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

More

Hello Everyone!!

I feel so relaxed right now. It would be quite nice if I did not have as many tasks yet to complete. Unfortunately it does not look like I'll get my relaxation day until Friday. Oh how I look forward to Friday. Tonight I get to finish that major essay I've been telling you about, it is due at Midnight. So that is pretty exciting. I've already made and presented an entire power point on the matter so it should be really interesting. I've become fascinated with the subject once more, which bids both positively and negatively. Let's just hope that I manage to refrain from doing extra research on the matter.

I'm starting to realize that I probably should not be openly discussing just how much I procrastinate here. Have no fears random reader! I have been managing quite well, and after a nice long nap on Friday I won't even be feeling the after effects of very little sleep. Speaking of sleep I may be able to take a nap this afternoon. It depends on how long it takes me to change the spring in my trumpet. Which, by the way, is currently not functioning very well. I'm really excited though, because I think the school is paying for the replacement spring. I can't wait to play on a fully functioning horn. It's been really weird this past week, playing on my semi-broken one. It wasn't too bad, except the days when I was the only trumpet there and no one could hear me properly. This spring came just in time for my concert this weekend.

Speaking of springs, I spent a good deal of the day yesterday singing "Springtime for Hitler". It was the perfect day for singing the Producers. It was a beautiful and warm day, and it was Hitler's birthday (as my boss pointed out to me).

Have a fabulous day!!

~Cola

Again: Too tired to care.

Cram-Time

Hello All!

I've developed a new mantra. It's entitled, "Sleep is overrated." I plan to recite it over and over again to myself tonight, when I try to create my research essay this evening. Let's hope that I believe myself. I can tell you one thing, I am definitely starting to feel the negative effects of staying up all of last night. Tonight, I feel, will be much less interesting. I don't get to use my creativity and create a display board, but instead I will simply be writing an essay. If I was in proper sleep mode it would only take about three hours. We'll see what it looks like when I am in sleep deprivation mode. Speaking of sleep deprivation, I hope that this message makes some sense to all of you fine folk.

In case you were doubting my abilities I did manage to finish my Spanish Essay, my ECOS display board, and my poster. So I'd say that all went fairly effectively in that regard. I even go some sleep! Let's just see if I can finish my essay AND my other homework for tomorrow. I have great faith in my abilities in that regard. I'm much more concerned about the movie we are going to watch in my night class tonight. Wish me luck!!

~Cola

** Place random numbers here **

Failure Once More

I really am terrible at this game. I did not notice that I hadn't posted yesterday until I signed on today. Something is clearly wrong with my memory. I hope that all is forgivable, I just really did fail BEDA. I may have to attempt again come August, when the other half plan to participate. I guess that would work. Maybe then I will have a high enough memory capacity to remember to blog. We'll really have to wait and see.

Remember when I said that I had a lot to accomplish this weekend. Yeah, that. I didn't do any of it. So... I've pretty much broken my first deadline. I had a display that I had wanted to finish for today and technically I still have 40 minutes to finish it, but I am in class, and I don't have the board with me. So yes. Mission One: Fail. Mission two and three have had fairly limited progress as well. I worked quite dilligently on Saturday, but come Sunday I just could not be bothered. I think that on a sub-councious level I really enjoy the stress of procrastination. The stress gives me an adrenaline rush that I quite appreciate. I do not even remember even accomplishing or doing anything yesterday. I think that I spent most of the day staring at my computer not wanting to work on my project. So yes, today and tomorrow I get to spend some mad time cramming as much in as is humanly possible. It should be fun, and yes I do mean that quite literally and not sarcasitcally as most others would mean it.

Wish me luck and only a healthy level of stress!

~Cola

**Numbers have not changed, because though I did not do my homework, I also did nothing else. Weird. **

Harvey

Good Afternoon Everyone!!!

I hope that all of you are doing fantastically this morning!!! I am taking a short break from my homework in order to write you this blog post and eat lunch. You should all feel incredibly special and pleased, mainly because I was not planning to post anything this weekend. Last night after I worked at the Box Office, my friends managed to convince me to go to the play with them. We'll pretend that they had a hard time convincing me. ;p It was Harvey. I had heard of the movie and was excited to see the play, but a little nervous because it is a long play and I had a lot of work today. I'll tell you one thing; it was definitely worth the extra stress of procrastination (not that this stress has set in yet... we'll have to wait and see). The play was hilarious. At some points my friends and I were the only people laughing (as is usual), but I'd say the audience caught on to the innuendo and humor during the second and third parts at least.

