Most recent edit on 2005-12-11 22:54:13 by StarrySkies

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December 11, 2005
So this is it. My final blog. I don't know if I should be happy or sad. It is kinda nice to have one semester done but sad at the same time that one of the best years of my life is halfway over.
Advice for future students: This is a fun class. Relax and have a good time. Don't be afraid to speak in class and voice your opinions that is what makes it interseting. Although Andrew is a cool teacher, work hard on your papers and don't put them off to the last moment becuase he is a hard grader. Also use the peer evalutions because they help and don't be afraid to visit Andrew in his office hours because he is helpful also.

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December 8, 2005
Well today was completely useless. I was feeling sick so I came home to take a nap and didn't wake up till 11! What a waste. Luckily I have no homework due tomorrow but I still hate the fact that I wasted an entire afternoon...grrr. In one week I will be home. I am extremely exctied. I really really am ready to fo home. I miss my family so much. And I will have no schoolwork! Hopefully this week will go superfast!

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December 6, 2005
I procrastinate too much. I will do basicall anything so I don't have to do my homework. I spent 20 minutes online looking for a Bible verse and yet I cannot finish my rough draft for this class. And I have this damn game Snood. I need to delete it cause I waste way too much time on it. Well back to finish some work before I go to bed goodnight!

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December 5, 2005
I feel like there isn't enough time for me to do everything I want to. I have an exam this week and then two finals next week plus this paper. It doesn't sound like a lot and it isn't but for me it is. I have a lot of trouble concentrating on work that I have to do. And on top of that just really want to go home. Only two more weeks!

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December 4, 2005
SO starting tomorrow is our last week of classes....our last week! I can't believe it. This is so crazy. I actually don't want this semester to end. It means I am one semester closer to graduating. I'm not ready to think about that quite yet. Also this means finals and papers and this week is going to be hell with all of the work....I am not excitied for that. I hope everyone did what I did and made their last free weekend here there best!

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December 1, 2005
I can't believ it is already December. Where did this year go? It has defiently been a good year so far. I have had so many great experiences in college. I am really excited because it is supposed to snow tomorrow. It really is beginning to seem like the Christmas season. And I cab barely believe it but I am going to be home in 2 weeks! 2 Weeks!! I just got back form thnaksgivign break. Even weirder is that my classes will be over. In high school my classes always lasted all year and now they are over after a semster. I get to start all over again after break.This is way different.

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Edited on 2005-11-30 20:04:03 by StarrySkies

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November 30, 3005
Has anyone seen Rent? I'm gonna be honest at first I didn't like it that much. But the more I think about it the more I seem ot like it. I absolutely loved the character Angel. He (or she) was amazing. He was my favorite character. It is a very raw musical. It think it shows the honest reality of drugs, life, etc. But I don't know. I jsut really like it. Yeah thats about it. This blog (liek most of mine) is kinda pointless.

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Edited on 2005-11-29 21:43:00 by StarrySkies

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November 29, 2005
Lane, Charles. “Kennedy Reversal Swings Court Against Juvenile Death Penalty.” The Washington Post. 7 March 2005. 8 November 2005. < http://proquest.umo.com/>∞.

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Edited on 2005-11-21 23:10:33 by StarrySkies

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Novemeber 21, 2005
I am going home tomorrow. Yay! I can't wait. I saw the Harry Potter movie tonight. Not as good as the book but still good. If you are passionate about Harry Potter you should defiently see it. One thing that bothers me is Dumbledore. I love him in the books but I hate him in the movies. Classes tomorrow will be relietively easy and then I am home. Finally! I need this break so bad.

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November 17, 2005
www.prisonpolicy.org/.../ graphs/juveniles.jpg
This image relates tot my topic because it shows the racial difference of imprisoned juveniles. Racism is still relevent in today' s scoiety and is not something that jsut exsist in the past. The fact that there are twice as many African-American juveniles in prison then white juveniles may have to deal with racism and inequality. Since they are placed in an adult prison they must have been tried as adults. I need to learn why so many more African-Americna juveniles were tried as adults then white juveniles and use it to support my arguement.

