Somwhere over the rainbow.

It currently is 8:01 on a Thursday night.

I had a Spanish test. And i whizzed through the grammar sections part of the test, but unfortunately that was only about a 1/4 of the material on the test. The rest was analysis of the literature we had read/reviewed. Which sucked, because I didn't study any of that the night before.

Oh well.. I'm not too worried about it, I guess. I did well enough on the first test, where I can do a little worse and it all evens out. I hope.

Anywhoo...

Tomorrow is Friday. Which means the weekend, which equals much needed sleep!

(And work...but that's just a given).

It's currently 8:12. And I think this blog is done.

What do you want to do before you die?

There are a lot of things I'd like to do..


Alright.. So I feel before I study for Spanish, I should blog to help clear my mind and help me concentrate when I'm studying.


Today, I feel really frustrated. I have no idea what I want to do with my life, and I am spending all of these thousands of dollars to to get an education for a future career.


I hate not being in control. And that's how I feel with this.


I've thought about many a many careers.

Clinical psychologist, teacher, speech pathologist...
I know I want to work with people.
I know I don't want to be stuck in a office for 40 hours a week.
So I know those two things.


But there are just many ways where I could go...
I'm not sure how much schooling I want to do after my undergraduate...and if I want to come a psychologist I'll need a lot of schooling. Not sure how I feel about that.


It's beyond frustrating and I can't even put the right emotion into this stupid blog.


What else on my mind?


There was a snow day for the public schools, and where I live, we got like an inch... really?
I bet van is ticked.


It's 6:27.


I am at Mount Royal listening to Glee before I start studying.


I miss a lot of people. More than I would like to.

Please write a literature analysis of Julio Cartazar

Sorry blog, I haven't updated in awhile.

Anywhoo..
Today is Monday-another start to a long week.

I have to write a literature analysis of a story we read in Spanish. I am not a big fan of writing these reviews of stories...it takes way too long to write 'em in spanish.
But I digress...

I started reading The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. It's really good...
I'm already on page 112.
It feels good to actually be reading for pleasure. I've missed it.

Next weekend is Halloween. I have to dress up for work. Any ideas?

I math tutor today. Yippee.
I mentor tomorrow. Yay.
I DON'T work on Wednesday. YES!!!!
I'm hanging out with Hanna on Thursday.

That's basically my week.
es muy abburido.
There just whipped out some spanish for you.

This was a short and pointless blog (like they usually are).

 

What's your wish?

This will be really short.

I have a biology exam tomorrow. yuk. But I'll be fine.

In my developmental psychology class we watched this video about the poorest city in the nation. It was really hard to watch.

The reporter asked this 4 year old what his dream was. And it was to live to be a teenager.

As hard as it was to watch, it's also very humbling. Knowing that I've been given so many opportunities thanks to my parent's choices. And that I could have easily been that child.

Lesson learned?
Take nothing for granted and help those most in need.

 

Mr. Potato Head

Date?
10/20/10

Here we go...

I just got out of a Biology lab. We used Mr. Potato heads to perform meiosis...
Interesting...

I don't think I ever had a potato head toy when I was a child... I was more into arts and crafts as a child...but that's another tangent and rant for another day.

Today is Wednesday! Which means Hump day!

Wednesdays are usually the longest- just because I work. So it's like 15 hour day.
Tomorrow I have a Spanish quiz on false cognates and the preterit vs. the imperfect.
Pretty interesting...I know.


This week is almost over..though! Which is nice, because I am looking forward to sleep this weekend.
I always say that...quite the vicious cycle.


What else to talk about...Oh I got paid today! Just enough to cover my stupid IPhone bill. But hey, another month paid for.


I just got a text.

I should be studying for my Bio exam (which is Friday). Great way to end a week huh?

Random fact...less then two months until my birthday!


like 50 some days or something...
the big 19. except nothing too spectacular being 19...


Well.......I think that's all.

"Honestly..."
     Stacie Krause.

Early morning blog

Alright...yet another blog.

