First day of college! Yay!
Today I had two classes, English Composition 111 (1pm-2) and Intro to Computer Applications(3pm-4).
I was so nervous at first! I mean, I really don't need a reason to get uber-nervous, so I was uber uber-nervous. But I made it...although I was so nervous I left my purse in my memaw's car >.<
Alright, so my English class seems it might be a toufy. The teacher is nice, but she seems really stiff. She is really strict as far as grading. We are going to be doing 5 big essays this semester, including the final. ...but.. I know one person from cave spring in there and I do get along with him. And I met this other guy who seems pretty down to earth and easy going. From experience even the best of class are hell if you don't have a few people you can talk to. So in the event of a hard class...its a must!
My computer class seems like its going to be a hoot. The teacher is this guy from Africa. He has a heavy accent and he is quite the character. He told us he doesn't know that much about computers *raises eyebrow* hmm...ok. And that this class is just going to be for learning a thing or two about computers and he says he won't make it where it would stress us out at all. ...So its an easy by-the-book course. To make it better, there is pretty cool guy sitting next to me who is also going into wildlife biology ^.^ So I hope I can strike up some interesting convo.
Anywho. That was my day. Tomorrow I have to get up early and go for one class, my orientation class. TTFN!
Monday, August 24, 2009
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
What has four wheels, an engine, but I can't drive it?
My car! Yup, I got a nice new (used) car. Its a Honda Civic with a pretty blue color. The windows are uber-tinted. And its a manual.....*creepy tiny voice in background* oh but Maggie, you don't know how to drive a manual! ......gee thanks, I know!
I am learning tho. Holy Haloed Cows its so hard. There is like a billion things to remember! I think the hardest is remembering to put it in neutral to brake. To me that just doesn't seem like a good design. But oh well. So I have like four hours under my belt right now. Still hard.
Here is a pic of the brute:
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Ok, so told you I would tell you about the bird watching and roasting hotdogs. Well after we picked up my bow, we drove out to this place, and no I can't tell you where...I don't remember where -.-'....and we stopped to roast hotdogs. Well notdogs really (I don't eat raised meat). I am so glad I brought my camera! There were two drozen or so differant mushrooms. There where just spouting everywhere!
Here some pics: (if you know any of these..comment me and tell me please!)
Two heads are better than one! This one also stank horrible!
1up!
Oh then we went to Tinkercreek and saw this!!
I am learning tho. Holy Haloed Cows its so hard. There is like a billion things to remember! I think the hardest is remembering to put it in neutral to brake. To me that just doesn't seem like a good design. But oh well. So I have like four hours under my belt right now. Still hard.
Here is a pic of the brute:
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Ok, so told you I would tell you about the bird watching and roasting hotdogs. Well after we picked up my bow, we drove out to this place, and no I can't tell you where...I don't remember where -.-'....and we stopped to roast hotdogs. Well notdogs really (I don't eat raised meat). I am so glad I brought my camera! There were two drozen or so differant mushrooms. There where just spouting everywhere!
Here some pics: (if you know any of these..comment me and tell me please!)
Two heads are better than one! This one also stank horrible!
1up!
Oh then we went to Tinkercreek and saw this!!
Sunday, August 16, 2009
~Chemo-sabe~
FINALLY! A post that is interesting! Today has been a dream really, I was speechless most of the day. So as you had heard I was getting a new bow made for me. Well I got it today! ....but let me tell you the whole story.
So my mom has been doing chemo for a while and she goes to the cancer center downtown to get it. She has been there 3 times now. Well last time we went a guy came in with all these REALLY cool bows to talk to our nurse. He explained that all the bows were hand made and I was like wow! They were gorgeous. One had a mink hand grip! So we talk for a little bit and I tell him that I shoot a bow. He seemed pretty impressed that I shot a 45 pound 60 inch recurve.
So as we talk to him and the nurse (who is making a bow for herself under his instruction) I find out that he makes bows, arrows, arrow heads, knives, yadadada...all handmade and most replicas of native american such. Even cooler is he makes most of them with tools he makes himself!
Anyway, so we part ways. Well about two weeks later my mom comes back from chemo and says hey I got a surprise for you. The man who had the bows wanted to make me one!
Well he went home that day we met and thought about his niece(?) that has a 17 year old daughter. Well his niece had cancer too. So he sorta knew how hard is was to have a mother going through all that he is and such and decided to make a bow for me.
If that isn't like the sweetest thing ever. It brings tears to my eyes to think of him. I don't feel worthy o.o' He even named it for me (since a lot of native americans named their bows) He named it Chemo-sabe from the lone ranger kemosabe. Its the chemo bow for short because of the chemo he and my mom are going through.
