Welcome! Our blog follows the lives of Bobby Burton and Connor Schmidt. We are living far apart from each other so we made this blog to keep in touch. The posts will act as blogged emails so you can follow our daily lives in letter form.
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Well Bobby, I think I win for going the longest without posting. I would love to blame other things, but honestly, I was just lazy. Forgive me! Anyways, I just wanted to tell you a few things about my life. There is so much and so little going on. Just today I outfitted my LinkedIn account online and posted something new on my Japan Wordpress account. Social Media is TAKING ME OVER. And I love it?
Oh my gosh I love this video so FREAKING MUCH. How are your classes going? My mother won't let me go on ADHD medication. Oh well. Back to some other things.
Trevor and I started watching this show called Revenge.
It is a really horrible premise, all about this girl taking revenge of people in the Hamptons, but it is SO GOOD. hahaha Trevor and I are totally addicted.
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Ben got A WIIU.
IT IS SO TOTALLY AWESOME.
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Well there are just a few updates for you, I hope you have been reading my Calvin Blog, (And liking my posts). Also, we have a ton of views on this blog. It is super awesome.
I will probably only update once a week now. On the weekends. So you should update sometime during the week!
my quarter ends in about 3-4 weeks. IT'S SO SCARY AAAAGH. i'm doing really well in calculus, but i need to up my grade in biology.
I can't wait for thanksgiving! that's great that your family is going up to calvin to spend it with you. oh my gosh if i could afford it i would totally get a WiiU. IT LOOKS SO AWESOME.
haha, nice pictures. that's an awesome costume. i would have done stuff for halloween, but it was a wednesday and i had school stuff to do.
Connor, you do this every time. you get so nervous about something, then you end up doing amazing. you're gonna do fine. TRUST ME.
So, you know that one character from That 70's Show? Hyde?
well there are 2 hyde lookalikes at my college. it's crazy.
I went to see Wreck It Ralph last friday. It was so good! I don't want to ruin it for you, but it is so awesome and wonderful and you need to go see it! :D
wow, ok. lots of stuff has happened and it all kinda threw me for a loop.
so i just found out that i have tendonitis in my left thumb and now i have to wear this dumb brace for a couple months. i guess it's kinda cool, cause now i can go around telling people that i am an android. lol. while on the subject, What is the worst injury you have ever suffered?
Next, the day after veterans day, i came down with a stomach virus and was bed ridden for two days. as a result, i missed a calculus test review, a 2-hour O-chem lecture, and two biology lectures. Since when was getting sick during the schoolyear such a bad thing? I miss when we could get sick in highschool and not care that we missed class. :-/
OH MY GOSH I CAN'T WAIT FOR YOU TO COME VISIT OVER CHRISTMAS BREAK! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!
WHEN YOU COME I CAN GIVE YOU ALL OF YOUR GIFTS THAT I HAVE GOT FOR YOU!
i am kinda freaking out about there only being like 2 weeks left of classes for me and then i have finals! i am really bad at tests lately and i need to study like crazy. Do you get test anxiety?
My faith is actually doing really well! i have had some personal revelations in the last few weeks that have made me feel much closer to god. i love god and all he has done for me and my friends and family. :)
I like how you put the questions underlined. It is super helpful. And yes, my midterms are finished! Woo!
That being said, now I am totally freaking out because I can see all my big final papers and midterms
due in a month-ish!! AHHHHH
When does your quarter end?
Guess what? My familyis coming up for Thanksgiving! I am so excited to see their beautiful faces and talk to my brother about the WiiU. He is so freaking obsessed! Do you think you are going to get one?
I like being able to just talk to you. On my Calvin Blog I sometimes freak out because it is like.
WHAT IF I SAY THE WRONG THING.
That being said, isn't it interesting what you can do with photo editing? I feel like there is definitely an art to the idea of editing, but does the skill of taking photos lose its value?
These are pictures of a girl and I from our floor. We went to the Halloween Party here at Calvin as weird vampire things. Yeah. Its cool.
Sorry for not posting last Thursday Connor, I've been feeling a little bit under the weather lately. This probably won't be a very long post. :/
How are things going?
How long do you have before your midterms? or did you already have them? i don't really know how long semesters are, as my college uses quarters.
