Of Applications and Life

I finished my application for TASP last Thursday night. It took forever to finish, mostly because my mom is such a meticulous editor. For the app you had to write essays about various questions. One of the questions was what are you plans for the future? I had no idea. I sat there staring at the screen for about a half an hour thinking about what I want to do besides college. I realized I have become so focused on college that I have lost all my other aspirations and goals. I think that might be one reason why I am so unhappy sometimes, because I have no hopes. Not that I have no hope, just I don't have a particular goal to look to. I wrote some bullshit about wanting to teach that only a part of me really meant. I turned in the essay but I was still unsatisfied. Then two nights ago I figured it out. I want to join the Peace Corps. I want to get out of hear. I want to help people. I want to see the world. So I guess I want to join the Peace Corps. These past two days have been great. So I guess all that stuff about having goals was true.

Top Ten Songs

Here is a playlist of my top ten favorite songs at the moment. I will update it every once in a while. Hope you can find something of interest.

Obama and leadership

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BWFO1wLXeA&feature=PlayList&p=8A215001684784E1&playnext=1&index=8

You know how I always wear that crab free shirt. Well this video shows what a crab is in rowing. The beginning is a commercial but stick with it it gets good I promise. You will now understand why I am crab free and why I have to tell everyone.

Obama and leadership

Today was the inaguration and we all got to watch it in school. The whole thing was pretty cool and I actually enjoyed Barack Obama's speech. Watching him speak I realized that he is actually a very talented speaker. He also seemed to be genuinely passionate about what he was saying. I was surprised though when I saw how he fumbled over the oath. But a part of me appreciated that because it showed that he was nervous and that he is also a human, capable of mistakes. Today in Journalism we fittingly had a discussion about leadership and unity in the group. We have struggled to get much done in that class and I feel that that is mainly due to poor leadership. I was getting really frustrated listening to Mr. Donnelley trying to worm his wait out of taking control. I don't think its that he is lazy or doesn't want to teach I think he truly believes that we can create something worthwhile on our own. I found it ironic after hearing Obama explain how citizenship and taking upon the role of a leader is what has made America strong, that we would have a discussion about no one wanting to lead in journalism. 

Why I Am A Vegetarian

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgm64hPHc7k

Shoveling

I spent the majority of today shoveling. Most people dread shoveling, the inevitable back pain and the general inconvenience of it. For some reason I have always liked it. I think its because I can think when I shovel, even more importantly I can think uninterrupted. While I was shoveling I overheard two women across the street discussing the inauguration. They were both non-stop praising Barack Obama and retelling how they were crying when he got elected. At the time I was a little annoyed, I thought he is just another politician, he will do some good but probably some evil too. But the more I thought about it the more I realized I have no idea what racism was like in this country. These women were much older and they clearly had lived through some of America's worst time, I on the other hand had no idea. But the more I think about the more I am amazed that America elected an African American into the presidency. To be honest I thought it would probably never happen, I thought dumb red-neck America would ensure that we never had a minority in office. I gained some faith in America today because I shoveled.