School Laptops

Complaining is a pretty easy thing to do. So I will complain about our school's laptops. I've had the same laptop for 4 years and until this past month have never had to take it to the help desk except for when the screen cracked. Lately I've been having problems with these pieces of junk. It seems that my laptop loves to play freeze tag. It loves to rest a couple days and then when i get it out to do some work, it will coraporate for a few hours with no problems. But then my laptop will get excited so it decides to freeze up on me. I think to myself, ok that's ok, i was almost done anyway, I'll just finish it up in a second. So i will restart my computer and while i'm logging in, it will freeze again. Now i start to get frustrated. I restart the computer again and log all the way in but when i began to open the document or webpage, the laptop will freeze up. Now my patience is to the end. I furiously restart the computer but it's never the same as when i was first on it. I can't get my work done now and i have to think of a way that i can transfer the info somewhere quickly before it freezes again so i can finish my assignment. so that's what i'm doing now, typing on my brothers laptop by the fireplace at 1145 because my computer is a piece of CRAP!

Knott's Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving, to me, is more than just food. I love going to my grandparent's house. There are about 40 people in a small brick house spread throughout. As soon as we get in the house we are greeted with smiles and a hot aroma from the fireplace that is always on. We have all learned our lessons to wear short sleeves in November to their house because the house is at a constant 90 degrees F. Our family is always the last one there. My grandmother will call us a couple days prior telling us to be there at 12, but then the day comes, it will be 10 and she will be calling wondering where we all are. After the greetings, we all gather in the kitchen around the table and say grace. After grace, we will diserse where the adults stay in the kitchen and the children will eat in another room. After the meal, the younger children will hang out in the newer living room, and most of the wives and older children will seat in the kitchen and gossip about everything under the sun, while the males will sit in the extremely hot living room talking about farming and relatives. After an hour or so it seems that people will move around and a game will be started. These games are very random; from drinking games without the drinks to cards. Thanksgiving usually lasts for 5 hours or more before people begin to head for home. I always love being with family and I feel that this is the most important part of Thanksgiving.

Thorn Birds

Yesterday, I went to the library in search of something to read during Eagle Eye Read. As I was looking through the shelves a worn book caught my eye, "The Thorn Birds". I remembered an episode of "Reba" where the actress Melissa Peterman references the thorn birds when talking about a priest. I immediately picked up the book and started reading the reviewes and read nothing but praise from the critics. I took the book and couldn't wait til I would get a chance to read it. I started into the book after school on my way to Christian County. I could hardly put the book down whe our vehicle stopped. It was so good and I was only 50 pages into the book. There was never a slow part and the descriptions of characters and the landscape were described so well. The book is over 600 pages long and the print is very small; there is no way with all the other things I do that I will be able to finish this book anytime soon unless I decide to stray away from my homework. I've talked to several people about the book and each one of them gush about how much they have looke that book and the movie. I can't wait to read this book and look forward to reading the book and seeing the movie.

November 23rd

On November 23rd, I will not be at school. I will be going to an interview that will affect the next 6 years of my life. On November 23rd, I will be going to University of Evansville for an interview for direct entry into their Doctor of Physical Therapy. This program will take six years and if i'm one of about 40 people selected, I will automatically have a spot reserved for me in three years after I get my bachelor's degree in Exercise Science. To qualify for this interview I must have a 26 on the ACT and write a essay explaining why I want to become a Physical Therapist. If I am selected, all I have to do is keep a 3.35 GPA and get my prerequiste classes completed. I am very nervous about this interview, it is the most important thing in my life right now. I can not mess this up.

Quote on affecting life

"We do not simply live our lives for ourselves, but for those who came before us and after us", means that decisions made by elders and ancestors affect us, and decisions made by us will affect younger generations. The decisions made by lawmakers years ago to use up gas and not look for an answer of alternative fuel is affecting our generation right now and it will continue to affect generations to come. Also, history is a way to look back and realize mistakes and not make them again; previous generations did help us in this way because now we know not to use certain medications for diseases and other things. Some decisions made by earlier generations affect me personally also. My grandmother never stressed school to my mother and her sisters and brother, so after high school my mother became a hair dresser. Some years later my mother realized that she couldn't make a living from fixing hair so she went back to school to further her education. She was a non-traditional student with 3 children and a husband. She would drive 45 minutes to classes and then come back home and work in town at her job. She graduated with a bachelor's degree in Occupational Therapy. She learned from this that education is very important and has engrained this in my mind how important education is and that is the reason why i want to be a physical therapist. Her decision has affected me and I hope that it will positively affect more generation to come.