Blogs

Going into this English class I had no idea I would be blogging. I always heard people say that they had blogs but I never really knew the concept. I have to say that overall I wish I would have continuously kept up with my blog posts and continued to post even when it was not required. I have found that blogs are more than just a diary to let feeling or thoughts out on paper because that’s always what I assumed they were. But after reading blogs from all over the world this semester, I see that they are much more about Worldly topics that create discussions between people. I think it is a great idea to blog, especially as freshman in college as your writing continues to develop.

Help!

I was reading Just Smile's Blog and the article she had written titled "Spring Break-itis." It automatically made me think of myself and what I have been going through these last two weeks of school. From not being able to get up in the morning to actually going to class and doing my work, I can’t figure out what is going on! My friends and I keep saying to ourselves, “We’re getting our lives together today!” This usually means I sit down and make a list of everything I need to do and when I need to do it by. I hate doing this however because then I get stressed because of how long the list is. It is funny because in high school I would be at dance until 9:30PM at night and wouldn’t get home until about 10:15. College hours this means nothing now but then it was pretty late considering I still had all of my homework to do and to wake up at 6AM. Being so busy and getting little sleep, I was still passionate about my work and made sure that I did well. Lately though, this is not the case at all! I am still getting little sleep at night, can’t find myself doing my work as well as not being able to get myself to class. Honestly there is no excuse why I am doing this because it is up to me to decide whether or not I go out that night or if I should go to the library instead. All I can say is that I am so ready to move out of the dorms and go home for the summer!! I love school but can tell its time for something new.

True Friends or Not?

I came across Audblog's post about friendships and whether or not the friends you have are true or if they are just there to go out to the party with you that night. Read about what I wrote about the article, Frienships, Quality vs. Quantity?, here: http://audbloggerblog.blogspot.com/2008/03/friendship-quality-not-quantity.html

Parents and Raising Their Children by Themselves

Earlier this Spring I put my name on my sorority’s babysitting list. Now that Summer is approaching I am getting at least two e-mails day from families in the Highland Park area looking for summer nanny’s. Coming from a small town I had never heard of such a thing. On average, the kids ages in all the e-mails range from about age two to age six and every one so far has had two children or more. I understand needing help during the day if both the parents are at work or something but this last e-mail just through me for a loop. The mother was looking for somebody to fly out to the Bahamas with the family for the month of June. Apparently every summer they move down there for the month of June and are looking for a girl to help take care of the kids during the day as well at night. The nanny would get one day off a week as well as a weekend if friends were in town and such.

As this job would be so much fun I have to kind of wonder what parenthood is coming to these days. To be at the beach with your husband and two children for a month, you would think that one would not need help taking care of the kid’s right? No wonder our generation and the young children growing up now have more mental issues as well as bad relationships with their parents. And whatever happened to Moms wanting to raise and teach their children the lessons in life? One of my friends here at SMU comes from a family of five where she is the second oldest. Her younger brother was practically raised by their nanny and the mom finally knew it was time to step in and help raise the son when he started to have an Argentinean accent like the nanny. It is stories such as these two that really make me question the future of parenthood and our society.

Religion Taken Too Far

I was reading through various blogs this weekend and came across one written by Interesting Point discussing the crucifixions that occured in the Phillipines over the Easter weekend. Read what I had to say about it all here, http://interestingpoint.blogspot.com/2008/03/crucifixions-in-philippines.html.

A Message to a Friend

I have a friend in which I find very interesting. I would love to hear more of his opinions and thoughts on certain topics so I said this here https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1358079246469952947&postID=1667218383977145971&page=1

The Bush Library

I always assumed that the Bush Library would be here at SMU just because we're in Texas and Laura Bush went to school here. But I did not realize that it was not official until just a few days ago when President Turner made the announcement. I think it is really exciting because not only will it add on to the much accomplished campus we have already with The Meadows Museum and all, but I also believe that it will bring a lot of “good” attention to the school at a time when most of the publicity has been about the various alcohol/drug-related student deaths that have occurred in the past few years. I heard that it was to be finished by sometime in 2009. Being a first-year who will graduate in 2011, I find this very exciting because not only will we be the centennial class, but we will also have the attraction of this new library that will benefit the school as well as the city of Dallas and I’m sure Fort Worth.

I have a friend that works part-time in the admissions building and he mentioned how eventually the school plans to have the main entrance to the school be moved over to University Blvd./Street where the library will sit on the corner along with North Central. Though it will be years I’m sure until this happens, I found it very interesting because the entrance to the school right now is already so beautiful. The Bush Library will obviously out way that beauty in terms of importance though.

One last comment that I wish I could speak more about but cannot just because I lack knowledge on the subject…As I was walking by A Daily Campus newsstand today, the details of the Bush Library were located on the front page. In the bottom right corner I noticed an article discussing how a certain group of Methodists were attempting to go to court to not have the library either at that location or not at all, something along those lines. I did not have time to read the article so I would be very interested to see if any of y’all know what that is about just because I think its very odd.

Addicting Websites That Are Insane

Everyone I'm sure has heard of the website juicycampus.com......here is the link to read what I have to say about it: http://thoughtsofatexasgirl.blogspot.com/2008/02/juicy-campus.html

Narcissism on SMU Campus

Personally I think its ridiculous that so many college students think they're better than everyone else just because of who they are. Here is the link I commented on the blog: http://dontdancesofast.blogspot.com/

Happiness Does Exist

In English we have obviously been reading a lot about today’s society and whether or not our culture is a happy one. It seems to me that everything is always negative in the papers and on the news channels as well as what we read in class for our daily discussions. As a college student, I do feel as though I am in my own little bubble that is not in the “real world” at times. When walking to class, all I see are groups of people chatting, laughing and most likely having a good time together. But these are not the images displayed on the evening news of America and its’ citizens, instead they are of war, lost values, depression and so many more.

When walking into my dorm room tonight I turned on the television to see what was going on in the world. Instead of switching to the news however, I kept it on “ABC Family” because “America’s Funniest Home Videos” was on. This has always been a favorite of mine to watch with friends because I always die laughing even if it the stupidest home video. While watching I realized I hadn’t written my second blog and didn’t really know what I should write about. I immediately made the connection between the T.V. show and what we have been discussing in class about happiness in the world, but particularly in American culture. Even though there is so much bad present in the world today, these home videos showed families and friends having fun with one another as well as laughing and just being together. There is still some good left out there today, its just a shame we aren’t able to see it transferred to the media.

First Attempt

To begin with lets just say I'm not one that really obsesses over the internet or freaks out when I can't check my facebook frequently. This is my first blog and honestly don't really know what to write about.

After reading the recent Andrew Olmsted blog as well as the article about web logging, it is very interesting to see the different ways blogs are used. Whether its organizing notes and thoughts to aruguing a point made by another, blogs are there to express personal thoughts and to create discussion.

I feel that this blogging thing will really add a different and unique aspect to my english class this semester. I think as a class, much more discussion will go on about various topics on the blogs instead of in class just because of shyness and everything. Personally, I am much more comfortable writting my thoughts on a blog instead of discussing them amongst others. It will also be interesting to look at what others think and compare them all. Overall I am looking forward to this process and to see what it discussions it brings to the class table.