Ugh, its been a long time, I know, because I have been unbelievably busy this week and next week will be even worse. Right now, Im in the TV room watching the immortal Robin Hood: Men in Tights. So I figure this is a great opportunity to blog because there are so many things that happened this week that must spill out....
Last time, I left you at the point where my board and I were going to have a serious meeting about our progress. Im happy to tell you that the meeting went very well and that every one had great things to say about why they were participating in CHA. I said that the meeting would be long, and it was, incredibly long. 2 hours to be exact. Luckily, I went to church before the meeting and I am soooo glad i went. They discussed Psalm 23, "Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death...." It was really weird and awesome because I felt that God was talking right at me. See, there is a God. Needless to say, I felt very confident after that. At the meeting We discussed many things from GAs to Homecoming. Speaking of which....
Tuesday, we had our Ninja GA which I think was a huge improvement from our Pirate GA, since we did our game first rather than doing it last so that people could get pumped for the meeting. Anyway, Im getting off subject, Tuesday is also the day we started Homecoing events. We tried to get the residents pumped up for that as well so that we could win this year. The first one was mini-bonfire which was due that following Friday. We discussed ideas and on Wednesday we put it into action. I was selling Clark Hall T-shirts and I had three tests that week. Although, on Thursday, I had finished my exams so I could work on the bonfire....
From what I saw, they had done a great job with building the bonfire out of nothing but popsicle sticks. Just, things needed to be glued and painted, so it shouldnt be that long of a job. Yeah right!!! i started helping them at 9pm because i figured I wouldnt be at it long. So, Janna, Jessica, Andy and I started painting and i cant tell you how long it took us to stop painting because then we started getting other ideas about what we could add to it and that added on more time of work. I didnt complain because I thought it was fun. but then it got to be 1am and everyone started to get very tired and some people left. As time went on, the only people that were left were my friend Johnny O and I. To make a long story short, we stayed up until 4:30am putting finishing touches on the construction and repairing bad things. The problem for me was that i shouldnt have stayed up so because the following night i had to stay up all night once again for my program....
Friday was the start of Family Weekend and I have been building up for this weekend since I came back to school. For about a month I have been planning a program for Family Weekend called Little Sibs. This program was for families, residents, and kids. Through Housing, i bought $200 worth of food for this program. Ok, what we did was set up a huge projector screen in the TV room and sound system and watch nothing but Disney movies. Like I said, I was supposed to stay up all night again and I did. The program started Friday at 10pm to 12 noon Saturday. I know, ridiculous, but it was very fun. Ice cream, cookies, fruit snacks, chips, and soda, nothing could be better. There was one thing, sleep. I was totally exhausted from the week at 12 noon Saturday. I have never taken such a good nap. I slept for 5 and a half hours, woke up, read Andy's e-mail about my program being the best ever, went to the disappointing UNT football game, came back and napped again....
The end and reward to the madness of the week came to me when Johnny O and Bethany called me and told me they had a surprise for me for all of my hard work. They had free tickets to the movie theatre that they got from a stranger, they expired that night. I wasnt about to let my Saturday go to waste without doing something for myself so I thought who else could go. Then it hit me like lightning, Andy. It was his birthday the next day and he is kind of blah about his birthday so I decided to make it fun for him. We saw The Last Kiss, which is a very messed up movie by the way. Anyway, that is the madness that was this week and it does not stop there, this week is Homecoming Week so events galore, I just hope Im ready......Oh! and Happy Birthday once again Andy.....
Saturday, September 30, 2006
Friday, September 22, 2006
Blah...for me...
This week was just blah for me. For everyone else it seemed it was really hectic. Anyway, Monday, of course like any other Monday, was just a blah day and nothing big happened.
On Tuesday, the day started out great and just ended on a bad note. Ok, I was all ready to go to the RHA GA because the theme this week was pirates vs. ninjas, needless to say, AWESOME!!! Well, to make a long bad story short, some people on the board didnt do what they were suppose to, thus making things difficult. I will say that it did bother me a bit.
On Wednesday, I was still reeling from yesterday so i woke up blah and dismal. i decided to talk to my advisor about yesterday because he is good guy to talk to if your feeling bad. Anyway, we set up a meeting for Thursday so we could discuss....things, muahahahaha.....sorry. I felt better after that.
During the meeting we discussed many things that will be addressed with everyone at our next board meeting. Needless to say, it will be a long meeting on Sunday. Also, I really did not care but it was funny to see everyone else care....the internet shut down at our dorm. People went crazy and kept complaining how they were soooo bored. I swear, you would think that the internet is like a drug. people all over the dorm were drooling over the absence of no internet, it was pretty hilarious.
