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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.

Written by Daniel Cole

July 14th, 2008 at 11:17 pm

77°F and it did rain today!

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.)

Written by Daniel Cole

July 2nd, 2008 at 8:49 pm

90°F and hot.

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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.

Desk

Bathroom

Shelves

Closet

TV

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!

Written by Daniel Cole

June 5th, 2008 at 12:18 am

82°F and sweltering

MeToday 5-13-2008

New plants, wanted vegetable garden, and Blinn registration.

Written by Daniel Cole

May 13th, 2008 at 8:36 pm

80°F & overcast