Something Called Fun

What do you consider fun? Haha, I really should be studying for a UPII test on optics, but to me that's just NOT fun. Anyways, so I thought I would write about something I don't get to do very much, and I consider this hobby to be just simply put, ... awesome. This past weekend I got to go on another "photo shoot," and this time it was at my gma's house. I posted a few pictures out of the bunch that I thought were pretty good. Of course I am not going to post the better ones, but lets just say their are some amazing ones! I guess this hobby is fun to me because it takes my mind off of the stressful things in life. It basically allows me to get down and dirty on the ground and see things never before seen or noticeable to some people. I think it's important to do something like this because people need to allow themselves to have some sort of balance in their life. People can only take so much before they break. I have also submitted some of my photography to a magazine that is having a photo contest. Hopefully, they'll like some of my work because if they do like it, future publications are possible. Oh, and there is a cash prize as well so that makes it pretty sweet.



So, what do you consider to be fun? Hopefully it's fulfills a purpose and isn't too wild. I mean this past weekend I could have gone out if I wanted to, but I know where that road leads to and what kind of trouble people can get into. I honestly do think that this is the BIGGEST misconception of all college students, and I am pretty darn sure that since it is a misconception students are going to fulfill it because people that make that misconception believe that they are going to do it. I hope that wasn't too confusing. This has been bugging for a long time. Anyways, not all students are partiers and pot growers even though there are some next door to me. Yeah, this is suppose to be the time of our lives, but really if you think about it I am going to have a professional career in a few years. I don't want to sound all boring because I'm not. ONE thing I know for sure is that in order to keep kids from rebelling is to get to know them and to develop relationships with people you don't normally associate with. This is one thing that I think is essential to society because people need to know that people actually do care. It also makes people feel like they are apart of the society that they live in. It also keeps them connected. Kids that move off feeling such a connection are more likely to make better decisions because that part of the conscious kicks in and tells them what they are doing might be wrong. On the other hand, I have also noticed that people do move off so that they can live a life that is so called "fun," even though it may hurt people they know back home.



Communication has been lost because it's not a top priority. Paying bills, making deadlines, and keeping things in order always seem to come first. The other day I noticed one of my good good friends had upside down crosses as ear rings. Many times I have wondered why people go to such lengths to buy ear rings like that and especially put them on in public. It bothers me to know that she thinks that way, but from her personality you would have never known it. She is the nicest person in the world, but really what I would like to know is just when did she make that decision and what made her make it.



Summary: Rebellion to me is led on by lost communication because of various misconceptions.



I don't want to sound like I am like ragging on people because I am not. If things are broken, then they need to be fixed, and if things aren't broken fix them anyways. Many times things are best fixed if you step back and just look at the situation at hand. Don't worry about the fine details within the situation. Fix the big stuff and work the small stuff out. Neil Armstrong didn't just didn't go running around the moon, they first looked at what they wanted to do and then they stepped out and took that leap.

Not all great teachers are good thinkers.

FYI: Apparently I am going blind, my hair is turning colors (red)/falling out/and pulling an Einstein. So, in a few years it looks like I am going to have patches of wirey, red hair.

Recent Update

So, ... I took my Chem E test today. I don't want to say much about it, but let's just say it was the hardest stuff I have ever encountered. We had a process where air was coming into a system at a certain temperature and humidity, had to be heated through a heat exchanger to become fully saturated (adiabatic saturation), and went through a dryer. Easy right, ... well that wasn't it. We also had some waste substance that needed to be dried in the dryer as well. It had a certain temperature and weight percent of water in it. The waste went through the dryer, and the water was picked up by the dryer and put through the saturated stream of air leaving the dryer. This was split and some of it was recycled. Haha, it was horrible, period.



However, it was amazing that I did get done with the test. Below is a verse that I randomly found last night. I flipped to this page and there it was in black and white. It wasn't the same verse that I read, but it'll do.



