Long Time No Post

Hey all! I know it's been awhile since I last posted, so you can thank Donna Lynn for keeping you up to date.

My weekend was pretty awesome because my parents came on Saturday for Parents Day and that was a lot of fun. We got to watch a Campbell football game, (We lost 7-34, but hey, they haven't played in 58 years!), we ate dinner at Shouse Dining Hall and we watched parts of some movies on television in the lobby. (My dad fell asleep...) I decided last minute to go home for the rest of the weekend for a few reasons: I wanted to go to Sam's Club and get my long awaited iPod, I wanted to go to church and see some of my friends, and it's just plain boring here on the weekends when your friends aren't here. So my weekend was pretty awesome.

I have been doing well this week, but I haven't been going to sleep when I should. I didn't have anything I NEEDED to do last night and I didn't go to sleep until 1:30 anyways. It's okay though, I didn't get up until 9:30 this morning, so I got about 8 hours of sleep. :/

Yesterday I had to get up 2 hours earlier than I usually do on Wednesdays because I had to go to the Alumni Convocation at 10am. It was required for our business class, but it also means we don't have class at 10am on Friday!!! WOOT!! So at least I will be able to sleep in tomorrow.

-Julia

p.s. Chuck Norris doesn't sleep...he waits.

Ellipsis and Chuck Norris...

Hello everyone...

It's Wednesday, yet again. Which is a good thing, in my opinion. My busy days this week have passed *giving myself a mental high-5*. I'm just really tired, because you see, it's almost 1:00 in the morning, and i should be asleep... 'specially when I have a 9:30 in the morning, but oh well.

For tonight's (this morning's...) post, I have decided that I will examine my love of the ellipse.

I love an ellipse. Why? I have no clue. I don't know if it's because it makes me seem smarter... no, that's not it. Maybe it's because it makes me feel like I have more to say, but I'm leaving it up to the audience to figure out what it is, like a mysterious kind of thing... see? I'm leaving it up to the reader(s) to decipher what I really mean. So it's like a James Bond thing, yet not half as cool. But hey, whatever, I'll take all the cool I can get... (see? more ellipses)

Anyway, I thought that was going to be more complex than it really was. I think though that my brain has given up on me, and that's all I came up with. Oh well, who am I to fight my brain? Wait, hang on... nevermind.

By the way: If Chuck Norris got in a fight with himself, he would win.

Disclaimer: I am in NO way comparing myself to Chuck Norris!

I've had enough...

-Donna Lynn

Terrible Tuesdays...

Okay, so, today wasn't that bad, I just really like alliteration. Anyway, um, not much has happened here lately, and I'm really tired, but I felt like I should check in. Just so everyone knows, I am still alive and stuff...

I hope that Wednesday is better, and I can't wait for Friday!

- Donna Lynn

A Weekend of Tremendous Proportions…

In case nobody has realized, I had an amazing weekend. On Friday I came home and saw some family and went to eat with my cousin for her birthday, then came back home and just hung around. On Saturday, I wanted to sleep in, but alas, I could not… anyway, I ran errands for my mom, and hung out at my grandma’s because she had a family get-together, then went to Greenville with Reid, and spent time with him, then spent time with my little cousins that spent the night with me ( too many “spents”??). On Sunday, I went to Tarboro and watched Trash being made, lol, it’s like chex mix and stuff, which is totally awesome. Afterwards, I came back home, and we took my dad out for his birthday tomorrow, which leads me to where I am now.

I am staying at home tonight (Sunday night), because I don’t have class until 10 tomorrow and I wanted to go out to eat with my family to give my dad his front row Sugarland tickets!!!! I am also totally excited to be going to the Sugarland concert on October 11, and I am even more proud to announce that I will be sitting on the front row. I’ll be sure to take a lot of pictures, rest assure…

But I digress. So I am going to bed early tonight, probably the only night this week, but whatever. It’s 11:00, and I’m actually kinda tired. I hope tomorrow is not going to be too hectic... all I can do is pray.

