There isn't really one thing that I feel like writing about so I guess this blog will just be about a few things that I have been thinking about today.
I had my advising appointment yesterday, and it hadn't hit me until then that I am less than three semesters graduating college. Seeing as I was supposed to graduate last semester anyways, I am ready to get out. I'm tired of spending money; I need to start making some! With that said, I must admit that I have absolutely no clue what to do with my life. Sure, I am a COM major, but what do I want to do with degree? Spontaneity has always been my thing, and sadly enough, growing up hasn't had much of an effect on that. An option that I have been considering for a while is applying for Officer's Training with the Air Force. Law school isn't out of the picture either. That option is particularly strange to think about, because I nearly failed out of college two years ago, so I took a break. Now, my grades are pretty sick. Before, I was facing having to work in a warehouse doing manual labor and move up to make a decent living and not put my body through agony every day. Now, I actually have options! It feels good.
I QUIT SMOKING CIGARETTES! Well, I actually quit about four or five hours ago. Everyone says that doesn't count, but it does to me! I guess I decided that I really don't want to look like I am 80 years old by the time that I am 40. Additionally, I would challenge any smoker to train muay thai without giving out or throwing up within the first 30 minutes of the class. Fitness is an important thing to me, and smoking holds me back. It's embarrassing throwing up in the middle of a class, or gasping for breath uncontrollably while everyone else goes strong. Hopefully I can stick to it. I've been thinking about trying out the nicotine gum. People say not to do it because you will become addicted to the gum. The way I look at it, being addicted to gum that contains nicotine is a lot better than smoking.
I can't wait for tomorrow night! Some of my best friends from back home are getting together and taking a trip down to Wilmington to chill! Hopefully nobody will get in trouble, we tend to get a bit wild when we all hang out. A couple of blogs back, I wrote about my long lost best friend. I'm not sure if anyone remembers that blog but the guy that I wrote about is one of the guys that is coming. As a matter of fact, nearly all of the groomsmen are making the trip! I should be a great time, and I will keep you guys updated as to how much trouble we get into ;)
Finally, I really want to know more about some of you guys. I am an extremely outgoing person, and I always get to know at least a few people in all of my classes, but I feel very distant from all of you. The blogs help, but a lot of them seem to be written objectively. I want to know what you guys like to eat, what your hobbies are, what kind of music you listen to, what your favorite beer is, just things about all of you in general. I feel like it would be a pretty cool addition to what we will all get out of the online class experience. Anyways, it is the weekend and I have a lot of stress relieving to partake in! Have a good one everybody!
Friday, October 22, 2010
Saturday, October 9, 2010
In the spirit of giving
As I'm sure a few of us did, I had a pretty rough night Thursday night. I went downtown with some friends, drank far too much, spent a ton of money, lost my license as well as my cell phone and woke up on my friends floor in his apartment with a busted hand and ankle. Yes, I know, this was my fault. If I'm old enough to drink, I should be old enough to do it responsibly. The truth is that I used to do things like this all the time, but as I have grown older, I have grown to be more mature and I really hardly ever do this anymore. Anyways, my drinking isn't what this blog is about, it just kind of sets up what has been on my mind in the past couple of days, and might explain what set it off.
Friday morning before class, I went to Randall to print off a couple of handouts for my class at noon. After I printed them off, I had some time to kill so I decided to make a purchase off of a website I spend a lot of time on every day. Upon completing my purchase, I thought about how much money I had spent on buying everyone drinks the night before and I wondered why I couldn't put my money towards something more deserving. Then it happened. Apparently I had spent enough money on the website to get a "free gift." Among the options for the gift were a couple of charities that I could donate the money that the free gift was worth to. I decided to donate to pediatric heart research. It felt amazing. I know it wasn't much, but I also know that my money will do more good there than it will going towards me making horrible decisions after getting hammered.
I don't know why I haven't donated more before now. To an extent, I feel selfish because I feel like the reason I am donating money has more to do with me feeling better about myself than it does with the cause of the charity itself. Regardless, they are receiving help from me and I feel good about my actions. Call it selfish, but it is reality. So after thinking on it for a while, I decided to donate to another cause. This cause spurred from the same website, in a forum that I post on. Although this forum is primarily for entertainment, there are a few times when someone posts for a good cause. I just happened to come across one of these posts.
