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Posted At: 2:55pm by Anna Joy
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Someone told me that. I agreed with him. So I'm going to go see a movie tonight... It's not that I don't get out. It's just that I don't get out with members of the opposite sex (aka, males). I don't have time to devote to a full time relationship with a guy. I'm broke. I'm an art major. I'm not allowed to enter the cafeteria. I'm either in my room or in the art building. When there's four guys in the entire sophomore class that are art majors, it makes the pickings slim. (I'm not sure there's a point to this...other than...take it for what it is.)
Anyway. Is there anyone else out there who dreads going to family functions because you know that the inevitable question is "Been on any dates lately?" The answer is always: Of course not. "Why not?" I don't know. What do you think? "You should go out more." (Maybe it's not just me that has to do the "going out.") It doesn't help when two of your aunts got married at Concordia.
It also doesn't help that, if you attend CUNE, there's the expectation that you MUST be engaged by the time you're a junior, otherwise you've pretty much lost any chance of ever getting married. It's a myth. Plenty of people get married when they're older (say late 20s, early 30s, and sometimes even 40s or 50s!). Maybe I'm not ready to date...or maybe I just want a friendship. Maybe that's all I need at this point in my life. Maybe it's not God's intention that I cling to a boy right now. Maybe I want to be a bit more settled before I think about getting married. Maybe I think it's God's will that I wait to just go out with anybody. (Doesn't mean that if a guy asked, I'd say no if it were dinner...) Yet there's always that twinge of "ouch!" in the back of my head every time I see a couple holding hands. Yay pop culture. Anyway, just thought I'd throw that out there.
If I keep up my posting habits of late, I might get a post up about once a month. Which, statistically speaking, is better than a lot of HT blogs.  Life has been interesting lately. This semester needs to be over. Unfortunately we have 8 weeks left. I don't think I've ever been as busy or stressed out as I have been since August. Next semester, my schedule is so much lighter. Three art classes (one's an art history class) and three gen eds.
I think it's partly been rough because I realized that, even though I'm working my tail off to get a BFA in graphic design, I may not ever actually use it. I'm sure I'll end up working somewhere...but between my two passions in life, I think I'm actually going to end up going into at least part-time mission work, either domestic or international. (HT, if you want a full-time graphic design intern, speak fast...hint hint). It's not that these two things necessarily conflict each other. I just wish I were done so that I could go ahead and get on it. Freshman year got me into the swing of things. Sophomore year seems redundant. Who knows what I'll feel like junior year...
Edited on: October 20th, 2007 5:50 pm
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Posted At: 6:15pm by Anna Joy
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I'm alive. I'm back at school. The blues have set in.
To sum up the summer... Day camp is hard and honestly I hope I never have to do it again. I have a lot of good memories from this summer, and some not so good ones. I think my favorite week was when I had a 103 degree fever and was diagnosed with strep throat...my kids missed me horribly and I unfortunately had to miss massages the next day... and the next day was when I was in a car accident that totaled our camp van. Good times.
Fall to me is always a bittersweet season. I always get back into the swing of things and somehow always find myself missing something. Like there's a blackhole where my heart should be. I'm never quite sure why this happens. On the other hand, it's always a time when I find time to catch up with people I haven't heard from or seen in ages and ages. It's an in-between moment.
This semester I find myself already buried in homework but managing it well. Four art classes and two gen eds will keep a body busy. It feels like I've been at school for about a year and in reality it's been less than 4 weeks.
Just another new normal to get used to, I suppose. My family now lives in MN after a huge move from Selma, AL to Mankato. I'm not entirely sure how I feel about it. That sense of home is gone now. Or, I guess, home still feels like Alabama. It's funny how you wake up to reality every morning.
Anyways, I'm in a dorm apartment this year and I'm loving it so far. I'm working two jobs which is going okay so far. I'm a print assistant (digital lab manager) 3 nights a week and I still work in the library.
I'll have to blog more later and get caught up with things.
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Posted At: 9:20pm by Anna Joy
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Yeah...so I feel pretty lame. I just spent 10 bucks on internet for 24 hours because last night I was actually DREAMING about how someone had told me I have two messages waiting for me on Facebook. Well, I was mad, because in my dream I did NOT receive two messages. I didn't receive any. Then I realized "Oh my gosh, you're pathetic! You were dreaming about Facebook." Which is pretty pathetic, no? So yeah, I'm at the local Starbucks where I ordered a Venti Passion Tea (which if you haven't had, is amazing). I borrowed one of my coworker's laptops...realized the internet cost that much money...was mad because I couldn't check anything...and bought 24 hours worth of internet.
