Blogging, am i back in it?

A long, long time ago... i can still remember.
How bloging used to make me smile;
And even it it was very late,
You could expect me to update.
And maybe it'd entertain you for a while.

But May-July made me shiver
With every post i tried to deliver.
No new knews on the blog page,
Maybe blogging passed with age.

I don't even know if i tried,
Even if blogging should have applied.
But today, something deep inside,
Told me i could post if only i tried.

So bye bye to that unblogging guy,
took my fingers to keyboard,
and typed out the words to the sky,
And me and my boys (floor members, but wouldn't work for song) have been bowling inside,
Singing, this is a great time... no lie.
this is a great time, no lie.


Okay, so now to regular blogging format, i figured that if it's been this long since i've posted i should at least have something descent on here. So, now i'll tell you what's been happeneing in my life. First of all as you all know i was here all summer and i had a fantastic time, the people i worked with were incredible and i had a lot of fun. But... by the time it came to the end of the summer i was ready for my friends to be back, no matter how great my co-workers were, there's nothing like your friends. So this year i'm an RA and my floor has been really great. I haven't had any troubles yet, and the guys have been great in participating in our activities. Last night we went bowling with another floor and we ended up with over 30 participants, which is amazing considering it's a Friday night. I am so greatful to have my friends back, we've been playing a lot of wallyball and ultimate frisbee. We're even trying to set up a Registered Student Organization for Wallyball! I don't have a girlfriend, but this week has been really hard on a lot of my friend's relationships. There have been a break-up, a "we need some time apart", and a situation that was dangerously close to a break-up. And these were with couples that have been going out for a while. Somehow they managed to stay together all summer, but now that we're back something went wrong. So i've been trying to help my friends through that as well as keeping up with my floor in providing activities and trying to be around.

My classes have been going pretty well, I haven't run into any troubles so far, except for the fact that i'm already doing a horrible job of actually working on my reading. So far i've had a fantastic start to my semester and i just hope that things keep up. Hope all is well with the rest of you. Later.

Reid

Miscellaneous Meandering

Okay, so first of all i'd like to wish maggie a happy birthday. Things are going really well for me down here. I'm having a blast getting to hang out with my friends. Recently we've been playing a lot of wallyball (somewhat like volleyball inside a raquetball court with a net) and sand volleyball. I am going to miss my UNL friends quite a bit over the summer, just as i missed my LC friends. It's hard to believe that at the end of two weeks that i won't see a lot of them again for another 3 months. which seems wierd just because of the fact that i'll still be in the dorms, but they'll all be gone. Most of my classes are going well, except for my Polical science class in which i currently have a 72%... sad thing is that i'm at about the class average. I'm already looking forward to next year, not the classes, but the fact that i'll be an RA, some of my closest friends will still be in Neihardt, and that i can begin a whole new year. I've been hanging out a lot with my friends and it has been a blast, they're a really great group. Anyway, now i have to go work on some homework so i gotta wrap this up. Hope all of you find yourself having a bright, sun-shiny day. Later all.

My Easter

I had a really fun Easter. First of all Eryn flew back from Florida for Easter so I went home with her and my mom. We went up to my grandpa's house On Saturday and it was really fun because i got to see some of my cousin's kids. It good to get to see little kids, you don't see them at college much. Then we went to LC Saturday night and went bowling. It was the craziest game of bowling in my life. In the first two frames i had one pin and after five frames i have only twenty-three. But then i switched lanes and automatically bowled a turkey (three strikes in a row) and ended up with a 126. If i would have bowled that well all game i would have broken 200. Then we went to Ann's house and played some Jenga. The next day i came back to Lincoln and hung out with the fam and then a little bit with my friends. Then yesterday i had lunch with Charley, Holly, and Garrett L. It was really nice to see them because it's been a long while since we've hung out. Now it's the last week before dead week so i'm pretty busy with a few class/group projects. I hope everyone does well these last few weeks of classes. Later all!

