"I kiss you cuz you like me"
This kid knows what's up.
XO,
J.
Sunday, May 8, 2011
It's Been Awhile...
Sorry for the lack in posts the past few weeks; wrapping everything up and finals week consumed most of my time, as well as the Royal Wedding and Foxfield weekend! Now, I have been out of school for a little over a week, and I succeeded in my plan to lay on the couch and watch TV in efforts to recuperate from the busy end of school year.
Reflection over the past semester has been on my mind over the past few days. You cannot change what happened in the past; you must grow from it and become a stronger person. The daily occurrences of college somehow bring people closer together, improve morale and generally impact the person you grow into. I have learned the that values you hold dear only grow stronger and more apparent over time, and for that I am thankful.
Now enough with the serious stuff. Summer 2011 is finally here!!! Thank god. This past week of lethargy has been great while it's lasted, but it also took away from me something I love; exercising and working out. Why couldn't I do that here? Well I made the stupid decision to pull an all nighter the night before the royal wedding, and subsequently go out that night at my best friend's school, only to wake up at 6:30 a.m to don the pretty Lilly Pulitzer dresses we love. Lack of sleep and the onset of a cold was detrimental to my body and well being, but quite honestly it was worth it as I spent my last day at school with my best friends/sisters, then that weekend with my best friend's from home at the races.
Now I finally feel back to normal as I went for a run today; I am ready to get fully back to normal and keep working toward a healthy lifestyle.
What I hope to do in my next posts is discuss my summer; I am going to be a camp counselor for the second year in a row at the same camp that I attended as a camper for eight years (yes eight). I leave mid June and will not come back to VA until mid August; it's a long time but the summers I have spent in Maine have been highly rewarding and entertaining. I hope this summer proves to be the same!
Reflection over the past semester has been on my mind over the past few days. You cannot change what happened in the past; you must grow from it and become a stronger person. The daily occurrences of college somehow bring people closer together, improve morale and generally impact the person you grow into. I have learned the that values you hold dear only grow stronger and more apparent over time, and for that I am thankful.
Now enough with the serious stuff. Summer 2011 is finally here!!! Thank god. This past week of lethargy has been great while it's lasted, but it also took away from me something I love; exercising and working out. Why couldn't I do that here? Well I made the stupid decision to pull an all nighter the night before the royal wedding, and subsequently go out that night at my best friend's school, only to wake up at 6:30 a.m to don the pretty Lilly Pulitzer dresses we love. Lack of sleep and the onset of a cold was detrimental to my body and well being, but quite honestly it was worth it as I spent my last day at school with my best friends/sisters, then that weekend with my best friend's from home at the races.
Now I finally feel back to normal as I went for a run today; I am ready to get fully back to normal and keep working toward a healthy lifestyle.
What I hope to do in my next posts is discuss my summer; I am going to be a camp counselor for the second year in a row at the same camp that I attended as a camper for eight years (yes eight). I leave mid June and will not come back to VA until mid August; it's a long time but the summers I have spent in Maine have been highly rewarding and entertaining. I hope this summer proves to be the same!
Monday, April 11, 2011
Motivation
I have none. Kinda.
Okay, I currently have two weeks of classes and one week of finals left, which really is not that bad compared to other people I know. However, the past few weeks have been ridiculously busy and up until the end I have papers and projects due, as well as social obligations and things in my daily routine that I must complete, like the gym. The little things I do during the day, like meeting my sisters for lunch or procrastinating on work in the chapter room with them, get me through the weeks of mindless studying and writing. Being able to look forward to events in the future are also helpful motivators; if I get an assignment done, that is one less thing to worry about and I can focus on having fun.
Now, on to Judaism! Considering how that is one of the topics I wanted to address in this blog is Judaism, I might as well talk about it. Well, I am a member on the E-Board of the Hillel on campus. I did it to remain connected to my Jewish background, however it is not proving to be as beneficial as I expected it to be. There are not many Jewish students on campus and so it has been difficult to raise awareness and get new members to come to our events. It is disheartening because I did it to get involved, but we are not having a positive response. I will still be on the E-Board for next year, so hopefully we can figure out innovative ways to get people to come out to our events and learn about our religion.
Ok. Rant done. And now I'm tired so I promise I will post again soon.. last week was super busy so I couldn't, oops!
XO,
J.
Okay, I currently have two weeks of classes and one week of finals left, which really is not that bad compared to other people I know. However, the past few weeks have been ridiculously busy and up until the end I have papers and projects due, as well as social obligations and things in my daily routine that I must complete, like the gym. The little things I do during the day, like meeting my sisters for lunch or procrastinating on work in the chapter room with them, get me through the weeks of mindless studying and writing. Being able to look forward to events in the future are also helpful motivators; if I get an assignment done, that is one less thing to worry about and I can focus on having fun.
