Apologies

So, first off, I would like to apologize for my blonde blogging so far. I really am new to this so please give me the benefit of the doubt.
...Anyways, my roommate introduced me to the site called Insanity Wolf, (noob) I decided to dedicate my blog today to my favorite five insanity wolf pictures.

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             Ken Steele, an education marketing consultant, organizes student motivation for entering college into four categories- the scholars, the careerists, the conflicted, and the drifters.

After consideration of these stereotypes, I pick up a tissue and wipe the tear streaming down my cheek because right away I recognize which category I fall under. That’s right, I am “the conflicted.” Ken Steele describes the conflicted as being “like a careerist (attend college as means to an end: getting a job) but are not sure where they are going…pushed into college by society or their parents.” Most people receive choices in life… but college has never been an optional topic for me. Not that this is discerning to me in any way, but college was always fate in life, due to my parents. My mom got a degree from the Ohio State University, whereas my dad got one from University of North Carolina Wilmington. Both went on to be successful in their areas of expertise.

The background now given, I now will explain the sadness of the condition of being “the conflicted.” Being one of “the conflicted” reveals the current confused state of mind I am currently in. I have absolutely no idea what I want to do. Okay, sure, I want to get a job and be successful, enjoy my life, be financially stable, and all of that good stuff that any sane person wants at my age. Although I am sure one day I will figure out what I want to do and what I really want to major in, right now I feel like a lost cause.

            My idea of a perfect career choice changes almost daily. Literally: in the past three months I have debated upon whether I want to one day receive an Oscar for screen-play writing, go to law school and be the next John Cochran, or even try to be the next psychiatrist talk show host like Oprah Winfrey. As soon as I think I know what I want, something else pops up and makes me think that I would not be exceedingly happy with my current choice. Being among “the conflicted” has it’s perks- I am always open to new ideas, but then again it is also depressing when I think about how much time I have spent taking countless career tests.

            I can only hope that Rob Thomas follows through with his words that “someday, we’ll figure all this out…” But for now I am a stick in the mud. I am one of “the conflicted.” 

Emma Watson and Dr. Suess

<--I've always had long hair and I don't think I could ever grow the courage to cut it all off. Props to Emma Watson! I love her quote "The ending of Harry Potter was like a break-up. It was very sad. And most girls cut their hair after a break-up." This is why I (along with a billion others) love her.

Add this to my bucket list! I want to make Green Eggs and Ham.

Bucket List

Before I die, these are the things that if possible, I will choose to do with my life.

1.    - Go on a “Spiritual E Journey.” The book Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert inspired this idea. The main character in the book goes on a spiritual journey to 3 countries to find herself and become happy again after her straining divorce. She visits three countries that start with the letter “I”- Italy, India, and Indonesia. Not that I hope to get a divorce, but I hope to one day go with my best friend Zoe to three places that start with the letter E- Egypt, England, and El Salvador.

2.    - To see the Northern Lights.

3.     -To be a bartender. I think it would be really cool to learn how to make all different types of drinks.

4.     -Go on a hot air balloon ride over the Grand Canyon.

5.     -To go on a tour into any rainforest around the world.

6.     -Go back to London and find Ryan O’Riley, this man who gave my family and I a Harry Potter tour the summer after I graduated high school.

7.     -To live in England for at least a summer or even a year to get the experience and be content with being far away from family on my own.

8.    - To go to the 2014 World Cup in Brazil and watch a game there.

9.     -To meet a cast member from any of the Harry Potter movies and actually carry on a conversation with them.

10. To graduate college.

11.  Be an advice columnist for a magazine or newspaper.

12. Participate on a game show- Who Wants to be Millionaire, Family Feud, etc.

13. To see the top 50 rated films on imdb.com (by the viewers)

14. To learn the Dewey Decimal system

15.  To own my own library in my house with all of my favorite books

16. To own my apartment or house in which has a room where I have a collage of every picture from every vacation I have ever been on sorted out into different countries.

17. To walk on the Great Wall of China.

18.  Win an Oscar for Best screenplay and take my brother Gavin as my date to the Oscar ceremony.

19. To act as Dorothy in Wizard of Oz in any production.

20. To play some sort of college soccer- club or the actual team.

21. To work in a Used Book Store

22. To save somebody’s life

23.  To be an audience member to the television show Maury

24.  To help my autistic brothers move into an apartment and help them be able to live independently

25.  To take a calculus class and pass it

26. To write and publish my own book of some sort

27. To be an owner of a Bed and Breakfast

28.  To create my own video game

29.  To shake hands with a president

30. Knit my own scarf

31. Design my own dress for a big event

For these things to happen, I have to start preparing now. Most of the things on my list are financially related, so looks like I have to start searching for a job… yay.