I'm going to leave you all for a 20 page essay.

Have a fabulous day.

Happy Birthday Friends!!

~Cola

P.S. If I ever claim to see a six foot rabbit just let me be; I'm probably just rejoicing in my inner crazy.

Productivity

Hello All!

I've decided that I am going to have to give you an update a lot sooner than I normally would. I hope to be super productive and busy this evening, so I simply will not have time to write a post. We'll have to see how everything goes. This weekend will be a busy one as I have a lot of major projects due early next week. These all involve both essays (Four pages and 20 pages) and 20 minute presentations. I also have a lot of things to do with my environmental organization. So I plan to keep myself busy busy busy this weekend.

It should be fun, and yes I do mean literally. I tend to procrastinate on purpose. I like to do things all at once, and I haven't really had time to do so for either of these projects. I don't really have time this weekend either, but I'll have to make time. ^_^ I really am excited, even if it seems irrational. A little stress is good for me. You may not want to talk to me come Monday. By then I'll probably have a better understanding of just how much time a project like this actually needs. In the mean time I bid you an excellent day.

~Cola

**Let's hope that I don't spend too much time increasing these values this weekend.

oops

Hello All!

So apparently I missed a few days of posting a blog. All of this without even noticing. So I failed in BEDA, for absolutely no reason what-so-ever. So that's a pretty interesting tid-bit for any and all of you that have been reading this.

I can't decide if this is some sort of sign that I should really be spending more time focusing on that heaping load of homework I've managed to develop or if it means nothing more than I should really start paying more attention to what I'm doing. We'll have to see. At least I'm still posting today for you.

It looks like I have a super busy weekend ahead of me because not only do I have two major projects due next week, but I also have quite a few organizational things to work on. We'll see if my cramming abilities are as profound as I've always claimed them to be, or will I just get really sleep deprived really quickly.

That's all I have for tonight, but I hope that all is going well for you!

~Cola

Musicals

Hello Everyone!!

Everything is going spectacularly right now for me here at school. I feel like some serious stress is going to set in tomorrow, but as of today all seems like it is going well. Especially since I've spent the last hour dancer-sizing with my roomies. We watched some good old musicals (Guys and Dolls and Singing in the Rain) as well as some Bollywood films for our beautiful dancing times. It was a lot of fun, even if it did distract me from my homework. ^_^ The main problem with the situation is that now I have an even stronger desire to ignore my homework and just sit down and watch some musicals. For now though, I do believe it is time that I got some sleep. Well after I email a few people.

Stay on the Sunny Side!

~Cola

Books: 22

New Movies: 26

Miles Run: 17 (I think... I never remember)

Proper Apologies

Greetings All!

Today is the day where I finally return with some substance to this blog. It's been a pretty interesting day. We had assessment day at school today, which for some means an entire day off, for others it means no classes, but major presentations. For me it meant doing my exact same work schedule and class schedule with the exception of Spanish. I had no spanish class today, which to be honest is probably more exciting than it should be (especially considering it's one of my majors). It was pretty exciting. I spent the morning, when I'd normally be in class, at the library. It's always startling to me how little can be accomplished when there is nothing to distract you. I spent three hours doing an essay that normally would have taken me around 40 minutes. I did listen to some good music and start at a table a lot though. That was nice even if it was unproductive.

To celebrate the day off, I did allow myself some reading time this evening. I managed to finish my third Maureen Johnson book in the last three weeks. It was called Scarlett Fever. I was enjoying it until the end. Okay to be fair, I even enjoyed the end. I just don't like the fact that it ended. It's one of those cliff hanger endings that just plan to taunt you until the next book comes out. So yes, it is a good book, but I can't recommend it to you without a warning. I suppose I should probably mention that I'm not very tolerant of not ended series. I like my literature to have an end, a sense of finality. I don't mind depressing ends or cheestastic ends, just enough that my brain will let me sleep without feeling that awkward urge to just write an end. Alas, I will be subconsciously plotting an end in my dreams tonight, and wait until Maureen Johnson comes along and writes a better continuation than I ever could. ^_^

So my stress level has decreased immensely, which is good. I'm now closer to focus mode, which means I'll be much more productive. Speaking of productivity, I still have some homework I'd like to get accomplished this evening.

