This weekend was a busy one! Here are some high/low lights :)
Friday: I went to the dentist and got my teeth all prettied up.... too bad I'm still in braces. But soon enough, I will have a pretty smile. Of course that does NOT mean that I will have real teeth.... my teeth are so weak that I'm SUPER prone to cavities :( Not my fault but it's def not fair!! I take really good care of my teeth!! At the end of the day it was night time for the HOCKEY GAME!!!!! It was such a great game!! 1000 people showed and we all cheered our hardest. I lost my voice that night haha Skidmore ended up winning 7-6 against Bowdoin in OT. SUCH A GREAT GAME!!!!!! hahaha It was a pretty exciting start to the most exhausting weekend of the semester.
Saturday: In the early evening I went to help out with conflict coaching training. That was pretty fun. The group learned a lot in the 3 hours we were together and I would put my faith into them to coach me through a conflict :) Good job Fight Club!! Then it was time to get home and get dressed for Jr Ring. I had the BEST time at Jr Ring. I dressed up and played mine field/land mines with Maria and Raisa. We all had a blast. Then Raisa and I left for the ball while Maria stayed home (she doesn't like dancing or going out much). The ball was Disney themed and surprisingly it was really tame for the Jr Ring event. I lost Raisa a ways in and ended up hanging out with a few SkidBros who I've made friends with over the years. I found a few riding teammates but ultimately ended up having Hockey Boy (yes this is what I call him) walk me back home. On the way back to Nwoods we ran into a bunch of other people I had never talked to before so I made some new friends (most were baseball boys and their following girls). Raisa and Anisha had already made it back so it was all good.
Sunday: I woke up MAJORLY sore. Note to self... don't go all out at a dance if you haven't danced in months... TERRIBLE IDEA!!!! lol. I got started on my presentation preparations after accompanying someone back home.... *note: this was not my walk of shame.... it was someone else's who needed a ride home and I'm the only one with a car in our house. Anyway :P I worked on my presentation and paper for Senior Sem all day and all night until about 10, then I went to bed. It was a stressful night because I was so nervous for my presentation!! At one point I was so exhausted that I walked straight into a wall. It was awful lol. The up side was that I got it all done before 10 and was able to get some sleep last night.
Today: I gave my presentation for Senior Sem and it went alright. I uploaded the wrong version of my powerpoint so that was pretty crap. But it's not graded so it's OK. I'm still pretty pissed about it :/ I'm also losing feeling in my feet from my heels I decided to wear today :( Stupid idea to wear heels when it's snowing (yes I admit I knew that it would snow when I decided to wear the heels but they're just so pretty)!!
So that's the end of my update for this weekend. There's a hockey game on tomorrow. Anyone wanna go?? Even if it's just for a period or two?? I really wanna go but it's on a Tuesday at 7, and I have breakbeats at 9. Does anyone wanna go... PLEASE??? I'm pretty excited for my semester to be coming to an end but in all honesty this has been one of my more tame semesters. Probably because I haven't gone out much :/ What ever, you win some you lose some right?? Next semester I'll take advantage of my free schedule by going to ALLLL the home games for Hockey, Lax, and Baseball :) Who wants to go with me?? Lol well, that's all I have to update you on. I'll be sure to update you about my end of classes weekend :D Until then... Laters!
Monday, December 6, 2010
Friday, December 3, 2010
Busy Busy Me
Wow, being at work on a Friday afternoon is significantly more quiet than being here on a Monday afternoon or a Tuesday/Thursday morning. So I'm going to use this time to update my blog a little more thoroughly than I did yesterday. So here's the scoop:
For spring break I was supposed to drive from NY to OR/WA and back. But someone, who shall remain nameless, bailed on me. So I had to find either someone else to drive with, or something else to do altogether. I asked Jen but her parents were hesitant since she's leaving for Japan for the semester. For the first time fate has actually been kind to me!! I reconnected with Jeremy aka Fink. We've been talking since Monday and I mentioned that I had nothing to do for spring break. He suggested I visit him in San Francisco. Not a bad idea!! I really miss him and all the crazy times we had in Education class. We (the class not just us) used to draw in my notebook and I still have that collage of doodles lol. He used to play this game where he spun a pen and who ever it landed on had to do things. Once he said, "Who ever this pen lands on has to make out with me." Of course it lands on me!! Go figure. It's not like I bought into it or anything, it was just something that we bonded over because it was a funny incident. Another funny incident we bonded over was the fact that we both studied abroad in Australia (different years and cities though) and we had actually met my freshman year-his sophomore year-we just didn't really remember it because it was embarrassing for me haha. Anyway, now I have a new plan for spring break: fly to SF, stay with him for a couple days, then drive up to OR/WA with my sister/parents/all three. Then I fly back to school, they fly home and I will have gotten to see my not so long lost friend :) OK I know some of you must be thinking that it's sick that my ex who I was so desperately in love with and this new guy are both named Jeremy.... but in all honesty... Fink came before J3. I turned down the Skidmore Jeremy so that things with the Oregon Jeremy could happen. I'm not saying that I want things to happen long term with the Skidmore Jeremy now, I'm just filling you in on the history. I'm finally over J3 and enjoying life as a single woman (mildly) so I doubt I'll let a guy get me all upset and depressed for a while. At least not until I'm ready to get back into a relationship. I'm not gonna lie though... Skidmore Jeremy is so attractive!! :P
Moving on: Tonight I'm going to a hockey game :D Yes yes I know, "ME?!?!? GOING TO A HOCKEY GAME?!?!" I actually like the sporting atmosphere, I just never have anyone to go with, so I just don't go. But I have a friend to go with tonight :D YAY!! Also, hockey guys are hot... ergo I'm going for the hot hockey guys :P
Tomorrow I have conflict coaching training (I'm already trained but I wanna go help out with the training). That should be fairly fun seeing as Nick is running it. He's so passionate about this, it's amazing. Then at night it's Jr Ring!!! For those of you who don't know what Jr Ring is, it's Skidmore's Winter ball. This year the theme is DISNEY!!!!! Seriously, it's like made for me!! Normally I wouldn't go, but it's my last year and it's Disney. I HAVE to go.
