More Stuff About Life

Yay! ProjectPlaylist is working again! Everyone should check out my updated music thing (on Facebook, on the left, under "Friends"). Very awesome.

I'm preparing for my meeting with Mrs. Tillman on the 8th and preparing all my information for colleges. I have the final list of colleges I'm applying to (in order of where I want to go first):
1) United States Naval Academy
2) *tie* United States Air Force Academy
2) *tie* University of Delaware
3) Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
4) Rensselaer Institute of Technology

I was going to apply to UW but recently found out that they require you to have test scores sent directly from the testing agency, as in - scores on your transcript aren't good enough. And because I've already chosen 4 places for my scores to go, it'd cost me like $10 to send my scores in. Plus, there's the $70 application fee. So, it'd cost me way loads of money to apply. So, nope. Not happening. Sorry, all you lovely WA peeps that I'd love to go to college with, I can't go, lol. Come to Annapolis with me! lol


I was also considering applying to Iowa State but, sadly, I've decided against it. (Sorry Sarah!) It's really silly but I'm not to fond of the school colors (which is also why Rose-Hulman and Rensselaer are not that high on the list, lol). And...idk, what's there to do in Iowa? So, yeah...lol. Speaking of colleges, the UD essay requirement is really bugging me. It's all like "what are you doing to make the environment greener?". I'm like, "uh....not littering?" Very frustrating. Of course, there's the question about how your heritage shapes you. So, I think I'll have to answer that one. :) I'm really enjoying life right now. I have a couple things that I have to deal with, but I just remind myself that it's all in God's hands and that helps. Knowing that I don't have to stress over it really helps. I'm practicing running for my 1.5-mile run for ROTC and my 1-mile run for USAFA/USNA. So far, I've gotten my mile run down to 9:14 minutes which isn't *that* fast but isn't *that* bad either. I've just got to get it down to about 7:30 or, at the slowest, 8:15. Then I'll be pretty competitive. Of course, working on situps and pushups, as well as pullups and shuttle runs are important too. It's all taking a while. I think I should be good on situps and pushups but the pullups and mile/mile-and-a-half run are kinda bugging me. I'm working on it. I've got a new job now and I *love* it. I'm working at Carl Doubét, Jr. Jewelers in Greenville. It's a really great job as I'm learning sales (and in jewelry too!) as well as working on the computers, and jewelry display. It's a really cool job and good pay too! Much better than catering as well, because there's much more person-to-person interaction, and I'm allowed to talk to the people. So, that's the exciting things. I'll post again later - probably next week or something. My brother's birthday is coming up and I haven't gotten his gift yet, which is really annoying me. But I think I know what I want to get him so I just need to go get it, y'know? It's at a local store too, so it's just driving down there to get it. Speaking of driving, I really love driving my dad's car. It's super awesome and comfy. And smooth. And...rockin'. :) I love it! Although, I'd probably buy an Audi over a Kia, it's super nice. So, I might get it as a first time car or something.

School(s)

So, my applications to colleges are going along well.  I'm meeting with my counselor on the 8th to get transcripts (for colleges) and go over which schools need counselor recommendations.  It'll be awesome!

My classes at Del-Tech are going well.  I'm really enjoying them and my professors are nice too.  The other students in my class are pretty awesome too.  I'm glad I'm taking the classes, too, as it's giving me an idea as to whether or not I'd like MechE.

Toodles for now!

Work

So today I started my new job.  Yay!  I love it already.  I'm working at Carl Doubet Jr Jewelers and it's very cool.  They said they'd teach me sales as soon as they can.  And I'm also doing a bunch of IT stuff.  I like it.  :)

Classes again tomorrow.  And a pool party (I think).

Toodles!

School!

So I started Del-Tech today. And I really enjoyed it. It went very well.

My professor in my first class is pretty cool. He worked for both Boeing and Sikorsky at different times. He's very clear with his words but he asks questions a lot like "Education equals...what?" And we all go "Uh....knowledge?" and he goes "Education equals knowledge. Yeah, I like that. Okay..." It's almost like he doesn't know, lol.

