Boys, boys, boys...

Boys, can't live with them, can't live without them. Well ain't that true. When I came to Western I had just gotten out of a 3 year relationship that ended real bad. The relationship started really well, we weren't just boyfriend and girlfriend, we were also best friends. We were together but he was allowed to do his thing and I was allowed to do mine and we trusted eachother. We knew we wouldn't do anything to out the relationship in jeapordy, or so I thought. He took my trust for him for granted and ended up cheating on me. I was emotionally distraught. But he was my first love, or so what I thought "love" was. So we talked, and cried, and after endless phone calls, apologies, and flowers, I took him back. Well once a cheater, always a cheater. I got cheated on not once, but twice now. And this time was even worse. We were already having troubles with me still being in high school and him being 2 hours away at Appalachain State. Everynight was a fight and I would call my best friend Allie everynight crying about what problem I was having and she would cope with me and make everything okay. I confided in her and she always knew what to say to make me feel better. Well little did I know that Allie, my so called best friend, had beed text sexing with my boyfriend for the past month and had planned on going to see him that weekend. I had no idea, she just told me she was going to ASU for the weekend. I didn't think anything of it. Well come Monday at school I find out that she had hooked up with him, not only hooked up with him but I also found out that they had been "talking" for over a month. At this point I wasn't even upset, I was PISSED. And let me tell you I told the both of them everything I thought about them. And let me tell you I am not a fighter, but there were fights. With both him and her. I went psycho. And you know, I never really did cry about it. I was better than that, I didn't need people like that in my life. Still to this day my ex-boyfriend calls me just about everynight, and I used to answer. But i'm over it now. I don't need his apologies. I don't need him. I thought I would never trust another guy again. And I didn't for a long time. But I can't let that hold me back. I'm in college now, and I need to have my fun. I'm not going to let my past experiences hold me back from letting a good guy pass me by now. I learned to let my guard down, and i've realized that not every guy is an asshole.

Kristina Culmer (Holly's Class MW 12:20)

Family weekend and not feeling homesick

This weekend as i'm sure all of you know was family weekend. My parents were able to come up and we had a lot of fun. We went to the game and out to eat Saturday and then we went on the rafting trip with Base Camp on Sunday. This is when I really got to thinking about how much I don't miss being home. I love my family and I do miss them I swear. It's just time for me to become who I am going to be the rest of my life. I'm from Charlotte and I didn't realize how different my life is because of it. Most of my friends that I have made here at WCU are from small rural towns that I have never heard of. In Charlotte i'm a statistic, another face in the crowd. I want to go somewhere where I can be somebody and make something of myself and i just dont see that happening in Charlotte.

On a lighter note when my parents came up for family weekend they brought me four of my guppies so now i have fish...i love fish. They always seem so happy and bubbly, i wish i could be like that all the time.

Jessica Burkley BOF MW 5-6 scott blue

Hard times in the Whee...

Okay, so, I know I was supposed to blog like a million and a half years ago... but I just kept forgetting. Sorry guys... but here I am now, lol. Okay, so, lately, I've been having a really tough time. Thing 1: My dad and I got in a big fight over fall break within ten minutes of me walking in the door and I didn't even really want to stay there. I pretty much stayed at friend's houses the whole time. Thing 2: My mom is my best friend... but I haven't seen her in months. After I came up here she moved in with her sister in Iowa and I don't know when I'll get to see her again... I don't know if I'm going to have enough money to buy a plane ticket to go see her over winter break. I just got a job at Bogarts up the street so hopefully that'll cover it. I was talking to her on the phone last night and when I hung up I just burst into tears. I felt like a damn idiot because I was with some friends and I just walked away crying. I can't stand not being around her. She the one person who understands me more than anyone in this entire world. I feel so lost without her sometimes... :(( I miss my sister too. She goes to Brevard College like an hour away and I haven't seen her since I saw my mom last. Family means the world to me. My first tatoo is for them [and my grandmother]. Thing 3: One of my mom's friends has AIDS and I don't know how long he's gonna be around. He doesn't exactly live the best life and he doesn't really take care of himself like he should... He just got out of the hospital because he has pnemonia in one of his lungs. I really would love to talk to him and see how he's doing... but every time I even try to talk about it like with my mom or something, I can't help but start crying. I'm afraid that if I do talk to him, I'm just gonna bust out uncontrollably. He moved back to where he grew up in Ohio so it's not like I can just go see him. He's 36 years old and has AIDS. I don't know... sometimes I feel like I just need to suck it up and deal... but then I remember that I'm a girl... and we don't exactly know how to do that, lol. Anyway... I just had to vent. Sorry it took me so damn long to blog. :D

Amber Shipp [Holly's class]

