Big Brother

There is this reality television show that I am absolutely in love with. The name of it is Big Brother. Now I am not a big fan of reality television, but this show is my absolute favorite of all time. I have watched almost every season! The whole concept is pretty simple. You have a group of strangers, usually it is about thirteen people, living in a house. While in this house these people are completely isolated from the outside world. Over the course of time there are challenges for power. One power is called the head of house hold, also known as the HOH. The person who is the HOH is the head person in the house. They get a luxury room and random gifts from home, including a letter from loved ones. The HOH also gets to nominate two people to be evicted from the house. After the nomination of the two people there is a competition for the Power of Veto. Whoever wins this power gets the opportunity to take one of the nominees off the eviction block causing the HOH to have to pick someone else, the person who won the Veto is safe from being evicted. Then comes the time to vote for the person the group wants to be evicted from the house and sent home. Over the course of time it comes down to the final two and then the last six people evicted from the Big Brother house gets to vote for who they want to win Big Brother. The winner of Big Brother gets $500,000 and the runner up gets $250,000. The whole idea of Big Brother is really to manipulate people so you can get further in the game and closer to the money. Allies are made. People are backstabbed. Lies are told. Friendships are made. It is just a show of a roller coaster of emotions. The creators of Big Brother really made a show that has captivated my attention.

10 years? 15 years? 25 years?

In ten years it will be 2019. I will be twenty-eight years old. By that time I hope I will be graduated from graduate school with my PhD in Social Psychology. I would like to be a trauma relief therapist specializing in trauma relief in children, and I would also like to be doing some research in a lab. Also by this time I hope to be really settled somewhere. Possibly in an area like Montgomery or Mobile. When I am twenty-eight, I hopefully will be married to the "man of my dreams". Will I have a kid or kids? I am not really certain on that aspect. Maybe by this time, though, I will finally get the dog, a miniature Yorkshire Terrier, that I have been wanting forever. Ten-years is pretty far down the road; therefore, I do not have my life planned out in precise detail. Really, I would just like to be settled in my career, and settled in my home-life.

Fifteen years from now the year will be 2024. Wow I will be thirty-three. Getting on up there in years! Well I am pretty sure I will be really settled into my career. I hope to be really accomplished in a little be of research. Maybe find some sort of discovery with medication or treatments for some kind of psychological disorder. My marriage will hopefully be doing really well. By this time I may have a couple of children. I hope to be settled into my big house in the area I finally decided to live in. I can not really give much detail on this because so much can change in fifteen years.

The year 2034 I will be forty-three! Oh my! I only know that by this time I hope to be very settled in every aspect of my life. I want to be very accomplished with my career in trauma relief for children. I also want to be very accomplished in the lab, and hopefully conducting my very own research with followers under my instruction. My family will hopefully be very settled in. My life in general will hopefully be very settled in twenty-five years.

Biology class

I really dislike Biology class. I hated it in high school. That hate has not disappeared over the years; therefore, I still hate biology in college. My teacher is not that bad. He is not the best, but he is not horrible. I just hate the whole class in general. I take so many notes, it is unreal. My teacher does talk pretty fast, and at times I have difficulty keeping up with what he is saying. I get cramps in my hands and ink on my pinkie! It drives me crazy. I figured I would write more in English, but no! I write so much in Biology class that the writing in English class is a piece of cake. Really I would much rather write a paper for English class rather than write notes in Biology class. My papers in English at least make sense. The scratch looking notes for Biology have no consistency. My notes really look like a big thrown together mess about random things about Biology. Also, I just am not a Science person. Obviously Biology takes a branch under the topic of Science. I really do not like going in to all the detail about all of this stuff that I really do not care about. I mean I am sure there is some sort of purpose in Biology. I am also pretty sure that there is a big reason why everyone, not just Science majors, has to take the class. Do I know that reason? No! Do I really care to know the reason? In a way, but not really. Biology class would definitely be my absolute least favorite class that I am taking right now. I can not say of all time because I am going to have to take Chemistry at some point, and I hated that class to in high school. I know I should not have a bad attitude about the class just because I hated it in high school, but I can not help it. I just dislike Science that much!

Halloween

Halloween has always been a favorite holiday of mine. As a child I loved to dress up in costumes and go trick-or--treating. My mom would always take me while my dad had to stay at home and pass out candy. My first stop in route was always my own house. I would pretend I did not live there, knock on the door, and get candy from my dad, whom also pretended he did not know me. Then my mom would take me around to houses so I could get candy. Then after getting all the candy I could, my mom would bring me back home. At the house my parents would "inspect" my candy to make sure there was no bad stuff in it. Now looking back on it I think they were looking for more than bad stuff in my candy. I think they were scoping out to see what they wanted out of my candy bag.

