Currently Listening Five Score & Seven Years Ago By Relient K Deathbed see related

The world spins madly on

Spring break = amazing. It was harder to leave than the first time. The people hanging on to the back of my car as I pulled away didn't help. I love everything about Texas and my friends. Wait...I do hate the cops in Texas. I got my first speeding ticket on the way back to school. Heather was in the car...laughing at me because I was freaking out (literally trembling.)

School is awesome too. My grades are better than I thought they would be. I'm liking my jobs a little better (both on-campus and off.) Spring formal is Saturday. Poor Mallory. She agreed to go with me even after I explained I'm a horrible dancer. She really doesn't know what she's getting into. I'm rooming with Phil next semester (since I don't have a roomate right now.) Plans for summer are fun to make (I'm staying at school all summer to work off my room and board payment.) Alone time is fun...why do some people think they must be surrounded by noise and hilarity 24/7? I have so much to tell myself that can only be said when it's quiet.

This song lasted ten minutes. But it's cool.

I want to lay on the roof, look at the stars, and listen to a certain hippie guitarist play the Scene Aesthetic. Then we'll all have breakfast.

Oh, and someone who I won't say is Christen needs to mail my camera to me.

that's all

What's C of O?

This is a question a lot of you have been asking me. To be quite honest, I'm still learning the answer.

C of O, or College of the Ozarks, is a small, christian, liberal arts college outside of Branson, MO. It is unique in that tuition is completely free. However, to offset the cost students are required to work 15 hours a week for the college at a designated workstation (the college is a self-sufficient city, so there are PLENTY of workstations.) Basically all a student has to come up with is about $2000 a semester for room and board (and you can even get scholarships for that if you're lucky.) So far it seems like a pretty decent deal.

It has it's downfalls, of course. Because the school is small (around 1500 students, I think), the drama quotient is extremely high. There are also some pretty stupid rules. But nothing that makes me want to pay $20,000 a year to another college. My workstation isn't the best, either. New freshmen get the crappiest jobs, and have to work their way up. I am in maintenece at the Keeter Center (a rustic lodge/fine dining restaurant/convention center run by the college.) If you know me well, you're laughing. What the heck do I know about maintenence? Very little is the answer. But I'm learning more every day. Still, it's a rather boring job.

Classes have been OK so far. Nothing I can't handle. I just need to learn to not procrastinate (I'm sure I'll learn eventually. har har) The people here are amazing. The weather is rotten (it's freakin' COLD!) I'm about five minutes from Taco Bell, so that's a definite plus. I can't have my car until Friday afternoon, and they lock it back up Monday at 1 a.m. (this is only for my freshman year...but still!) There are four girls on campus for every one guy (makes things MUCH easier. lol) I could go on with these facts for day.

Suffice to say that while I miss Texas so much it hurts, I am content here, and think I'll live. I am counting the days 'till spring break, though!

And just like that, this entry is over!

PS
Would someone I know from home PLEASE enroll here? I need SOMEONE!

Currently Listening Zombies! Aliens! Vampires! Dinosaurs! By Hellogoodbye Here In Your Arms see related

Changes....major changes.

You poor xanga-only people. I often forget to share my news with you. Don't feel bad though, I'm telling you this before I tell my Faceook-only friends (all two of 'em.)

So the 23rd I spent with my parents. We do Christmas with them early so as not to interfere with the 4 other family gatherings we attend each holiday season. So the last gift I opened up that morning was an acceptance letter for C of O for the Spring term. Yes...that's right. The impossible happened. At first I was secretly furious with my mom for keeping info like that from me for so long (turns out she had only known for a few days.) I had exactly two weeks to prepare. Not fun. I'm super excited about the whole thing, but I have a million reservations about leaving my friends, submitting myself once again to an ultra-conservative institution (though C of O is not NEARLY as conservative as ATI.) Still, I'm determined to go into the whole thing with a positive attitude.

Besdies the shocking news, the rest of my Christmas was rather...normal. People got mad and nearly cried during the gift swap for the third year running (gotta love the drama in my mom's family.) I acquired two more seasons of "Friends", and got enough candy to rot my teeth out three times over. Yes, it was a good Christmas.

I'm quickly losing my desire to post a blog, so I'll move on to more pressing items on my to-do list.

Currently Listening Lifehouse By Lifehouse You And Me see related

Everyone, just try to be more like me.

How nice and narcissistic that title sounds.

Drama - the "new" root of all evil. It amazes me how grown people throw temper tantrums when little things don't go their way. In order to punish whoever dared to offend them, they hurt a millon other completely innocent people.

Anyone tired of their family? I'll trade you for a month. I'll guarantee you'll come running back to yours crying like a baby, and never complain again. Maybe...

But life is not all bad. Really, when I detatch myself from the situation, and view it as though I'm watching a movie, I laugh and laugh. Really, it's comical. Maybe I will turn it into a movie someday. I'll have to wait until the antagonist is dead, and change the names to protect everyone's identity. But it's all very doable.

My Christmas shopping is done. Most of it has been since November. Well....I have to buy a few giftcards still...but it's not like I have to shop for them. I feel very wise and superior compared to you silly people who will brave the angry mobs these next few days in search of gifts. It's a nice feeling, I must admit.

Gah. I hate complicated. Partly because I'm too lazy to want to think hard about anything. OK, it's entirely because I'm lazy. So what?

Someday, I'll move to a planet that's never heard of myspace or Christmas. I shall lead a simple life there - playing music and eating Mexican food. It'll be grand. I'll miss you all, of course. But not enough to want to come back. Sorry.

And so ends the random collection of ramblings I shall call a post.

lotsa pics!