And alas I am back in Eugene. Again. And I actually don't mean that in a bad way, what I mean is that I was actually here last weekend (Saturday night) because I went and saw Sheldon theatre's "Romeo and Juliet." But I was too lazy to blog when I was here that night soooo I didn't. And it was a super quick trip so I didn't really see the point.
Anyway, now I am legitimately back in Eugene for Thanksgiving break. I got here late yesterday evening, and I have to say, from the moment I have been back everything has just been really strange. Okay, not strange but just...not normal. I kind of expected to have that feeling though. I have literally been living in a bubble in Seattle, a bubble of just me, my SU friends, SU classes, and Seattle-like activities, and getting out of that bubble was just this huuuuuge reminder that there's life outside of Seattle. That sounds really bad but whatever. It's just, going to college, you kind of create this own little world for yourself, and once you get so immersed into that world you sort of forget that there are other worlds consisting of other people.
For example, I went and visited my old high school today (Sheldon). Well not really, I just saw a couple of my favorite teachers. I didn't really have time to go see everyone; I'm saving that for winter break ;). As soon as I walked onto the campus, I immediately felt like I never left. I never graduated, moved on, went to college, anything. I was just a regular old senior again going to class. Okay this totally contradicted the point I was trying to make with this, but whatever. The point I was TRYING to make was: that going back to Sheldon today opened my eyes, and as rediculous as that sounds, I now realize that there is....wait for it...life outside of Seattle! What. A. Concept. And people actually like function and like do regular daily life things and stuff. Yeah.
What was nice about this visit though was that I got to talk to my favorite teacher Mrs. Alderman for like an hour. For those of you who know me, you know that in the past year I have confided in her a lot with pretty much everything in my life, and honestly it has been super weird not just having her around for the past couple of months. We talked mostly about like college and stuff, but it was still nice, because I have missed her a lottt. Pretty much within the time we talked she managed to give me advice on just about everything I am doing, as well as you know, find something to laugh at me for. I keep trying to convince her to move to Seattle and come teach at my school, but uhh that has yet to happen. haha.
I think I'm going to end this post with that note because there isn't really anything else that I have the energy to talk about right now...and I just don't think this post will flow correctly if I change the subject this abruptly. I will certainly keep you updated with this Eugenian weekend though. Hopefully, if I can waddle out of bed on Friday post-Thanksgiving dinner. Haaaaaa.
See ya!
~Erin :)
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Paper or Plastic
This is a poem that was written last year by one of my good friends Eleanor O'Campo. She recently put it up on Facebook and then told me to go and read it, and I thought it was fantastic. So many girls nowadays are falling into eating disorders and becoming obsessive over how they look, and it really is scary. I admit that I don't always practice this, but everyone should love their bodies. Smaller-framed, larger-framed, tall, short, etc. Love who you are, and don't let the downward spiral of the modern-day appearance bring you down too. Enjoy your own style, and don't try to be someone that you're not. Life is wayyyy to short for that!!
:)
Paper or Plastic
Every shopper's eventual dilemma
Between the cashier's mandatory friendliness
And the handing over of the credit card
How would you prefer to kill the planet today,
Shall we cut down the forests or drill up the deserts?
You have roughly half a second to decide
If you are a mother, of course
You reflexively opt for paper
As though struck with a pink rubber hammer
Lest the daughter you remember best, raised from
A chubby baby with a halo of curls
Suffocate on what she thought was just a game
Realize that the fluid being ladled down her
throat
Is tar, not honey
Alcohol, not milk
Today I will be plastic
I am hollow
It's cheaper if you don't put anything inside
I am being tested to see if I am durable enough
for use
First they took a miniature guillotine and
cut my breasts off
Now everyone knows I am empty
Then they whittled the top layer of my
face off with a nail file so they
could paint a new one
But my hair got full of plastic shavings
So they had to replace my head
:)
Paper or Plastic
Every shopper's eventual dilemma
Between the cashier's mandatory friendliness
And the handing over of the credit card
How would you prefer to kill the planet today,
Shall we cut down the forests or drill up the deserts?
You have roughly half a second to decide
If you are a mother, of course
You reflexively opt for paper
As though struck with a pink rubber hammer
Lest the daughter you remember best, raised from
A chubby baby with a halo of curls
Suffocate on what she thought was just a game
Realize that the fluid being ladled down her
throat
Is tar, not honey
Alcohol, not milk
Today I will be plastic
I am hollow
It's cheaper if you don't put anything inside
I am being tested to see if I am durable enough
for use
First they took a miniature guillotine and
cut my breasts off
Now everyone knows I am empty
Then they whittled the top layer of my
face off with a nail file so they
could paint a new one
But my hair got full of plastic shavings
So they had to replace my head
-Eleanor O'Campo
~Erin :)
Thursday, November 4, 2010
DEAR WORLD!!!!
RUSSELL AIVAZIAN IS THE COOLEST PERSON EVER!!!! LIKE EVER EVER EVER!!!!!
Seriously, if you do not know him your life sucks. And you will die sad and alone.
Happy now, Russell?
~Erin :)
Seriously, if you do not know him your life sucks. And you will die sad and alone.
Happy now, Russell?
~Erin :)
A Prayer
"God, grant me the serenity
To accept the things I cannot change;
The courage to change the things I can;
And the wisdom to know the difference.
God, grant us the...
Serenity to accept things we cannot change,
Courage to change the things we can, and the
Wisdom to know the difference.
Patience for the things that take time,
Appreciation for all that we have, and
Tolerance for those with different struggles.
Freedom to live beyond the limitations of our past ways, the
Ability to feel your love for us and our love for each other and the
Strength to get up and try again even when we feel it is hopeless."
~Serenity Prayer
I just needed to hear this today.
~Erin :)
To accept the things I cannot change;
The courage to change the things I can;
And the wisdom to know the difference.
God, grant us the...
Serenity to accept things we cannot change,
Courage to change the things we can, and the
Wisdom to know the difference.
Patience for the things that take time,
Appreciation for all that we have, and
Tolerance for those with different struggles.
Freedom to live beyond the limitations of our past ways, the
Ability to feel your love for us and our love for each other and the
Strength to get up and try again even when we feel it is hopeless."
~Serenity Prayer
I just needed to hear this today.
~Erin :)
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Midterms ending = Erin gets a life? And votes?
Oh hey everybody. Yeah you read the title right, I DID actually vote, allllll the way from Washington. GO KITZHABER! Even though you're losing I still believe in you! And Oregon, y'all suck for voting no on Measure 74, just saying.
But yeah, the whole Erin gets a life thing, is going alright. I think up until Monday of this week, I have consistantly had a paper to write, or at least outline and then think about for the next five hours. It has been super stressful lately, and I was honestly sooo glad when this Monday rolled around. In addition to papers due (btw...I got an A on the latest Humanities paper I received back[!!!!]), I had a German midterm that day, so yeah again I cannot stress enough how happy I was for it to be over.
Halloween was alright, to be totally honest. I have never really been one to go out and drink and party, (and not to mention I had a shit-ton of homework and studying to do), so my night mostly consisted of dressing up as Mickey Mouse and drinking smoothies and hanging out with my friends. Some of us were going to go for a scary movie, but that just ended in a hallway massage train. Don't ask.
