2013 was a pretty good year for me. After almost 2 years I finally got my drivers license. I graduated from high school which was probably the most exciting/sad/incredible night of my life. I got to go to Oregon 3 times. First with my graduating class on our senior trip which I thought I would hate, but I ended up having an amazing time. Next with my mom and brother down to Portland to see some old friends, then to Medford for a wedding. And finally with dad and Joe to Long Beach. In August, I spent a few days up in Auburn helping my cousins move into their new house,and when I got back I got to see one of my best friends that I've known since I was 8 months old. I started college, which has been going good so far. I got straight A's first quarter, but it can get lonely and the homework load is MASSIVE. The same day I started college I went to my first concert, the Plain White T's, with two of my friends. The Paradis family had a jungle-themed reunion, and welcomed it's newest member, little Fiona. I also had my first-ever (friend) birthday party, climbed a mountain, and got to spend the night out in a cabin in the woods with my family. I had a great year. Here's to 2014!
-Matthew
Tuesday, December 31, 2013
Wednesday, December 11, 2013
Chrstmas Break Time!
I'm so happy! I'm FINALLY done with Fall Quarter. It seems like it went on forever, but at the same time it's all kind of a blur. I don't have my grades yet, but I feel like I did pretty good in all of my classes. Honestly I'm shocked that I did as good as I did, considering I haven't written a research paper since 8th grade and that's also the last time I did any kind of math with a "real" teacher or actual homework. College is nice. It's very quiet. I was back at Westpark today filling in for my mom for art and I forgot how noisy it was there! Except for maybe the hub (which I try to avoid as much as possible) I can actually hear myself think. I love going to the library, I wish I could eat my lunch in there then it would be perfect!
I definitely liked English more than I thought I would. I was with a great group of people, who I was really starting to like. It's a shame English 102 was all full :( I wrote a paper on bullying that I'll post up on here if I remember to. I feel like I did a pretty good job, especially compared to some of the papers I proofread... Math was math. It wasn't awful, but I'm glad I'm done. Photography was really fun! I took so many pictures that I love, especially the shoot I did with my brother and Alissa. It was also great to learn a little bit more on how to use my camera.
I signed up for my classes for next semester a few weeks back. I'm taking poetry, drawing, math 95 (still not actually counting towards my degree :/), and "survey anthropology." Anthro is the one that's worrying me. I have a cousin who majored in anthropology so hopefully she'll be of so,e help to me if I need her. My friend Sam told me he didn't like his anthro class so I'm really not sure what to look forward to :P Poetry too kinda has me a little concerned. I've tried writing poems before and they always sound extremely cheesy or just downright stupid. Hopefully the class will allow me to hone my skills and unleash my inner Robert Frost.
It's definitely going to be nice to be on break. I don't think people realize how many hours I've spent on homework and studying the past few months! It'll be nice to drink cocoa, bake Christmas cookies, and not have to factor anything. I'm going to try to start drawing again too. I have a little "project" I was working on but never got very far on that I would like to work on. We'll see how that goes.
-Matthew
I definitely liked English more than I thought I would. I was with a great group of people, who I was really starting to like. It's a shame English 102 was all full :( I wrote a paper on bullying that I'll post up on here if I remember to. I feel like I did a pretty good job, especially compared to some of the papers I proofread... Math was math. It wasn't awful, but I'm glad I'm done. Photography was really fun! I took so many pictures that I love, especially the shoot I did with my brother and Alissa. It was also great to learn a little bit more on how to use my camera.
I signed up for my classes for next semester a few weeks back. I'm taking poetry, drawing, math 95 (still not actually counting towards my degree :/), and "survey anthropology." Anthro is the one that's worrying me. I have a cousin who majored in anthropology so hopefully she'll be of so,e help to me if I need her. My friend Sam told me he didn't like his anthro class so I'm really not sure what to look forward to :P Poetry too kinda has me a little concerned. I've tried writing poems before and they always sound extremely cheesy or just downright stupid. Hopefully the class will allow me to hone my skills and unleash my inner Robert Frost.
It's definitely going to be nice to be on break. I don't think people realize how many hours I've spent on homework and studying the past few months! It'll be nice to drink cocoa, bake Christmas cookies, and not have to factor anything. I'm going to try to start drawing again too. I have a little "project" I was working on but never got very far on that I would like to work on. We'll see how that goes.
-Matthew
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