Lastly, Monday is my presentation for Senior Sem!!!!! remember all those posts where I'm bit*hing about it?? Yea it's finally all going to pay off. I present at 10:10 about the restorative justice process on college campuses. SO STOKED!!!! I can't wait. I'm so nervous about it though. I'm not generally a nervous presenter but it's something I've been working on for so long that I'm just like wth am I even looking at anymore?!?! I sent a draft to my family to look over because I was supposed to but I have a feeling that it may actually help. Idk we'll see.
Other news.... It's finally down to high 30s this week. It was weird when it was December and 56 degrees and RAINING!!!! I played in the rain of course :) I think that's all I can think of now.... BTW people should follow me on twitter @vixey_gurl808. For now I'm out but I'll let you know how the weekend turns out!! Until then... Laters.
For spring break I was supposed to drive from NY to OR/WA and back. But someone, who shall remain nameless, bailed on me. So I had to find either someone else to drive with, or something else to do altogether. I asked Jen but her parents were hesitant since she's leaving for Japan for the semester. For the first time fate has actually been kind to me!! I reconnected with Jeremy aka Fink. We've been talking since Monday and I mentioned that I had nothing to do for spring break. He suggested I visit him in San Francisco. Not a bad idea!! I really miss him and all the crazy times we had in Education class. We (the class not just us) used to draw in my notebook and I still have that collage of doodles lol. He used to play this game where he spun a pen and who ever it landed on had to do things. Once he said, "Who ever this pen lands on has to make out with me." Of course it lands on me!! Go figure. It's not like I bought into it or anything, it was just something that we bonded over because it was a funny incident. Another funny incident we bonded over was the fact that we both studied abroad in Australia (different years and cities though) and we had actually met my freshman year-his sophomore year-we just didn't really remember it because it was embarrassing for me haha. Anyway, now I have a new plan for spring break: fly to SF, stay with him for a couple days, then drive up to OR/WA with my sister/parents/all three. Then I fly back to school, they fly home and I will have gotten to see my not so long lost friend :) OK I know some of you must be thinking that it's sick that my ex who I was so desperately in love with and this new guy are both named Jeremy.... but in all honesty... Fink came before J3. I turned down the Skidmore Jeremy so that things with the Oregon Jeremy could happen. I'm not saying that I want things to happen long term with the Skidmore Jeremy now, I'm just filling you in on the history. I'm finally over J3 and enjoying life as a single woman (mildly) so I doubt I'll let a guy get me all upset and depressed for a while. At least not until I'm ready to get back into a relationship. I'm not gonna lie though... Skidmore Jeremy is so attractive!! :P
Moving on: Tonight I'm going to a hockey game :D Yes yes I know, "ME?!?!? GOING TO A HOCKEY GAME?!?!" I actually like the sporting atmosphere, I just never have anyone to go with, so I just don't go. But I have a friend to go with tonight :D YAY!! Also, hockey guys are hot... ergo I'm going for the hot hockey guys :P
Tomorrow I have conflict coaching training (I'm already trained but I wanna go help out with the training). That should be fairly fun seeing as Nick is running it. He's so passionate about this, it's amazing. Then at night it's Jr Ring!!! For those of you who don't know what Jr Ring is, it's Skidmore's Winter ball. This year the theme is DISNEY!!!!! Seriously, it's like made for me!! Normally I wouldn't go, but it's my last year and it's Disney. I HAVE to go.
Lastly, Monday is my presentation for Senior Sem!!!!! remember all those posts where I'm bit*hing about it?? Yea it's finally all going to pay off. I present at 10:10 about the restorative justice process on college campuses. SO STOKED!!!! I can't wait. I'm so nervous about it though. I'm not generally a nervous presenter but it's something I've been working on for so long that I'm just like wth am I even looking at anymore?!?! I sent a draft to my family to look over because I was supposed to but I have a feeling that it may actually help. Idk we'll see.
Other news.... It's finally down to high 30s this week. It was weird when it was December and 56 degrees and RAINING!!!! I played in the rain of course :) I think that's all I can think of now.... BTW people should follow me on twitter @vixey_gurl808. For now I'm out but I'll let you know how the weekend turns out!! Until then... Laters.
Thursday, December 2, 2010
Super Quick Update
Hey everyone so here's my stressful news in less than 10 minutes:
I went to the dentist this morning. I brush my teeth twice a day, floss, and use mouth wash.... EVERY DAY!!!!! But of course, I have weak enamel and acidic saliva (more acidic than the average person) so I have 5 cavities. I didn't even know I had teeth left to have cavities in!! Apparently my molars have deeper grooves than other peoples so even though I'm doing all I can to prevent cavities, it won't help me any. So basically it's all a waste of my time because no matter what I do, I'm still never going to be able to go to the dentist and leave without having to make another appointment for later that week. FML. Just once, I want to have a beautiful smile.... but NOOOOOO I have too many problems with my teeth!!!!!!!
Tonight I have to finish up the group paper for Prejudice and Xenophobia because basically I have higher expectations for this class than everyone else except maybe Emily. We're both in Senior Sem and expect this paper to look like the one we've been working on for Senior Sem even though that's really not going to happen. So far this paper is half the length of my other paper, has no control variable, and has been worked on for literally a week total. Again, FML!!!