Reflecting Journal assignment #4

This journal is about the unexpected obstacles that we must overcome. So the reason I bring out this topic is because this week I discovered that we had an assignment two days after it was due. Apparently our teacher posted in a different spot than he had posted all of our assignments up to this point. So I never recognized that we had it until one of my classmates pointed out the fact that they had turned the assignment late. Up until that point I had been ahead in all of my subjects, but when I found out about this assignment everything seemed to fall behind. All of a sudden I felt as though I had less focus and less energy. For some reason it was more difficult to do the tasks that I had been doing with ease before I got this news. I couldn’t stop thinking about that assignment and how I had missed it. This assignment was one that I knew would be very time consuming, but if I had known about it this past weekend I would have been able to complete the assignment with ease. The mere fact that I had missed the assignment made it seem so much more difficult to complete because of the fact that I knew that I had missed its deadline. But I realized that I couldn’t change the deadline or go back in time in order to make it so that I could finish this assignment. I had to rebalance myself. I was still ahead in all of my other subjects so I didn’t have to worry about the possibility that by working on the assignment that was already late that I would have to worry about not getting a different assignment done on time as well. What I gained from this experience is that when something unexpected comes up that your initial reaction is to panic and let it overcome you, but if you take everything into consideration and realize that the mistake has already been made and instead of worrying about it that you should just complete that task to the best of your abilities.


Okay so this next one is about my “volunteering” to be in the Neihardt date auction. The purpose of the auction is to raise money for Make-A-Wish foundation, which is a cause that my family has personally benefited from. I was definitely willing to volunteer but I was nervous about the fact if anyone would bid, but then my friends signed me up for the auction instead of me signing myself up. I think they assumed that I wouldn’t find out because of the fact that my name was on a list on a different floor and I just happened to see that I was on there. The thing is that I was actually grateful to them for putting my name on the list because then if my bidding goes poorly I can say that it was my friends’ fault because they signed me up to do it. It’s as if a hidden pressure has been taken off of me. And I’m extremely happy because of the fact that I’ll be able to help such a wonderful organization. I think that this fundraiser is a great way for college students to help out without worrying about ways to volunteer out time or make direct donations. Many students are much more likely to donate their money if they feel like they may receive something in return. It also is a great way for people to interact with each other and have a fun time. What I learned is that there are several people who are willing to help out but sometimes they just need a little bit of encouragement. I easily could have erased my name off the list, but I want to help out. I’m also encouraging my friends to put their own names on the list in order to help out. Opportunities like these are great ways to help out an organization that is worthy of both our time and money. I am extremely grateful that opportunities like this exist for us as students. Hopefully all will go well for the auction.

3rd WEEK OF JOURNALS

So today I was listening to some music and I happened to run across “No place like Nebraska” and it made me realize how much I miss the football games and how much I’m looking forward to going to them next fall. The Husker games are especially great because I get to hang out with my brothers at the games. For all of the home games we went to the games together and sat together to watch the games. It made it a lot more fun because we were all together to discuss how what it is that we thought about the game. And since we all have really busy schedules down here we don’t all get to hang out very often. And since the games we haven’t really all gotten to hang out together. But when we’re at the football games we’re able to hang out and have a really fun time together.
So I guess the reason that I love Husker football is even beyond the fun of the game, but more of what it represents. My family has always watched the games together and it’s just something that we can all share in together. It’s funny to think that an item that you get to spend the most quality time is to watch a football game. But for me Husker football will always represent fun times spent with my family.




The topic for this one is my appreciation for music. For the longest time I have been without music in my room. I don’t have a CD player, an MP3 player, or even a basic stereo. And the sound hasn’t been working on my computer at all. It’s surprising how much you miss music when you don’t have it. So the other day I got a sound card for my computer and after I installed it I just started listening to whatever music I could find on my computer. I had no idea how much I had missed listening to music until I started listening to some again. My room used to get so incredibly quiet and I tended to fall asleep more often in the middle of my studies. But I realized that with music in my room I’m actually more focused than before because my mind is constantly active with at least some thought, so it eliminates the downtime in reading. And I’m just generally happier when I have music on.
The main thing that I’ve gained from my speakers is that my room generally seems calmer, while still allowing me to maintain focus on my homework. To me music is the best way for me to have something going on my room without it being something that will be likely to distract me. The fact that I was without my music for so long makes me appreciate having it back so much more as well.