I'ts a little late but
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I have your present here, in my room, still not in the mail. UGH. you might just have to wait until Christmas for your present, as i need my mom to take me to get the right packaging to send it to you, and she has no time whenever i ask her to take me. you will also be getting other stuff too! YAY LOTS OF PRESENTS!
:D
You got a job writing a blog for potential Calvin freshmans? that sounds like the perfect job for you, as you are really good at writing about stuff that is interesting. also yes, i watched the music video and it was so awesome!
Hmm...personally, i don't think coffee is necessary for college. I don't drink coffee cause it messes with my prescriptions, but i think if you have a coffee alternative you should be good. As long as a student has an energy booster, they can make it through those 4-hour lectures. I like adding Emergen-C or Zipfizz to a water bottle. this stuff is so good and works really well.
Most recently, i was in a situation where i was sitting next to someone on the bus who was talking about things that they did not know anything about, which was really getting on my nerves. They were stuck in my head that whole day and it still kinda bugs me that i didn't say anything, knowing that i could have let them know that they were mistaken in what they were talking about. Has that happened to you at all? does that ever happen to you, or am i just going crazy from being sick and stressed?
What have you heard about the recent storm on the east coast? i thought you might have heard more about it, being closer to the east coast than me. From what i have gathered by way of pictures and a few articles, it seems pretty bad. I'm just glad i don't have any family on the east coast. Do you? Maybe you could bring up the people on the west coast during your next prayer group.
Well, it is 10:22 PM here on the west coast, and i have my second Organic Chemistry exam in the morning. Wish me luck & say a prayer that i don't get any more sick. Goodnight.
It's okay though, I love answering them! But first. . .
IT IS MY BIRTHDAY! YAYYYY.
also,
I GOT THE JOB.
( It is for writing a blog for Prospective Calvin Students!)
I'm so excited!!!! Woo!
There are so many things I want to tell you Bobster!
First, juggling classes, meetings, and homework is hard,but it is like a big puzzle! I make sure to use my Google Calendar religiously, otherwise I miss appointments and things. It is quite unfortunate.
Second, I really wish I could go to your play. I am super sad I'm not able to see you act, you were always amazing at portraying crazy and hilarious characters. I'm sure this is no different.
Third, watch this video . . . because I really like it.
Fourth, a Nomad from LiNK ( Liberty in North Korea) spent the night in my room last night. The nomads travel around America giving presentations on LiNK and show the documentary. It was really nice to meet the nomads and hear what they had to say about the organization.
Fifth, I really want to skip theology because it is my birthday, but I know I shouldn't.
Sixth,I liked the Hana Pestle video, She has a nice voice. It is super lame that you can't go. :( Also, I liked drama, at least now I miss it a bit. It wasn't vital to my joyfulness but I did like being in front of people. I like the limelight hahaha.
Seventh, I did a group presentation on Coffee trying to prove that it was necessary for college life. It was super fun! We made coffee for the whole class and acted like we were giving an infomercial. We compared Coffee to energy drinks and gave health and social benefits. I think we got a really good grade.
Eighth, I should go to sleep.
I hope everything is well with you. I miss you (And Trevor) a bunch. I just want to hang out with you and sit around and relax.
In case i didn't mention it, that's the name of my play, lol.
WOW!
It sounds like you had quite the week dude! It must have been really amazing, being able to talk to important collegiate people from all around the states. Plus an amazing party with pumpkin carving AND laser tag? I hope i get to go to a party that cool someday. :)
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ok, i have something that has been really bugging me recently. I have Calculus II lectures from 11:20 to 12:10 Mon-Thur, Organic Chemistry lectures from 12:30 through 2:10 on Mondays and Wednesdays, and Labs on Tuesdays from 12:20 to 4:10. As you can see, i am usually doing school related things around noon on the weekdays. However, whenever my college decides to have something cool happening like a live performance of dance or a lecture or singers in Grey Wolf Hall or Baker Hall or the Parks Building, they insist on scheduling these events at times between, wait for it...
11AM-2PM.
I don't see how this is a good time to schedule anything cool or interesting that people would want to attend. 90% of the people i know at EvCC have classes somewhere in that time slot almost every weekday.
Just last week we had Hana Pestle perform in Parks, but i didn't get to go because i had O-Chem lecture.
