Books, Window Blinds, and Home

I am discovering that as each day goes by that I do not write on my blog, I lose one follower. It is like a cult, you don't have a fun activity like burning crosses or peacefully joining together in the Ohm chant for five hours, you lose a cult member. I apologize for not writing in a while but as many of you know, or at least remember, finals are fast approaching and I am trying my hardest to stay focused in my brand new room with my brand new amazing roommate!

I am unsure if I have really spoken about the new living conditions. To be quite frank, they are so nice I tend to forget that I am living in the dorms at all! Tiffany is my new roommate, she is also a Freshman as she keeps on truckin' through the Pre-Pre Nursing School edjamucation requirements. On our first morning I woke up at 10:30AM to a bagel and cream cheese waiting for me; how delightful, eh?! Don't YOU wish you had Tiff as a roommate?! Now, don't worry, I did bring her breakfast in bed the next morning as a "thank you, thank you, thank you," for getting me out of that hell hole we like to call Mac. Our new room is only on the second floor, we have air conditioning, heat, a room twice the size of the last ones we were living in, and there are no pee stains on the carpet in the hallway (this of course is the best part)!

Anyway, I somehow forgot I was in college while moving into our incredibly nice dorms and have found myself with two projects and a ton of math all due on the Monday and Tuesday we get back from Thanksgiving Break. I can crank out projects and essays like there is no tomorrow but I have to have the book first that the project for Theatre 141 is about. I bought my book off Amazon.com/used a few days ago but unfortunately it hasn't come yet, I ended up borrowing a friend's copy-- I figured me showing up to class on Monday to look Carl right in the face and say, "I just didn't feel like going to the library over break, so I'll turn my project in later, is that OK," wouldn't go over so well. My other project is about leaving my legacy at Bowling Green State University. We are supposed to build something to make BGSU a better place to be; I think they just want our ideas because enrollment has been low recently. My project has a simple theme, "work hard, play harder." I am building a Ferris wheel that doubles as a clock, and is made out of a deck of cards. I figure they could put it in the middle of University Lawn and allow students to release some of their stress by taking a Ferris wheel ride.

When I sat down to type this I didn't think I had a lot to say-- but who am I kidding?!

For Thanksgiving Break they make us do all sorts of things to our room before "check-out." Tiff and I had to unplug everything from the wall except the refrigerator and our imaginary fish tank, take out our trash and recycling, vacuum, lock the windows, and open the blinds. Tiff left a few hours before me so I jumped onto Hulu.com and caught up with House. After getting myself up to date I took a shower. I forgot the blinds were wide open and completely flashed all of campus, only for a split second, but you know how it is when you are only on the second floor and your light is on while it is dark outside...even just a slip second would be a sight for sore eyes!

I guess on my final notes I made $40 bucks writing an essay for a friend in my math class. He had it all written but every other sentence wasn't actually a complete sentence and nothing was thought out so...I chucked it and rewrote it.

I joined USITT which is a Theatre Tech program where we meet in Cincinnati once a year for networking with other tech designers/sellers/buyers/students. It is a great way to meet people who I could potentially be looking for a job with in the next couple of years. The conference costs $200 for students which is a pretty good deal considering the experience but students are given the chance to volunteer for 15hrs instead of paying the fee. I just got my email yesterday that said I was accepted as a volunteer and I got my card this morning that says I am an official member of USITT! Exciting things are happening and I am sure, Turkey day will just bring a little more happiness and craziness.