Have a great Monday, ‘cause if you don’t, it’s going to suck… a bit redundant, I think...

-Donna Lynn

Me, Myself and I don't know.

Time flies, when Chuck Norris tells it to. Man, I wish I had that power, except it would be the exact opposite. I feel like I am going, going, going but I don't know where the time goes.

Today I went to lunch with my Big Sister from CRU at Quiznos. I had a really good time and got to know her pretty well. At some point we are going to get together and make crepes. (It's a long and random story). We hung out for about an hour or so and just talked. I am really excited. She is really nice and I think we clicked really well.

Today I also went to the Physical Plant to get my schedule and I started working. I learned about a few of the different sound and video systems and then burned some DVDs. From 6-8 I handled a live feed video class. I set up the cameras and then sat there to make sure it didn't freeze up or shut down and then turned everything off at the end. It was pretty simple. It sounds like a lot of the jobs I might be doing I will be able to do homework after I get everything set up and started. I think I will really enjoy this job, it's something I have always wanted to try out and I am getting paid to do it!

I am going to try and attend a Home Fellowship Group with Grace Community Church. I might also babysit for one depending on what my schedule looks like. I have so many things that I want to do. I want to go to 2 HFGs, attend an all-girls Bible Study and a coed Bible Study, hold a job and keep up with school. I would also like to have some sort of a social life. But you know what they say:

Welcome to college! Pick 2:
1. Social Life
2. Sleep
3. Good grades

I feel like I have so much to do, but I don't know what I'm doing. Hopefully I'll have it figured out by the end of the Semester! :)

-Julia

College is a Rollar Coaster...

Definitions all around...

College (n): 1. a really aggravating place, 2. an emotional roller coaster, 3. something invented to throw off your internal clock, 4. a place to meet really cool people, 5. where you learn to play Frogger on Main St., Leslie Campbell Av., and Hwy 421.

(Okay, so maybe the last one only applies to Campbell, but whatever, our blog, our rules...)

First of all, I'm soooo sorry that I haven't blogged since like last week, but this week has been so crazy, I have barely had time to breathe. So, since last Thursday, I have taken a Biology exam, submitted an English paper, taken a Theatre exam, and taken a Chemistry exam. I have also counted trees in the woods across from school for Bio Lab, cleaned my room, done laundry, decorated a martini glass, gone to bible study, hung out, played cards with some strange folks, and gone to Chemistry lab and review. I would also like to mention that I have pretty much spent all of my free time studying. Me and Adam even got kicked out of the Library, not for talking too loud, not for horse-playing, but because they were getting ready to close, TWICE! There is no excuse for this!!!! I DON'T DO LIBRARY!

Anyway, I also forgot to mention that I didn't go home last weekend, and I think that everybody should be really proud of me for that. However, I am going home this weekend! (& I'm so excited!) Last weekend I went to Wilmington to visit Amanda, who goes to UNC-W. We had supper, went to the beach, and went downtown Saturday morning before I came back to Campbell. I had a good time...

I feel like I owe the readers a little more, now that we have readers. Well, I'd just like to say that I'm really glad that we are entertaining enough for people to read our blog... YEAH FOR US!

I would also like to mention that I am totally exhausted, and that I am looking forward to sleeping in on Saturday more than like anything else on the whole entire planet. I now officially understand why college kids like sleep so much, and I will mock them no more; I am one of them.

That's about all I can get out. My contacts are starting to stick. Contacts sticking= nighty-night time.

Have a great weekend!

-Donna Lynn

Where has the time gone?

I feel like I just got here and already I am taking tests and writing papers. I started on Monday with an Introduction to Christianity test, continued today with a math test and tomorrow I will follow it up with an Introduction to Computers test. AAAAAUUUGGGGHHHH!!!!!