OH! I don't think I have mentioned on here either that I got a job! Two and a half weeks ago! haha. This is yet another piece of proof that I fail at blogging. Oh well. But yeah I work for Jumpstart, which is an AmeriCorps program through SU. Basically I work within a preschool (in my case, Tiny Tots Preschool) Tuesdays and Thursdays from 2-4pm with a group of around three kids and help/teach them to read, write, and play with them. I am one of three Corps Members in my group that goes to Tiny Tots in that timeslot, and we have a Team Leader who teaches the class as a whole. Part of my job as well is also getting together with my team leader and corps members and planning lessons for class. I am really excited for this because it fits in really well with my schedule, and I love kids. So it works out great :). I have been going through twice weekly trainings for the past two and a half weeks, and today was the last one. Next Tuesday will be my first day in the classroom, but only for observation/orientation. The 16th is my actual first day teaching. Ah! Soooo excited! Here's hoping my kids aren't little terrors...
Welp, that's about it for now. I will be sure to update again soon, I PROMISE.
<3
~Erin :)
But yeah, the whole Erin gets a life thing, is going alright. I think up until Monday of this week, I have consistantly had a paper to write, or at least outline and then think about for the next five hours. It has been super stressful lately, and I was honestly sooo glad when this Monday rolled around. In addition to papers due (btw...I got an A on the latest Humanities paper I received back[!!!!]), I had a German midterm that day, so yeah again I cannot stress enough how happy I was for it to be over.
Halloween was alright, to be totally honest. I have never really been one to go out and drink and party, (and not to mention I had a shit-ton of homework and studying to do), so my night mostly consisted of dressing up as Mickey Mouse and drinking smoothies and hanging out with my friends. Some of us were going to go for a scary movie, but that just ended in a hallway massage train. Don't ask.
OH! I don't think I have mentioned on here either that I got a job! Two and a half weeks ago! haha. This is yet another piece of proof that I fail at blogging. Oh well. But yeah I work for Jumpstart, which is an AmeriCorps program through SU. Basically I work within a preschool (in my case, Tiny Tots Preschool) Tuesdays and Thursdays from 2-4pm with a group of around three kids and help/teach them to read, write, and play with them. I am one of three Corps Members in my group that goes to Tiny Tots in that timeslot, and we have a Team Leader who teaches the class as a whole. Part of my job as well is also getting together with my team leader and corps members and planning lessons for class. I am really excited for this because it fits in really well with my schedule, and I love kids. So it works out great :). I have been going through twice weekly trainings for the past two and a half weeks, and today was the last one. Next Tuesday will be my first day in the classroom, but only for observation/orientation. The 16th is my actual first day teaching. Ah! Soooo excited! Here's hoping my kids aren't little terrors...
Welp, that's about it for now. I will be sure to update again soon, I PROMISE.
<3
~Erin :)
Saturday, October 30, 2010
Mixed Emotions (Dear You Three)
Dear You Three,
"The friendships you make in college will be those that stay with you forever."
I have heard that saying many a time in the past few years of my life, and up until now, it honestly really bothered me. I felt as though people were basically telling me that the friendships I had already made [in high school] were not good enough, that they were inadequate. But now I think I understand it a lot more; after being here at SU for the past month, I have met some really wonderful people whom I hope will stay in my life for many years to come. Everyone here is so easy to get along with, and I love that all of us want nothing more than to just chill with our friends and be happy and carefree. After all, isn't that the point of college?
But, despite all of that, I can't shake the feeling that I am losing the three most important relationships in my life, and those three are you. It's funny how at each stage in your life you get the feeling that "this is all I need to be happy, I have everyone in my life that I need." But then college happens, or moving happens, and then those people who you were completely happy with and used to having in your life are not there anymore. And that can hurt. A lot. Especially when, and I can say that I am partially responsible for this, not very many of us make an effort to really talk anymore. Or well, we do but it's not really in a way that one would like. Like, it's the occasional "Hello, how are you?" or, "Oh I'm doing really well," or "I miss you..." but you know that's never really enough. It scares me that I only talk to you three maybe three times a week now, if that, because I have had enough failed relationships to know that eventually three days a week will turn into two, then one, then five times a month, and so on. That REALLY scares me, because there was a point where you three were my rocks, and I couldn't live without you. I don't want to have to now.
I know that I haven't been the best communicator either, but you have to believe me when I say that I am trying. I am trying. I just want you to tell me the same, because I love you.
Long story short, sometimes I wish I could just go back to the way things used to be.
<3 <3
~Erin :)
"The friendships you make in college will be those that stay with you forever."
I have heard that saying many a time in the past few years of my life, and up until now, it honestly really bothered me. I felt as though people were basically telling me that the friendships I had already made [in high school] were not good enough, that they were inadequate. But now I think I understand it a lot more; after being here at SU for the past month, I have met some really wonderful people whom I hope will stay in my life for many years to come. Everyone here is so easy to get along with, and I love that all of us want nothing more than to just chill with our friends and be happy and carefree. After all, isn't that the point of college?
But, despite all of that, I can't shake the feeling that I am losing the three most important relationships in my life, and those three are you. It's funny how at each stage in your life you get the feeling that "this is all I need to be happy, I have everyone in my life that I need." But then college happens, or moving happens, and then those people who you were completely happy with and used to having in your life are not there anymore. And that can hurt. A lot. Especially when, and I can say that I am partially responsible for this, not very many of us make an effort to really talk anymore. Or well, we do but it's not really in a way that one would like. Like, it's the occasional "Hello, how are you?" or, "Oh I'm doing really well," or "I miss you..." but you know that's never really enough. It scares me that I only talk to you three maybe three times a week now, if that, because I have had enough failed relationships to know that eventually three days a week will turn into two, then one, then five times a month, and so on. That REALLY scares me, because there was a point where you three were my rocks, and I couldn't live without you. I don't want to have to now.
I know that I haven't been the best communicator either, but you have to believe me when I say that I am trying. I am trying. I just want you to tell me the same, because I love you.
Long story short, sometimes I wish I could just go back to the way things used to be.
<3 <3
~Erin :)
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Anatomy of a blog...and some pictures...
Okay so you know how when you keep a blog, you're supposed to keep it updated? Yeah I seem to be doing a good job of that, I think. But there always seems to come a point where I can't figure out what to write about anymore, and I have HIT THAT POINT! Gahhh. And it's been like what, 9-10 entries? Fail. It's just that I feel like I should have something suuuuper exciting to tell you all, but I literally have nothing. Or well, I have stuff, but it's mostly like "Hey! I went to school! I hung out with friends! I procrastinated and made up extravagant excuses not to go to the gym! Yayyy!"
So for now, I am just going to post pictures for your viewing pleasure.
:)
Nichole and myself.
Kelsey and me...this basically describes our relationship.
As does this...but better.
This was actually a really awkward picture to ask them to take...yeah.
Friends! Nichole, Haya, and Nick.
Arielle the roomie and Crew junkie, Kendra, and myself.
Laughter makes the world go 'round :)
Adventures on a rainy Sunday afternoon.
Everyone should read My Immortal. Then this will make sense. Okay, not everyone, but everyone with an innapropriate sense of humor.......
Friends + mail = :)?
The end!
P.S. Stay hydrated.
~Erin :)
So for now, I am just going to post pictures for your viewing pleasure.
:)
Nichole and myself.
Kelsey and me...this basically describes our relationship.
As does this...but better.
This was actually a really awkward picture to ask them to take...yeah.
Friends! Nichole, Haya, and Nick.
