Tuesday, October 26, 2010

It Rains at MSU, and people go crazy...

But seriously, its raining....i know they said that the weather is perfect for a tornado, but really. must we stop running the buses????
On the bright side, getting some homework done while drinking my chi latte in Starbucks  :)

Monday, October 25, 2010

Weekend...Halloweekend

Halloweekend is one of my personal favorite things to do in the fall every year.
Halloweekend?
If you dont know what Halloweekend is, then you are seriously missing out!
Every year at Cedar Point, there are certain weekends designated in October for Halloween events.
The decorations are extravagant, Halloween music is blasted through speakers, and at night the ghouls come out for a good scare...not to mention you get to ride the best rides ever!!!!!!! There are certain events available on Halloweekends, which are not available during the usual season, for example, the Corn Stalkers.
This fall season, my friends Kimberly, Sterling, and Trevor took a trip to Ohio, to experience Halloweekend all together. Corn Stalkers was one of the scary events they were featuring. Corn Stalkers was like a haunted house that looked like a corn maze, and people would scare you throughout.
There is also the Fright zone, where you walk through an area of the park, and people dressed up scare you viciously (if youre lucky)
I remember about 7 years ago, when my family would go to Halloweekends, when it first came out. The park was almost empty. You could get on ride after ride without waiting, and the Fright Zone was clear of people so you could walk through and get scared over and over. This last weekend when we went, it was so incredibly packed. Every ride we went on we had to wait an hr to 2 1/2 hrs. :( The Fright Zone was so busy that no one got scared, and there were so many people trying to get through the street that there became someone of a traffic jam and no one could move.

OVERALL!!! Great weekend with my best friends. Halloweekend is not something to be missed, even if you do have to wait a bit longer these days!!!!!!


Halloween countdown: 6 days. :)

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Love.

"Love looks not with the eyes but with the mind."-Shakespeare

 

Today is October 20th, 2010. The color purple can be seen everywhere, from a simple t-shirt, to a reference to the color  in a Facebook status. Many people are supporting gay/lesbian/bi/trans rights today, in memory and honor of the 6 boys who committed suicide in recent months. The color purple is widely known in the gay community as Spirit represented in the LBGTQ flag.

Its 2010. By now I would've thought that being gay wouldn't be such an issue in our society. But people are being harrassed every day for their sexual identity, to the point that they take their own lives to end such misery.


People do not choose to be gay or straight. I have a gay guy friend named Chris*. Chris once told me that he sometimes wishes he wasn't gay. He was watching a movie one day that featured a couple in love, and we was upset and frustrated because he couldn't have what the movie was depicting. Yes, he could have a loving relationship with another man, but would it be as accepted as a relationship with a woman? No. He could never marry the man he wanted to. Chris never chose to be gay. 


Being gay isn't a condition either. Its not something to be cured. You will not go to hell if you are gay. You will not be punished for your "sin" if you're gay...being gay isn't a sin.

So in honor of my gay friends, and the rest of the gay community, I wear purple today, in hope for a better future, where everyone can be accepted equally.

I love all of you very much.

Friday, October 15, 2010

Talk about something

So today was my Day at State host day. To be nice, I carried her very large suitcase through campus to my dorm.  Once we got back, my roommate was trying to pick out an outfit to wear for her date night at Sigma Chi. This visitor said "if this is what having a roommate is like, then I'm getting a single." How rude is that? Kimberly and I love helping each other get ready, so it was weird when the visitor wasn't interested in it at all. She then acted like she was bored, so I decided to show her around the dorm a bit. I showed her where to get the mail,where laundry is done, and the dinning hall. We then went to the Human Ecology building, where she would have most f her classes as an Interior Design Major. I figured out that she is a very lazy person who complains that "I'm so tired!" She basically complained quite a bit for the entire 24 hours that she was at MSU. After showing her some class rooms we went to meijer's to get some spray paint (silver and neon green), then continued to get lost on the bus. Once we got back to campus we proceeded to paint the Rock!!! We painted the background silver and the letters green, and says: When leaves fall... So does Illinois! It looked great because the silver on the rock looked like tin foil.What a great time that was, and she loved painting the Rock. After that, we came back to the dorm and went to sleep.