I hope you are all celebrating in style.*

~Cola

Miles Run: 17

Books Read: 21

Movies Watched: 26

* Do not look confused about what you are supposed to be celebrating, just celebrate!

Attempts

Hello All!

So once upon a time I have been giving you terrible and generally bland posts recently. I apologize and though I want to remedy the situation I feel that the best apology will be to simply improve the quality of my blogs. Unfortunately I am, once again, simply not in the mood to write. At this moment all I really want to do is sleep, as yesterday I got very little. But I will do my best.

Today I finished a book called Suite Scarlett, which is a book by Maureen Johnson. As I expected, I really enjoyed the book. It was well written and kept me entertained, which was nice. I had something inspirational to say about it, but I've misplaced it in my sleepiness and stress.

Alright, so tomorrow's entry will have to be brilliant, as today's will most definitely fall short.

~Cola

Hello

Hello-

I just thought I'd say hello (seeing as this is BEDA and all), and even though I don't have much to say I've decided that you all deserve a lovely hello. So hello. I haven't really done much beside read today, so I don't really have much to contribute.

In fact I may just leave you with just this message for the day. So I hope you don't mind too much. I'll come up with something longer/more interesting tomorrow.

Have a fabulous day!

~Cola

Books Read: 17 (I think)

Movies Watched: +2

Helping

Hello All!

I did not wear shoes today. I participated in one day without shoes to raise awareness of the people all over the world (especially in Ethiopia) who cannot afford shoes. I talked to a variety of people on campus and even managed to convince a few of them to check out Toms shoes the company who sponsored the event.

I had forgotten how much I enjoy finding ways to help. I was in a brighter mood today even though I was overly busy and still in a little bit of excess pain. Even if it is just a little thing, I still enjoy to help.

Have a fabulous day!

~Cola

P.S. I may elaborate if/when my pain fades.

Life

Hello All!

I've decided that I love Wednesday nights. Maybe because they are the only weeknight where I don't have class. I sometimes have meetings still, but it is rather nice to actually be in the dorm when my roomies are all still awake and not preparing for bed. I mean, most Wednesday's I still have ECOS meetings or what-not, but I still get at least an hour or two in the room. This Wednesday was especially brilliant, although I think a lot of the added excitement is simply because I was not expecting to have an interesting night.

I was expecting to have a continuation of my mopey pain filled homework that had followed me through the day. But luckily for me my roomie intervened. She limited the homework aspect of the night, and definitely eliminated the mopey aspect. We ended up going to a staff member's presentation on Kenya. It was really interesting. The professor had spent 3 weeks helping in the slums of Nairobi. I really enjoyed listening to his experiences. I did a bit of reading after the presentation until my roomie kidnapped me to "How train your dragon". It was a really cute film. We were the only three in the theater, so we felt free to laugh rather raucously and generally gush our way through it. I love letting myself get excited about things, that I'm supposedly too old for. After that we went on a Wal-Mart run to find some stuffed animals for my friends (we did not succeed). Now I am here. And as soon as I finish this, I'm off to do some more reading.

That's all I have for now. Have a wonderful day!

~Cola

New Movies: 21

Books Read: 19 (I think this number has been off for a while, sorry)

Miles Run: Let's not talk about this. :)

Choices

Hello All!!

I've come to a point in time, where I feel like I have to start making more decisions. I'm a junior in college, and I still haven't any idea what I want to do when I graduate. I have to decide what type of internship I want to take on, and when I can fit it in over the next year and a half. I'm also being faced with a variety of different project ideas, that I would like to participate in, but I have to acknowledge that I really do not have time for much of anything extra at the moment. I should be satisfied with my seven classes.

Hopefully tomorrow I will have the wrist capacity to explain some of my options to you lovely people. But for now, I must go sulk and rest my wrists.

~Cola

Books Finished: 17

Movies Watched: 20

Guests

Hello All!!

I feel stumped. I really don't have much to say today.

Luckily I have a wicked sweet roommate, Jocelyn, who is awesome. Thats all there really is to say about that and it really doesn't have anything to do with anything. Everyone came back from Easter break. Good news is that we all brought Easter candy back so now there is a buffet of candy in the living room - leading to the potential of a week long sugar high. Good news for me, bad news for my roommates. I also forgot to mention that I was super excited to return back to school today. Not so much for classes that will inevitably start again tomorrow but to see my favoritest roommate, Lydia. I can't explain to you how excited I was to walk into our room and to see her sitting there on the couch doing her homework. That plus the candy was really the highlight of my week. This week I will probably read a book or two. I really have no ambition to do homework reading, so I end up reading fun books instead. I'm trying to read 100 books this year. If you have any suggestions of books I should read, please comment and let me know!