Remember that I said that my week was blah, well it was for me because majorly things that usually happens to me, did. Is "majorly" a word? Well, its friday and thats all that matters. Oh, at breakfast I was eating oranges and some of the pulp got on my lip and my friend Jenna told me to wipe it off, well, I did but it moved to another part of my face and then another and another until I finally got it off. I guess you could say that was something out of the ordinary that happened to me this week.
On Tuesday, the day started out great and just ended on a bad note. Ok, I was all ready to go to the RHA GA because the theme this week was pirates vs. ninjas, needless to say, AWESOME!!! Well, to make a long bad story short, some people on the board didnt do what they were suppose to, thus making things difficult. I will say that it did bother me a bit.
On Wednesday, I was still reeling from yesterday so i woke up blah and dismal. i decided to talk to my advisor about yesterday because he is good guy to talk to if your feeling bad. Anyway, we set up a meeting for Thursday so we could discuss....things, muahahahaha.....sorry. I felt better after that.
During the meeting we discussed many things that will be addressed with everyone at our next board meeting. Needless to say, it will be a long meeting on Sunday. Also, I really did not care but it was funny to see everyone else care....the internet shut down at our dorm. People went crazy and kept complaining how they were soooo bored. I swear, you would think that the internet is like a drug. people all over the dorm were drooling over the absence of no internet, it was pretty hilarious.
Remember that I said that my week was blah, well it was for me because majorly things that usually happens to me, did. Is "majorly" a word? Well, its friday and thats all that matters. Oh, at breakfast I was eating oranges and some of the pulp got on my lip and my friend Jenna told me to wipe it off, well, I did but it moved to another part of my face and then another and another until I finally got it off. I guess you could say that was something out of the ordinary that happened to me this week.
Sunday, September 17, 2006
Haircut....
YAY!!!! I have finally gotten my haircut. Even though I had to drive home in order to actually get a haircut, it wasnt really that bad. While I was getting my haircut, it felt very liberating, like I was getting a lot of tension off of my body. I know that sounds very weird, but hey, I have had a lot of tension before I went there.
A haircut is silently considered a special thing for a black person because we really have to get it cut just right otherwise we will go around lookin all kinda messed up. The best thing about it was that it was my barber whom I have had for many years so he gives me a discount. Awesome, I know. After my haircut, its like I said, it felt like a huge weight was lifted because I havent had a haircut in almost a month. I felt goooooooood.
The only problem was that when I came back, it was amazing to see what people actually noticed I got a haircut and oddly enough, most of the people that noticed were black. I know that we have different hair, but come on, i can tell when a white person has had a haircut. It was sooooo funny.
Well, anyway....
A haircut is silently considered a special thing for a black person because we really have to get it cut just right otherwise we will go around lookin all kinda messed up. The best thing about it was that it was my barber whom I have had for many years so he gives me a discount. Awesome, I know. After my haircut, its like I said, it felt like a huge weight was lifted because I havent had a haircut in almost a month. I felt goooooooood.
The only problem was that when I came back, it was amazing to see what people actually noticed I got a haircut and oddly enough, most of the people that noticed were black. I know that we have different hair, but come on, i can tell when a white person has had a haircut. It was sooooo funny.
Well, anyway....
Wednesday, September 13, 2006
Obstacles....
Eureka!!! Ok, so Im sitting in the car with my friend Andy and we are on the way to Whataburger, and I have the strangest yet greatest revealation, I am becoming under a state of depression.
So you are thinking right now, "Why is this idiot so happy right now when he just said that he was depressed..." Well, I shall tell you...It has been said we use more muscles when we frown than when we smile and just recently I researched that and found out that it is actually true, so stop frowning, its too much of an unnecessary excercise. Anyway, another part of my revealation is that depression is so easy to counter-attack and if you do it early it wont rule you. The only thing that is bothering me is why am I depressed in the first place, its weird. If has something to do with my father, it would be strange because I have argued with my dad before but I can handle that because like I have said, we are a lot alike. Well, I pray that from this day and hour forward that I no longer be depressed over small, insignificant or even big things because God has a bigger plan for me and would not want me to waste my time lingering over past obstacles and tribulations...
So you are thinking right now, "Why is this idiot so happy right now when he just said that he was depressed..." Well, I shall tell you...It has been said we use more muscles when we frown than when we smile and just recently I researched that and found out that it is actually true, so stop frowning, its too much of an unnecessary excercise. Anyway, another part of my revealation is that depression is so easy to counter-attack and if you do it early it wont rule you. The only thing that is bothering me is why am I depressed in the first place, its weird. If has something to do with my father, it would be strange because I have argued with my dad before but I can handle that because like I have said, we are a lot alike. Well, I pray that from this day and hour forward that I no longer be depressed over small, insignificant or even big things because God has a bigger plan for me and would not want me to waste my time lingering over past obstacles and tribulations...