Tomorrow I have to go get my cavities filled which is taking me away from work.... AGAIN!! I also have to go to a stupid pointless unnecessary meeting for SO377 for next semester... Why couldn't we just have it during class?! Then I wouldn't have to leave work, go to the dentist, and then rush back for this stupid meeting?? UGH.... I hate this week. It's rapidly turning into the worst, most stressful week of the semester and it's already Thursday!! AHHHHHHHHH
Well on the plus side, the phrase work hard party hard is going to actually pertain to me for once. I'm going to a hockey game tomorrow because I finally found a friend to go with.... Granted she's a freshman and I'll be going with a group of Freshman girls but hey going with them is better than missing out on some fun. Also Jr Ring is Saturday and I can't wait. The theme is Disney and this is the last winter formal I'll get to go to for the rest of my life unless I wanna be a creeper and go to one when I'm old (NO THANKS). I didn't go to JR ring my sophomore or junior year so I guess this is a nice full circle way to end my time at Skidmore. I wish I had a date though :/ Jeremy aka fink (Not J3 my ex, a different Jeremy) would have been my date if he were here, but no he graduated... LAME!! oh well. I might be visiting him for spring break btw :) but more on that later. Now I have to run to class. Until then... Laters!
I went to the dentist this morning. I brush my teeth twice a day, floss, and use mouth wash.... EVERY DAY!!!!! But of course, I have weak enamel and acidic saliva (more acidic than the average person) so I have 5 cavities. I didn't even know I had teeth left to have cavities in!! Apparently my molars have deeper grooves than other peoples so even though I'm doing all I can to prevent cavities, it won't help me any. So basically it's all a waste of my time because no matter what I do, I'm still never going to be able to go to the dentist and leave without having to make another appointment for later that week. FML. Just once, I want to have a beautiful smile.... but NOOOOOO I have too many problems with my teeth!!!!!!!
Tonight I have to finish up the group paper for Prejudice and Xenophobia because basically I have higher expectations for this class than everyone else except maybe Emily. We're both in Senior Sem and expect this paper to look like the one we've been working on for Senior Sem even though that's really not going to happen. So far this paper is half the length of my other paper, has no control variable, and has been worked on for literally a week total. Again, FML!!!
Tomorrow I have to go get my cavities filled which is taking me away from work.... AGAIN!! I also have to go to a stupid pointless unnecessary meeting for SO377 for next semester... Why couldn't we just have it during class?! Then I wouldn't have to leave work, go to the dentist, and then rush back for this stupid meeting?? UGH.... I hate this week. It's rapidly turning into the worst, most stressful week of the semester and it's already Thursday!! AHHHHHHHHH
Well on the plus side, the phrase work hard party hard is going to actually pertain to me for once. I'm going to a hockey game tomorrow because I finally found a friend to go with.... Granted she's a freshman and I'll be going with a group of Freshman girls but hey going with them is better than missing out on some fun. Also Jr Ring is Saturday and I can't wait. The theme is Disney and this is the last winter formal I'll get to go to for the rest of my life unless I wanna be a creeper and go to one when I'm old (NO THANKS). I didn't go to JR ring my sophomore or junior year so I guess this is a nice full circle way to end my time at Skidmore. I wish I had a date though :/ Jeremy aka fink (Not J3 my ex, a different Jeremy) would have been my date if he were here, but no he graduated... LAME!! oh well. I might be visiting him for spring break btw :) but more on that later. Now I have to run to class. Until then... Laters!
Sunday, November 28, 2010
Happy Holidays everyone!!
OK first of all I would like everyone to welcome Grandpa Moose to my blog.... he just learned I had one and now he reads it :) Welcome GM.
Second: here's what happened since the last post....
Saturday: The Skidmore home show was on the 20th and I didn't do well at all. I placed fourth. This is the first (and hopefully last) time I ever place that low. But on the plus side, I'm officially an Advanced WTC rider. EXCITING!! Although, that means that I HAVE to work extra super duper ridiculously hard before the next show in February. Needless to say I was pretty upset about this all week... which sucks seeing as it was Thanksgiving break from Wednesday to today.
Sunday: Q and Lily came up for a visit :D We all missed them soooo much!!!! I wanted to cry when they left :'( Hurry back soon you two!! Q taught and Lily assisted as usual and the dance they taught is HOT!!! Man I miss them so much.
Monday and Tuesday: School as usual. I pretty much didn't do anything new except work a little longer so that I could make more money (now I'm not really sure what I'm saving for since Spring Break is kind of a bust).
Wednesday: I woke up and drove to Albany to drop Jen off at the airport. Thank God for the Elvis Duran and the Morning Show. If I didn't have that show to listen to, I probably wouldn't have wanted to drive back. Then I went to the barn and rode THREE horses. Brownstone, Jimmy, and Belmont (!!)... you think I'm being punished for taking my leg off Charly at the show? Then I chilled at home for a while and learned how to crochet from a book.
Thursday: I woke up and went riding. I only rode two horses because I was sore. Clark and Belmont... again being punished!!!! Lol. Then I came home and relaxed. I got bored shortly there after and cleaned the twins' cage. I crocheted more just chilled.
Friday: MORE RIDING :) Clark and Nicky G. Then I cleaned the living room and kitchen.... you can't tell now but I did. haha
Saturday: Attempted to work and clean more and oh yea, got drunk from two shots!! I had a mixed drink with lunch and that was a bad idea. Then I hung out with Cay for a while (first time she hung out with me as much as she did!!) We made cupcakes and jello together :P I now have Christmas cupcakes in the fridge lol.