Next Monday the college has two published poets reading snippets of their new work in Jackson Center (event building basically), but it's at 1...so i can't go. Parks is hosting a club fest from 11 to 1 on Halloween. All the clubs will have tables set up and there is going to be a costume contest and lost of other cool stuff. but i can't go because YADDA YADDA YADDA SAME SAME SAME. Sometimes i wish i wasn't a fairly responsible student so i could blow off a lecture to go to an event or two.
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OH MAH GERD
i have zero time to do so many things! >:/
Being in a play and having three core classes to keep up with is no picnic. I basically have had to do a weeks worth of homework over the weekend for the last two weeks because of final dress rehearsal and the performances. I just don't have any time for HW over the week. speaking of which, i hope someone takes some pictures of me in costume so i can post them on here. I love my costume. I'm dressed all victorian proper-like. You should TOTALLY do some acting in the near future and then tell me alllllllll about it! Acting together in highschool was so much fun!
wait.
i forget. did you like being in theater in highschool?
I recall someone saying that they were only in theater b/c it was the only other EC besides basketball & choir. was that you or ben? BTW, How is your family doing?
It was President Le Roy's special week at Calvin. A Regina Spektor concert, academic symposiums, flash mobs, inauguration, and galas galore. The week was packed, but it was incredible.
I was a Student Ambassador for the week. Wearing my Calvin tie and official name badge, I helped delegates from different colleges get ready for inauguration, ushered for the event, and looked all around studly.
The first activity I was able to go was the amazing flash mob to the Cupid Shuffle in the middle of Commons with the President himself
Woo!
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You might wonder what we are wearing. That would be the beard shirt.
As you might have noticed from the classic picture of our
new President I included, Michael Le Roy has an amazing beard. So all the
students, staff, and faculty bought these grey and maroon “beard shirts” and
wore them to the flash mob! ( Facial Hair Clothing is the new fashion, in case
you didn’t know)
That's me in the glasses down at the bottom! Right there ^
Next on my agenda was volunteering as my student ambassador
position on Friday at the Fieldhouse. I met some awesome Calvin staff while I
was there. They ended up helping me get to the inauguration gala. My job during
this time was to assist delegates from other colleges who were coming to
process in their regalia ( think Harry Potter robes) during the President’s
inauguration. I met all sorts of kind ( and important) people all around the
States coming to show respect to our new Prez!
Beauty Shot. ( Ignore the crooked tie)
Saturday was the big day; inauguration. I arrived early to
help assist delegates and ended up filling in as an usher for the big day!
Swarming with students, staff, faculty, and alumni, everyone was here to see
the inauguration. It was an amazing time. In fact you can see it right here!
I was invited to the Black-tie Optional inauguration gala by
the kind Calvin staff I had met earlier!
In case you don’t know what “Black-tieOptional” means, don’t
worry. (I didn’t either) After Googling the term (I’m quite positive that is a
word!), I found that the normal attire for these events is a tuxedo for men, and an
evening gown for women! All I had was a suit, so it had to do. I ended up being
dressed formally enough.
The Gala was absolutely stunning. Located in the Marriott Ballroom in
downtown Grand Rapids, there were around 300 people invited. ( Who were all way more important than I)
We ate
delicious food, mingled, and listened to speakers talk about President Le Roy’s
awesome personality! It was incredible.
The food was to die for.
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After all that, I'm sure you thought there could not be more. But there was. A giant celebration in the fieldhouse complete with catered food, dance party, laser tag, pumpkin carving, and a jazz band! It was a great end to the week.
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All in all, the week was utterly amazing. I'm quite positive that our new President enjoyed himself quite thoroughly! Calvin knows how to throw amazing festivities. I was quite honored to take part in them.
grrrrrrr, why is there so much stuff to do this weekend? oh yeah. it's because MY PLAY STARTS IT'S FIRST PERFORMANCE THIS TUESDAY!
YAAAAAAAAAY!
We just got the last part of the laboratory scene setup and i get to flip giant switches and play with an old redesigned sound board! EEEEEEEEE i am so excited!
Oh my goodness. how many credits are you taking this semester? I cannot find a way to balance out the amount of time i am spending on each class. You know how long it took me to write up my last Organic Chemistry Pre-Lab?
7 HOURS.
How do you balance out your time for your classes?
Speaking of classes, what is your favorite class you are taking this quarter? Mine would have to be biology.
This quarter we are learning all about the tissues that make up organs and organ systems in plants and animals and the different organs and body parts and what they do and how they function. it's pretty tough, but it's also really interesting!