Arielle the roomie and Crew junkie, Kendra, and myself.
Laughter makes the world go 'round :)
Adventures on a rainy Sunday afternoon.
Everyone should read My Immortal. Then this will make sense. Okay, not everyone, but everyone with an innapropriate sense of humor.......
Friends + mail = :)?
The end!
P.S. Stay hydrated.
~Erin :)
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Reflection
So, as many of you know, our friend Ryan David Gann passed away last night, due to in part to a heart issue. It is apparent now that this sudden death has hit a lot of us really hard, myself included. Since last night, I have been doing a lot of thinking, both about Ryan, and just about life in general.
I have known Ryan since the 5th grade, and I remember him specifically from that year, because he was one of the few people who taught me how to play Bump, the game with the basketball, and a long line of people...and yeah gosh I don't even know, it has been so long. But it is just interesting for me to look back at that now; you see, in 5th grade I was the new kid, and I didn't have a lot of friends, which is actually the understatement of the year. I really didn't think about how big of a deal that was for me until now, him being there to teach me when I had no one else, so that I could feel welcome at least in one aspect of school. It's the little things people do for other people that matter the most. I didn't see Ryan again after that year until Freshman year of high school, where we would then both be in choir together for the next couple of years. Man, what a trooper. There were NOT a lot of boys in that choir, which is the OTHER understatement of the year, so yeah the guys kind of had to step up. Seriously. He always had such a happy attitude, and I loved talking to him, just about whatever. What a great guy. Anyway, the point of this blog was not to reminice, or to talk about me. Well, sort of to reminice, but yeah.
What I really wanted to say was, that if Ryan's death has taught me anything, it has taught me that life is short. It's really freaking short, and too short for some. This might sound corny and cliche and stupid, but I know now, that it's really important to tell those you love that you love them; that you love them with your whole heart, and never want to live without them. If someone has touched or changed your life in a positive way, tell them, and thank them! Take the time to say hi to an old friend you haven't seen for awhile, prioritize your life, live in the moment, be courageous, and "do one thing that scares you each day." Someone very important to me told me that not too long ago, and now I understand why, and I know that she was right. Don't keep anyone in your life who tears you down, or who tells you that you can't be whoever you want to be. Be strong, be yourself, and love with your whole heart.
We will always miss and love you Ryan. You have touched lives, and I hope that, wherever you are now, you are happy, smiling, and free of any pain. And I hope you know how great of a person you were.
R.I.P
<3
I have known Ryan since the 5th grade, and I remember him specifically from that year, because he was one of the few people who taught me how to play Bump, the game with the basketball, and a long line of people...and yeah gosh I don't even know, it has been so long. But it is just interesting for me to look back at that now; you see, in 5th grade I was the new kid, and I didn't have a lot of friends, which is actually the understatement of the year. I really didn't think about how big of a deal that was for me until now, him being there to teach me when I had no one else, so that I could feel welcome at least in one aspect of school. It's the little things people do for other people that matter the most. I didn't see Ryan again after that year until Freshman year of high school, where we would then both be in choir together for the next couple of years. Man, what a trooper. There were NOT a lot of boys in that choir, which is the OTHER understatement of the year, so yeah the guys kind of had to step up. Seriously. He always had such a happy attitude, and I loved talking to him, just about whatever. What a great guy. Anyway, the point of this blog was not to reminice, or to talk about me. Well, sort of to reminice, but yeah.
What I really wanted to say was, that if Ryan's death has taught me anything, it has taught me that life is short. It's really freaking short, and too short for some. This might sound corny and cliche and stupid, but I know now, that it's really important to tell those you love that you love them; that you love them with your whole heart, and never want to live without them. If someone has touched or changed your life in a positive way, tell them, and thank them! Take the time to say hi to an old friend you haven't seen for awhile, prioritize your life, live in the moment, be courageous, and "do one thing that scares you each day." Someone very important to me told me that not too long ago, and now I understand why, and I know that she was right. Don't keep anyone in your life who tears you down, or who tells you that you can't be whoever you want to be. Be strong, be yourself, and love with your whole heart.
We will always miss and love you Ryan. You have touched lives, and I hope that, wherever you are now, you are happy, smiling, and free of any pain. And I hope you know how great of a person you were.
R.I.P
<3
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Story time!
Okay, first of all I just want to make clear that this is the SECOND time I am writing this blog today. Thus meaning I originally wrote it around 3:00 this afternoon, but then my laptop decided that it wanted to be a jerk and errored right as I was trying to post, and then the ENTIRE thing erased. Yeah I was kind of pissed about it. Then I got busy and never had time to rewrite this until now, so here we are. I have Microsoft Word open now just in case I need to copy and save. Second of all, candy corn is addicting. Never buy an entire bag and then keep it in your desk drawer; it's just a really bad idea.
Random thought of the day: Have you ever noticed how dogs and their owners tend to look alike? I have heard people tell me this, but I never really thought much of it. But here at SU I see probably at least a dozen dogs and their owners out on the Union Green, and that allows a person to think a little on the subject. For example I saw a lady today with big-ish hair, and lo and behold, she had a poodle with big fur! And then last week there was a short guy with a Dachshund...it's really weird! Next time you go people watching you should seriously check this out.
Before I get started on anything else, I just want to say that yes I am aware that I am the worst blogger in the history of bad bloggers. I mean who tells at least a dozen people that they're going to keep a blog updated, and then not update for eight days?!? Oh yeah, me. Ugh. Life just gets sooo busy and then when I finally do get the time to blog I say "Ohh I'll just go do it later..." and then go hang out with a friend, or go to sleep, or attempt to work out, or whatever. Long story short, I will do better in the future!!
Anyway, on to actual matters of life. Like I said before, I have been BUSY. Seriously, check out my planner, if I haven't told you already, that is my evil little thing that tells me everything I have to do when and where I have to do it. It doesn't really let me sleep that much, so I'm starting to resent it just a little. I may burn it after the term ends, but lets not go there yet. Okay, yeah. the first thing I want to tell you guys is that as of last Monday afternoon, I am now a member of Seattle University University Chorale, AND Women's Chorale. This means that I no longer have two rehearsals per week, rather I have five to six! Women's Monday 12:15-1:20pm and Friday 4:00-5:05pm if I want to, and Chorale Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday 12:15-1:20pm. And then you know, there's the occasional evening rehearsal, or two hour sectional. For those of you who don't know, a sectional is where you meet with just your voice part, for me it's alto, and work for two hours on pieces, and sing a lottttt. haha. We had one last Wednesday night, it was actually pretty fun! So yeah a lot of my life is being devoted to singing now, and I wouldn't have it any other way. Oh and before I forget, I'm also in SU's Chapel choir; we sing every Sunday morning at the 11:00 Mass. That's only a once weekly practice on Sunday mornings at 9, but yeah. Being in all of these groups is actually teaching me how to manage my time really well, which is good because if I manage my time well I tend to be less stressed. Our first concert is October 22nd at 8pm, and then the Christmas, yes Christmas, since we are a Catholic school, concert is December 5th at 8:00pm, and the 7th at 2:00pm. But I will talk more on that later :)
Hey, speaking of stress, remember that giant Humanities paper I told you about last week? Yeah, did that, turned it in, got it back today. I got a B. I'm not that disappointed, but then again I am. I mean I worked my ass off on that paper, and then got a B. That's so...I don't know, B. B for blech. Ah well. There was only one person in the class who got an A on it, and that person just so happens to be my friend Maria. Yeah she spent a good portion of the day before we turned it in all like "Ah I don't know what I'm going to do about this paper! ...I don't think I can finish! ...I don't know what to write..." Yeah I no longer listen to her ever about incapabilities, like ever. Never ever. Ever. (Maria if you are reading this, I am in no way taunting you, I am just having a good time in telling you that you are a genious and that you have no incapabilities, unlike the rest of us substandard human beings.) Pretty much the point of this essay was to write on our position on whether or not we think one should acheive a technical or liberal arts educaion. It's extremely tedious and boring, so I won't explain the entire thing, but yeah that was the jist of it. Oh! I should mention, Mrs. Alderman in case you are reading this, I used the article you did for "Ethos Magazine" of the University of Oregon, the one about the Texas school district textbook distribution, as my narration portion of the paper. I just like talked about how you mentioned you try to use more than just the State of Oregon assigned textbook to teach with, rather you try to help the students to keep an open mind and form their own perspectives by using other articles and what not for study materials. Yeah I was mulling around Facebook the other day and I saw Michael Sugar had told Joel about the article, so then, after going like OMG that's my teacher! I looked up the article, and realized I could use it to help my point on liberal arts education. Yay, you're famous! Here's a link to the article, just in case you either a. have not read it, or b. are not Mrs. Alderman and want to read it. I think it's pretty bad ass and I love it :) wooooot!