The candy is not my favorite part of Halloween. My absolute favorite part of Halloween is dressing up in costumes. As a child I was some really random characters. I dressed up as barbie and the pink power ranger just to name a couple. Recently as I got older, I could not dress up and go trick-or-treating, but I could dress up and work trick-or-treat street at my high school. One year I was mama from Mama's Family and last year I was a construction worker named Earl. I love getting creative with my costumes. Especially now that I am older. I have not bought a costume since I was about 10, which was the last time I went trick-or-treating. From then I would just find things around the house that I thought would make a good costume and that is what I wore. For example my construction worker costume was an old pair of jeans, a friend of mine's work shirt, my daddy's tool belt, and my daddy's hat. Costumes to me are a way to show creativity and that is why I like them so much

One part of Halloween I did not care for too much as a child was getting scared. I remember going to some houses and people popping up from out of no where with chainsaws and stuff and me getting the daylights scared out of me. One year my mom and her friend took a group of us kids to this house in town. At this house was this "grave" and out of this grave pops out this guy who chases us with a "chainsaw." I took off running and ended up at the post office. The post office was not too far from the house we were at, but it still took my mom a minute to find me. After that we never went back to that house again. Now as I am older, I do not get scared as easily as I used to. The scary part of Halloween does not get to me anymore.

I have always loved Halloween. From childhood to now, it has always been a big part of year for me. Costumes to candy everything is so much fun.

influences

There are good and bad influences. Good influences are those who can convince people to do the right thing. Bad influences are those who can convince people to do the wrong thing. In my eyes, I am a good influence. At least I try to be a good influence on others. My mom said when I was younger that I was the one that would share my toys with everyone else. She also said that I always wanted to make sure that everyone did things that would keep them out of trouble. I have always been one against getting in trouble. As a kid, I was not perfect, but I did not get in a whole lot of trouble at all. I always have tried to do the right thing. I like to see others succeed as well. I like to be a motivator. I want to see people go on the right path. Though, I stumble in my path of goodness, I always seem to get back in line. I try to lead a good example for those around me. When I worked at the daycare, I knew the children were looking up to me. I knew it was up to me to decide what kind of example I would be for those children. Would parents want their children being around someone they knew was bad knew or would they want their children around someone who they knew would teach their children what the right thing to do is. My depended on my character. I have always known that I wanted to be a good influence on my friends, my family, and anyone I encountered from day to day. Of course I have been around some not-so-good influences, and they have gotten me to do some not-so-good things, but I realized what was going on and knew I had to change. Having my little brother around has had a big impact on me as well. I think to myself how I know that my little brother looks up to me for guidance. Do I want him going on the wrong path? Of course not. That is why I know I have to watch what I do, because my little brother is watching. He needs to be under the influence of good things not bad. No matter what, I always try to live my life as a good influence to others.

Bravery

Bravery is not confined to one style. Anyone can be brave. From children learning to conquer their fear of the dark to adults being brave during a scary situation. The men and women of the military are looked at as brave. Bravery and courage go hand in hand. To be brave one must have courage. People can be brave for themselves or others. People can be brave if they stand up for what they believe in and not let others pressure them. Someone can be brave for another person by standing up for that person. If someone was getting bullied and another person walked by, that other person could be brave enough to stand up for the person being bullied. Being brave can influence others to be brave. Some people may believe that only heroes are brave. That is not the case. Simple ordinary people are brought to challenges everyday that test their courage, strength, and bravery.
I remember when I was a child I thought my mother was the bravest person on the planet. She could stand up to the monsters under my bed and she could tackle any situation that came her way. I remember always wanting to be like that but never thinking I could. Then one day I was being picked on and I gathered my strength and stood up for my self. I went home and told my mom. She told me she was very proud of me for being so brave. From that point on, I knew I did not have to be an adult to be brave. I could just be me.

Bravery has no set image. Bravery is not picky with what person has it. Deep down in the lives of all people lies bravery. It is just a matter of finding it and using it in any frightening situation.

Excitement!