Today: Work work work work work... and I'm still not done... FML I don't wanna do any more work!!!!! I'm tired and lazy and just wanna be done with the semester.
I'm giving my Senior sem presentation on Dec. 6th and can't wait for the paper to be done with too. All my hard work will FINALLY be over with until next semester. Speaking of next semester, the person I was supposed to ride back from Oregon with on my spring break road trip bailed on me and now I don't have anyone to go with which means I can't go!! So all the money I'm saving up might just be put into the bank for a rainy day. Unless I can find some one else to go with for this road trip I'm gonna be stuck on campus by myself just like Thanksgiving... only this time, I won't have enough work to do to keep me busy :(
Speaking of keeping busy, I'll be back in the 808 for the holidays. You know what that means... BOOK YOUR ME TIME NOW!!! :D just kidding, but in all seriousness, my time is limited and I have so many people to see and so many things to do. So get in touch with me so we can plan something please!! I've officially decided that I'm NOT going to be anti social this break. This is a first, people, so take advantage of it :P
I don't think there's really anything else to update you on except the fact that I'm really not enjoying being single anymore... but that's a story for another time. Until then... Laters!
Second: here's what happened since the last post....
Saturday: The Skidmore home show was on the 20th and I didn't do well at all. I placed fourth. This is the first (and hopefully last) time I ever place that low. But on the plus side, I'm officially an Advanced WTC rider. EXCITING!! Although, that means that I HAVE to work extra super duper ridiculously hard before the next show in February. Needless to say I was pretty upset about this all week... which sucks seeing as it was Thanksgiving break from Wednesday to today.
Sunday: Q and Lily came up for a visit :D We all missed them soooo much!!!! I wanted to cry when they left :'( Hurry back soon you two!! Q taught and Lily assisted as usual and the dance they taught is HOT!!! Man I miss them so much.
Monday and Tuesday: School as usual. I pretty much didn't do anything new except work a little longer so that I could make more money (now I'm not really sure what I'm saving for since Spring Break is kind of a bust).
Wednesday: I woke up and drove to Albany to drop Jen off at the airport. Thank God for the Elvis Duran and the Morning Show. If I didn't have that show to listen to, I probably wouldn't have wanted to drive back. Then I went to the barn and rode THREE horses. Brownstone, Jimmy, and Belmont (!!)... you think I'm being punished for taking my leg off Charly at the show? Then I chilled at home for a while and learned how to crochet from a book.
Thursday: I woke up and went riding. I only rode two horses because I was sore. Clark and Belmont... again being punished!!!! Lol. Then I came home and relaxed. I got bored shortly there after and cleaned the twins' cage. I crocheted more just chilled.
Friday: MORE RIDING :) Clark and Nicky G. Then I cleaned the living room and kitchen.... you can't tell now but I did. haha
Saturday: Attempted to work and clean more and oh yea, got drunk from two shots!! I had a mixed drink with lunch and that was a bad idea. Then I hung out with Cay for a while (first time she hung out with me as much as she did!!) We made cupcakes and jello together :P I now have Christmas cupcakes in the fridge lol.
Today: Work work work work work... and I'm still not done... FML I don't wanna do any more work!!!!! I'm tired and lazy and just wanna be done with the semester.
I'm giving my Senior sem presentation on Dec. 6th and can't wait for the paper to be done with too. All my hard work will FINALLY be over with until next semester. Speaking of next semester, the person I was supposed to ride back from Oregon with on my spring break road trip bailed on me and now I don't have anyone to go with which means I can't go!! So all the money I'm saving up might just be put into the bank for a rainy day. Unless I can find some one else to go with for this road trip I'm gonna be stuck on campus by myself just like Thanksgiving... only this time, I won't have enough work to do to keep me busy :(
Speaking of keeping busy, I'll be back in the 808 for the holidays. You know what that means... BOOK YOUR ME TIME NOW!!! :D just kidding, but in all seriousness, my time is limited and I have so many people to see and so many things to do. So get in touch with me so we can plan something please!! I've officially decided that I'm NOT going to be anti social this break. This is a first, people, so take advantage of it :P
I don't think there's really anything else to update you on except the fact that I'm really not enjoying being single anymore... but that's a story for another time. Until then... Laters!
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Where did the time go?!
I didn't even realize that it has been almost 3 weeks since I last updated this!! What the hell was I doing?! Ok so let's start from the beginning...
The beginning of November basically revolved around Breakbeats and Senior Sem. We had a million things to get done. There were two performances in one weekend (both of which went AWESOME-LY) and everything for Senior Sem continued to pile up. I had to write my literature review and edit my paper and write my findings.... it was a whole mess of writing and research that I almost got behind on but managed to hold myself together pretty well. As for Breakbeats, the awareness and demand for our team has finally built up to the point where we're getting asked to do shows almost every weekend. This past weekend only the glowstick spinners were requested!! How awesome is it that we now have three parts to our team that can perform individually from one another?? PRETTY DAMN AWESOME!! Remind me to tell you after I recap everything my decision for that team...