As you may or may not have noticed that last paragraph was written by each of my roomies in turn. The first by my roomie Jocelyn. The second part by my roomie Lydia. And the last section, the practical section about reading, was written by my dear friend Niffer, and the comment question still applies. So yes, I do hope that you enjoyed their lovely interpretations of my character. I believe they somehow think I have a candy fetish. ^_^ What can you do?

Alrightee. Well I hope that you all are having fantastic days filled with much candy and excessive sugar highs!

~Cola

New Movies: 20

New Books: 16

Miles Run: 11 (This is a guess. I forgot to look it up before I started here)

Happy Easter

Happy Easter All!

I hope that you all are having fantastic days. I had an amazing day today. We went down and visited both of my grandmothers. It was nice, and I hadn't seen either of them in a really long time. I also got to spend all day with my family. When we got home we had a nice family dinner and sat down to watch some of the two-dollar movies we picked up this weekend at a close-out sale.

Though for me my favorite part of the day was the easter egg hunt this morning, and the spontaneous dance party that ensued. It's not everyday that my entire family can be coaxed into jamming out. I guess "renegade" is just a catchy enough song that it inspires a certain amount of rocking out. ^_^

I know this post is a little late, but I've decided that the date doesn't change until I go to bed, which I most certainly have not.

~Cola

New Movies: 20

Miles Run: +1

Books Read: More of the Same

BEDA Day Three

Hello All!!

I'm really beginning to think that I have nothing interesting to say. I know that'll I have to post something now though, as I probably won't have the opportunity later. It's my sister's birthday today and we're going to celebrate in style. We plan on going to a movie and then have a bollywood marathon, but still. It should be a good time.

Other than that I feel like I should probably start that massive mound of homework I've been procrastinating. I'm really in the mood to actually do more research, but what I REALLY want to do is write. I've been in the mood to write for a while now, and I'm hoping to find some time today. I really do love sitting down with a notebook and listening to good tunes, and just thinking. We'll see. If I like what I write I may even post it for you.

That' all I've got.

I hope you are having a wonderful day!

~Cola

Home Again

Hello All!!!

I am at home, spending the break from school with my family. I've been reminded just how lovely passing the time with them is. And my little sister has an amazing bonus. She fed me pie. Yum.

I had a good day. I spent a lovely four hours in the car with my father where we sang along to some of his awesome music. It was jolly good fun, and I got some good thinking in. This evening I got to spend some lovely time with my little sister and friend. We played bananagrams for a really long time. It was fun. I love playing board games. Although the game doesn't have a board, but it's about as close as I can come up with. The spanish translation works better. Table game, because bananagrams is a table game. ^_^

We also did some talking about social justice and peace. It was nice and very inspiring. We talked about forgiveness as well. My friend had heard this story about an amish family, that had suffered through some brutal killings (the children had been murdered). The parents still lived to forgive the murderers and even went as far as helping the families of the culprits. It was an interesting story to hear, and I wish I had more facts to share, but either way forgiveness truly is an amazing thing.

I hope you give it.

~Cola

Miles Run: 9

Books Read: 16

Movies Watched: 17

BEDA?

Hello All!!

We're going to pretend that I'm not a few hours late on the April the First train, because I am hoping to participate in BEDA (Blog every day April). So yes. Today is the first of April, and I am blogging for you.

At this point I am a little too tired to really remember anything much to say. I can tell you that today was a bit of a lazy day, and by lazy I mean pretty busy. I was mostly just in class, working, or recycling all day. I did sleep in a bit, and read instead of doing my homework at work study, but largely I still kept myself busy.

After I was done with classes today I had a good time watching youtube with my roomie. She introduced me to some of her subscriptions and then we had a nice long chat. It was nice. I love having long and deep conversations with people. It makes me happy, even if I sometimes feel like I'm spouting off nonsense. :)

That's really all I have today. I hope that none of you fell for any April Fool's Day jokes!

~Cola

P.S. Happy Birthday Gred and Forge!!!!!!

Books Read: 16

Miles Run: 8 (too lazy to look up my previous total, just add two)

New Movies: 16

P.P.S. I just realized how little it's going to look like I'm accomplishing now that I'm blogging all of the time. Maybe I should work on that. ^_^