http://ethosmagonline.com/archives/6646
BUT, on the upside, we did take a test last Thursday over a horrendously tedious packet of essays written by various Philosophers that was all written short answer, and I GOT AN A. Yeahhh that was very exciting, I mean it WAS my first college test :).
Oh! And, hooray for family, two of my favorite aunts visited me last Friday! Yeah one of them, Patty, is an alum of the SU law school, so she had to come up from Olympia to take a class, and the other one, Lori, just came along for the ride, and in so doing visited me! Before aunt Patty got done with her class, aunt Lori and I wandered around a lot; I showed here where all of my classrooms were, and then she sat in on my afternoon Chorale rehearsal! Her review of it was: 1. She LOVES Doc. haha. 2. We are really good. and 3. We were too loud for her to handle towards the end. I think that's a good thing...haha. So good job guys! :) After aunt Patty got done with her class, we went down to Pike Place and wandered around for awhile, and then went to Ivar's, which is a seafood restaurant down by UW on the water. It was seriously the best thing I have tasted in a loooong time. GO EAT THERE. I'm not even kidding. If I were 800lbs, I would probably have that place to blame, but then again I doubt I ever would weigh that much because eventually my conscience, and my stomach, probably, would be like "Umm wtf are you doing to me?" haa. Anyway, I was really glad they came up; it's always nice to see familiar faces every now and again. Oh and aunt Patty, if you're reading this, thank you thank you so much for the $30! But thank you BOTH for coming to see me!!
Well people, I will have more to say at a more reasonable hour, most likely. Maybe you all will get lucky and I will blog tomorrow...hmm...
Byeeee!
~Erin :)
Random thought of the day: Have you ever noticed how dogs and their owners tend to look alike? I have heard people tell me this, but I never really thought much of it. But here at SU I see probably at least a dozen dogs and their owners out on the Union Green, and that allows a person to think a little on the subject. For example I saw a lady today with big-ish hair, and lo and behold, she had a poodle with big fur! And then last week there was a short guy with a Dachshund...it's really weird! Next time you go people watching you should seriously check this out.
Before I get started on anything else, I just want to say that yes I am aware that I am the worst blogger in the history of bad bloggers. I mean who tells at least a dozen people that they're going to keep a blog updated, and then not update for eight days?!? Oh yeah, me. Ugh. Life just gets sooo busy and then when I finally do get the time to blog I say "Ohh I'll just go do it later..." and then go hang out with a friend, or go to sleep, or attempt to work out, or whatever. Long story short, I will do better in the future!!
Anyway, on to actual matters of life. Like I said before, I have been BUSY. Seriously, check out my planner, if I haven't told you already, that is my evil little thing that tells me everything I have to do when and where I have to do it. It doesn't really let me sleep that much, so I'm starting to resent it just a little. I may burn it after the term ends, but lets not go there yet. Okay, yeah. the first thing I want to tell you guys is that as of last Monday afternoon, I am now a member of Seattle University University Chorale, AND Women's Chorale. This means that I no longer have two rehearsals per week, rather I have five to six! Women's Monday 12:15-1:20pm and Friday 4:00-5:05pm if I want to, and Chorale Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday 12:15-1:20pm. And then you know, there's the occasional evening rehearsal, or two hour sectional. For those of you who don't know, a sectional is where you meet with just your voice part, for me it's alto, and work for two hours on pieces, and sing a lottttt. haha. We had one last Wednesday night, it was actually pretty fun! So yeah a lot of my life is being devoted to singing now, and I wouldn't have it any other way. Oh and before I forget, I'm also in SU's Chapel choir; we sing every Sunday morning at the 11:00 Mass. That's only a once weekly practice on Sunday mornings at 9, but yeah. Being in all of these groups is actually teaching me how to manage my time really well, which is good because if I manage my time well I tend to be less stressed. Our first concert is October 22nd at 8pm, and then the Christmas, yes Christmas, since we are a Catholic school, concert is December 5th at 8:00pm, and the 7th at 2:00pm. But I will talk more on that later :)
Hey, speaking of stress, remember that giant Humanities paper I told you about last week? Yeah, did that, turned it in, got it back today. I got a B. I'm not that disappointed, but then again I am. I mean I worked my ass off on that paper, and then got a B. That's so...I don't know, B. B for blech. Ah well. There was only one person in the class who got an A on it, and that person just so happens to be my friend Maria. Yeah she spent a good portion of the day before we turned it in all like "Ah I don't know what I'm going to do about this paper! ...I don't think I can finish! ...I don't know what to write..." Yeah I no longer listen to her ever about incapabilities, like ever. Never ever. Ever. (Maria if you are reading this, I am in no way taunting you, I am just having a good time in telling you that you are a genious and that you have no incapabilities, unlike the rest of us substandard human beings.) Pretty much the point of this essay was to write on our position on whether or not we think one should acheive a technical or liberal arts educaion. It's extremely tedious and boring, so I won't explain the entire thing, but yeah that was the jist of it. Oh! I should mention, Mrs. Alderman in case you are reading this, I used the article you did for "Ethos Magazine" of the University of Oregon, the one about the Texas school district textbook distribution, as my narration portion of the paper. I just like talked about how you mentioned you try to use more than just the State of Oregon assigned textbook to teach with, rather you try to help the students to keep an open mind and form their own perspectives by using other articles and what not for study materials. Yeah I was mulling around Facebook the other day and I saw Michael Sugar had told Joel about the article, so then, after going like OMG that's my teacher! I looked up the article, and realized I could use it to help my point on liberal arts education. Yay, you're famous! Here's a link to the article, just in case you either a. have not read it, or b. are not Mrs. Alderman and want to read it. I think it's pretty bad ass and I love it :) wooooot!
http://ethosmagonline.com/archives/6646
BUT, on the upside, we did take a test last Thursday over a horrendously tedious packet of essays written by various Philosophers that was all written short answer, and I GOT AN A. Yeahhh that was very exciting, I mean it WAS my first college test :).