I went to his house today to pick them up...Here is some pics:
There is my new bow!! (sorry for such shitty lighting)It is 42 pounds and around 50 inches. It is a "stick bow" which is one of the most common bows the Native Americans used since it was easy to make. Mine differs a little since it does have an arrow rest on in. (It falls under the long bow category)
Here is a close up on that arrow rest.
The wood its made out of is osage-orange. It will darken as it is exposed to light, but in my opinion it looks gorgeous dark or light! (He showed me what it will look like)
He signed it and dated it. His friend also signed it as he helped him a lot making it. (I blurred out their last names since...you know...stalkers and such and to protect their privacy...)
Oook so there was my bow. But I also got a tour of their house...which was like a MUSEUM!! They had sooo much in there...I snapped a few pics of course:
He had a big table of stuff. He had stuff he made and stuff he had found on the various trips he went on. The ones in the case here he had made. He also made the clay pots and fired them himself!
The arrow heads in this case are some that he had found. That dagger you see? Well that was one that he had made. He made another one just like it and his friend killed a boar with it.
Here are some more that he made...seriously there were like ten of these cases!
Yea, that is a spear! A frigging spear for goodness sake!! How cool is that?!? (I got to hold it tehe)
Here is a bow that he made. Beautiful huh?
More bows that he made.
This is his war plaque. He really is such a neat guy.
So yea....wow huh? I was speechless the whole time. I so want to sorta dedicate this post for him since he is such a special guy. I have found out that he is 72 years old. He had cancer in the throat and various other places. He has blood clots and he has to be fed through a feeding tube :,[ He gets three days of treatment every three weeks. (thats a lot of stuff to go through and it is really hard on the body)...Oh and icing on the cake, he did TWO tours in vietnam!! I mean he going through all that stuff in his life and he took his time to make me that bow. *teary eye*
After we left his house we went birdwatching and found a place to make a fire and roast veggie hotdogs. I got some great pics there too...but that will be tomorrow ^.^
So my mom has been doing chemo for a while and she goes to the cancer center downtown to get it. She has been there 3 times now. Well last time we went a guy came in with all these REALLY cool bows to talk to our nurse. He explained that all the bows were hand made and I was like wow! They were gorgeous. One had a mink hand grip! So we talk for a little bit and I tell him that I shoot a bow. He seemed pretty impressed that I shot a 45 pound 60 inch recurve.
So as we talk to him and the nurse (who is making a bow for herself under his instruction) I find out that he makes bows, arrows, arrow heads, knives, yadadada...all handmade and most replicas of native american such. Even cooler is he makes most of them with tools he makes himself!
Anyway, so we part ways. Well about two weeks later my mom comes back from chemo and says hey I got a surprise for you. The man who had the bows wanted to make me one!
Well he went home that day we met and thought about his niece(?) that has a 17 year old daughter. Well his niece had cancer too. So he sorta knew how hard is was to have a mother going through all that he is and such and decided to make a bow for me.
If that isn't like the sweetest thing ever. It brings tears to my eyes to think of him. I don't feel worthy o.o' He even named it for me (since a lot of native americans named their bows) He named it Chemo-sabe from the lone ranger kemosabe. Its the chemo bow for short because of the chemo he and my mom are going through.
I went to his house today to pick them up...Here is some pics:
There is my new bow!! (sorry for such shitty lighting)It is 42 pounds and around 50 inches. It is a "stick bow" which is one of the most common bows the Native Americans used since it was easy to make. Mine differs a little since it does have an arrow rest on in. (It falls under the long bow category)
Here is a close up on that arrow rest.
The wood its made out of is osage-orange. It will darken as it is exposed to light, but in my opinion it looks gorgeous dark or light! (He showed me what it will look like)
He signed it and dated it. His friend also signed it as he helped him a lot making it. (I blurred out their last names since...you know...stalkers and such and to protect their privacy...)
Oook so there was my bow. But I also got a tour of their house...which was like a MUSEUM!! They had sooo much in there...I snapped a few pics of course:
He had a big table of stuff. He had stuff he made and stuff he had found on the various trips he went on. The ones in the case here he had made. He also made the clay pots and fired them himself!
The arrow heads in this case are some that he had found. That dagger you see? Well that was one that he had made. He made another one just like it and his friend killed a boar with it.
Here are some more that he made...seriously there were like ten of these cases!
Yea, that is a spear! A frigging spear for goodness sake!! How cool is that?!? (I got to hold it tehe)
Here is a bow that he made. Beautiful huh?
More bows that he made.
This is his war plaque. He really is such a neat guy.
So yea....wow huh? I was speechless the whole time. I so want to sorta dedicate this post for him since he is such a special guy. I have found out that he is 72 years old. He had cancer in the throat and various other places. He has blood clots and he has to be fed through a feeding tube :,[ He gets three days of treatment every three weeks. (thats a lot of stuff to go through and it is really hard on the body)...Oh and icing on the cake, he did TWO tours in vietnam!! I mean he going through all that stuff in his life and he took his time to make me that bow. *teary eye*
After we left his house we went birdwatching and found a place to make a fire and roast veggie hotdogs. I got some great pics there too...but that will be tomorrow ^.^
Friday, August 14, 2009
No news is good news right?
