Hans

I challenge you to study while listening to Pandora's Film Score Radio.  I will give you $.50 if it does not change the way you study.

Nature

A summer by nature.

"Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience." Ralph Waldo Emerson

awkward events

I would like to tell you that all of these events happened today:

1) I fully support the idea of walking around campus shirtless. The past two days over by HECC around 1:50 I've seen this very muscular, yet pale, man walking around without a shirt. It's definitely hot enough outside and when you have 35 minutes to get to class why not take the opportunity to tan.

2) I can really tell that 'Howdy' is dying. Today walking over by the ILSB, I decided I'd be the cool upperclassman and say "Howdy" to a girl and her mom. She was wearing her name tag for NSC and I thought it would be something kind for me to do. The response from the mother went a little like this, "Oh, hi. I mean, wait, hello. No, no... howdy.."

3) "Kim, you look really tired today." "Oh, I think 7 hours this first session was a bad idea." "Well, Matt over here is taking 14 this first session. Have a few words with him." I was definitely roasted.

psalm 19

I took this picture when I was in Austin a few weeks ago with my family. It was an attempt to watch the famous bats fly out from under Congress Avenue. The attempt failed, needless to say. At least my picture of Congress Avenue turned out nice and pretty. I even captured two love birds going down Town Lake, or Lady Bird Lake, which ever you prefer to call it.

This is my first summer spent away from home. It is also my first summer to take 5 week summer sessions at Texas A&M University. 'A-a-a Whoop!' If I knew where to start in describing my anger towards the financial aid department, and how I want to punch them all in the face right now, I would. But, I don't even know where to begin. You're the lucky ones!

To go a long with my first time theme, I'm also in the process of packing up my room. This room belongs to the very first apartment that I've ever lived in without my family. Drew and Jessica found me an amazing dresser and bed from Ikea and I cannot wait to set it up in my new place.

"Hey! You lookin' kinda cute; in that polka dot bikini, guuurl!"

If you ever need your soil analyzed feel free to let a girl know. I'm currently in a soil science class where the lab consists of playing with soil to determine the porosity, bulk density, particle density, and what percentages of clay, silt, and sand that make it up. This is my first agriculture class at A&M. I'm glad I'm getting to experience hands on what the A in A&M stands for.

Until next time,

Kim

'assassin'

Note: Don't look at the posted date. I begin these blogs and it takes me a while to finish them. The real date of posting is February 8, 2010.
A friend of mine read my last blog, laughed, and told me that it seemed like I thought that I was a music critic. I disagreed. But, on the contrary, I decided to go with it and told him that I would now write something about a different artist in each of my future blogs. I haven't decided who will be my next victim.

How do people afford to go to college?

I went and bought a few of my books a couple of weeks ago for this spring semester, $599.00. Is $200 for a used book really necessary? That wasn't even the start of it all. To add to it all, of course Texas A&M University is currently contemplating how much to increase next semesters tuition.
Quick Fire: Could teaching high school students really be that bad? I changed my major recently to Bio-environmental Sciences and am entering the accelerated teaching certification program here. Everyone who asks me what I want to do with the degree just looks at me like I'm crazy when I mention that I want to teach science at the high school level. My brother and sister have offered me a place to stay so that I hopefully can student teach in Katy ISD. I'm really excited to see where all of this goes. Things really seem to be falling into place.

"Been up all night staring at you, wondering what's on your mind. I've been this way with you so many times before, but this feels like the first time"

It's now exactly one month until Kyle and I will venture into Austin to see John Mayer perfom at the Frank Erwin Center. Of all of the concerts I have been to this is the one that I am most excited for. What makes it even better, I have an Organic exam that day. It will be a nice relief from a weekend full of studying.

Buses: I have a tendency to get on the wrong one and have to frantically find the route on my iPhone to figure out where I need to get off. Let's hope in 10 minutes that I get on the right one.