This week is alcohol awareness week and this evening I went to a little program where we learned about how to take care of an intoxicated friend and know when to call 911. I missed most of it because I had a class until 9pm, but I got a little of it. Then I decorated a plastic martini glass and ate snacks. It was a lot of fun.

Tomorrow I am going to finish my work study contract and get my schedule set up. I am working for the audio and visual department. I am excited about it, except for the fact that I won't be able to go home on the weekend as often.

I need to go to bed.

-Julia

Baby Mama!

This weekend I am staying here at Campbell for the first time this semester. Donna Lynn went to visit her friend in Wilmington, so for tonight at least, I am alone. Adam is also gone, but he went home. I think he went to watch one of his highschool's football games.

Every Friday they show a movie in Turner Auditorium, and tonight, since Adam and Donna Lynn are gone, Ben and I went and watched Baby Mama. It was hilarious. I recommend it to everyone over the age of 14.

This weekend is going to be a fun adventure. I have no idea what I am doing, but I am bound run into someone who does.

-Julia

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-Julia

Blackout!

Today during math class a student asked the teacher if he could turn the lights off so that the class could see the projection better. Professor Kiu doesn't really know which switches are which lights, so he ended up switching some switches and after a few tries, every light in the room turned off. He came and stood in front of the class and declared. "And now there is a problem, because I was just pushing buttons and I don't know which button I pushed." So some students just said, "We'll worry about it later!" The professor agreed because he wanted to get on with the class, and he ended up teaching the whole class in the dark.

It was a pain because I couldn't take notes or doodle or anything. I am pretty sure that several people fell asleep, I know my neighbor did.

At least we could see the board!

-Julia

PETITION AGAINST TESTS!

I want to formally begin a petition against tests and them being given in schools of any kind. I think that tests are a cruel way to force people to do things they don't want to do (i.e. studying, homework...). I am a college student, and as a college student, I have already, in the first 3 weeks that I have been here, studied countless hours for exams, worked on a paper, read, written journals and essays, and worked chemistry problems. and all for what? an EXAM!!!!!! I for one think that they are evil things that rob the world of it's creativity and individuality, and confine students to fit in little boxes of conformity. Tests limit a student's ability to express themselves and their ideas about a subject, and just because a student thinks differently than a teacher, they are automatically wrong, even though the question said, "What do YOU think the author meant..." That's an opinion question, HOW CAN IT BE WRONG????!!!!????? Teachers and other people of authority use these "tests" to filter through who could make it, and who can't. Ever notice that a test ( the SAT) helps decide whether you get into college? Or how about a test deciding whether or not you can pass a course (EOC's)? Filters, harsh, unfeeling filters that make some feel like dropping out of school is all that they are.

In conclusion, I think that tests are the spawn of satan.

The end.

Have a great day tomorrow! :)

Thirsty Thursday... HAHA, just kiddin'

So, I know that yesterday's post was supposed to be short, but I assure you, tonight will be shorter. I just had a lot of work to do today, and my tongue still hurts. That's about it, oh yea, and I did my first load of laundry at Campbell... yea, that's all.

p.s.- don't wash regular clothes with towels, you get a very unwelcome fuzz on your clothing... live and learn, then get luvs...

-Donna Lynn

OMG(osh)!!!!!!

So I will have to agree with Donna Lynn here that today was insane! I had classes and homework non-stop! It was ridiculous.

Donna Lynn goes to bed before I do, 10-11:30ish, and so I usually wait for her to go to bed and then I will go to bed. So basically she sets the bedtime. Last night we were up until 1am!! I couldn't believe that Donna Lynn stayed up that late so I was thinking that tonight was going to be an early night since Donna Lynn has a 9:30 class in the morning. But as you can see, I am still up and it's already tomorrow!

I thought homework was supposed to make time drag on forever, but not in college! I was working on two projects for my computer class and within "10 minutes" it went from 9:30-10:15-11:56.

