Start of 2nd Semester

Well, I sure haven't been on here in awhile, and I will explain why.  In the beginning of November I got a job at Bath and Body Works (YAY!), since I got it around the holidays I was working NONSTOP all through Black Friday up until Christmas Eve.  I would work from 6 and wouldn't get home until 11:30, and then wouldn't go to bed until 1 or 2 because I would be doing my homework.  Then I decided over break I would start blogging again, but I got caught up spending time with Brad and my friends.  So not that I'm 4 days into my 2nd semester I will let you know the classes I am taking.  My schedule this semester is one that I am very excited about I cover a few gen. eds and a couple classes that pertain to my major.  My schedule is: Cultural Anthropology (interesting course so far), British Literature I Old English to 1680, American Short Story, and French.  All my professors are really cool too! My Anthro professor is British and he's really funny, my British Lit teacher is really nice and VERY enthusiastic about the subject, my American short story professor reminds me a bit of Professor McGonagall from Harry Potter, she looks really mean but is actually very nice when you get to know her (so I've heard), and my French professor is actually from France so that's really cool.  This semester is very hard so far, so I will try my best to keep up with this blog haha! As for right now, the Bruins will be on in 10 minutes, and I need to see if my boys win! Hahah!

Things I've Learned In College

So, I've learned some things out of the classroom about college that I would like to share with you all.  It is everything that I have gathered now that my first semester is ending in a month! So here we go!

1. Just because there are quiet hours during the week, and common courtesy hours 24/7, doesn't mean people are going to follow them.  So thank you so much people who think it's fun to bang on my door at 2 am like there is a fire. when in fact you are just being annoying and/or drunk.
2. Even though you think writing/drawing penises on people's white boards is funny, others will not find it funny at all.  Thus they will report your act.
3. Putting a fake bloody hand print of the door or the girl's bathroom was festive and funny (kinda), if the culprit does not fess up the entire floor will need to pay $100 in maintenance. Which I don't understand it wasn't detrimental damage, all it takes to take off is spray and a paper towel...
4. There are still teacher's pets, enough said
5. There are still those people who make a big scene about their good grade, I'm sorry I got a 98 on my essay and I didn't brag to the class...ZING!
6. The boys side of the dorm smells so bad that you will want to vomit...literally I have gagged walking down their hall.
7. You're in college, teachers are NOT going to hold your hand, you have to study on your own, please don't argue with the teacher because we did not go over the word "nar".
8. Ladies, just because we are all girls, doesn't make it OK to leave feminine product wrappers and applicators on the bathroom floor. Sincerely, Extremely Grossed Out.
9. Just because the walls are made of concrete doesn't mean the doors are, no one wants to hear you having sex.  Quite frankly, it was disturbing that I could hear you from 2 doors down....
10. The definition of poor in college, it being completely out of quarters to do your laundry.  You get ghetto.  You take a $20 bill cash it into all ones, then stand at the vending machines putting the dollar in and then pressing coin return.
11. Getting a washer and a dryer is basically a fight.  You may have a washer but you need to go down the the laundry room 10 minutes before the load is done.  Then you pick a dryer that is empty and sit on it until you can switch the loads.  There's a whole system.

