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11.18.06
Biggest game of the century.
...and I was there!

It was nuts! I woke up around 10 am, which is later than normal for game day..I am usually up and walking around campus doing the tailgate thing from like..9 on..but it was nice sleeping in a bit, even if only for an hour. Me, Ally, and Shannon woke up and headed to grab something to eat..we didn't get out of the dorm till around 11 since we took showers and stuff..Once we got out..we went onto High Street..for those of you who don't know..High street runs all the way down one side of campus and most of the bars/food/stores are on this street. It was nuts! So many people..some people were looking for tickets..some were selling tickets..a lot of vendors were set up and they were selling shirts that said things such as, "Fuck Michigan/Muck Fichigan", "Ann Arbor Is A Whore", and "I've been in Ann Arbor, she's not that great"..among others. I would never wear one..I just stuck with one of my OSU shirts and my jersey..

We eventually made our way up to wendy's on high street..which is huge..we got a Buckeye Burger and after that, we walked down Lane Ave..another major street on one side of the campus that intersects with High. They had the entire street closed off so you could walk wherever you pleased..The yells of "O-H-I-O" were heard every few seconds...and of course, the tried and true song of "We don't give a damn for the whole state of Michigan". It misewell be our fight song, I think we sing it more than the actual fight song..lol

I could not use my cell phone the entire game! There were so so so many people there (200k or more) that every tower was just completely jammed..

I finally got into the stadium around 2:40ish.the game starts at 3:30..but they do all sorts of pre-game stuff. It was Senior night so they introduced all of the seniors on the football team..and then of course the band did the Script Ohio..which is amazinggggg..and then the national anthem, along with a video tribute and moment of silence for OSU Alum and past Michigan coach Bo Schembechler. Even though he coached for that school up north, he was still an OSU alumni..

Once the game started..it was pure insanity. The stadium was louder than i've ever heard it..I ended up losing my voice from screaming so much..Towards the end..It just hit me that I really was at this game..and how amazing that was. I will remember it for the rest of my life..

Once the game ended..it was insanity. I rushed for the field..it took a second..but i mean..ahh..it was amazing! Some people, including Shannon..got the actual turf..big pieces of it..I didn't partake in that..but it was amazing singing the Alma Mater (Carmen Ohio) with 105k of my closest friends..haha

In other news..I went home this past week..got to go to two ice pilots game..and just have an all around good time..It was a very nice break! It was so nice seeing everyone..I can't wait to be home for christmas..

Speaking of Christmas..Finals are next week (I am done on the 5th) and then I come home again! Its nuts..I was just home for a week..now I am back for a week and 2 days..and then I leave again..but hey, i'm not complaining!

Here are some photos that I took during the game before my camera died:






still have not edited..so I'll put em up later.

The big game is almost here!

I am so excited. This is the biggest rivalry in college sports. This game will go down in history simply since the teams are #1 and #2. Go Bucks!

In other news..

I took my own advice and studied a bit more..and I totally aced my math midterm as well as my sociology midterm..YEAH! I also got another "A" on my sociology paper..make that two in a rowwww!

Things are looking up.

I am so glad to be going home for Thanksgiving..it will be a very much so needed break from this place. I love it here..there has been some drama as of late..but nothing worth noting in this blog. It is pretty insignificant. I just miss home. I'm not homesick, but I mean..3 or more months without your mom and other family is a good while..I think I deserve to miss them. I am human.

I scheduled my class for next quarter! Right now I am set for 20 credit hours..which is roughly about 7 semester classes..but only 4 quarter classes (we are on the quarter system. More info is packed in in a shorter amount of time)

Anyway, my schedule is kind of crazy..it is tentatively set as so:

All classes are Monday and Wednesday
9:55-12:00 - History since 1877
1:00-3:15 - Intro to Criminology
5:30-7:30pm - Geo. Science..Planet Earth and how it works
7:40-9:40pm - Communication 101, History of Human Communication

In my last post I talked about how I had no idea what to major in. So since that last post..I have decided to fall in line with the Communications major. All of these classes, with the exception of Criminology falls in line perfectly with the communications GEC..If I end up dropping a class, it would be criminology simply because its the class I don't really need. 15 credit hours is usually what people take each quarter..20 is really high..but i'll see how it goes. If I stick with the communications major, i'm going to try to minor in sociology..

alright. I'm out like a light..sleep is totally not overrated either..haha

Short Lived.

I am no longer working at American Eagle..The past couple of weeks since I have started..they really haven't used me at all..I've been on call for a few days..and when I call..they don't need me..so I am 'terminated' b/c they can't really use me right now..especially since I will be gone for Thanksgiving (20-27th) and Christmas (9-31st)..oh well. It was good while it lasted.

I have a job at the art gallery anyway..and I like it. and it pays more. So its all good.

Face Lift!

I have given the blog a little bit of a face lift. I changed the colors up a tiny bit, added new lists and things to the sidebar. Check it all out.

Let me know what you think..I am experimenting. Is the text an okay color, how about everything else? Comments are appreciated!

Days go by..

I seem to start every single blog in the same way.."It's been a while"..but it always rings true because I am always taking forever to put up a new blog.

Things I have realized this past..what, 2 weeks?

