So, it's been awhile since a blog update. I'm sick of writing my paper (I've written a whole paragraph today ... it's probably time to call it quits anyway ... right?) so this seemed like the next most logical option. (I acutally have no idea how I get anything done at the rate I work at ...)
Right now I'm exasperated beyond belief! It's been very hard to get into the swing of things lately. Granted, it's only been three days since my Spring Break adventures, but my mind is still everywhere but here in Madison. Frankly, I would just rather waste away my days swooshing down the Rocky Mountains or lollygagging on the Atlantic Coast.
A recurring them in my life is RESTLESSNESS. BOREDOM. Sometimes I feel like I'm not content if I'm not going, if something new isn't happening. I realize not all news is good news, and yeah yeah, "one day I'll look back and these and think they were the best days of my life" and blah blah ... but I'm soooo over this whole "college" thing. I feel more and more like it's just not for me. There's very little, if anything, that I learn in my classes that I couldn't learn on my own by swinging by a local library. Or looking on Wikipedia. (PS - I LOVE Wikipedia.)
Don't get me wrong: I enjoy learning. Lectures aren't the worst part of college. Sure, sometimes it's hard to stay focused, but for the most part I enjoy at least two of my classes. Ironically enough, those are not my English classes. Praise God, I'm switching my major! I just really can't stand my English classes, and I've had it up to HERE with analyzing stuff written by dead guys putting up with my insane professors. I LOVE reading and stories, and I LOVE metaphors and finding the meaning in something ... but I could care less about hearing someone debate with themself about a meaning that is clearly not implied by the text for an hour each morning. It's like all my professors have split personalities. ("Well, it could mean this ... OR ... it could mean this ... OR it could mean the author was gay ... OR it could mean this text was couterrevolutionary" OR I could punch you in the FACE and that would solve this problem real quick.)
I digress.
It's also hard because I know what I want to do, I know where I want to go ... and I'm here. And my education isn't bringing me any closer to what I really want to do. I know I just need a degree and it really doesn't matter what kind of grades I get and yada yada ... but the fact that I'm busily stationary is driving me mad. I'm sure I'm probably "missing the point" or something, but it's hard to see the big picture when all I want to do is get out into the world.
I wish I could just take correspondence classes for the rest of my degree. All I would need is a laptop ...
Anyway. Enough of my ranting and raving. What's been happening lately? For starters, I had the most amazing Spring Break ever. Higlights, Cliffnotes style?
- Breathing in the mountain air!! Ohhh -- I love it out West!! I was born in the wrong place!!
- Learning how to ski!! It was amazing! I loved it! (But I need to stop getting expensive hobbies ...)
- Hanging out with Chuck Norris ... yup ...
- Getting hit on by the Ski Patrol men who had to come fetch me off a mountain ... oh, fun times ...
- Finally getting some long overdue time with my long lost best friend Tracy
- Feasting ... feasting ... feasting ...
- The magic man at the sports bar during the National Championship
- Meeting new friends in the airport and on the plane to Boston
- Getting to see Chrissy for the first time since Christmas Break!
- Getting an up-close and personal look at Chrissy's Bentley College (at East Coast school - so charming!)
- Learning to navigate the "T" (their underground) and understanding the layout of the city
- Touring the Museum of Fine Arts (free on Wednesday nights!) and the Isabelle Stewart Gardner Museum (Old lady collects art, dies, and they turn it into a museum. That lady had way too much time on her hands ... but it was very cool)
- Rummaging through Filene's Basement (designer clothing for cheap!) and seeing what seemed like the world's largest Borders and H&M ... heavenly.
- Prancing around the Haaarvard Green, throwing frisbees and wearing backwards baseball caps (because that's what college kids do, right?)
- Spending time with other Camp friends Callie, Bethany, and Beth (back all the way from Europe!) completley dominating the entire Freedom Trail (State House, Old North Church, site of the Boston Massacre, Paul Revere's House, USS Consitution, Old City Hall ... I don't even know. But we did it all. But we couldn't find the Corner Bookstore. We decided it was bought out by Borders. Probably was.
- Having a wonderful "Dinner and a Show" experience (Check out "Shear Maddess." Way funny Boston original.)
I realize this stopped being the condensed version ... but let's just say that Park City and Boston were grand. I was blessed to spend time with old family and friends, met a few new interesting folks along the way, saw some more of America the Beautiful, crossed out FOUR of the 1000 Place to See Before I Die (The Canyons, Isabelle Stewart Gardner, Freedom Trail, Legal Seafoods - I SAW Legal Seafoods, I just didn't EAT there, because it was crazy expensive. But the book isn't called 1000 Places to TASTE Before You Die ...)
These links might work for pictures:
Utah: http://wisc.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2205262&l=e4f93&id=8629006
Boston Part 1: http://wisc.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2205376&l=e8a5f&id=8629006
Boston Part 2: http://wisc.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2205465&l=5ec50&id=8629006
Well, I think that about covers it. You poor folks have spent a lot of time reading this already. I feel bad that I missed everyone for Easter, but I was there in spirit. Amen! Jesus is risen! And I guess if school sucks, I've still got that going for me! Love and miss you all!
