Weekly Update or HAPPY NEW YEARS! (Almost)

Well another year is about to pass us again. So what happened that's worth reflecting? Well, as always, with no particular order:

1. College! Wow there's so much to say about that. First thing is that there are always so many choices! Wow. The school part wasn't so different as before, just that you went to class less often, but each class was so much longer. Roommates are, well, roommates. Apparently, though, I missed out on the most poplar event at school though, but I guess I can accept that since I don't really do that many popular things. I also went to the All-American Rejects concert with Blackwood and some other people. That night was a lot of fun. Blackwood visiting me was definitely a plus that helped me get through those 6 long consecutive weeks at school. I'm also volunteer at the medical center. Specifically I work in the out-patient anesthesiology department. It's so much fun. Especially when the old people come in for their visits. The nurses that I work with are all very nice. Sometimes, when I got bored, they let me go to the Spine Center or the Maternal Care floors, which were really fun. It was always busy at the Maternal Care floor. I think that I want to switch to the neurology and psychiatry department next quarter if it's possible. Also, after a quarter, I still don't know what my major is. That is probably not a good thing. I know I'm a biology major right now. Well, I think I am, but I want to change to a microbiology major. I'm also a psychology major for sure, but the thing is to graduate with both of those majors, I'll have to take an additional 40 some credits, which is like an entire year :0 I also thought about doing an interdisciplinary major of neurobiology, but I'm not sure how that'll look since I'll have to make my own major, which is kind of weird to do at a school like OSU. So in other words, a much needed meeting with my advisor.

2. Summer of Freedom! Well, partial freedom. So the first few days of summer were lots of fun. I forget which day school ended, but basically I hung out with friends a lot. There were lots of movie nights with Julia, Marie, Angela, Tiff and Blackwood, and lots of graduation parties. The best movie that I watched this summer (actually the entire year) was definitely Dark Knight. I don't think that words could express my feelings during the first viewing. I definitely want to watch it in IMAX sometime, when it gets re-released into theaters at the end of next month. I went camping again at Indiana Dunes. Julia and I woke up at around the same time again, as usual, and went for walks. I really liked that. The waves at the Dunes were really strong that day so only Julia, Marie and I went into the water. It was also very very cold, but still lots and lots of fun to feel the waves crash against you. Dragon Boat Festival was about the same as usual. My team tried to get really competitive this year, but I don't think it worked out too well. I think the biggest trip this year was to China. At first I remembered I didn't want to go because I was going to lose a month of hanging out with my friends, but then when I got back there, I remembered that I didn't want to come back to Sylvania. I still secretly chuckle at the irony. Staying at that island was probably one of the best three days of my life. So much fun. I miss my relatives in China. What I probably miss the most about that summer, though, is the time that I got to spend with Julia. It was so much fun just being around her. It just always made me so happy.

3. So I feel that it's really important that I expanded my music selection this year, especially after I got to school and listened to Pandora a lot, though it really only helped me find one song that I can't stop listening to. So from my roommates I picked up Angel's and Airwaves. I picked up Coldplay from someone, but I forget who exactly, since so many people listen to them. I finally downloaded the Boyce Avenue CD, which were really good, though Blackwood is convinenced that they're country. I started listening (or in other words, I now have the entire album for) Boys Like Girls, though that was definitely after everyone else, lol. I must say "Thunder" did invade my most played songs list quite quickly. I didn't have a complete 180 when it comes to listening to music, but I did download some techno (a little bit of Tiesto and a few Basshunter songs that I stole from Angela). Now that I write all that out, this paragraph doesn't seem very important, lol. Oh well.

Lunch time! I guess I'll figure this out later.

Weekly Update or I Don't Know How Many Weeks Behind I Am Now

While there is probably much time to compensate for on this blog, I think that I will put that on an indefinite back burner. So for now, I will sit back listen to Christmas music and write about... about... something. Well the first thing I'll write is that I'm actually listening to the new AAR CD now, since it's been about five days now and I still haven't listened to it. So far I like it. I'm glad I went to concert last month. It was a lot of fun. Wow, now that I think about it, it's been about a month since that concert.

