Flawless Friday: Oops and Busy

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Flawless Friday, news, oops, update

So I totally ignored this for a very long time.

I comment on some people’s blogs, but I keep forgetting about updating and checking emails. Heh. Oops.

So, update?

I’m just about done with school–which is a little scary, but also kind of exciting.

I know that I haven’t been working hard enough on homework and junk.

I think I hit Senior Slide last summer… Oops.

But it’s been going okay.

I have some stuff to take care of Graduation-wise in the next few weeks, which I have to motivate myself to finish, and a couple of projects and papers to get done.

I’ve been doing an internship this semester, which has been going pretty well.

I’m at a church every weekend (except for two last month because of school/holiday breaks) and every other Wednesday, learning production stuff.

It’s been kind of fun!

I applied for a job at a church in my hometown that is heavily media-related, and I have to send them a project design idea in the next couple of days so that they can have an idea of some of the things I might create for them in that job.

It sounded like there were three or four other people interested in the job, so we will see what happens. I won’t be incredibly disappointed if I don’t get it, but it would be nice to stay near home.

I will be looking at more job opportunities this month and trying to apply for some of those.

For now, the plan is to move back home at least for the summer and see what happens.

It’ll work.

What else?

I got a new laptop over Spring Break!

I have now joined the world of Mac owners…

So that’s fun.

I still haven’t transferred everything over from my PC, but I plan to after graduation.

I GRADUATE IN SIX WEEKS.

if i counted right

AHHHHHHHHHH.

So much to do before then.

My parents are coming to visit me in a couple of weekends, which will be nice, because I don’t have any more breaks from school this semester.

So, it’s been kind of a busy school year, but things are going okay and winding down!

What about you?

How’s your year (school year if applicable) going?

Flawless Friday: Tears

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aaron keyes, chapel, church, elevation worship, for the honor, god be praised, music, psalm 62, school, worship

This morning during chapel, I had a Flawless moment.

Actually, the last several times I’ve been to chapel…

I’m not sure if it was not feeling well this week, or realizations based on where I’m at with God.

But I cried a bit today.

This morning we sang these songs:

…through Your shame we came alive… Because I am Yours, my worth is secure.

My King has crushed the curse of Death! And I am His forever!

We honor You forever.

The italicized parts under the videos are the lyrics that really stood out to me this morning.

I feel like this has been happening a little more frequently this year, and maybe since last year. Or in the last few years.

I ran screen nearly the entire summer, save about three Sundays, and while it was wonderful to be upstairs and needed, there were mornings I wanted so badly to be able to sing without feeling like it would be distracting to the others in the media room.

There were mornings when I wanted so badly to close my eyes and get lost in the music and I couldn’t do that because I had to click buttons.

Don’t get me wrong, I love clicking the buttons and making things work. But I wanted so badly to just be.

Which was why I asked if I could not work upstairs my final Sunday of the summer. I wanted that morning to be about being, taking more in-depth notes, not having to pay attention to when to click buttons.

Now, at school, I’m taking those notes (seriously I could take pictures to prove it) and I’m crying during songs because…

I guess because the lyrics are resonating,

or because I want to actually mean the words I’m singing

or… something.

I’m not really sure.

But it was an interesting revelation.

Week Two

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home, school, update

It’s my second week of school.

I went home over the weekend.

It was actually good that I was planning on going home, because they needed help at church.

Plus both my roommates were gone, so it would’ve been boring here at school.

Week two of the school year!

Is it sad that I kind of want it to be Christmas Break (or even the end of the school year) already?

Yes.

Yes it is.

I am going to learn so much this semester.

And I have a car, so I can go places.

And stuff.

Apparently my one roommate’s mom is visiting tonight, so that’s kind of exciting.

Sunday at church the sermon was on relationship colors, which was interesting.

I’m gold.

I’d looked at the characteristics for each color before the service and figured I’d be either a blue or a yellow/gold and got yellow/gold, with blue as my second-highest result.

(Incidentally, blue and gold are my school colors!)

So that was fun.

And then yesterday afternoon I came back to school because I had to work.

I left home just after noon and got to school about two, which is awesome.

It took me two and a half hours to get home on Friday, partly because my GPS took me on weird back roads.

So getting back in two hours was good.

I unpacked some things and went to catch the shuttle—but the shuttle runs differently on Labor Day, so there was no shuttle when I needed it.

So I had to drive and walk ten minutes from where I parked to get to work.

Which was fine.

And then they let us leave work 15 minutes early, which was also totally fine.

So.

