Gotta to be my favorite advice from a movie. Remember that brilliant older woman with the curly blond hair and dramatic hats in Under the Tuscan Sun? ( Okay, I’ll admit it. I love that movie) She was giving Diane Lane some stupid advice about life and Italian men, then she told her the best line of the movie: “Remember; never lose your childlike sense of wonder!”. I think the best but hardest thing about getting older is experience. Experiencing challenges, working hard every day, figuring out how amazing and horrible people can be. College is one of the most challenging times of young people’s lives. It’s like someone took 20 years of experience and crammed it into 4. Anyone who has been in college a couple of years knows. How different are you now from when you came to college as a naive freshman? At times this change is great; you feel like you are maturing, becoming the person who are going to be for the rest of your life. At times it feels like every challenge you face is designed to destroy your idealistic dreams. Sometimes it just seems easier to be indifferent to things. Stress and sadness and reality have a tendency to dampen your passions. It is easier to get your shit done and make it until the end of each day that to actually enjoy your life. It’s easier to stay where it’s familiar than to go somewhere new. What if what you hope for never matches up with reality? In college, with life rushing at you every second, it’s easy to think you have started to figure things out. Life is hard. Yeah, you’ll get hurt. And guess what, you have to deal. At this point you might want to stop caring. But there are still an infinite number of mind-blowing beautiful things left out there for you to discover. All you have to do is keep looking. I think Cicero said it best: “It is a shameful thing to be weary of inquiry, when what we search for is excellent”.
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This may sound weird, but I have had a revelation. The last year, I have not been happy with the way I have changed. In high school, I used to really enjoy life. Go to concerts, paint, really listen to music, like my classes, and in general just be a good person. Every since I got into college I feel like I have been changing. I no longer care about things I used to, I act immaturely even as I approach “adulthood”, and I take everything forgranted. I take my friends forgranted and I take my family forgranted. I reached a crossroads this morning when I woke up and realized, I am going to graduate in two years and be out in the world. Is this the person I want to be for the rest of my life? College is supposed to be a time of change. The thing is, no one tells you if it is a change for the better or for the worse. We are all hurtling towards our lives as adults, yet are any of us ready for it? I feel like I have regressed in college, not progressed. The good news is, I have reached this crossroads. I can take the road less traveled, step up to life, and do myself proud. I will actually call my family every once in a while. I will appreciate my friends. I will do the things I love to do, not do what everyone else is doing. I will work hard so that I can still do the things I dreamed about doing my whole life. I am going to start acting like I am ready for the rest of my life. And enjoy the rest of college as a (hopefully) mature adult.
p.s. first step: listen to more npr song of the day
I don’t need to convince most people that So You Think You Can Dance is the only talent show out there with real talent. This show takes dancing to the masses, and left us breathless every week this summer. Did you vote for Jeanine? Did you want both her and Brandon to win? Were you pissed as hell when Janette was voted off? Did you live to see Jason take his shirt off? Did that Jason Mraz acoustic verson os “If It Kills Me” break your heart? 
EVEN IF you have never watched this show, ever, you still have a chance! This fall, a new season premieres. Fox has brilliant stuff in spite of itself. Watch this great show premiere Sept 9th. AND if that was not good enough, GLEE returns that same night. Do not get me started on how much Glee makes me happy in my soul. I have watched theat Journey song cover ten times. Yes, Glee qualifies as a new obsession. It is hard for TV shows to touch us sad and jaded youth, but Glee brings the most unexpected joy to its viewers. Get excited! I will be enjoying these two shows in my newly decorated apartment. It doesn’t even look like a college place anymore…thanks roommates!
Yep…I finally have to face the facts, classes have begun, which means about now is the time I have to put my resolution to get As into effect. It is so much better to think these things than actually do them. Alas, earwax. God, I hope this post doesn’t actually end up being about school. LAME. I was having an interesting discussion the other day with my brother about Supernatural, basically our favorite show on tv. He likes it for the kick-ass action, amazing drama and acting, and riveting storyline. I like it for all those things and the hot guys. Jensen Ackles is one of those unrecognized brilliant actors, and is smoking. Looks wise and when he is actually smoking when he is shot by demons and stuff. Anyways, can I get a shot out for Season 4??? ANGELS!!!! DEMONS!!!! END OF THE WORLD!!!! And Castiel. ‘Nuff said. Season 5 is supposed to be the last season, but those crazy fans want more. Okay, I want more. But I don’t know if the brilliance can last after the whole end of the world thing. Thoughts?
P.S. I am an upperclassmen. Wicked.
Never mind the Judy Bloom reference. This is my first ever blog! I do not have any experience with blogging or reading blogs. Never really thought that I could get into the mysterious sphere of “blogging”. For years the word was elusive. What motivated me to take the risk, push past my super self-conscious barrier? I had to. I have always loved writing. I knew that writing would be a lifelong passion of mine when in the third grade I wrote a story about an alien that befriended a girl after it ate her pencil. Pencil Zapper Wapper Napper Doo. I was very creative. Anyways, my current life ambition is to be a doctor. I am studying my ass of at Univ. of MD, College Park as a neurology and physiology major, English Minor. My ambition is to me a doctor, but my other ambition is to write as often and in anyway I can. Write anything, even crap. One day, after I’m a doctor (if I can get straight As for the rest of college), I want to write a book. Until then, I find my salvation in this blog. I am really excited…
a frightening ostrich
I used to think I was pretty smart. In the old days, two and a half years ago, I had finished applying to college. I was on top of the world. High school was not overly challenging for me. I took a lot of APs, but I never had to work too hard. I always put in a lot of effort, but not enough to, like, stress me out. Yeah, I was cocky. I remember studying AP Art History and thinking, Damn! I am just a natural at this. I loved learning and if I wanted an A I got it. I felt pretty smart when I got into every college I applied to (except Harvard, minor detail). I rolled into college on the wave of my acceptances and the attitude I had had since the first grade. You are one of the smart ones. You may not have popularity, or mad gymnastics skills, or ever been on Junior Jeopardy, but you are smart; always have been, always will be. The first semester of college was fine, because I took a lot of humanities. I could basically pull papers out of my ass. Then second semester hit. And that was when college made me its bitch. Science was actually HARD in college. WHAT? I had to study, even after I did not want to study??? I could actually get a C??? WHAT?!?!?!? A combination of Organic Chem, Physics, and Calc 2 made my life miserable. I had to actually study my ass off. And then sophomore year came, with delightful Orgo 2, physics 2, gen chem 2, etc. I recently switched my major from Biochem to NeuroPhys when I realized I was shit at Gen Chem. With the beginning of my junior year, I have changed my attitude. I can no longer assume I will do well. I have to struggle with everyone else. And if I am not good enough, I will drink enough energy drinks and pee to mark my territory in the library until I am. Univ. of MD and I have a love/hate relationship. I hate that it is so cold, that everyone has their guards up every second. But, I love it sometimes. Cause guess what? Junior year will be my bitch!