My parents and brother live two hours away in Excel. I do not get to see them very much at all. I have really been missing them so much! Yesterday was my last flag football game of the season. As a surprise for me my mom and brother came up Saturday and stayed the night at my aunts house (which is 20 minutes away from AUM). I was so excited! Seeing them made my day. My dad could not come because he was out of town. I was NOT expecting them to come up! It is just not like them to just come up this way. Anyway I got to my aunts house and we all just sat around and talked and got caught up on what is going on in life. Then we went to bed about one in the morning. Then yesterday it was game day! My mom and aunt came out to watch me (it was really cold and windy so my mom wanted my brother to stay with my uncle so he would not get sick). Then we all came back to my aunt's house. My dad told my mom to go ahead and stay another night up here and that my brother could miss school since they do not get to spend much time with me. That made me feel great! We all just sat around and talked and laughed some more. My brother and I played some cards (Go Fish) for a good little bit. Then everyone went to bed except my momma and me. We stayed up until three this morning just having mom-and-daughter time. It was the best! I love my mom so much and she is my very best friend! I want to spend as much time with her as I can when I see her because it is not very often that I get to see her.

Today I will

Today I will be doing multiple things.
Right now I am in English class. We are talking about our profile paper assignments. We have to pick a working professional in the field of our majors, and interview them. After interviewing our professional, we have to compose not just a question-answer paper, but an actual paper that intertwines the interview.
When I leave English class, I will be heading to my Government class. I have to take a test in that class. I hope that goes well. I know I studied pretty hard for that test.
At 11:00, I have my interview with Dr. Chavez. She is a psychology professor, and I am a psychology major. She was really nice, and agreed to help me with my English assignment. That has me really excited! I will admit, I am a little nervous too.
I also have to go to Psychology class today. I know in that class we will be going over a powerpoint that is on the next chapter that my teacher has chosen to go over.
After my class, I am going back to my dorm. When I get to my dorm, it will be study time! I have to study for my Biology Lab midterm. I am really not looking forward to that at all. I will also be putting together the pieces of my profile paper.
I know talking to my mom on the phone will fit somewhere into my day,as it does everyday! Taking a shower, checking my email, checking my facebook, and going to sleep will also be a major part of what I will be doing today.
My schedule may not seem too busy, but unless you live it it you really do not get the full effect. I know there are busier days in the world, but I know mine keeps me a busy bee!

My car

Right before I moved up here, I was driving a 2002 Ford Focus. That was NOT my favorite car. It had a lot of issues. When I was getting ready to move, my parents decided to give me my mom's explorer, and my mom would take my focus. I guess that I got the better end of the stick.
The explorer is a 1995 model. Its big and it is blue. Therefore I call it "Big Blue." The special thing about this explorer is not the color, but the bumper. The bumper looks like an elephant sat on it. The reason for the bent bumper is actually a funny story. Two weeks after I got my permit, my mom, brother, and I were coming back from town (I was driving of course), and this glass company truck is in front of me. On the back of this truck are a couple of ladders. The ladders do not look like they are very secure on the back of this truck. Sure enough one of the ladders falls off the truck. My mom yelled at me to slam on brakes, and so I did. This prevented the ladder from going through my wind shield. We were stopped for about a few seconds, and then all of a sudden BAM! I got rear-ended! The damage was not bad enough for anyone to worry with, so the bumper just got left alone.
The explorer is a sturdy SUV though. It has four-wheel drive. I really do not mind driving it. Of course it was a big change going from a pretty small focus to a bigger explorer. I get noticed a lot because once someone sees my car they will always be able to spot it out everywhere.
Like I said, I do not mind driving the explorer. I would love to have a different car, though, but who does not. Big Blue is a good vehicle though. I could not ditch it very easily. If it was not for Big Blue, I do not know how I would have been able to move all of my stuff up here in one trip! Big Blue has been there since day one of my driving, and I will always love that car.

Do I really want to do what you do?

I am going to be interviewing a Psychology teacher for an English assignment. Here are some questions that I may ask her.

• Why did you pick psychology?
• Was there ever one particular person that influenced you the most?
• When did you decide you wanted to go into psychology?
  
• Did you change majors to become a psychology majors?
• How long do you have to go to school for?
  
• With the economy the way it is, do you think this is a stable field to be in?
• Would you recommend this field to others?
• What most intrigues you about psychology?
• What is your least favorite thing about the psychology field?
• What type of psychology are you looking to be a part of?
• What subject do you use the most?
• What subject do you use the least?
• How much writing is involved?
• What types of writing are involved?
• Where do you see yourself in 1,5,10 years?
• What goals do you have for your career?
  

7 Worst Things to say to someone who just got dumped

1. So you will not be mad that I accepted to go on a date with him
   
2. There are more fish in the sea
   
3. Well he was flirting with me anyway
4. You were not his only girlfriend
5. Well he was a little out of your league anyway
6. You probably should have lost that extra 10 pounds
7. Have you considered wearing a little more make-up to cover up those pimples?
   

