Virtual Field Trip

Because I am an extremely bored procrastinator who doesn't want to work on research papers, I took the time to look at a lot of our classes blogs. Not going to lie though, it was extreeeeemely boring! Maybe the blogs I read just had nothing interesting to say, or maybe I'm conceited and only want to read about myself! Who knows. At any rate, I had to force myself to read the entries and pick out something I liked. One of the more memorable blogs was Marcus Callisters, since he's just a freak (in a good way, meaning he's unnaturally smart) so I enjoy listening to his arguements and such. I especially liked his Halloween blog, since going off to a remote corner and pounding out the piano is exactly the sort of thing I would do! Yay Marcus! For all who want to read his epic tale, go to: pointlessreflections.blogspot.com











Wow....this is probably the shortest blog I have written yet. Ah well

Resistance

I think the fact that I am doing this blog at 1:30 in the morning, and have class at 9, is a testament to one of the biggest problems I have been having. Basically, my body clock is wacked and I like to be up late and night and sleep during the day. I wouldn't classify myself as a night owl- liking to stay up late, but rather a full-blown nocturnal mammal. I seriously like to stay up at night and sleep during the day when everyone else is around. I don't know why. At home it was easier to stay on at least some form of schedule because my parents were there to make sure I got up and went to school and didn't stay up till 4 or 5 in the morning. Now that I am on my own however, it gets more difficult because I'm doing whatever I want, whenever I want. So I usually end up sleeping a lot during the day - whenever I can, and staying up through ridiculous hours of the night, unable to sleep. This is hard because I have classes early in the morning that generally run all day, and if I go to bed late I can't sleep in and am therefore extremely tired. I have been trying to get myself on a more regular schedule, but I could definitely be working harder on it. Knowing that my schedule is only going to get more hectic as the years go on is a good motivator for me to get myself into the habit. I've been working on keeping myself awake during the day - for example after or in between classes, when I am feeling tired. Instead I try to go and do something else, even if it's not really anything productive or useful, just staying up and trying to wait till night helps.

Another thing I've had a lot of trouble with is eating! Back home my mom was always there to get on my case and regulate what food was kept in the house. But here, I can go just about anywhere and buy something to eat, make whatever I want for dinner, and have all sorts of junk food available. It's a bad bad thing!! I like to eat - however I do not like the consequences it has on my body. So I have had to really discipline myself to not buy something whenever I feel like it, but rather only when I am actually hungry or know I will not get the chance to eat for many hours. It's been tough, but to help make things easier, I try to not keep too much food in the house because that is where my biggest challenge is. Often I eat just because the food is there. So if there's not really anything to eat, I don't eat. Also I am constantly chewing on gum since that at least partially helps to occupy my mouth and keep me from snacking on things. I also like to write little notes to myself and stick them on the wall to motivate me. So far I think I'm doing a pretty decent job.

Halloween

Originally, I had planned on doing absolutely nothing on Halloween since for the last few years I have stayed home to hand out candy, my sister was doing something with her boyfriend, and my "best" friend here was going to be gone. But on Wednesday, a friend of my sister's ate lunch with us and, upon finding out I had no plans, asked if I wanted to go to the silent movie Phantom of the Opera because he had an extra ticket and kind of needed a date! I hesitantly agreed, figuring it couldn't be too bad and really, I had nothing else to do. Since Wayne (the dude) was dressing up, my sister & I figured I should probably have some sort of costume. Originally I was going to do Ugly Betty so we went to Walmart to find some red glasses, but upon passing the costume section, I saw a Batman suit and instantly fell in love. We tried multiple other outfits, but in the end I desperately wanted to be Batman & bought it. Friday night came and I was getting ready but as I tried to put my awesome suit on, I discovered that it was terribly short, as I should have expected seeing as it was made for a 10yr old boy, and not a full-grown, tall, 18yr old girl. After panicking slightly, I got out the trusty scissors and began making adjustments in various critical places. Finally I got it to fit decently enough for me to be comfortable for a few hours on campus. At 6:30 Wayne came to get me, and let me just say, he loved my outfit. We went to the Pita Pit for a bite to eat, where we ran into some missionaries "dressed up" as twins and had a great time joking around and eating. Then we went to the HFAC and watched Phantom of the Opera. I thought it was going to be pretty lame (how cool can a SILENT movie, especially a silent MUSICAL, be after all?!). But it actually ended up being soo much fun! The old-school movie was awesome - especially with Lon Cheney's wire/fishhook makeover, and the participation of the audience was soo funny. At one point when Christina yawns, some guy in the audience managed to time a yawn perfectly - it actually looked like they had put sound in for just that one part of the movie! Afterwards we got frosties and stopped by a dance party. After discovering we weren't having any fun there, we went to Wayne's house, where I met his cousin & wife, and some of their friends. I was also privileged enough to see their "Harry Potter" closet under their stairs. Then we played a couple rounds of fooseball (I schooled him) before I decided it was getting late. All in all it was a really good date and we had a lot of fun just joking around. Not my usual Halloween night, but still a good night. Below are some pictures of my costume!

The Armpit hole I had to make so I could lift my arms...

My Batman Muscles

The hole I had to cut in the bottom so it would stretch tall enough

Batman's legs were still significantly shorter than mine. Good thing the booties just had little velcro straps...