My second professor is absolutely hilarious though. He kept saying things like "Big force hit little force and, unless little force is going very fast, little force go 'boom!'" He's very cool.

And, of course, I'm in the lovely minority as a female. One of one females in my first class and one of three in my second class. And two guys from my first class are in my second too so we kind of hang together. I've already got the classes pretty much figured out at this point. The class I thought would be hard will be easier than the class I thought would be easy. However, I do have a couple advantages.

1) I'm female and therefore, I'm inherently smarter than guys. lol (jk)
2) For Intro to MechE, we are doing Tensile Tests which I've done before at the USAFA Summer Seminar (smiles).
3) Both of my parents are engineers.
4) My mother is incredibly skilled at making engineering drawings.

Speaking of engineering drawings, my final project (worth 50% of my grade) in Engineering Graphics is to draw a 3-cylinder, compressed air steam engine. *gahh* It'll be hard...but easy. In that weirdly complicated way. Mother? Help! lol

The guy front is at a rather stagnant stand still. Although I would love to go on a date, regardless of who with, I'm afraid that'll have to wait until I get out of high school. I will not have a high school sweetheart...*sniff* Life continues, however, and I shall not die.

"I will survive! I will survive!" lol

Classes and life

Yay! I'm registered for my classes at Del-Tech now and I start on Tuesday. My classes are:

Tuesdays: 0830-1020 - Intro to Mechanical Engineering
1030-1230 - Engineering Graphics/CAD
Thursdays: 0830-1020 - Intro to Mechanical Engineering
1030-1230 - Engineering Graphics/CAD
Fridays: 1030-1230 - Engineering Graphics/CAD

I'm uber excited and can't wait to start! Strangely, no books are required for either class but I guess that's that...lol.

I had two interviews today. One was at a Navy recruiting station. These enlisted dudes were trying to get me to enlist, lol. I was like "Um...can I finish high school first?" lol. It was pretty funny. I mean, nothing against enlisting but I personally think that if you can join up as an officer through ROTC, why not? Like, go to college, get a degree, etc... Whatever, my opinion. But the lovely talk they gave me was kind of funny. :)

The second was at Carl Doubet Jr. Jewelers. From what I understand, they need someone to help out in general (a "girl Friday", lol). They did say, however, that they could teach me sales if I wanted. :) That'd be soooo cool! Like, to be able to say on my job resumes that I worked as a jewelry sales person? That'd be uber uber cool. Like mucho cool. Like, very, very cool. Plus, it sounds like a lot of fun. So I hope I get a job there.

I'm reading a really funny book too. It's called Viva la Repartee and is all about witty comebacks and retorts throughout history. I love it!

And I'm going horseback riding tomorrow too! YAY! I love horseback riding!

Got to go now!

The Official Guy Post

Okay: so there are guys. And I like them. As friends. And my family finds it hilarious that I converse with them on a daily basis. In fact, they go so far as to say the guys like me. It's pretty funny. Because they think the guys like me as gf/bf. (which some of them might...lol.) Whereas I think they just like me. It's quite the comical situation in my house. Makes me laugh.

That's it.

(Funny thing is, one of the guys texts me almost every day. And sometimes calls. And we email a lot. And I'm sure it seems like we're in "love". But he's got a steady girlfriend with promise rings and everything. lol. Doesn't stop my family from thinking he loves me...lol. I know better. :) lol)

Heya

WEeeelll, I've moved on in life. I'm working hard on not being a "silly little girl" and more like a mature, almost college kid... Which is kind of hard to believe. I mean, I still can't get over the fact that I'm a *senior* this year! That means just one year left in high school. Then I'm disappearing to college!!! I have no clue what that'll be like. I'm kind of nervous about my last year of high school but I'm also looking forward to it. I kind of wish it were like April now because then I'd have all my college acceptance letters and I'd only have to worry about choosing a college, lol. I just hope that I can manage to get all my applications in on time!