Ok so i know i have already posted my blog and today is not my day nd everything but i needed to post one anyways to just get everything off my chest. I found out today that one of my friends from back home died tonight. his name was greer yorke and we had gone to school together since middle school. He was an amazing athlete and was extremely smart. Over this weekend he went up to Sewanne, he was hiking with his friends when he fell off of a cliff. He shattered his C1 vertebrae and was in a coma. tonight they took him off life support and he passed away. It is awful that someone can pass away by doing something innocent and just being with friends. I feel so bad for his family and I am keeping them in my prayers. It is so sad that his life was taken so young, im still in such shock i dont understand why such great people have to be taken from this world. I dont think it is fair at all. He and I werent best friends but he was still someone i would talk to everyday, it is going to be different without him here in my life but I know that he is now in heaven and is looking down on everyone.

catherine miller (holly's class)

Hey Everyone!
I can't believe that my first semester of college is almost over. Everything is starting to pile on. I have so many things due between now and December, it's crazy. And I am the biggest procrastinator so college is starting to stress me out. Also registration is starting so thats one more thing I have to worry about. If anyone has any tip on time management, it would help a lot.



Megan (Holly's Class)

hey girls,
I hope everthing is going good for everyone now that we are back from our break. I wasn't sure what to blog about but then I thought than it was getting close to elections time and since this is the most contriversal elections ever I thought it would be cool to see what everyones comments were and there ideas were. At the begining of the election I wanted to vote for Hilary Clinton I think that a women could really do our country some good and I agree with all of her views. Clearly I cannot vote for my girl Hilary and I have been bouncing back and forth trying to decide who would be the best man for the job. Honestly I think Mccain is going to croke any minute but he has a great running mate but i would really like to see a democrate in office but I dont totally agree with Obama's views for taxes and abortion but on the other hand it would be great to see a person of color be president in my life time. What are your comments that could help me with my vote.

Kennedy Osborne

Home Sickness (Megan; Laura's Class MW 5-6)

Hey everyone, sorry this late. I was supposed to blog on the 8th for Laura's class but the rush of fall break kind of distracted me.

Is it just me? Is anyone else feeling home sick?

None of my friends really seem to be feeling it and I'm kind of confused. Did my parents shelter me too much and not give me enough freedom? Is that why I miss them so much? It seems like whenever I'm distracted or with friends I'm fine but as soon as I get on the phone with my parents or a friend from home I'm completely in tears. Going home this week didn't help. It seems like as soon as I got there I was leaving. I'm from Greenville (North Carolina) which is a 7 and a half hour drive so I can't just go home for a weekend if I want to. It's really hard since I've never been very far from home before. This made going home for fall break really important.

I hope yall had a good fall break and I'm really sorry it's late!!!!!!

Love Megan

This is me and my best friend from home, Kayla!!!!

Catherine Miller (Holly Taylor 12:20-1:10 TTH)

So lately it seems like the only problems I have had, well besides the billion parking tickets I am getting, have to deal with guys. I was seeing this guy and things were going really well and we would be together all the time after class. So I asked him if we were just seeing each other or if he was seeing other people also. He told me that he really really liked me but he wasnt wanting a relationship. But he also said he didnt want me to see anyone else besides him. So i was just like....umm...alright. Like what do you do with that? Well after i had asked him that he just completely stopped calling me and texting me and hanging out. But I see him everyday in dodson and he always comes up and gives me a big hug and sits down. So i was so confused. I asked him if he still wanted to hang out and he said he thought i didnt like him anymore but that he would text me later. he never ended up texting me so i am completely giving up on him. Im not going to wait around for him because if he truly liked me like he said he wouldnt be treating me like that, right?
Well, my roommate and i are always down at the kappa alpha house haning out with the guys because we are pretty close with some of them. I have recently began to talk and hang out with one of them pretty often. he and i have really opened up to each other and it is nice to have a guy that you can tell anything and know that he is listening. But my roommate and my friend tell me not to get involved and they would be disappointed in me if i tried to take this guy and i's relationship farther. neither of them will tell me why but i just think it is weird because they dont really know him. He is a nice guy and keeps me laughing so i love his friendship but my girlfriends think i want more which i dont think i do at this point but they wont believe me.
i just dont get why guys are so confusing sometimes!!
but anyways i hope you all are going to have an amazing fall break and i will see everyone next week!!

Is it just me or...

So, I was planning on writing this blog last night (or this morning, rather) at about midnight (no, this has nothing to do with my OCD with promptness, I was just looking out for my fellow best of friends classmates who just want to comment on the blog and head out for fall break). Unfortunately, I passed out (sleep, not drunk...who's drunk on a Tuesday night? Don't answer that) while watching The Office from the prime viewing spot of my top bunk. I don't have a TV in my room, so free full episodes of The Office, SNL, and Conan O'Brien on NBC.com is my new favorite thing, besides sandwiches, because I really love sandwiches and they are my favorite thing. I digress...there's a recurring article in TV Guide, which I usually just read for the pictures, you know, called "Is It Just Me, Or..." Being the creative person I am, I'm going to steal it. I got my Last.fm radio station set up (play similar artists: Matt Costa) and about twenty minutes before class, so here it goes.