31st Psalm 1-13

For the leader. A psalm of David. In you, LORD, I take refuge; let me never be put to shame. In your justice deliver me; incline your ear to me; make haste to rescue me! Be my rock of refuge, a stronghold to save me. You are my rock and my fortress; for your name's sake lead and guide me. Free me from the net they have set for me, for you are my refuge. Into your hands I commend my spirit; you will redeem me, LORD, faithful God. You hate those who serve worthless idols, but I trust in the LORD. I will rejoice and be glad in your love, once you have seen my misery, observed my distress. You will not abandon me into enemy hands, but will set my feet in a free and open space. Be gracious to me, LORD, for I am in distress; with grief my eyes are wasted, my soul and body spent. My life is worn out by sorrow, my years by sighing. My strength fails in affliction; my bones are consumed. To all my foes I am a thing of scorn, to my neighbors, a dreaded sight, a horror to my friends. When they see me in the street, they quickly shy away.



Simply put I got chills and my heart felt like it skipped a beat.



Pulling a 180, I haven't got to workout in a long time. I feel horrible about that, but I just haven't had the time. I sure have had the time to eat Oatmeal Creme Pies though. These little things are my favorite ever. Haha! I didn't want to post a picture early, but here it is. Fajitas are my favorite. I have quite a few hispanic friends. Therefore, I have them often. Not quite to my goal yet. :(

A Man of Wonders

I think I wonder too much! I don't like to say I think because thinking usually gets you somewhere and I usually go nowhere with it. So, I like to call it wondering because that's what I usually do is wonder. I guess if I were to be placed in the woods somewhere foreign I probably wouldn't be able to make it out alive. You can pretty much symbolically relate my thought processes to these "woods." The reason I would get lost in the woods is that I would probably end up wondering aimlessly in the woods instead of thinking my way through the woods. Do you ever wonder what people are thinking about?
Something I have always wondered about is the meaning of the words of material items. This is crazy and your probably thinking I've got way too much time on my hands, but that's pretty much what I do in class. The only reason I go to class is to turn in homework. Anyways, have you ever wondered why we associate meanings with certain items or objects. What if a pen wasn't actually a writing utensil like we know it as? What if that object itself was called something else like a book? The reason these thoughts came up were because of Thermodynamics. I started to think about the reasoning behind numbers like the boiling point and freezing point and why they are those certain numbers. It's crazy to think that these numbers are set numbers, but that's the way it has always been. None different! What if some mathematician or scientist told us that the freezing point of water was actually like 15 degrees fahrenheit instead of 32. The meaning of numbers is really interesting because we associate everything with them; speed, temperature, enthalpy, entropy, heat, work, etc. It's the same business with words. Anyways, that was my long-time wondering. I have to go home now because the library is closing. :(
If you can answer this, please help! HaHa
Stout

Another Update

Well, it's getting closer and closer to summer and I can't wait! Really, ... I think I only have like four weeks, but I'm not for sure on that. It'll fly by fast. I am so ready for this weekend as well. I am starting to move some of my stuff home. It's so that I don't have to make the long trip back up here after finals. HOPEFULLY, I will be able to leave directly from my UPII final and go straight to Tulsa so that I can go to Denver. Matt and I are going job hunting, ... I guess that's what you might call it. :) More else he is looking for an engineering firm or something like that, and I am going along for the ride. Hopefully there will be some relaxing time, and I may not have to take my UPII final so that might be great as well. I'll just be chillin up here that wednesday, ... hopefully.

Workouts! Wooo, I am tired of them. I started the P90x program and lets just say I had to step up my game. I hadn't been home in a little while to see the results, but over anything I have gained muscle. This is the program that I wanted to start basically before the semester, but it was freakin' expensive.

Next Summer, I am almost certain that I am going to Syria to excavate some 10,000 year old ruins. Yeah, it'll be awesome. It also counts as field research, so it'll be a very educational trip. Oh yeah, I am minoring in archaeology. It and chemical engineering are pretty much polar. They are nothing alike. HaHa, but I wanted to add a little fun to my schedule.

Next fall:
5: Honors Organic Chemistry I and Honors Lab
3: Statics (Have no idea what it's about)
3: Fluid Mechanics
3: Honors Thermodynamics of Multi-Component Systems (crazy stuff)
1: Professional Practice Seminar
4: Archaeology and Lab
Sum: 19, I think. I am about to go to DiffEq, tell me if the math is wrong. lol, I miss the easiest things on the tests. lol

Anyways, next semester will be crazy.