Friday!

This is my last blog ever!!! I just got to my friend's lake house, my friends all came up here last night to study for finals. It is absolutely beautiful here so I'm not sure how any studying will get done but I'm going to try. I've already started outlining reviews for both nutrition and history so I'm actually being very productive! I couldn't have asked for a better Freshman year of college, but now I am just ready for finals to be finished so I can head home for the summer!

Last day of class!

LAST DAY OF CLASS! I can't believe how fast this semester has gona by..but I'm not complaining. I am ready to be finished with finals and be heading home to Dallas! Too bad there is still a lot of studying to do before then.. at least classes will be finished after today! This semester has been awesome and it will be sad to not be a freshman anymore but I'm already looking forward to next year!

Tuesday

I worked a lot on our groups Wiki last night and I really like how it is all coming together, the only problem is that putting it all onto this website is NOT fun. All the spacing gets screwed up, figuring out the fonts is impossible and even getting the pictures to go where you want is so confusing. Also, our word count is WAY over so that will be fun trying to decide what to cut out.. I am just ready for this Wiki to be finished! I hate thinking about it all the time because I'm worried about how it's going to come out. I have all day today to work on it so hopefully I can get all these final details finished on it.

Monday

It's Monday.. I'm tired.. don't really want to be in class because I didn't get enough sleep and I'm not fully awake yet. At least this class is a workshop so I can just sit here quietly and get everything finished on out wiki.. Hopefully my group members have been working and getting their parts done because I would like to have this finished today and not have to worry about rushing to get it done Wednesday.. I am SO glad this is the last week of school....

Saturday

Today has felt like the longest day in the entire world... I went out with a bunch of my friends last night and we didn't end up going to bed until 4..and then we woke up at 9:30 to go to the med clinic because we all felt sick. Spent 2 hours their wanting to kill ourselves, finally got out of there and went to lunch and then ran a few errands. Now my friend and I are sitting here working on our wiki assignments because we both want them to be done so we don't have to worry about them anymore. Hopefully we can get them done and because we want to go to the little carnival in Opelika!

Friday

I feel dead right now.. all my friends are sick and I think it's finally catching up with me... I couldn't go to class today I feel so awful. I'm mad I had to miss class because I had a lot planned for today but oh well..  Hopefully I can get really organized over the weekend to get the whole thing finished on Monday! I seriously can't wait for school to be over...

Thursday

I am so tired.. I was up until 5 and I wish I could't say I spent all that time doing work but instead I was just sitting around talking with my friends. I have become a pro at procrastinating... Today has been okay though, I'm surprisingly not that tired (knock on wood). I woke up around 11 and got a lot of work done on my part of the wiki and now I have to study a little bit for my test at 3:30. Hopefully I can finish my wiki tonight so tomorrow in class my group can start putting everything together!

Wednesday

Chemistry test went well! Hopefully I did as well as I think I did... Today has been really crazy though.. I have been going since 9 am and now I am finally getting to sit down a relax for a minute. I have a test in theater tomorrow so I probably won't get any work done on my wiki tonight but definitely tomorrow before we meet in class again Friday. I am hoping I can get my part written tomorrow so on Friday we can start putting everything together and making it look visually appealing.. Lots of work to do in the meantime.

Tuesday

Today has been semi-productive.. I woke up around 10, studied chemistry for a couple hours, went to lunch and now I'm about to study some more before class at 3:30. I haven't done anything for this class today, I'm way too stressed out about my test tomorrow. I think I'm going to be doing the majority of this unit in class just because I have tons of other things to worry about outside of class and we are given that time to get all out work done.

Monday

Just flipping through my planner and realized we have 2 more weeks of classes... that is terrifying.. I can't believe how fast this semester went by! I don't want freshman year to be over with just yet! This weekend was fun, it was the Alpha Psi Rodeo and it was crazy! I spent all day yesterday in bed, I only got up for Chili's, Buffalo Wild Wings and Marble Slab... My mom's going to kill me if I don't start eating on campus more..

Thursday

My only class for the day was cancelled so I have all day to lay in bed and do work. I have re runs of shark week on tv and I'm about to start writing my part of my groups Wiki. Hopefully if should't be too hard! I do like that this last unit is a little more open as far as what we can do with our Wiki (quotes, bullets, bold notes, etc.). Better get to work! Don't want to be worrying about this over the weekend when I'm at Rodeo!

Wednesday

Last night was Greek Sing! It was really fun and then dances were awesome! I was so proud of all my friends that participated in it. I just got out of English and I think my group has a really good start for our Wiki! We figured out the direction we want to go and even started an outline that we divided up to work on before Friday. My group is really easy to work with so hopefully our wiki will come out well!

