Change

I am honestly the kind of person that loves change. I change the setup of my room at least once a month. I change the wallpaper on my laptop and cell phone every week. But there is one thing that changes that I do not like. FACEBOOK!!!! Why, oh why, do they continually make silly changes that no one likes. For instance, the video chat application. If I want to use my webcam to talk to my friends, I will use ooVoo or Skype thank you very much. Anyway...also, Google+ is looking more and more tempting, but they will probably make changes too. My Western Civ. professor told the class today, that our generation is experiencing 4-6 major life changes in a year, compared to our parents 1 major life change a year. This is why anyone between the ages of 17-30 tends to be more "stress-out" and have panic attacks. Trust me, I am completely feeling the side-effects of that.

A picture is worth a thousand words...

So, I enjoy getting my news from the BBC. I find that they tell the news like it is without any political association involved (I know, it sounds like an oxymoron , but it's not). They have a great feature on their website called the day in pictures. Each picture depicts some sort of event in the news that day, from the streets of Sanaa, Yemen during Ramadan to the inside of a US tank fighting in Afghanistan. The vivid colours can make you cheerful on a cloudy day, or maybe the war torn scene will make you stop and pray for those in the picture.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in_pictures/
By just taking a few moments to scan through the pictures, you can become a little more informed about the world.

Remember...

Remember ~ Christina Rossetti
REMEMBER me when I am gone away,
Gone far away into the silent land;
When you can no more hold me by the hand,
Nor I half turn to go, yet turning stay.
Remember me when no more day by day
You tell me of our future that you plann'd:
Only remember me; you understand
It will be late to counsel then or pray.
Yet if you should forget me for a while
And afterwards remember, do not grieve:
For if the darkness and corruption leave
A vestige of the thoughts that once I had,
Better by far you should forget and smile
Than that you should remember and be sad.


I will never forget. I will simply remember...

Cursing and Nerds...WHY??

So today as I sat doing my World Music homework in the cafeteria, two very nerdish young men sat down at a table near me. Everything was fine and dandy, until they whipped out cards to some kind of virtual game (like Pokemon or World of Warcraft.) and started cursing up a storm every time one of them "epic-ally failed" as they called it. Every kind of bad word or curse word that I was never supposed to know was said! I couldn't believe it. Now, I have no problem with video games, virtual games, or role playing games, but I wonder if they provoke such language? Some of my friends play Call of Duty: Black Ops and have said how awful the language is, but they tend to tune it out. But your ears never shut off, so technically you are still hearing it. Do they really need to say all that? Do my fellow classmates and I need to hear that? Noooo way! Just a thought to end your work day!

College

Sooo, I started college, and all my classes are awesome! The professors are great, and they seem really committed to having the students grasp the concepts and content (they aren't just lecturing, they want us to ask questions). Anyway, my only really tough class is Arabic! I really need to take it, because my goal in life is to become a Foreign Service Officer or a non-profit aid worker in the Middle East. I love the people and culture there, oh and the food! Thus, Arabic is an essential and a bonus on a resume. My Arabic teacher is awesome! She is so dedicated to having us understand Arabic, and is going to teach us as much as possible in one semester. Shukran for reading and ma-asalaamah