Being at home is definitely a lot of fun, especially when I'm hanging out with friends or playing with Starr. Good times :) There are definitely some things that I miss about college though. Mostly the freedom to go to sleep whenever I feel like it. Hehe, I've already been caught several times being up past "reasonable" hours. During those misadventures (that's about as exciting as I can make it, lol), I've watched a movie (Dodgeball) and several episodes of House that I've missed. *Side note, House is moving to Mondays now :O Now I have to choose between and Chuck and House but I guess not. Tear.* Anyway, I guess I should change my sleep at 3 habit though. Though break will be over in a couple of weeks already. That's depressing. So far, I've been to/had 0 "parties". Though I'm having a "party" tomorrow night and then one of my friends is having one Tuesday. As always, there are plenty of Chinese parties coming up with the Holidays. Woo, some funny stories should come out of that.

Further side note, I'm now on the 4th song of the CD. I listened to this song in concert! It's called "Gives You Hell". I like the CD so far.

Back to being at home, so I've tried to read a lot this break. So this is definitely not going so well. I checked out War and Peace, but I'm pretty sure that I'm not going to be able to finish that, so I think I'll have to go find another book tomorrow or online tonight. Bummer.

Ah! Christmas is coming soon! Normally this would be really great :) However, on occasion as this year, when you don't know what gifts to get the people in your life, things get a little harder. So far, I've gotten something for everyone, except for Julia. Well atleast, I have half a gift for her. Well I guess, it could be worse. Any suggestions? Gift giving is such an high-demand activity. Taking a lot of brain cells so far :( lol. I guess I should go back to thinking of what to get people.

More posts about funny stories to come for sure :)

Weekly Update of Some Random Week Since I'm So Behind

Whoops. Just pressed the wrong button. Anyway, so we just finished first quarter at OSU. One down, two more to go for this year. Wow. That's kind of depressing. One quarter down. This last week was finals week, so I didn't write anything, which I justified to myself would be ok. I guess not writing didn't really make much of a difference whether or not I studied, so I just should have had fun and write on this blog instead :(

So college even with it's hundreds and hundreds of things to do isn't so much fun sometimes, such as when you have exams. I don't really feel like writing a reflection of first quarter, though, that will have to come sometime though. I guess the easiest conclusion for next quarter though is that I need to work more efficiently, I guess.

So right now, I'm a little bored at home. I try to keep myself occupied, but so far, it's only half working. All I've done since I've come home is complain about school/grades, see Julia, run/swim, sleep, eat and play video games with Starr. Actually, that's not too bad, except on Wednesday, I would have been home for one week and still have gotten nothing done :( I wish college were based on how lazy you could be. I took a nap for the first time today since coming home. I guess that's worth mentioning.

The last thing worth mention, though not of lesser importance than anything above, is that grades were suppose to come out today, along with admissions from Yale and MIT, except I don't know anyone applying to MIT this year. Good luck Julia! Good luck to Marie, too! Except she's not applying anywhere, lol. Finally, good luck to myself! I guess I deserve some.

Very Very Late Weekly Update or Last Week of Class

So today was the last day of classes for Autumn Quarter. Wow. Just to think, one quarter down and two more to go. I guess that's not so bad as to my mindset change. Never have I ever been more satisfied than now at getting an A-. Oh how things change in college. So instead of working hard on quizzes and getting the same grade as I do on my midterms (which I work very hard for at least now I do), I get suck-y average grades on quizzes, which drops my grade like no other. Gah! If I didn't have quizzes I would totally have an A in the class instead of a safe B. Yet even though, I should totally be working on my chemistry report before lunch, I'm sitting here writing this blog.

Anyway, enough about grades and school, time to reflect on the rest of my life. Oh wait. I currently don't have once since I'm at school and not home. I'm pretty sure this leads me to the conclusion that I like home a lot more than I like school. LI (laughing inside, yeah that's right! What now?!) I did play racquetball last night for a little more than an hour. Also, I'm still facing my food crisis. Well I think it's more of a overabundance of swipes/meals crisis. Yay! I'm bringing home a cheesecake. If I can remember to go place the order. Guess I should put that down on my calendar's to-do list. I should probably also figure out how I'm going to get home next week. So many things to do.

Ah! too many things to do! Boo :(

More updates to follow after exams. Yeah.