Movie Minute: Kid Licking Corn

My kid sister Anne is absolutely ridiculous! She has energy like you wouldn't believe and comes up with the craziest ideas!! Check out what she did one night at dinner with a cob of corn.

Spring Semester Schedule

Here is my schedule of classes at Western Carolina University come January. I just added my final class today... I'm finally going to take out that Math liberal arts requirement! I have been putting that monster off for two and a half years!
Monday:

1. English 394: Film Adaptation from 11:15-12:05
2. English 350: The Renaissance from 12:20-1:00
3. English 242: Cultural Studies of Nonwestern World Literature

Tuesday: 

1. English 200: Intro to the English Major (yeah, what...?!?!) from 9:30-10:45
2. English 303: Intro to Professional Writing from 11:00-12:15
3. Math 170: Applied Statistics from 12:30-? 

Wednesday:

1.  Same as Monday

Thursday:

1. English 303: Intro to Professional Writing from 11:00-12:15
2. Math 170: Applied Statistics from 12:30-?

Friday:

1. Same as Monday and Wednesday

It's going to be an English semester, that's for sure!!

Movie Minute: David cook Live

I saw David Cook at the South Carolina State Fair in October 2009. It was freezing cold and drizzling, but man, are those fans fun!! I had an amazing time! This is one of his singles, "Come Back to Me."

Photo of the Day November 8

This weekend, I got a pet sitting job! From Friday night to Sunday night, I babysat two crazy puppies who were the size of grown dogs, a fat cat that thought it was a monkey, and two beautiful horses!! The horses were definitely my favorite! I've been obsessed with horses for as long as I can remember and used to take horseback riding lessons (the only sport I actually enjoyed). When I grew out of having someone telling me what to do while riding, I gave up the lessons. But, I have always wished for my own horse!! This weekend was great because I pretended that Prancer (right) and Shirley (left) were my own! The weekend went by way too fast!

Cullowhee - Where I Wanna Be

So it's now official.... For the past month, I have been deciding how I want to where I want to continue my college education. As you all know, UNCG has not been as great as I had hoped, and upon visiting Western to see my friends, I realized how much I missed being in that crazy, cold place. Yes, I complained about it a lot and it took some getting used to, but I realized I made a mistake and I want to go back.

Fun at WCU

My friends are there.
There's a nice, steady job waiting for me there.
There's a Creative Writing minor there.
There are two animal shelters there that I have loved and worked for and miss.

Kitten at animal shelter

I made a mistake, and now I'm taking the steps to reverse it. On Wednesday, I had a phone conference with a Western Carolina adviser from the English department. We talked, discussed, and planned out my return. That night at midnight, I registered for 13 credit hours of classes at Western Carolina. All that's left is to transfer over my financial aid (which no one seems to know how to do) and then I'm back!! I'm a Catamount again!!!
I am so excited about this! Justin is going to give me back my spot as News Editor and I will shadow him for the position of Editor-in-Chief. I will get to hang out with my friends, be at a place I know and respect, and my adviser is freaking awesome!!!!!
The only downside is I lose the short commute to Stuart's place. He will, of course, remain in Raleigh, and it's going to be hard for both of us. I hope we'll make it through just like we did last time!

Photo of the Day November 5

This is one I had to share! This is Stuart being Stuart on his webcam back when he still lived in his parents' home. This is when we first start Skyping. His camera sits on top of his laptop lid, and his desk always got in the way! This was also back when Skype was cool and had interactive games to play!!! And now it's lame... and the games are gone!!! WTF, SKYPE?!?!?!

Photo of the Day November 1

Happy Halloween!! Last night was a bit of a bust. I miss being a kid on Halloween... In fact, I miss being a kid on all the holidays. It feels like the magic is gone. My parents would get me a costume every year, and we'd go trick-or-treating around the neighborhood for hours, me and Kate! Now, that I'm transitioning into being an adult... I can't go out trick-or-treating. I can't be with my family because there's class the next day at 9:30 a.m. And while my roommates are fun, when you don't drink like me, not even a little... being around drunk people isn't nearly as fun as YouTube and MTV make it out to be.
Thankfully, I had Stuart with me. He had the night off - probably the only holiday he'll get off - and he tried very hard to make the holiday special. He personally does not participate in Halloween, but after I begged him to dress up in his chef coat and pants, he put on a happy face and tried to get me to cheer up. We ended up holing up in my room with a gigantic bag of candy and watching Maneater, a film NetFlix called "horror" but was clearly the most tamed horror film I've ever seen! Harry Potter was scarier!