- I gossip far too much. My mouth, which had always been in full on talkative mode has apparently gone into overdrive..Let's see..I could blame it on:

1. Living with 5 other girls (Hello?!?)
2. Living in the middle of nowhere which equals nothing else to do
3. I don't have a number three right now. I haven't thought that much about it.

But, what I have thought about is the fact that I am doing it far too much, and it is awful of me. It makes me hate who I have become since I've moved here. This person isn't me. It isn't who I was before college..and it isn't who I am going to be anymore. No matter how many reasons I put up there about why I am doing it..none of them justify it. I can only blame myself.

Last year was the year of.."smile and nod". I let everything roll off of my back and was just kind of like.."whatever". It worked for me. I was very un-stressed and..I like/liked that person. I need to stroll back into that.

I'm glad this realization has hit me..and I didn't need someone to tell me for it to make me realize. I did it on my own. Self realizations FTW!


Other things I have realized...

- Studying is, infact, NOT overrated. I need to study more, procrastinate less. Lets be frank here, my grades are not where I want them to be. I am not doing bad, but it is not where I KNOW I could have them. Lets put out my reasoning for having grades which aren't exactly superior:

1. It is the first quarter..I am adjusting to new people, surroundings, and life in general.
2. My classes really are just that hard.
3. Once again. I don't have a three. (this really isn't helping my case at all)

All of these reasons SUCK. Hardcore. I am being lazy. Oversleeping (Well, that is one class. Sociology). Just plain..procrastinating. Ohhh the power of procrastination..what can I say..it pays off in the now..lol

But really. I am sucking it up. I need to do better. I expect more of myself and I have been completely tossing that aside and doing everything but what I need to be doing..and I am justifying it by just telling myself the two reasons above. Which..are crap.

- "Alex, I'd like a major in "I don't know" for $500, please."

I DON'T KNOW WHAT I WANT TO DO IN LIFE. Please, someone help me. I am lost. Let's start this whole numbered reasoning thing again, but instead..I'll go by the majors I have possibly looked into:

1. Art/Photography. This was the absolute original and intended major. Then I started to think about it..hmm..what can I do with this? can I make money? is it a good idea for my future, job wise? This major makes everything a little cloudy. Unless I wanted to go for a B.F.A, instead of a general B.A, and then shell out another zillion dollars for grad school to get my M.F.A..all of this to become an art teacher/professor. I can't see myself as a professor. Art professors are whacky. Mine wears skirts..and cowboy hats..and bob-the-builder-like overalls to class with cowboy boots. He is weird, okay? That is not me! I am not weird..in his sense, anyway.

2. Athletic Training. Ahhh..I was in love with the idea of majoring in this. Sports, plus training/medical stuff added in..I was just about to ask the major to marry me. Match made in heaven. That is..until I started to read the fine print. I knew that the major was INCREDIBLY hard to even get into. I needed to beat about 69 other people to be in that group of 20 out of about 70 people who get accepted to the major after the strenuous prereq's are completed. I thought I was up for the task..then I took a week of Chemistry. SCREW THIS. It then dawned on me how awful I was at chemistry and math..and then I realized that I needed at least two higher level chem classes along with a higher math (kill me now, k?)..that was the topping on the cake. I was done. buh bye. Sure, you can say, "Oh case, you can do it..just study a lot, and put your mind to it..you'll be fine". No guys, that is just not possible. I cannot do chem. I cannot do higher math. 4 years of high school and 35 college credit classes has made this abundantly clear to me. I do not need a rejection letter from The Ohio State University's Allied Medical College to confirm this fact anymore than it already has been. k, thanks.

3. I just don't know. My mind wanders from..Sociology..to..Communications. I hate the fact that I would need to take stats and two full years of a foreign language for communications..but you know what, I need to deal. It is college. I am going to have to take classes I don't wanna take..and I am okay with that..but before I put myself through the hell of sadistics or franca's, or even espana again..I want to make sure that I am doing it for a reason..because my major requires it.

So right now. I am a floating duck. I am 'exploring' my options..I don't like exploring much. Too many risks. I don't want to stick with this exploration crap because the sooner I know what I want to do..the sooner I get to graduate. I could be taking classes my major doesn't even need right now! I am wasting time AND money by not knowing what I want to do..so, anybody have any suggestions? I only wish I could major in 'I don't know'. Who is up for creating a college like the one depicted in 'accepted'?

In other news:

- I am going home for Thanksgiving! At first I was just going to stay and come up to Toledo and spend it with my dad and stuff..but then I realized they really don't do much for the holiday up here..and..I just really will miss home on Thanksgiving. I have never spent it away from home and it is just tradition to have us all together. I will be home from the 20th through the 27th. Monday to Monday. I will be flying into Atlanta and then my mom and I, and possibly brad, will be driving down to Pensacola, I assume.

- We are going to Dallas for Christmas! Christopher invited us..I am so stoked. Mom is flying up here on the 9th..she is going to drive back down with me...we will probably go to Atlanta..then Pensacola..and then closer to Christmas, we will head to Dallas. I don't know the exact schedule right now, though. After Christmas, we will drive back again to Pensacola/Atlanta..and then mom will drive back up with me to Ohio, and then fly back down again. I am really glad she is driving with me both ways..it makes the trip so much faster. This way, we don't have to stop at all. She drives, I sleep..I drive, She sleeps. One day trip.

mmkay, off for the night.

--case