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| My name is Tara and I have an addiction.
I'm dead serious. The sports thing is just getting insane. It's 12:30 in the morning and I'm watching the NBA, and I can't possibly turn it off now, because it's in overtime. I have never in my life cared about Kobe Bryant, but I'm watching. Last weekend, I pretty much had the NFL Draft on the entire day. When I wasn't flipping around to the basketball games, that is. It used to just be college basketball, it really did. And only the tournament, even! But now it's every time I find a game on. NFL, NBA, MLB, college football and basketball... I live for the Olympics. I managed to actually be INTO a golf tournament the other day. Golf. I watched a pro soccer game shortly after that, because Kansas City was playing. I have even watched this insane obstacle course on a freaking pirate ship, for crying out loud. Who knew they put that kind of crap on television?! Everything I watch, I can find someone to root for, and I can surely find someone to root against. You'd seriously think I'm emotionally invested in every single game.
I've found that I can fall asleep fairly easily to Sportscenter. Not because it bores me, but because the stats and the repetition of stories are somewhat... comforting. How sick is that?! When did this happen? What's wrong with me? lol... And where the hell are all the guys that should be tripping over each other to get to me? lmao | | |
| I'm not sure I can take it. You'd think I was a senior or something with how badly I want this semester to just be over. I've just got journalism for one more day, but I have a huge project to do... in english I'm pissed because I found out our final is actually a 4-6 page paper. She had us all under the impression it was some sort of short essay test. I have a test next Monday and then I'm done with polysci... anddddd econ is the one class where I have a normal finals schedule. Then I get to go HOME!!!! Yep, I've actually missed home lately. Hopefully summer will be just long enough for me to want to get back to school full-time.
I have one online class for about three weeks, maybe? And don't go shouting it all around yet, but I applied for several newspaper jobs, so pray something good comes out of those. I think that would just make my summer.
Camping this weekend... sounds like it's gonna be a good time... We're lacking in the planning department, but hey, who needs planning? I'm all about the spontaneous. Even though that's just a fancy way to say procrastination is my life. | | |
| I was basically going to say how terrified I am... of school, of next year, of journalism, specifically. I've spent the last week dreading what's waiting for me even at just the end of this semester... journalism stories that scare the shit out of me, pretty much.
But today in class, my professor was reading anonymous questions and most of them dealt with how overwhelmed we feel with the projects and the final, and she said, "You are smart kids. Just look at some of your professors... People dumber than you have done this. We're not expecting you to win the Pulitzer Prize. You'll be fine." And somehow, right then, I felt a million times better. I'm still nervous, but seriously, she's right... it'll be fine. And after that class, I'm actually looking forward to the rest of the week, so woohoo!! 10 days of class, 3 journalism projects, 1 test, 1 final exam, 1 written, take-home final. Sooooooo close.
Speaking of dumb professors, I love the lead journalism lecture guy, but today we were discussing anecdotes, except he said "antidote" every single time. Respect for him is going downnnnnnnnnn the drain. | | |
| "To dream of the person you would like to be is to waste the person you are."
At first glance, I'm like WOW, I like that, but then again, I'm not so sure how I feel about it... Because without some kind of dream, or at least goal, for ourselves in the future, who are we? But it's also true that if we spend all our time looking ahead we can miss out on who we are now... What do you guys think? Like it or not?
That was strangely deep and I don't know... slightly pointless. I'm still trying to find people from the old site and get them to this one.
I am way tired right now, but I have two things I want to talk about, maybe next time... wait. Maybe there was just one thing. lol... Anyway, I don't really "get it" when people say how they want out of here, out of Kansas. I understand how some people feel closed in and sheltered, but I personally don't get it... I don't feel that way at all. I love this place, and I could go on forever about why I do... like I said, maybe next time. | | |
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