I've also come to the conclusion that guys are silly. In fact, they're kind of insane. I mean, more insane than I am - which is saying something. I've decided that after close study of the male species from the members in my church. And in fact, they are silly. Then again, that might just be my church but I'm more inclined to believe it is all guys.

I've also concluded that girls can be quite fickle. Like, we like one guy and two seconds later, we're head over heels for another guy. It's too confusing. Maybe I should just join a nunnery. Then I wouldn't have to think about this.

Speaking of nunneries, I'm going to be trying out for a local drama production of "The Sound of Music". I think it'd be so cool to be Liesel - or Maria. But Liesel would definitely be fun. Either/or... :)

I've got CAP tonight. So I'm getting ready for that. I also have the MER CAC Teleconference. It's always on Sunday nights and like 30 minutes after my squadron meeting. Which gives me time to get home, get a drink of water, grab my CAC stuff, run to my room, and call in. Not a lot of time. lol

A couple friends and I are hoping to go horseback riding this Thursday. If it all works out, I'll get to ride the same horse I rode last time: an ex-racehorse named Aggot. He's gorgeous. :-P

Ta ta, dahlings.

Today

So, as it is about 5pm now, I think there are a couple things I can assume...lol.

First, my interview with my ALO went really. It was very similar to my interview when I went to Summer Seminar and, of course, quite fun. I enjoyed having to think of answers to questions - like a job interview but weirder questions: "when was the last time you had to deal with a real jerk?" - uh? No clue?

I went out and bought a bunch of baking chocolate, cocoa and such to make cookies. I love making cookies. 'Tis my passion. :D

The A-Man never showed up. Kinda sad, but honestly, I didn't really think he would show up. Like, as weird as that sounds, I kinda doubted it. I mean, he emailed me/chatted with me a lot until I said that he'd have to meet my parents/come to my house. Then he kinda dropped off the face of the earth. Rarely on AIM, not replying to emails, lol. Although, I would've much preferred him to email me and say "uh...never mind then". But, that must be a guy thing or something...lol. So, yeah.

Weirdly, I also kind of decided that it's kind of a good thing he didn't show up because the more I thought about it, the more I realized that a relationship with him would be way complicated. Plus, as this is my last year of high school, I should really focus on my grades and a boyfriend would probably just cause too much stress. Plus, I work most weekends so...yeah. Anyway, those are my thoughts.

So, thanks a lot, A-Man, for not showing up. In both meanings of "thanks a lot". The annoyed one and the relieved one. In a way, your not showing up kind of revealed to me that a relationship with you was definitely not what I needed in my life right now. It'd be just one more thing for me to deal with. Besides, it's probably not God's timing. I really should learn to focus on Him more and less on "him". :)

I'm back!

So I'm home from North Carolina! It was a lot of fun down there. Very sunny though. On the first day there, we all decided to go to the beach, slathered on sunscreen and went in the water. Of course, all the sunscreen came off and we all received sunburn for our efforts. Of course, some of us received it worse than others. My brothers were both red and my younger sister, who has very pale skin in general, was so incredibly burnt that she could barely move. And she even has blisters on her nose. I, luckily, was barely burnt. I feel so sorry for my younger sister. And my older sis was somewhere between the boys and my younger sis. It was incredible burning, lol. But, luckily, us girls all got lovely new shirts out of it - to avoid touching sunburn...lol. It's wonderful.

Tomorrow is my meeting with my Academy Liasion Officer. I'm kind of nervous about the meeting because of the questions I know he will ask (but I just have to think of answers, lol). Other than that, I think it should be a relatively smooth meeting.

Speaking of the Academy, I've decided to apply to Annapolis as well, just in case. We drove past the campus on our way home and my dad was like "so this is where you'll be going for the next four years". lol. Both my 'rents are much happier with my going to Annapolis over the Academy because it is "closer to home" and I could go home on breaks, and not have to pay for incredible airline prices, lol. I'm not sure if I mind either way. Whatever.

