After re-reading my first essay I have realized that some things have changed and others have not. Because of revisions, I now think writing is not as scary as it used to be. In the past I would write a paper and then turn it in and never think about it agian. But now, because of revisions, I can take the time to look over my papers and think about where I could improve or how I could make my essays more appealing. That is the main change I have seen in my writing.
Thanksgiving November 27, 2009
Usually for thanksgiving my whole family comes to our house from florida, arizona, and Illinois. This year no one could make it so it was just me my parents and my sister. We spent the day putting up christmas trees and decorating while the turkey cooked and then had dinner around five. It was a nice thanksgiving but it kinda felt like christmas because of all the decorating haha.
What I do to Relieve Stress… November 12, 2009
There are a lot of things I do to relieve Stress:
sleep
take a shower
go shopping and spend a lot of money
read a good magazine
watch tv
go running
eat
turn my phone off and take a day for myself
spend time with friends (unstressful friends haha)
go to church
yoga
meditate
paint my nails
paint my toenails
take a multivitamin
scream/cry in a pillow
Paper Thesis’s:
“The transistion between living at home and living on your own can he hard, but it also gives you insight to your future and an appreciation of what you left behind.”
“Through sticky procedures and ethical dilemmas, the banning of literature is not made out to be a simple process.”
llaaazzzyyy weeeekkkeeennddd :) November 5, 2009
Friday night was spent working until about 10 pm, after that I went to a Halloween party. It was okay….typical UAH party.
Saturday I went mountain biking on Monte Sano. I havent gone in a while and it was really fun; we biked to a natural well ( which is basically a giant whole in the ground) and then biked back to the car. It was a lot of fun but by the end of it I was covered head to toe with mud. That night i went home and ate dinner with the fam and almost hit a couple trick or treaters on the way back home. The rest of that night I just hung out with friends and watched all the good scary movies on TV 
Sunday I worked pretty much all day, come home, did homework, and then watched DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES
Ghosts October 29, 2009
I have always beeen really supersticious and a big believer in symbols. I think I get it from my mom. Anyway, I am a big believer in ghosts and have experienced more than one. Everyone has a good ghost story and this is mine…..
When i was like 16 maybe ( i don’t know, somethime in highschool) I was sleeping in my room one night when I heard the TV in the other room turn on. It was very annoying because I could hear the TV for hours. Finally I became annoyed enough to go turn it off. When I got to the other room the TV was not on any particular channel it was just static, kinda like when the cable gets turned off. Wondering who turned the TV on in the first place, I turned the TV off. As soon as the static sound went off I heard music, like piano music. We have two sets of staircases in my house, one is in the foyer like right when you walk in the front door and the other in the back on the other end of the house. I was nearest to the back staircase so i went down that one. And i’m not lying here but when I started going down those stairs its like I got tunnel vision for a second. Im not really sure if I was just half asleep or if I got dizzy, I just remember getting a closed out vision. Anyway, I walked down the stairs(at this time very much awake) following the music i had heard . It sounded like my dad was playing the piano( which isnt really unnormal because sometimes he plays it…but never that late at night)so i thought it was him. But when I looked down the hall, no one was at the piano. Yes the music was still playing and I swear the keys were being pressed down. I saw it. I ran back up to my room( turning on all the lights on the way) woke my mom up and told her what had happened. We went downstairs and checked it out, but it was like nothing had happened. But I knew she believed me, it was then that she told me that she had bought the piano at a flea market right before she got married. Our house was built and nothing bad has happened in it so it couldnt be our house that was haunted. To this day I am convinced that our piano has a ghost. I know that sounds retarded but its what I think to be true. You probably think I was just sleeping or out of it but I know what I saw, something was there.
If I could have any superpower….. October 23, 2009
If I could have any super power it would be to be super fast like dash in the incredibles. Then I would enter every marathon in the world and win lots of money!! My sister runs and she recently ran a 1/2 marathon in nashville, the prize for winning first place was $5000!!!! and all you had to do was run fast..AMAZING…ha
Obama wins the nobel peace prize? October 16, 2009
I first heard about Obama winning the nobel peace prize on facebook during fall break. It was someones status and I was like What? (and honestly, that is how i get most of my news…kinda sad but its the truth).
I lost all respect for the nobel peace prize when Al Gore won it in 2007(?) over a little old lady who was abused for housing jews during the Holocoust. To me, him winning was absolutely ridiculous.