This past weekend we had a double horse show at Morrisville State College. This Equine center is amazing btw. I showed both days but before I get to how I did lemme just paint you a picture of how much I hated the week preparing for it. I was yelled at all week long for looking weak on horses that I had never ridden before. OK yes, it's exciting that I'm being put on new ponies because that means I'm getting more advanced and Cindy trusts me to experiment with horses I have no past with. But at the same time, you can't just throw someone on a new horse and then expect them not to screw up!! I was stressing out all week and crying almost every night because I was so fed up with her making me feel like I'm not good enough to be on the team. I wanted to quit riding on Thursday night after I self assessed my readiness for Morrisville. Anyway, I went to Breakbeats and they made me feel better about myself and then Friday I had my glowsticking performance, which was fun. Then I showed on Saturday and was in a class with really good riders. Cindy said that they all looked like they should've been in Advanced WTC (I'm currently in beginners). So when they announced that I had won third place I was pretty pissed. The team won by 15 point though so I wasn't entirely mad, I mean a team victory still means a victory regardless of how I placed. Sunday I woke up feeling better about myself and more determined than I had EVER been before to win a blue ribbon.... I wanted that blue ribbon more than anything!! So I watched my horse in the classes before mine and learned what I needed to do. Then I hopped on, talked to him, and asked him to PLEASE make me look good so I could win. And guess what.... I WON MY BLUE RIBBON!!!! Now I'm only 2 points away from becoming an advanced WTC :)
There's a home show this Saturday and I don't think I'm showing since I only have 2 points left. Nevertheless I will be handling a horse and proud to be supporting my team from the sidelines (I really wanna be ribbon girl so hopefully I get a jumping horse to handle). This Friday Breakbeats is double booked for ISU and Stompin Soles. Unfortunately because of the show on Saturday and the fact that I have to be working by 6am, I won't be able to perform... The shows are at 7pm and 9pm. If I have to be up super early, I'm going to be super early... aka no performance :(
Now here's for my news about my decision with Breakbeats: I've decided to make the transition from performer to organizer. OK organizer isn't the best way to put it but more like eagle eye. I'll go to all the practices and dance with my team but when it comes to performances I will be the one to step out and make sure that the spacing is all good and stuff like that. That way, no one who really wants to perform will have to do that to make sure that we all look good. That's the down fall to not having a director in the group... there are too many leaders and not enough followers. The other thing I hate about this group is that we try to put EVERYONE in EVERYTHING. When I suggest that some people not be in certain dances they get all tense and try to make it work with everyone dancing. It's not that big of a deal to step out of one performance and do another. But whatever, I'm over it and I will not be performing for the rest of the year, except for glowsticks since there are only three of us who know how to do it and one is going abroad next semester. I'll still choreograph of course but you know, if no one else will step out of performances to make room on the stage, then I'll do it. That's my big decision that I've been struggling with since the beginning of the year.
Now that I've caught you all up on what's been going on, here's something else that I figured everyone should be in the know... My mom's cousin, Colleen Hanabusa, is the new congresswoman representative from Hawaii!!!!!!! WUT WUT?!?! We're all so very proud of her and she totally deserves it. You know what that means?? I get to go with the fam to DC for her induction ceremony thing. HOW AWESOME IS THAT?! On top of that great news, my cousin just had her baby recently :) Baby Ryden is now a member of our crazy family. Congrats Bliss and Ryan!! I can't wait to come home and meet Ryden. Another exciting baby story... my supervisor, Michelle, just had her baby at the beginning of this month as well :) Baby Ryan Nicholas is now a member of the office family!! So many new souls being brought into this world. How cool!! Congrats Michelle, but hurry back, the office is lonely without you!!
I think that's all that I needed to catch you up on. If I left anything out, like my crazy work and school lives, I'll be sure to update you after the horse show. After all, Thanksgiving is just next week and I have PLENTY of free time during break to fill you in on everything. Until then... Laters!
The beginning of November basically revolved around Breakbeats and Senior Sem. We had a million things to get done. There were two performances in one weekend (both of which went AWESOME-LY) and everything for Senior Sem continued to pile up. I had to write my literature review and edit my paper and write my findings.... it was a whole mess of writing and research that I almost got behind on but managed to hold myself together pretty well. As for Breakbeats, the awareness and demand for our team has finally built up to the point where we're getting asked to do shows almost every weekend. This past weekend only the glowstick spinners were requested!! How awesome is it that we now have three parts to our team that can perform individually from one another?? PRETTY DAMN AWESOME!! Remind me to tell you after I recap everything my decision for that team...
This past weekend we had a double horse show at Morrisville State College. This Equine center is amazing btw. I showed both days but before I get to how I did lemme just paint you a picture of how much I hated the week preparing for it. I was yelled at all week long for looking weak on horses that I had never ridden before. OK yes, it's exciting that I'm being put on new ponies because that means I'm getting more advanced and Cindy trusts me to experiment with horses I have no past with. But at the same time, you can't just throw someone on a new horse and then expect them not to screw up!! I was stressing out all week and crying almost every night because I was so fed up with her making me feel like I'm not good enough to be on the team. I wanted to quit riding on Thursday night after I self assessed my readiness for Morrisville. Anyway, I went to Breakbeats and they made me feel better about myself and then Friday I had my glowsticking performance, which was fun. Then I showed on Saturday and was in a class with really good riders. Cindy said that they all looked like they should've been in Advanced WTC (I'm currently in beginners). So when they announced that I had won third place I was pretty pissed. The team won by 15 point though so I wasn't entirely mad, I mean a team victory still means a victory regardless of how I placed. Sunday I woke up feeling better about myself and more determined than I had EVER been before to win a blue ribbon.... I wanted that blue ribbon more than anything!! So I watched my horse in the classes before mine and learned what I needed to do. Then I hopped on, talked to him, and asked him to PLEASE make me look good so I could win. And guess what.... I WON MY BLUE RIBBON!!!! Now I'm only 2 points away from becoming an advanced WTC :)
There's a home show this Saturday and I don't think I'm showing since I only have 2 points left. Nevertheless I will be handling a horse and proud to be supporting my team from the sidelines (I really wanna be ribbon girl so hopefully I get a jumping horse to handle). This Friday Breakbeats is double booked for ISU and Stompin Soles. Unfortunately because of the show on Saturday and the fact that I have to be working by 6am, I won't be able to perform... The shows are at 7pm and 9pm. If I have to be up super early, I'm going to be super early... aka no performance :(
Now here's for my news about my decision with Breakbeats: I've decided to make the transition from performer to organizer. OK organizer isn't the best way to put it but more like eagle eye. I'll go to all the practices and dance with my team but when it comes to performances I will be the one to step out and make sure that the spacing is all good and stuff like that. That way, no one who really wants to perform will have to do that to make sure that we all look good. That's the down fall to not having a director in the group... there are too many leaders and not enough followers. The other thing I hate about this group is that we try to put EVERYONE in EVERYTHING. When I suggest that some people not be in certain dances they get all tense and try to make it work with everyone dancing. It's not that big of a deal to step out of one performance and do another. But whatever, I'm over it and I will not be performing for the rest of the year, except for glowsticks since there are only three of us who know how to do it and one is going abroad next semester. I'll still choreograph of course but you know, if no one else will step out of performances to make room on the stage, then I'll do it. That's my big decision that I've been struggling with since the beginning of the year.