Tuesday

Last night I finished all the links for our assignment due on Wednesday. I think the topics we came up with are a good start for our Wiki! Even though we may not have to use all of them, they do all help a lot with background information on our topic. I might take a break from working on English work for today, I have a bunch of other work today that I need to do. Thank God for no classes on Tuesdays and Thursdays...

Monday

I feel like this was the longest Monday ever. Just thinking back to this class it feels like it was 2 days ago rather than just at 9 am this morning... Today was alright, my group is still having some issues coming up with a stance on our chapter. We aren't sure how we feel about it, it's mostly that we could go either way. Hopefully from this assignment we have, we will be able to do some research and come up with a better position on the issue discussed in our chapter.

Sunday

This weekend has been awesome! I had some much needed down time. Every once in a while it's nice that everyone leaves to go home because I can just relax and do nothing. My friend and I spent yesterday by the pool, then went and saw a movie and then went and got a bunch of candy and movies at Walmart! I'm glad we only have a few weeks left of school! I am getting more and more into summer mode every day!

Friday

Thank GOD it's Friday. This week has been really long and stressful and I am ready for the weekend. I have a million things I have to do tonight and tomorrow I am taking a day trip to Panama City just because I want to go to the beach for a day. I feel like it will be relaxing... I need a break from all the stress. As far as work for this unit goes, I'm just going to read our chapter a couple times and focus on Rose's argument and try and come up with a good direction to go from there..

Wednesday

Class was alright today.. I like my group but I don't really like the chapter we got.. It's just very complicated and I don't understand it very well. I'm going to read it tonight and really try and focus on what Rose is arguing. I think if I take good notes and read carefully, I will understand better. This last unit doesn't seem that bad but we will see..

Tuesday

So today/tonight is going to be the worst.. I have two tests tomorrow that I am just now starting to study for. I don't know why but I can NOT make myself jump into my school work. Good thing all I have to do tonight is study for these tests.. It's going to be a long day/night though. I'm kind of mad that I missed class on Monday because I'm really confused on what all if going on with the whole journal thing.. I'm going to have to have someone explain everything to me..

Monday

I don't know how I keep forgetting to blog.. I tell myself that I'm going to be good and post one everyday and then it doesn't happen. I skipped class today because I wasn't feeling so great, but supposedly we just talked about our last unit. I don't know who's in my group but if you are let me know, and let me know what chapter we got! I can already tell this week is going to be horrible..

Wednesday

I feel like this day is never ending... I only got about 4 hours of sleep last night so I feel like I have no energy right now. One of my best friends birthday is tomorrow so I have been working for the past 2 hours making her cakeballs! It has been fun but I big time procrastinated all my homework for tonight. Now I have to go do my Rose post before midnight!

Tuesday

Today I registered for classes.... got NONE of my classes. So that was  good start to the day. Now I have this paper to worry about and I still have nothing working for me. Peer reviews went well and I really appreciated all the comments I got, but I still just don't like this paper. I don't have a good direction and I feel way too repetitive. I just want to get it turned it and over with.. I have a million other things to worry about because the next few weeks are going to be crazy stressful..

Sunday

Well the weekend is over and instead of doing my paper sooner like a smart person would.. I left it until last minute... So here I am on Sunday night starting my paper. I thought I would have all day to do it but I didn't realize rush workshop was from 3-7..Yay! Hopefully I can put something together for tomorrow. If it doesn't come out great I always have the rest of the week to make it better!

Thursday

So the week is finally calming down a little bit.. I'm still a little upset about how my chemistry test went yesterday but I know that I can just work hard for the next one and still be okay. As far as this papers go.. I still have nothing.. It's kind of starting to stress me out that I haven't written anything but I can't help that this topic is awful! I'm going to try and MAKE myself start it tonight but we will see how that goes.. sometimes I write papers better when they are rushed so I might just wait until Sunday..

Wednesday

Thank God this week is already halfway over!! I just need the weekend.. I'm pretty sure I failed my chemistry test..woops. Teachers should never give a test the week after spring break.. So I still have a lot to do this week, I really need to start drafting this paper because I still have nothing. I have my spring formal this weekend so I don't want to have to do it over the weekend.. hopefully I can get started tomorrow!

Tuesday

I am so overloaded right now. I just can't get my mind set back on school and it sucks because every one of my teachers if going crazy the week after spring break. I have tests and quizzes and then this paper to worry about. I really don't like this paper at all and I can already tell it is not going to some out very well at all... My interviews were interesting but considering I still wasn't exactly sure on my topic they may not be very helpful. I also have way too many other things to worry about, so for now I'm not going to be able to start this paper until the weekend..