OH YEAH! i just remembered that i finally decided where i am going to transfer after finishing my AA! I'm going to go to Western Washington University! :D They have a marine focused Biology program that i will be going for. I would be more excited...except i just found out that i have a WHOLE YEAR more of classes before i get to transfer. i'll be applying to western for the 2014 Fall Quarter. If i'm lucky i'll have my bachelors sometime in 2016.
guess what i did yesterday instead of doing a post on time? that's right!
ZOMBIE HUNTING.
It was so much fun! I went with a couple of my friends in the drama dept. and Beth (the drama major advisor). I got on a wagon and we drove through a corn field and had to defend the cart we were riding in from an onslaught on ZOMBIES! it was so scary! here's a picture of us after the zombie hunt:
It was raining the whole time, which made it even more INTENSE. lol. :)
Also i made a scary face. SCARY!
In the theme of the season, What are you going to be for Halloween? I am gonna try to find a pair of blue jean overalls and dress up as a 1950's grease-monkey.
That is a really good question Bobby. Yes I have changed. In many ways, but here are two.
DISCLAIMER: These probably make no sense.
First, I have become extremely open and accepting. People in the North are SO much different than people in the south. In some good ways, in some bad ways. That isn't really the point.
The point is, that seeing all these points of view makes you pop that comfort bubble and look at all sides of an argument. It makes me question things I had originally believed, and hold on even stronger to things I still do. No matter what the topic, there is always someone who thinks differently than I do.
In Dallas that wasn't really the case.
I'm not saying its bad to think alike necessarily, I mean, if everyone thought that we should get ice cream for free, I would be all for it.
BUT
My point is,
I have experienced So many ideas and opinions. It has made me a more knowledgeable, cultured, and respectful person. Yay college.
Second, I am more humble.
not because I necessarily want to be, but because there are
Numerous people smarter than me
Numerous people cooler than me
Numerous mistakes I have made
Numerous failed attempts I have done.
Anyways, I have realized how lame i am. Hahaha. That is a good thing I guess. WHATEVER.
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Oh, here are those pictures by the way. That totally adorable Asian girl is Rikako Funai, the intern from Japan. SHE IS SO CUTE. Anyways, the photos aren't great, but they are fun!
Rika
My hilarious Professor when I told him to get mad at me.
Oh fall, I love you
Me and the prosps
Ceramic Studio
RIKA
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Now for the millions of questions.
1. I'm not voting. I forgot to fill out the absentee ballot/I was too lazy/ I'm too stupid to know who I want to vote for and even if I wasn't I would vote for some third party hooligan who would never get elected.
2. Whoa, after college? Why the heck are you thinking that far in advance! I mean, I guess I would like to go to graduate school for communications and continue with my Japanese studies. I am learning so much and I love every single minute of it!
3. Don't worry if you feel like you are drowning. Take a Japanese Class. I know you will love it. I know you won't become a hobo, but even if you did. IT WOULD BE OKAY.
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Over and out!
I haven't watched all of the debates so far, but what i have seen has been just embarrassing. It seems like neither Romney, nor Obama have a firm grasp on what they are even talking about. When they are making sense, Romney is the one who seems like he knows what he's talking about (not that i agree with everything he is saying) and Obama can barely make a rebuttal! So i have my choice between a candidate who I don't agree with on the vast majority of his views, but can at least verbalize his plans, and another who i want to vote for, if only he could keep a sentence going without a 10 second pause between every freakin word! (that's an exaggeration, but you get my point).
UGH.
politics aggravate me.
Who are you going to vote for? I need some help deciding. Washington State votes in November, i think.
GEEZ, has it only been a little over a year since i moved? It feels like it's been so much longer, honestly.
How much do you think you have changed since we graduated?
Like, SERIOUSLY, this is a serious question. I feel like so much has happened since i started college up here. When i think back to who i was a year and a couple months ago, its hard to believe who i was and who i am now. I mean that in a lot of ways.
It's hard enough to think that in just 3-4 years we'll both have our bachelors and probably be working full time or doing any other degree of other things. Are you planning to go for a masters right after graduating, or are you going to take a break and find some solid, well paying work?