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November 16,2005
So I cleaned my room today. I am very porud of myself. I wnet out and found a broom and everything. See my friend (and the person I plan on rooming with next year) is a neat freak. And the look on her face when she saw my room forced me to clean it. I better get used to it anyway since we will be roomates next year. My roomate is also moving into her sorority dorm next semester so I will probably get a new roomate from supplemental housing. I must admit I am kind of nervous about getting a new roomate. I really don't want to go through the whole thing of having a unkown person in my room. I hope we click.

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November 15, 2005
AHHH! I hate my seminar class. Okay not the class itself but the professor. He drives me and all of my classmate insane. We had a n essay due and I recieved a C on what I believed to be a well written paper. He agreed that it was well written but he did not believe my topic was effective as some other topics. When before I wrote the paper I dicussed my topic to avoid this promblem (because he tends to be "my opinion is right and yours is wrong" kind of person) and he said my topic sounded wonderful. I'll admit I had some grammer mistakes but those obviously did not cause my C because he said it was well written. Many other of my classmates were upset with their grades so today in class we had a discussion abou tit with him. The whole class and him. Many students commentedon how they recieve better grades in their English papers. He asked how many people in the class recieve better grades on their essays in English then they did on this essat and almost the entire class raised their hands. And he said "Not to criticize your other teachers but maybe they should review your previous essays sentence by sentence to see if you recieved the grades you deserved." So Andrew after you are finished reading this and you feel compelled to review my essays and read grade them go ahead. Because obviously I didn't deserve the grades you gave me!

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November 14, 2005
This is gonna sound ridiculous but I hatemy geography class because it is really hard. Whenever I say that peopel ar elike "Geography can't be that hard." But it is. It is Climatology, which my advisor of FTCAP recommended me to take for my major (secondary ed.:social studies). There are only two freshman in the class and me and another girl who is a meterology major. Everyone else has supposedly have had som history in climates because he uses terms I have never heard of and yet he expects us to know them. And the labs are ridiculously hard. I spent two hours onmy lab tonight and answered 3 questions. I have an exam tomorrow and I have been studying for a week and I am not prepared at all. The one thing that really upsets me is that is it isn't required for my major at all. The geography required is Geography 20 which is so much easier. I am so confused why my advisor even had me schedule this class. I told her I didn't know anything at all about climates yet she thought I would do fine. Why didn't she just give me the class required for my major?

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Edited on 2005-11-10 00:54:53 by Squad514

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You didn’t offend me, and I know I’m ONE BIG A$# HOLE at times . . . We all are some times. As for your friend that was ashamed of his girlfriend, just think, maybe he’ll enter a two or three year ‘dry period’ in the girlfriend department and she was probably to good for him anyway. - Squad514

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November 9, 2005
I am so congested right now and I don't know why. I have never gotten sick so much before college. I guess living in close quarters with so many people makes it a lot easier to catch germs. 13 days until Thanksgiving! I can't wait to go home! I miss my family and home so much. I don't feel like it is the Thanksgiving season yet. I am used to my house being all decorated and my mom making plans about what she is going ot cook. And practing for the Christmas Parade in marching band. I guess since i am going to be living here for the next four years I should get used to it.

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November 8, 2005
I have come to the conclusion that the majority of men are assholes(sorry to any males that I have just ooffended). I have male friends and some of the things they tell me just piss me off! My one friend broke with his girlfriend because he was ashamed of her because she wasn't as pretty as some of his friends girlfriends. Another friend just told me that he is confused. Why? Because he has been cheatong on his girlfriend because she is so far away (they go to two different colleges). And he expects me to have sympathy for him? Oh and this is a big one. One guy I know just ended a relationship with his girlfriend because "she was bad in bed". I'm sorry did he ever considered that maybe she wasn't as experienced at him. It makes me so angry! To be fair girls aren't angels either. I know that. I've done my share of asshole things but come on now!

