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New Times and Old Times

"Life isnt measured by the amount of breaths you take, but instead by the moments that take your breath away."


As school moves on, many kids returned home for semester break, but some of the less fortunate ones stayed here on campus. I had to stay on campus because of our football game, which we won by 40 points. With no classes on Friday, most of us had a free weekend on campus just to chill and catch up on that is so necessary sleep. It was nice to hang out with friends on campus with out all the havoc of school work. Bryden McClure and I had a little get together by Beze on Monday, which was quite the event. Many familiar faces stopped by and some new ones too. It was a great opportunity to meet some fellow students. I also had an all day Wii tournament in my room Sunday night, which again was an adventure. It felt like my whole hall was pushing into my room. One would think that these adventures here on campus might make me over look my old memories from my high school, but on the contrary it made me want to reminisce even more.

I recommend that every once in a while to keep from becoming over whelmed that you take a break from the Trinity life. Go on Facebook and look through old pictures of friends, past crushes, and even past enemies and hope they are having a rough time. I enjoy doing this while in class, it makes me feel better about myself when I'm sitting in a boring lecture spending time writing on people's walls. Of course you can only do this when you're in a class that a computer is acceptable, but regardless don't feel afraid to get on Facebook while listening to a teacher talk. We are teenagers, multitasking is a gift and we must use it to our advantage while we can. I love me a little bit of "Facebook-ing" while in marketing.

I've also gotten into looking on Youtube for old memories of my high school times. Just recently one of my friends reminded me of a pillow fight we help on campus during high school. During my marketing class, I simply closed my notes and opened up Firefox. Searched for the pillow fight on facebook and it almost made me cry right there. As soon as class let out, I texted an old peer and reminded him of the video, which made him laugh.

Between Facebook and Youtube I might not pass all my classes. I do know that I will be able to keep in touch with my friends thou. I do know that with Youtube, I wont forget the pillow fight and will be able to talk to my friends about it for as long as necessary.



HERE IS THE LINK IF YOU ARE INTERESTED...
H-W PILLOW FIGHT (part 1)

Hype on Skype

"Cant wait to see you"


As the days turn into weeks and weeks into months, I never expected to see any of my friends before I went back home in December. Whats nice about making new friends in college is that you quickly learn that you're not the only one with problems. Sometimes hearing other people's problems actually makes you feel better about yours. Some kids are harassed by parents calling every hour on the hour, while others are so homesick they make their parents fly out here to bring them some old blanket. Some kids miss their friends so much they cant stop complaining about how San Antonio sucks when they live like 2 hours away. Some kids are so over anxious to start new in college, you cant help but laugh at how nervous they are when a teacher calls on them. Whats also nice about your new friends is you learn from their mistakes and sometimes even a few new tricks to help cope with being gone. One of these nice tricks is something called "skype" aka a video chat service. Many kids knew what it was before college, I just heard about it a few weeks ago and think I found a new toy.

Its insane the amount of free time we as students have, especially at the late hours of 12:30am on ward. Now when my roommate falls asleep, he usually is snoring, but I still feel slightly rude opening and closing the door to make a phone call. Instead of doing that, I usually just text or BBM(blackberry messaging) because its much quieter and I can talk to more people. At the same time it cant get much less social than that, I could be talking to anyone who is holding the phone. My friends on the east coast are usually asleep and my friends on the west coast are still doing work. I almost gave up with texting altogether, but this program "skype' is the answer to my problems. With "skype" I video chat with a bunch of different people and if I want, I can even put my friend from University of Penn and from University of Southern California together in the same place and talk to them both at the same time. Its not quite the same as actually being together, but its a lot closer when you actually see them. I see my girlfriend probably the most, but I can almost talk to anyone. Now I can see my girlfriend, which anyone who is in the midst of a long distant realize how amazinglying important this is. Its definitely a treat when I can see her, even if its over the internet. So many people at Trinity have it that in reality I can talk to my suite mates in the room next to me if I like. I use it almost everyday and i love it. I recommend it to anyone who is long distant from any friend, any family, and any loved one.