Confusion by Lauren Wheeler
I'm tossing in a tempest of turmoil
the waves crashing over me, pulling me down.
I forget to swim when I once knew how
and a dreadful fear fills my heart.
Something screams within me,
"This just isn't right!"
My body yearns to sprawl out on the sandy beach
where it's warm and calm, safe from Poseidon’s grasp.
But just as I catch a glimpse of that shore
the gloomy deep grabs me, swirling violently.
As I gulp in air it slams me again and again.
Never stopping, never pausing,
Holding me down forever
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
These are the Times..
"These are the times that try men's souls."
That indeed they are. One day Oklahoma decides to be 75, two days later it's 8 degrees with high winds and snow everywhere...oh and two snow days!!! :) Times like these separate the men from the boys...those that will venture into the snow (and maybe have some fun playing in it) and those who stay inside. I dabbled on both sides of that fence today. Had a LOT of fun jumping into snow drifts, playing ping pong, and watching movies with the guys. I also righted a terrible wrong. four college aged boys had not seen Toy Story 3.......don't panic......I fixed it :) I also learned today that unless they had a younger sister, they hadn't seen any of the Disney movies that even remotely related to princesses.....something that will be fixed before summer. All in all it was a very lazy yet exciting day and I can't wait to have more adventures tomorrow!!
It's been a while since I've blogged so now I feel as if I must write something important or heartfelt.................................nah. I'll just ramble about my life....that is what a blog is for after all ;)
I really love being at OC. SOOOO many good friends and teachers. Classes are going great too! I have a lot of reading homework for one, but in the end I've got more time than last semester. Spring Sing rehearsals have been going on and I can honestly say that the Freshman are going to PWN!! Picked out songs for voice and I get to sing some fantastic arias this semester :) Pretty soon Opera rehearsals will start....that's gonna be interesting combined with Spring Sing and voice...
On a completely unrelated note. You never realize how nerdy you are until you start watching Big Bang Theory (a show about the life of 4 VERY smart guys with physicist jobs and whatnot) and most of the time you can understand all or part of what they are saying. For instance: We've been reading a book by Kuhn in our Bible Science class lately. It discusses scientific paradigm shifts and anomalies. They started mentioning these in the show and I understood and followed the train of though while trying to deduce what they were going to say next based on my logic. Then I recognized the three-dimensional chess board from Star Trek before they made any reference to the show....and I started explaining to my friend about how a flu shot injects a little piece of the strain into your body so that your body will begin making antibodies for that particular virus, thus helping prevent further infestation of flu viruses....yeah...if you didn't follow that then sorry haha. Just know that when you get a little sick after a flu shot, it's a good thing :) Speaking of biological and medicinal happenings....my roommate hurt her knee. She has been on crutches for the past 6 days and can't bend her knee. I love the girl to death...but she has no sense of balance :) As she puts it, "Mobility is something that should never be taken for granted." I've pretty much been a mother hen to her the past few days. Doing little extra things to help her out, making sure she's ok, scolding her when she tries to walk around on her leg without crutches and so on so forth. And now that I'm thinking about mothers, I'd just like to say that I have the absolute best Mom in the world :) She is always there for me, texts me during class or calls me just to see how my day is going, and really does so much for me :) I'm so thankful that God gave me the parents He did. I really miss my Dad. I've always been somewhat a Daddy's Little Girl :) So be prepared Dad, your phone is about to blow up with as many texts as I send Mom!! :D And you better answer them back :P
Well anyway...I'm gonna go to bed now. Looooooooong day of snow tomorrow :) Stay warm and safe! God bless! :)
That indeed they are. One day Oklahoma decides to be 75, two days later it's 8 degrees with high winds and snow everywhere...oh and two snow days!!! :) Times like these separate the men from the boys...those that will venture into the snow (and maybe have some fun playing in it) and those who stay inside. I dabbled on both sides of that fence today. Had a LOT of fun jumping into snow drifts, playing ping pong, and watching movies with the guys. I also righted a terrible wrong. four college aged boys had not seen Toy Story 3.......don't panic......I fixed it :) I also learned today that unless they had a younger sister, they hadn't seen any of the Disney movies that even remotely related to princesses.....something that will be fixed before summer. All in all it was a very lazy yet exciting day and I can't wait to have more adventures tomorrow!!
It's been a while since I've blogged so now I feel as if I must write something important or heartfelt.................................nah. I'll just ramble about my life....that is what a blog is for after all ;)
I really love being at OC. SOOOO many good friends and teachers. Classes are going great too! I have a lot of reading homework for one, but in the end I've got more time than last semester. Spring Sing rehearsals have been going on and I can honestly say that the Freshman are going to PWN!! Picked out songs for voice and I get to sing some fantastic arias this semester :) Pretty soon Opera rehearsals will start....that's gonna be interesting combined with Spring Sing and voice...
On a completely unrelated note. You never realize how nerdy you are until you start watching Big Bang Theory (a show about the life of 4 VERY smart guys with physicist jobs and whatnot) and most of the time you can understand all or part of what they are saying. For instance: We've been reading a book by Kuhn in our Bible Science class lately. It discusses scientific paradigm shifts and anomalies. They started mentioning these in the show and I understood and followed the train of though while trying to deduce what they were going to say next based on my logic. Then I recognized the three-dimensional chess board from Star Trek before they made any reference to the show....and I started explaining to my friend about how a flu shot injects a little piece of the strain into your body so that your body will begin making antibodies for that particular virus, thus helping prevent further infestation of flu viruses....yeah...if you didn't follow that then sorry haha. Just know that when you get a little sick after a flu shot, it's a good thing :) Speaking of biological and medicinal happenings....my roommate hurt her knee. She has been on crutches for the past 6 days and can't bend her knee. I love the girl to death...but she has no sense of balance :) As she puts it, "Mobility is something that should never be taken for granted." I've pretty much been a mother hen to her the past few days. Doing little extra things to help her out, making sure she's ok, scolding her when she tries to walk around on her leg without crutches and so on so forth. And now that I'm thinking about mothers, I'd just like to say that I have the absolute best Mom in the world :) She is always there for me, texts me during class or calls me just to see how my day is going, and really does so much for me :) I'm so thankful that God gave me the parents He did. I really miss my Dad. I've always been somewhat a Daddy's Little Girl :) So be prepared Dad, your phone is about to blow up with as many texts as I send Mom!! :D And you better answer them back :P
Well anyway...I'm gonna go to bed now. Looooooooong day of snow tomorrow :) Stay warm and safe! God bless! :)
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