Volunteer, Advocate, Trekker.

Well, the following is the legislation I hope to pursue by the end of the year. Now I just have to find the time to do it :( unfortunately between my Spring Break coming right before the end of the year, Student Teaching being all the time always, and my Honors Project and Education-y project thing being due very soon, I don't know if I'll have the time to finish all of these. ·          Reaffirm University’s Dedication to Recycling & Sustainable Culture o    Purpose: Establish that Recycling & Sustainability is important to the University, remind them of past efforts and suggestions that have not been followed up on. ·          Investigate Mishandling in the University’s Recycling Program o    Numerous reports by students, as well as the staff of Residence Life & Housing and the Student Union that Recycling has been thrown away when inconvenient o    If so, this is an example of dishonesty to the students on behalf of the University and must be rectified ·   

Happy St. Patrick's Day, blog followers! Well, with student teaching absorbing my life during the week -- (and the other waking hours often being used to nap or plan) Saturday morning has really offered my my only chance to catch up on household maintenance. This morning started repairs to the kitchen sink (which is leaking in multiple places, and required a new faucet) cleaned the counter tops to put away things that should have been organized (the Rice Cooker now lives above the Fridge!) and throwing away things that should have been trash (mom, the cheese slice wrappers, seriously!) This is St. Patrick. Little did he know, back in the 4th century AD, that his name would come to mean a time for college students to get wasted and flash people. Also I think something about snakes... And of course cleaning my room and folding the laundry. Usual chores, nothing too exciting. Just want the house to be clean later when I come back from St. Patrick's Day celebrations with frie

This will be a quick, one-story blurb blog: so I filled out my sort-of-last Governor's MRF for Circle K. I'm not too crushed over it. But one of the questions, I often try to find a witty answer to. They ask us to go into detail about how much communication we've had with our International Representative (and ours has been fantastic! I love her. It's the perfect amount, without being annoying.) The next question is "Are you happy with the level of communication? Elaborate." I don't like the elaborate part of that question. It's really only useful, I think, if the answer is no. So I do stuff like use synonyms of the same word to just say "Yes I am." a bunch of times - lol. This month I had the following response: "Yes, quite. I am exceedingly ecstatic with her excellent elucidation, excelling extremely, eliciting no further explanation."  Hahahahaha, I don't know why, but I'm pretty proud of that! I came up with it all on

Hahahahaha, this is like video of the year . There is no way this can be topped. Today's blog will be explaining the awesomeness that is this "Bad Romance" music video re-creation/parody that focuses on Women's Suffrage. Googling these past few days, I've seen people say things like "The more you understand the Women's suffrage movement, the more awesome this is..." It's really wonderful in it's simplicity, yet entertainment value. It contains a lot, without being pushy about the information (like Math-raps tend to be.) So let's break this song down for anyone curious what the individual elements mean: First, we have our star: Alice Paul - real Suffragette and activist of the early 20th century. Compatriot of Susan B. Anthony herself. After Susan B. Anthony's death, she lead the crusade for equality that resulted in the 19th Amendment. She is the Lady Gaga character, and is played by Meredith Garrison. Most of the other chara

" I cannot rest from travel: I will drink Life to the lees: all times I have enjoyed Greatly, have suffered greatly, both with those That loved me, and alone... I am a part of all that I have met; yet all experience is an arch wherethrough gleams that untravelled world..."   This is probably my favorite line from a piece of literature ever. I first heard it when we analyzed a page of it for AP English class back in like, 2007 - and I just felt it captured everything I believed in. Travel, adventure and "zany antics" are only the beginning: there is always more, just beyond the next horizon! I really love this quote, and over the years it got demoted off my Facebook info section, so I thought I'd enshrine it here for safe keeping so I never forget it again -- considering for the longest time this evening I thought it was in The Odyssey. P.S: Come on, Snow Day tomorrow! I have a lot to catch up on (as usual)