So I just got out of Spanish, and no we didn't continue talking about the dog with a Napoleon Complex. In case you were wondering..

I should be working on my dev. psych worksheet, but I am really not in the mood.

It's a really nice fall day. This is when I love Duluth weather.

Anywhoo..I'm not really in the mood for blogging either at the moment.


So hasta luego.

My favorite division one athlete.

I'd rather laugh with the sinners and cry with the saints.

I like that song. And Billy Joel.

So onto blogging...what number is this? I have no clue, nor do I care.

Anywhoo..Today was interesting!

In Spanish we talked about how the professor has a chihuahua (literally took me 5 minutes to spell that word) with a Napoleon complex. It was an odd conversation to have-especially in Spanish.

I'm tired..

BUT THE YANKEES ARE GETTING PUMMELED. THERE IS A GOD.

There is no constant thread to this blog...

my brightness button isn't working...it's really bothering me.

Anywhoo...
Tomorrow is Tuesday. Which means mentoring at Five points.

Which by the way I need to find that shirt....hmm....

I think that's all?


I'm not even sure if people are reading my blog. If you are, I'm deeply sorry, it's pretty boring.

Please explain the differences betwen sister chromatids and....

I just studied Biology for a good hour and half.
Time for a break. AND a blog post.

So what to blog about..
Well today is Sunday.
I worked all weekend, but that's ok, because I made a good amount of tips.

Oh I was in the library today, and some girl next to me had the nerve to eat her whole subway sandwich. And she didn't know how to chew with mouth closed. And then it smelled really bad up here.

Anywhoo...

There is really not much to blog about.

Pretty boring life I live.

Las Vegas: Summer '08.
Not really even in this picture, but it brings back good memories.

Oh and the library security dude just walked past me for the third time. Today.

Lo siento

Sorry for the two day lapse of not bloggin'.
Alright, here I go.

So today is Friday. Which means it's the (nearly) the weekend! Yay. Except it won't be much of a weekend, because I work at five today. And then I open on Saturday. So basically my weekend won't start until about three Saturday afternoon.
But that's ok. Because a weekend is a weekend nonetheless.

So anything interesting happen this week?
Not really.

Tuesday I volunteered/mentored my kid.
Wednesday I worked till about 11:30.
Thursday I had a Spanish quiz (which I got a 93) and I math tutored another kid.
And today is Friday. I only have to classes today. Which is really nice.

So any pressing matters on my mind?

Surprisingly not really.

Oh! I think I found my Study Abroad program I want to do. It's in Bilbao Spain, and I would be there for Fall Semester of 2011. So in a year's time I would have already been there for nearly two months!

They have an intensive language program there, so that's why I chose it.


So I guess that's pretty exciting...


Well I think that's it.


Sorry another boring blog.

Way back in the past...Sophomore year '08. Yikes.

"Determination. The will to endure to the end, to get knocked down seventy times and get up off the floor saying, 'Here comes number seventy one'".
-Richard M. Devos

Not in the bloggin' mood

I'll just blog tomorrow.

Untitled

I was too tired to post last night, because I worked till about 11:30. This is my posting for last night.

And I'll post something else tonight.

Love the way you lie

I'm currently listening to that song.

Blog #27. Here we go..

Well today...is Tuesday.
Nearly the middle of the week, which means nearly the end of the week.
That was a bit of a stretch... but hey. don't judge.


So what happened today...


I had school. Only two classes. Just Spanish and Developmental psych.
Both of 'em I enjoy. So that's good.


And I volunteered at nys (Neighborhood Youth Services) today.
I met with my kid, "Jeremy" and we did homework, and then we played dodgeball with the whole group. Successful day.


And I don't really have homework...I mean I could ALWAYS be reading...but really let's be honest here. That ain't happening.


I work tomorrow. Yuk.


Anywhoo...


I think that's really all.


Sorry these blogs are pretty boring.

 Apparently Columbus was pointing the wrong way.
And we have a Holiday for him?

Today I found out that...

The tech center at UMD, or ITSS, is useless.
I figured out my computer problem before they did. Without their help.
Stupid waste of time.