That’s a little bit of an update, for anybody still reading.

Lol.

Oh hey.

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roommates, school

It’s been about a month since my last post.

I’ve been busy and lazy.

I moved in at school yesterday Friday.

This year was not quite as bad as last year, crying-wise.

This was a thing I wrote on my Tumblr yesterday Friday.

Sometimes I regret transferring instead of coming in as a freshman.

I’ve missed out on a lot of apparently cool things.

But I wasn’t ready Freshman year.

I just wasn’t.

Transferring in last year was tough enough.

I have a feeling coming in as a Freshman would’ve been harder for me. Personally.

I would’ve been way more nervous and homesick as a Freshie than I was as a Junior—and I was nervous and homesick as a Junior, let me tell you.

I cried nearly the entire day I was moving in.

I was grateful that my roommates weren’t around and that people left me alone while I unpacked.

Freshman year, I probably would’ve bawled and begged to go home.

And although this is a Christian campus, staying at home and going to the church I grew up at was probably better for me than trying to come into a new church where I know no one.

You know?

But it has gotten better.

This year, I didn’t cry until my parents left, and then only a little.

Progress.

Maybe this means that next year, when I (hopefully) have a job and a place of my own, I won’t cry at all when my parents leave.

So it does get better.

~*~

This weekend’s been fine.

Boring, but that’s typical of my weekends.

My roommates decorated today yesterday.

I mean, half their room had already been pretty decorated, but one of them went out and bought some stuff today yesterday.

So we decorated the living room and kitchen.

I get to go home next weekend!

Because it’s Labor Day and we don’t have school Monday.

Except I work.

But. Oh well.

Anyway, when I go home next weekend I’m going to bring some stuff back with me.

Decorations for my room (pictures and maybe some other stuff) and the books I left behind.

So that’s a thing.

My roommates are fine.

I met them once this spring, so I kind of knew a little bit about them already.

But they’re fun.

M went and bought a fish along with the other stuff and she and L have named him Oliver.

So there’s that.

And school starts on Monday tomorrow.

Last night was really interesting.

Most interesting first meeting ever.

One of L & M’s friends came over last night and things were really weird.

Interesting, and kind of awkward.

But I survived it.

I have a feeling this year is going to be very interesting.

Two weeks.

Aaaaaand it’s been two weeks since my last post.

Oops.

Well.

I guess now that I’m done with my online class (I’m not even going to check my grade yet…), I have some more time for fun stuff!

My internet connection at the moment is not the fastest, which is slightly frustrating, but it’s still internet!

So, what’s been happening with me this summer?

I’m working nearly 40 hours a week cleaning a building, for one.

We’re close to the end–just about two weeks left–and it’s getting to the point where there’s almost nothing to do every day. It’s great.

I had my online class, and it’s done for the summer.

I had a slight mishap around a month ago that required a couple of stitches and several extra dentist appointments.

Thankfully it was not as bad as it could have been!

Other than that, I haven’t been doing much this summer.

Mostly working and a class that is now over.

And a little bit of family and friend stuff.

And church!

I’ve been helping out at church a lot more this summer, I think.

Which is fine.

I like helping.

We did a musical a couple of weeks ago–I helped with screen stuff. I got to listen to the same songs for a week! It was great!

And I’ve gotten into a couple of shows.

Bunheads is new, and pretty good. It’s by the lady who did Gilmore Girls, and it’s just as entertaining.

Covert Affairs is on season three, but I fell behind last season so I had to catch up!

My mom got me into Bunheads, and I got her into Covert Affairs. Yay?

Uhmm… I think that’s it for the night!

How’s your summer been so far?

Busy, busy.

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oops, school, summer

Have I really not posted in two months?

I’m a terrible blogger.

I’ve been pretty busy this summer, though.

Finals went okay.

I wasn’t thrilled about staying until Friday when Fall Semester I came home on like Wednesday, but I made it through.

Since then, it’s been work and hang out with friends and online class time.

Next week is my last week of my online class, for which I am glad.

I don’t even know my grade yet.

I just checked and the only things entered are the two quizzes I completed.

Oh well. I’m doing okay, I think.

With just those two quiz scores, I have something like a B in the course. Let’s hope everything else adds up to close to a B!

I have a final project worth 100 points due next week that I’m confused about, but I’ll get it done.

What’s really weird to me is that we can do an extra credit assignment (which I might do), but it’s only worth 20 points.

It’s FOUR PAGES.

How does that only earn you 20 points?

Oy.

Whatever. It would still be 20 extra points. (Provided I earn 20 points.)