The sad part about it is that I initially thought it was a scam, and clicked on the thread link to watch the posters investigate and uncover the original poster of the thread. This is because the thread subject reads "Donate 25$ to these children, get a 25$ gift certificate." After looking into it some more, I discovered that it is completely legit. Here is some of what the poster said...
"I spent my time volunteering for an orphanage this past summer in a small town in Ecuador. There are currently 56 kids living in a building with metal sheets as roofing, and boards as walls. The kids have come from broken homes, completely abandoned by their family. Some come from deep within the Amazon jungle. Many of the kids have special needs, and many are victims of extreme abuse.
Yet all of these kids are loving and kind, and in need of help. Currently, La Casa de Fe is working on a new building to move the children into. The next step is a school.
In 2007, there were 10 children at La Casa de Fe. Now there are over 50. The organization has a dire need for financial support in order to supply food, clothes, and basic necessities to the children. Money is also needed to support the construction project, and furnish the new building.
I will give you a gift certificate for restaurant.com that closest matches the amount of your donation. There are only 25, 50, 75, and 100 dollar gift certificates available for thousands of restaurants. Sorry for this, but ALL donations are very welcomed. If you want a gift certificate, please post a picture of your donation."
And here is the donation link...
http://www.cornerstoneinternational.org/staff-arnold/
It is incredible how kind and caring some people are. I did receive a gift certificate for my donation, but I plan on printing out the certificate for a popular place and giving it to someone that needs it more than I do. Hopefully this spirit of giving that has come to me in the past couple of days will stick around for a while. It feels good to help other people that truly need it, and I'm sure that they are appreciative as well.
Friday morning before class, I went to Randall to print off a couple of handouts for my class at noon. After I printed them off, I had some time to kill so I decided to make a purchase off of a website I spend a lot of time on every day. Upon completing my purchase, I thought about how much money I had spent on buying everyone drinks the night before and I wondered why I couldn't put my money towards something more deserving. Then it happened. Apparently I had spent enough money on the website to get a "free gift." Among the options for the gift were a couple of charities that I could donate the money that the free gift was worth to. I decided to donate to pediatric heart research. It felt amazing. I know it wasn't much, but I also know that my money will do more good there than it will going towards me making horrible decisions after getting hammered.
I don't know why I haven't donated more before now. To an extent, I feel selfish because I feel like the reason I am donating money has more to do with me feeling better about myself than it does with the cause of the charity itself. Regardless, they are receiving help from me and I feel good about my actions. Call it selfish, but it is reality. So after thinking on it for a while, I decided to donate to another cause. This cause spurred from the same website, in a forum that I post on. Although this forum is primarily for entertainment, there are a few times when someone posts for a good cause. I just happened to come across one of these posts.
The sad part about it is that I initially thought it was a scam, and clicked on the thread link to watch the posters investigate and uncover the original poster of the thread. This is because the thread subject reads "Donate 25$ to these children, get a 25$ gift certificate." After looking into it some more, I discovered that it is completely legit. Here is some of what the poster said...
"I spent my time volunteering for an orphanage this past summer in a small town in Ecuador. There are currently 56 kids living in a building with metal sheets as roofing, and boards as walls. The kids have come from broken homes, completely abandoned by their family. Some come from deep within the Amazon jungle. Many of the kids have special needs, and many are victims of extreme abuse.
Yet all of these kids are loving and kind, and in need of help. Currently, La Casa de Fe is working on a new building to move the children into. The next step is a school.
In 2007, there were 10 children at La Casa de Fe. Now there are over 50. The organization has a dire need for financial support in order to supply food, clothes, and basic necessities to the children. Money is also needed to support the construction project, and furnish the new building.
I will give you a gift certificate for restaurant.com that closest matches the amount of your donation. There are only 25, 50, 75, and 100 dollar gift certificates available for thousands of restaurants. Sorry for this, but ALL donations are very welcomed. If you want a gift certificate, please post a picture of your donation."
And here is the donation link...
http://www.cornerstoneinternational.org/staff-arnold/
It is incredible how kind and caring some people are. I did receive a gift certificate for my donation, but I plan on printing out the certificate for a popular place and giving it to someone that needs it more than I do. Hopefully this spirit of giving that has come to me in the past couple of days will stick around for a while. It feels good to help other people that truly need it, and I'm sure that they are appreciative as well.
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