Also, I've gone a week without pop. Go me.

Oh, and I'm still missing that person.

Goodnight

I hate the number 23

That blog was number 23.
I hate that number.
So I had to make blog number 24.
 

Life as a P.O.M. (Peace of Mind)

I'm not really sure what day this blog is... too many to count. But that's a good thing! Regularly blogging=success.

Anywhoo, where to begin?

This is actually going to be pretty short, because I STILL have to finish my poetry analysis.

I mean how the hell do you analyze poetry? Let alone Spanish poetry...
What do I say?

Well in line 34 he uses the word "worm eaten". Well actually that's two words...but point given.

I find it rather pointless and ridiculous.

Tomorrow is Monday. It's already the... well I'm not sure if it's the third or second week of October. Because this month didn't start until a Friday. Do we count that? Tricky...

I will say it's the third week of October. how crazy time flies.

This is pointless blog. I'm sorry. My life is pretty boring.

I think that's all...

Toasted Leg Syndrome

It's a Saturday (nearly Sunday). Shall we begin?

I was watching the news and doctors/scientists have come up with a new syndrome: Toasted leg syndrome. By the title it's pretty self explanatory, but apparently all of our legs are getting rather toasted because of us using our laptops-all the time. Pretty clever name, must have taken a lot of time to come up with that name. Just like restless leg syndrome. I wish I had the brains to come up with these titles.

Twins lost. Again. But I don't want to talk about that. Too painful.

I worked today. It was pretty uneventful. Except really busy. It got really annoying.

I have found I don't like people. Especially people who ask for booths when I seat them at a table. IT ANNOYS ME SO MUCH. It's like, what the hell? Do you eat a booth at your house? No. I didn't think so.

I understand that at a restaurant I am here to serve you, but really, just fricken sit where I seat you.

Anywhoo. Tangent of the night.

And I think that's all tonight....

Yep. That's it.

 

October Magic?

Watching the twins, hopefully pull off a miracle?

It's not over 'till its over.

Happy Friday

Happy Friday. Blog number twenty. Let's begin.

Happy Friday. I like Fridays. I only have two classes. It's (nearly) the weekend. Which means I get to sleep in. Well not on Saturdays, because I'm cleaning bathrooms at 930. But Sunday I get to sleep in!

Anywhoo...What to blog about...

I got an 86 on that Psych. exam. I'm pretty happy with that.
I'm like 91.8 in the class right now. So can't complain about that either.

Spanish is going well. Except I have to write a poetry analysis on some poems. Which is quite ridiculous, because I can barely understand some English poetry, let alone Spanish poetry. But we'll see how that goes. I'll just be Bs'ing my way through that paper.

Biology is not really fun, but it's a pretty easy class. So far.

This week turned out to be a pretty long week, with the funeral and everything, but the week got progressively better. It's pretty hard to do anything worse then going to a funeral.

I am really hungry at the moment. I only had yogurt this morning. So that would explain why.

Did I mention that I fricken' hate the Yankees? No word in the English language can describe my hatred towards that team. They're all like 80. They need to retired. Especially Jeter the cheater.

I bought the first season of Glee two days ago. My life is complete.

I haven't had pop for three days. I'm proud. But today comes the real test, when I work. Because it's very easy to take a few swigs of pop while running back into the kitchen. But those few swigs turn into like 45 throughout the night.

I am really missing someone right now. (pretty vague right?)
And I'm sure they don't even know it.

Anywhoo...

I think that's all for today. I feel like I'm going to pass out if I don't get anything to eat.

 Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death.
-Harold Wilson

All of the following follow the rule of Bronfenbrenner's ecological theory of Developement except:

This will be yet another short blog posting.

I had my first developmental psychology exam today.

I think I did pretty well.

But I have found that I hate questions like:

All of the following are examples of Bronfenbrenner's ecological theory of development EXCEPT:

a.
b.
c.
d.
e. ALL OF THEM FOLLOW.

Now she says her goal is NOT to trick us, but really?
Those questions are really stupid.

