Journal1/31/11

Before today ends I would like to see myself getting an email from FAFSA telling me that the government is going to give me tons of grants. I need free money. I need lots of it. I would also love for the financial aide people of the various colleges I have applied at to get back to me.

Paying for college bites.

Journal 1/27/12

Today I am very hungry. I have been running so much more lately and I think all the extra exercise has been making me hungry. That or I am just a foodie. I'd place bets on the second one. I met a she-male today. At the hospital a man came in claiming to be a woman. This is because prior to receiving the operation that would change his gender, he is required to live exactly like a woman for one year.

It was all very very very strange.

1/25/12

My favorite rainy day memory is of me doing absolutely nothing but watching movies and wrapping myself up in blankets with my parents. We spend time together on bad weather days, and have also been known to bust out a board game or two. It's a fun time at the Jarrell household while everyone else lets the water ruin everything.

I love my house.

1/23/12

Well, the small act of me choosing to not eat McDonald's for the second time in two days for lunch, can have the greater impact of helping me try to get fit for prom. Prom is April 14th, and I will be rockin' hot for it. I am going to go running after school and dominate.

I don't know who my date will be, but he will be very impressed.

Journal 1/19/12

The internet bills are a bad decision, and I am sure almost everyone agrees that they are at this point. They claim to promote the protection of copyright, but they take it way too far. This would result in far too much censorship of everything, down to the pictures one posts on Facebook. It is ridiculous.

They won't get passed.

Journal 1/17/12

The best advice I've ever received is actually a quote by Paris Hilton, believe it or not. She said something along the lines of: Tell everybody what they want to hear, but in the end do what you want with your life. It is very good advice. Most people wouldn't realize it because she is made into a dumb ditzy cartoon character.

She hasn't actually even accepted money from her parents since she was 18. She is a very capable woman.

Journal 1/10/12 (Day I was sick)

Are there biases in the media? Are there fish in the ocean? Of course! You cannot turn on the news without finding some sort of bias. The BEST example for biases in the media is naturally FOX News. Have you ever heard of a new station covering stories about itself? Well FOX News does. They get upset when people criticize their biased practices and then do stories about themselves being criticized. It is ridiculous! They also try to talk about the "mainstream media" as though they are not part of that media. I call bull. They make up a large, and rather sickeningly sad, part of the "mainstream media".

Journal 1/12/12

The biggest problem in our society is bigotry. People are not willing to understand and accept other for their differences or lifestyles. They persist in restricting the freedoms or abilities of others based on something as trivial as who the person prefers to date. It is ridiculous.

People need to accept others and move on with life.

Journal 1/7/12

Today has been the best day ever. I had a nurse at the hospital that was actually interested in helping me help her. I got real patient interaction, and assisted with triage, and was able to help with a chest pain. Then, I got to swing by my job and look all cool in my scrubs before going to Racetrack where I had a Dr. Pepper ICEE and got hit on by the cashier, whom was very impressed with my being a hospital person. Now I've gone by McDonalds to get french fries after interviewing for the Biggest Loser story (irony, I know), and managed to make my boss happy by actually using the gift card he got me.

Tonight I will see The Devil Inside and eat more good food after I go for a jog. Life is so good right now.

1/4/12

The thing I like most about myself is my ambition. There is so much I want to do with my life and so little time to do it. I spend so much time trying to figure out how I'll get it all done before I kick the bucket.

At least I have goals though. I could be some goal-less fool wondering about with no purpose to my life.

Journal 1/2/12

My theory on the Mayan Calendar deal is that there is no theory. It is a calendar. Like all calendars it has an end. Do you know what calendars do when they end? THEY START OVER!
If the end of the calendar meant the end of the world then the world would end each year, or maybe each month, depending on your calendar.

People. People. People. IT IS A FREAKING CALENDAR.