Monday

I'm sad spring break is over.. but oh well. Now its back to school and the last leg of this semester! I can't believe how fast freshman year has gone by..it's kind of scary.. As far as this next paper goes, I'm not feeling so great about it. I just don't have the best ethical issue to talk about and I don't really know what else I could do. I am just gonna try to make it work well because we are already so close to peer review!

Sunday

I'm sitting here waiting for our family friend Patty to call.. she is my professional person that I chose to interview. Hopefully this shouldn't be too awkward over the phone.. So far spring break has been kind of stressful because I keep worrying about these interviews. I should feel better after today... And then I get to go to the beach soon so I can't wait for that!

Spring Break!

I made it to Texas today! I will just be here for half the week and then I will be headed to Florida. In the meantime I have some interviews to do. I have set up to interview my "professional" person tomorrow so that should be fun... I am just ready to be done with the interviews. I keep thinking about it and it stresses me out, so hopefully after tomorrow I will feel relieved!

FRIDAY

The week is finally almost over! Right now I am working on my interview questions so when I get home I can get my interviews over with quickly and don't have to worry about them all break. I literally thought I would never make it through this week but I'm glad I did and I am so ready to go home to Dallas tomorrow!

Wednesday

Finally halfway through the week! This week just seems to be dragging on and on...probably because everyone is going crazy for spring break to get here. Unfortunately I will be working on my paper the first part of spring break. When I'm home I have planned to interview our family friend Patty who is a nurse practitioner (so she will be my "professional") and then probably just interview my sister for the other person. I don't want to think about work or studying right now though.. I just want to be on the beach...

Tuesday

I just woke up.. I love Tuesdays.. Yesterday was awful. I had class at 9, 11, 12, 1, then lab from 3 to 5 and then a rush workshop from 5:30-9:00. Of course I had to go to the gym after because spring break is only a week away.. literally Monday from hell. Thank god I have Tuesdays to recover. I don't know how much I will work on this paper this week. I will probably just start work after my interviews because I need something to go off of and right now I have nothing. This week needs to go by fasterrrr!!

Monday

Today in class I really liked the activity. Considering I was VERY lost on how to go about interviewing these people and even confused about what exactly I should ask them. I also found out that the "bystander" interview can be anyone so that will make it a little easier as I can interview anyone now! I will be interviewing the professional over spring break while I'm home. I just want this whole interviewing business to be over with...

It's Sunday.. I just woke up.. I have so much work to do today but I have no desire to get started. I am so glad we just have one more week until spring break..that is the ONLY thing that is going to get me through this week. I have two tests and a bunch of other work to do, but hopefully I can get through it all or at least knock some of it out today so I don't have to do it later. As far as this paper goes, I am planning on interviewing people while I am home for the first part of spring break! That way I will have something accomplished with this paper.

Thursday

I started brainstorming ideas for this next paper today...this is not going to be a fun one. I think choosing what to write about is going to be hard again. Also, I really don't like interviewing people because I always feel awkward. I was so glad she extended the deadline to the week after spring break because now I can go interview people at home and it won't be as bad. I'm getting worried about this paper though, it seems like it's going to be a lot of work.

Tuesday

I decided to read what our next paper is going to be about and I kind of wish I didn't... I have NO idea what I am going to write this one about. This is also the one that I was really worried about at the beginning of the year because we have to interview someone and that makes me nervous. I guess the good part is that we have spring break in between so if we have quite a bit of time until this one is due..

Monday

Today we turned in our manifestos and I felt pretty good about mine. I was really happy with the final product and with how everything came together. We also had our midterm today which wasn't too bad! I was kind of nervous but I don't know why because it really was nothing to worry about. I liked her idea of a midterm too.. it was straightforward and not too stressful. I can't wait to see how I did on my second paper!

Sunday

It's Sunday and our papers are due tomorrow so I am sitting here going over it a few last times before I turn it in. I didn't work on it very much this weekend, I just needed some down time after last week. My friend Bailey is over and she is in Mrs. Pavletic's 10:00 class so we are reading each others papers and editing them because we both know what she is looking for in our papers. I'm surprised at how fast this unit went by! I'm not complaining though, I am happy to keep trucking through this semester.

Lazy Thursday

Today I have been trying to get myself to work on my paper, but unfortunately I have a huge history test to study for so I have been really focused on that. Also, tonight I am going to the opening of the play Cabaret (for my theater class). So it's just been a busy day for me and working on my paper hasn't really factored in. Hopefully tonight I can get myself to edit my introduction so that I don't have to worry about this over the weekend.

