Melanie’s Daily Words

I was recently given an assignment to write a blog for a local newspaper’s online blog. It was fun. I enjoyed being able to say whatever I wanted to say. I’ve never really done this whole blogging thing too seriously. I mean, I had a Xanga before MySpace became the thing to do, but I recently got an e-mail that they deleted the thing…sad.

But blogging isn’t just about exchanging surveys or writing about what I did at school today. Blogging has become a sub-culture, a lifestyle, an addiction for a lot of people. I’m hoping it gets to be that way for me. I’ve never really had a place to just let out whatever I wanted to say, and I think this is the place to do that. I don’t care who reads it. (Welcome! to those of you whom I don’t know and are reading this. Leave me a comment; introduce yourself!) These are my thoughts about everyday life, and the like.

So, now what do I do?

WordPress offers many interesting layouts for people’s blogs, but this one stood out to me. I’m a big fan of bananas, and a big fan of smoothies. I might actually try out the recipe that’s on this one. I don’t have a blender though. (Christmas idea!) I think I’m going to keep it around for a while, but don’t be surprised if things change around here often. I’m trying to become better about change.

Ahh, change. The world’s newest swear word. I’m not good with change. I tend to get really annoyed when things get out of my control, and I’m not pretty when I’m annoyed, I’ll admit it. I think the biggest change that’s coming up on me in the near future is graduation. Big deal. I still have a year and a half, but seriously, this time next year I will be coming up on my last semester of college. College goes so much faster than high school. Ridiculous. I feel like I will never be done with school. I’m planning next semester right now, and even though I promised myself I would never take 18 credits in a semester ever again, it seems as though that’s my only option. I’m really behind on my minor (Sociology) and it seems that it’s the only minor I could have chosen that conflicts with all of my major classes (Professional Writing). The classes that I need in order to complete my minor are offered at the same time as the classes that I need to continue my major. It’s going to be a long haul to the end. And then after I’m done, what’s next? I’m hoping to get an internship next summer grant writing for a local charity called Olivia’s House. I’m also looking into getting an internship for next semester at Sylvan Learning Center since that’s something I’m interested in getting involved in. We’ll see what happens. If I can get into grant writing, I can make an awesome living off of it.

There’s a part of me that has always wanted to teach. But at the same time, I am so disappointed in the institution of education currently that I can’t imagine becoming a part of it. I also feel like schools should trust students instead of impose more rules in order to get the behavior they want, and I feel like that’s a long way off for some school systems. Anyway, we’ll see what I can do after I graduate….I still have a few years to think about it.

I think that’s all I have to talk about tonight. I’ll leave you with a parting thought, which I will probably make a habit of doing. Think about this: How much mmm would an mmmbop bop if mmmbop could bop mmm?