Geology Poetry

Alright- I need to get on the ball  (this is an odd expression. I tried to find it's origin but all i got were definitions... if you know, tell me!) with school. Its not like I'm totally slacking, I just need to take it up a notch or two so that I'm better prepared for tests and more up to date with reading and when stuff is due and the dates of tests... Yesterday, I was running late after a geology field lab and would be late to math, so I decided not to go. Unfortunatly, it turned out that there was a test that class, so I misses it. Also, yesterday evening I discovered that I had a History test today (I could have SWORN it was next week) so I had to cram. 

My goal is to have at least a B in Geology and History, and an A in English and Sociology... In developmental math all I have to do is pass so I can move on to real math because it doesn't effect my GPA. Wish me luck with my grades!

Lately, I've been thinking a lot about becoming a CPM (certified professional midwife). I think it would be a very rewarding career that makes more money than teaching and is more personal than being an OB/GYN. Casey says that it wouldn't be a good career choice for me, but I think he just has his heart set on his wife being a teacher :p

I was bored in geology today and I got to writing (really bad) poetry.

Ode to Geology

I was an ass,

and picked this class. 

I thought it'd be good.

But drop it, I should

because I'm sure I wont pass.

^This was supossed to be a limerick, but I couldn't remember the formula or whatever its called.

If You Thought That Poem Was Bad, Wait 'Til You Read This

The cool Autumn breeze

Brushes past with ease,

And sends me her scent

So much like fresh mint.

I breathe the sweet smell

And go to the Hell

Of her last good bye,

And I want to die.

She said nevermind

And left me behind.

Just want to kiss her.

I'll always miss her.

^really awful, and mello-dramatic and fictitional.

Casey just called me and told me to google pictures of 'adelie penguins, they are the cutest birds ever!!! Here's a pic!

The Downfall of America

http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/26/asia/26space.php

Well, this is it... the US is about to become overshadowed in the space industry. China just had their first space walk. Their government wont kid around with a space program... In just a few years, china will become more and more prominent in our solar system, while we continue (or maybe even stop all together) to barely make a scratch on the Final Frontier. Once our Oh So Clever politicians Finally realize how important space is, China, Russia, and oodles of other countries will already be way ahead of us, posing a huge risk to our 

national security and our position as a world power.

Our children's history books will view our lack of prominence in space as something as idiotic as our persistent denial of global warming. It isn't that much of a stretch to think that our lack of space exploration is the thing that causes it US shrink to about the same importance as our neighbor to the south. Now, maybe I'm being biased, but I just don't understand how the vast majority of politicians don't have any appreciation of what a huge resource and good space program is! VVV This is the Discovery STS 120 take off- I got to go and watch it go up a few months ago! VVV

Also, I have discovered that sitting very still in a specific pose for a very long time makes you sore... I almost feel flu-y, I'm so sore.

Forget Disarming- I'm Disrobing!!!

Well, the artists' modeling thing turned out fine! A girl in the class gave me the pose and I would pose for 20 min and have a 5 min break (and repeat the cycle about 6 times)... It was surprisingly hard work- especially the last 20 minutes. Body parts start falling asleep (then some go into a coma) and randomly twitching and at the end I just forgot and moved my head. Its quite unnatural to sit still so long...

The thing I was most surprised by was how normal it felt to be nude in front of all the people. I had expected to be blushing head to toe the entire time, but even at the very beginning, my ears didn't even turn red. There is a big difference between 'naked' and 'nude'.

No one made any comments on my body (other than stuff like 'move your hand to the left') and I didn't feel insecure at all! And their work turned out really awesome- so much variety in styles and colors and angles... It was very interesting to see the way all these different people saw me.
I'm so glad that I decided to do this, and I'm doing it again in two weeks!- If you're thinking about it, just do it! You wont regret it!

Also, this picture isn't of me, of course... Its just a similar pose.

New Job

wow. I'm an idiot... I feel like i did right before i got my nose pierced... that good old "what the hell have I gotten myself into?" feeling.
So, yesterday, I walked into Art Building D just to inquire about getting a job as a model for an art class ( it pays really well- twice min. wage). I went up to the professor and told him what I was looking for... What I was expecting to happen was to be handed an application( I hadn't even really decided if i wanted to do it or not), and if i was lucky to set up an interview.. I was wrong... When I asked him, he replied with "Great! Come by noon tomorrow, bring a bathrobe." And that was it...
So in half an hour, I'll be buck naked in front of 25 people who are all staring intently at my body. And to make it even MORE exciting, I'm on my period...
Yep... I'm stupid.

Wish me luck you guys!

Recovering from Ike

Its an odd thing to have your home town turn into a disaster area... My back yard looks as if someone pulled out all the trees, put them in a blender and then dumped them back into the yard. The neighbor across the back fence ended up with a tree in his garage- it pushed the house off the slab, which pulled on the breeze way that connects to their house, which then cracked the brick veneer on the house. My boyfriend's parents house got four feet of water (which left behind and inch of mud, and destroyed a beautiful antique player piano) and a tree crushing their metal gate at the front of their driveway. My roommate, who's family lives in Bolivar, has no house left whatsoever.
So, for the last three days I've been doing intensive physical labor. I'm not used to doing intense physical labor... I'm sooo sore, and ill, too. But it could have been a lot worse, so I should be thankful. I'll have to work on that.
I'm going back to SHSU tomorrow, getting up early and driving there, and then spending the day studying everything I should have been studying for the last week.