Paranoid, but adventurous

Spring break was last week and I was able to get a ride from a good friend. It was sooooo good to see my family again. We went to an Asian restaurant and I enjoyed being home. But now I’m at school again, and I’m glad. I’ve made some good friends here and I missed them. The semester is a little more than half over and Geneva won’t let you forget. They are already having students meet with their adviser to pick their next classes for next semester.

I also went back to College Hill Station. Though it will probably be the last time I go. One, I don’t know how allowed I am to be there. Two, It is in really bad shape. Tis abandoned after all. It’s really sad to see it just sitting there though. When I go in I can almost hear, the train whistle, “ALL ABOARD!” The hustle and bustle of passengers, there was even one room that had desks in it…*Brrriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiing* “College hill Station…how can I help you?” The *tak-tak* of type writers, I almost expect the building to bring itself back to life right before my eyes. To jerk its floor boards back into place. It’s paint to spread and grow more vibrant. To feel the floor boards above me move with the weight of employees. To have time recede and reveal once was.

On a more serious note, when I was going through middle school and high school, each week was fast paced but remained the same. Yes things would change slightly as in life, but things seemed to stay for the most part consistent.  But ever since last summer, it feels like my life has suddenly jerked itself into motion. I’m moving forward fast, and I can’t slow down. Even when I went home, the normal I once knew was gone. Or, maybe it’s the other way around. I am no longer who I was, God is transforming me, and I can’t go back to who I used to be, I am a different person.  Kind of like the end of “The Lord of the Rings.” Frodo and his friends are sitting down for a drink while the rest of the room is buzzing with excitement over a big pumpkin. Like them, I am no longer the same; I’m becoming who I’m supposed to be.

Onslaught

yes this is an over due post but when classes have begun to speed up, and give a steady stream of assignments and lectures; I kind of put my blog on the back burner.

With that, get ready, for the onslaught of font you are about to be bombarded with. First up I finally got my first humanities paper back, and I got an A. The relief I felt was palpable. I was not sure how I was going to do. However that was about a week or two ago and now my next paper on love is due by the end of this week. The teacher is trying to take advantage of the time we have before break and squeeze every last drop of creativity out of us. That last part was my words not his (my teachers). I also had my first ethics test. I was really nervous about that because I didn't feel like I was really grasping the material.

I think I previously mentioned my ethics class, so I won't beat that horse any longer. But I still need to vent, so, here goes. I know I "Accepted the Challenge" but I didn't think I would be dumped in the deep end. I have had to spend extra time looking for web sites that start at the bottom and teach the basics of Philosophy. I like how the site phrases it. "A huge subject broken down into manageable chunks" Click if you are interested. It really does do a good job of explaining things; I was able to do some catch up with the class. We recently had our first test in ethics. It was and open book test so yea, but I was such a nervous wreck about how I did. I actually did better than I thought I did, I got a C. Which I think is pretty good considering how new I am to the subject. But becasue I am paying for my own schooling this time around I pushed myself to do the extra credit response paper that would bump my C grade up to a B.


What follows is a technology rant...

I get so irritated with technology sometimes! I was using DA Muro while I was listening to the Bible on Bible gateway.com and I was doing well. I was just drawing a face from a dramatic angle, but I guess my computer couldn’t handle both listening to Bible gateway and drawing at the same time. The slow script warning was coming up more frequently so I figured I should probably save. So I start saving and before DA muro can finish saving the script crashes. It’s like my drawing never existed! Then the next day while I’m writing this, I finally had something good to submit, and had submitted. However when I went to delete a post that wasn’t going anywhere, ever, blog spot decided to change the order of posts so I unintentionally deleted what I had just finished meticulously writing. GAAAAAAAH!