Back Again

Well hello again internet (Or shall I say readers). I think we all know that I have spent A LOT more time on the internet, than the number of blog posts I've made in the last year would indicate. It has been more than a year since I last posted (Sorry 2012...) and I believe that it has reached that time again.

I've been feeling the itch to do more creative writing, but have lacked in the idea-department (which would have been hard to imagine not that long ago). I thought that re-starting my blog would be a good way to get those creative juices flowing so therefore... Hello!

I did a little bit of research before coming here to type today by reading my last blog post (though I was a bit too lazy to note when that was, but it must have been late-ish 2011). I've decided to give you an update on what I had been talking about.

I'm no longer on an epic job search (that actually stopped last January... oops?), but I guess I am still on a job search. (Because that's not confusing). Let's just say that though I am gainfully employed (there is a bit of story there, but meh... this blog will be long enough without it),  I am looking for some inspiration and a plan of attack for May and/or August. I'm still contemplating that Camp place where I've spent 6 of my last 7 summers. Either way I currently spend my mornings working at an ESL school for immigrants and refugees and my afternoons tutoring. My morning job is starting to explode in it's time needs, but that's boring so I won't talk about it. (Actually pretty interesting (to me)...Maybe next entry?) And my tutoring job has just exploded in the level of emotional intensity (which has more of an affect than I care to admit.)

I also talked about how excited I was to read John Green's upcoming novel The Fault in Our Stars. Needless to say, the book has since been released and then read by myself. It was even more utterly amazing than I had predicted it would be. I encourage any/all of you to read it.

Cola

Also, in regards to the numbers that used to go here (that I probably won't continue... but maybe will) I have come to realize two rather frightening things 1. I don't really have any goals right now 2. I have not read a single novel yet this year. These things are both in need of remedying. That process may or may not include the re-instatement of numbers (but probably not :P)

Also Part II: Hello!

Change-Up

I have decided that I am boring. I'm more likely to focus on the parts of my life that are the same, than those that are new and exciting. Wait for more frequent and shorter updates, filled with joyous or tragic anecdotes from one artist formerly known as roll.

I'm not feeling particularly creative or witty today, so you may have to wait until tomorrow, but trust me it's coming. I'll leave you with the two highlights and lowlights of my day.

Roses:

I spied the neighbors two children playing with lightsabres. (AMAZING!)

I found a random tweet complaining about how all they wanted was a job trying to cause problems, that involved no communication or teamwork skills. (It's not exactly what I'd want in a job, but it definitely gave me a laugh.)

(You get an extra highlight today(what can I say I'm an optimist)) I listened to the first chapter of John Green's newest book The Fault in Our Stars, and I am very excited for the book. It gave me a chance to nerd out today.

Thorns:

Could not decide what to do today to procrastinate the job search and I am largely dissatisfied with my choices. (Will work harder tomorrow, either on the job search or on better procrastination techniques)

I continue to hurt my hands. (Should work on this... for real)

CoLa

P.S. Who knows what numbers go here and who cares?

Busy Once More

Ebb and Flow, Up an Down, Circle and Cycle around! Life back at college-land has begun, and boy am I busy.

I guess I could start by listing all of my classes, all of the organizations I am either a part of or an officer in, or even how many hours of work-study I complete in any given week, but I feel that you lovely people already understand the point. I am busy.

I'm currently at the point when you are so busy you don't want to do anything. I don't like to do any second level homework when I'm stressed out. I can do math, vocab, or a simple worksheet when stressed, but it sometimes seems beyond me to write a decent essay or form a long presentation. Hmm.. that doesn't seem good. It sounds to me like I'm claiming to be too stressed to think. Have no fears, as I am currently blogging it must mean that my mind is starting to get into gear again. Hopefully it means that I will be able to crank out four essays and a presentation yet today while still having time to go to my Spanish (language not country of origin) church service, the soccer game, and both my lunch and dinner dates. ^_^ Sometimes I think I get myself into more than I can handle, but for some reason today I am very optimistic.

I've been going a little socially crazy lately, and I can't decide how much of my normal college life stress is carrying over into my interactions with people. I can't decide if I'm stressing out because I'm around people or if I'm just stressed because I'm not doing what I probably should be. I think it's the latter so i've decided that I just need to relax more. I think it will come to me (at least a little) when I finish these essays that have been looming over my head for a while now. So that is my serious aim for the day. (I doubt it will actually happen as I've been procrastinating for a month now, but hey we'll see. Don't be surprised if you see me talking about them still when I post again a month from now.)

I actually think I may be in the mood to write those essays now, so I'm going to leave you hopefully to make some progress.

Have a fun and eventful day!

Get some work done for me.

~Cola

Books Read: 50

Miles Run: Don't Ask

Other Category that I Can't Remember: ?

May

Hello All!!

I had every intention of making this last blog post of my attempts to blog every day in April a fantastic one, but I do believe it is too far past my bed time for that.

Instead I will bid you a good night!

~Cola

P.S. The Internet is amazing.

News!

Hello All!!

This morning I had a brilliant idea of what I was going to tell you today!! It was some real news about what was going on in my life, but now I simply cannot remember what it was. But don't worry. I will find some sort of newsworthy value in my life to talk about! ^_^

Let's see... School is going alright. I've got a lot of work to cram into this last week or so here. We'll see what I can manage. I only have one more day of regular classes before finals, and that just feels really weird. It only feels like it should be about halfway- three quarters of a semester right now, but I guess that is just how it is going to have to be.

