My Bucket List

I can not imagine myself writing a bucket at any other time besides right now in college because I found out what I want to be for the rest of my life here. This is different from many of my other friends because they all know, more or less, what they want to do for the rest of their lives.

Five years from now, I imagine myself graduating from college and moving towards Grad. School so I can become a teacher of sorts. I do not know, yet, what I want to teach, all I know is I want to teach. The “what” will come later. Besides that, I imagine myself living on my own, paying rent and taxes just like everyone else. I have an apartment and steady income from a part time job. Other than that I can’t imagine anything else for me the next couple of years simply because it’s going to be the exact same goals, just trying to make it through school and figure stuff out on the way.

Ten years from now, I imagine myself having been a teacher for a couple of years at least. Having fun just teaching and working hard for once in my life (joking). I can’t imagine much happening at this point either. Although I do imagine myself being a freelance writer on the side as well; this is mostly because freelance writers do not make that much money unless they writing a crazy story (or they’re J.K Rowlling). I am in the process of writing a book. But I imagine that it will take many more years before I become a full-fledged writer.

20 years from now I figure that I’d be married and still teaching, putting money aside, making a pretty good wad of cash. And having a family, going on a lot of trips and saving up for retirement. I would already start saving for my children’s college tuition because it is a bitch for my parents to pay for my college, and I hate a lot of work. So that is pretty much my plan for the rest of my life.

Non-Muse Event #2

For my non-muse event I am writing about the department interviews I have to do for my classes in order to figure out my major for the next semester. The interviews themselves are rather short, so people have to do nine of them total. These interviews are very important because without them, people who are undeclared, or are thinking about switching majors, can't figure out which department to join. I personally love doing to department interviews, they are useful and provide me with a vivid picture of the deparment before I ever think about joining them. As an event, people would think that the interviews are quite dull. However, as someone who doesn't have a lot of direction in my life, I enjoy them because it's a chance to see what kind of a department I would want to work in when I become a College Professor.

Lyric Analysis for: "Hate Me" By Blue October

This song was extremely strange the first time I heard this time. It’s simplistic guitar riff and overall music was easily memorable, but I never really listened to the lyrics until the third or fourth time. It was then that the lyrics really hit home for me. But I still didn’t understand specific things about this song, such as whom the singer was talking about and what kind of position the singer was in when he wrote the song. I researched an interview of the singer on youtube, and in the interview the singer stated that he was writing about how a mother is always there for their children no matter what. This song really hits home for me because the singer has a lot of things that justify him hating his mother, but instead he tells her to hate him. This could be an apology for how hard, the singer believes, it was for her to raise him. This song is very important to me because I get into fights with my parents just like any other kid and I see the struggle for my parents to raise me, but in the end I just don’t care. So this song is simply like the words I couldn’t say to my own mother, either because I don’t want to or because I feel uncomfortable saying them. In the end it is simple to see that this song speaks to the parents of every child who has made it hard for the parent to raise them.

"Drug of Choice"

As a freshman in college, I know many other freshman who have experimented with drugs while in college. The main drug that I have hear about freshmen experimenting with is alcohol. Despite the frequency of seeing a drunk person, it is not uncommon for college students to drink alcohol. The next drug I have heard a lot about is Marijuana. Although a lot less likely to see a high person, it is also not very uncommon for college students to experiment with pot. In my own social circle, there is very few things that are taboo or unacceptable. The main drugs of choice in my social circle that are acceptable are Cigarette, Marijuana, Alcohol, Ecstasy, and Mushrooms. Although not many people partake in the last two. Both Marijuana and alcohol are acceptable at any time, along with cigarettes. However, any more intense drugs should be taken away from the group so as to not jeopardize the rest of the groups educational future. There is also a taboo against physically forcing someone to take something they do not want to. There for there is very minimal temptation in our group.

Music list #4

These are my Top 5 Inspirational songs:

1) Times are a-changing (Bob Dylan)- This song is probably the top 1 for many people in the world, but this song is probably my favorite song to do anything to. I always push myself harder when I'm listening to this song.

2) I dare you to move (Switchfoot)- I saw an animated music video to this song and it immediately drew me in and inspired me to try to become a musician in the first place.

3) Boulevard of Broken Songs (Green Day vs Oasis)- This song was another song I found with an animation music video and it was a great work of art. I listened to this song once and was completely hooked halfway through the song.

4) Old Man (Neil Young)- This song very inspirational simply because it is about a man relaying his life to an older man who seems to be very influential to the younger man. This is how i see all life being, older generations acting as guides for the younger generations.

5) Into the Ocean (Blue October)- This song always makes me feel better when i fail at something that i've been trying to figure out. It makes me feel like no matter what happens the worst thing i could do is give up.

Muse Workshop #2

The Muse workshop I attended was the Alcohol awareness workshop named Alcohol 101. This one was a lot more organized than the last one I went too. The only thing that was odd was that it was put on and presented by the same people as the last one. I can't see how a group of people can put on 2 different workshops and have completely different structures.

The workshop itself was incredibly informative, and I learned so many different things about alcohol abuse that I didn’t know before. Such as having a high tolerance doesn’t mean that your blood alcohol level will be lower. I also learned what a real drink is, meaning how much 1 drink is; which isn’t that much. The only thing I didn’t quite understand was how to calculate my blood alcohol level in my head since I never have a Breathalyzer available.

In the end I feel that the presentation, overall, was well thought out, well executed, and well informed. Although I did have some trouble keeping up with some of the topics, the end results were understandable and practical for any college student who is thinking of experimenting with alcohol at any social gathering.

Freshman to Senior

My first senior interviewed was Gabby (she preferred that her last name be left out), and she answered:

1.) Yes, I wasn't sure what to expect at the beginning but it is definitely different from what I planned. Things come up such as not knowing what you want to study, or changing what you want to study which causes set backs.

2.) It changed from undeclared to communication studies so kind of hehe

3.) I don't think I’d do anything differently, I enjoy my choice of major and how I came to terms with choosing this.

4.) Do not choose your major unless you know for sure what you want to do. Or pick something that covers more than one area you are interested in.

The second person I interviewed was Jessica (who also wished her name to be kept private), she answered:

1) College experience has been different, would’ve lived in bricks instead of suites and meet more people, yes changed her major, and advice is don’t think.

2) From Graphic Design to interior Design.

3) She would live in the bricks.

4) Be smart because you will eventually get caught.