Second Semester, Second Week

Remember that time I was on break and I had nothing to do EVER?

Yeah, those were good times! They seem so far away, but in reality it was only two weeks ago when I was going out of my mind with free time. Now I have no need to worry about free time! It’s once again a thing of the past.

School started last Tuesday and today I’ve officially completed two weeks of my second semester at college. It honestly doesn’t even feel like it’s been two weeks and…what? It’s almost February? Are you serious? That old saying about time and air travel really is accurate. How did it go? Time sure flies when you’re too busy to keep track of time and you’re kind of in this haze in which time is not a thing? I don’t know, something like that.

Classes are going well so far, and I think it’s going to be a good semester. I particularly like my English professor, who more or less introduced herself by telling us the story of how she thought she was having a heart attack. She called her husband, who told her that he was at work. So, alone at home with her kids, she did what anyone would do when faced with the possibility of death—she covered herself with a blanket so that her cat wouldn’t eat her eyes after she had died. I mean, the kids were already asleep, if she called an ambulance it would have been a big ruckus. And it’s not the cat’s fault that cats like to eat salty things, such as eyes! Eventually she reconsidered, though, and called for an ambulance and everything was fine. It wasn’t actually a heart attack, she just had no cholesterol at all. No bad or good cholesterol.

I also really enjoy my art class, fundamental drawing. Traditional art has always intimidated me, but I’m forcing myself to deal with my fears and get out of my comfort zone in college. I’m not a prodigy or anything, but I think I’m definitely learning a lot and really developing my skills as a creative-type person! Plus I don’t really have a choice about taking art classes if I plan on getting an art degree, so.

Also I traded calculus for French. I think this was a good trade, because of the following reasons:

  1. I will never ever use calculus
  2. Turns out calculus is really hard, who knew!
  3. French is cool
  4. I have been telling Clem that I’ll learn French for at least two years now
  5. French will help me pick up every hot person.

Picking up hot people is a very important skill in life, you know.

Posted on: January 26, 2012 | 8 Comments

In Which a Break is Torture

Back in high school, winter break was one of the best things ever. Only second to summer break. There was Christmas, and New Years, and all this free time and hanging out with friends. And all in the middle of the school year! It was like this crazy awesome thing that I never wanted to end. I don’t think I can even fully describe how much I loved winter break in high school, because the words do not exist.

Now that I’m in college, though, my feelings toward winter break have changed. Basically it’s still fun for the first couple weeks (about as long as high school break lasts), but it gets old. Really old. Really quickly.

I have one week left until classes start again and I’m basically going crazy with how much free time I have. This probably says something about my personal life and how I need to get more hobbies/be more productive. But this clashes with the fact that during the winter all I want to do is sleep, lay in bed, sleep some more, contemplate life, and generally just do nothing. And I have the knowledge that the break is only a month long, meaning I can’t really start any big projects, because school is actually right around the corner.

So I’m stuck with this weird mix of WOW I’M SO BORED I MIGHT JUST SLEEP FOR A WEEK and WOW I REALLY DON’T WANT TO DO ANYTHING BECAUSE I’LL BE SUPER BUSY IN TWO WEEKS. ‘Cause you know once classes start again you’ll have no real free time, so you want to cherish the free time you have. But then you have too much free time. Free time coming out the wazoo, if you will. And I don’t know if this happens to everyone else, but for me I just kind of look at the looming busy school schedule, look at all this free time I have, and then shrug my shoulders and go on Tumblr for about 17 hours.

I’m sure, though, once the semester starts, I’ll be thinking, Boy I can’t wait until summer gets here. But I won’t plan anything for summer, and the madness will ensue again. But for right now, I really want school to start so I have something to fill all this empty time.

Posted on: January 9, 2012 | 8 Comments