Anywhoo. That was my day.

And now I'm watching the Twins. Maybe they can actually win a game in the post season?

 

Dear New York: I hate you.

So this will be a very short blog.

Last night the Twins lost to the Yankees- YET AGAIN.
It's annoying.
Painful.
Stupid.


It's ridiculous.
How about you actually keep a lead once you have one and don't blow it like you always do.


Mauer, how about you actually play like you're worth the 128 million we paid you.


Words cannot describe my hatred for the Yankees.


That's all.

Struggle day

I'm not going to blog a lot today because I am not in the mood.
But...

Today I managed to:

Forget that I had class at noon. I only realized I had class at 11:57
I brought the wrong notebook to my spanish class and I didn't have my poems that we were supposed to analyze for today.
I couldn't find money for parking.
I woke up late.
And I lost 4 games of ping pong. To 8 year olds.

That's all.

 

Until death do us part.

Day sixteen. Here we go.

Today's topic is not a bright and happy topic. So that's your warning.

Lately I have been thinking a lot about death. ( I know morbid thought right?)

But there's good reason for me to be thinking about it. I actually just got back from a funeral today. Obviously funerals are never fun, but I wanted to support my friend-much more important. The funeral was in Chanhassen, so that gave me plenty of time to reflect about the funeral on the way home.

My musings:

Thankfully, I have only been to very few funerals in my life. I have been blessed that no one in my family has died unexpectedly, nor any of my friends.

The hardest funeral I've had to go to was for my Grandma Shirly back in 2008. And it wasn't even a funeral-because she was not that religious. It was more of a ceremony where people got up and spoke about her vivacious life. She was the one grandparent I got real close to. My other three died when I was younger/lived in the cities, so I didn't see them as much. She was the one grandparent I had a really close relationship with. So that was definitely the hardest to go through.

I am not a big fan of catholic funerals. I mean I'm catholic, but watching my other grandma's casket being put into the ground is something I would be alright if I never saw it again. Also seeing the casket being put in the car and the car drive away while all of us just stand outside is not pleasing either. Open caskets bother me too. I guess i just think that it's not the person's body that makes the person, but rather his or her soul.

Death is a curious thing in life. I'm not scared of the actual event death, but rather what happens after we die. After seeing my grandpa diagnosed with dementia and Alzheimer's disease and see how crippling it is, there are worse things than death. I know it's one of those life questions that we will never figure out, but I always am asking it. In this finite world, it's hard for me to understand that wherever we may go after death, it's infinite. Forever. I also believe in heaven and hell, and I'm hoping that I'm making good choices every day that will lead to a better place after death. I'm probably not making sense right now...


I felt like I handled myself well today at the funeral. But I'm not sure how I will handle death when my parents die, or any of my family members. I know for a fact that it will be different. I dread the day.


Death is hard, but like with everything else, there is always a silver lining. Or more. After watching my grandpa suffer for years from chronic diseases, and see my grandma suffer from liver cancer, death brought peace to both of them. They were no longer shackled to this world filled with pain, suffering, and misery. But rather set free to wherever they went. What is worse? Death? Or a cancer patient suffering for years from relapses with no cure? A tough question. And only you know the answer.


Energy cannot be created nor destroyed. I guess this reaffirms to me that we simply don't just become nothing once we die. I believe our soul is pure energy, thus cannot be destroyed even when our body fails us. I just hope one day I'll be able to meet up with everyone who left before me. And where will we meet up? Well, I guess I won't know until I get there.


Overall death is never an easy thing to deal with. But loving friends and family can help you get through it all.

I seem not to know my rights from my lefts.

I just put my IPod ear buds in the wrong ears. And I was wondering why I wasn't able to hear anything out of 'em...

Blog #15! Whoo...
Except fifteen isn't anything that important...But besides the point.

Actually speaking of 15...it seems like the number 15 is much more important than a lot of numbers. It seems that a 15th anniversary is more special then say 14th or 16th anniversary.
Or maybe that's just me? I am kind of weird...