I know I'm really lucky to be where i am now, being so close to my college, having a program that lets me do the first 2 years of my degree at community college SUPER CHEAP and then transfer to a 4-year university. I can't help missing my brother and sister though. I guess i thought my family would always be close to each other, but half of us ended up on the opposite side of the country! It's not like I'm worried about them or anything. They're doing really good in fact! Johnny just had his first kid with his wife, and Maggie is really happy where she and her family are at the moment.
Maybe I'm just...anxious. It's like, well, this move was going to be my chance to have a say in how my life is going to go from this point on. From before that point, I had never really felt like i had the choice of what i would be doing in the grand scheme of things. Now that i am slowly moving away from having to rely on my parents, it feels like, at any moment, something could go wrong. I'm not going to have my parents to fall back on forever.
I just get all of these crazy thoughts of how something could happen that would leave me in some kind of terrible situation, and no one would be there to help me get back on my feet. Sometimes it feels like I've been uprooted, and everyone that i want to be close to me is really far away. I've made lots of friends here, but we all live in different cities, so i don't really get to hang out with people a lot.
I feel like I'm missing that drive that everyone should have. That thing that pushes you to get out on your own and start your own life. I kinda feel like I'm floundering, which makes it seem like everyone around me is moving ahead on their own. I don't even have a job yet! You work in the library at your college right? If i want a job inside my college, then I'm going to have to wait another year, since EvCC only hires annually.
IT'S NOT ALL BAD THOUGH!
SERIOUSLY!
I'M NOT GONNA BECOME A HOBO!
I PROMISE!
It just feels like so much has changed and is changing and will change in just a few short years. Its a lot to take in sometimes.
Let's see, how will i end this post? hmmm...PBS IDEA CHANNEL. This is an awesome YouTube channel. Love the questions this guy comes up with.
Back to more important things, My dorm retreat is this weekend. There is an 100% chance of rain. WHOOPSIES. Pray that everyone doesnt freak out and not show up and complain and whine and all that obnoxious-ness.
(I had a midterm today that was 30% of my grade!!!!)
It was in Persuasion and Propaganda. AHHHHHHHH Like the test was
actually really fun, it is just scary because it was a hard test and there was so much to talk about.
Oh Bruises, such a classic orange Ipod song. I loved that old Ipod. It was so kind to us.
Now like half of those songs are super old and throwbacks. SO WEIRD
We are old.
Old people are . . . . . kinda gross.
(Don't tell my dad I said that)
Next post, I am going to upload my pictures from Calvin in 24. It is this awesome day here where everyone takes tons and tons of photographs about their day and they all upload them onto the interweb facebook page! I have taken some. . . interesting photos and there are more sure to come. It will be an amazing wordless post. Get excited. GET EXCITED. Oh, and Gravity Falls is actually kinda funny (at least the two clips you showed me) but I don't have time to watch T.V. shows. I seriously am WAYYYYY too busy.
This friday i'm going to my friend Xander's Spelling Bee. Did you know there was such a thing as adult spelling bees? I didn't. I think i'm gonna show up with a sign. Gonna treat it like i'm at a basketball game or something, hahaha.
A few of my friends and I are going to a planetarium in Seattle this Saturday. When was the last time you went to a planetarium? Did you ever go the science place in Dallas? MAN that place was cool.
OH MY GOSH YOUR BIRTHDAY IS ALMOST HERE I HAVE A PRESENT TO SEND YOU.
I waited an extra day to post this since you posted a day late. So don't worry, I didn't forget about it.
This week is UnLearn week here at Calvin College.
It is basically a time to 'unlearn' all the stereotypes we find in the world today.
Race Stereotypes
Sex Stereotypes
Religious Stereotypes
Wealth Stereotypes
The point is to unlearn these biases that we have in us from society, friends, etc.
It is a really fun week with lots of cool talks to go to. There is one on Hip Hop Theology, a talk on stereotypes in Disney movies, a look at Islam and Christian relationships, A International Food Festival, and Much much much much more.
I wish you could be here, it is fun!
Guess what. . . .
I had to do an hour of community service. HAAAAAAAA
I used this amazing backpack vacuum to clean out the basement of my dorm as punishment for toilet papering my RA's room. (Yeah, Calvin is tough). But it wasn't so bad. I felt like I was from Ghost Busters, vacuuming up Ghosts left and right. It was pretty epic. But it also hurt my back.
I don't know how they carried that thing all the time! Goodness Gracious.
I seriously think there is SO much to say. laskjf;alskdjf;las.