Wow. Sorry guys I haven't put up a new post in a while. I mean I have been busy! I adopted a blind dog, I helped the old lady down the street put up shelves, I put out a fire at a burning children's hospital, and can't forget today I plan to end world hunger with cookies and milk. Homemade cookies for everyone!!
Yea. I lie....I have been lazing around the house. Sorry.
Lets see, what did happen this week? Hmmm...well... Oh! my sister came over on tuesday ( http://myenchanteddandelions.blogspot.com/ ) and brought my two nephews over. Ollie has a tooth! And like normal I am the last to hear about it : / He is also walking when he holds on to things! Geeze they are growing up so much.
So they came over and my memaw came over (that my mom's mom for those non-southeners lol) and my brothers girlfriend came over. It was such a big thing we moved the lawn furniture in the house and turned the ac on........wow. If that doesn't sound redneck.
Yea and thats the gist of my week. Its been hot and sorta boring.
I am still looking for a car and somewhere to buy my college books cheap. <- thats my goal by then end of next week. Cuz thats when classes start! I am excited!
Oh and you know what else I am excited for? Sunday! I am getting a present ^.^ A new bow! But I will post that later so I can post pics of it < 3
Yea. I lie....I have been lazing around the house. Sorry.
Lets see, what did happen this week? Hmmm...well... Oh! my sister came over on tuesday ( http://myenchanteddandelions.blogspot.com/ ) and brought my two nephews over. Ollie has a tooth! And like normal I am the last to hear about it : / He is also walking when he holds on to things! Geeze they are growing up so much.
So they came over and my memaw came over (that my mom's mom for those non-southeners lol) and my brothers girlfriend came over. It was such a big thing we moved the lawn furniture in the house and turned the ac on........wow. If that doesn't sound redneck.
Yea and thats the gist of my week. Its been hot and sorta boring.
I am still looking for a car and somewhere to buy my college books cheap. <- thats my goal by then end of next week. Cuz thats when classes start! I am excited!
Oh and you know what else I am excited for? Sunday! I am getting a present ^.^ A new bow! But I will post that later so I can post pics of it < 3
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
H.A.S.B
Sorry I haven't been able to post in the past few days. It is not like I have been terribly busy, just not much going on to post about *shrugs*
Well one thing I did do is clean my room. In the past few weeks I have been working 10 hours or so a day, coming home just to strip and hop into bed. Well my poor room has just been neglected and used! There were piles of boxes from the stuff I took out of my old car (like a month ago 0:) and clothes strewn everywhere.
...You like that word? strewn. I do. I am going to strive to used that word more. strewn. Anyways, pardon me, I do digress...
Here is an after picture:
What?! What is that you see? FLOOR? No way! ...... -.- yea, It was that bad. I couldn't step on regular floor. It became a game of "find your way to the bed without stepping on something hazardous". Fun game. You should play it one day.
Yea, sadly I didn't get a before pic. I really didn't think about it. I just wanted it clean!
So yea, that took two days. I have been off work so not much else has happened. I got chiggers, but you really don't want to hear about that.
Oh! Yea I was watching Family Guy and you know Brian's ditzy gf he had/has? Well Stewie was talking about how she does that thing where she puts emphasis on the last words of the sentence like its a question. And Brian starts doing it....well now I get stuck talking like that everytime I think of it!!!! Arg! My life....
Thats about it. Sorry I am not more interesting *shrugs*
Well one thing I did do is clean my room. In the past few weeks I have been working 10 hours or so a day, coming home just to strip and hop into bed. Well my poor room has just been neglected and used! There were piles of boxes from the stuff I took out of my old car (like a month ago 0:) and clothes strewn everywhere.
...You like that word? strewn. I do. I am going to strive to used that word more. strewn. Anyways, pardon me, I do digress...
Here is an after picture:
What?! What is that you see? FLOOR? No way! ...... -.- yea, It was that bad. I couldn't step on regular floor. It became a game of "find your way to the bed without stepping on something hazardous". Fun game. You should play it one day.
Yea, sadly I didn't get a before pic. I really didn't think about it. I just wanted it clean!
So yea, that took two days. I have been off work so not much else has happened. I got chiggers, but you really don't want to hear about that.
Oh! Yea I was watching Family Guy and you know Brian's ditzy gf he had/has? Well Stewie was talking about how she does that thing where she puts emphasis on the last words of the sentence like its a question. And Brian starts doing it....well now I get stuck talking like that everytime I think of it!!!! Arg! My life....
Thats about it. Sorry I am not more interesting *shrugs*
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