Now that I've caught you all up on what's been going on, here's something else that I figured everyone should be in the know... My mom's cousin, Colleen Hanabusa, is the new congresswoman representative from Hawaii!!!!!!! WUT WUT?!?! We're all so very proud of her and she totally deserves it. You know what that means?? I get to go with the fam to DC for her induction ceremony thing. HOW AWESOME IS THAT?! On top of that great news, my cousin just had her baby recently :) Baby Ryden is now a member of our crazy family. Congrats Bliss and Ryan!! I can't wait to come home and meet Ryden. Another exciting baby story... my supervisor, Michelle, just had her baby at the beginning of this month as well :) Baby Ryan Nicholas is now a member of the office family!! So many new souls being brought into this world. How cool!! Congrats Michelle, but hurry back, the office is lonely without you!!
I think that's all that I needed to catch you up on. If I left anything out, like my crazy work and school lives, I'll be sure to update you after the horse show. After all, Thanksgiving is just next week and I have PLENTY of free time during break to fill you in on everything. Until then... Laters!
Friday, October 29, 2010
Happy Halloween
I don't really know when this animosity for Halloween appeared but for some reason I cannot stand Halloween. I think it was a combination of the following:
Moorebid Ball being the biggest, most ridiculous, most annoying event of the year
Drunk/high/stoned college students taking advantage of a clothing optional campus
Drunk/high/stoned college students yelling at 4 in the morning waking me up
Having to go out and buy a costume
Having people judge me for not being original (I really don't care if I'm original or not if that's what I want to be)
Scary movies being played on TV so I can't watch anything without screaming, jumping, or not going to bed at night
Is it so wrong to want to spend Halloween night at home watching a movie that doesn't make me scared to go to the bathroom??
This year was the first year I handed out candy to children. That was the highlight of my life!! I'm NEVER going trick-or-treating ever again because my post, is at the door. The sKiddies were soooooo adorable in their costumes and to see the parents have fun taking their kids around was just as much fun to watch as actually going trick-or-treating myself. I want to be the one who gives kids candy on Halloween.... there's where my fun happens!!
Today during senior sem the ECC/Greenburg kids (idk which group it was) came through Tisch trick-or-treating at the department offices. All of our class went out into the hall to see them. They were SOOOOOOO CUTE!!!!!!!!! I wanted to steal them away haha... relax, I didn't. Then when they were gone we proceeded to analyze the costume variations in a sociological manner (can you tell we didn't want to talk about bivariate analyses of senior sem projects anymore??) We concluded that there was too much gender bias in every child's costume since all the girls were in some kind of dress or skirt and the boys were all in super hero-like costumes. There was not much of a variation so they would not have been a good data set for a senior sem project. We all agreed however that the chicken costume was the winner of all hearts even though the child was in the costume without informed consent and therefore the ethics of such an act was not OK for data analysis... yes, we have all lost our minds from this stupid senior seminar!!!!! EVERYTHING is seen in a sociological way and this is causing us not to function as normal human beings anymore. HELP!!!!!
So the conclusion to my story is that I hate Halloween (probably just hate it at Skidmore) and really wish people would stop inviting me to Halloween parties via facebook because I'm just not going to go to any of them. Besides, I still have to finish my grad school apps, my bivariate analysis write up, my literature review, and my multivariate table for my powerpoint. Weekends are the only time I have to do my homework... So please let me do it!!
Some time this weekend I am also going to keep working on my spring break road trip options. I'm driving from New York to Oregon and back in 8.5 days :) SO EXCITED!!!! This will be the only crazy thing I ever do in college. I really didn't take advantage of being an undergraduate student... mainly because the people I'm friends with don't typically have the money to spend on crazy adventures. I haven't done anything like snowboard or ski during my time at Skidmore and I still don't know how to ride a bike... Not exactly the craziest goals to have as an undergrad but still.... most people do it while they're at college so I apparently missed out. According to the Goals survey and data analysis, athletes are less likely to participate in social events on campus than non-athletes. The figure is statistically significant with a moderate but positive relationship. Oh dear lord!! I need to stop looking at senior seminar projects before my entire world turns into one big senior seminar project. Bleh!! OK I'm going to stop now. I'll be sure to update you about what's going on with my conflict resolution workshops (we're working to get a weekly program running... I don't remember if I already mentioned that). How cool would that look on my resume?? Anyways.... yea... so until then... Laters!