Anyways, For my dorm talent show this weekend, I am performing a song with two of my friends from KHvR( Andrew and Caitlin). Here is the actual song. It is by Greg Laswell featuring Ingrid Michaelson. (They are married!!) Anyways, The Ingrid Michaelson concert was AMAZING. She was seriously the most hilarious person.
IN THE WORLD.
At one point, she took out a water bottle, took a drink, and was like,
" Did you know Lady Gaga doesn't drink water on stage? She thinks it is too human"
"I bet she would drink the blood of a baby goat instead"
Then she start saying Baby Goat, but like Baaa(Baa-ing)by goat.
Then she randomly started playing Poker Face by Lady Gaga but she changed the lyrics.
Ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba Baby Goat.
Na na na na
Ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba Baby Goat
Baby Goat
My baby Goat is my best friend.
It was to die for. *dies*
Here is that song,
I love it so much. The harmony, the guitar, the lyrics. I am so excited.
Anyways, I could talk forever.
You know that though.
I hope your classes are going well, I miss you!!!!
whoops, i forgot to post yesterday. (This sentence was sung out loud.)
Anywaaaaaaaays, i spent approximately 19 hours last weekend doing nothing but homework. ...yeah.
CORE CLASSES ARE AWESOME! 8D
oh awesome! i love those pictures! where did you find them? My favorites would have to be first one with the spoons and the last one with the monkeys. they look like those monkeys that you'd get in the barrel when you were little. i LOVED playing with those.
hahahahaha! someone got you to play SLENDER?! was this willingly or did you not know how scary that game is? There's a really funny video of a guy playing it and getting really scared on youtube. here:
It gets really funny around 1:30. :)
What is koala no marchi?! it sounds delicious! I WANTS.
oh yeah, going back to a previous conversation, my mom told me she went to a Unitarian church for a while. i'm gonna ask her more about it maybe tomorrow or wednesday.
Yes, Victor Frankenstein IS the main crazy scientist guy. I am SO EXCITED for this play because we only have 2 more weeks till our first performance and i am really getting into my part.
Final thing before i go, what is your favorite kind of board/card game? mine is APPLES TO APPLES! :D
I don't get overwhelmed easily. It is just that I can handle a lot of everything. Sometimes I feel bad for people who get overwhelmed very easily. I want to comfort them.
Anyways, YOU OVERWHELMED ME WITH VOCALOID. and no, i did not know that IA is overtaking Miku!!!! That is not happy! But such is life, fads come and go.
Anyways, pictures are awesome, and these aren't even that great. But still, I love pictures.
Tonight I played a horrifying game. A game that scared the living daylights out of me and literally raised my blood pressure up past anything healthy.
The game is called SLENDERMAN.
SLENDER
MAN.
(read this as, you should play this game. . . now)
Thane, my roommate is watching me type this blog post. He is cool and is eating Koala no Marchi with me while I type things. Okay, I'm tired. Goodnight Bobby.
Mambo-Dead-Behind-The-House-P makes songs that sound really good, but have REALLY WEIRD LYRICS. His cousin draws PV's for his songs.
Third! I'm not so sure you know this, but miku is quickly becoming old news with IA having been released in the last year.
Like seriously, miku is still popular, but IA has become almost as popular as miku!
Last!-My favorite vocaloid artist ever-Jin-is getting a manga that ties together all of his songs, which are all gathered together and titled The Kagerou Project.
Once the manga is done, they're making it an ANIME!!!! SO. EXCITED. These are some of my all time favorite vocaloid songs Connor. Like, SERIOUSLY. I made a playlist with all of the songs that currently have a PV in the album, in the order that they were released. the first three songs are the "sister songs" to the next three on the playlist, explaining parts of the story from different viewpoints of the characters.
It seems as if I am always late or forgetting everything. This included.
Sorry I didn't answer your question beforehand, My major is
STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS!!!!!
It is basically the best major ever in the history of the world of all time and existence ever.
It is basically public relations, event planning or human resources. Like talking to people
SOCIAL MEDIA YOU KNOW?
I have a Klout score of 61. It tells people how influential you are when it comes to social media. 61 is very high. I am so happy that I am influential. Yayz.
DAWWWWWWWWWWW. I love puppies.