Im not trying to bash Obama in anyway, I mean he is the president of the United States and deserves everyone’s respect. It just came as a surprise to me that he won for the year 2009, it came really quick and was a complete shock.
I do not have enough facts for a complete opinion, but that is the reaction I had when I heard the news. What do you think?
Significant event Rough Draft….not quite finished yet… October 16, 2009
Faith Ryder
significant event (Rough Draft)
Moving out of the house for the first time is like starting your life over, only when you move out of college you are dumped with an overload of responsibilities. Living on your own is a whole new lifestyle, usually experienced by high school seniors going into their freshman year in college. For me, it was a huge change. The transition between living at home with rules and regulations to living on your own with absolutely no rules and regulations can be hard, but is almost always rewarding.
I remember when my older brother mike left for college; I was 10 years old. It seemed like he was getting all the attention and I decided it was defiantly not fair. He was getting all the fuss in the family, everyone was getting presents for him and mom and dad were making the biggest deal out of him graduating high school. He used to tease me every night as mom forced me to brush my teeth. He would tell me that when he went to college, he would never brush his teeth again. I was jealous, insanely jealous.
Eight years later it was my turn to go to college. It was Christmas break of my senior year that I had decided, with the help of my parents, I was going to the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa. I had my heart set on moving out and living on my own. All I could think about my last semester of high school is how I was going to live without my parent’s eyes watching every little thing I did; I was ecstatic, I literally could not wait to get out of the house. Those plans were completely different by April of that same year. After my final ACT scores came in my dad suggested I apply to UAH. Surprisingly, they gave me an academic scholarship, something UA had failed to do. After talking it over with my family, I decided to attend UAH. “Follow the money” my dad kept chirping into my brain, so I did. Without even talking to my parents about housing, I automatically assumed I was living at home, In other words, I could literally run to UAH in minutes from our house. My dreams had been flushed down the toilet; I was no longer going to be the independent college student I longed to be. There would be no mini fridge or short ironing board, my dreams and visions had left; and with that, my anticipations for college ran away.
I graduated high school with a different mindset of all my friends. Everyone was going away and living independently. Me? I was going to be attending University At Home. Then one day during the summer, I received a pamphlet about living on campus at UAH. My mom asked me if I was living on campus, and I said I had assumed I was living at home. She surprised me by saying, “you should move out your first year, live the college experience.” That is when everything changed. I was no longer going to be held back by a stupid curfew or being my sisters chauffer; I was going to be living on my own, even if it was only ten minutes away, it was still on my own. Anticipation began to build inside me once again and came running back with open arms.
Move in day finally came around and I remember not sleeping a wink the night before. After setting up the entire day, I remember sitting in my new dorm room with my mom and looking at everything: my TV, computer, printer, new bedspread, lamp, pictures, and mini fridge. I had everything I had even needed to comfortably live on my own. But after my mom left, I remember sitting there feeling alone. It was just me and my dorm room, what was I supposed to do now? Was this how college life was going to be? Was I going to become a robot, leaving and going to class day after day? These questions quickly disappeared as I contemplated on what I was going to be doing that night.
College went on and the first month or so was a blast! UAH had been everything it had promised to be. Long nights, little sleep, and freedom all became routine for me. I was living on my own with no restrictions. Making a taco bell run at two in the morning and consuming my body weight in food were things I would never be allowed to do at home. However, to every good thing there is a downside. Money was literally flying out of my wallet. Before college I had always kept a steady budget but was never tempted to spend it like I was in college. When you first start living on your own your money seems to yell spend me! Spend me! And for the first couple months, you do. And not only do you spend your money, you spend it on stupid little things like an unreal amount of food, an outrageous amount of new clothes, and
Faith Ryder
significant event (Rough Draft)
Moving out of the house for the first time is like starting your life over, only when you move out of college you are dumped with an overload of responsibilities. Living on your own is a whole new lifestyle, usually experienced by high school seniors going into their freshman year in college. For me, it was a huge change. The transition between living at home with rules and regulations to living on your own with absolutely no rules and regulations can be hard, but is almost always rewarding.
I remember when my older brother mike left for college; I was 10 years old. It seemed like he was getting all the attention and I decided it was defiantly not fair. He was getting all the fuss in the family, everyone was getting presents for him and mom and dad were making the biggest deal out of him graduating high school. He used to tease me every night as mom forced me to brush my teeth. He would tell me that when he went to college, he would never brush his teeth again. I was jealous, insanely jealous.