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November 7, 2005
Today is one of those days were I don't have a lot of homework but I don't want to do it so it is taking awhile. I hate days like today. I can procrastinate so much. Anyway Iwould liek to mention that I hate the way classes are scheduled here. My school didn't offer AP classes so I had to chance to earn AP credits. So I can't schedule until the 12th where as my friends who have AP credits got to schedule earlier. So all the classes I want and need are filling up. I am basically being punished for soemthing that isn't my fault, I think it is ridiculous. I sure other people disagree and think it is a fair way to schedule classes but I hate that every other day I have the choose new classes to take because so many classes are filling up.

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November 3, 2005
Well thsi afternnon I finally go to relax because basically all my work was due today. I didn't clean my room like I planned because I ended up napping for the majority of the afternnon. I am so behind on sleep. I hate my Education Seminar class. The teacher is a different view when it comes to class discussions. He will ask a question, in which the answer is obviuosly an opinion but if your opinion doesn't agree with his then he ignores you and will keep asking the wuestion until someone's opinion does agree with his. I have stopped participating in class because it is so ridiculous. Also today we had like an 8 page paper due and it was only worth 20 points. Yeah, I was really mad about how much time i had to spend on something that was worth so little.

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November 1, 2005
Wow! When did it become November? October flew by so fast! Unfortunatley so is this week. Why am I upset abotu the week going fast? Because I have a ton of stuff to do and if the week was goign slow I would feel liek I would have more time to get it done. I am so exhausted but sleep doesn't look ike part of my shcedule tonight. But after Thursday I am done with everythng, well except for the final draft in this class. So the first I ma going to do Thursday afternoon is clean my room. Weird huh? But there is something relaxing about cleaning my room and it i sso messy I can't stand it anymore but I don't have time to clean it. Well I have get back to studying. (yuck)

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Ocotber 30,2005
On Friday we watched the Simpsons. The only satire I really noticed was the one that made fun of The Shining. It imitated the blood coming from the elevator and the line that goes "Here's Johnny" but other then those I did not see any simialrities because I have never seen The Shining. Th eone thing I foudn funny was the at the caretaker called it "The Shinning" instead of "The Shining" because of copyright laws. Another exampel of satire was at the beginning when Marge said that maybe young children should nto watch the show because of how scary it was. While in reality it was not scary at all. The show was making fun of itself.

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October 27,2005
Does anyone hear lsiten to The Clarks. I started listening to them over the summer when a friend told me to and I absolutely love them! They are just a good sounding band. I'll admit I dont' listen to all there songs or am a die-hard fan but I still love them.

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Ocotber 25, 2005
So as you allknow it snow today. I love snow. Well today I do. I can gaurantee if it is still snowing a few days fromnow I will hate it. And then I will love it again. I go back and forth like that. Yeah. I am sick today. I actually have a fever. Ugh...I feel like crap. I should be in bed but I couldn't sleep for some reason so I'm not. Well at least I know I don't have mono. Anyway if I don't feel better soon I am going to the infrimary. My roomate was sick and they gave her some medicine and within like two days hse got better. I think that is pretty cool. Its nice to know some services are useful here. I'm just mad becuase I go the Trojan virus that is going around and the only way I have been able to find to fix it is ResCom and they want to wipe my hard drive and I really don't wan tthat to happen.

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Ocotber 24, 2005
Ijust finished reading "The Red Wheelbarrow" for abotu the 20th time and have finally decided that it is a poem. It has verses. The first and seventh line has the same amount of syallbules. Alos the second line of evry verse is one word long. So it does follow a bit of a pattern. While reading this poem I get a picture of a farmyard with a red wheelbarrow leaning up agains a shed with a puddle of water in it. Mayve a few chickens walking around. It gives me also a sense of statisfaction. Maybe because, especially this time of year with all the falling leaves, this picture (minus the chickens) was common at my home. Numerous days I could look outside to see a red wheelbarrow leanign against a shed. There is some kind of comfort in this normality and I think William Carlos Williams expresses it in this poem.

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October 20, 2005
We just came back form having a fire drill. Personally I think they are so annoying. I'm sure its some kind of law that we have to have them. Still it interrupts are work and it is so cold outside. I mean we all got outside perfectly fine. We are all adults. And plus the time they chose to do it half of our building wasn't even their cause its dinner time. They just like wasted 5 minutes of my day. But on the bright side I'm not really sick anymore yay!

