Finals Week-leaving early...

i got up this morning and found a email from my boss telling me what time i work on finals week. i was soooo happy. i first looked at it and found out that i work on wed. so then i could have skipped my last final that i have on friday because i dont have anything past wed til friday. i was so happy. then i look again later in the day, comes to find out that i have to work on thursday. :( ok i guess i could go home on thursday around noon. then i get an email from my professor saying that we have to show up for the final on the final day and sign a piece of paper saying that we are leaving. i really had my hopes up for leaving early! urg!!! nothing ever goes my way!!! :(

stressing.......

i know that im not the only one who is complaining about stressing out! all i know is that i am! i have had so much homework that i think i could literally drown in it. lol. yesterday was a good day for me actually. i got almost half of my stress reduced when i did my last speech for my speech class. i went to a speakers critque thing that i have to do and all i have to do now is write a 3-5 page essay on that=stress. i finished my psychology credit hours finially yesterday but im nervous because i dont know if one of them actually worked and it took me 4 hours to do all those yesterday. in english class im am very happy to be doing our homework in class. i feel like i get alot accomplished during the class and i dont know if i would have the time outside of class to do everything. im not ready for finals week. im very nervous and extremely stressed out about that. hopefully everything turns out well, wish me luck as for the rest of you...........GOOD LUCK AND I WISH YOU THE BEST! :D

Thanksgiving Break weekend

last weekend was thanksgiving break and i loved it. despite the funeral and everything about death, i had a blast. i got to hang out with friends that i havent seen since august. i got to be with my boyfriend everyday. my mom and i had fun whenever i got the chance to be with her (she had to work) we got to put up the christmas tree, which a great time for my family and i. i got to go to the movies and watch Twilight with my sister and my best friend. i had a blast this thanksgiving weekend but it was too short and went too fast. the only bad thing that happend besides the death in the family, is that i got really sick and that got my boyfriend sick and my family sick. so now were all sick. lol....its great

Meant to be a good weekend

on friday i left for illinois to see my family members that i havent seen since my graduation and some of them i havent seen since a year and a half. so we stay the night in a hotel half way there because it takes 5 hours to get there and it was about midnight when we were half way there. the beds were so uncomfortable. so my back hurt the whole weekend. then when we finally went to my grandma (moms mom) the whole family came and we had a family meal and spent very much quality time together. there are about 3 kids that are younger than 3 years old, so it was really loud. then the whole weekend went not the way it was planned. it was my grandpa (dads dad) birthday and because i didnt have a choice in what was going to happen to me at all that weekend, i couldnt even get him a gift or anything. then on sunday all plans changed when i found out that my great grandfather died (moms moms dad) so it was a very emotional time and was very unexpected. so now everyone is here in indiana where he died in Huntington about 20 mins away from home. now everyone will be here for thanksgiving at my house even though it wont be a very good thanksgiving.

Snow!!!

i hate the snow!!! it's freezing outside and i don't want a cold! i think that the snow is so beautiful but i dont like walking in it....i wish i could drive my car to my classes. but that would only be in my dreams. today isnt the first day of snow but it is the first time i had to walk through campus with snow falling. im not excited about when the snow packs on the ground. i need to get some boots.

weekend without work

usually when i dont have to work on the weekend, i go home. i love it! i have the whole weekend to see my family, hang out with friends back at home...this weekend i didnt get to. :( i wanted to so bad. i dont really know why i didnt. i guess it was a chance to hang out with my friends here but i didnt do very much. i went to the movies and hung out with some friends on friday. on sat i went shopping with my friends and at night my boyfriend came over. he spent the whole day with me. we rented movies and ate out and just pretty much had a laid back weekend. i liked it. i felt like i didnt have to plan anything. i do miss me family and my friends back at home but i didnt have to try to entertain anyone. i did have a few arguments with my bf but its little stuff. he left at 6 today and i get the rest of the night to do homework. next weekend i get to go to illionois and see my family so im really excited. i got that weekend off too. i cant wait til next weekend.

this weekend...crazy!

this weekend was very crazy! i had very mixed emotions and wasnt ready for anything.
FRIDAY- everyone went home... i didnt know what i was going to do. i wasnt ready for anything..but like i said in my last blog. my boyfriend came over and made me the happiest woman alive. he spoiled me. brought me flowers, took me out to dinner, we went to the movies and watched the best movie showing "Role Models" i loved it!!! SATURDAY-i went to go see my high school volleyball team play semi state. we lost within the first match. it was sooo sad! as i was there i got mad because i didnt know that my dad was coming down from Florida to stay with me and i had all day already planned. i had to work from 6 to 10 that night. so after work my boyfriend took me home (which is an hour away). so i get there at midnight and dont get to bed til 2 then had to get up at 5 to meet them at 7 in the SUNDAY morning to hang out with them all day. the only reason he came down to see us was because he had court to pay child support which he lied about, he didnt even show up. he brought my grandpa with him, he has cancer...i was just not ready for this weekend...i didnt get much sleep at all. i didnt come back to school until 1 today and i had to miss my 10 oclock class. im nervous that i missed something. i hate missing class but i had to go to that court meeting because it was about my college. i was just stressed and happy at the same time this weekend

fridays

i love fridays!!!! this weekend all my friends went home so i was stuck here all by myself, so i called my boyfriend and told him that i was lonely and he came over....he never comes over on fridays. he always comes over on saturdays because he gets sundays off of work but today he decided to drive over her for friday and saturday....i love it...now we get to go on a date and to the movies and he even brought me flowers!!! i love him soo much! this the best friday ever!!!