Well that's all I can think of, CMAs are on so gottta go

Wow, It's Been A Long Time

Well, it's been a long time since I've been on here!  By the time I am finished with my homework and have taken a shower, I usually forget to blog and when I remember I'm already snuggled up in bed.  So I am sorry!  You haven't missed much actually just been doing a lot of homework, writing papers and studying.  So, it hasn't been too interesting.  Hmm...let's see what have I done lately...oh last Monday I went to go see Hocus Pocus that was really fun, and for Halloween I didn't do anything had too much homework to do.  Plus with all the snow Halloween was either postponed OR cancelled! How do you explain to a little kid that they can't have Halloween?! I don't know if they will reschedule it, I hope they do for those little kids.  Halloween in the neighbor down the street wasn't cancelled, I heard they gave out big candy bars! haha! Yesterday I went and listen to the guest speaker, Magda Herzberger, she is a holocaust survivor.  Her story was really good!  She survived 3 death camps, she was separated from her father, mother and uncle.  Her father and uncle ended up passing away.  She was in Bergen-Belson when she was liberated by the British, she says that she still has the utmost respect for the British!  She was actually really healthy compared to her peers, so she worked in a hospital rehabilitating the survivor who were not so lucky.  She was then reunited with her mother, it was a very good story over all.  Magda is a writer, poet and a composer, she's also really funny! Her husband was watching her presentation, and she kept pointing him out telling us that they will be married 65 years come November 21st.  It was soo cute she told us the story of how they met in medical school, and how he gave her free tutoring lessons.  One day he asked her to describe her ideal man, and she told him she wanted to hear about his ideal woman!  As he was describing it she noticed that all of the characteristics were hers, so after he was done she said well I hope you find this ideal woman.  He told her that he already did that it was her and asked her to marry him! So cuteeeee!!! Hahah! She said she went home to her mother, and said "Mother, I am getting married!"  When her mom asked when she said next month, and the next month they were married! It was soo cute!  Today I didn't do much but go to class and come home and do math!  That's my night, see nothing too interesting...now just need to wait 20 minutes before The Real World. Oh! Everyone needs to go to the website dearblankpleaseblank.com it's sooo funny!!!!!!!!!

Dim Sum and Chinatown In the Pouring Rain

Today my Chinese and Expos class went on a field trip to Boston's Chinatown for a tour and Dim Sum lunch.  For those who don't know what Dim Sum is, it is traditional Chinese food eaten mostly in HongKong; the food is all steamed.  So we get to the Dim Sum restaurant and it didn't look like your typical Chinese restaurant it was actually nice.  We sat at this big round table and then the servers started coming with the bamboo steamers, and we began to pick which ones we wanted.  We got a lot of seafood, pork and beef dumplings, but the most extreme thing we got and 4 girls (my class is all girls) tried chicken feet.  Yes that's right a foot of the chicken it was gross watching them eat it, but hey they were braver than the rest of us!  I really like the sweet stuff haha it was the only ones that smelled good and didn't make me want to gag; OH I also liked the rice! My favorites dishes were Chilled Coconut and Watermelon soup, this pumpkin pancake thing, and sesame balls.  The chilled soup was served out of a hollowed watermelon; they put coconut milk, the balled watermelon and tapioca beads in it and it tasted like PURE sugar! So yummy I had two bowls full! It wasn't filling since it was mostly watery! Then I had the orange circle thing but it was made from pumpkin, and if it had a bit more cinnamon in it they would have tasted exactly like pumpkin pie! The sesame balls tasted like a sesame seed bagel with peanut butter on it.  The "peanut butter" was actually in the inside and it was a red bean paste.  It tasted pretty good.  I didn't have the savory dumplings because I didn't want to take the chance of getting sick; since a lot of other countries don't always cook their meat like we do.  I know in France they serve their meat almost raw unless you ask for it cooked more thoroughly, and their eggs are hardly cooked.  They are able to stomach it, but we can't really unless you're used to that stuff.  After our interesting lunch we went on a tour of Chinatown, in the POURING rain!  It was an hour long tour, and we could barely hear the guy because of Boston traffic; we weren't really paying attention because we were all soaking wet and FREEZING!  We couldn't wait until we got back onto the bus!  So that was my day hahah!  If you want a better explanation of Dim Sum if you google it and go to wikipedia it will tell you more! haha!  Now I'm going to watch food network challenge before the Real World

I Hate Math, but Love Taylor Swft! (That's Who I'm Listening To)