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October 18, 2005
I haven't spoken a word aloud sine 3:45 pm. Not because I can't talk but because it hurts to talk. This is the first time I have ever been sick in like 5 years so I was completley unprepared. I have just what my roomate had two weeks ago and she is still recovering. I found myself telling people that I was glad to come hime on Sunday. Wow! When did Penn State become home??

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October 17, 2005
My roomate and her friends just commented on the the fact that if Nick and Jessica really did break up, (Thatsa Nick Lachey and Jessica Simpson byt the way) then there is no hope for love in the world. Umm.. sorry but when did to celebrities set the standard for love? 50% of American marriages end in divorce so I am sorry that this did not shock me. What abotu couples that have been married for 50+ years? Why aren't they a sign that there is love? I won't lie, I like a little star gossip now and then. But when you set standards on things such as love because of one celebrity couple then I think you need to return to Earth. Sorry I had to vent a little.

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Ocotber 15, 2005
Well I am homefor the weekend and I amhaving a great time seeing all my old friends and my fmaily but I still wish i was at Penn State. One of my friends ar Penn State just called and told me here grandfater died. It was one of the moments when you wish you could be in two places at once. I wanted to be in Penn State with my friend but I wanted to be at home also. ANd even as great as things are going here at home I am ooking forward to going back to Penn State. Last night I went ot a high school football game with a few of my friends because my brother was playing. There were a lot of kids form my graduating class there becuase it was our hihg-school's rival game but I still felt out of place. Like I didn't belong there anymore. We also went to all the places we used to hang out at and I felt wierd to. I feel liek a visito inmy hometown. Its a little weird.

My roommate's grandfather just died too. We were at Ross's buying curtains for our living room and she called her mom to ask her advice since she's an interior decorator and her mom told her that her grandfather was in intensive care and was probably going to die that night. It was a really bad situation because my roommate felt guilty that she was thinking about a little thing like curtain colors when that was happening! I felt terrible. TrinFuff

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October 12, 2005
Okay...so I have been thinking of something to blog about all day and I have come up with nothing. Sure i have a lot to say but I am not about to share my deepest darkest secrets with my English class. But I still really want to blog. Well actually I could expose some of my weirdnesss. I love Micheal Jackson(and if I had kids I would let them sleep in his bed) ,I would marry John Edwards or JoePa or both, I believe aliens landed in Roswell, and I don't drink. Yeah thats about it. I'm going home tomorrow!!

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October 11, 2005
Today is National Coming Out Day....I just learned that like 5 minutes ago. I guess it is pretty cool, I've never heard of it before. So congratulations to all the gays,lesbians and bisexuals out there. I really mean it, I bet it takes a lot of courage to come out of the closet.
I have my meeting with my advisor tomorrow afternoon. I have no idea what to expect. What about the game Saturday? Okay....I'm a little behind but wasn't it awesome? Today in the Daily Collegian they had an article on how some people believe the police went a little overboard with the mace and the pepper spray. I must admit it worked. Thats what kept me and my friend from heading down there. I jsut hope we can win again on Saturday!

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October 9, 2005
I had never heard of the Cambodian Genocide before class on Friday, so I had to search it on the internet. The webpage http://www.fatherryan.org/holocaust/cambodia/JOE/genocide.htm∞ gives a nice summary of what occured.
Apparantly during the years of 1975-1979 the Khmer Rouge Regime gain power of Cambodia and cause d mass killings over the country. There was a the S-21 prison which would bring in people convicited of treason and their family members and totured them until they confessed, even if they were innocent. Over 14,000 people were held in that prison and it is believed that only about 10 survived. Also during these years over 1 million people died of malnutrion and over 200,000 people were killed by force. This is unbelievable. After what happened during the Holucust, I can't not believe that other countries, including America, allowed this to cotinue for four years. I do not believe that no one knew this going on. Why wasn't it stopped as soon as it happened.

