My last blog, for real. <--most uncreative title yet!

So, I lied, this my last blog. As I sit here in english class I must write another blog. I think this is kind of funny - blogging about the blog. Anyways, I have diverged from what this blog is supposed to be, a reflection. What have I gained from the blog? What was it's purpose? These are the questions that I am supposed to answer.
This blog has given me a chance to express my thought on some issues in a different way than I would have had I not been in English 101. I normally would not blog on a daily, or even weekly basis, or probably at all, but I do find it helpful as some sort of a release. It's a good way to get things out of your head and get them somewhere. Although the blog entries were supposed to be reflective and deep for the most part, it also gives you a chance to comment on recent happenings. I enjoy telling stories of things that have gone on lately in my life and doing so in the blog allowed me to search for what I have learned from these experiences rather than just letting them pass. It's also a good time to "talk" and say what you want withough being interrupted : ) I even found myself at times wanting to write on the blog because I was so upset or distraught about something that I had to let it out...Thank goodness most of these times I did not have access to a computer : )
Overall, this blog has been helpful to me in several ways. It has taught me to draw deeper meaning from typical everyday things, allowed me to express my feelings, see what other people think (when they comment on my blog), and also get into the heads of others. I enjoyed reading other people's blogs and often times I've found myself agreeing with people and actually looking to see who this person was and if I saw them around I would talk to them about their blog. It gave a semi-bonding experience. But if i didn't agree, commenting on their blog was a non-confrontational way to discuss the disputed issue.
I learned many things from the blog even though at times it was hard to post. I did not always feel like doing a blog or reading and commenting on others', but here, at the end of the assignment, I'm glad we did it. Looking back I would have done this blog a little different. I would have taken it on with a better attitude than I did at the beginning and probably blogged more often now that I see the benefits of it.

Another turning point, a fork stuck in the road.

So, here it goes. My last blog ever...well atleast being a MC Choctaw. Next semester I'll be back home in Louisiana and I couldn't be happier! In fact, this time next week I'll be back home in Louisiana. It's been a fun, well bearable, time here at MC. I wouldn't stretch so far to say fun because I haven't exactly enjoyed my time here. I guess this just goes to show how different people are. Some people knew right off the bat that this place was for them, but I never felt that way. I was very excited about coming to college and living on my own. Well after a couple weeks that was out my system. I was excited about living on my own with no rules from my parents, but I actually found MC to be worse.
Eleven o'clock on a Saturday night, really? That's as late as my friends can stay? I'm sorry, am I a freshman in college or high school? I understand that there have to be rules and there's danger in having guys walking around in girls dorms, but even when they're "legally" allowed in the rooms the rules are ridiculous. You can't sit on the bed with them, close the door, and heaven forbid you take your feet off the ground. I don't mind abiding by rules, but here I feel like I'm treated like a child. I found it very degrading to have a girl my age checking on me and making sure that I'm not doing something wrong.
This isn't the reason I'm leaving, but I do not feel like this place is a good environment to grow and mature in - mostly because you're not given the opportunity to. Of course you can grow in some ways - getting up and going to class, studying, but some of the most important aspects of growing up are left out. I didn't mean to rag on MC on my last blog, but that's just where it ended up once I started typing.

Props to myself...sortof

So, I'm pretty proud of myself for remembering to actually do this blog. Especially with the 6 days or so off from school. Nevertheless, I would not have remembered had I not checked my email in Wal-Mart and saw that somebody commented on my blog from last week. So, thanks to my little brother who decided he needed a new winter wardrobe and my mom for agreeing. Had they not done so I would not have been so inexplicably bored and resorted to playing on my phone.
Anyway, I rushed them out of Wal-Mart as quickly as possible to get me home to do this blog. As I was wasting my life away in Wal-Mart though, it allowed me sort of contemplate what I was going to write about. As though talking about my trip to Wal-Mart wouldn't be adequately entertaining, I figured I should write about something with a little more meaning. So, something that I've been thinking about lately has been technology - good or bad?
Of course I'm thankful for technology in times like today when I was able to check my phone in the middle of Wal-Mart, but there are times when I'm not so thankful for it. It seems that technology makes us lose touch with people almost more than keeping in touch with them. Just because you're "Facebook friends" doesn't mean you really are friends with that person at all. Sites like Facebook and Myspace take the work of friendships that need to be worked at in order to be a real friendship at all. And as much as I love texting -it makes boring things not so boring- whatever happened to calling and actually speaking with a person? I am definitely guilty of planning an entire party without actually speaking to one person and I'm kind of ashamed of that. It just seems that technology has allowed us to fall out of touch with people more than get closer. So, as a goal for myself this week I'm going to try and text less...only when necessary. Maybe then I can get homework finished because it's not constantly interrupted.

Feelin' right this time of year..

