College is a weird time of life. I constantly feel "between" places. I'm between homes--Provo and Grand Junction. I'm definitely between two singles wards and my home ward. I'm between jobs, between payments, between midterms, between semesters. My life is just punctuated here and there with significant instances and the rest of the time I'm just "between". I don't really mind. Being between two homes is better than being homeless. And "between" comes with a certain amount of freedom and a lot of choices, two thing which I obviously love. It's kind of nice not to be tied down to anything.
It's also nice to be home though. I'm consistently enthralled by the size of the television every time I see it, and I love all the time there is to enjoy showers. I love the smell of my room--smells empty--and I love my bed. I am in love with many things. Not that I condone that practice with people.
Sunday, February 20, 2011
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Today in General
I took an American Heritage test today. I got a B. I hate getting B's. They are aggressively average. It helped me realize, though, that studying really does a test good. My last two B grades on a test were tests I studied an average of 20 minutes for. Studying for me usually involves opening the book and leaving it there for a few minutes while I try to decide what to study. Then I get anxious and make a usually poor decision to go take the test immediately. So yeah. Studying=good.
Also, I get really irritated when people try to classify majors as useless. Liberal arts degrees are good for the world. I gained more knowledge and perspective and global awareness in one art history class than a lot of people get in a lifetime. Majors like art history and philosophy and humanities and english help you feel connected to the inhabitants of the world both past and present, and having that scope of connection is really important. So yeah, an art history degree won't be good for designing staplers, but it does incredible good for an individual, and that perfection of the individual will contribute hugely to perfecting the world at large.
IOn an unrelated note, I'm so happy to be at BYU during this Jimmer idol worship crisis. Frankly, its hilarious, and I'm sure even God has to laugh at some of those quips.
Also, I get really irritated when people try to classify majors as useless. Liberal arts degrees are good for the world. I gained more knowledge and perspective and global awareness in one art history class than a lot of people get in a lifetime. Majors like art history and philosophy and humanities and english help you feel connected to the inhabitants of the world both past and present, and having that scope of connection is really important. So yeah, an art history degree won't be good for designing staplers, but it does incredible good for an individual, and that perfection of the individual will contribute hugely to perfecting the world at large.
IOn an unrelated note, I'm so happy to be at BYU during this Jimmer idol worship crisis. Frankly, its hilarious, and I'm sure even God has to laugh at some of those quips.
Monday, February 7, 2011
Moments Worthy of Ashton
Life has been kind of ridiculous lately. Here is a list of things I wish I was getting punk'd for:
1. Mastering Biology. 30$. Assignments that are completely unrelated to the things we talk about in class.
2. Professor Nelson
3. Weather
4. The long process of writing letters
5. 30$ American Heritage Reading packet.
6. American Heritage
7. Book of Mormon study guide
8. The propensity to overheat whilst wearing sweats in bed
9. FHE group attendance
10. The inability to tell if brownies are cooked long enough
11. Not hearing about housing
12. People who think they can live without sleep
13. Murder mysteries--to write them, you have to be smarter than your brilliant detective
14. French accents
15. NASA channel
16. Adam "hugging" Jimmer picture
17. People who say they're going to visit and never do
18. Salad sevoy
19. Rotten lettuce
20. The Roommate
1. Mastering Biology. 30$. Assignments that are completely unrelated to the things we talk about in class.
2. Professor Nelson
3. Weather
4. The long process of writing letters
5. 30$ American Heritage Reading packet.
6. American Heritage
7. Book of Mormon study guide
8. The propensity to overheat whilst wearing sweats in bed
9. FHE group attendance
10. The inability to tell if brownies are cooked long enough
11. Not hearing about housing
12. People who think they can live without sleep
13. Murder mysteries--to write them, you have to be smarter than your brilliant detective
14. French accents
15. NASA channel
16. Adam "hugging" Jimmer picture
17. People who say they're going to visit and never do
18. Salad sevoy
19. Rotten lettuce
20. The Roommate
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