• Is it just me or does taking a shower here make you feel a gazillion times dirtier? By "dirty", I mean like "Hey, I just took a shower in the same place that fifty other girls took a shower in, not to mention the many girls before us, and the possibility that this was once a boy's hall..." Shower shoes are of no consolation.
• Is it just me or do colds spread like STD's around here? I don't mean like you get a cold by having certain sexual acts...even though it's possible, but seriously when one person on the hall or in the class starts coughing or sniffling, that sickness will track you down and make you its hoe. I've dealt with this by compulsively washing my hands after making so much as eye contact with a person possessing the sickness.
• Is it just me or if you don't have rainboots, you're officially screwed? College life without a pair of rainboots dooms a person to a day filled with squeaky shoes and about a foot of wet denim fabric clinging to their ankles from the ever-social rain puddles.
• Is it just me or do I miss my parents more than they miss me? Not that I'd ever admit that...
• Is it just me or are home cooked meals just against my religion now? I call and hear "Oh, hey honey, I was just fixing supper..." Fixing supper? Who fixes supper anymore? I hand over a CatCard to be swiped and go at it at the salad bar. My mother goes into great details about the tender chicken and the slow-cooked macaroni and cheese being consumed at my household. I firmly believe a home cooked meal would put me in a coma for the rest of my life.
• Is it just me or do drivers go out of their way to hit pedestrians? Save for the friendly CatTrain bus drivers, I've been in the middle of the road and hear the gunning of a motor belonging to the most intimidating 95 Camry I've ever seen. My afternoon run turns into a sprint for my life. I guess it's good training.
• Is it just me or is sympathy easy to get here? By this I mean, all I have to say is "Yeah, we don't have a TV in my room" and the person I'm talking to gets a little teary-eyed and wants to give me a hug. Seriously? Is the lack of a TV draw the same pity as a close relative passing away? Like I said, NBC.com has got my back.

Is it just me or do I write a thousand times more than I talk? My bad. Go enjoy your fall break. Go spend time with your boyfriends, your friends, and your family. Not in that order. I've got a two-week-old niece waiting for me back in the 704 (that's the area code, I apologize for my slang) and a phobia of dropping small children that I'm holding, so I'll let you know how that goes. Happy fall break!

Madison Laura's class MW scott blue

So first I would like to apoligize for the rediculous lateness of this post :D

So I have a song for y'all!! Most of you had probably heard it before but it always puts a smile on my face and sorta made me think of y'all <3

"Do You Believe In Magic"

Do you believe in magic?
In a young girls heart
How the music can free her
whenever it starts

And it's magic
if the music is groovy
It makes you feel happy like an old time movie

I'll tell ya about the magic
It'll free your soul
but it's like trying to tell a stranger 'bout rock n roll

If you believe in magic, don't bother to choose
If it's jug band music or rhythm and blues
Just go and listen
It'll start with a smile
It won't wipe off your face no matter how hard you try
Your feet start tapping
And you can't seem to find
How you got there
So just blow your mind

If you believe in magic
Come along with me
We'll dance until morning, just you and me
and maybe, if the music is right
I'll meet ya tomorrow
so late at night

We'll go a dancin' baby then you'll see
all the magic's in the music and the music's in me, yeah

Do you belive in magic? Yeah.
Believe in the magic in a young girl's soul
believe in the magic of rock n roll
Believe in the magic that can set you free
Ohhhh, talkin' bout magic

Do you believe like I believe?
Do you believe in magic?
[repeat]

Best of Strangers and more stuff...

Ititally when I found out I was going to be in an all girl 'best of friends' class I was kind of dissappointed. But when I came to class the first day I realized it would be a great opportunity to make new friends. Right? Not so much... We have had roughly 15 classes so far and I feel like I dont know anyone. Laura is making an effort to get us closer but for some reason we keep ignoring these great opportunites to make new friends. We act as though this is an easy 'A' class that we are forced to go to. Yea maybe it is, but maybe it's so much more. How often in your college career will you get college credit for being friends with people? Not often. So sieze this chance to make new friends and lets get closer as a class. I don't care if you want to be my friend but I want to be yours so from now on I will put forth the effort to be a friend to the class and I hope that you all will do the same.

Next, I would like to rant about college and depression. For the short time that I have been a college student I have been faced wtih depressed friends, and even the occaional down day of my own. My roommate and I got into an argument yesterday night when I asked her what was bothering her. And I knew something was bothering her b/c she wasn't speaking at all. She said she wasnt a people person and life's a bitch so why not be one. I then replied that, that has to be the saddest way to live your life. Isn't just as easy to be happy, look up and ignore the little things that have the capability to get you down? I think so, I used to be that girl that never spoke, was scared of everyone and didn't want to have anything to do with people but I changed, people aren't mean, and the mean ones are not that hard to ignore. If you havn't listened to anything I have said in this blog, listen to me when I say be happy look up and ignore the little things. Life ain't that bad and you only have one so live it up, Party, study, do stupid things (this i'm good at), and have no regrets.

Jessica Burkley Best of friends MWF scott blue 5 pm