halloween weekend

omg i had a blast this last weekend. i stayed here for halloween and dressed up and my costume was called "robbin da hood". then on saturday i went to bluffton and watched my high school volleyball team win their regional tournament. it was a blast!!! i was so jealous though, i miss volleyball and when i was a senior, we only won sectionals. the regional game we lost in the first match against woodland high school. so im very excited to see them play next weekend at delta high school here in muncie. i have no idea where that is though. then i hung out with my boyfriend all day sunday. this halloween weekend was a blast and ill never forget it.

english 101 goals

English 101 Course Goals
1. i think that i do a good job understanding the inquiry that is the beginning of all writing and reading assignments that we do. i have never failed to complete any of those. most of them make complete since to me and some dont.
2.yes, i have felt i reached this goal. i pay attention to everything that is said in class and i understand it
3. sometimes i feel like i understand, ok, put it this way i understand completely whats going on, but i dont understand why we have to do it.
4. we have been over arguments twice this semester. i think that everyone in the class has reached this goal of understandment.
5. i love this goal. i love that we go over other students homework and essays to learn about their mistakes. i love to go over my own essays and revise my work so i know what i can improve on.
6. we have done alot of stuff were we used the rhetorical situation and it makes me feel like it involves me and my ideas as other stuff i dont think it matters.
7. i love that we work with others. i get to know other people that i dont know and it helps me not be shy and nervous.
8. developing confidence is hard for me when i write and speak. i never liked doing it but i think that i am getting better.
9. i believe 100% that what i do is my responsibility. i take full responsibility in my own progress.

Course Content & Format
1. i feel like we have reached alot of information that helps us in our writing and reading.
2. we have gone through lots of examples that help us analyze visual and verbal text.
3. i love the way we do our drafts and revising in this class. it doesnt make much of a stressful life as what most classes make.
4. when we do our peer reviews- i love it, it helps me get a students point of view and because they are my age they understand what i am talking about. its more nerve wrecking to have peers review my work than a professor.
5. i believe that we need to come up with a way to help students come up with ideas on what to write about. not something crazy hard but sometimes people get stuck with other stuff on their mind and ideas just dont pop into their heads.
6. ok, i dont understand why we have to do this one, but we will do it and i will try my best on it.
7. i love that we have a portfolio. hopefully mine will turn out to be good but reflecting points is good.

University Core Curriculum Goals
1.i dont understand some, maybe most of the core curriculum goals but i have no choice but to do them. i like to say that we wont need them in our futures unless we are going to have a career about them. but we will have to teach our children everything we know someday.
2. i am happy with the way Ball State communicates with the students at college level.
3. sometimes i dont believe that the college does this but i havent had a problem with anything.
4. ok, i have no idea what this means but i dont have a problem with the way they handle my cultural heritage.
5. i like that we work with others on problems but not always do they get solved.
6. if the student gets involved them i am so happy that the college is trying to assess their talents and goals but i dont feel sorry for the ones who dont do anything to try to make this happen.

argument

today we went over another lecture about arguing. i thought that maybe we learned all about it the first time. but i dont care that much, its all very interesting to me. :) i have nothing much to talk about at all. i hate the weather! its driving me crazy! i had an exam in NREM and i think that it was a lot better than the last one. thats good

outline for letter to the editor

Intro: giving all the places there are to park.

Thesis: parking at Ball State is not very good at all.

Body I: student parking- freshman parking at football stadium, others parking is different

II: visitors parking on weekdays and weekends, times and places, meters and placements

III: people coming home and dropping stuff of at dorms....impossible where i live...

Conclusion: Parking at Ball State needs to be fixed. More parking spots and more availability. times should change on when they should be aloud to have visitors. Parking services needs to have longer hours.

my day...

my day went by so slow....i felt like i woke up like 20 hours ago and it still not even 430...i have an opportunity to work at 7:45 to 9:45 instead of 9:45 to 1 am. thats awesome but i lose an hour of work. i guess that its not that big of deal. i think that i have talked to my mother like 5 times today.... i hate the reception here because people will call me when im in buildings and it takes them to voice mail so they leave me one, and when i get to go and check it, it wont let me because im in rome...it drives me crazy! im in a mood where i just am relaxed and i just need to go to bed. lol....anyone else have these kind of days?