I know I haven't blogged in awhile, so I am taking a break from my math homework (which I have been doing for about 2 1/2 hours) to blog.  Two weekends ago I got to go home and see Kellie! We had a sleep over and a movie night it was fun!!  I also wen to my Uncle Peter Larkin's surprise birthday, and I go to see my Grandpa Jack!  Last weekend I went to Brad's school for the weekend! :D I got there Friday night and left Sunday afternoon!  I had a lot of fun! We hung out with his friends, and he preformed magic for family weekend.  Actually he totally forgot that he signed up to preform, so it came as a shock to him!  He did the vanishing bandanna trick where he actually makes a banana disappear, it's all apart of the joke that goes along with the trick! He did a great job though! He had the girls behind us going "WTH?!??!??!" It was really funny!  So yesterday I went to the campus health center because lately every time I have something dairy like ice cream, cheese, and sour cream to name a few I get sick to my stomach.  It happened on Saturday night after Brad and I had pita sandwiches, and I had cheese and mayo as my toppings.  Soon after I ate it my stomach got upset for about 30-45 minutes.  So I texted Mom to see if I could have developed an allergy to dairy; she told me it was possible and to go to the CHS at some point during the week and avoid dairy until then.  I did as I was told, and Monday morning scheduled an appointment for 1 o'clock, and when I went as soon as I started listing my symptoms the doctor goes "Yup, you're definitely Lactose Intolerant, but don't worry it more than likely won't last your entire life."  So now I have to wait until I get some lactaid medicine until I can have ice cream and cheese again! Of course all of the good meals at the dining commons all have had cheese so I have to settle for the pasta, but tonight I had tacos and it was very upsetting not being able to put sour cream or cheese on it! So I doubled up on salsa! =) Mom's sending me some lactaid for me to have at school and Dad and Stacee are both getting me some so I can eat whatever cheesy milky goodness they make!  Tomorrow I am going on my 2nd field trip with my Chinese and Expos class to Chinatown in Boston for a historical tour and Dim Sum Lunch.  Now, I am NOT looking forward to Dim Sum, it's traditional Chinese food that is usually steamed veggies and dumplings. They people who work there push the dishes around on these carts and you pick what you want.  GROSS! I'm sorry Americanized Chinese food is my cup of tea.  Plus usually any Chinese food restaurant you go into isn't always the cleanest; I always try to avoid looking in the back of the kitchen because sometimes it isn't pretty! And everyone I've talked to who has had Dim Sum before says it's really gross even if you love Chinese food.  So I don't think I'll be able to try it.  Good thing we're not paying for it the school is! =)  Which I guess technically could mean that we're paying for it anyway...oh well.  Usually I'll try new things, but steamed veggies and dumplings which I don't like ANYWAY I don't think I can bring myself to it.  Sorry Laoshi I'm OK with missing the dining experience!  Oh well, I got to get back to math now! =/ I don't want to!!! ='(

JERZDAYYY!

I know I haven't blogged since LAST Jerzday, but I have a reason!  Friday I was really tired so I just went to bed early, and I was really busy over the weekend.  My Puppa passed away on Sunday morning, and Monday through Wednesday I was at home.  My dad came and got me Monday night, so I would be able to go to his wake and funeral.  My Puppa's wake was much more different than my grandma's.  There wasn't as many people at his mostly just the immediate family and friends of his girlfriend, or both him and his girlfriend.  Not too sure.  We all just hung around for a while then I went home with Auntie Lindsay, and tried to fry eggs.  I realized that I wasn't cooking them the way I wanted to; I wanted them over easy, but I kept getting them hard.  Oh well! So I just scrambled them.  Later I hate like 1/2 the bag of cheez-its. hahha!  Then Wednesday morning we went to my Puppa's funeral.  My cousin Robyn was supposed to read along with my cousin Jenna, but Robyn didn't feel too well so my dad read for her.  Before he even got up there he tried to get me to read it, but I said nuh-uh! I didn't want to go up there!  After the service we started the procession.  Since my Puppa is a WWII vet he had the flag draped over his casket all through the wake and service and even at the cemetery.  Now, I have never been to a military involved funeral (thankfully), but it was really interesting and that's where it got more emotional.  After the priest (?) gave his sermon 2 men came, maybe in the army since that's what my Puppa was in.  One stood saluting his casket while the other played "Taps" off in the distance.  That's the SADDEST song I've ever heard!! I thought they only did that in movies, but no it's a real song!  Then once they were done with 'Taps" the man who was playing it stood saluting, and once they were done they began the folding of the flag.  The only time I have ever seen the flag folded was during a how to speech in Public Speaking.  Seeing it done for real was VERY different.  They didn't say all the commands in those loud voices instead one just tugged on the flag to signal that it was time for the next fold.  It was so emotional by that time!  Out of all my uncles, my uncle Fred was the only one who joined the Army.  So my Uncle Pete, Uncle David, and Elaine all thought that Uncle Fred would appreciate the flag more than they would.  They didn't tell him that he was going to get the flag, so when he was given the flag he just started to cry.  It was really sad, but we were all happy that he got it so it was nice.  Now I am back at school, and I am waiting for Jersey Shore to come on in 5 mins!!!!!!!!!!! And everything I just said is why I didn't blog the last week! Very very busy!  Only 3 more episodes before Snooki, JWOWW, Sammi, Ron, DJ Pauly D, Vinny and Mike "The Situation" leave Italy... ='( In the words of Snooks WAAAHHHH

