Remember when I made a commitment to blog every day for a whole school year?
Remember when I said I was bad at commitments?
I'm sorry every thing pretty much went to shit, but I am back, not really better than ever, because frankly, I could be better, but I am, indeed, going to B(log) E(very) D(ay) A(pril). Yes, yes, another promise, but this is one I intend to keep. I, well, uh, promise.
So, the last time I posted on this thing was in October.... God, I really did fail at the whole 'blog-every-day-for-a-whole-school-year' thing. Seeing as it is now April, a LOT has happened in between.
Let's see, where did I leave off...? Oh, yes, I did, in fact, get a desk from IKEA, and now I actually have a proper room. Never in my life had I had my own full bed frame, bookcase, or desk. It's not really complicated to explain, I just can't be bothered to delve into that part of my life.
My desk is amazing and has a white board attached to the back of it.
My room is also in a messy state once again, but I promise it's not the mess that I talked about in my last post... promise.
I have finished the first semester of my first year of university, not successfully, but with much relief. I am now about 7 weeks from completing my first year of university. I say not successfully, because a lot of family issues started going on, and I spiraled down into that awful, depressing funk that I went into my junior year of high school and almost failed out of my first semester.
Long story short, Torie is a pain in every one's ass, my grandma finally had enough of her bullshit and kicked her out about a month ago. Along with her moving out, my great grandma and Magan's mom have moved in. Both of them combined are still better than having Torie in the house, but still, I have absolutely no quiet space, nothing to my self. I'm in a mad house. I love my aunt, we get along great. She's hilarious. My great grandma is here because she has come to the point in her life where it is unsafe for her to live alone. She lives in the mobile home right behind my house (I live out in the country and we have 10 acres of land), and one night my grandma went to go out and check on her because she wasn't picking up the phone, and I heard her outside yelling. She frantically told me to call 911, so I ran back to the house to do so. It was terrifying. We both thought that was the end. My great grandma had fallen and she was so out of it, she didn't remember who any one was for about a week while she was in the hospital. She now lives in one of the downstairs rooms, and it's....it's, well, stressful. I love her, but she's not a very nice lady. I'll just leave it at that.
Then a few weeks ago, my aunt, the same one who lives with me, had a stroke while driving. She's okay, thank God. It's amazing that she came out alive though; she didn't even break anything. She flipped the whole truck over.
So, those are my family woes. I am also still having a hard time connecting with people at school. It's 7 weeks until my first year is over, and I haven't really made any close friends. I mean, there's people I talk to, but it's just not the same, you know? I miss my old friends, but I never get to see them.
My laptop has now been non-working for about a month now, so I haven't been able to make videos for the collab channel I started with some lovely girls, and it sucks. Technology just seems to hate me as of late.
Okay, enough with the Debbie Downer portion of the blog, here comes the happy times!
I've been doing really well this semester. I like my classes so much more. They're a lot more fun and interesting, so I stay intrigued and active which keeps me from falling asleep. The only bad thing is that I have an 8 a.m. College Algebra class on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, and most of the days I kind of just want to die instead of wake up at 6 a.m. in order to get to school on time. This time around though, I'm really getting a grasp on it. Third time's a charm, eh?
I am taking a sociology class, which I absolutely love. It's so interesting, and my professor is funny and nice, and really likes to get us involved in discussions. It really is a great class. Right up my alley. I love studying about human interactions. We people are an interesting bunch.
I am also taking a 'Acting for Non-Majors' class, which to me, is quite pointless. I already took Intro to Theatre last semester, but for some reason, even if you are a theatre major, you have to take an 'acting for non-majors' class for credits towards your major. Why? Why is it for non-majors then?! Explain this to me!
It's a good class though, my professor is hilarious. He looks like an older version of David Tennant, with gray hair and access to the 9th Doctor's wardrobe. He's hilarious and nice, so I quite like the acting class. There is also an incredibly cute guy in the class, and it's takes my entire will-power not to stare at him all of class. Recently we have been working on scenes with a partner, and of course, with my luck, I got one of the most unmotivated partners ever. We're doing a funny scene from the Odd Couple, and she just doesn't bring it. She's kind of dull, and I just asdsgfdgjhjkhll I would like to have a decent partner for once.
My English Literature class is one of my favourite classes. It's two and a half hours and just pure English. It's pretty much the same as my AP English II class I had my senior year of high school, but I like it. It's an English class, I can't help but like it. The professor is really nice, and she really likes me because I'm pretty much the only one who speaks up and starts discussions in the class. We're both English nerds, so we have a bond. For our reading material we had to read High Fidelity (great book), now we're reading Bridget Jones' Diary(also great), and for our midterm that we took last Wednesday, we watched Stranger Than Fiction(one of my top favourite movies), then she gave us a test on it. Come on, how great is all of that?!
My favourite class though, is DEFINITELY my Theatre Makeup class. It's taught by Caroline, the same professor who taught my Theatre Costuming class( which I did AWESOME in btw. I sewed my own doll clothes for my final. Yeah, BAMF.), and wow, she is so talented. She's going to LA this summer to do makeup for Cirque Du Soliel. I am so happy I have taken this class and the costuming class, because I think I have finally found my calling in the theatre department. I definitely want to do makeup and costume design. I'm quite good, if you don't mind me saying. I was never great at drawing, but I am actually fairly decent at this. Once I get my laptop working, I will post pictures. I love it though, it makes me feel so at ease.
We are doing Romeo and Juliet as our Shakespeare play this year at my university, and even though it is one of my least favourite Shakespeare plays(tied with pretty much all the King 'whatever' plays, I just can't like any of them. Especially King Lear), I am actually very ecstatic for it. I got chosen to make the costumes along side Caroline, and a very good designer from L.A. who is coming to help us. I start working on stuff next week, I am VERY excited.
I have also finally got a job!!! *takes a moment to happy dance* It's not an incredibly fun job, all I do is filing and paper work, lots and lots of paper work, but hey, it's a job that pays me 11 dollars an hour, so I shall not complain. I started two weeks ago, and I only work Mondays and Fridays, and my first pay check was $115. Whaaaat. I am so beyond happy. I need this money so bad. I am so fortunate to get this job. So so fortunate, and so so so incredibly happy I could cry.
I officially have absolutely everything ready and booked for VidCon this summer. I can't wait! It's going to be so fun. I have a fabulous roommate and I can't wait to meet Renee IRL. We are going to have a blast. I was just going to drive because L.A. is only 5 hours from where I live, but my grandma doesn't feel comfortable with me driving on my own, so I'm going to spare the argument and just fly there. Next year though, road. trip. Or hopefully I'll be living down there, because that is where I want to move to after school.
I think that pretty much sums up all the important key things that have happened since October, so I shall bid you adieu, and you will definitely hear from me tomorrow.
DFTBA and happy BEDA-ing (if you're participating) :]
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