Sunday, September 10, 2006
Connection...
In my opinion everyone should have at least one good friend. It doesnt have to be your best friend but just someone you can connect with or someone who will always be there whenever you arent OK. For me, almost everyone I meet, most of the time, I can connect with him/her. There is only one problem...and please dont take me the wrong way when I say this...they are mostly white.
The reason being, is because I basically do not fit the stereotype for what most people perceive a black person to be. I can safely say that I am not alone out there. I have talked to many people of my race who feel the same way. Its not that dislike our culture, its just that some of the things like talking ghetto or dressing a certain way that some blacks dress just dont appeal to some of us, and, basically it might pertain more to a white person. I know Im being a little stereotypical, but its how the world is perceived nowadays.
The main reason for this post is to state how I connect with both black people and white people, and if you are reading this with a stereotypical mind then you would say that I do not connect with both because you perceive them to be totally different. But if you arent reading this that way then you would say that I do in a sense that I perceive the world to be the same yet we all, of course, have different interests no matter what race.
Anyway, to this day it is hard for me to connect fully with both races because of their inate observation on race and its "difference". Although, every day I thank God in some way for not making me so ignorant in regards to that and letting me see the big picture, that all people are the same. It has always been a goal for me to break those barriers, and I will continue to make the connection.
The reason being, is because I basically do not fit the stereotype for what most people perceive a black person to be. I can safely say that I am not alone out there. I have talked to many people of my race who feel the same way. Its not that dislike our culture, its just that some of the things like talking ghetto or dressing a certain way that some blacks dress just dont appeal to some of us, and, basically it might pertain more to a white person. I know Im being a little stereotypical, but its how the world is perceived nowadays.
The main reason for this post is to state how I connect with both black people and white people, and if you are reading this with a stereotypical mind then you would say that I do not connect with both because you perceive them to be totally different. But if you arent reading this that way then you would say that I do in a sense that I perceive the world to be the same yet we all, of course, have different interests no matter what race.
Anyway, to this day it is hard for me to connect fully with both races because of their inate observation on race and its "difference". Although, every day I thank God in some way for not making me so ignorant in regards to that and letting me see the big picture, that all people are the same. It has always been a goal for me to break those barriers, and I will continue to make the connection.
Better Day....I hope...
Yesterday, if someone saw or tried to talk to me they would have noticed that I was a little off and there is a valid reason for that. Well, my dad and I are sooo much alike in our characteristics that when we argue its like Hurricane Katrina all over again. Most of the time, we argue over the most dumbest stuff which is a big reason why I get mad in the end. I dont want to go into the gory details but it happened early Saturday morning and afterwards I kept telling myself that the rest of the day was going to be better. Yeah right!!!
Ok, I was really looking forward to my haircut because it has been growing for the last 5 weeks, and if you are black, and would look ugly in a fro, that is not good. Unfortunately my barber did not show at the time he told me he would and I waited there for an hour and then left because I had other stuff to do. I started to get ready to go shopping for pirate stuff with the some people on the Clark Hall board for our General Assembly. But, many other people had other pressing engagements which is understandable because its Saturday. And the end of my morning happened when I got into an arguement with Andy, who himself was having a bad morning.
Alright, at that point I was just saying to myself that "so what if my morning was shot, I still have the game to look forward to." Well, during paint-up, I spilled paint on the carpet in the TV room so Silvia the janitor is going to kill me. The upside is, if you havent already read my previous blog, WE WON!!! After the game, a group of us decided to go to IHOP, so I went to my room to get ready and they accidently left without me. My roommate was also going with another group and I decided to bum a ride with them, but then at that point my mind was just sooo out of it from all of today's bad luck, I just didnt go and stayed behind.
So lets recap...whenever I have a bad arguement with my dad early in the morning, the rest of my day gets shot. Well, its Sunday and nothing bad has happened, maybe because I am just sitting in my room typing this, hmmm....? Anyway, I have done my praying and will have a better day...I hope...
Ok, I was really looking forward to my haircut because it has been growing for the last 5 weeks, and if you are black, and would look ugly in a fro, that is not good. Unfortunately my barber did not show at the time he told me he would and I waited there for an hour and then left because I had other stuff to do. I started to get ready to go shopping for pirate stuff with the some people on the Clark Hall board for our General Assembly. But, many other people had other pressing engagements which is understandable because its Saturday. And the end of my morning happened when I got into an arguement with Andy, who himself was having a bad morning.
Alright, at that point I was just saying to myself that "so what if my morning was shot, I still have the game to look forward to." Well, during paint-up, I spilled paint on the carpet in the TV room so Silvia the janitor is going to kill me. The upside is, if you havent already read my previous blog, WE WON!!! After the game, a group of us decided to go to IHOP, so I went to my room to get ready and they accidently left without me. My roommate was also going with another group and I decided to bum a ride with them, but then at that point my mind was just sooo out of it from all of today's bad luck, I just didnt go and stayed behind.
