained on for approximately 60 seconds.

It was really nice outside though, and I did enjoy getting out of the house after an interminable winter.

Today it is around 80 degrees outside. Since it was snowing a couple weeks ago, it's a big change. It's really beautiful outside.

Well, it's been a while (Christmas?) since I've posted. I'm sitting at my sister's place thinking about sewing, watching it snow outside. Why does it snow in April? Is it still Spring if it's snowing? We have interesting weather in Michigan. Alright, I am being yelled at for procrastinating. I need to get stuff done.

Just wanted to say Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays before bed. I hope everyone had a pleasant day.

I got a guitar for my birthday. My fingers officially hurt.

I went to the eye doctors and I'll have new glasses in about a week. Crystal got me a set of circular knitting needles, I'm gonna knit now. Grandma got a new puppy, it's black, so Lily and I named her Johnny Cash, they named her Susie because Johnny is not a girl name, we're just gonna call her Johnny secretly.