When we woke up we went to Brody for lunch and being the Interior Design major that I am, I love it there It is completely updated and modern! (My favorite place is Boiling Point by the way) My classes were all canceled today, so we went to my roommate's lecture so that the visitor could see what a lecture hall is like. The class in question was: Anatomy and Physiology or Speech and Hearing Mechanisms. This is only a 50 minute class and we only stayed for half of it. Get this! Once we got out of class, she says: "You just made me not want to go to college." I thought that was fairly rude to say. I was trying to show her what college was like and I don't think she needed to be mean about it. Going to class should be the main point of college. You need to go to class to get an education...to graduate and get a degree. Ugh. We then met up with my boyfriend, and he took us to show us one of the biggest lecture halls on campus at the Vet Med building. Afterwards we went to see if we could get a tour at the Cyclotron Laboratory but we found out we needed to make reservations in advance and we couldn't just walk in. We then went to Bubble Island with some friends, and played Life and drank delicious drinks. I had never been to Bubble Island, so the bubbles in my drink were a totally new concept. After some tasty beverages and a good game of Life we went back to my room and helped her pack up so she could leave.I met her grandparents at her departure, who are alumni of MSU. Once she was gone, I then went to the Homecoming parade with my two favorite people Kimberly and Sterling! The parade was awsome, and included the band, and other student organizations. Fuuuuuuun fuuuuuun fuuuuuun.

Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Day At State

Tomorrow my day at state girl is coming. Day at State girl? yesh.
I am a Day at State host for MSU. Students who are considering coming to MSU can spend a day or and overnight visit to msu with a day at state host.
As a host I bring the student around campus, to classes, to events, and meetings. We try to give them the "college experience" in 15-24 hours. I am hosting an overnight visit, which is from 4pm tomorrow till 4pm on friday!
The girl Im hosting is named Sheridan, and she will be an Interior Design Major (same as me!)
I cant wait to show her the work rooms and where she will have most of her classes. shes coming all the way from Arizona, so i have to make sure its a good experience for her. My roommate is also a Day at State host, so itll be more of a team effort.  :)
Since this is my first time hosting I'm extremely nervous. Buuuuut, extremely excited.

Friday, October 8, 2010

TGIF

Today was the best day ever. TGIF. Woke up to the sun shining, and headed to the library. Almost every project that is done in my major has to be copied. A copy machine shows every line weight, every mess up made on an architecture draft. The library is the only place where I can get a decent 11X17 copy of drafts. The price always changes...which is so annoying! One day I was charged $1.47 for a copy, another day $.24 and this morning $.08. How confusing! I never know how much I will need to pay... Although a nice boy offered to pay for my copy when it was only eight cents :)
After my quick trip to the library I headed to the Union to meet a group to work on a project that was due later that day. Whipped that together asap!!!! And got some lovely lunch at the same time.
The project and presentation went flawlessly!

The weekend is here...
U of M game tomorrow!!!
Homework.
Work.


<3

Leaving you all with a video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZV92_a-jtw&feature=related

Thursday, October 7, 2010

Brodex? or Brodey?

Last night me and some friends went to Brodey...the most amazing place to eat on campus. There are so many options...and if youre a food fanatic like me, youll truelly appreciate the options. For example, last night I got a banana split, custom made, by yours truelly.

Monday, October 4, 2010

Yum

Today Sterling (my boy friend) and I checked out Rice Kitchen by Grand River. It was cheap and yummy.
Heres the fortune cookie I got!
"Stop searching forever. Happiness is just next to you"
:)

My Story

I graduated from Forest Hills Eastern in 2009, with a varsity letter, and zero scholarships. My GPA was a 3.0...not enough to get into a big ten school, and I was bound to head to Grand Rapids Community College. In fact, GRCC is the only place I applied to in the fall, with no hope of getting accepted anywhere else. High school ended, and all of my friends left for Central Michigan, Grand Valley, and of course, Michigan State. The summer after graduation I started my first semester at GRCC. It was wonderful. I got all A's and loved the classes I was taking. I kept taking classes up until summer of 2010. With 4 full semesters completed at GRCC, I now had my associates. The last year had been rough. I never had a summer break like most students. I never had many friends (no one does when the go to a community college!!!!). But I got through it all, applied to MSU and when I got my acceptance letter I literally cried. I was moving on, and getting out of Grand Rapids.