Just a very quick HAPPY BIRTHDAY to the most amazing mom a girl could want or need. I love you so much and couldn't ever say that enough. Golly, you are just too wonderful for words.
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
I can haz birfday?
Just a very quick HAPPY BIRTHDAY to the most amazing mom a girl could want or need. I love you so much and couldn't ever say that enough. Golly, you are just too wonderful for words.
Sunday, January 16, 2011
I'm so impressionable.
Sorry for this post, blame the weather and lack of society in my life right now.
Okay, so I just watched the Social Network, which is freaking good as all get out, it deserves all awards. And of course, as soon as the credits started to scroll, I panicked.
Why don't I have that kind of talent? How can this kid, who was younger than me when he created it, have this ability to create something that I log on to at least once a day? He knows computers and codes and websites and so much more and I know...books? Jeez, I feel like I can't even say that because I had to rewind and put on subtitles for the Jabberwocky allusion that he so brilliantly mocked.
I've always shouldered the grief given to me for having a pretty pointless major. The immediate question of if I'll be a teacher once I graduate, because honestly that is all you can with an English degree. I've even felt a little smarmy and superior because my major is intellectual and complicated (yeah, I know) and these people who ask me those inane questions just don't understand. But then there are people like Mark Zuckerber, who drunkenly creates a website, works hard for a few months and then becomes a billionaire, all because he was good at programming and had an idea. Why don't I have that brain power?
Okay, it's more than just the money thing. I honestly marvel at things like computers and technology all the time. Not even that, basically anything that I'm not a particular connoisseur of, I am flabbergasted about. Science, math, history, medicine, even English at times leave me all with a sense of idiotic wonderment. Perhaps that's why I've developed a pretentious attitude towards anyone who pastes a smile on their face when I say English as my major. Really, I just totally get it.
Phew. Sorry. I just needed to get that little rant out of my system. No doubt I'll start classes and wholeheartedly remember why is Literature is so much better than everything else and all will be well in Who-ville. Anyway, I think everyone should watch the Social Network. It's excellent.
Okay, so I just watched the Social Network, which is freaking good as all get out, it deserves all awards. And of course, as soon as the credits started to scroll, I panicked.
Why don't I have that kind of talent? How can this kid, who was younger than me when he created it, have this ability to create something that I log on to at least once a day? He knows computers and codes and websites and so much more and I know...books? Jeez, I feel like I can't even say that because I had to rewind and put on subtitles for the Jabberwocky allusion that he so brilliantly mocked.
I've always shouldered the grief given to me for having a pretty pointless major. The immediate question of if I'll be a teacher once I graduate, because honestly that is all you can with an English degree. I've even felt a little smarmy and superior because my major is intellectual and complicated (yeah, I know) and these people who ask me those inane questions just don't understand. But then there are people like Mark Zuckerber, who drunkenly creates a website, works hard for a few months and then becomes a billionaire, all because he was good at programming and had an idea. Why don't I have that brain power?
Okay, it's more than just the money thing. I honestly marvel at things like computers and technology all the time. Not even that, basically anything that I'm not a particular connoisseur of, I am flabbergasted about. Science, math, history, medicine, even English at times leave me all with a sense of idiotic wonderment. Perhaps that's why I've developed a pretentious attitude towards anyone who pastes a smile on their face when I say English as my major. Really, I just totally get it.
Phew. Sorry. I just needed to get that little rant out of my system. No doubt I'll start classes and wholeheartedly remember why is Literature is so much better than everything else and all will be well in Who-ville. Anyway, I think everyone should watch the Social Network. It's excellent.
Saturday, January 1, 2011
Ring in the New Year!
So this post is NOT just because I have a precious kitten sprawled across my lap, forcing me to stay put on my bed instead of eating breakfast, reading, or just getting up in general.
I wanted to do my resolutions, because ahah! This year I will have them. Here we go:
1. Actually read my textbooks and notes in the weeks leading up to the tests, not just the few days before. And stop reading my kindle instead.
2. Drink good coffee for pleasure, not just caffeine (my new baby espresso maker will probs help this).
3. Stop biting my nails. Again.
4. Eat healthier, for goodness sakes. Nothing sucks more than ending a week and realizing I haven't had a single vegetable. Shudder at the thought.
5. Be nicer. In general.
6. Ugh, be less obnoxious in class. Not everyone needs to know how smart I am.
7. Church, Bible, and basically the Lord more. Focus, focus, focus and it really does help.
8. Remind everyone I love that I do love them. I love you.
9. Finish all DIY's I started and start more. Then finish those, too.
10. Stick to my new hobbies (knitting, playing guitar, and learning to cook)
Eh, so most of them aren't huge life changers, but they're important. Luckily for me, I've never viewed resolutions as absolutes, so these may change as well. Bottom line, as it should be for everyone, I gotta stay happy. It's all I can do. Hopefully, these will help. Again, I love all of you and honestly could not have gotten through 2010 without you. Let's try to do the same for '11. Oh, score, kitten woke up. Time for more (good) coffee and breakfast!
I wanted to do my resolutions, because ahah! This year I will have them. Here we go:
1. Actually read my textbooks and notes in the weeks leading up to the tests, not just the few days before. And stop reading my kindle instead.
2. Drink good coffee for pleasure, not just caffeine (my new baby espresso maker will probs help this).
3. Stop biting my nails. Again.
4. Eat healthier, for goodness sakes. Nothing sucks more than ending a week and realizing I haven't had a single vegetable. Shudder at the thought.
5. Be nicer. In general.
6. Ugh, be less obnoxious in class. Not everyone needs to know how smart I am.
7. Church, Bible, and basically the Lord more. Focus, focus, focus and it really does help.
8. Remind everyone I love that I do love them. I love you.
9. Finish all DIY's I started and start more. Then finish those, too.
10. Stick to my new hobbies (knitting, playing guitar, and learning to cook)
Eh, so most of them aren't huge life changers, but they're important. Luckily for me, I've never viewed resolutions as absolutes, so these may change as well. Bottom line, as it should be for everyone, I gotta stay happy. It's all I can do. Hopefully, these will help. Again, I love all of you and honestly could not have gotten through 2010 without you. Let's try to do the same for '11. Oh, score, kitten woke up. Time for more (good) coffee and breakfast!
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