Now that I'm over half way done with my first semester in college, it's time to think about what I want to do during the rest of my semesters in college. I do not currently have a major, so planning much further than my next semester classes is kind of an issue.
You know how in high school, they tell you that being a well-rounded student is a great thing, and that you'll have so many options to choose from? Yeah, well choosing SUCKS.
It's wouldn't be such a big deal if I even had an inkling of what I'd like to do with the rest of my life. I enjoy languages, so I'm trying to learn as many as I can in my time at MSU. But that's all I got. It would be easier if there was a certain subject that I really excelled at (or one that I really hated). I really can't seem to find one. Now, I have some general areas that I'm pretty sure I would hate if I had to deal with it every day for the rest of my life...coughcoughmathcoughcough (sorry, Adi), but I really enjoy aspects of math, and I'm generally good at it.
That's the problem. I'm generally good at a lot of things.
And the advice I get really isn't very helpful. People are always like "That's OK that you don't know what you want to do with your life. You can just figure it out. Don't stress about it." Blah blah blah. And then advisors and such are like "It's OK to be undeclared right now-except when you finally do decide what you want to major in, you're basically screwed because you've used up all your Gen Ed credits, so you'll be stuck with a crap ton of 400 level classes with no break and you'll kind of want to die." But if you do declare a major, and then change it (which basically ALWAYS happens) you're still in the same boat, except chances are all those classes you took toward your original major are now rendered pointless.
It's a serious catch-22.
Life was so much easier when I wanted to be the first woman president of the United States.
:) That's it for now!
Alaina
P.S. Any suggestions of what I should be when I "grow up" (especially if they're clever/hilarious) would be greatly appreciated. You can leave them in comments on this page, or send me a message on Facebook, or even tell me in person (because I know the majority of you who read this I see on a fairly regular basis). K Thanks!!! :)
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Tales of a Southpaw
One of the best reactions I get when people find out certain things about me are when they find out I'm left handed. Their eyes get huge, their heads tilt, and they say "You're left handed??" as if it's a totally new concept and no one else in the history of the world has ever been left handed. And most of the time I'm just like "Yep. Been a lefty since pretty much forever...where have you been?" If the person is someone that I'm just getting to know, it's ok-but I've had people that I've been friends with for several years suddenly realize that I write with my left hand and they think it's like the craziest thing EVER.
You guys, it's no big deal.
And to show you how much it's not a big deal, I've compiled a list of famous left handed people.
-President Barack Obama
-Leonardo Da Vinci
-Jim Carrey
-Judy Garland
-Jimi Hendrix
-Julia Roberts
-Sly Stallone
-Pierce Brosnan
-Neil Armstrong
-Paul McCartney
And there's WAY more than this.
(And trust me, we've all heard that left handed people die sooner than right handed people. You don't need to tell us that EVERY TIME.)
But the reason I brought all of this up is because in my English class today, a kid was complaining that he had to switch his desk every class because whoever sits in the same spot in an earlier class uses a left handed desk. Now, I could understand if it was one of the "half" desks (and I use quotation marks because there is NO way those should count as half) but it wasn't. It went all the way across the lap. And he just kept complaining about it.
It took a lot of effort not to punch him in the face.
I mean, left handed people use right handed products all the time. Left handed people die from using right handed products. And you couldn't suck it up for one class period where we maybe wrote for 5 minutes?? Here's a list of right handed products that left handed people use all the time. (Yes, another list. I like lists. DEAL WITH IT. lol)
-Spiral Notebooks. Now you wouldn't think that this would be a big deal, but you try writing with a spring digging into your hand every time you start a new line. Comp notebooks aren't a whole lot better, contrary to popular belief. (Pencils are a pain too, because the side of your hand goes over the already written part of the paper, smudging everything and leaving the side of your hand with a nice gray sheen.) I was so excited when I went into the Missouri State bookstore and found left-handed notebooks. I have two types: one has the spiral at the top of the notebook, so it's kind of like a memo pad (which works for both left and right handed people) and one that has the spiral on the right side. It opens "backwards"-the pages turn right to left instead of left to right. It's sad that I had to wait until college before I could find anything like that!
-Desks. The main topic of this blog post. I think lefties become pros at finding creative ways to sit in desks and contort their bodies so they can actually write on the desk itself. I know that most of the time I just keep my notebook on my knee and write that way. It's easier than fighting with the desk. **I feel like I should mention that in my English class today, I was also sitting at a left handed desk. I wasn't mad at the guy in my class because he took a desk I needed, I was just mad that he complained so much.**
-Scissors. This was mainly a problem in Elementary. Little kid safety scissors aren't really made to cut upside down, and that's how I had to hold them so my fingers would fit. It was awkward. Now with "grown up" scissors, it's not such a big deal.
-Pens. Ok, so this isn't a problem, mostly a funny story. My dad is in this business network group, and one day he came home with a "left handed" pen. I was really confused because I had been using I guess what could be considered "right handed" pens my whole life and never had issues. But the pen itself was the same as every other pen. The logo printed on the pen, however, was backwards; only left handed people could easily read the print while using the pen. I thought it was hilarious, and it was one of my favorite pens for a long time.
-Measuring cups (the ones with a handle and the little spout on one side). Ok, sometime I want you to fill up one of those cups, hold it in your left hand, and try to pour. Awkward, right?
Those are just a few of the things us lefties learn to accommodate. So, next time you get stuck with a left handed desk (which hardly ever happens in reality because there are very few of them in each classroom and we usually hunt them down if they are available) think of it as a growing experience, a way to see how someone else lives every once and a while.
That's all for now! (Thanks for listening to me rant...)
Alaina! :)
You guys, it's no big deal.