And to make this story better, I found $5...and then stabbed someone... (stupid jokes).
But...the summer is less than 21 days to being over (at least the part where Anna Joy is a counselor). In fact, I'm done July 26th. Which means I have exactly 16 days left. Can you tell I'm excited to be done? In all honesty, I'm just ready for this to be over. It's not that it hasn't been fun - some parts of it have - it's just that I feel like I've been going absolutely non-stop for about 2 months now...which is exactly what I've done.
I took my summer "vacation" to Lynea's wedding this weekend, which was quite amazing. Congrats Mrs. Sander! It was good to see everyone, although I still feel completely exhausted from the wedding... It was fun to be the Maid of Honor as well.
It's kind of beginning to sink in that in less than 3 weeks I'll be in Cambodia. I'm starting to get super psyched for it, and at the same time nervous because I'll be headed to an overseas country again...
Anyway, I guess that's all for now.
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Posted At: 10:44pm by Anna Joy
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I watched Garden State tonight for the first time. I think watching it finally made me realize what's been bugging me so much about this summer: My family's moving to Minnesota and while it will have a direct impact on my life, at the same time, I won't be there to experience any of it.
I'm not going to be home to be there with my family while they pack. I won't be there with my family when the stress of getting the house ready for moving kicks in. There's this "idea" of home that you kind of always carry with you. Home is somewhere that you "own," in a sense. It's a piece of you, or you're a piece of it.
Either way, there comes a time when you lose the sense that your parents home is your own home. And I think it hit me that, slowly as it has come, that idea is finally gone. I'm more at home at school than I am when I'm at home, and when my family moves to Minnesota, the feeling will be even more so. I don't think it's either a good or bad thing. I think it's just something that happens.
It's kind of a melancholy feeling.
Edited on: June 07th, 2007 3:28 pm
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Posted At: 5:19pm by Anna Joy
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This post is from the Camp Dixie Day Staff 2007 blog which can be found here. I and the other day camp counselors will post there throughout our weeks as staff. I'll try to post frequently here as well.
We're in our first week of day camp and so far things have been pretty discouraging, but we're only in our second today. Things have started to look up a little bit, which is good.
We were only supposed to have 5-12 year olds at our day camps, but at this location (Bogalusa, LA) we ended up with kids anywhere from 3-15. When you weren't prepared for such a large age gap, it can be frustrating! This week I'm working with 13 year olds and older. I started out with six in my group then two left. Today I gained another one, so I'm hoping to have 5 throughout the week.
Yesterday, things were pretty rough. We had so much downtime between activities that the kids just ran wild. Then, when we were trying to get through our large group games, everyone was fighting, which is obviously not a good thing. Bible study went pretty well on my end. I was able to take up the whole 45 minutes, but I'm not sure that the kids actually got anything out of it or not. Today, I know they did not want to be there, since they repeatedly asked me if they could leave, or if they were done. We weren't on topic once! But for the first 10 minutes I think they got some good discussion time out of it. They asked me some pretty deep theological questions and I tried to explain my answers the best I could.
We started talking about God's eternal nature and how God exists outside of time. I don't think anyone ever began to grasp the concept that God wasn't created but that He's just always been there. It was kind of crazy, but at the same time cool that they were thinking and talking about it. They also asked me some questions about homosexualism. I had to explain that just because you're Gay doesn't mean that you're automatically condemned to Hell...not sure that they understood that, either. I'm hoping that they'll want to participate more as the week goes on. We'll see how things go.
After Bible study, we let the kids either play in the gym with the basketballs/kickballs or go outside and play kickball. We ended up wrapping things up a little early with roundup. My kids did a skit (yay! perhaps a sign of progress?) that they came up with themselves. It was basically a modern day version of the Parable of the Good Samaritan.
Arts and crafts the last two days have been incredibly successful. Everyone's at least sat down and worked through the craft even if they didn't want to finish it or work on it at all to begin with. I'm happy because that's 45 mins-1 hour that actually goes as it should.
I think yesterday was definitely more mentally taxing than today was. It's definitely been a challenge to learn how to just let things slide but still have at least some structure to the day.
Last night we went to eat Chinese at Dragon Palace. It was actually really good despite the somewhat shady appearance of the building. Tonight we're going to eat at Taco Bell. I'm excited for it. I heart me some tacos. Anyway, more later this week!
- "Sketch"
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