Classes again?!

Today was the first day of spring 2011 classes.  (1) I can't believe it's 2011 already, and (2) I can't believe winter break is over!  I feel like it was just starting.

I've only had 3 of my 5 classes, but I'm already hopeful about this semester.  The classes are definitely going to be tough, but I feel like I'm better prepared to handle them.  I definitely want to keep up with all my work and not fall behind.  Basically, I need to stop procrastinating.  I also want to try and get ahead whenever possible.  I have the unique opportunity to get some assignments out of the way ahead of time, and I want to try to take advantage of that.  Things get really hectic at times between Chi Omega and Student Government, so if I can stay on top of things and possibly even get ahead, I think I'll be okay.

I'm really excited about most (if not all) of my classes this semester.  I'm really excited about Intro to Nature Writing because we get to go outside!!!  I used to despise nature, but since taking Colloquium, I've learned to love it.  Plus, the weather will be BEAUTIFUL since it's winter (my favorite season).  I absolutely love writing outside, and a lot of my best work happens outdoors.

I'm also taking a class called Issues in Culture & Society: Death & Dying.  Everyone keeps saying, "death and dying? that's so morbid!"  I have an odd fascination with death, so I'm excited for the class.  But after hearing the professor talk today, I'm beginning to realize the class is going to be just as much about life as it is about death.  Overall, I'm probably most excited about this class (but I'm not excited about all the reading we have to do).

As for Interracial/Intercultural Communication, I feel like it's going to be an insightful course.  From what I heard, you learn a lot about yourself and your personal views regarding culture.  You learn things that you never realized about yourself.  I feel like a lot of really interesting material is going to be presented.

Now that I've just put you to sleep with my rant about classes, I should let you know that you can expect another one tomorrow!!! So get excited for that :)

p.s. I created a tumblr account and I think you should check it out and follow it if you have a tumblr! Here's the link: http://christinability.tumblr.com/

My Bucket List

I spent the last few days revising my bucket list. I made it back in high school and some of the things were beyond ridiculous ("jump off the brooklyn bridge and live"...come on!!). I looked at other people's bucket lists to get some inspirations. It's definitely not done, but it's a start.

So here it is, MY BUCKET LIST!

1. Visit the original Hard Rock Café in London
2. Go to a concert in each of the major music genres – rock, pop, country, rap, and R&B
3. Travel to all 7 continents
4. Write a book
5. Get my writing published or self-publish my own writing
6. Visit the Pearl Harbor Memorial in Hawaii
7. Learn American Sign Language
8. Learn to speak another language fluently
9. Visit each of the 50 states and Washington DC
10. Volunteer in a third world country
11. Live in another country
12. Sing karaoke…loudly and without a care in the world
13. Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City
14. National Equality March in Washington DC
15. Spend 4^th of July in Washington DC
16. Get accepted into all of the colleges I apply to (undergraduate)
17. Make the President’s List in College
18. Graduate with honors in high school and college
19. Watch a space shuttle launch
20. Walk across the Brooklyn Bridge
21. Answer the age-old question: Geno’s or Pat’s Cheese steak?
22. Skydiving
23. Cave tubing
24. Join a sorority and become an initiated member
25. Learn the lyrics to an entire rap album
26. Create a parody of a song and put it on YouTube
27. Watch the ball drop in Times Square
28. Duval Crawl in Key West
29. Eiffel Tower in Paris
30. Toss a coin into the Trevi Fountain
31. Visit a concentration camp in Europe
32. Make the front page of the newspaper
33. Help build a house with Habitat for Humanity
34. Visit the pyramids
35. Start “the wave” in a public place
36. Visit Niagra Falls
37. Donate blood
38. Run a 5k
39. Run a 10k
40. Learn how to surf
41. Go parasailing
42. Go on a gondola ride in Venice
43. Make a call from a red telephone booth in London
44. The Louvre
45. Walk the Great Wall of China
46. Table Mountain in South Africa
47. Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles
48. Zipline through a rainforest
49. Go through the Panama Canal
50. Jump in the pool with my clothes on
51. Swim with the dolphins
52. See Mayan Ruins in Central America
53. Learn to ski
54. Learn to ice skate
55. Ride in a helicopter
56. Mardi Gras in New Orleans
57. Cage diving with sharks in South Africa
58. White water rafting
59. Be an audience member in a TV show
60. Attend a Broadway Musical
61. Learn to play poker
62. Go ice skating at the Rockefeller Plaza
63. Go to a super bowl
64. Get on a jumbotron at a sporting event
65. Watch a solar eclipse
66. Watch a lunar eclipse
67. Watch a meteor shower
68. Fall in love
69. Be a vegetarian for a week
70. Be a vegan for a week
71. Go to the top of the Statue of Liberty
72. Stay in a hotel by myself
73. Stay in a five-star hotel
74. Go camping
75. Keep a written journal
76. Do a good deed for a stranger
77. Shoot a gun
78. Go tech-free for a week
79. Learn CPR
80. Learn to line dance
81. Take a ballroom dancing class
82. Learn to salsa dance
83. Be in a wedding
84. Go to the Olympics
85. Be in two countries at once
86. Stand at the equator
87. Go on 50 cruises
88. Meet a celebrity