Thanksgiving

This Thanksgiving was a great one, but could have been better. This Thanksgiving was my first Thanksgiving without my dad. Thinking about this was hard for me all day, but I had a lot of fun regardless. I had two Thanksgivings this year. First, I ate with my man's family at his house, and then I ate at my house with my family. At Kevin's house, we ate with his parents, his aunt, and his grandma. The green bean casserole was amazing. I want more. After eating at Kevin's, Kevin and I went to my house and ate again. At my house, we ate with my mom, my brother, his girlfriend Ashley, and my mom's friend Dave. Kevin and I both ate so much food that day, but it was so good to care. Everyone gains a few on Thanksgiving and everyone's okay with it. Thanksgiving is great, but it will never be as good as when I could spend it with both my mom and my dad.

Harry Potter

My man and I went to see Harry Potter together last night. It was fantastic. The best one by far. It was so intense! I bet for anyone who saw it/will see it in the imax will flip out. I should have seen it in the imax, I haven't seen a movie there since the last Harry Potter. And that one was great, too. But I don't think any of the other Harry Potter movies compares to this one. The ending of the movie was so abrupt and perfect. I can't wait for part 2. I need to read all of the books. And so does my man. We have decided that as soon as he moves here (next month) we will read all of the books together. Too bad this won't possibly get accomplished by the time the 2nd movie comes to theaters, but it will be awesome regardless. I'm so pumped!

Rain/Latin

Today is pretty gross and gloomy out, but I still don't understand why everyone is complaining about it as much as they are. Yeah, it's ugly and depressing outside, but at least it's not snowing. Everyone loves the snow. I used to, but now I only correlate it to the cold. I can't handle the cold anymore. The cold is what is depressing, not the rain. Rain is good! And it's so warm outside, too. It's not even bad. On the other hand, I have a Latin test tomorrow. I am not excited. I have to study my ass off for the rest of the night, but right now I must nap. I plan on napping for hours, and then studying. Off to do work.

In class.

Today in class we discussed our research narratives that we are finally starting to write. Siting all of our groups sources was a pain. It sucked, actually. I hate siting sources, and I think that's because I don't understand how to do it. We also answered questions, as always, on a new thing we had to read for homework. This time, we read a comic called In the Shadow of No Towers, and it was a very chaotic comic. There was a lot going on in it, and I couldn't tell what the author's tone was throughout the piece. I thought he was racist in some parts of the comic, but in others, I only thought he was angry. We also all scheduled appointments to go meet with the teacher to discuss our papers so far. I think. We have to bring our one page, double spaced, outline/draft to this meeting, but I don't know what this meeting is for yet. I am so terrible with getting motivation to outline everything I am doing for a project. My best way to get things done is to just do it, then go back and edit and revise.

Writing

I think I should catch up on writing. I used to write every day, all day long. I do not write as much anymore. I feel as though I only write things that are school-related now. I used to write poetry all the time. I also used to write in a journal everyday. Where did all of those journals go? I know where my most recent journal is, even though I had only written in the first half of it. It kind of sucks. I switched my major. I am now going into English and I feel like my English skills are getting worse and worse. I now have more to write about than ever, but I now also have the least amount of motivation to write it. I need self-motivation and to get everything together. I think I'll start writing again tonight. A novel.

School.

I have just decided to switch my major from Philosophy to Communications of some sort the day before I sign up for my second semester classes. I think this is a better choice for me, because I want to be a teeacher. I am not sure if I would want to teach at a high school level or a college level yet, but I really want to try out communications while I am still just starting off school. If i want to teach at a high school level, though, I was told by my advisor that I need a 'teachable' major, and I could probably minor in communications or something. 'Teachable'? Like.. English? History? Uh. I'm thinking I'll probably have to get my teaching certificate and figure it out from there.I'm flipping out. Sign up for classes TOMORROW. Give me a break. I'm just a tiny freshmen.

Woodstock

Historical Event: Woodstock

Whose Point of View?: I am a 23 year old female sneaking in to Woodstock to save money. I am from all over, but my hometown is BLANK, BLANK. I travel, and live in different states with different family members or friends. I consider myself a groupie and I am in love with the band BLANK.

What do you know already?: I know that Woodstock was a music festival in 1969 and it paved the way for all modern music festivals. Many people snuck in and did not pay for the festival.

What do you still need to find out?: How many people attended Woodstock? How many bands? What drama between bands, if any, occurred? What events went on at Woodstock, besides music?

Saw Seven

This weekend, Saw 7 in 3D came to theaters. I HAD to go see it this weekend, because I am a freak for the Saw movies. Last year, on October 30, Saw 6 was in theaters, and this was the day that my boyfriend, Kevin, and I met. We went to Buffalo Wild Wings and went to see Saw 6 together. This year, Saw 7 came out on the same weekend, so we celebrated our "year since we've met" and re-did our date from a year ago. It was awesome. We were going to go to Buffalo Wild Wings like last year before the movie, but we didn't have time. That was fine, though, because I love coney islands. I know Kevin was disappointed that we couldn't go to Buffalo Wild Wings, though, especially because he was looking so nice in his suit. But we're diner geeks, so it turned out great anyway. And so did the movie! It was awesome. I know that Saw only made a contract to make 7 movies, but they'd BETTER make another. Don't leave me hanging on Saw 7. Tooooo good :)