Oh! And, hooray for family, two of my favorite aunts visited me last Friday! Yeah one of them, Patty, is an alum of the SU law school, so she had to come up from Olympia to take a class, and the other one, Lori, just came along for the ride, and in so doing visited me! Before aunt Patty got done with her class, aunt Lori and I wandered around a lot; I showed here where all of my classrooms were, and then she sat in on my afternoon Chorale rehearsal! Her review of it was: 1. She LOVES Doc. haha. 2. We are really good. and 3. We were too loud for her to handle towards the end. I think that's a good thing...haha. So good job guys! :) After aunt Patty got done with her class, we went down to Pike Place and wandered around for awhile, and then went to Ivar's, which is a seafood restaurant down by UW on the water. It was seriously the best thing I have tasted in a loooong time. GO EAT THERE. I'm not even kidding. If I were 800lbs, I would probably have that place to blame, but then again I doubt I ever would weigh that much because eventually my conscience, and my stomach, probably, would be like "Umm wtf are you doing to me?" haa. Anyway, I was really glad they came up; it's always nice to see familiar faces every now and again. Oh and aunt Patty, if you're reading this, thank you thank you so much for the $30! But thank you BOTH for coming to see me!!
Well people, I will have more to say at a more reasonable hour, most likely. Maybe you all will get lucky and I will blog tomorrow...hmm...
Byeeee!
~Erin :)
Sunday, October 3, 2010
Being busy takes up a lot of time...seriously. So does procrastinating.
Hey again! Sorry I haven't been blogging very much, AGAIN. Fail. Oh well, such is life.
This past week has honestly been one big blurr. I don't necessarily mean that in a bad way, but still. This entire weekend was basically dedicated all to choir, and this giant paper I have due on Wednesday. But let's start with the positives, shall we. Yesterday was the choir retreat! Basically what that means is that Doc (Dr. Sherman, the director) reserves the entire Fine Arts building for the whole day, even though we only practice from 12:30PM to 5:30PM, and we learn everyyyyything we have to sing for parents weekend until we know it backwards and forwards. I would say that right now we know it backwards, but not quite forwards yet...
Now, singing for pretty much five hours straight may seem like a total pain in the butt, but honestly, it was soooo muchhhh funnnn! If I could stay in choir all day I'm almost positive that I would. We started the session off with a workshop with a guest conductor from Seattle. He was fantastic! He taught us a lot of different breathing exercises/techniqes, and then we did lung vaccums! Sheldon Varsity choir kids you all should know what those are! Gooooood times. Yeah. Anyway, after that we split into our vocal sections (I'm an alto) for fifteen minutes at a time and worked on our parts, and then came back out to work as a group. You'd actually be surprised at the bonding one can get with their section after spending five hours with them in one day. By the end of the day we pretty much mastered Regina Coeli...Gloria on the other hand, well she still needs a little bit of help. The men's choir on the other hand, was INCREDIBLE. I would let them serenade me to sleep any night...I can't remember the exact name of their song right now, but I know it's definitely not in English. There's a shocker! Anyway, I am really excited for this year in choir, and feel so incredibly blessed to be a part of the SU Women's Chorale. Yay!
Welllll...aside from getting carpel tunnel from typing an annoyingly long Humanities essay, today was a pretty good day as well. Around one, I walked down to Pike Place Market with Nichole, Kate, and Vishakha, where we met Alli and Aja, and wandered around for awhile.
Kate ended up buying like 340458349 honey sticks (seriously SO GOOD. If you ever go to Pike Place, GET THEM) and then we saw the gum wall again, and again ew?, and then had lunch at a Mediterranean food place near the market. It was a good mini-adventure I would say. Oh yeah, and I should mention that it took us like 40 minutes to find the right bus to get back to school. Yeah, we wanted to avoid having to walk up the 27 bajillion hills of Seattle, so we decided to catch the bus. But what actually happened was, on our way to finding the right bus, we ended up walking up 26 bajillion hills; the bus only took us up one bajillion. Blarg.
Well, I'm sorry to cut this short, but I am reeeeally tired and I have a German quiz tomorrow I still need to review for. Yayyy for procrastination! Oh! I should add that to the title. There, done. I hope that brings whoever is reading this some sort of enjoyment. Alrighty, byeeee!
~Erin :)
This past week has honestly been one big blurr. I don't necessarily mean that in a bad way, but still. This entire weekend was basically dedicated all to choir, and this giant paper I have due on Wednesday. But let's start with the positives, shall we. Yesterday was the choir retreat! Basically what that means is that Doc (Dr. Sherman, the director) reserves the entire Fine Arts building for the whole day, even though we only practice from 12:30PM to 5:30PM, and we learn everyyyyything we have to sing for parents weekend until we know it backwards and forwards. I would say that right now we know it backwards, but not quite forwards yet...
Now, singing for pretty much five hours straight may seem like a total pain in the butt, but honestly, it was soooo muchhhh funnnn! If I could stay in choir all day I'm almost positive that I would. We started the session off with a workshop with a guest conductor from Seattle. He was fantastic! He taught us a lot of different breathing exercises/techniqes, and then we did lung vaccums! Sheldon Varsity choir kids you all should know what those are! Gooooood times. Yeah. Anyway, after that we split into our vocal sections (I'm an alto) for fifteen minutes at a time and worked on our parts, and then came back out to work as a group. You'd actually be surprised at the bonding one can get with their section after spending five hours with them in one day. By the end of the day we pretty much mastered Regina Coeli...Gloria on the other hand, well she still needs a little bit of help. The men's choir on the other hand, was INCREDIBLE. I would let them serenade me to sleep any night...I can't remember the exact name of their song right now, but I know it's definitely not in English. There's a shocker! Anyway, I am really excited for this year in choir, and feel so incredibly blessed to be a part of the SU Women's Chorale. Yay!
Welllll...aside from getting carpel tunnel from typing an annoyingly long Humanities essay, today was a pretty good day as well. Around one, I walked down to Pike Place Market with Nichole, Kate, and Vishakha, where we met Alli and Aja, and wandered around for awhile.
Kate ended up buying like 340458349 honey sticks (seriously SO GOOD. If you ever go to Pike Place, GET THEM) and then we saw the gum wall again, and again ew?, and then had lunch at a Mediterranean food place near the market. It was a good mini-adventure I would say. Oh yeah, and I should mention that it took us like 40 minutes to find the right bus to get back to school. Yeah, we wanted to avoid having to walk up the 27 bajillion hills of Seattle, so we decided to catch the bus. But what actually happened was, on our way to finding the right bus, we ended up walking up 26 bajillion hills; the bus only took us up one bajillion. Blarg.
Well, I'm sorry to cut this short, but I am reeeeally tired and I have a German quiz tomorrow I still need to review for. Yayyy for procrastination! Oh! I should add that to the title. There, done. I hope that brings whoever is reading this some sort of enjoyment. Alrighty, byeeee!
~Erin :)
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
I'm SIIIIINGINNN' [in the rain] and GETTTTTINGGGG SIIIICKKKK...what a glorious feeeeelingggg...
So I went running today. I know, kind of blows your mind doesn't it? Yeah, one of my floormates almost fainted when she found out. Okay not really, but you get the point. This is like the second time I've been to the gym since I've been here, which has been almost two weeks. Needless to say I am outttt of shaaaaaape. The other great thing about that is that in the SU Connolly Center (the gym), all of the treadmills, elipticals, bikes, etc. are facing those full body wall mirror things, so every time you exercise, you get to watch yourself and every single ounce of fat on your body move up and down and up and down and up...it's really gorgeous.
