bleh

As the end of the semester approaches, I can feel my brain starting to shut down and resist being productive.  It's been a long and different school year.  I can't decide if it's changed because I'm focusing on classes for my major now or if I've just started focusing instead of goofing around.  I can't believe that after this semester I will only have two semesters left until I graduate (not counting this summer).  I'm not sure where the past three years went.  I know some people say that as you get older time flies by, but I never realized how tue that is until now.  I feel like I just came to UNA yesterday; but every time I see one of my freshmen residents, I feel my age and realize how much I've done in such a small amount of time.
I finally decided to go through with taking the GRE.  I realized that I need to open up my options and apply to more than just one grad school.  I've toyed with the idea of even going overseas to get my Masters. It scares me every time I think about all I have to do within the next year.  Applying for graduation was a reality-check for me that I need to get my ducks in a row and start working on my applications for grad school more.
I have two semesters left to survive.
Two semesters left until I get thrown one more step closer to the "real world."

tweetless in alabama

  For New Media Writing, my professor made us start a blog and a Twitter account.  At first, I didn't have a problem keeping up with my blog posts and Twitter updates.  I actually kind of enjoy posting these blog entries because they give me a chance to rant and rave about anything I want.
  I know the same can be accomplished via a journal so why does a blog seem more appealing?  I think, for me, it might be because of the thrill that someone out there might stumble across what I've written, and that person might even care or like what I talk about here.
  In the four months I have had a Twitter account, however, I rarely think about it.  Any "tweets" I post are more than likely extremely pointless and me complaining about how much I hate Twitter....kind of like this paragraph.  I don't like being forced to say what I want in 140 characters or less--that's smaller than a text message.  I feel that Twitter is too restricting on expression.  I know you can link things via your Twitter page.  I'm probably going to link this blog post to my next 'tweet,' but I can't help but question "What's the point?" Why don't I just give people my blog and let them read that instead of being distracted by another thing to click?
  So I'll probably end up deleting my Twitter account by the end of the semester; but I might stick around in blogger world and see what I end up with.