10 Reasons I am a Florida Gators Fan

1. Tim Tebow
2. The team is a big example of unity
3. You can just see their energy when they are on the field
4. They are hard working and strong willed
5. They are reigning National Champs
6. (sorry) They beat Alabama
7. When go to play football, they go to win
8. They are really exciting to watch
9. They are the Florida Gators (I think that is enough reason in itself)
10. Did I mention Tim Tebow number 15?
    

I passed!

As everyone knows I pledged Delta Zeta on August 18. From then I was a "Baby Turtle" in the sorority. Every week until this past Sunday we have had new member classes. These classes were to get us prepared for the initiation test. There was a lot of information we had to know for our test. Well our test was yesterday and I PASSED the first time! I was ecstatic! I had studied so very hard. I was just worried because I get really nervous about tests. The test was all fill in the blank except for the creed--which we had to write word for word--and the Greek alphabet--which we had to write out as well. I studied and worked really hard to pass this test just like I do in all my classes. This goes to show that hard work and determination are the keys to success

9 Good Reasons to break off a Wedding

1. He cheats
2. He lied
3. He ran you over with his car
4. You had reason to run him over with your car
5. He got really rude and ugly with your parents
6. He is not encouraging
7. He is selfish about everything
8. He takes all of your money
9. Your dad had reason to chase him around the yard with a shotgun

10 things I would buy with my last $20

1. A 12-pack of Dr.Pepper
2. A caramel latte from Starbucks
3. socks
4. gum
5. nail polish
6. chapstick
7. ramen noodles
8. more ramen noodles
9. some bottled water
10. germ-x
    

My big!

Last night, I got some of the greatest news ever. Before I say what it is let me give you some background.

I am in the Delta Zeta sorority here at AUM. I am currently a baby turtle but I will be an official DZ after my initiation test and ceremony(which the test is today at 5 but that is a WHOLE other story). Back in September we went on a new member retreat so all of the baby turtles could have a chance to get to really know the older DZs. This was a chance so we could decide who we wanted to write on our top five list to be our bigs. A big is a big sister basically. So then we had to turn our lists in and the waiting began.

Last night was our ceremony. Before the ceremony I knew who I really wanted to be my big and that was a girl named Rodna. We instantly clicked and I just love her! Well before the ceremony a few of us baby turtles went out to eat. I was texting Rodna and she tells me she is in Selma (where she lives). My heart dropped. Tears were developing and it took all I had to hold them back. I told the girls I was with and they were telling me that Rodna was tricking me. I told them I knew Rodna would not lie to me that she is serious. Well it was time for the reveal. We had to follow our yarn to the end. So I go through this maze of yarn. I get to the end of my yarn ball before anyone else. I see my basket and I see that the card says for me to read it first. I open it up and all I saw was Rodna's name! Words could not describe how happy I was. The card instructed me to yell her name when I got to my basket and so I did. Rodna runs down the stairs screaming and gives me the biggest hug ever! I thought she was about to cry!! I was the happiest person in the world. So I go with her and I go through my basket and there is so much! I have 3 stuffed turtles and just a whole lot! Also in my basket was Rodna's yarn ball that she had when she did big/little reveal last year. She passed it on to me! That really touched me. It might not mean much to others but it did to me. She told me if I get a little next year that I should pass my yarn ball down to her. That is what I plan to do.

Finding out that Rodna was my big last night was some of the best news ever!

Math Class

I am not a big fan of my math class. Currently I am taking Math 1100 or Finite Math. In high school, I took pre-cal with trig and graduated with a 105 average. My finite math class is on a lower level than my pre-cal class from high school! Everything we are doing in finite I have already done in high school. I guess that may be a good thing because that means the class is easy but I tend to get bored. Another thing is my teacher is a different fellow. He tends to "think outloud" quite often. When he says his thoughts outloud, he then immediately writes them on the board. I am serious. My math teacher writes EVERYTHING he says on the bored. Because of that, he gets chalk EVERYWHERE. That is another thing that bothers me. He gets chalk dust on everything that is near the board. He gets it all over him self. All on the books. Just all over everything. Something else that bothers me is that my teacher does not pay attention to the class. If someone asks him something he tells them to wait and then rarely gets back to them to answer their question. He also changes what he is trying to tell us numerous times. That tends to be confusing.

There is one good thing about my math class. I have four of my really good friends in there. Amanda--I knew her before I got here because she went to a high school that my high school played football against, Kate--one of my sorority sisters, Kyle--I met him the first day of class and we instantly clicked, and Don--my neighbor down the hall in the dorms. It is really relieving for me to have them in class with me. They lighten up the atmosphere. So even though I am not a big fan of my math class, I am not completely against going because of my friends being in there with me.