I've decided to stop thinking about a potential love life because it requires too much thought and takes too much time away from other things - such as physical fitness tests for ROTC and the Academies. So, on that subject, I think I have nothing more to say. Now, to quote "A Chorus Line":
"Kiss today goodbye,
The sweetness and the sorrow,
Wish me luck, the same to you,
But I can't regret
What I did for love, what I did for love,
Look my eyes are dry,
The gift was ours to borrow,
It's as if we always knew,
And I won't forget what I did for love,
What I did for love,
Gone, Love is never gone,
As we travel on,
Love's what we'll remember,
Kiss today goodbye,
And point me t'ward tomorrow,
We did what we had to do,
Won't forget, can't regret
What I did for Love"

Not that I did anything for love but still - lovely song. I love it. I also love "Tell Me On A Sunday" and "On My Own". I'll post the lyrics to "OMO" because it pretty much describes my life right now. And that's it.
"And now I'm all alone again
Nowhere to turn, no one to go to
Without a home, without a friend
Without a face to say hello to
But now the night is near
And I can make-believe he's here

Sometimes I walk alone at night
When everybody else is sleeping
I think of him and then I'm happy
With the company I'm keeping
The city goes to bed
And I can live inside my head

On my own
Pretending he's beside me
All alone
I walk with him 'til morning
Without him, I feel his arms around me
And when I lose my way,
I close my eyes and he has found me

In the rain
The pavement shines like silver
All the lights are misty in the river
In the darkness, the trees are full of starlight
And all I see is him and me forever and forever

And I know it's only in my mind
That I'm talking to myself and not to him
And although I know that he is blind
Still I say there's a way for us

I love him
But when the night is over
He is gone
The river's just a river
Without him, the world around me changes
The trees are bare and everywhere the streets are full of strangers

I love him
But every day I'm learning
All my life I've only been pretending
Without me, his world will go on turning
The world is full of happiness that I have never known
I love him
I love him
I love him...
But only on my own... "

Vay Cay!

So, I'm off on vacation...or vay cay...cause I'm cool like that. :D It's very awesome. We're headed to North Carolina with a stop over in Richmond. It'll be fantastically cool. We're staying with my uncle, aunt and their dog, as I've said.

So, yup. That's what's happening. I won't be posting for a while accordingly. Live life! Love it!

Today's Events

I've found that I've begun posting almost everyday...I guess I just have a lot to tell everyone... :D

Today I worked on my personal statements for both ROTC and USAFA. It's pretty funny how totally different the questions are. As well as everything else. You need almost completely different information for both. It's almost like they don't want to be anything alike...lol. I decided that I'll apply to USNA as well. It's basically the same application as USAFA so why not? And I'm applying for nominations from my senators anyway so...why not?

That's kind of one of my many mottos for life: "why not?" "define naughty" (semi-inside joke) "failure is not an option" etc. Read 'em all on Facebook... :)

I've been reading a lot lately, which is nice. I have quite a bit to do but it's still nice to just sit and read.

Oh! And I pulled out my new old computer today and turned it on! It's this old Windows 95, Microsoft Office 97 computer someone was offering for free before they threw it out... And I thought, "hey, why not? I could buy some more RAM, a bigger HDD, etc., etc. and make it a lovely computer for my room!" So it's mine. And it came with a monitor, keyboard, mouse and printer...So, good deal for free. But it definitely needs more memory (only like 32 megs!) and probably a bunch of other stuff too. And I'm not sure if it will even work with our network, lol. The only thing it has a port for is a dial-up connection so I might have to fiddle with our lovely cables to get them to fit...but it'll be fun! I'm excited.

Challenges are excitingly fun!

Music and Everything

Well...good news!  I wrote to the A-Man to ask him if he'd received my email.  He said he had and the 16th was fine.  Give him directions and he'll meet me at my house.  :D  I'm very happy!!