Now, on to Judaism! Considering how that is one of the topics I wanted to address in this blog is Judaism, I might as well talk about it. Well, I am a member on the E-Board of the Hillel on campus. I did it to remain connected to my Jewish background, however it is not proving to be as beneficial as I expected it to be. There are not many Jewish students on campus and so it has been difficult to raise awareness and get new members to come to our events. It is disheartening because I did it to get involved, but we are not having a positive response. I will still be on the E-Board for next year, so hopefully we can figure out innovative ways to get people to come out to our events and learn about our religion.
Ok. Rant done. And now I'm tired so I promise I will post again soon.. last week was super busy so I couldn't, oops!
XO,
J.
Thursday, March 31, 2011
"Woulda-Coulda-Shoulda"
All the Woulda-Coulda-Shouldas
Layin' in the sun,
Talkin' bout the things
They woulda-coulda-shoulda done...
But those Woulda-Coulda-Shouldas
All ran away and hid
From one little did.
-Shel Silverstein.
For some reason this little poem has been in the back of my mind for the past couple of days. I am the type of person to over analyze a situation; I am that “Woulda-Coulda-Shoulda” and most of the time I wish I wasn’t like this. However, it’s something I have to deal with and grow up from. Plus, I realize that anything that you come up with that you wish would happen actually pales in comparison to the real thing. Taking action is what life is about. Jane Eyre is one of my favorite books, and in it she comments:
“It is in vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquility: they must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it.”
We are naturally social, easily entertained beings, so instead of sitting around waiting for something awesome to come our way, why don’t we stand up and do something about it?! Life shouldn’t be a routine, and if in our efforts to make our lives a little more interesting we get kind of confused, then we should embrace it! I am turning over a page in the novel that is my life and instead of being that “woulda-coulda-shoulda,” I’m gonna be the “Did” dammit!
Yeah, I'm being inspirational for no reason. Can you dig it?
XO, J. (yes I changed my signature because I didn't like the jumble of letters.)
ps. Has anyone seen Jane Eyre in theaters? I'm dying to see it, I just haven't had the chance to!
Oh Hey.
Insomnia. That is what spurred the beginning of this blog. It is currently 2:52 A.M and my mind has not been able to slow down due to the chaos that is currently my life. Before I continue, I would like to point out that I have been meaning to start a blog for a while now, but I have not been able to come up with something that I felt would be good enough. Well fuck that, I am going to write and see where this goes because clearly sleep is eluding me for some reason.
Confused. That is what I am and how I act most of the time. I find it entertaining and it makes life more interesting to not fully understand what is going on. That probably sounds bad, but allow me to explain. Do you really want to know everything? Where is the fun in life if you already are aware of its true meaning? Things happen that I really do not understand until weeks later; it hits me like a lightning bolt (oh hey cliché) and suddenly I realize that had I not made some drastic or poor decision in the previous week, I would not be where I am today. I feel like a lot of people take for granted the mistakes that they make. Instead of hiding from it or forgetting about it, embrace it. Appreciate the fact that had you not made it, you would not be the same person. We are constantly adapting and molding ourselves into something new, and it is the shit we go through that makes us who we are.
Jewish. Yup I’m a Jew. However, as I tell most people I first meet, I actually went to Catholic school for nine years of my life. Contradiction? Yes. It’s a long story I won’t bore you with now (though in person I probably would) but it has made me a more well rounded individual who is willing to stand up for what I believe in. I enjoy religion and the thoughts that it encourages, and I could probably talk about how it is an ideological state apparatus which I just learned in my literary theory class; but once again I will not bore you with random things that interest me like English (yay English major). Back to Judaism. I am reform, which on the scale to jew(ish) to Fiddler on the Roof lover is more on the lower half, yet the beliefs I hold are still important to me, as I consider myself a faithful Jew. During high school I even went through a time where I made my dad go to Friday night services with me because I realized I was going to church more times than I’d ever been to a synagogue. Then I got busy… but I never forgot about the comfort that being Jewish has given me and I continue to hold my values dear.
Journey. Don’t Stop Believing. ‘Nuff Said.
College. Ohhhh College. This is the time when we are socialized to believe that we are supposed to find ourselves; we are supposed to figure out our life’s calling and find that person we want to settle down with somewhere in between studying for finals and doing a keg stand. Really? We walk around in the cliques that we are too scared to admit still exist despite being “mature adults” and we wish our mothers were still around to do our laundry (well sometimes. I actually am weird and enjoy cleaning and the like…that’s a whole other story). Currently as a sophomore I am in the midst of the drama, the difficult classes and what is apparently the “best time of my life.” I do admit there are a lot of high points, however mixed in there are some things I could do without…. Yet at the same time and like I said before, without those shitty times I would not be the person I am today. It’s all about finding a balance between the awesome and unbearable, and I know that that will continue after I finish my undergraduate degree. Until then, let’s see where this journey takes me…. It is currently 3:15. Now I get to play with things to make the page pretty. Maybe some sleep will happen.
XO, CJhJtC
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