humphries

hello LJ people!

its been awhile i know. sorry. and the excuse is still the same. i am SO busy. its really quite odd, this perspective i have gotten from my 6 months here at full sail. [i cant believe its beenthat long!] dont get me wrong, i like being busy and the fact that i burn my candle at all three ends is my own fault. but. its odd to talk to my friends/people i know in 'real' college about beign busy. they tell me how hectic their schedule is and how busy they are. which i have no doubt is true. i was in college once, and as an engr i know how it is. but i have reached a whole new level of busy. so while i undrstand college-busy, its hard to hear when my schedule seems to blow it all out of the water. people wig out about taking 19hrs in one semester. which is like what? 19 hrs of actual class time a week? ok ad a few extra for actual lab time. so what, 25 hrs in a classroom each week? for a semester, which is like 4 mo straight. yet me, in all my wisdom, signed up for 60+ clocked class time hours each week. and like the rest of you, homework, studying and whatnot outside of that. Easily three times the amount of courseload. considering average is 12hrs. and altho increasingly common, it is still looked at as a big deal to work and be a full time student. Which i do as well. Oh yeah, I'm also holding down an internship at the Orlando Opera. [which i LOVE!] so its like 3x's the course load, and 2 jobs. These are all things i enjoy and have commited to. Additionally we are expected to be involved in the community as well as volunteer on productins and such within the ShowPro program.*breathe* there are only 168 hrs in a week. divided evenly into 42 even 4 hr segments. ALL of which are available for Full Sail to occupy. its worse than shiftwork. because after a while you can condition your body to function at full capacity at 3am. but that assumes that your schedule remains the same. not only are classes changing every month. but the lab times change from day to day. one day you could have a 5pm lab and the next day a 5am lab. there is no regularity, or ability to adjust. One of the types of insomnia is the inability to sleep soldily for more than 4 hrs. Full Sail requires insomnia. this cant be healthy, yet, they get awards for their innovative system? anyways. i know im babbling on. all this to say, my perception of busy has been redefined, so it is hard to be 'understanding' when others tell me they are soooo 'busy.' *shrug*

in other news, imagine beign this busy, and then getting sick. i am miserable. i literally cannot afford to slow down. its certainly an experience. *sigh*

ok. in order to avoid an emo post. know that i still like school and life and what not. i miss texas SOOOOO much. but life is good. God is good. always. =D hopefully all you LJ-ites are doing fine and dandy. i miss yall! keep me posted on life and whatnot.

1200 miles away,
Beth

hi!
i havent updated in 2 mo. wow. time flies when you get old. yeah, old. i know im not *actually* old. but mentally, and emotionally, and worldly = = im old. its not all bad. life is still interesting as always. living alone, and being far from home cause one to think alot. about everything and nothing.
hmmm.. update?
i love full sail. its perfect for me. yaay. its hard, and it has basically become my whole life. 8-12hrs each day in actual schooling, +job, +studying, +other stuff necessary for life... im busy. and i dont sleep much. :D but im happy.
Graduation is creeping up on me. which is SO WEIRD!!! im seriously excited and freaking out. doing lots of thinking about life, where i want to be, what i want to do and what i need to do to get there. sigh. so much to consider!
umm..
i miss texas. ALOT. which is hard. but, i keep telling myself that no matter how depressing it may seem, honestly, i prolly wont be able to be in texas very much over the next 10 years or so. it comes down to stay in texas and not follow my heart, my head, and what i feel is God's plan... or leave my 'home' and my comfort zone and reach for the stars. literally. someday ill be touching the stars. =D
anywho. enough with the lofty-ness.
*wink*
what else is new with me?
im getting a little worn down. think about it. the avg semester is 4-4.5 mo. be it hs or college. then you get a summer or a winter break. yeah, ive been going for 4 mo. and im tired. ready for a big break. but ive got 4 MORE mo. to go. its all about stamina in this situation. in reg. college, you can go hardcore and crash. yeah no. not here.
ok. enough about fullsail.
money is evil.
jsut thot id throw that out there.
ok. hopefully everyone is gearing up for school. have a great semester everyone!

much love.

ok. so another dumb little quiz thingymabober.

But this one i found to be quite hilarious!

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How to make a humphries

Ingredients: 3 parts success 3 parts brilliance 1 part ego

Method: Layer ingredientes in a shot glass. Add a little cocktail umbrella and a dash of curiosity

so tired. so happy.

so im in the middle of midterms. hittin 2 study groups a nite. im tired. its a LOT of information in a very short amount of time. imagine trying to drink from a firehose. yeah. like that. everyone is relaxing this weekend. except me prolly. HUGE project that needs to get done. and if we are gonna be at ALL productive, weve got to have the preproduction taken care of. wait. IIIIII have to get the preproduction taken care of. sometimes i wish i didnt care so much. but we shall see. i think im hittin up Hard Rock Live (big venue in O-town) saturday nite to support some FullSailors. Friday is a midterm, a mtg, a lab till late, then maybe chillin at Jonathans. Saturday is potential freeish day. Sunday is church and VERY long production mtg for project and then monday starts it all over again. next week is chock FULL of labs with a test and a project. itll get done. and itll be great. youve just gotta come up for air every once in a while. ah oh yeah. i turn 19 in a week for those that are paying attention. today was/is very long. but freaking awesome!

Today: got up uber early after a late night of studying. Behavioral Science midterm. Bruce Swedien Lecture!!!! [o.m.g. i met Bruce friggin Swedien today! for those of yall that dont know. He is a god in the recording industry. he broke into the industry producing duke ellington and count basie and the four seasons. *o-face* moved on from there to produce the higest grossing album of all time Michael jackson's thriller. yes. HE is responsible for laying down that track along with working with the likes of quincy jones! and hes still at it with mixing for jlo, muddy waters, paul mcartney, bb king and everything inbetween. hes got 13 grammies under his belt!! this man knows what he is doing and he does it exceptionally well.] so yes. i met him. hes amazing. i feel like i touched history today. ok im a nerd i know. ii also won the raffle of an autographed copy of his book. whoop! ok. enough nerdiness. then cameron and i rushed over to lab and were 1 min late but the lab dude was kool so we were ok. did a dumb lab on microsoft word and how to set up our email. sucked, except for the awesome thunder storm during the break. so after lab it is 5oclock and i have yet to eat or rest for 5min so im throughly exhaused. btu no slowing down! i made a run to the grocery store and was gonna eat and nap before study group but i had forgotten that alex asked me to tutor him in intro to media. so i drop off my groceries and rush over to his apt. and we work on IMA. couple of people show up, order pizza. i finally eat. and we study study study. then it ends pretty early. so i head over to camerons for study session no.2. where i study till i am absolutly loopy. like. i got to the point where i was mixing up stuff and giggling and it was bad. so i left and dcame hom. good. LONG day. now im going to read over soem more notes and hopefully crash soon.

so that was my day. and current existence. sorry my posts seem to be soooooo long. School is comin to an end for my connally kids. my aggies are through finals! whoop! and most of them this is the end of fish year. summer approaches with lots of changes. sigh. im too tired to be legit philosophical.

i love yall! i love phone calls too! *wink* im out sweets. gnite.



ps. I MET BRUCE SWEDIEN!!
check him out at: http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:m9zyxddb8oly~T1