Consumed

At the beginning of the semester I was assigned a blogging project, where essentially I had to enter 20 blogs by the end of the semester. I was super stoked because I thought it would be super easy! While in South Africa, I had tons to write about and even if I wasn't writing about my adventures I was constantly surrounded by inspiration to jump start my brain. However, the more I try to work on this and not put it off, the more and more I realize that since coming to college my life has been consumed by classes, homework, work, and sleep. All of my writing is now academic based, leaving my creativity glass looking more half empty than half full. I have gone from writing for fun and for letting everyone know about my ADVENTURES to writing simply to fulfill a homework assignment. What has happened? Simply stated: college. And to be frank, for this reason I hate college. I was told that college will be some of the best years of your life, soak them up, it goes by SO quickly, being in the realy world sucks, and so on. And yet, here I am three months into my college career dreaming of days gone by in Africa and Hong Kong. My life has gone from being consumed of Jesus, worship, and BEAUTIFUL people to anthologies, bibliographies, and exams. I want that zeal back. I want that inspiration back. But most of all I just want that passion for life back. That driven love of life that even when it got bumpy (and it got bumpy a lot in South Africa) I could still look around and say life is good! That God is good!

So here is to fresh starts, fresh attitudes, and fresh passions. My goal is to fill my creativity (and my passion) cup so that they are overflowing. And if that means postponing homework to listen to music and spend some Jesus time, so be it. Here it goes...starting...now!

Q: What do you call an alligator in a vest?
A: An investigator!! :)

Deja Vu for Eeyore

I have recently been considering leaving Vermillion and going to the University Center for school next semester. I am not very happy here and would much rather be home. However, in this time of seeking God and what He wants for me and where He wants me I feel as if I am in foreign territory. I have no clue where I am supposed to be...This being said, part of the reason I have not been very happy here in Vermillion is that the lack of social life that I possess. (Not that I have one in Sioux Falls either but at least I have my family) I was thinking today at lunch, alone, that the reason I don't really have a large sphere of friends is the same reason I didn't in Texas. I came in after relationships were relationships. After people became acquainted with others. After people had become accustomed to campus. And here I am, in the same EXACT scenario as Texas, trying to wiggle my way into relationships only to be "told" that there was not really room in this group of friends and that I don't really belong.
So where does this go from here? I don't really know. I have quit so many other things in my life that I feel that by leaving Vermillion I am "quitting" in a sense. But at the same time, I don't belong. I don't party. I don't like large crowds. I like the quiet. I prefer to be alone, quite a bit lately. And I am in bed most nights by 11:00. Maybe I should just go live in a nursing home, because based off of my last few statements that seems about the only place I could live contentedly.
I apologize for my complaining post but somehow I need to vent, and since I have to have 20 posts for my composition class this seems more productive than journaling. Killing two birds with one stone.
We will see where this goes, but I feel that this will most likely end up with moving boxes and class registration in Sioux Falls. I mean, it's not quitting if I am still pursuing my degree. Right? Right?!


What English taught me: I before E, except after C. And when you run a feisty heist on a weird beige foreign neighbor.

My attempt at a political rant

The longer I watch/partcipate in politics the more I realize how much I ride along both sides of the aisle. This being said, I believe that both candidates for the next presedential election are terrible! As I was watching the town hall debate the other night I realized that neither have a clue on how to appeal to their targeted audience and would rather bicker with one another than prove to the citizens of the US as to why they are the ideal candidate. The targeted audience for Tuesday night was women, as most that were present at the debate and even in their own living rooms back home are more likely to ride the fence over which candidate to vote for. As the debate progressed the more and more Obama and Romney seemed to dig themselves a bigger and bigger grave. One of the biggest things that women hate and turn them off to people, mostly men, are bullies and Obamney (as the two shall be called) both proved to be one by constantly getting in one another's face and confronting one another in a disrespectful manner. Seriously?! If you know your target audience is women, which their campaign leaders and speech writers did, why would they badger one another and stick their heads up their a**?!
Obama lied Tuesday night, don't get me wrong Romney did as well, but it seemed that Obama had to rely on the moderator to at one point "bail" him out. And if those deceitful words flow from his mouth like honey, as they so eloquently did Tuesday night how am I to believe any other claims he has made over the past four years? President Obama was overly arrogant throughout the debate, leading to the demise of his argument. Most answers he beat around the bush, identifying the "weed" to the audience but not giving any instruction or demonstration of how he would deal with the so called "weed".
Romney did the same as well! "I have a 5 point plan!!" Ok, great, but what exactly is that 5 point plan of yours? Romney to say the least did play fair. I'm not saying that he has to best friends with Obama, which my prediction is is that they both play golf together and laugh at us "silly Americans" who get so heated about which side of the aisle you are from, but at least have some decency. Discussing the integrity of President Obama following the Benghazi attack was outright unnecessary and disrespectful. There are plenty of things I disagree with Mr. Obama about but I don't doubt his love for this country and that he holds the utmost respect for our troops and service men and women. This being said, Romney held no tact in his address to the president and often faultered in his argument making him seem less than educated about the issues and topics at hand. What message does this portray?
I'm not trying to sound biased, because honestly I don't like the idea of this country in the hands of either men but come November 6 it will have to be who will be the LEAST destructive to this country and economy.
May the best man win?

Joke of the day: The past, present, and future enter a bar together. It was tense! (cheesy, I know. I couldn't find any others!)

Woohoo!!

My "Been there, Done that" board is finally growing!! Over the summer, especially towards the end, I powered through several pins and made lots of crafts. Since then my Pinterest obsession has not waned, however, my craft making has! I decided this weekend that enough was enough and if I had time to sit on Facebook I had time to do some crafts :) So I upcycled an old leather crossbody bag by painting a section a blush pink and added cutout portions of fabric flowers! Check it out, I'm a little proud! I also tried using a study tactic I found, essentially you place a gummy bear on each paragraph of the book you're reading and when you reach the paragraph you can eat the gummy bear. It did not work so well. I skipped ahead and ate them all at once plus the amount of reading I have to do as a college student would significantly decrease my wallet while at the same time increasing my waist line. That was all I was able to accomplish this weekend but hey, it's better than nothing.

Stay tuned for more Pinterest creations! :)