Anyway, like the title of this post, I am both singing AND getting sick. One is fun, the other not so much. Most of you probably know that I made the SU Women's Chorale group. We had our first rehearsal yesterday and the second today. I think I'm reeeeeally going to like it! As of right now we are working on two pieces, which may not seem like a lot, but actually is a lot of work. Unlike when I was in Varsity Choir at Sheldon, we have to learn all of our music ourselves. We only go practice as a group to rehearse what we already know. So basically if I never practice at home I am going to flunk hardcore, and that would be bad. The two pieces we are working on are called Regina Coeli and Gloria. And for all of you Sheldon kids reading this, no it is not the Gloria that South sang at the U of O festival last spring. It's Gloria by the same guy who put together Kyrie Eliason. Both of these pieces we have to perform during parent's weekend on October 21st I think...from memory. And conveniently enough, neither of them are in English! Yayyy! Ah well, singing in a foreign language is always more fun anyway. On another note, the choir director, Dr. Sherman, is CRAZAYYYY! But in a good way crazy, like fun crazy. She makes the most random and like subtly funny jokes which are usually followed by an awkward silence and then a wave of laughter. And she has the most AMAZING voice, seriously..it reminds me of a Disney princess. I think I'm going to have fun in choir this year!
Now, the getting sick portion of this little story goes like this. School started last Wednesday. Erin gets the beginnings of a sore throat on Thursday. Erin gets stuffy nose Friday. Erin gets full blown cold on Saturday and becomes doomed to spend the next three nights with a tissue box and plastic bag. Okay no more third person. And THEN in the midst of that, Monday at about 4:00AM I woke up covered in sweat and a 100.4 degree fever. Woooooot! But, in college, people go to school fever or no fever. So to school I went bright and early at 7:30AM. I actually didn't feel too bad, just a little shaky. But by the time I had walked up the hill and then the two flights of stairs to my classroom, I had started subtly sweating again, which actually would not have been terribly awkward if it had been about 30 degrees hotter outside. Ugh. Anyway, I'm sitting in class, and lo and behold, my fever breaks. SWEEEEEAAAATTTTTT. Yeahh it was pretty much just as gross as I made it sound there. I'm sitting there like fanning myself with my reading packet right next to the open window and, you know, it's like only 50 degrees out. Goooood times. Future lesson to teach to your kids: DON'T GO TO SCHOOL WITH A FEVER. Because the only thing that will come out of it is the sweats, awkward glares, uncomfortable situations, and then complaints on Blogspot. Just don't do it.
That is all. Guten Nacht!
~Erin :)
Anyway, like the title of this post, I am both singing AND getting sick. One is fun, the other not so much. Most of you probably know that I made the SU Women's Chorale group. We had our first rehearsal yesterday and the second today. I think I'm reeeeeally going to like it! As of right now we are working on two pieces, which may not seem like a lot, but actually is a lot of work. Unlike when I was in Varsity Choir at Sheldon, we have to learn all of our music ourselves. We only go practice as a group to rehearse what we already know. So basically if I never practice at home I am going to flunk hardcore, and that would be bad. The two pieces we are working on are called Regina Coeli and Gloria. And for all of you Sheldon kids reading this, no it is not the Gloria that South sang at the U of O festival last spring. It's Gloria by the same guy who put together Kyrie Eliason. Both of these pieces we have to perform during parent's weekend on October 21st I think...from memory. And conveniently enough, neither of them are in English! Yayyy! Ah well, singing in a foreign language is always more fun anyway. On another note, the choir director, Dr. Sherman, is CRAZAYYYY! But in a good way crazy, like fun crazy. She makes the most random and like subtly funny jokes which are usually followed by an awkward silence and then a wave of laughter. And she has the most AMAZING voice, seriously..it reminds me of a Disney princess. I think I'm going to have fun in choir this year!
Now, the getting sick portion of this little story goes like this. School started last Wednesday. Erin gets the beginnings of a sore throat on Thursday. Erin gets stuffy nose Friday. Erin gets full blown cold on Saturday and becomes doomed to spend the next three nights with a tissue box and plastic bag. Okay no more third person. And THEN in the midst of that, Monday at about 4:00AM I woke up covered in sweat and a 100.4 degree fever. Woooooot! But, in college, people go to school fever or no fever. So to school I went bright and early at 7:30AM. I actually didn't feel too bad, just a little shaky. But by the time I had walked up the hill and then the two flights of stairs to my classroom, I had started subtly sweating again, which actually would not have been terribly awkward if it had been about 30 degrees hotter outside. Ugh. Anyway, I'm sitting in class, and lo and behold, my fever breaks. SWEEEEEAAAATTTTTT. Yeahh it was pretty much just as gross as I made it sound there. I'm sitting there like fanning myself with my reading packet right next to the open window and, you know, it's like only 50 degrees out. Goooood times. Future lesson to teach to your kids: DON'T GO TO SCHOOL WITH A FEVER. Because the only thing that will come out of it is the sweats, awkward glares, uncomfortable situations, and then complaints on Blogspot. Just don't do it.
That is all. Guten Nacht!
~Erin :)
Monday, September 27, 2010
Weeks and weeks and weekends of college!
Hey all. Sorry I haven't been blogging much this week, when I started school last Wednesday I didn't realize that I had also signed over my life to the homework/life responsibilities devil. But I did, anddd as of now it seems as though we will have a special relationship for awhile. Yayyy!
But on that note, I STARTED COLLEGE! Ahhh! There aren't really many words to describe that except for crazy! Anyway, as you probably know, I have three classes; but last Wednesday I only had two, Humanities 150 and German 115. As of right now, I have a feeling that Humanities is going to be one of the most difficult experiences of my life. So far we have read passages by Aristotle, Plato ("Allegory of the Cave"), Confucius ("The Analects"), and Cicero, and each day we are told to analyze our reading with pretty in-depth questions. Yeah, guess what we had to do this weekend? Analyze...all of them together! And if you didn't catch on, they are NOT easy readings. I literally spent six hours on them today...it was pretty fun, if I do say so myself...ha? Anyway, I promise I will not make you endure ten weeks of me complaining over Humanities, I mean the class isn't all bad. I have a couple of friends in it, and the teacher really isn't a bad guy. We have four major papers that we will have to do over the term, each on a different topic. 1. Higher Education: Its Varieties, Its Promises, and Its Consequences. 2. Ethics: the Competing Principles as They Relate to Personal and Public Good. 3. Modes and Motives of Leadership and Its Effects upon the Common Good. 4. Competing Notions about the Eros of Beauty: Ways of Adjusting Artistic Preferences. If your brain didn't just fry reading that, then you should write these essays for me.