So lets recap...whenever I have a bad arguement with my dad early in the morning, the rest of my day gets shot. Well, its Sunday and nothing bad has happened, maybe because I am just sitting in my room typing this, hmmm....? Anyway, I have done my praying and will have a better day...I hope...
We Won!!!....
As I have said before, I am a sophomore in college, so of course I have seen my fair share of UNT's football games and let me just say that every single home game last year let me down. I mean I dont want to say that we sucked, but it just was not a good year. Anyway, last night was our first home game of the season against our rival SMU, and, just to simplify things, WE WON!!!!!.
It was the first time since I have been there that we actually won a home game. I might be over-reacting, but I am surely going to milk this for all its worth!!!
It was the first time since I have been there that we actually won a home game. I might be over-reacting, but I am surely going to milk this for all its worth!!!
Monday, September 04, 2006
Labor Day...whats the point?...
Once again, another boring Labor Day. I dont think I have ever done anything amazing on Labor Day. Well, I dont want this Blog to be all about complaining, its just that sometimes I feel that Labor Day comes off to me as a useless holiday, but dont get the wrong idea, I love the fact that I get a day off from school, but I have only had one week of school and its really early to have a day off. Maybe, if I did something amazing over Labor Day, it would be more amazing to me but once again I feel like its a day that doesnt need big planning for because Im just coming off of summer and I have had all my amazing times already. Its just a boring meaningless holiday to me, if someone wants to disprove me please do.
I dont know, this just rambling. All in all, I still dont want to go to classes tomorrow.
I dont know, this just rambling. All in all, I still dont want to go to classes tomorrow.
Friday, September 01, 2006
Scheduling Frenzy....
The first week of classes is finally over, now I can rest with the knowledge that I have a three-day weekend because of Labor Day. Alright, it started out like this: I had class from 8am-12pm on Monday and I absolutely loved all of my classes, History, Film and even Spanish!!! considering I have it 5 times a week. Ok, Tuesday was the worst day: I had class from 9:3am-2pm straight with no breaks, AHH!!!!!! it started out bad when my backpack of 2 years finally broke and i had to carry all of my books to all my classes. Astronomy was fine, the only thing bad about it was that I forgot to sign up for a lab so i will have to do that next semester.
Ok, the worst class that I signed up for was American Literature. Dont get me wrong, I love to read, I enjoy it immensely. IT WAS THE TEACHER!!!! she was absolutely horrible. she is French and talks in a very quiet and slow voice. It was soooo annoying. Also, she would take long pauses between her words and I kept wondering if she was ever going to speak again. Basically, I really had to get out of that class, it just ruined the fun of Literature for me. So, all week I kept trying to get out of that class hoping something more interesting would turn up. So, I turned to Philosophy.
Nothing was open for the Philosophy classes until Thursday, when I saw that Intro to Logic was open and at that point I was desperate so I signed. The fun didnt stop there. Remember I had an 8 o'clock class so that class opened up some time for Tuesday and Thursday so I switched my 8 o'clock for a better time on Tuesday and Thursday. Now, it was set. My schedule was perfect and now I have only one class on Friday and that is at 11am. Awesome!!!!!
And to make matters better, I just got my official Flip-in/Flip-out card since I am pres. YES!!!!! and tomorrow we are having a watching party for the UT vs. UNT game. Of course, we are gonna win. (in case you didnt catch that, I was being sarcastic.)
Ok, the worst class that I signed up for was American Literature. Dont get me wrong, I love to read, I enjoy it immensely. IT WAS THE TEACHER!!!! she was absolutely horrible. she is French and talks in a very quiet and slow voice. It was soooo annoying. Also, she would take long pauses between her words and I kept wondering if she was ever going to speak again. Basically, I really had to get out of that class, it just ruined the fun of Literature for me. So, all week I kept trying to get out of that class hoping something more interesting would turn up. So, I turned to Philosophy.
Nothing was open for the Philosophy classes until Thursday, when I saw that Intro to Logic was open and at that point I was desperate so I signed. The fun didnt stop there. Remember I had an 8 o'clock class so that class opened up some time for Tuesday and Thursday so I switched my 8 o'clock for a better time on Tuesday and Thursday. Now, it was set. My schedule was perfect and now I have only one class on Friday and that is at 11am. Awesome!!!!!
And to make matters better, I just got my official Flip-in/Flip-out card since I am pres. YES!!!!! and tomorrow we are having a watching party for the UT vs. UNT game. Of course, we are gonna win. (in case you didnt catch that, I was being sarcastic.)
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