When life was as simple as...

Remember when life was simple? A day consisted of eating, school, playing, sleeping. No job, no excessive school work, no stress, no worries! Now look at our lives packed with classes, work schedule, fitting in doctor appts, errands like food shopping for the dorm, studying, cleaning, cooking, tutoring, clubs, organizations, athletics, oh yeah and of course time for ourselves. Can't forget about that right? Sometimes these days people do so much running around that we don't realize how fast time is going. This past year I balanced two jobs, senior year of high school which consisted of senior committee and other activities, a boyfriend, paying for a car by managing my own bills, you name it I did it. It was a rough year and it went by so fast. Faster then any of my other high school years and the summer... Ha! What summer?!? It felt like I had a week of a summer. At times I wish I would've just slowed down and relaxed and taken my time through this past year because already I can tell it was the best year of my life and now it's already over. All I do is hope for the best in the future.

Hello Ducky...

College can be scary. I think I can vouch for every college student that before entering college one of your worst fears is to end up with a crappy roommate. Leaving my comfort zone (NYC) where my friends, family, car, life was to come to a brand new place knowing no one. I was to start this whole new life. I was petrified... until I met Melissa. Both from big cities, her from DC, we clicked off the back. We were both humorous people with a lot to say and led fast paced lives. We liked similar music, pasttimes... including kickboxing and we both agreed that we were lucky. Lucky to have been randomly put with someone we got along with so well. I've shared more with her then with over half the people I know in just one months time. Who would've thought I could've found my other half? A great friend who looks out for me when i'm sick, thinks of me when i'm not around, and can drive me around... haha. No but I can honestly say if it wasn't for her I don't know where I would be in college. Now with my partner in crime, both of us out-of-staters, we can conquer the state of Florida and rule the school... WOOHOOO!!! Okay sorry got a little carried away, but now I have someone I met on my first day of college that I can honestly say has become my best friend and I see a lifetime of friendship that awaits. Thanks USF nice job picking the rooms!
As to Melissa, your usual "You'll get sick of me after a week... ok after a month...after a year" Don't see it happening! You're the best!

GiBBeRiSH

Ethos, pathos and logos sounded like another language when I first heard it. It is nothing I have ever heard before.
Ethos: http://channels.netscape.com/ns/homerealestate/package.jsp?name=fte/bestdietever/bestdietever
This website discusses the American Medical Association as proof that the ideas of diets could very well be successful because of the sources that it came from.
Pathos: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040928/ap_on_re_us/hurricane_jeanne_us&cid=519&ncid=716
This website shows an emotional appeal to the reader. The reader feels for all the people affected by the hurricane.
Logos: http://dana.ucc.nau.edu/~adh32/logos%2C_ethos%2C_pathos.html
Any statisitical information shows logos because it shows logic. 50 million abortions were performed worldwide.

cultural resources

By definition, culture is totality of socially transmitted behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, and all other products of human work and thought and resources is something that can be used for support or help. In other words, in english, this means that the way of life of a group of people help each other through belief, customs, and tradition.
Culture could be a government, religion, or type of clothing worn, whichever it is the resources provided to them can be used to help there culture. It can be material things like animal skins helped the native Americans or it could be intangible like having the resource of friends within your community helping you.
There is no true definition of cultural resources. It is what you think it is. Depending on your own culture depends on how you look at the resources provided to you.

LoVe HuRTs

Yep things are great... I'm going to college in FL, I have a nice apartment, good friends, but something is missing. Senior year I spent most of it with one guy and boy did we have great times. We did everything together and bonded so quickly. Prom, graduation, senior trip to Canada, and much more we shared together. The most amazing part was the summer. This summer my mother moved down to FL before I did because I was working and I didn't want to leave my friends and boyfriend just yet. I lived with him in Manhattan. It was one of the greatest experiences of my life. He has a wonderful family that watched over me and we were able to do whatever we wanted. No parents, no rules, just each other and an entire summer ahead. Well the summer came and went and the last week we spent together at my new home in Wesley Chapel was great as well. The countdown to the last day was rough. We knew college was beginning and we would go from seeing each other everyday and living together for the past 2 months to then having to say goodbye and not see each other for awhile. We're still together but it's very hard. The biggest issue is trust and back and forth we fight and make up but in the end, we love each other so we can't give up what we have. What really sucks is that i am having a good time at college and things are going pretty well but my circle is not complete. He's missing and LoVe HuRTs...

Could I have picked a better time

Honestly, could I have picked a better time to come to FL? Coming from NY our biggest natural disaster is a blizzard, now coming here to the "beautiful weather" of FL I'm beginning to have second thoughts. Many people ask me why I came to school here my response would normally be the weather.. but lately i've been second guessing myself.. the weather?!?! There's nicer weather in NY right about now and i'm down here in the middle of hurricane heaven and people are like you sure picked the best time to move down here. I'm hearing from residents that the hurricane season hasn't been this bad in a couple decades.. well then why now? Why me? Maybe i'm bad karma... sorry all you Floridians, I'm a first timer in FL and look what happens when I get here.

other people blogs... dumb idea

Sorry professor Jones I know you read this and everything but... I just read about 10 "interesting blogs" and none of them were of interest too me. All of them seemed ridiculous.. except of course yours professor Jones (smiles). No but seriously the blogs i've done and seen from my classmates are more organized. Its weird, these other blogs I can't tell the end or beginning or the date or anything. The entire blogs seems very unclear to me.
I don't think it was necessary to create a blog commenting about other people's ideas because if we wanted to we could directly comment to the persons blog we like or dislike... its kind of like we're talking about them behind there back. Haha.

We'll alwaysss love JILL PAPA...

Honestly this whole blogging thing at first was stupid but now that i'm writing it, its seems like a lot of fun. Its kind of like a journal entry... not too personal... that everyone can read and comment on my ideas and opinions. Well anyway, I'm Jillian and I am from New York. I am 17 years old... yes I am not legal yet until November but its coming soon so i'm excited about that. I came here to USF because of the weather and my mother recently bought a house about a half hour north of here so technically I am now officially a Florida resident. My father still lives in NY though. That way I have two homes either or I can stay at. I love to dance and party and just have fun. I'm undecided on a major i'm thinking about maybe nursing but i'm most likely going to be minoring in dance. I have two younger sisters that I miss very much and I have a boyfriend of a while now and he's at school in Ohio so its hard but I love him a lot so we're trying to make it work.