German on the other hand, was SO MUCH FUN. I am seriously so excited to continue learning the language and then, with any luck, study abroad with it. So far I've learned how to count to a billion (easier than it sounds), the alphabet, my name is..., i am from..., greetings, goodbyes, who, what, where, yeah you get the point. Also, the professor is fantasticccc! She is so funny and really really cute, and, what impresses me the most, is that she puts up with the creepy old guy who decided to come to college and take a class with a bunch of teenagers. That would honestly freak me out to have someone in class the same age as (or close to) me, but again that's just me. The way the system works here is that I'll be continuing German throughout the entire year, as a part of my minor (oh yeah! There's a story behind that...hold on), next quarter will be 125, then 135 in the spring. SO EXCITED. Ich liebe Deutsch! Anthropological Perspective I had on Thursday, and only have twice per week. It was pretty interesting, and the professor was pretty great. She seemed as though she's genuinely going to care about us this term, so that's a start. To be honest I thought that that class was going to be about the history of humanity for the most part, but it's actually not at all. It's more on like the human mind and behaviors and such. Oh and there's a lot on Native American culture..exhibit A my weekend reading.
This weekend was pretty exciting as well..I would say it lived up to a college girl's first weekend away's standards. On Friday after class got out I went to IKEA in Auburn with Arielle, Nyakuiy, Arielle's sister Allysa (a senior at SPU), and Allysa's roommate Julia. I only have one word to describe that place: HUGE. I literally felt like I had just walked for 5 miles after that shopping trip. But I can say now that I think that our dorm room will be set on supplies for the next 15 years. Later that night SU Residence Hall Life played a movie out on the Union Green (big lawn) on the big screen; Toy Story 3, which I thought was actually super appropriate seeming how we all just went off to college and yeah that movie can help us to reflect upon our childhoods! In all actuality though it's kind of a child's horror movie, so if you have a kid under the age of six I would strongly recommend against seeing it........On SATURDAY (I'm almost done I promise), Serve Seattle, and then 80'S DANCE! Serve Seattle was basically this huuuuge community service project that the school put together for the students. We went out to Greenpeace park outside of Seattle and saved the forest from invasive plants for six hours! Yay! No, really, it was pretty fun. First of all, they fed us Pita Pit, and second of all, finding about 16 handfuls of giant grossly disgusting spiders and then having three times that many girls squeal, including myself, (dfksbdsugbv) was kind of entertaining.
Okay, I think the 80's dance needs it's own paragraph. First of all,
Anddddd second of all,
Nichole and I
Kind of a bad picture of me, but whatever. This dance was seriously the most fun dance I have ever been to in my entire life. Aside from re-realizing my intense love for 80's music, we got to dress up!! Beforehand I got together with about eight of my floormates and really went all out, Madonna music and all. The latter picture above was the aftermath of three hours of dancing, the before was a little more flattering. Anyway, here are some more pictures for your entertainment...
Yay for candid photos!
The before
Papa Don't Preach and Like a Virgin go to a dance...
But on that note, I STARTED COLLEGE! Ahhh! There aren't really many words to describe that except for crazy! Anyway, as you probably know, I have three classes; but last Wednesday I only had two, Humanities 150 and German 115. As of right now, I have a feeling that Humanities is going to be one of the most difficult experiences of my life. So far we have read passages by Aristotle, Plato ("Allegory of the Cave"), Confucius ("The Analects"), and Cicero, and each day we are told to analyze our reading with pretty in-depth questions. Yeah, guess what we had to do this weekend? Analyze...all of them together! And if you didn't catch on, they are NOT easy readings. I literally spent six hours on them today...it was pretty fun, if I do say so myself...ha? Anyway, I promise I will not make you endure ten weeks of me complaining over Humanities, I mean the class isn't all bad. I have a couple of friends in it, and the teacher really isn't a bad guy. We have four major papers that we will have to do over the term, each on a different topic. 1. Higher Education: Its Varieties, Its Promises, and Its Consequences. 2. Ethics: the Competing Principles as They Relate to Personal and Public Good. 3. Modes and Motives of Leadership and Its Effects upon the Common Good. 4. Competing Notions about the Eros of Beauty: Ways of Adjusting Artistic Preferences. If your brain didn't just fry reading that, then you should write these essays for me.
German on the other hand, was SO MUCH FUN. I am seriously so excited to continue learning the language and then, with any luck, study abroad with it. So far I've learned how to count to a billion (easier than it sounds), the alphabet, my name is..., i am from..., greetings, goodbyes, who, what, where, yeah you get the point. Also, the professor is fantasticccc! She is so funny and really really cute, and, what impresses me the most, is that she puts up with the creepy old guy who decided to come to college and take a class with a bunch of teenagers. That would honestly freak me out to have someone in class the same age as (or close to) me, but again that's just me. The way the system works here is that I'll be continuing German throughout the entire year, as a part of my minor (oh yeah! There's a story behind that...hold on), next quarter will be 125, then 135 in the spring. SO EXCITED. Ich liebe Deutsch! Anthropological Perspective I had on Thursday, and only have twice per week. It was pretty interesting, and the professor was pretty great. She seemed as though she's genuinely going to care about us this term, so that's a start. To be honest I thought that that class was going to be about the history of humanity for the most part, but it's actually not at all. It's more on like the human mind and behaviors and such. Oh and there's a lot on Native American culture..exhibit A my weekend reading.
This weekend was pretty exciting as well..I would say it lived up to a college girl's first weekend away's standards. On Friday after class got out I went to IKEA in Auburn with Arielle, Nyakuiy, Arielle's sister Allysa (a senior at SPU), and Allysa's roommate Julia. I only have one word to describe that place: HUGE. I literally felt like I had just walked for 5 miles after that shopping trip. But I can say now that I think that our dorm room will be set on supplies for the next 15 years. Later that night SU Residence Hall Life played a movie out on the Union Green (big lawn) on the big screen; Toy Story 3, which I thought was actually super appropriate seeming how we all just went off to college and yeah that movie can help us to reflect upon our childhoods! In all actuality though it's kind of a child's horror movie, so if you have a kid under the age of six I would strongly recommend against seeing it........On SATURDAY (I'm almost done I promise), Serve Seattle, and then 80'S DANCE! Serve Seattle was basically this huuuuge community service project that the school put together for the students. We went out to Greenpeace park outside of Seattle and saved the forest from invasive plants for six hours! Yay! No, really, it was pretty fun. First of all, they fed us Pita Pit, and second of all, finding about 16 handfuls of giant grossly disgusting spiders and then having three times that many girls squeal, including myself, (dfksbdsugbv) was kind of entertaining.
Okay, I think the 80's dance needs it's own paragraph. First of all,
Anddddd second of all,
Nichole and I
Kind of a bad picture of me, but whatever. This dance was seriously the most fun dance I have ever been to in my entire life. Aside from re-realizing my intense love for 80's music, we got to dress up!! Beforehand I got together with about eight of my floormates and really went all out, Madonna music and all. The latter picture above was the aftermath of three hours of dancing, the before was a little more flattering. Anyway, here are some more pictures for your entertainment...
Yay for candid photos!
The before
Papa Don't Preach and Like a Virgin go to a dance...
Oh and one more thing, I learned the Thriller dance.
~Erin :)
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
GLEEEE!!! (in more ways than one...)
So I'm sure like 43853485% of you who are reading this know that the Glee season premiere was tonight. Yeah, it was pretty freaking awesome...but I do have to say, Finn, what the hell were you thinking? haha. If you haven't seen it, GO WATCH. You'll die a little inside it's so good. Anyway...here at SU you'll find that we have a nice sized group of Gleeks :)
Taken by roommate Arielle's phone, the Bellarmine "fish bowl," aka. TV room, filled with Gleeks!