Moorebid Ball being the biggest, most ridiculous, most annoying event of the year
Drunk/high/stoned college students taking advantage of a clothing optional campus
Drunk/high/stoned college students yelling at 4 in the morning waking me up
Having to go out and buy a costume
Having people judge me for not being original (I really don't care if I'm original or not if that's what I want to be)
Scary movies being played on TV so I can't watch anything without screaming, jumping, or not going to bed at night
Is it so wrong to want to spend Halloween night at home watching a movie that doesn't make me scared to go to the bathroom??
This year was the first year I handed out candy to children. That was the highlight of my life!! I'm NEVER going trick-or-treating ever again because my post, is at the door. The sKiddies were soooooo adorable in their costumes and to see the parents have fun taking their kids around was just as much fun to watch as actually going trick-or-treating myself. I want to be the one who gives kids candy on Halloween.... there's where my fun happens!!
Today during senior sem the ECC/Greenburg kids (idk which group it was) came through Tisch trick-or-treating at the department offices. All of our class went out into the hall to see them. They were SOOOOOOO CUTE!!!!!!!!! I wanted to steal them away haha... relax, I didn't. Then when they were gone we proceeded to analyze the costume variations in a sociological manner (can you tell we didn't want to talk about bivariate analyses of senior sem projects anymore??) We concluded that there was too much gender bias in every child's costume since all the girls were in some kind of dress or skirt and the boys were all in super hero-like costumes. There was not much of a variation so they would not have been a good data set for a senior sem project. We all agreed however that the chicken costume was the winner of all hearts even though the child was in the costume without informed consent and therefore the ethics of such an act was not OK for data analysis... yes, we have all lost our minds from this stupid senior seminar!!!!! EVERYTHING is seen in a sociological way and this is causing us not to function as normal human beings anymore. HELP!!!!!
So the conclusion to my story is that I hate Halloween (probably just hate it at Skidmore) and really wish people would stop inviting me to Halloween parties via facebook because I'm just not going to go to any of them. Besides, I still have to finish my grad school apps, my bivariate analysis write up, my literature review, and my multivariate table for my powerpoint. Weekends are the only time I have to do my homework... So please let me do it!!
Some time this weekend I am also going to keep working on my spring break road trip options. I'm driving from New York to Oregon and back in 8.5 days :) SO EXCITED!!!! This will be the only crazy thing I ever do in college. I really didn't take advantage of being an undergraduate student... mainly because the people I'm friends with don't typically have the money to spend on crazy adventures. I haven't done anything like snowboard or ski during my time at Skidmore and I still don't know how to ride a bike... Not exactly the craziest goals to have as an undergrad but still.... most people do it while they're at college so I apparently missed out. According to the Goals survey and data analysis, athletes are less likely to participate in social events on campus than non-athletes. The figure is statistically significant with a moderate but positive relationship. Oh dear lord!! I need to stop looking at senior seminar projects before my entire world turns into one big senior seminar project. Bleh!! OK I'm going to stop now. I'll be sure to update you about what's going on with my conflict resolution workshops (we're working to get a weekly program running... I don't remember if I already mentioned that). How cool would that look on my resume?? Anyways.... yea... so until then... Laters!
Monday, October 25, 2010
Promised update
Hey everyone!! As I promised here is your update from this weekend.
Friday: I gave my workshop and it went really well. We have one more this coming Wednesday and we hope we can iron out a few bugs that we had with our workshop. Then I went to go take senior portraits. From what I could see on his camera screen they came out pretty nice. I have braces so of course that always makes me feel a little more insecure of my smile but everyone at Falstaff's said that I looked perfect.... we shall see when the proofs come in. Then I went to the barn to set up the ring for the show on Saturday. That was fun because Cindy was actually in a good mood. Then I went grocery shopping and did a little homework all before going to bed. I was in bed by 10 and knocked out by 10:30. Yay exhaustion :P
Saturday: 4:30am I wake up thinking I'm late. I look at my phone cry a little inside because I could have slept for another hour... but what ever I just get up anyway. I eat breakfast and get my things together and then Julia came and picked me up. 6:45am we're at the barn ready to work. I handled Junior--the HANDSOMEST pony I've ever handled... too bad he doesn't stand still. Then around 9 the show started and everything fell into place from there. I drew Brownstone--aka the horse that bucked me off and landed me in the hospital on the first day of lessons. We've had a special bond ever since then. Regardless, I rode as best I could and placed second. Not bad for my first time showing but not quite as satisfying as winning. Needless to say our team won with a PERFECT SCORE CARD :) We rock, Skidmore Equestrian Team!! Then I went home and ate lasagna--Raisa made it and it was HEAVENLY!! It only lasted us like a day and a half... if that!! Lol Then I h0pped on skype and talked with Grandpa Moose for 5 hours :) It was the best conversation I've held with someone because I haven't seen him in a year so we had a lot to catch up on. Both serious issues and jokes brought us closer than we had ever been. We have another session reserved for Thanksgiving... Grandpa Moose, good luck with your tests this week and with your conflicts we discussed :D I miss you and want my gingerbread cookies when I come home!!
