So, today my family went to tour the United States Naval Academy. This dude my dad works with graduated from there in '79 and offered to show us around. It was super cool.
I'm really confused now. Everyone I talk to says they have these "I'm home!" moments when they arrived at the college they eventually went to. My older sister did with UD. My younger brother who is a freshman in high school had one such moment today at Annapolis and has since decided that if he isn't drafted out of high school for baseball, he'll go there! And then, there's me. Never having felt such a lovely emotion. (lol) I'm kinda worried that I'll never find the perfect college for me. I've visited like 5 colleges now and never felt that way. I wonder if it is because I tend to be an analytical person. My mom and dad say it's probably because I tend to try to logically think of things, not let my emotions decide. Like, I know I'm only there for four years so a deep emotional attachment to the place is unnecessary. Whatever.
I've passed all my tests and am officially a C/Maj come October, which has me quite excited. Speaking of CAP, our wing is hosting another Cadet Ball this year (it'll be in January) and we're inviting other wings (like usual). Last year, we invited Maryland. This year we'll also invite New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia and NatCap (that is, as long as we get approval). :)
I'm looking to buy myself a typewriter and just need to find one. I've always wanted one.
Work tomorrow - toodles!
Friday, September 19, 2008
Friday, September 12, 2008
Boys, Life, Etc.
So, I haven't updated in a while because I haven't had anything to say. Now I do.
I talked to the A-Man the other day. He was all like "sorry I haven't talked to you lately". Anyway, he's homeschooled now! Like, how incredibly awesome is that? Of course, I'm going to be a lot more careful. I think we kinda rushed into our "non-relationship", lol. Although, I definitely do want to see him again.
As for other guys, I definitely want to see the Jew-Jitsu Sensei again as well. And the Slackerhorn. And, of course, the KOMS. But definitely the Jew-Jitsu Sensei. :)
And, of course, in my lovely engineering classes, I'm one of one girl and one of three. There's this guy that I think likes me in both of my classes. He'll wait for me to finish so we can walk out to our cars together. He'll help me with my drawings, etc. I don't know. Maybe I just want him to like me, lol.
In my other class, this guy sits next to me but didn't previously. On like the third day of class, he moved to sit next to me and has sat there since. We joke around a lot too. He rebuilds old cars - like Model T's! How cool is that? Very cool. lol
And, then of course, there's the random guy at church. But they're all like shorter than me.
My brother is going to a public school now. He really likes it too. And, benefit: he asked me to homecoming with him! lol. Not as a date but because I *really* wanted to go so he finally said he'd take me but I have to go as a "date" or else I can't get in 'cause it's a school thing. lol. But yeah, I'm going to go to a real homecoming! I'm uber excited. I'll have to find a dress... Exciting!
Class is going well. I'm doing well and am ahead in my homework as my professor gave us a chart at the beginning of the year that says: 'here are all your assignments and when they are due. turn them in.' I like my professors too!
Work is going well. There's a sale going on at the store so I'll get more chances to be cool. :)
Speaking of work, I have to leave for work now.
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Happy September!
Happy September everyone! Hope y'all enjoy it muchos. I'm enjoying it so far.
Yesterday I went to Old New Castle with ma famile. It's quite nice there. I really like it. It's a quiet little town with a lovely park and the Delaware River just there. We all got on swings and passed a water bottle back and forth (all being my four younger siblings, my mother and I). We took up all but one swing. Then, when my dad showed up (to pick us up), we all linked arms and started skipping around singing "skip, skip, skip to my lou". On the line "lost my partner, what'll I do?", we all disconnected and skipped around alone. It was so fun. I loved it!
I kinda got a bit of a wake-up call about my attitude/persona today when my older sister told me that sometimes I act like a "perfect Christian girl breaking out". I guess in some ways she's right. Like, I started listening to Billy Joel (which really isn't moral at all) and dressing a bit more...idk, "fashionably". So, I've recently gone and removed almost all of the Billy Joel off my iPod (except songs like "Piano Man" and "Uptown Girl" which are ok) and I'm going to go through my clothes and toss out all the ones that I don't really fit, are too tight, etc.. I'll just have to watch myself. I guess Satan can be incredibly subtle. Like, one of my fav. Billy Joel songs was "Only the Good Die Young" which has a ton of "bad" lines like "I'd rather laugh with the sinners, than cry with the saints, the sinners are much more fun". Which isn't very good at all. 0:-)
Classes are going well. There's this guy who always waits for me and walks out to the parking lot with me and talks to me about classes and everything. He's not someone I'd date, per se, but it's nice to have a "friend"/"class buddy", lol.
I may be having my last day of work at the caterers on Friday! Yay! I'll have to talk to them.
Toodles!
Yesterday I went to Old New Castle with ma famile. It's quite nice there. I really like it. It's a quiet little town with a lovely park and the Delaware River just there. We all got on swings and passed a water bottle back and forth (all being my four younger siblings, my mother and I). We took up all but one swing. Then, when my dad showed up (to pick us up), we all linked arms and started skipping around singing "skip, skip, skip to my lou". On the line "lost my partner, what'll I do?", we all disconnected and skipped around alone. It was so fun. I loved it!
I kinda got a bit of a wake-up call about my attitude/persona today when my older sister told me that sometimes I act like a "perfect Christian girl breaking out". I guess in some ways she's right. Like, I started listening to Billy Joel (which really isn't moral at all) and dressing a bit more...idk, "fashionably". So, I've recently gone and removed almost all of the Billy Joel off my iPod (except songs like "Piano Man" and "Uptown Girl" which are ok) and I'm going to go through my clothes and toss out all the ones that I don't really fit, are too tight, etc.. I'll just have to watch myself. I guess Satan can be incredibly subtle. Like, one of my fav. Billy Joel songs was "Only the Good Die Young" which has a ton of "bad" lines like "I'd rather laugh with the sinners, than cry with the saints, the sinners are much more fun". Which isn't very good at all. 0:-)
Classes are going well. There's this guy who always waits for me and walks out to the parking lot with me and talks to me about classes and everything. He's not someone I'd date, per se, but it's nice to have a "friend"/"class buddy", lol.
I may be having my last day of work at the caterers on Friday! Yay! I'll have to talk to them.
Toodles!
Saturday, August 30, 2008
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.
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!
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
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!
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
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
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
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