I love, love, LOVE! Ludovico Einaudi's music.  He definitely knows how to invoke emotions of many different kinds.  Most of his music is very soothing and relaxing.  I, however, love it.  Listen to Primavera ("Spring") or any of his other music for that matter.  I definitely recommend it to everyone.

I'm meeting with my ALO on the 16th as well for my interview for USAFA.  I'm kind of nervous but rather excited at the same time.  I'm nervous because it's an interview and, honestly, how can you not be nervous?  But I'm excited because the interview means I'm still in the running for a slot at the Academy, which I definitely want!  So...yeah.

However, I have reasons to be happy too.  I'm meeting with the A-Man that day too!  Cool, eh?  Very cool.  I'm happy.

"Oh, frabjous day! Calloo!  Callay!" (to quote Lewis Carroll)

Life

Yet another addition of my lovely blog...lol. I love it already.

Today I went for a run. It was gorgeous. I love running... :D I have no clue how far it is I run but I do know how long I run. Not that I can really use that as an indicator, however, because I take our dog with me. And our dog still doesn't get running beside people (he's a puppy - 6 months old). He does know how to run in front of people...but beside them, no. So...he kind of causes my running to slow down...lol. It's still fun though.

I also watched "The Truth Project" videos today. We watched the 9th and 10th ones one the State and on the American Experiment. I found the second more interesting than the first, personally. They were both a bit better than some others but still interesting. I quite enjoyed them.

So, this entry is way short. I just realized that I write these massively long blog entries, which I suppose is the purpose of a blog but still. I feel for the poor people forcing themselves through my mindless drivel to find the real issues, lol.

One thing which is kind of bugging me right now: the A-Man has not written back. Now, before anyone thinks that sounds possessive or something, it's not. He generally writes back the next day, or at most, in two days. But it has been like 4 days now and not a word. Nothing on Facebook, AIM, email, etc. I'm wondering if my email was lost in cyberspace or something? Or maybe he just doesn't care that much? Hmmm....to ponder... Still, if I were a guy, I'd at least send an email to say "no thanks" before disappearing off the planet earth...lol.

Ah, but c'est la vie...and I must live it.

We leave on Saturday.

Another Addition of Pathos and Komos

So, today a couple things happened:

I went to church. That was pretty cool. I got to hang out with all the super awesome guys that are there (guys in the gender-neutral sense). One guy (in the masculine sense) is pretty funny. Unfortunately, his name starts with A too...so he's not the A-Man...um...y'know, I've just decided that coming up with random names for people is incredibly and annoyingly confusing. I'll just call them by their names...except the A-Man. So, Adam (the guy at church) cracks me up all the time. He's just so funny, serious and smart, too. But some people don't really like him because he's slightly (meaning...totally) ADHD. Honestly, I don't really mind. In my opinion, everyone is ADHD. In fact, it's inherent in all humans. We have a natural tendency to allow our minds to wander. Just in some people that tendency is more obvious than in others, lol. So...yeah.

Just to clarify, I'm not *interested* in Adam. He's just a really, really great guy.

So after church, Hannah (a friend of mine) was going to the movie theatre with Andy (who's not her boyfriend but they've gone out before...like, mutual dating without being bf/gf...sorta). But her mom wasn't keen on her going alone (I guess 'cause they're not bf/gf...?) so another guy named Tyler was going. However, I guess having two guys alone in a dark movie theatre didn't swing so well with Hannah's mom so I was pulled into it. And of course, then there was choosing the movie. They were all like "Let's see Hancock!" and I was like, "Um...idk..." So then they wanted to see "The Dark Knight" which I totally can't see without another Dark Knight, lol. Or by myself. But I was definitely not going to see it with non-DKs... That might seem really....selfish, I guess. But that's just the way I feel about it. So, I'll see it by myself...or with another DK...or something. :)

We saw "Hancock". I have one thing to say on that film: Don't See It. Unless, of course, you like films with no real plot, the lack of a steady-cam, and in which the most commonly used word is a**hole... Because if you like those movies, by all means, cart yourself off to your local theatre and suffer through the 1hr and 30 min film. Otherwise, don't waste your money. Because, it'd honestly be a waste. In fact, I wouldn't even recommend renting it. (Unless you got free rentals or something and absolutely could not think of a movie to see, in which case, call me and I'll give you suggestions so your eyeballs don't have to suffer the visions of "Hancock".) Oh - and one more thing: in one scene, they circled Hancock's head, to like show him off or something, but they circled it like 10 times... Seriously, Hannah and Andy were both like "I'm getting dizzy....".