Anyways, onto more serious thoughts, last night I was talking with my friends about torture and pain. How much torture would you endure for your loved ones? I would die instantly for any of my friends, but to experience a slow torturing death made me think really hard. I know I can't really know until I'm in the situation, but I would hope that I would take someone's place if they were going to be tortured. It is an eerie thing to think about, but it sure is fascinating.
Back to our previous conversation about Churches, I changed my mind the night before. I didn't go to the Unitarian church, instead I went to a Quaker Meeting!!! It was amazing :) The Quakers meet for one hour, in silence together. If someone feels led to share, they do, but there is no obligation. It is just an hour of silence listening to God's voice and silencing your own thoughts. I loved it. It is just like Centering Prayer. Do you know what that is?
UH. Is Victor Frankenstein the main mad scientist?!?!? That is awesome! I wish I could see your play really really really really really really badly.
There is so much I want to say, but I will wait to Friday because this post will be WAAAAAAY too long. I am super excited for Vocaloid. I miss my friend Hatsune Miku. She is so great.
Ugh. Connor, NEVER take more than one lab class at once. I will be sooooo glad once this quarter is over. BLEH.
I think it's great that you were able to have a wonderful moment with god. I am loving those moments more and more recently, mostly because they have been getting more and more scarce, what with college and such. If only there were 25 hours in the day. I could have an hour with god every day.
Huh, i didn't know that about Unitarian churches. Still, it sounds interesting. you should tell me what it was like in your next post.
...Gosh, i guess i don't really have much to talk about today. I've got a part in a play this october at my college. I'm playing Victor Frankenstein in Frankenstein. I'm really glad i tried out and got the part. I guess i never realized how much i love acting, but just being in this play has made this quarter so much more bearable. If a major in acting was more fiscally sound, i would change my career path in a heartbeat. Like, seriously.
If you find out that you do have A.D.D., don't let it stress you out or anything. I've been diagnosed with A.D.H.D for so long that it doesn't even feel like a real thing anymore. I'm just someone who has trouble keeping my attention on things that i don't personally find interesting enough. ...Ok, i know how dumb that sounds, but if you just think about it like i can't focus on things i don't find interesting enough EVEN IF I TRY AS HARD AS I CAN, then it's a little easier to understand.
Hope you have a good week, cause i am totally stressing over stuff that may or may not need to be stressed over. Here's a video to put you in good spirits. It certainly cheered me up. :)
P.S.
My next post is gonna involve VOCALOOOOOOOOOOOIIIIIIID! *nerdspasm*
Hey Bob, You know that feeling when you just connect on a deeper level with someone? Like the time that we were sitting in my car outside your house and you affirmed that you accepted Jesus as your Savior? Well I had one of those deep connection moments tonight ( Thursday Night).
I'm not an emotional person. I often wish that I was. That I would cry, that I would get furious, that I would let myself not be okay. But anyways,
For my floor class, our first assignment was to spend time alone, silent, for an hour. I know for a fact that many people thought it would be super hard for me because I am so loud and crazy, but I LOVE sitting with God in silence. I think about . . . .
Nothing.
Centering Prayer is really powerful, but it is hard for people to do. It is understandable, but it was really hard and scary for a girl on my floor. We got to comfort her, and just be with her when she was confronting the fear of being alone for an hour in silence. I am excited to see what God is going to do with that situation.
In response to some of your posts, Unitarian Churches have a ton of people who don't believe in the Christian God. I'm not sure if you already knew that, but your comment was a bit confusing. Anywho, It will be interesting.
Also, is it bad to say that I didn't really know what one would normally think of when they hear 'marine biology'? I'm not a science person. YOU KNOW THAT.
And for your information, writing papers is NOT easy for me. Actually it is really stressful if my O.C.D. kicks in. By the way, I got tested for A.D.D. today and the results are on Monday. I'm basically positive that I have it.
Finally, A shout out to one of my favorite organizations LiNK which stand for Liberty in North Korea. It is an amazing organization that helps North Korean refugees escape and relocate to America and South Korea. We had a ramen party here at Calvin, our chapter wanted to spread awareness about the Program and what is going on in North Korea. Here is a testimony from one of the refugees.
CONNOR.
I'm glad you found your wallet, losing it is one of the most terribly worrying things ever in my opinion. I lost mine for a few weeks last year during winter quarter. Turns out it had fallen between the seats in my mom's volvo. it's weird how walking around outside my house without my wallet feels so unnatural now. BTW, wasn't I the one who found your wallet when i was back in dallas this summer? it was in your dad's van. I remember because I was freaking out about losing MY wallet, remember?