LTE. intensive reviews

today we did some intesive reviews on some peoples papers. we did Kaitlin's and Lacy's letter to the editors. they were really good. very interesting topics and i really hope that one day ball state will read and understand that some students have alot to complain about and so do i, but sometimes what gets me is that we choose this school, why are we complaining about it. i dont know, i get that there are so many other schools in the united states that we could have gone to, and all we do is bitch about ball state and how they did things. i just have a wish that one day ball state people would listen to the complainers and maybe change the way ball state is.

Day the LTE due!

i sometimes hate when essays are due on monday nights at midnight! i wish that i didnt have to work at 9:30 and work until 1am. yesterday was so stressful for me! on Tuesdays i have speech class and if anyone knows me- i HATE speeches. i freak out so bad and they stress me out more than anything! so after english class at 4, i had to rush and meet with the group members for my speech (it was an informative group project) and we didnt get done with that project til about 7:30 and then i had to rush home and do my essay paper for english! i just get stressed to easily! if only i didnt have to work until 1 and get up the next morning at 6.

Letters to the Editor: Brainstorming!

i have an idea that i want to write to the Ball State Daily News about the buses!
Purpose: needs to run longer at certain times, run to certain places
Audience: students, and others
Persona: me of course, but almost all students agree with me.

weekend of 9-26-08

today in class we went over taylors and Andrews papers. they were all very good! im very frustrated with this up coming weekend. its homecoming and i have to work the football game. i wanted to watch it with my friends and have fun. but instead i get paid for being there. i think its kinda awesome in some ways. i needed the hours and i get to watch the football game and still get money doing it. but it seems like ill be there forever. 9 to 3:30. thats a long time. oh well, at least i dont have to work at the gym that night. i took the rest of the day off. that makes me happy.

This i believe....

Today we went over our "this i believe..." papers as a group. i have anthony, aaron, and andrew in my group. i love my group. we have alot of fun and we still do our work and help each other out. they helped me out on how to edit my paper.

Log #4

Monday 9-15-08

We started off with Dimond's log. She did a very good job. Then we listened to Jake's log. He also did a great job. We started talking about the "This I Believe" essays in the syllabus. We then went on blackboard and went through tips and examples of "This I Believe" essays that other people had written. We also went over the in-class essays for Wed. It is open book. We went over the reading in the Field Guide book pages 82-106. It was about arguing. Then we went on youtube and watched Monty Python - Argument Clinic http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teMlv3ripSM

Wednesday 9-17-08

We had our first in-class essay. It was about aguments. We printed it out and turned it in at the end of the class.

Friday 9-19-08

"This I Believe" essays are due at Midnight tonight. We went over some more examples of "This I Believe" essays on Blackboard. We had to draw a heart on a piece of paper and put in the heart everything that you love and that is important to you. We went around in a circle and some people read what was in their heart. I really liked it. I thought it was fun.

Today

Today we went over examples of "this i believe." some of them were funny and good and some of them i really didnt like. but its whatever. I really liked that we had that excercise about making a heart and filling it in with everything that you love. It made me think of everything that i dont ever want to live without. I hope we keep going with exercises like those all the time.

Sept. 15

today we were told that we have a inclass essay that we will be doing on wed. this doesnt make me very excited. but i have no choice. it will be about arguing which i believe that i am quit good at. i hope when wed. comes i will have a great idea of what i will be arguing about.

significant image

this is my sony ericsson phone that i have. this is my significant object.

in class

friday 9-12, today we went over aarons significant object paper. it was good. dimond wasnt in class otherwise we would have went over hers too. i love today because we actually took the time away from school work and went on youtube and watch videos. i had fun today.

First Rough Draft

monday sept 8, our rough drafts were due on the friday sept 5th but monday we had to have the peer responses filled out and brought to class. My group which has Anthony, Andrew, and Aaron (the all A's except me group :p ) did everything that we were supposed to do. everyone gave me their reaction to my essay and every single one of them told me that it needs less repeating. its hard to fill up a paper to 4 pages when you pretty much said everything in 2. but they all gave me good ideas and i will def. make my essay alot better.

Brainstorming on significant object....

thru 9-4 brainstorming: my cell phone is my significant object. without a phone period i think that i would freak out. i am on the phone like almost every hour of the day. i text and i talk on the phone. without my phone i feel like im missing something important to me. i feel "naked" if that makes sence. i have two phones just incase one of them breaks down on me. if i forget me phone when i go somewhere i always freak out because i always feel around for it, thinking that i have it on me. my phone is so useful to me. i do math on it with the calculator to balance my check book. i make my schedules on the calendar. i have songs on my phone that i listen to when i get bored. i have pictures on my phone that i look at for memories. my phone is very important to me.

first week at ball state

my first week of school went by so fast. i got to know a lot of people and make a lot of new friends. the classes that i am taking are very fun. i actually like my professors and i dont think that i will have anything to complain about. hopefully that wont change later in the future. i had a great weekend. i went home for only one night which seemed like a waste of time but at least i got my laundry done. :) work is bothering me alittle, but i guess i have to get used to it. i feel like i am way to busy being social and working to be at home to sleep so i dont really get a lot of rest. my first week at bsu was a great experience and i cant wait to see what is ahead of me...