From November till January it feels like almost nothing can get me down. Between the weather getting cooler, the leaves changing, and just the feeling of the holiday season upon us, I can't help but be happy. This is my favorite time of the year. I can't pin down exactly what it is, but it's almost just like there is a feeling in the air. As soon as that first cool breeze blows an overwhelming feeling of joy comes upon me.
Whenever I think about Thanksgiving and Christmas all I think is that I get to spend time with my family doing all the things that I've done since I was kid. I get to act like I'm ten again and get away with it. Making gingerbread houses, picking out the tallest tree that will fit in the living room, putting up christmas lights-these are just a few of my family's holiday traditions. As soon as the weather gets cold all I can think about is how I can't wait to do all those things.
This can be bad because it makes me lose focus in school. All I can think about is the holiday that is only days away. So, my goal is to work as hard as I can so that I can enjoy my holiday more-it's harder than it sounds. But hey, I did get this blog done one time : ) So, I guess that's something.

2 time STATE CHAMPS!

The power of a crowd is amazing! I've always heard of "underdog" stories and how the people or fans of a team affect the players, but I never really witnessed that first hand until yesterday. This Saturday was the 2008 state championship volleyball game in Kenner, La. The high school that I graduated from made it to this point for the 3rd year in a row- this year walking on to the court as the reigning state champs. And who is their opponent? The runner-up from last year, Episcopal School of Acadiana. We knew this would make for a good game. Having lost the previous year made ESA ready for a win, but the fact that they were once again facing the Northlake Christian Wolverines (NCS) who they lost the state title to only one year ago made them vengeful in a sense.
So the game begins. The first game was close the entire time, but my team ended up losing. The second game - same thing. We lost. It was down to this third game. If we won the next 3 games in a row we would reclaim the state title, but if we lost even one game it would be over for us. We had been in this position 2 years ago in which we lost and that is a hard thing to forget about and overcome. So naturally, at this point the crowd was getting a little tired..not to mention the team. Nevertheless we cheered and the team played hearts out and we came back from a 7 point deficit to win the third game! Not to mention my best friend had the winning slam : ) On to the fourth game. The lead was tossed around throughout the game finally landing in the hands of NCS. Then came final game.
Both teams had 2 wins under their belts and this game would determine it all. The fans of ESA had gone from extremely routy to quiet. I guess it was deja vu' from last year and they were getting scared. But not NCS..the fans just got louder! This game was a give-me. It was like we had already won before the game began. Taking the lead from the beginning and keeping it the whole game my team reclaimed their title as the 1A State Champions.
From this experience it just seemed like once the ESA fans gave up, so did the team. They had everything going for them. They won the first 2 games and NCS was getting scared, but we never settled down. We knew there was always a chance and we never gave up on the team, so they never gave up. It just goes to show how having support and somebody believe in you can change everything.

Wow. How is it already November 9??? I cannot believe that this year has gone by so quickly. I've already registered for next semesters classes...despite the fact I don't know whether or not I'm staying at MC next semester. It's scary to think that I'm already making plans for 2009! However cliche' this is, life goes by so quickly!

I realized this this weekend because it was homecoming for my high school. It was wierd to wear a "Northlake Christian School Alumni" sticker. I don't know how or when, but I ended up in college. I haven't really thought about this till this weekend. I got my yearbook back from my senior year and visited all my friends and it made me really sentimental. I miss when everything was easy and I really didn't have a care in the world.

Now it seems like every decision that I make could change the course of my entire future. That's so scary. So, is it like this for the rest of my life? Does it just get harder from here? I hope not because it just seems like there is so much pressure and stress on me right now, how am I going to handle more? I guess as I get older I'll be able to handle it. Hope so.
That was officially the most boring, uncohesive, terrible blog I've ever written. Hope you enjoyed it : )

Coming together...

To stay at MC or to not stay at MC? That has been the question on my mind for the last few weeks and I've come to a reasonable conclusion.  I'm going to stay for this year and just figure out next year when that rolls around.  I think the problem was that I was worrying to much about it.  When I thought I was going to be leaving I started trying to have fun and make the most of the time that I was here.  In doing so, I found that maybe I actually do like it here.  Maybe if I actually try to have fun, I can.  So, despite the fact that I am enjoying being at MC now, I am at home this weekend.  When I'm at home it's effortless fun : )  That's all I've got on that topic. 

So, the other thing that has been on my mind is sort of controversial.  Follies was last weekend and in one of the dances, they played music that had curse words in it.  I didn't find anything wrong with this but when I watched the video of the dance with a friend she got pretty mad about it.  This made me think about what we've been talking about in english class lately - What is a Christian college? What are the boundaries?

My friend strongly believed that the song should have been edited because "We're at MC, a christian school," but I have to disagree.  We're all adults here and that's what's out in the real world.  I think that blocking small things such as curse words can lead you to a life of naivety.  I believe that at this point in our lives we cannot let little things like that bother us or affect us in any way.  There are much worse things out there and by guarding yourself to much from the real world will put you in the "christian bubble" that is so often thought about when regarding "christian schools."