Summer in Boone

So I am a "senior," even though I will not be graduating until next December. I was excited at first to be staying in Boone for a while longer, but now that a lot of my friends are leaving I am realizing how weird Boone is about to be. Luckily one of my good friends will be here until the end of the summer, but after that she along with my two other childhood best friends will be gone. Nicole is off to UNC for grad school, Emilie has no idea what she wants to do and Kaitlin is hoping to get a job in Boston. I know 2 of the 3 will most likely still be in NC, but it will be the first time in 17 years we will be apart from each other. We were all talking about it the other day and the conversation got really sad and strange. I don't think we had realized how much we rely and care about one another until we started talking about it. All I can hope is that even with the distance between us that we stay as close as we have always been.

grad school

So I don't know what the deal is with grad school, but someone has to know the trick. Is it easier to get in to the school where you went to undergrad, or are your chances better if you apply to schools far away. Or honestly does it not really matter.... it all just depends on chance. Hearing where some people have gotten in to compared to where others have blows my mind everyday. I think im just going to apply to schools everywhere and see what happens when the time comes.

telecoil

So today in management of hearing we learned about telecoils. It is a new version of an FM system that I had never heard about before. I wish they would have presented this earlier in the semester so I could have used it in my literature review and my methods section. It was a really cool and innovative system that can help those who are hearing impaired. What I found to be the most interesting was that other places around the world have had these systems for years, and we are just now starting to use them.

why

Why did I just drink so much coffee this late at night. I always tell myself when I go to the library late at night that I wont go buy coffee. And what do I always end up doing... buying coffee. I didn't even get a small coffee tonight, I got a medium. Meaning I will now be up til 2 am, have class all day and they have to go to work and close tomorrow night. So then I will just have to drink coffee at work tomorrow in order to stay awake and not be rude to customers. Meaning I will then be up all night again, causing the vicious circle to continue until I actually have a day where I can sleep in. I really need to learn how to drink tea or something, that way I feel like im drinking caffeine when im really not. Sorry, this was just my late night library rants about nothing. If I cant fall asleep for a while you might be seeing another one of these.  

LIFE

So the longer I stay in school the more and more I cant stand it. Everything just seems so unimportant and meaningless. I feel as if I am just sitting around memorizing facts and not actually learning anything. I'm the kind of person who learns by doing and not by sitting. I sit in class and think about how much work I do and how much effort I actually put into school (which is a lot), and how little I actually get out of it. I'm sitting day in and day out in a classroom, putting myself in debt and I probably wont even get into grad school. Or I will get into grad school and just put myself in even more debt for a job I might one day hate... just like the majority of the population does. I just really don't understand the point of life. I feel like some insignificant guy, behind some big desk is making up more and more stupid qualifications everyone has to pass for no reason. Most days I just want to say screw it and just get my basic degree and get a job to make money and just travel and experience life. Forget about a higher education, because the economy sucks anyway and job opportunities are rare to begin with. I'm ready to experience the world and people and food and culture and get the hell out of all of the classrooms.

Rain rain rain

So I had to make a post talking about this wonderful weather we have been having recently. I was talking to my mom on the phone today because she called to ask if I was ok. I just laughed because she was asking if I was safe. Apparently she was watching the news and they were making it out to seem like Boone was in the middle of a hurricane. I told her no, that we were just getting a lot of rain. And as soon as I said that I got a text from a friend asking if my power was out. Apparently Boonetown cant take the lightening and a fuse box was blown out near campus. So dummy me decided to share that with my mother... lets just say she went into mom mode and panicked a little. Told me to go buy food and water and prepare. I told her I would go out and do just that... however that didn't happen. I just think its funny how people who don't live in the mountains think that a little rain is a crazy event. Makes me laugh a little every time.

spring time is near

I'm so excited for spring time and some nice weather! I actually got a little tan (burnt) this weekend and I hate to admit it but I was happy about it. I love having a little bit of tan going on, but I refuse to go to a tanning bed. Not that there is anything wrong with it, It would just not be good for me and my pale German/Irish skin. I will say the nice weather does make wanting to go to class hard sometimes. Just seeing everyone on campus though makes going to class a little better. Watching people play Frisbee or slack line (and fall), don't judge... yall know its funny, or play with their dogs makes the day much more enjoyable. I hope everyone gets to go out and enjoy it when its nice.

Work

So one of my managers at work was asking me about what I was studying in school. And of coarse when you tell someone that you are a communication sciences and disorders major, they just kind of look at you like what on earth does that mean. So I told him what the major was all about and what I ultimately wanted to do. And he got super excited because he said he went to speech therapy as a young kid. When I asked him what for he said, "can you really not tell?" I just looked at him and said no.... not really. They he said he went for stuttering, because when he would get excited or nervous he would just completely freeze. So I told him no, I really cant tell that you have a stutter and that therapy must have worked. But later on in his shift I did notice  him briefly stutter once or twice, and he would look at me like see I told you. I just thought it was cool to connect with someone like that, and now we have something else to talk about. And he said it was nice to talk to someone who understands what he is talking about, so that made me feel good. So that was my happy story of the week.

Fringe

So this is just a quick little rant about a TV show I had forgotten all about. In high school I watched this show Fringe with my family. It is a science fiction show, which I am usually not into AT ALL! However, this show just keeps me interested and always has you thinking. I just watch the season finale to the second to last season and it was so good! I might have to watch it from the beginning again. I feel like I could watch it 100 times and always find something I missed the first time. If anyone is looking for a new show I totally recommend it. Just a warning, it is very strange at first but just give it a chance.