Tyler and I laughed and made wise-cracks throughout the whole show to each other. Hannah and Andy were in their own little world thing...lol...with the occasional "shhh, Karen!" lol. Honestly, I'm never loud in theatres - unless it's a stupid show. :)

Tonight, my family and I went to see "Romeo and Juliet" at the local Shakespeare Festival. It was very cool. I've seen "R+J" in the Franco Zefferelli (sp?) film with the incredible Harry Mancini theme song (which I adore!), and the interesting bedroom scene...lol. (Sidenote: when my older sis and I saw that scene were kept sticking our hand on the tv and saying 'censored image!' and it made it an absolutely comical scene to watch...) Anyway, seeing it performed on stage was amazing. The Romeo and the Juliet had incredible chemistry with each other. At the very end, they were both literally sobbing over the funeral... I was like, "oh...wow...they're actually crying!" And because it was live, you could tell it wasn't edited in or anything! I'm sure seeing "R+J" would've been incredibly romantic if you were there as a couple (and there were quite a few couples there). As it was, my lovely 4 siblings (3 younger) kept it real...lol. And my youngest sibling kept moving... And everyone kept moving... Probably because we were sitting on a blanket on grass and the grass wasn't that comfortable after 1.5 hours...maybe...lol.

So...my year has been going well. I'll be starting school again soon...probably within the next couple weeks. And I leave for North Carolina on Saturday. That'll be interesting...lllllllooooonnnnnngggggggg trip... Happily, we are doing it in two runs: Saturday we go to Richmond. Sunday we finish the trip to southern North (almost South) Carolina. *sigh*

And...that's it.

Things That Are Semi-Interesting

So, I've been listening to Billy Joel a lot lately which is pretty funny. I like his music even if the words aren't the greatest. I mean, he's totally not a Christian but his music is good. It's too confusing, lol. I don't really think it's "bad" though, if you know what I mean. Anyway, I think the real issue is the fact that the songs I like aren't really the best: "Only the Good Die Young", "My Life" and "You May Be Right"...lol.

I picked up Breaking Dawn at Borders today. It's okay so far. I don't think it is as good as Twilight and maybe a bit better than Eclipse. It's definitely better than New Moon though. Then again, I didn't like NM at all...so... :D

I'm having to worry about applying to colleges now and as it is August, I really do need to get the ball rolling. I've got a few ideas for colleges to apply to but I still need to come up with one or two more. I'll keep an update on this.

Advice: Never Get A Job As A Caterer. I am a caterer right now and it is the most mind-numbing job on earth. Like, garbage collecting would be more fun...you get the super awesome garbage truck! lol. Anyway, it's a ton of work, no one really ever acknowledges what you do, you encounter people at the weddings just for the open bar...sigh. I think the funniest part is how you tell people not to take their beer bottles on the dance floor...and they do it anyway. Then they drop the bottles, which shatter, and keep dancing bare-footed. As soon as someone steps in the glass however (which is generally so soon that you can't exactly prevent it), they blame you. It's like...um, we told you not to dance with your beer...duh? Anyway, so that's advice. Don't get a job as a caterer. Be a waitress...or a garbage collector. It'd be more fun...at least, I think it would, lol.

As for the situation with the A-Man, I don't know what's happening. I suggested the 16th because we're out of town on the 9th but haven't heard back. I don't know if that means no, never mind, I'm giving up, yes, maybe or what. So confusing, lol. Ah well, it'll allllllll work out in the end...eventually. God's will be done and all that.