In my very first blog, I told you right off the bat that I was terrible at remembering to post. It’s even in the generic “About Me” I use for every website or profile I build. So of course it only follows that it’s been over a month since I’ve posted a blog. I have no excuse this time, either. I’m in Jan term, which at my college means you’re either doing an internship or taking an experimental course on campus. This year, I’ve opted for the experimental course, making lemonade over my situation with the internship in LA. The class I’m taking is called “Mediums, Ghosts, and Ghost Whisperers”, taught by the head of the philosophy department (my minor).
So far, the class is going extremely well. We finished up our first week of classes, Monday through Thursday from 12:30pm to 4:30pm. This seems like a long time, but we usually watch two episodes of a television show (either “Ghost Whisperer” or “Medium”, though so far we’ve only watched the latter) so it really goes by pretty quickly. The class has been really interesting for me. While I have my beliefs, I always keep an open mind. I believe in ghosts and paranormal activity, but my beliefs have always been based on science. This time around, I’m looking at things from a philosophical, spiritual point of view. It’s been a different experience, but I think it’s serving to broaden my horizons in all the right ways.
I’d promised myself as a New Year’s Resolution/Jan Term project, that I was going to make an effort to write more, even if it was just ridiculous short stories or something to pass the time. I’ve failed at this so far, but I still have three weeks left. Two of my friends and I are starting a WordPress site/Twitter account for something we’re getting started on called “Capslock Reviews”. This stemmed from an evening in the end of December where two of us were watching two different episodes of “Supernatural” and Tweeting our own commentaries to the episode. Little did we know, people actually liked our takes on the episodes, and we have now teamed up with another friend to embark on this project. We’re doing our first group commentary tonight with the episode “Tall Tales”. We’ll probably be sticking mostly to “Supernatural”, but I think we’re planning on commentating other shows as well. It’s something different, anyway, and I think it should be pretty awesome (or, at least, entertaining for us).
As much as I love Jan term and experimental courses, you also tend to find yourself with way too much free time. This should be a good thing for me, giving me time to catch up on reading, work on writing, and useful stuff like that. So far, I’ve managed to spend the last five days watching old TV shows, goofing off with my roommates, and… well, that’s really it. The next three weeks are going to be much more productive (I hope).
I’ve always been really big on New Year’s resolutions. Keeping them is another matter entirely. Regardless, every year, I’ve always made a long list of resolutions, which then regress from resolutions to guidelines to “Hey, this is pretty good advice, I should pass this on”. This year, now that I feel like I’ve finally found what I want to do with my life, my resolutions are very web-centric. They include blogging regularly, trying to vlog on occasion, keeping my website up, then the usual health/romance related resolutions everyone else makes.
In line with that, I solemnly swear to blog at least once a week. With all the time on my hands, I should really be capable of this.
We’ll see, anyway. If I’m not back in a week, send out a search party/team of hungry dogs.
Also, I’ve built a website at http://www.thisisbree.com. It has contact info, about me, and my Ustream live channel. Check it out.