Eight years later it was my turn to go to college. It was Christmas break of my senior year that I had decided, with the help of my parents, I was going to the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa. I had my heart set on moving out and living on my own. All I could think about my last semester of high school is how I was going to live without my parent’s eyes watching every little thing I did; I was ecstatic, I literally could not wait to get out of the house. Those plans were completely different by April of that same year. After my final ACT scores came in my dad suggested I apply to UAH. Surprisingly, they gave me an academic scholarship, something UA had failed to do. After talking it over with my family, I decided to attend UAH. “Follow the money” my dad kept chirping into my brain, so I did. Without even talking to my parents about housing, I automatically assumed I was living at home, In other words, I could literally run to UAH in minutes from our house. My dreams had been flushed down the toilet; I was no longer going to be the independent college student I longed to be. There would be no mini fridge or short ironing board, my dreams and visions had left; and with that, my anticipations for college ran away.
I graduated high school with a different mindset of all my friends. Everyone was going away and living independently. Me? I was going to be attending University At Home. Then one day during the summer, I received a pamphlet about living on campus at UAH. My mom asked me if I was living on campus, and I said I had assumed I was living at home. She surprised me by saying, “you should move out your first year, live the college experience.” That is when everything changed. I was no longer going to be held back by a stupid curfew or being my sisters chauffer; I was going to be living on my own, even if it was only ten minutes away, it was still on my own. Anticipation began to build inside me once again and came running back with open arms.
Move in day finally came around and I remember not sleeping a wink the night before. After setting up the entire day, I remember sitting in my new dorm room with my mom and looking at everything: my TV, computer, printer, new bedspread, lamp, pictures, and mini fridge. I had everything I had even needed to comfortably live on my own. But after my mom left, I remember sitting there feeling alone. It was just me and my dorm room, what was I supposed to do now? Was this how college life was going to be? Was I going to become a robot, leaving and going to class day after day? These questions quickly disappeared as I contemplated on what I was going to be doing that night.
College went on and the first month or so was a blast! UAH had been everything it had promised to be. Long nights, little sleep, and freedom all became routine for me. I was living on my own with no restrictions. Making a taco bell run at two in the morning and consuming my body weight in food were things I would never be allowed to do at home. However, to every good thing there is a downside. Money was literally flying out of my wallet. Before college I had always kept a steady budget but was never tempted to spend it like I was in college. When you first start living on your own your money seems to yell spend me! Spend me! And for the first couple months, you do. And not only do you spend your money, you spend it on stupid little things like an unreal amount of food, an outrageous amount of new clothes, and
Worst break up? maybe… October 12, 2009
My worst breakup was when i was a junior in highschool. I had just moved to a HUGE new school, which was a big change for me. I started dating this guy that seemed to know EVERYTHING about anyone or anything, a.k.a he was really popular. So it was cool having a boyfriend in the know when I was brand new to school and knew absolutely noone. But good things never last long….after a bunch of crap and stupid things that did not have particularly good outcomes, he dumped me….even after cheating on me. Yeah i know, i’m retarded for not dumping him first…but what can i say? I had aboslutely NO self esteem at the time. I remember I was in birmingham with a friend and he texted me simply saying it was over. Shallow as it was, he did it and not only that, it was 2 weeks before prom and he was my date. So not only did i overcome a completely low breakup, i had do find another prom date.
And not only that, becuase he was “very popular” at school, EVERYONE found out about it, and so here I was, the new kid, with a great new reputation…..isnt high school wonderful?
My Point on Parking October 1, 2009
Parking at UAH, the big deal is that the price went up from last years price of $30 to $130 (?). So the big deal is that people are complaining about the price jump. I can understand the compliants, I mean we pay that much money a year when most parking lots are under construction and there is never ANYWHERE to park. But there is another side to the argument. Recently,UAH just built a new parking garage, yes the garage is in the middle of nowhere and is a 5 minute walk to the nearest classrom, but this coming august, it will serve as the sophmores new parking lot.
So maybe that justifies the raised parking price? I do not know.
Also, certain people are exempt from paying for the parking decal. Personally, I think that is stupid, if you park your car at UAH, it is required for everyone the pay the price.
But when you compare parking here to parking at larger universities, we have it pretty good. UA’s parking decal cost a little over 200 bucks and the can’t park anywhere they want. Each decal there has a specific area assigned to it….so in the sceme of things, we have a pretty good deal.
Yes, when parking went up it was no fun paying the extra 100 bucks, but its going to happen sometime or another, prices have NEVER stayed the same, and will continue to rise.