Happy Jerzday!!! =)

 I decided to blog while my youtube video is loading, they take FOREVER to load here it's awful! I finally added a minor, and it's french!! I have an even BIGGER story that is the reason why I don't like some of the administration here.  So I bring the slip down to the Registrar Office and say I have a slip adding a minor.  Now there's two copies the top is for them and the bottom is for me.  The guy looks at me and says, "Where's the bottom?" I told him that it was in my room because the lady at CASA told me to keep it.  So he rolls his eyes and says, "Ok you're all set." I was about to leave when I decided to ask him to check something for me which he gave me attitude for! I asked if he can check that my concentration says that I am an English major with a concentration in Secondary Ed.  He was like ugh well can I see your ID so I gave it to him and he types it into the computer and he's like it just says general English.  I said, "Well what does that mean?" "That you're just an English major" I told him when I applied I put English major with a concentration in Sec. Ed. He was like yeah you probably just messed it up somehow.  So I asked him how I can fix it to where it's right.  And he was like well you need to get the Education Department chair to sign for you, like you did with the Mod. Language.  Thanks Captain Obvious, are you gunna stand there or tell me where to get another form or are you just gunna go back to your little desk!? I didn't say that although I really wanted to!  So I was going to run back to CASA to ask for another form and he was like "Where are you going?" I said, "Umm, to CASA to get another form" "Did you not see the ones right there?" "Nope, thanks for pointing it out though"  So I fill it out and go to the Education Department where I get attitude from ANOTHER person!!! I asked if I could see the department chair "She's not in what do you need?" "I need to get this signed so I can concentrate in Secondary Ed." "Oh well she'll be here tomorrow sign up and I'll just write what you need" "OK thanks"  I go back to get the sheet she puts the initials in the WRONG PLACE!! I said "Oh I don't want to minor in Secondary Ed, I want to concentrate it." "Yeah it's the same thing" "UM, no that's not what I was told, my minor is French I need to concentrate in Secondary Ed." "No, it doesn't matter it'll be fine either way" I just left.  A concentration is a based on what your major is.  So since I am in English major I will focus on EVERYTHING a regular English major is going to focus on, but I will concentrate in Secondary Ed that will correspond with my major. I'm not minoring in it.  It's just a focus and it will be linked with my major.  Almost like a dual major, just not as much work.  I don't know we'll see what the Chairman says about it, I'll grab a new form just in case too.  Which leads me to another point, I have to RUN from psych to Dwight hall to make my appointment, but I'm going to tell my psych teacher that I have to leave early so he doesn't think I'm just randomly walking out of his class.  Or maybe he'll let us out early since he usually does when people are not engaged in the classroom conversation.  My bet is on he'll let us out early regardless, but I'll still give him a heads up. I'm usually one of the first one's there, and he likes me since I always pay attention even though the class is SUPER boring!! Well, I'm going to get ready for Grey's Anatomy AND Jersey Shore! Two great shows all in one night! YAY!