Conference Day!

I had my conference this morning and it went really well! Ms. Dawson told me everything looked really well in my rough draft. I'm glad my experiences turned out sounding really good! Also she really liked my conclusion, she thought it was really strong and summed up my belief. My only problem is my introduction.. I guess I dont have enough of myself in it and you can't really get a good sense of how I feel about the subject until later on. Good thing I have the rest of the week and weekend to perfect my introduction before we have to turn it in!

Tuesday

This semester I only have one class on Tuesdays and Thursdays so today I slept in really late and I have just been revising my paper and trying to perfect it before my conference tomorrow morning! Right now I'm really happy with my introduction and conclusion because I started my paper with a fun fact and ended it with a suggestion/recommendation to the reader (stole this idea from the chapter in our book about intros/conclusions, yay!). Still a little worried about my support but I will just have to see how my conference goes tomorrow.

Monday

So today we got our grades back on our first paper and I am really happy with how I did! Although, I got a little nervous about the whole "you must improve on your next paper"... I was really impressed with the way I wrote my first paper, but I don't know how my second one is going to come out. I am not feeling as good about it as my first one. Hopefully after the peer review today I can really work on it and make it better.

Rough Draft

So tomorrow our rough draft is due and I am still not completely finished with my paper. I'm still having difficulty with the narrative part of the paper, just making it flow well and get my point across to the reader. I'm going to keep editing it today and hopefully it will come out okay for peer review tomorrow!

Last night I worked a lot on my paper because I really don't want to end up having to do it last minute on Sunday. I have a really good introduction coming together and my conclusion is just alright. My conclusion will definitely need some work so that I can really tie everything together. My problem right now is writing the body of the paper. Narratives are easier to write because it's in the first person and you can make it flow well, but for this paper it has been a little more difficult trying to write about my experience and relating it back to my belief. At least I have something...

First Draft!

So I decided to finally start drafting a first draft of my essay tonight! Woohoo! Finally getting something accomplished! It's taken a lot of effort and determination, but I need to get this done so I don't stress out about it all weekend. The funny part about my manifesto is that it's about the benefits of Facebook and how it has pushed the world of communication to be extremely advanced..and as I write this I can't help but get on Facebook every 10 minutes. I can already tell it's going to be a long night...

Finally I have come up with something!

So after spending a lot of time thinking about things I believe in, I have FINALLY come up with my idea for my paper. The most important thing I had to ask myself was how can I use my experience to argue my belief. Especially after class Monday, this seemed to be the best way to make sure my topic would work well. For my manifesto I am going to write about how I believe that social networking (specifically Facebook) is highly beneficial to our generations and following generations, as it plays a major role in connecting the people of the world.

Monday!

Today in class we went around the room and talked about what we were all planning on writing on. Some people seem to have a good direction to go, and some are in the same boat in me and really don't have a good belief that they can shape a manifesto about... Tonight I've been sitting at my computer and I'm going to work really hard to decide on my belief tonight, it's getting down to the point where I need to actually be outlining and shaping my manifesto..but here I am..still at square one..

Sunday

It's already Sunday and I still have zero ideas for my manifesto... I spend a lot of time yesterday thinking about some ideas, not actually writing any down, just trying to come up with something. Now it's Sunday though and I have to get down to business because our second assignment is due tomorrow! I don't want to keep wasting my time writing these assignments about some belief that I'm not actually going to write my manifesto about! Time to get to work!

This manifesto will be the death of me..

During class on Wednesday, we brought in our first assignment and we watched a few examples of video manifestos. After watching the videos I was even more confused and realized that what I chose to write my manifesto on was not exactly the best I could come up with.  I’ve played around with a few ideas since then, but still nothing really sticks. As of now I’m still in the brainstorm stage… I never would have thought it would be difficult to write about one of my beliefs..

February 7th

It been a long day and while I am trying to get myself to come up with some ideas for our next English paper, its hard… Everyone should know what their beliefs are right? Why is it so hard to throw out one single belief that I have about something? I can’t find a good direction to go in with anything. Hopefully something will come to me if I keep on brainstorming ideas. 

About me

Hi my name is Rachel Park. I'm from Dallas, Texas. I grew up in Indonesia and I love to travel. I have one sister named Laura and a dog named Harley. I love my crazy/stupid friends. I am in college at Auburn University and majoring in nursing. So far as a freshman college has been a lot of fun. This blog is for my English composition class. Hopefully it will be interesting..