Myspace, Twitter and Teen Spot.

Lesson for the day: checking out your old profiles on other sites is very entertaining and has some sort of nostalgia to it.

I was looking at my Myspace today that by the way I haven't updated in about a year and a half. It's crazy how much changes in that amount of time. You get older, you like a different color, you live somewhere else, you have a new favorite song, etc.

I remember when people were crazy about being on someone else's Top 8. It was cool if you were on someone's Top 8. Some of my Top 8 is gone. The only reason I know this is because my Top 8 is now a Top 6. Some of my friends must have deleted their Myspace. I should follow suit and do the same.

I wish that as a society we wouldn't be so "connected" on the internet. I wish people would take more time out of the day and go outside or read a book. Just from how much I use the internet I am sure there are plenty of people who use it more often than I do. I'm not saying that internet usage is a bad thing. Facebook and Myspace are perfectly fine in moderation and used responsibly.

It's crazy to see how much the internet has changed our society. Twitter is a hot spot for news. There have been major events when people report things faster on Twitter than an actual news source. It's unreal how fast things move on the internet and social networking sites. Sometimes I would like to go back to the olden days when there wasn't internet or even computers.

I always think about taking a break from Facebook or even Myspace but I am never really able to give it up for more than 12 hours, which isn't the length of a break I want to take. I would like to be able to take a week break from one or the other or both. I just feel like I would miss so much of what was going on in the world, but people used to live like that and seemed to be content.

Such a love-hate relationship with the internet. So entertaining but it's taking over the world it seems.

Baking and smiling.

Lesson one for the day: smile, it makes you feel better.

I have been having nasty headaches since Monday morning, so, if you do the math that is four days now. It has been a few very unpleasant days of sniffles, sore throat, headaches and sinus pressure. Today it has seemed to lighten up a little, which is great.

On my way back from class it was sunny outside which always makes me feel better. Gloomy days suck. I was just walking along and started to smile. My headache seemed to disappear for a few seconds so I thought I might continue to try and smile. It may not have cured me but I felt/feel better.

Lesson two for the day: do something you enjoy doing because it makes you feel better. I like to bake.

Thomas has been wanting lemon bars for a while now. I told him that if he got the ingredients that I would make them for him. When I got back from class I started making his lemon bars. Making something new out of a new recipe book is fun and can put a smile on your face.

Since my boyfriend is on a low-carb diet I can't really make any of the desserts in my cook book for him to try out. So I am glad that I have someone to test my baking skills out on.

Cooking and baking always seems to be a good way to work out stress and have a little fun.

Grammer isn't importent,

Lesson for the day: unlike the title suggests, grammar is so very important. From personal experience of viewing facebook statuses, other blogs and random posts on the internet, having proper grammar is important.

I cannot believe how many people fail to use spell check before the click the post or publish buttons. Re-reading is very important. You may catch something that you didn't realize you did wrong when you were first writing out a passage. Some mistakes could be corrected if you read it aloud to yourself.

Every single time I log on to Facebook I cringe a little because it never fails that one of the first five statuses I see have poor grammar or misspelled words.



Among the most common mistakes are your-you're, to-too-two and lose-loose.

Lose-loose seems to be the most annoying for me though. It should be one of the easiest set of homophones to tell apart. You'll lose readers if you are too loose with your writing discipline.

10 Most Misspelled Words in Blogs <---Check out this link!

Job hunting may have paid off.

Lesson learned for the day: job hunting is a painful and somewhat long process. You just have to be patient. I have an interview today after about two weeks of browsing for jobs.

It's rather exciting. I would love to get this job because it has summer hours available. I need a summer job if I am going to live up here in Duluth all summer.

YAY!! Interview!

Job hunting, no bueno.

Lesson of the day: job hunting is hard, very very hard. It consumes lots and lots of time too.

I've been looking for possible jobs for the summer here in Duluth and am not having much luck. I have some ideas of places where I would like to work but I am not sure how it's going to work out because of transportation.

Blargh! I have considered the movie theater, various hotels and even fast food restaurants. I want something fun and interesting that I won't get bored of easily. Since I am a college student I shouldn't be so picky but I can't really help it.

I was lucky with the Buffalo Cinema. It was one of two applications that I turned in at the end of 10th grade and they called me back and set up in interview withing two weeks. The other place I turned in an application to also called me back. It was easier then why can't it be easy now?

There is one job opening that I am sure is still open but I don't know if I could really do it. The UMD Art department is in need of nude models. Pays $15 an hour and you would work about 6-8 hours a week. Not bad if I do say so myself, but could I really do it? Probably not.

Lets hope it gets easier when summer gets closer. I'd like to stay in Duluth this summer but that would only work if I get a job.

Valentine's Day.

Lesson learned today: love is all you need. It's a fairly cheesy and cliche lesson since it is Valentine's Day but I relearned this today.

I have been dating the most wonderful guy since June 29th, 2006. So, if you do the math, that is 3 years 7 months and 16 days. When we graduated and went to college I thought that I would have the toughest time with being apart from him. I can say that it is not easy but definitely not as difficult as I thought it would be.

We see each other every other weekend usually, sometimes more and sometimes less. I used to feel like we needed to be withing 15 minutes of each other for it to work out but there are plenty of couples who deal with the same thing.

I've learned to make the best of our weekends together. We're almost done with year two and there are only two more left if I graduate on time. I've learned that it is worth the wait and worth the work.

After all he makes me feel like the luckiest girl.<3>

Ben Folds - The Luckiest

Missing home.

Lesson(realization) of the day: once you move away from home you realize that the things that annoyed you were the things that you would miss the most when you move away from home.

I miss being home but at the same time I really do enjoy being at college. I was always really annoyed with the way my sister tried to sit so close to me when watching TV at home or how she would try to cook dinner every night. Now that I am at school I miss seeing her everyday and I miss her trying to make a dinner we would all like to eat. My brother and I like different sorts of food so it was hard for us to settle on one thing.

I also miss how easy it was to find a job. Some days I hated going to work but it was really nice to have one. I wish it were as easy now to find a job as it was for me in high school.

There are days when I miss how easy it was to live at home. I didn't have to worry about bills or buying groceries. I didn't have roommates to please really. I could pawn the dishes off on my sister or brother. It was kind of nice.

Most of all, I miss the weekend nights where we would go rent movies and just hang out at home. All of us just watching some movies, playing games and getting some work done. I wish it would happen more often. I didn't realize growing up meant less time with my family. I have learned to appreciate my weekends at home more though. Any time I get to spend with my family and friends at home is wonderful.