I guess I could tell you that I've discovered that next year I get to live in the campus apartments. That'll be exciting. It means we'll get a kitchen (we meaning my three roomies). In other news, I've been officially promoted to Box Office manager next year. So that'll be nice. I'm also the co-president of the Communication Honor Society for next year and press secretary of the International Students Organization. I'll also be the president of our environmental organization again. So... that should tell you how busy I'll be next year. It will be good fun though. I look forward to the challenge. This networking aspect of school is really one of my favorite parts. I think the hardest part will be planning meetings around my already filled schedule. ^_^ I think that may have been the news I was trying to mention.

Okay, so that is all I have to say for now.

Buenas dias a todos!

~Cola

Books Read: 27

Movies Watched: 31

Miles Run: 20

Look! Real Numbers!! I so win. :P

High School

Hello All!!

So I've recently read a great number of blog posts about high school. Many people talking about the pain, drama, and torture that they suffered through in high school. A lot of these stories mentioned the general level of judgmental people that they had to face on a daily basis and the stores of depressive tendencies that they had to put up with and struggle through. I've always been pretty good at empathy and I dealt with my own fair share of "drama" during high school and junior high so I feel like I understand what they are saying and what they experienced, but in all honesty, my high school experience was just so different.

Yes, there was some drama. I won't claim to remember all of the separate incidents of my high school career (because frankly I have a terrible memory), but I just don't remember feeling the same amount of hardship that they admit to feeling. Don't get me wrong. High School was definitely rough, sophomore was just terrible for me (because really what person especially as a teen reacts to drama without jumping to a thousand conclusions). And maybe, if junior hadn't been so fantastic, I would understand exactly what these other people went through.

I have a natural reaction to just avoid things and ignore things that will cause me conflict. I may have ignored a lot of what was going on around me, subconsciously as some sort of self preservation. Either way I don't really remember much. A lot of the blogs I've been reading have been talking about how much they felt persecuted and hated by their peers. I really only remember one incident like this, and largely it just makes me proud of humanity. It was the whacky dress day of homecoming, and this kid in my class was picking on me because I looked ridiculous (I have a bit of school pride and had gone all decked out), when really that was the entire point. I just ignored him as he went on. He hadn't been talking long before one of the "popular" girls had chewed him out. I don't remember what she said, but he stopped, and the moment has not and will not ever leave me. It meant a lot to me. It also made me realize how much I underestimate people. I've never had much of a problem with any group of people, but I definitely admit to thinking that other groups of people were a different class of human. I think that that's one reason I love reading so much. You get to know a person of a different background (even if they are fictitious) on a deeper level than you would get to know someone in reality without spending vast amounts of time with them. It really does help to imagine people complexly.*

So now on a lighter note I am going to give you another moment of my high school career, that probably should have bothered me a bit more than it did (in a weird way). So once upon a time my junior year of high school, I was very relaxed. I'm almost always uptight around other people, even people I know pretty well, but there is something very relaxing about dealing with and overcoming a great deal of drama that just makes you relax. It was nice, but I admit to acting a little crazy and almost childish that year. It was such a reprieve after keeping myself in check (even around my friends) for all of those years. I was so thankful to be spending a great deal of time with a friend that I thought I'd lost, that I just relaxed and let myself have fun. It was a great time, even if we were a bit disrespectful to our teachers by passing notes during lectures and talking relentlessly during work time. I will definitely remember this as one of my happiest years even if it was definitely the start of a lot of stresses as well.

Anyway... to get back to my story. My friend and I were sitting in our math class. I don't really remember which... I feel like it was trigonometry, but that may simply be because of the vast amount of inside jokes pertaining to the subject. :) Like I hinted at earlier we were talking one day in class, like we normally did, and then my friend notices that the kid that sits in front of us in class is literally taking notes about our conversation. He had written that she had a boyfriend and his name, as well as what our typical plans we had probably talked about that day, but couldn't be certain about. It was really weird. I still don't think I understand why he had done that, and to be fair I never really saw this sheet, but my friend did, and somewhere in my possession I have a copy of what was written. I still can't get over how weird it really was.

So I hope you enjoyed random story time with Cola. It's been jolly good. I don't plan on rereading this (not that I ever do), because I'm sure I would censor it out for you. ^_^ I hope that you have as many happy memories of high school as I had, and that even if you didn't, than I hope that they have helped you to grow.

I also hope that you are having an amazing day, whatever you are doing.

~Cola

I'm pretty terrible at keeping up with these numbers. I haven't done any more reading outside of schoolwork (It's a bummer that we never read an entire textbook for classes). I've only ran about a mile more than I last listed (I'm pretty sure). I think I've seen about 3 new movies, but I'm too tired/busy to figure it out right now. ^_^ Next blog will have a proper reiteration of these numbers.... probably.

*Imagining people complexly is something that I learned from the author and nerdfighter John Green. It's a way of saying that even though we can never know for certain what a person is thinking and the motive behind their actions, that we should do our best to imagine who they are without selling them short or assuming we are correct. (simply put... he explains it much much better)

P.S. If you made it through this I commend you.

YAY

Three Words:

Doctor Who Marathon.

~Cola