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October 7, 2005
Today is one of those days where I jsut feel depressed. I don't know if it is because of the rain or what but I am just not in a good mood. Usually I love rain, especially when it storms but walking to class in the rain just sucks. Well I'm gonna start on some homework. MY teachers decided to give a ton this weekend. The only weekend when doing it seems impossible.

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October 5, 2005
Today was spent studying fo rmy Geography exam. I am so nervous. This is defiently my most difficult calss and I think I am prepared but I am not sure. The point is even if I'm not, I can't do anything about it now. I just have to go in and try my best. So wish me luck!

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October 4, 2005
I was reading SheElff's blog about "wonder drugs" and it got me thinking. All drugs have side effects but I believe the truely dangerous drugs are anti-depressents, such as Prozac. I believe doctors hand these drugs out like candy. When my sister's boyfriend was in 5th grade he was treated for depression, placed on and anti-depressent and sent to a psychratic ward for a few weeks. He was in 5th grade! How does someone know if a 5th grader is depressed? And he started taking the anti-depressent on top of his medicine for ADD. I think through out the years more drugs may have been added to this mix. Recently, him and his family decided to begin to reduce the dosage by a little abou tevery 6 months. Both his parents are doctors so this is very safe, but each time they reduce the dosage he has a trouble for a couple weeks. Some of the syptoms come back for a while and he becomes a little depressed but after awhile he is able to control those by himself. Still I wonder would he still be depressed, if he would not be on the anti-depressent? If after a few weeks he can control it with a lesser dosage did he ever need a dosage in the first place or would he have eventually been able to cope with it? I just find these drugs harmful....

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October 4, 2005
I had the worst day yesterday. I went to do my homework at one and begin reading and fell asleep. I didn't wake up til 4! I couldn't believe how much time I wasted. I then fiished reading, did my geography lab, and my math homwork. By then it was 8:30. So then I decided to spend the rest of the night studying geography, which made me really frustrated because I didn't understand it. So about 10 I decided to stop and I remembered that I had to write a journal entry for my seminar class. I entered Microsoft Word and it wouldn't let me type anything! I tried so many times and wasted almost and hour trying to get it to work.So at 11 I went to the computer lab in the commons. (Thank God it is open 24 hours!) and typed my journal entry. After that I was so exhausted and stressed that I just went to bed.I calledd my mom today and I have to go to the computer store in Willard tomorrow and buy a new Microsoft Word program and tonight I have to type my rough draft at the computer lab. I hate technology sometimes....like having to upload the journal entry online...why couldn't we just handwrite it? Anyway I guess it was a good thing yesterday I found out my computer didn't work.

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October 2, 2005
I had a pretty good weekend. The game was definitely awesome! I am not good at this kind of judgement so I don't know if we are improving or what, but I thought we played really well. I am getting my hopes up for are game against Ohio State and I hope the team doesn't let me down. I think I will have fun no matter what. Then Saturday night one of my friends from home came up to visit and that was fun too. It was nice to see a famaliar face. In high-school I seemed ot bond with girls so much better then boys but the weird thing this year is all my friends are male except for one. She went home this weekend and I missed her so much. I love guys to death but sometimes being the only female can really suck. I am looking forward for next week not only is it a 4 day week but I get to go home! Finally, I can't wait!

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September 30, 2005

I am so happy it is Friday! This week seemed to last forever. I did so bad on my psychology exam. I got a C. I am so disappointed in myself. I studied so hard and I thought I would do so well and I didn't. All my friends keep telling me that it isn't that bad but still I am upset. I get very high tense when it comes to grades. Grades are the one thing I really stress out about. But it is the weekend so I am just going to try to forget about it and have fun.

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September 27, 2005
How to make a bed
1) Remove all objects from the bed excluding the sheets and comforter.
2) Pull the sheet and covers to the end of the bed.
3) Pull sheet up to the the other end of the bed,pulling it tight.
4) Tuck the edges under the mattress.
5) Pull the comforter to the other end of the bed, pulling tight.
6) Tuck the edges under the matress.
7) Place pillow and other objects on the bed in an orderly fashion.

