Thanksgiving

I had a really good Thanksgiving break.  I went out to breakfast with my brother, cousin from North Dakota and grandparents on Wednesday and that was really nice! Then I went out to dinner with some girls I graduated with that I haven't seen in a really long time.  After that, my best friends and I hung out at our friends house and had a sleepover. The next morning was THANKSGIVING! I went over to my aunts house and got to see all of my distant relatives that I don't normally get to see because they live so far away.  Then I went to my grandmas and got to see all of my other cousins, but I usually see them a lot so it wasn't a big change.  That night, my friend Liz and I decided to go black friday shipping from 12:30 a.m. to 7 a.m. and it was insane; especially the Victoria Secret sales.  There was a lot of pushing and shoving in that store.  Overall, I had a really nice Thanksgiving break and I can't wait until Christmas break.

Presentation

In class on Wednesday, I had to present my genre in front of the class and I was really nervous for it.  I feel like I was so nervous that you could tell how nervous I was in my presentation because I was shaking and kept messing up my words. I don't know why I get so nervous to talk in front of people but I always do.  I think I was also so nervous because I didn't feel very confident about my project overall, even though I put a lot of time into it. I feel like my genre which was health/fitness articles was a difficult topic because there is so much to the health/fitness field and depending on your topic, they are all set up and written differently.

Snow

Today it has been snowing all day and I don't really know how I feel about it.  I have mixed emotions because snow is really pretty but it's also really cold.  I hate being cold more than anything.  And the fact that snow if falling means that summer is that much farther away and summer is my favorite season.  But on the positive side, snow falling means that Christmas is coming!  I feel like there should only be snow on the ground the day of Christmas and then it should all just melt away and become warm again. I feel like winter can be such a dreary month because the sun rarely ever comes out.

Project Assignment #3

Our genre project assignment is really stressing me out.  My genre is health/fitness articles and I don't really know what I'm doing! I feel like I don't have enough time to get all of it done and make it close to perfection like we're supposed to because of all the other assignment and projects I have in other classes.  I'm really nervous because I know I need to do really well on this project.  I wish I would have picked a different topic because I feel like health/fitness will be a hard genre to try and teach people how to write.

Stress

This past week, I've been really stressed out.  I found out that I failed an exam in my math class which brought my grade down to a 71 and my parents wouldn't let me drop the class, so I have to try and do really well on the final. Also, I had a really big business exam which is a class I also have a C in, but I studied all week and I feel really confident I did well. I have a problem of handling stress and whenever I get really stressed out I always break down and cry. I need to try and avoid doing that because it doesn't help me any, it just makes things worse.  I need to put my stress on other things like working out or listening to music to calm myself down.

Twilight v.s. the Vampire Diaries

In class last week we got to watch clips from the series Twilight and clips from the new TV show the Vampire Diaries.  I have always been a Twilight fan so I really liked being able to watch it because I haven't in such a long time.  I had never heard of the Vampire Diaries and when we watched it, I really enjoyed it.  I think that they both are very similar but the Vampire Diaries has a more dark effect to it than Twilight does. They are both about vampires falling in love with non vampires and the challenges they endure.  I think it’s ironic that both of the antagonists in the Vampire Diaries and Twilight are the vegetarian vampires.

The Weekend

This weekend was one of the best weekend's that I've had in a while.  My best friend, Liz, came hom from Michigan State on Friday.  It was really nice seeing her becasue I haven't seen her since we left for college so it's been about two months.  I wish I would have been able to spend more time with her because I had to work until about 10 Friday night and she ended up leaving Saturday night which I ended up working until 8.  But I guess seeing her for that short time was better than not seeing her at all.  We were able to talk and catch up on all of the things we've missed out on in each other's lives, and she was really happy to be home and see her friends and family.