Well...

So basically, I never blog anymore. Life has just gotten way too busy, except for the days and weeks that I have nothing to do. Like right now because I am on winter break. Since I last blogged, life has been kind of a whirlwind. I worked a lot this summer at Panera bakery. I liked the job and the money of course, but it sucked having to work in a popular place in my hometown, where I was likely to see at least one person I knew every single time I worked. I ended up getting an interview at Disneyland and got a job there, so I unfortunately had to quit Panera. I had always wanted to work at Disneyland, but I don't think it was ever meant to be. I had a couple days of training and then, when I had very little sleep and had to wake up at 4 am to get there for a 6 am shift, I had a grand mal seizure. It was my second one so I knew what was happening, which made it even scarier. It was my first one in almost two years and I thought I would never have one again, so it kind of brought me back to reality and scared the crap out of me. I was told that I couldn't drive for 3 months, which is tough for a commuter to a school an hour away. Thankfully my dad was able to take me although it was really tough on him.

At least that's over now and I can drive when I get back to school. My sister and her boyfriend are also semi-living with us now, when they're not at his house in Arizona. It's nice having them in the country again, since they've been gone for a while.

I turn 21 in 12 days and I'm so excited to finally be able to buy alcohol and not be tied down by the law anymore.

Until next time,

Caroline

Sharing is Caring?

So, I feel pretty lame venting to a blog, but lately I've felt as though I've needed too. I just feel like so much in my life is weird. Not weird in the typical weird way but strange. It's kind of difficult to explain-I guess I just feel like an outsider. Not in an over obvious way, just about little things. For example, I'm judged for being weird where I live for being a super nerd aka having numerous Harry Potter, POTC, and Twilight things in my room. Now this being said, I thought that having a major like film would expose me to other super nerds. I guess this isn't the case. We were given the assignment of bringing in something fan made to discussion section, to go along with our fandom lecture. I had trouble choosing something to present, but ultimately decided on Wizard Rock. I guess that living in a world where all my friends from home are aware and even thoroughly enjoy Wrock, and where I follow Wrockers on Twitter and subscribe to them on YouTube has made me a bit prejudice. I assume that people would at least have heard of HATP. My assumption was wrong. The video I showed was laughed at. I KNOW it's nerdy for everyone else, but I just thought that maybe people who were film geeks could appreciate it. Turns out, I'm the ONLY one who brought in anything fanmade. I was baffled. How can someone be a fan of NOTHING? One person did mention the short film George Lucas In Love, which I had already seen and laughed at, so we watched that. When George and the Leia character are about to kiss and their mother walks in and screams at them, the girl next to me gasped and said "What???!" in surprise. REALLY?! Do you mean to tell me that you're a film major and have never seen Star Wars?! Complete blasphemy. I guess this is why I love people who are creative geeks. For example, when I had the pleasure of talking to Stephenie Meyer, we talked about The Hunger Games sequel Catching Fire and she was fangirling as much about it as I was about talking to her. It made me love her even more. I think it shows that you're humble to love something that you haven't created that much. I hope to someday be someone who creates things that people can fan out about, and I can fan out about things to them.

On another note, I've found that you really can't let anyone borrow anything, or you probably won't get it back. It's a sad truth to discover.

Ciao,

Caroline