Sunday: I woke up and went to the barn to walk my pony. He was excited I had treats for him and loved me for it. Then I came home around 11am and went straight to Senior Sem work. I literally worked on my univariate findings for 3 hours before settling on how to write it. Next I have to write up my theory section and do my theory powerpoint slide. I had done my bivariate slide before hand so that was one less thing I had to worry about. Of course my literature review is supposed to be growing as time passes but honestly, I'm stuck. I haven't worked on it since the last time we turned something in... which was only last week but still. I texted in my absence from practice, as I said I would in the last post. It was nice to get some work done and feel completely freaked about all the work I had on my calendar. Then around 3 I got a text from Jeremy, which was nice because I hadn't heard from him in a couple of days.... Last time I really talked to him was a while ago (I can't even remember specifically when). We continued to chat via text so that I could still get my work done at the same time. Then at 5pm the faculty and staff children came trick-or-treating to Northwoods and Scribner village apartments. Their costumes were pretty creative, I must admit. The first knock on our door was one of the trainer's sons and it was his first time trick-or-treating. He was cookie monster with a cookie bag for candy!!! How adorable is that?!?! I wanted to steal him :) I threw my lion blanket on and said I was a lion as I was handing out candy lol. Sad but I didn't want to dress up. It was my first time handing out candy!! I'm growing up :P Our house bonded together over the cute little kids who had really fancy (and weird and cute and everything else) costumes. Then we worked on homework a little more and by 10 everyone was in their rooms working. I was planning on going to bed but Jeremy kept me up because we felt that we should play catch up. So at 11:30pm I hopped on skype and we chatted for a few hours. I was able to coach him through a conflict as much as I could so now I can do my conflict coaching write up lol. Sorry J3, I'm using you for my advancement in my class and job :P I hope I at least helped :/ It was nice to see you and talk to you again.
So now I'm here on Monday afternoon writing to you. I have to get going to work pretty soon but please if anyone has any conflicts they would like coaching through or if a mediation is necessary, PLEASE come to me, I could use the practice!! Fight club has me at in-take hours from 1-4:30 on Mondays and 8:30-11:00 on Tuesdays and Thursdays. So please use me as a resource. The process is voluntary and confidential and I will be neutral. It's a great experience to partake in!! Hope to hear from you soon!! Until then... Laters!
Friday: I gave my workshop and it went really well. We have one more this coming Wednesday and we hope we can iron out a few bugs that we had with our workshop. Then I went to go take senior portraits. From what I could see on his camera screen they came out pretty nice. I have braces so of course that always makes me feel a little more insecure of my smile but everyone at Falstaff's said that I looked perfect.... we shall see when the proofs come in. Then I went to the barn to set up the ring for the show on Saturday. That was fun because Cindy was actually in a good mood. Then I went grocery shopping and did a little homework all before going to bed. I was in bed by 10 and knocked out by 10:30. Yay exhaustion :P
Saturday: 4:30am I wake up thinking I'm late. I look at my phone cry a little inside because I could have slept for another hour... but what ever I just get up anyway. I eat breakfast and get my things together and then Julia came and picked me up. 6:45am we're at the barn ready to work. I handled Junior--the HANDSOMEST pony I've ever handled... too bad he doesn't stand still. Then around 9 the show started and everything fell into place from there. I drew Brownstone--aka the horse that bucked me off and landed me in the hospital on the first day of lessons. We've had a special bond ever since then. Regardless, I rode as best I could and placed second. Not bad for my first time showing but not quite as satisfying as winning. Needless to say our team won with a PERFECT SCORE CARD :) We rock, Skidmore Equestrian Team!! Then I went home and ate lasagna--Raisa made it and it was HEAVENLY!! It only lasted us like a day and a half... if that!! Lol Then I h0pped on skype and talked with Grandpa Moose for 5 hours :) It was the best conversation I've held with someone because I haven't seen him in a year so we had a lot to catch up on. Both serious issues and jokes brought us closer than we had ever been. We have another session reserved for Thanksgiving... Grandpa Moose, good luck with your tests this week and with your conflicts we discussed :D I miss you and want my gingerbread cookies when I come home!!
Sunday: I woke up and went to the barn to walk my pony. He was excited I had treats for him and loved me for it. Then I came home around 11am and went straight to Senior Sem work. I literally worked on my univariate findings for 3 hours before settling on how to write it. Next I have to write up my theory section and do my theory powerpoint slide. I had done my bivariate slide before hand so that was one less thing I had to worry about. Of course my literature review is supposed to be growing as time passes but honestly, I'm stuck. I haven't worked on it since the last time we turned something in... which was only last week but still. I texted in my absence from practice, as I said I would in the last post. It was nice to get some work done and feel completely freaked about all the work I had on my calendar. Then around 3 I got a text from Jeremy, which was nice because I hadn't heard from him in a couple of days.... Last time I really talked to him was a while ago (I can't even remember specifically when). We continued to chat via text so that I could still get my work done at the same time. Then at 5pm the faculty and staff children came trick-or-treating to Northwoods and Scribner village apartments. Their costumes were pretty creative, I must admit. The first knock on our door was one of the trainer's sons and it was his first time trick-or-treating. He was cookie monster with a cookie bag for candy!!! How adorable is that?!?! I wanted to steal him :) I threw my lion blanket on and said I was a lion as I was handing out candy lol. Sad but I didn't want to dress up. It was my first time handing out candy!! I'm growing up :P Our house bonded together over the cute little kids who had really fancy (and weird and cute and everything else) costumes. Then we worked on homework a little more and by 10 everyone was in their rooms working. I was planning on going to bed but Jeremy kept me up because we felt that we should play catch up. So at 11:30pm I hopped on skype and we chatted for a few hours. I was able to coach him through a conflict as much as I could so now I can do my conflict coaching write up lol. Sorry J3, I'm using you for my advancement in my class and job :P I hope I at least helped :/ It was nice to see you and talk to you again.
So now I'm here on Monday afternoon writing to you. I have to get going to work pretty soon but please if anyone has any conflicts they would like coaching through or if a mediation is necessary, PLEASE come to me, I could use the practice!! Fight club has me at in-take hours from 1-4:30 on Mondays and 8:30-11:00 on Tuesdays and Thursdays. So please use me as a resource. The process is voluntary and confidential and I will be neutral. It's a great experience to partake in!! Hope to hear from you soon!! Until then... Laters!
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