Tuesday, May 1, 2012

It's been a while..

(Please excuse any and all glaring grammatical errors, as it is late at night, and my brain is fried from studying for finals...ha.)
It's been about nine months since my last post, and a lot has happened since then. It's weird to think that I didn't post once while in school this year..I'd like to attribute that to being busy all the time..haha. Which I have been! This year has been busy..and it has really gone by fast. So many things have happened..I have met a ton of awesome new friends, strengthened old friendships, and some friendships have died out unfortunately. 
So I guess I wanna start by talking about some of the things I have been obsessing over lately haha. I doubt anyone will really care for any of this, this is mostly just for me.
Obsession #1:
A Song of Ice and Fire 
by George R.R. Martin. 

This is basically one of the most amazing book series I have ever read. I have been reading these books since..well basically since I last posted, and I am currently finished A Storm of Swords. I know, I know..I'm a slow reader..but as has been mentioned before, I have been very busy and these books are VERY dense. These books are basically everything I have ever wanted in a work of fiction: medieval warfare and politics; medieval tournaments; Kings vying for a throne, each with his own claim; AMAZING characters; and basically one of the most complex and compelling plots I have ever experienced. Now..be warned..READER DISCRETION ADVISED..these books are not for kids. They are very graphic in places. So much so that it would definitely offend some readers, but I choose to skip over the graphic stuff. I read it for the story and characters. 

Obsession #2:

Now this is kinda two in one here..haha. I discovered Nat Geo Magazine this October, and I have been hooked since. My awesome aunt subscribed me to it, and I LOVE getting it every month. The photography is just amazing..I can't stand it! Haha. Also I have been a little obsessed with the Titanic. I have always been a little obsessed with the Titanic, but here recently I kinda had a Titanic obsession phase. Mostly because of the 100th anniversary of the ship's sinking. I just love the story of the ship, and reading about the people that did their best with what time they had as the ship sank. It's definitely a sad story, but I think it's important history that we don't need to overlook. It teaches us a valuable lesson: pride goes before the fall.

Obsession #3:


This next one is a little weird..I have been pretty obsessed lately with getting a dog. Specifically a black lab. And today I found out that I will be able to have one next semester because my friends and I are going to be living in a house off campus!! My dad is already looking at some potential puppies and I hope to be getting one as soon as I go home! I can't wait. I prayed really hard for me to be able to have a dog, and even though it was a petty and trivial prayer request, God deemed it fit to grant that request. He is so good. =] But yeah. I plan on getting a black male and calling him Cerberus. Basically the coolest name ever for a dog. So excited.

Well I think that is pretty much it for things I have been obsessing over...mostly I just wanted to go ahead and break the ice with writing again on here. I have some thoughts brewing in my head that I really wanna get down on here. One of them being the fact that I leave for Europe in a week with Chorus! I really can't wait for that! Well kids, thanks for reading if you did..haha sorry this was really weird, and be looking for my next post.