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Septemeber 26, 2005
So everyday I check the weather and if it is supposed to rain I pack my umbrella and of course it never rains until the day I forget it. Its the story of my life....
So in case you haven't heard yet (all my friends have already heard this but I love it anyways) go to google, type in the word failure and click "I'm Feeling Lucky" unless you are a conservative then don't do it. I find it hilarious and sorry if it offends anyone. Today was so crazy I started homework/studying at one and didn't finish until like 10 minutes ago. I am to tired to think of a how to list or an argumentive entry so I think this is about it. Yeah, this is all I can give tonight.

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Septemeber 25, 2005


I chose this picture because not only do I love the beach but in this picture it appears never ending. This is similar to my life right now. I am undecided on my major and the possibilities seem endless. I am unable to decided what to do with my life. Still things keep coming in steadly (like the waves) moving my life along. Also things keep changing for me (high tide and low tide).

Today was pretty cool. My mom and my grandma came up to visit me. We went to lunch with my sister and my cousin Michelle. It was nice to catch up with them. I still am homesick a little but not as much as I was earlier in the week.
Thursday was the first day of Autumn and somehow I missed that. Autumn is my favorite time of year. All the leaves are changing colors and they are just so beatiful. Also in high school it meant cross-country season and marching band, which I loved both. Also fall means Halloween which I also love. The holiday in general is just fun!

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September 22, 2005
So today I was so tired because I couldn't sleep last night for some reason. So I took a nap this afternoon and now I'm not tired. And I was trying to study but I couldn't concentrate. So my friend came over and we walked all over campus and now I seem to have even more energy! Its crazy.....I am such a night person it is not even cool. My mom called today and I told her that next semester I am not scheduling any classes before 10 am and she laughed at me. Yeah it hurt, your mother shouldn't laugh at you. Anyway there really is no point to this blog at all.... So its supposed to rain this weekend which is not cool at all. I hate rain well right now I do. I'm kind of in those moods where you hate everything....you know what I mean??

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September 21, 2005
Class today was fun. The alarm was pretty cool, even though it was pretty crazy. I'm really tired but I can't sleep for some reason. I'm starting to get a little homesick but my parents are coming up Sunday so hopefully that will fiz it and not make it worse. In like a week I have my first big exam. I hate tests....its gonna be horrible. I already started to study...I am so nervous about failing it. I don't have really anything to write about....I just kind of like it. Its kind of relaxing. Oh one cool thing...My friend Mike is going to come up and visit sometime soon! I'm really excitied about that!

I have my first exam in a week too...good luck!--MichaelNiffeneggerTestUser

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September 20,2005
I just finished watching House. This episode was about a 9 year old girl that had cancer. They wanted to do an autoposy on her so they put her in cardiac arrest for like a minute. So basically they killed her and then brought her back to life. It was pretty cool. Still, it made made me think of how lucky I am to have my health. Almost everyone who gets cancer(with the exception of smokers with lung cancer) gets it by chance. Its like a luck of the draw. My uncle died of cancer this summer and until last April he was perfectly healthy. Its odd how those things sneak up on you. Its sad to think that someone as young as nine could have cancer but still there is nothing you can really do about it.

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Setember 19, 2005
So the next class we are supposed to be discussing music and that got me thinking what is music? Of course there is the music on our radios, ipods, computors, etc. But there is also orchestra, band and classical music. But what else is music? Can raindrops on a roof be considered music? Or the sound of the wind through the trees intertwined with the chirping of birds? Is that music too? It makes me wonder what really defines music....it seems difficult to pinpoint what music really is.

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September 16, 2005

Its finally Friday! Finally....Once again I am so excitied for the football game tomorrow. Today in English we talked about diversity and political diversity came up and that made me thing about politics in general. I'll admit it...I hate George W. Bush and I don't think he should be president. I don't know who in are class likes him or not but obviously he is the main reason I chose to be part of the Democratic Party. Well yesterday I was at the fair at the HUB and this guy asked me to join the republican club or whatever. I just walked away before I could say anything stupid. Politics is one thing I get really fired up about and even if I was unable to vote in the past election I got real involved in it. I watched the news everyday, following the race closely. When it came down to it neither canidate was perfect.....even if John Kerry became president we would stil be fighting two wars overseas, we were already to involved to leave. My town is very rural and conserative so of course my county voted for Bush and that made me so angry. But its only three more years and then its someone new will be in office and hopefully our country will take a turn for the better...