On another note, CLASSES START TOMORROW. Ahhhh! I am a little nervous, just because it's something completely new for me, but I think it will be okay. Oh, here's my schedule, in case you were wondering:
Humanities 150: Language and Composition, 8-8:50AM MTWThF
German 115, 9-9:50AM MTWThF
Anthropological Perspectives 120, 10:00AM-12:05PM TTh
In short, a lot of writing. I think. But yeah I will update on that tomorrow, if I'm still alive.......
Just kidding. Nighty night!
~Erin :)
Taken by roommate Arielle's phone, the Bellarmine "fish bowl," aka. TV room, filled with Gleeks!
On another note, CLASSES START TOMORROW. Ahhhh! I am a little nervous, just because it's something completely new for me, but I think it will be okay. Oh, here's my schedule, in case you were wondering:
Humanities 150: Language and Composition, 8-8:50AM MTWThF
German 115, 9-9:50AM MTWThF
Anthropological Perspectives 120, 10:00AM-12:05PM TTh
In short, a lot of writing. I think. But yeah I will update on that tomorrow, if I'm still alive.......
Just kidding. Nighty night!
~Erin :)
Monday, September 20, 2010
All moved in and ready to go!
So, as you can see from the title, I am officially all moved and settled in here in Seattle! Everything has been going great so far, we've mostly just been doing intoductory type things, but you know, that's how it goes when around a thousand people pick up their entire lives and move to a new city...I will try to be more frequent with the updates, but I can already tell my free time around here is going to be reeeally limited. Yayy!
Anyway, here are the last few days in a nutshell...
My parents and I arrived in Seattle around 9:00 AM Saturday morning, since the Bellarmine Hall (my dorm) freshmen only had from 9-2:30 PM to move in. I was almost immediately sent up to my room after I got the key to go scope it out. One of my roommates (yes, I am in a triple) Nyakuiy, had been here since last Wednesday-ish, so she was in the room when I got up. It was so nice to finally get to meet her in person! As I'm sure the world knows, technology does wonders nowadays, so we had been talking on Facebook/texting for awhile. My other roommate, Arielle, came around an hour later, and before we knew it, moving in became chaos! I never thought that it was true what they say, that teenage girls tend to pack A LOT whereever we tend to go, but uhh now I believe it. All ended well, however, and we now have managed to safely organize wall posters, printers, a TV and DVD player (thank you Arielle), a stereo, three laptops, clothes, AND food. Woooot!
Saturday in general was just a reeeeally long day it felt like. After moving in there were all these parent/student meetings to attend, and then us students had to split off into our "small groups" led by an Orientation Advisor, aka. an upperclassman. My leader's name is Rachel; she's a sophomore. Each group also has a team name, ours is the Horsey Heads...don't ask. haha. They pretty much formed these groups as a way for us to get to know one another better, because odds are your roommate(s) and/or floormates are not in the same small group as you. That's true for me. We mostly just played a lot of ice-breaker games, but no one could really escape the awkward silences....haha. Saying goodbye to the parents was weird, I must say, but I guess that's how the world works, we all have to leave sometime, and just accept the emotions we have about it.
Yesterday was a little more low key in terms of required meetings, but we did have to go on our "Urban Invasion," aka. adventure through Seattle with our small group. It was pretty fun, but again, a lot of awkward silences,..meeting new people is sometimes a new adventure in itself, I think. haha. Our group ventured from campus down to Pike Place Market, which if you count it, is about 14 blocks away, and yes we walked. There and back. My feet died. I swear it was uphill both ways. Anyway we visited the gum wall
Believe it or not, this thing is actually kind of cool...people write things on it in gum...yum?
Horsey Heads!
Later today we are to go to our Academic Convocation, you know, the thing we go to to see all of the professors and listen to about two hours of speeches. Yep. And then after that I have a dinner I have to go to with my learning community, Faith and Great Ideas. I would explain that to you, but in fear of being boring, it's basically something I'm in for my core classes; I take special classes with a certain group of people, and in this case special classes means ones that focus a lot on 19 and 20th century thinkers and how their ideas pertain to our lives today. It's pretty interesting if you're a history/philosophy buff...just saying.
Well, that's about it for now! Oh wait, here...
This would be the process/result of a very intense Bellarmine 5th floor Apples to Apples game that went on last night, and then about a sixth of my floormates. Bell 5 is pretty much the best :)
<3
~Erin :)
Anyway, here are the last few days in a nutshell...
My parents and I arrived in Seattle around 9:00 AM Saturday morning, since the Bellarmine Hall (my dorm) freshmen only had from 9-2:30 PM to move in. I was almost immediately sent up to my room after I got the key to go scope it out. One of my roommates (yes, I am in a triple) Nyakuiy, had been here since last Wednesday-ish, so she was in the room when I got up. It was so nice to finally get to meet her in person! As I'm sure the world knows, technology does wonders nowadays, so we had been talking on Facebook/texting for awhile. My other roommate, Arielle, came around an hour later, and before we knew it, moving in became chaos! I never thought that it was true what they say, that teenage girls tend to pack A LOT whereever we tend to go, but uhh now I believe it. All ended well, however, and we now have managed to safely organize wall posters, printers, a TV and DVD player (thank you Arielle), a stereo, three laptops, clothes, AND food. Woooot!
Saturday in general was just a reeeeally long day it felt like. After moving in there were all these parent/student meetings to attend, and then us students had to split off into our "small groups" led by an Orientation Advisor, aka. an upperclassman. My leader's name is Rachel; she's a sophomore. Each group also has a team name, ours is the Horsey Heads...don't ask. haha. They pretty much formed these groups as a way for us to get to know one another better, because odds are your roommate(s) and/or floormates are not in the same small group as you. That's true for me. We mostly just played a lot of ice-breaker games, but no one could really escape the awkward silences....haha. Saying goodbye to the parents was weird, I must say, but I guess that's how the world works, we all have to leave sometime, and just accept the emotions we have about it.
Yesterday was a little more low key in terms of required meetings, but we did have to go on our "Urban Invasion," aka. adventure through Seattle with our small group. It was pretty fun, but again, a lot of awkward silences,..meeting new people is sometimes a new adventure in itself, I think. haha. Our group ventured from campus down to Pike Place Market, which if you count it, is about 14 blocks away, and yes we walked. There and back. My feet died. I swear it was uphill both ways. Anyway we visited the gum wall
Later today we are to go to our Academic Convocation, you know, the thing we go to to see all of the professors and listen to about two hours of speeches. Yep. And then after that I have a dinner I have to go to with my learning community, Faith and Great Ideas. I would explain that to you, but in fear of being boring, it's basically something I'm in for my core classes; I take special classes with a certain group of people, and in this case special classes means ones that focus a lot on 19 and 20th century thinkers and how their ideas pertain to our lives today. It's pretty interesting if you're a history/philosophy buff...just saying.
Well, that's about it for now! Oh wait, here...
This would be the process/result of a very intense Bellarmine 5th floor Apples to Apples game that went on last night, and then about a sixth of my floormates. Bell 5 is pretty much the best :)
<3
~Erin :)
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Hello everybody!
Hey all! So I've decided since I will be leaving for college at Seattle University soon, that I should start a blog. I figure it'll be the easiest way to keep up with me, for those of you who may want to! Hopefully this next year will be filled with many new adventures (hence the name of my site...:]); I'm really excited, as am I excited to share them with you!
I hope you enjoy reading!
~Erin :]
I hope you enjoy reading!
~Erin :]
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