I’ve had a few adventures so far this summer. I’ll update you on them soon!

But for now, I think it’s about time for dinner.

Hope your summer is going well!

Summer, hurry up.

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family, school, stress

Next week is my last week of classes.

Then it’s Finals.

They’re at least a week later this year than they were last year, apparently.

My sister will be done this week.

A friend is done next week.

Another friend was done a week ago.

I just want it to be over.

I’m at the point where my motivation is pretty much gone and I just want my homework to write itself.

Add to that a sick family member and… well.

It’s not pretty.

So if you think of it, would you pray for my cousin? (Well, cousin’s son, but still a cousin.)

He’s been having a rough couple of weeks, and he’s not getting any better. At least, he wasn’t as of a few hours ago. It’s making me nervous, and we’re all pretty worried.

Flawless Friday: Nerves

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Flawless Friday, nervous, school

Happy Friday!

I’m really glad it’s Friday, and that I only have one more class today.

And Friday means Flawlessness!

At least, I’m trying to have it mean that as often as I can.

Anyway. Flawless.

Flawless Friday!

Today’s topic: Nerves.

Like, being nervous.

Not the nerves that are within your body.

Just to clarify.

Hah.

So, this whole week has pretty much been full of nervousness.

I had an Art paper due yesterday that I didn’t start on until Wednesday.

I had a French project due yesterday that I didn’t really start until three hours before it was due.

I had a Spanish paper due today that I didn’t start until yesterday afternoon.

And on Tuesday I made plans to meet next year’s roommates … last night.

I was so nervous leading up to the meeting.

What if this turns out to be like this year and I don’t necessarily get along with them at first?

What if they’ve been friends forever?

What if I feel like a third wheel?

I didn’t need to worry.

I like them a lot.

They didn’t really become friends until recently.

We have a lot in common.

It was fun.

I think next year will be good.

Now I have to finish some stuff and wait for my interview this afternoon and then go to class.

My goal for the last few weeks of classes is to get most of my homework finished by Friday night so that I can have a lot of the weekend to just relax.

Let’s hope I can keep to that goal!

Have a good weekend!

Awareness.

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compliment, random, school

I suppose this could be a Flawless post, but I’m posting it today because I haven’t posted in a few days so.

I thought we were going on a field trip to the zoo.

We didn’t.

We sat in class for almost the full 2 and a quarter hours.

It was a bit of a let-down, but whatever.

I got a kind of compliment.

From my eccentric Art prof.

It was toward the end of the class, and the prof asked me what my major was.

I told him Media Communication, and he asked specifics, and I said production like video and stuff.

One of the guys in the class (one of two, and I have at least one other class with both of them) asked if I was going to LA (California) for a semester, because our school has a connection to a school there.

I said I wasn’t, and the prof asked if it was about money.

I said something like, “Well, yeah, part of it is money, but also being away from home for that long.”

The prof made some comment that I’ve forgotten, and I said “I’m more of a home-oriented person.”

The prof said that he really liked the way that I worded my reply, and that he liked how aware I am of myself, kind of.

It was interesting.

It was a surprise, for sure.

Kind of a pleasant one.

More proof that incredibly random things can have an effect.

In this case, a positive one.

ALSO.

I emailed next year’s roommates, and we’re getting together at least once before the school year is over.

We’re getting together this week one night to hang out for a while, and I’m excited.

They both sounded pretty excited in their emails, so hopefully next year will be good!

We’ll see!

Flawless Friday: On Feeling Stupid

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Flawless Friday, language, school, stupid, weird

It’s Friday!!

This makes me happy.

And I have a Flawless post idea.

Flawless Friday!

In Spanish this morning, our prof seemed upset.

She had us read the first paragraph of an article from a chapter from the previous course.

And then she asked us questions about it.

When none of us could answer her questions correctly, she went on to the next person.

We were all really confused.

This went on for about five minutes, but it felt like forever.

She ended the rapid-fire question round and was a little nicer, but it was still very strange.

She asked us what the point of that was, and how we felt.

I said I felt like she was mad at us.

She asked us who gets treated that way a lot, and we talked about immigrants and the power of language and things like that. We talked about how some people learn more than one language as a power thing, or because it looks good on a résumé.

It was interesting, but some of us are sure she could’ve gone about getting the point across in a different way.

It was really strange to feel that useless and stupid.

I hadn’t considered that so many people actually go through that kind of thing.

It got a point across, but I think she could’ve maybe done it differently.

So that was a thing that happened today that made me think.