Today is Sunday. Another weekend nearly done...unfortunately.
Tomorrow is Monday. Which means another week of school.
Monday also means I have my first Spanish exam.
I'm not too worried about my Spanish test, because I am pretty good at Spanish. And it seems that I'm an even better bull shitter when it come to Spanish tests.
But we'll see I guess...


I am currently in the most comfortable recliner ever. This chair is fought over on a daily basis in this household. And I usually win for the simple fact that I have old parents who can't run as fast as me. Well, let me rephrase that. Can't even walk as fast of me. So I always get claims.

Sorry mom and dad...


Currently on the t.v. is some special about Hawaiian dancing. Not very interesting...


As we speak, I am listening to Eminem's Love the way you lie. I am usually not that big of a fan of his or rap in general. But the last couple of songs have been pretty good.


As I've said before this blog has no thread to it..and no coherent organization to it.
Just my thoughts- as they enter my mind.

Apparently (it took me forever to type that) it is the 15th anniversary of OJ's not guilty verdict was announced.

There is the number 15 again.....Mean something? No. Probably not.


Speaking of numbers, I really hate the number 23-after watching that stupid movie.


I also don't like the number 189 after stupid nfl quals..
But that's another long story for another day.


I am now watching Jersey Shore. It's a rerun..but nonetheless funny.
Ronnie has the words of wisdom for today.


"He is getting played. Like a piano."


What would we do without Jersey shore? Actually I think we would be ok. The world would not be worse off, if Jersey Shore was not a show.


Well... I think that's all I have for tonight.

 "What's the easiest and laziest way to lose 5lbs"?
 -AP World Corner

To blog or not to blog? That is a question.

Actually that's not really a question I am asking myself.. I just needed a witty title.
Blog numero 14. And it begins...

Well what happened today. I worked. And I didn't make very good tips today.
Which is understandable for three reasons.

1.) We were on a 12 chart, meaning there were 12 servers on.
1a.) That means they have like three tables
1b.) Which means they make no money.
2. There four hosts on total.
3. It wasn't even that busy.


These reasons that equal Ryan not getting very much tips.
Which really sucks, because bussing and wiping tables is total bitch work and hard work.
But it's understandable that when servers don't make money, they have no money to tip me.


Anywhoo, luckily I don't have to work tomorrow. Finally a day off!
Except I don't even work that much.. but it's nice to have Sunday off.


Other than that I did absolutely nothing today. Which was wonderful and lovely.
I enjoy days where I can just lay around and do nothing at all. Relaxing day.


Because tomorrow is a long day at the library, vigorously studying for my exams this week: Spanish and Dev. Psych.


I'm not too worried about either of 'em. I just need to study.


My life is pretty boring which most likely means my blog is pretty boring.
Nothing really exciting happens in my life! Which could be a good thing or a bad thing.


My cat is really annoying me right now. I think I've mentioned that before though.


So yeah this blog is pretty bland. Nothing really to report, nor am I feeling philosophical with anything. And not a lot of things are annoying me.


So that's all.

 "Shit Ryan, I broke a nail."
-Lofald

Well it's Friday, which means weekend. Blog number 13? 13.
Let's dive in...

So a short reflection of this past week.

Highlights:
I got an 87 on my first Bio exam. Which is how I thought I would do, so I'm happy with that.
I got an A- on my Spanish paper. Which took me 2.5 hours to do, but obviously hard work pays off.
I actually made good strip money..ehh I mean tip money this week while working. For the record I'm a host at Applebee's and made thirty two dollars in one night. Not too shabby.
Glee. Enough said.


Low lights (I am sad that "lowlights" isn't one word):
Not enough sleep at all this week.
And that's really about it.

Today has just been kind of blah week. Nothing bad really happened, but nothing overly fantastic superbly awesome happened either.


So I can already tell this blog posting is going to be pretty bland.


---- I'm just going to finish this blog posting later after class ----

I'm not really in the mood to blog tonight, so I'll just end it here.

I'll really like this picture. A lot.

"Failure is the condiment that gives success its failure."
-Truman Capote