'quick fire'

I have a fascination for the city. Oprah Winfrey once said, 'My first day in Chicago, September 4, 1983. I set foot in this city, and just walking down the street, it was like roots, like the motherland. I knew I belonged here.' I'm really not a follower of her work or what she does but this is right to the point of how I feel about NYC. I've never been to Chicago, but have always dreamed about going and I think it applies to any individual about their favorite place to visit. The first time I visited New York City in high school I knew it was where I wanted to be. It was one of my dad's favorite places in the world and I have so many memories of me and him from our trip there. I've been back since that trip and every time it's a new leap forward in my journey through life.
Quick Fire Question: When it's 44 degrees Fahrenheit outside, why does one wear Nike shorts and Ugg boots? I understand the purpose of Ugg boots. They're stylish, they keep your feet warm, their insides are super soft, they're pretty, and more importantly, they originated on a beach in Australia. Who knew? Nike shorts consume the average college students daily wardrobe. If I were to count how many pairs I saw everyday I would easily reach numbers in the 50s, if not higher. There are just so many options to choose from. Do I want the green ones with the black netting or the black ones with green netting on the sides? Getting back to my point however, the boots are for the winter and the shorts are for weather other than the cold. Let's put two and two together. Ugg boots and Nike shorts just do not go with one another. They may look okay together but the logic behind it just isn't clear to me.

I tend to quote the fabulous, amazing John Mayer quite a bit. It's just one of those things that you have to get used to.

Despite the awful reviews about John Mayer's new album, 'Battle Studies', I find it rather enlightening. I definitely see where he's coming from on several of the songs. I like it. Yes, I love the jazzy, blues side of him, seen in songs such as 'I'm Gonna Find Another You' or 'I Don't Trust Myself (With Loving You)', but I think this new album has quite a bit of potential.

I took a human geography class this past semester and Dr. Jepson made a statement that got me to thinking. She said, 'Coming into this class, I knew each of you, for the majority, would have your mind set on the fact that you believe that overpopulation is ruining the world. But, I hope that as we sit here together on this last day of class that you now know that yes, overpopulation is a problem, but there is SO much more to it. Quit looking at what's apparent and dig into it.' Needless to say, this was my favorite class last semester. She was also the professor who used quick fire questions.

"All we ever do is say goodbye. I bought a ticket on a plane and by the time it landed you had gone again. I love you more than songs can say. But I can't keep running after yesterday."

Rambling: one of the things I have great success in.

i will follow you

For the past few months I've been wanting to start a blog. I'm a fairly poor writer but there is just something about jotting my thoughts down that makes my day ten times better. There is also something about biology 112 that seems to always get my mind in a knotted mess. In the past 2 months, I can definitely say that I've grown up, a lot. I've been forced to look at things with a whole new perspective. I've been drawn towards and pulled apart from certain individuals, all who have influenced the individual that I am now.

I am going to be a 5th grade science teacher, maybe. My co-workers feel that I seem more like the person who would teach at the high school level. Maybe I can relate to the average high school student more than the 5th grader who still has to be asked whether or not he or she brushed their teeth that day by their parents. After working with certain children at work this semester, I have a new profound admiration for those who work with kids who have behavioral issues.

Word of the Wise: phones should be left on during hours of rest. You never know what kind of event or emergency is going to take place in which you are needed. This occasion has occurred three times to me in the past 36 hours.

I had the honor to dress up as Hamm (the piggy bank from Toy Story) at Kids Klub today. I was a little disappointed in my costume but the kids loved it and they knew exactly who I was dressed up to be. I would call that a success. Some kids know exactly how to take that terrible day that you're having and turn it into the most wonderful beautiful day of all. Others, on the other hand, sometimes do the exact opposite. And as Krista would say "I'm not going to follow any of this new day crap. No choices! They'll do what I say and when I say it!".

signing off,

this is not a blog ... just random stories from a random person.