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The Burn
Well, I’m not dead, but I am burnt out. I just have 6 days of class: two speeches, two exams, and two essays left. I just wanted to updated the blog with a new post. I updated to Wordpress 2.6, we’ll see what’s new.
Two by Two should have been One by One
So, this is the second week of English and Speech at Blinn. I only have until August 4th, then the semester is over! These two classes are probably the hardest one’s I’ve ever taken. Not just because they are writing intensive, but also because they are condensed into one month, I am working 20 hours/week, and Blinn has challenging classes to keep their standards up. I have a total of 5 major speeches to give and 4 major essays to write within the month. But along with those assignments I have also had a lot of reading, smaller writing assignments, weekly quizzes in English, and other speaking activities in Speech. Each class has a midterm and a final. I’m not really sure why they are trying to fit every single assignment from the full semesters into the one month summer semesters, but it hasn’t been much fun so far.
Tomorrow, I will present my first major speech. It is about how my jobs have influenced my dream to become big in the corporate world. Working where I have, I now want to own a small company, not work in a large corporation. Well, I had better practice the speech again. Each one has to be 7-10 minutes in length, yikes!
Hopefully, you will hear from me again, if you don’t you know what killed me: summer school at Blinn.
About to Get Busy
On Monday, I will be starting summer school at Blinn. I’m taking English Composition (freshman English that I skipped for 3 years) and Intro to Speech. I will buy the books on Monday after class is over. My first class starts at 9:35 AM and the second class ends at 1:35 PM. I’ll grab lunch then go to work from 3 to 7 PM. I have the feeling that I’m going to be really busy writing papers and speeches; we’ll see.
Tonight, I’m planning to go see Hancock with a friend, but if I don’t get a call soon, I’m going to go see it on my own at 9:45 PM. Lately I’ve been watching a lot of movies, either online, via Netflix, or in the theaters. I’m trying to work my way through a list of movies I’ve wanted to see before school gets started and I don’t have time. (The previous is an example of a poorly structured, mostly likely, run-on sentence.)
The Move Next Door
A lot of things are happening for me right now and in the near future. Last Saturday, I moved into my new apartment. I’m really excited about it. I had to rearrange my room quite a bit to make everything fit, but I’m happy with how things are.
On Monday, my family and I are flying to Seattle until the 17th of June. I will definitely be posting stuff from Washington. On July 7th, school will be starting at Blinn. I’m taking Freshman Composition and Speech; two classes that I’ve just been putting off. Well, I have to get up early tomorrow, so goodnight!
Spring Break & the Unreal World?
Spring break is overrated. I’m not saying I don’t appreciate the reprieve from school for a week, but it has become this massive conception. The two words bring to mind college students partying in Mexico or skiing in Colorado. Well, not for me; I worked from 10AM to 7PM Tuesday through Friday. I don’t remember very many spring breaks that I actually took a vacation. Oh well, it let me work 36 hours this week; 15 more than normal.
As this week has come to a close, I’ve been thinking more about what I’m going to do after I graduate next year. I really don’t know. I think I’d really like to do technology consulting for small to medium businesses, but I don’t want to travel much. I just heard on a podcast about the digital information archival field; it has really piqued my interest, I’m going to have to do some research on it. So, I’m stressing about what I’m going to do in the future. Everyone keeps telling me that I need to get ready, the real world is about to be here. Well, I’d like to tell everyone, the real world is already here. I’m already in the real world. I never was anywhere but in the real world. If juggling college, work, and daily chores isn’t in the real world, I don’t know what is.