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September 15, 2005
Okay so like 10 minutes ago I decided I'm gonna start running again...since it was sudden I'm gonna run at the indoor track until I map out a good place to run here. Its supposed to rain but I love running in the rain so it's kidna pointless. Plus its the first time I'll be running since August so I can pace myself by knowing how far along I am...I'm gonna go for 2 miles....lets hope I can do it. Well I reviewed all the blogs for tomorrows quiz....I hope I do well cause I don't want to be the reason for us having to take quizzes for the rest of the year...I'm afraid I'm gonna get them all mixed up in my mind and screw it up. Exactly how detailed do you think it will be cause thats a lot of information for us to remember.....Well I'll give it my best shot!
-well if you want to run with me i loveeee to runnn i used to run cross country and its so relaxing, get at mee!-MikeJones

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September 14, 2005
MicholAZ: so anyway....English class...have any ideas for a final paper?
RyanJRD1986: haha not really
MicholAZ: me either
RyanJRD1986: lemme sleep on it and i will get back to you
MicholAZ: okay sounds good

So today the guys from Packer brought us girls milk and cookies.....it was nice. I met a kid that has English 15 but with a different teacher. Our class seems really similar though he doesn't have to do the thing on AIM but his self narrative had to be 5 pages long! I'm glad I'm not in his class...I went to the library open house today...it was pretty cool...got some free keychains and stuff...and the mug off course. I toured the stacks. There is the rumor someone was murder there and I could really see it happening. Its creepy down there....well I have an 8 am tomorrow so later

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September 13, 2005
For some unkown reason my alarm did not go off this morning and I woke up at 7:30 and I had psychology at 8. I somehow managed to make it to class five minutes early and after that the day went smoothly. I have just finished most of my homework. My roomate also had to attend the the library open house and she said it wasn't too bad. I am going to go tomorrow because after noon I am finished with my classes so I have a little more free time. Today I had classes from 8 am to 3:45pm. It was my long day. I finally have got the cold that seems to be going around. My throat hurts and my nose is stuffy. I guess I would have gotten it sooner or later but I wish I wouldn't have. I hate colds because they last at least a week and are so annoying. You are sick but at the same time not really sick at all. Maybe I won't be getting sick too often this year. My mom called yesterday and when I told her why I wasn't able to donate blood so now she is going to send me a buch of vitamins, so those should help me stay healthy. The one thing I hate is being sick.

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September 12, 2005
I was trying to do my geography homework which seemed impossible for some reason, so I am thinking that maybe my brain needs a break. I am extrememly tired, I'm still trying to catch up on sleep from this past weekend. I still having trouble with the whole sleeping schedule. I am always so tired in the morning but never tired at night. Hopefully I will figure it out soon. I was supposed to give blood today but they deferred me. Apparantly my red blood cell count is too low, which the lady from the Red Cross said it was probably because my level of iron was low. I used to be anemic when I was younger so I'm not too suprised but I am a little disappointed. I now have to wait two months before I can try to doante blood again.

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Narrative Remix of IslandGirl

“Hair dryer, toothbrush, socks, shampoo, pajamas…what don’t I need?” I said aloud as I packed everything into one of the many bags scattered around my room. I feel as if I am taking everything I own. “Will other people bring this much?” “Will I like my roommate?” “Is the food going to be good?” These were all questions that popped into my head when I thought of where I would be the next day. In twenty-four hours from now I will find myself in my dorm room two hours from home, unpacking all of these things that I have meticulously placed in my suitcases. Stuffing the last items into their resting places for the trip, I lay my head down on my pillow, close my eyes, and think about where I will be and how I got there.