:-0

I can't believe I am still up! "This is ridiculous! ...........Donna Lynn Go To Bed!!!!!" She still won't listen to me...

Good night!

-Julia

Let's just say, I did not have a happy Hump-Day...

Okay, so, wow. Today was absolutely insane. I was in class and labs and stuff for so long today, I had to eat supper alone, and I have a load of homework to do. Not to mention that I am way tired, which is why this is going to be a short post.

So, in this post, I just want to pose something, though I'm not sure what it is. Let's think about it as "food for thought"... While in English, my professor was talking about how we all as individuals bring different opinions, thoughts, and experiences to our writing, and that she doesn't want us all to fit into a "box", well, let's assume this is a writing box, because I'm not exactly sure what she meant by "box", but that's a "rabbit trail"... Anyway, I started thinking about how we do all bring different lives, situations, encounters, emotions, and stories into everything that we do. We are all so different, and still blend and mesh together so well as a whole. We bring everything to the table; it's all so unique and yet it comes together to be this woven tapestry of life... I eventually came to a conclusion: The world is beautiful; we are beautiful...

- Donna Lynn

I fell out of a castle today...

Hola, so, let me tell you... I fell out of a castle today. well, let's back up first, the castle can come later. this past weekend was labor day, and was absolutely amazing. I went to Nags Head with my boyfriend Reid and his family, and had a great time at the picnic. On Sunday morning we went to the beach, and while we were there, We encountered, wait for it........................ BRAD PAISLEY!!!! I understand and accept the fact that nobody would normally believe me, but in this case, I have no doubts, and I don't really care, cause I saw Brad Paisley run down the beach, and not once, but twice... :) Anyway, that's a post in itself. So, we came back Sunday afternoon, and I hung around home and visited a lot of my family on Monday.

So now today is Tuesday, and I want to formally wish a certain person happy birthday, so, HAPPY BIRTHDAY JULIA!!!! Now, for today's story, yea, the falling out of the castle thing. Today, me and Adam went to work in the scene shop for our introduction to theatre class, and for one of the plays there is a "castle tower" made of a platform that is even with my shoulder, covered by styrofoam, and carved in the shape of a castle. well, I had to climb onto the platform to do some work, and when I got down, my leg wouldn't reach from the platform to the chair, and the chair fell over when I landed on it, so essentially, I landed on the floor, on the chair, on my knees... and now they hurt. Don't laugh, it's not funny...yet. Give me a year, then maybe it will be funny, hopefully.

Oh, another exciting thing to happen today: we had a fire drill at about 8:30 in the dorm, and Julia was in the shower :( The good news is that we totally got out in 1 minute and 35 seconds, when our goal was 1 minute 30 seconds, and we were the fastest dorm. ALRIGHT JONES LADIES, WAY TO GO!!!!!!

One other piece of useless info before I go... I painted my nails tonight. I never, NEVER paint my nails, I don't know what's wrong with me... must be something in the water...

Have a happy Hump-Day!!!

-Donna Lynn

Labor Day!!

This is an exciting year to come to Campbell: football for the first time in over 50 years, a new convocation center, some refurbished dorm rooms, and for the first time ever in history Campbell is having Labor day off!!!

So this weekend I am home to have a nice long weekend and celebrate my birthday. Yesterday I went to see a movie: The Rocker, with some friends and hung out afterward. It was a very funny movie and I had a lot of fun. Went to church today and attended the college class for the very first time! I can't believe that I am actually in the college class. It's a little weird.

I feel like time goes so slowly, and then all of the sudden a the whole week has gone by and then.... I'm 4 years older than I used to be. I know "tomorrow" I am going to turn around after the graduation ceremony and say, "I was just a freshman yesterday!"

I want to grow up, or do something or get something over with, and then so much time flies by. I have to keep telling myself that I need to enjoy what God has given me right now. Stop waiting for the future to happen, because it is coming a lot faster than you think!

-Julia