And to show you how much it's not a big deal, I've compiled a list of famous left handed people.
-President Barack Obama
-Leonardo Da Vinci
-Jim Carrey
-Judy Garland
-Jimi Hendrix
-Julia Roberts
-Sly Stallone
-Pierce Brosnan
-Neil Armstrong
-Paul McCartney
And there's WAY more than this.
(And trust me, we've all heard that left handed people die sooner than right handed people. You don't need to tell us that EVERY TIME.)
But the reason I brought all of this up is because in my English class today, a kid was complaining that he had to switch his desk every class because whoever sits in the same spot in an earlier class uses a left handed desk. Now, I could understand if it was one of the "half" desks (and I use quotation marks because there is NO way those should count as half) but it wasn't. It went all the way across the lap. And he just kept complaining about it.
It took a lot of effort not to punch him in the face.
I mean, left handed people use right handed products all the time. Left handed people die from using right handed products. And you couldn't suck it up for one class period where we maybe wrote for 5 minutes?? Here's a list of right handed products that left handed people use all the time. (Yes, another list. I like lists. DEAL WITH IT. lol)
-Spiral Notebooks. Now you wouldn't think that this would be a big deal, but you try writing with a spring digging into your hand every time you start a new line. Comp notebooks aren't a whole lot better, contrary to popular belief. (Pencils are a pain too, because the side of your hand goes over the already written part of the paper, smudging everything and leaving the side of your hand with a nice gray sheen.) I was so excited when I went into the Missouri State bookstore and found left-handed notebooks. I have two types: one has the spiral at the top of the notebook, so it's kind of like a memo pad (which works for both left and right handed people) and one that has the spiral on the right side. It opens "backwards"-the pages turn right to left instead of left to right. It's sad that I had to wait until college before I could find anything like that!
-Desks. The main topic of this blog post. I think lefties become pros at finding creative ways to sit in desks and contort their bodies so they can actually write on the desk itself. I know that most of the time I just keep my notebook on my knee and write that way. It's easier than fighting with the desk. **I feel like I should mention that in my English class today, I was also sitting at a left handed desk. I wasn't mad at the guy in my class because he took a desk I needed, I was just mad that he complained so much.**
-Scissors. This was mainly a problem in Elementary. Little kid safety scissors aren't really made to cut upside down, and that's how I had to hold them so my fingers would fit. It was awkward. Now with "grown up" scissors, it's not such a big deal.
-Pens. Ok, so this isn't a problem, mostly a funny story. My dad is in this business network group, and one day he came home with a "left handed" pen. I was really confused because I had been using I guess what could be considered "right handed" pens my whole life and never had issues. But the pen itself was the same as every other pen. The logo printed on the pen, however, was backwards; only left handed people could easily read the print while using the pen. I thought it was hilarious, and it was one of my favorite pens for a long time.
-Measuring cups (the ones with a handle and the little spout on one side). Ok, sometime I want you to fill up one of those cups, hold it in your left hand, and try to pour. Awkward, right?
Those are just a few of the things us lefties learn to accommodate. So, next time you get stuck with a left handed desk (which hardly ever happens in reality because there are very few of them in each classroom and we usually hunt them down if they are available) think of it as a growing experience, a way to see how someone else lives every once and a while.
That's all for now! (Thanks for listening to me rant...)
Alaina! :)
Friday, October 5, 2012
Oh, my personality
I don't know what it is, but I've always been interested in studying personalities. I've taken about a billion (ok, not actually a billion...probably closer to like 20) personality tests because I like to see if they match up with how I view my personality.
Most of the time, they're pretty accurate!
It's quite creepy, actually.
In the Myers-Briggs test (there's a good chance I spelled those names wrong. It's 1 a.m. I'm too lazy to google it again.) I am an ESFJ. That basically means that I'm a empathising people person (along with other stuff)...and I already knew that. According to the website, I have a similar personality to Donald Duck, and I find that HILARIOUS.
I also took this personality DNA test, which was kinda cool. It wasn't your run-of-the-mill "answer yes or no" question test. For some reason, the link doesn't work, but just google personality tests, and I'm sure you'll find it. :)
There was also this color quiz one, which if you know anything about me at all, you know is right up my alley. I didn't think it was gonna be anything super accurate-after all, how much can you really tell from picking colors.
It was frightening how accurate it was.
(If you wanna test it out for yourself, click here.)
Anyway, if you decide to look at my test results, maybe it'll show you a little bit more about...well, me. If you don't, I'm not going to be insulted. That much. But I hope if you haven't taken a personality quiz (or if you haven't in a while) that you take a little time to do so. It's pretty fun!
That's it for now!
Alaina :)
Most of the time, they're pretty accurate!
It's quite creepy, actually.
In the Myers-Briggs test (there's a good chance I spelled those names wrong. It's 1 a.m. I'm too lazy to google it again.) I am an ESFJ. That basically means that I'm a empathising people person (along with other stuff)...and I already knew that. According to the website, I have a similar personality to Donald Duck, and I find that HILARIOUS.
I also took this personality DNA test, which was kinda cool. It wasn't your run-of-the-mill "answer yes or no" question test. For some reason, the link doesn't work, but just google personality tests, and I'm sure you'll find it. :)
There was also this color quiz one, which if you know anything about me at all, you know is right up my alley. I didn't think it was gonna be anything super accurate-after all, how much can you really tell from picking colors.
It was frightening how accurate it was.
(If you wanna test it out for yourself, click here.)
Anyway, if you decide to look at my test results, maybe it'll show you a little bit more about...well, me. If you don't, I'm not going to be insulted. That much. But I hope if you haven't taken a personality quiz (or if you haven't in a while) that you take a little time to do so. It's pretty fun!
That's it for now!
Alaina :)
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