That Unitarian church you're going to sounds pretty cool! i think everyone has their own view of god really. The idea of a church that invites people to worship god without the differences between different sects of Christianity is kinda neat.
I most recently was surfing the web when i found THIS:
These guys are hilarious! My favorite is the gorilla.
That cat is adorable. SO. ADORABLE.
I'm pretty sure that any paper you have to write is gonna be super easy for you. You've always been good at writing papers, unlike me. Seriously, Mrs. Gradle's classes were like torture. Plus you type crazy fast. How many words can you type per minute? like 100? O_o
As for Marine Biology, It's basically what you would think it's about. Like any field of Biology, you're studying the workings of the group of organisms in the category. What i want to do is work in maintaining marine environments, like the Puget Sound in Everett. did you know that it actually receives a lot of pollution every year? The sound is unique in that the waters in the sound are so deep that there are marine species that live there that don't live anywhere else! AAAAAAAAAHHHHHH MARINE LIFE IS SO COOOOOOOOOL. If I was a fish, i would want to be either a swordfish or a tiger shark. they are equally cool.
What are you studying to do anyway? i know you are taking a lot of classes, but i don't actually remember what you're majoring. Oh yeah, and i'll pray for your bible study. I used to love going to bible study back when i went to Quo Vadis.
seeya!
Bobby
P.S. I'm pretty sure that until the fall quarter is over in December, all of my posts will be a desperate escape from lab write-ups and Calculus. :/
I guess it won't really be that big after all, but HURRAH! What is this blog? What is the meaning of life? What is my favorite color? These are all great questions. I can only answer two.
In no particular order
1. Yellow
2. A virtual mailing of letters back and forth. A way for people to see what is going on in our lives and a way to remember what has already happened to both of us.
That being said, Let's begin.
BOBBY.
I know I just talked to you on the phone like two days ago, but some wonderful things have happened.
I lost my wallet a month ago, but then I found it. I thought I was going to have to get a new debit card, but it turns out that I never even registered it from like 4 months ago, so I got to keep it!
Also, I've worked out three days in the past five.
CRAZY.
In other news, I think I' m going to go to a Unitarian church this coming Sunday. I'm a little nervous about it, but I'm also really excited. It is an interesting take on religion. Unitarian basically means that there is one god. But many people believe that there is a god and many different religions say that, so there are Muslims, Jews, Christians, Buddhist, even atheists ( which doesn't really make sense). The sermons are more about morality than religion since everyone's religion is so different. I will make sure to post some pictures from it next week.
Here is a picture of a really cute cat. It is stuck inside a shoe which is sad, but also horribly adorable. Did I tell you that I have to write an 1000 word paper NO MORE THAN THAT. on this topic-
Who God is, and How we can know Him.
No biggie, just try to describe the indescribable and how we can know someone who we can't even describe in human words. IN 1000 WORDS. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.
There is my stress for the day. Also, could you pray that people go to our floor Bible study more often? There is already a great turnout, but I worry that sometimes people's priorities might not be straight.
As I type, I keep looking at this adorable cat and I keep trying not to talk about it. Its eyes are so. mesmor.. . i. .zing. . . . . . . . . . .
I know you like marine biology, what do those people even do? What kind of fish would you be if you could be a fish?
Ja,
Connor
P.s. The only reason I updated today is because I was putting off homework that is due tomorrow. I Don't wanna write my papeerrrr. But I will usually update on good ole' Tuesdays.
This blog is going to be a collaborative effort between me and my best friend, Connor Schmidt! We are both college sophomores who are going to different colleges in different states! To stay in touch (and just do something totally fun), we decided to start up this blog and hopefully entertain a bunch of random strangers on the interwebs! YAY!
I'll keep this short so Connor will have something to say in his post. Between the two of us, the blog will be updating four times a week; I'll be posting on Sundays and Thursdays, and Connor will be posting on Tuesdays and Fridays. There won't really be a theme to the blog, but we'll be posting back and forth with just about anything that we think the other might find interesting or cool, from daily stuff to stuff that is just completely random!
I'll be doing a personal post to let y'all know about ME this Thursday. Connor's gonna do one too. After that, this whole thing will really get started!