Reflective journal, 2nd week

So today I was sitting in one of the Dorm lounges and one of my friends was playing a game called “We  (heart) Katamari.” The purpose of the game it that you’re two little men rolling up a giant ball of miscellaneous items and you try and make the ball as big as possible. The items range from paper clips to cats. It has no real meaning but yet there were still a bunch of us around the TV cheering on the two people playing. We were talking about the game has no point and yet we still were choosing to watch them play it. Then I realized that the cheering wasn’t even related to the game, but instead to the shared experience. It may be a pointless game, but it’s a way that we can all hang out together. I realized that it doesn’t really matter what it is that we’re doing but we always have a fun time. It may be something as simple as sitting around doing nothing to going to a movie followed by bowling, either way we have a lot of fun. It makes you realize that even the simplest pleasures in life should be appreciated. Too many times, situations like this are overlooked. We have to appreciate every day for what it offers, even if it is just watching two people play “We  (heart) Katamari.”






Okay so today I was talking to one of my friends that I met down here at UNL and we were trying to recollect how it is that we’ve met our friends. And we realized that with the majority of the friends that we have we met by pure coincidence. I don’t know what things would be life without the friends that I have down here. But yet we met by chance. One of my friends I happened to meet because we played a video game together, another because there was a big bunch of people going to a movie, and another simply because I heard the words “Rubix Cube”. It’s strange to think that my closest friends here at college all became linked because of occurrences that could simply have been overlooked. So, I’ve realized that no matter what your first impression of someone is always treat them as if they’re going to become your new best friend. Because you never know when your paths will cross again and what the circumstances will be like then. I guess you have to treat everyone around you as if they may one day be your closest friend. My personal experiences have given me my own perspective on the Golden Rule.

Reflecting Journal Assignment #2

The topic for reflection is the movie Crash. So tonight I watched the movie Crash. And if you’ve never seen the movie (even if you have) this may sound like a very strange topic for a reflective journal, and since I’m new at this it may be a weird topic. The basis of Crash is a bunch of people that appear irrelevant to each other. The only link that appears to connect these individuals is intense racism. The interesting aspect of this racism is that is of all cultures by all races. Whereas most racism is represented as Whites vs. Blacks this movie explores racism among Whites, Blacks, Hispanics, and Arabs. The subject is extremely touchy but it was very interesting to see how each different race/culture perceived the other. It made you question your own hidden thoughts about these different races. I believe that viewing this movie was an incredible experience and I’m looking forward to the next time I can watch this film.

I feel as though I am a person that can look beyond race, color, and religion to discover the true person on the inside, but I realized from this movie that everyone has hidden racism. No matter what race you are you are bound to think differently in some way about someone of a race that differs from yours. This movie is very successful in having us realize what we may perceive is often completely the opposite of what is the truth, that our assumptions of other cultures differ from reality. With the world around us mixing the different cultures together we wonder if some day we will finally be able to look beyond skin color or language and discover what people are REALLY like.

Reflecting Journal Assignment #1

My topic for reflection is Time Management. I used to be excellent at managing my time in order to make sure that everything got completed before time without any complications. But recently I have been having major troubles trying to manage my time. And while I’m still getting all of my work done I’m completing my work later and later at night. It’s not even as if I’m having troubles realizing when things must be completed by and how much time they will take. In most situations I know exactly how long a project will take me and when it is due. I consciously make the decision to put it off until the last moment. Even when I tell myself that I will work harder at completing the task at hand I still get distracted by the same old things. I always want to spend time with my friends and family whenever possible, even if it means putting off my homework until later in the night or earlier in the morning. This constantly causes problems because I am more tired during class even though I could have been well rested for class if only I had better managed my time. Tonight for instance I planned on writing a reflective journal, it’s not as though it slipped my mind so I crunched to get it completed. I intended on working on the journal tonight, but then my friends wanted to watch a movie. I wanted to hang out with my friends so I watched the movie knowing that it would force me to write this journal late into the night.

From my experience with my lack of time management I have learned that things can be completed much easier when worked on ahead of time rather than just ensuring that the project gets completed before its deadline. I intend on improving my time management as the semester continues, but I know that I will have to make a conscious effort in order for it to improve. Hopefully experiences like this will drive me to improve on my time management skills.