I never thought this time would come. I put off my college decision as long as possible and after making the decision I stopped thinking about it, until now of course. Penn State is a huge school with such a diverse environment, totally placing me out of my element. Is it possible that I made the wrong decision and am just coming to this realization now? I could be going somewhere close like IUP, Penn State Berhand or even my local college. These are all smaller schools and I would be closer to home and closer to my friends. I was the only one from my graduating class attending Penn State, University Park and I was nervous about it and had considered attending a smaller college with my friends. Instead something inside of me led me to larger schools, maybe it was because I was from a small town and needed a change or maybe it was the fact that Penn State is a good school either way I chose Penn State and I wondered if I made the right choice.

Looking back, Penn State provides a completely opposite environment than the one I am used to. I have had the same class of seventy students since kindergarten. My school is prominently white and not diverse at all. At Penn State I plan on meeting a whole new group of people and be introduced to many new cultures.Reflecting back maybe Penn State is a good choice. Breaking away from the small town, sheltered environment may be a good idea. I need a school that will better prepare me for the “real world”. Penn State will educate me beyond the classroom, I will learn lessons that I will use for the remainder of my life. Feeling a little more secure about my descion I close my eys and prepare to sleep.

“Beep, beep, beep!” my alarm sounded. It is nine o’clock in the morning, time to finish packing and leave. I feel refreshed and am ready to begin the next phase of my life. Change, here I come

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September 8, 2005
Well I am debating wether to sleep or not tonight. I know I should but I really don't feel like it. I'm tempted to stay up all night and just sleep after classes tomorrow...we'll have to see. I am so excited about the game Saturday. I love going to the game and feeling all the excitement of everyone there.....its the most amazing feeling in the world. To hear everyone cheering "We are...Penn State!" It just sends shivers down my spine. I just can't wait....I'm going to be counting down the minutes.

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September 8, 2005
Only one more day until the weekend! I can't wait! I'll admit my classes here at Penn State are a bit more interesting then the ones from high school but I still enjoy the weekend a lot. We actually have classes on Monday this week so it is going to be difficult, luckily I am done at noon so I will be able to catch up on sleep if I need to. I'm sure I will....

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September 7, 2005
Its a little after 10:30 and I should be getting ready for bed because I have an 8 am tomorrow morning but I have all this pent up energy in me and I just can't sleep. I am night person....I tend to be more active at night and in th emorning I am so tired. It seems that going to classes and doing things during the day gives me energy. I'm also having a really good day so that kind of has given me all this energy too. I signed up to give blood today. I am a bit nervous even though I have done it before. I hate needles and shots in general but the idea that I am helping makes me want to do it. My uncle had cancer so I know how important blood tranfusions are.

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September 7, 2005
Today after my last class my mom called me and during our converstation I told her I was heading home. I was thinking about it and it struck me as a bit odd. I have only been at Penn State a little over a week and I consider home already. I guess Penn State has such an inviting feeling about it that you cannot mind being here. Everyone is so friendly and helpful, it makes the transition from your hometown to here easier. Still thinking about for the next four years the majority of my time will be spent here at the campus of Penn State, so it is my home.

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September 6, 2005

I just finished my first day of classes of this second week of school and I am completely exhahusted. I need to learn to manage my sleep schedule a little better. Between the football game and hanging out with my friends, I was having a lot of fun so sleeping didn't seem too important. I guess I was wrong. Still the day went pretty fast and hopefully so will the rest of the school week. I know school is important but I can't help looking forward to the weekend!

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My Narrative

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I guess for my first blog entry I should just introduce myself. I am undecided right now on a major but I am looking into education or journalism. I enjoy running, writing and spending time with my friends. I'll admit I am not a huge sports fan except when it comes to the Steelers. I know that they aren't the best team but my dad has never lost faith in them and I've have grown up with my household revolving around their games.

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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Sampling Plus 1.0 License.

I'm not sure if I did this right but I choose a sampling blog. I will not allow my work to be used commercially but I will allow people to use my work but they have to give me credit for it. Everything I write here will be my thoughts and my ideas and I do not want someone to pass them off as their own.