mOrE cOngO =)

Oh my gosh, I loved the book Congo! It was amazing, I hated to put it down whenever I had to. I was worried that I wouldn't like reading the book because of the scientific aspects, but since it was about animals I think that's how it held my interest. I used to like monkeys and stuff too, it's crazy how they taught them language and sign language. The whole book made me want to travel to a rainforest sometime in my life.
Now the bad part. I hated the movie Congo! It was horrible, and totally screwed up everything that happened in the book. Main aspects of the book were left out, or completely switched. In the movie the consortium didn't even exist. And the movie also added the extra character from Romania. I think I would've liked the movie if I hadn't read the book but since I did read the book, the movie just seems horrible. But when books get made into movies, the movie ends up usually being horrible in most cases anyway.

Animal Cruelty & Pet Shelters

My final research paper for my Intermediate Composition class is about the links between animal cruelty, child abuse, domestic abuse, and other forms of violence. I find this topic very interesting. When I was younger I used to watch those ASPCA shows all the time. I also used to want to be one of the animal cops like on the show. This paper just amazes me at the different stories I have found of people abusing animals. I don't understand how they are able to do that to such an innocent creature. Now, I'm not all for PETA and whatnot, but I do think animals have rights. To me they were made by God just like us, and deserve equal treatment. I also found it facisnating at how animal cruelty at a young age can lead those people to commit more serious crimes as adults. I'm actually kind of enjoying this paper, just because it's a topic I'm interested in. It's surprising because I normally hate my composition class.

Finals Coming Up

I've never really been nervous for tests before, until I got back from Thanksgiving break. When I got back to Wartburg I kind of realized that there's only two weeks of classes left, then it's finals week already! I was talking to a 2nd year and she told me that the next two weeks are busy and they fly by. I'm happy that they fly by, I hate it when time goes slow during school. But I'm almost worried that time is going to go by too fast. I have one final each day, and they are all pretty late in the day, except for one 8:00 final for my comp class. I like that I only have one each day, and that I'll definitely be able to get some good sleep during the week. I think I just feel very crammed right now. I have two presentations as my final. One for IS, which Katie and I are doing together and are starting to work on tomorrow, and then my Comm. Arts class is a group presentation. I'm nervous for this one because it's an 8 to 10 minute presentation. My group hasn't gotten together yet, and I just found out that for the first time we're meeting two people won't be able to be there! I'm very upset about this, and we all have different schedules so it's really hard to change the time. I just hope that we all buckle down and get what we want done accomplished when we meet. I'm hoping that once we meet I'll be able to calm down about it.

Deciding a Major

I think I've finally decided what I want my major to be. I decided a long time ago that I didn't want to go into journalism, and then I was thinking about a psychology major. But that idea didn't stick with me for long. I then looked into an art major. I used to be really into that kind of stuff. I even have an easel and professional paint sets at my house. But eventually I stopped drawing, so I never gave it another thought. Plus, I didn't take any art classes in high school. I'm very interested in photography, but Wartburg doesn't have that as a major. So I looked into Communication Design. But now I'm sketchy about that. It wasn't until my friend asked me to help her with exercise stuff when I started thinking about a major in Fitness, or Health. I think that since health and fitness is something I'm interested in, it might be a good thing to major in. But I sometimes also think about my love for animals and such, and think about doing something with that. But the way I look at it, if I have a job in health and fitness, I could still volunteer at shelters, or be a foster parent for dogs and cats. So I think health and fitness is the career path for me. I would really enjoy being a personal trainer, and I think it would be a good job satisfaction for me as well.

Work Life

I recently picked up another on-campus job. I like my job at the Comm Mark department, but it requires a lot of outside work to schedule interviews, and have the interviews, and to write the articles, plus the office hours I work. I sometimes wish I didn't have to write the articles, that I could just go to the office and organize the newspapers, and file them, but there's never much that needs to be done there. I wrote an article today, so that got me some more money, but they didn't need me in the office. The other night I almost had a breakdown about money. I don't want to keep transferring money from my savings, so when Janice Hyde from the Mensa e-mailed about an opening I decided I needed the extra money. It kind of sucks though, because it's the 6:00- 8:30 AM shift every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. But the way I look at now is that that's 7 and a half hours every week, and I'll enjoy the paycheck I'll be getting in December, right when I'm going Christmas shopping. I sometimes slack in my other job at the Comm Mark Dept, and I've also decided that even though it wasn't what I expected, I'm still going to give it my best so I can earn the money. I know it will all pay off in the end.

CoNgO!

Today after class I went straight to the Waverly Public Library to borrow Congo for my final project. I'm amazed at how far I have actually read already. I'm really enjoying this book. I like it a lot more than State of Fear. I think it's because Congo is something I'm more interested in. I think the idea of teaching primates language and sign language is amazing. I did like State of Fear, but I'm able to hold my focus more in Congo. I'm on page 50 of 340, and I want to have this book finished by Monday. It's amazing how much free time I have available since volleyball is over now. I miss volleyball, but I like being able to get homework done earlier in the day. Today I read Congo for a while after I got it, then Jessie and I cleaned the room, then I worked AHEAD on my Comm. Arts class, and I just finished reading more. I want to get as much of my other homework done before Thanksgiving break so all I have to do is read. I have a lot of plans for break, but I want to save those for a blog this weekend after I've done all those plans!

Regionals!

We just made it to Regional Semi-Finals! We play the defending champion at 4:30 today. We watched them play yesterday, and they looked very beatable. I'm so excited! Plus, we beat Whitewater yesterday, who was a team that has beaten us before. I had to talk to a reporter which makes me kinda nervous. I also hit .750 attack percentage, with zero errors :) That's very exciting to me because it's my personal best, EVER. I just really hope that I didn't miss too much from my classes while I was gone, that is the downside to being in a sport in college.