Stole this from Allie....

I know I have not posted in a while, and I found this on my sister's blog, and I felt like doing it.  By the way I'm in the mood to blog so I will probably do more than one post tonight.

I've put the things that are true in bold.

01. You’re currently confused about someone’s feelings for you.

02. You have been in a serious relationship before.

03. You own an iPod of some sort.

04. You do not like your sibling’s girlfriend/boyfriend.

05. You drink too much alcohol.

06. You have been to the Olive Garden.

07. You have taken medicine of some sort this week.

08. It is really cold in your house right now.

09. You are extremely dependent on others.

10. You do not like to express your feelings in front of others.

11. You ate a lot of food today.

12. It doesn’t take much for you to cry.

13. People consider you a sappy sort of person.

14. Someone in your family is rich. used too :(

15. You have been to Disney World or Disneyland before.

16. You hate when people constantly talk about themselves.

17. You are a good listener, but you hate complainers.

18. Someone has called you for a serious medical emergency before.

19. You have had a serious surgery. (two actually)

20. Your house has a spare bedroom.

21. Your house is old.

22. You have at least one cousin under the age of three.

23. You have never held a baby before.

24. You can’t handle toddlers.

25. You have had a painting in your room.

26. You have been to Canada.

27. You have been to Mexico.

28. You love cherry flavored lollipops.

29. You celebrate Easter.

30. You observe Lent.

31. You are Catholic.

32. You do not believe in God.

33. Religion is not important to you.

34. You want to have a BIG family one day.

35.You would rather have more sons than daughters.

36. You have more aunts than uncles.

37. You hate being too cold.

38. You currently are way more tan than everyone else.Opposite, I refuse to tan

39. You wear shoes in your house.

40. Your parents are clean freaks.

41. You are more messy than clean.

42. You are currently angry at someone.

43. Patience is not a virtue to you.

44. Your desk is extremely clean.

45. Your bed sheets are either blue, green, black, or white.

46. When you hear ‘black & white’ it reminds you of Katy Perry’s ‘hot n cold’ song.

47. You have no clue what that song is.

48. You think rap artists are completely pathetic.

49. You are glad George Bush is out of office.

50. Politics are boring to you.

51. You take a vitamin daily.

52. You feel like you are sick often.

53. You hate throwing up.

54. You think it’s gross when people set food down on their desk at school with no napkin.

55. You also find it gross that people sit on top of desks.

56. You are now cringing at the thought of someone’s food where someone’s ass was.

57. You love getting bubble baths.

58. You do not like chocolate at all.

59. You are allergic to nuts.

60. You have been stung by a bee before.

61. You have been to the emergency room before for something.

62. One of your parents is 50 or older. ?

63. You are the baby of your family.

64. You hate broccoli.

65. Cooked carrots are good, though.

66. You go on tumblr or blogspot too much.

67. You are really comfortable right now.

68. You like witty t-shirts.

69. You are a major fan of underground bands.

70. You have been on an airplane before.

71. You are not afraid of heights.

72. You consider yourself paranoid.

73. You have had a panic attack before.

74. The thought of being old and alone bothers you.

75. You would choose the elderly over children.

76. You feel like you’re living in the wrong decade.

77. You have smoked weed before.

78. You think it’s way too cold outside right now.

79. You love the thought of sleeping in tomorrow morning.

80. You would rather go to bed early and get up early.

81. You feel like the early bird catches the worm.

82. You are a big breakfast eater.

83. You are currently suffering from the common cold.

84. You are craving something salty. (always)

85. You have been in a car today.

86. There is something plugged in near you.

87. You have heard of the TV show ‘Private Practice.’

88. You do not like medical television shows.

89. You prefer horror to comedies.

90. You adore Leo & Kate.

91. You think high-waisted skirts look good (sometimes)

92. You hate cheesy movies.

93. You enjoy camping out.

94. Bugs don’t bother you.

95. You do well in school without trying.

96. You are extremely jealous of someone currently.

97. You feel like you have changed a lot from 08-2010.

98. You like energy drinks.

99. You like italics.

100. You know the entire script of Mean Girls. I know parts of it

feet. :/

So today, I did something I've never done something my entire life.  I quit an activity without seeing it through to the end.  I quit crew.  It was not  because I could not handle the workout, or I did not have the endurance or I did not like waking up at 4:50 in the morning.  It was because of my feet.  I have a condition called flat feet, or for those of you who do not know what that is, I do not have arches in my feet, so they pronate inward, causing pain like no other. I lived seventeen and a half years (of my 18) with pain. every. single. day.  I have a HUGE tolerance for pain, thanks to that. I have had two surgeries on my feet because of this condition and has only been in the last six months that I have not had pain. Which is a big deal.  

When I started crew, I did not think that I would have this issue since I'd be sitting in a boat, but it ended up being one.  The combination of the position of my feet, with the pressure I had to put on them while I rowed brought back the pain that I had thought I had ditched.  I tried to stick it out, but I realized that its not worth having the pain again.  I liked not having pain, not having the constant reminder of my defect, and when it came back I was super upset.  I called my mom this morning crying because I did  not want to quit, but I did not want to have the pain anymore.  We decided that in the long run, quitting would be better for me.

I actually liked being on a team for once, having a coach, having teammates, entering regattas, winning or losing at something.  I've never really had that experience, because of my feet.  I had to stop soccer because running hurt my feet and my knees, I had to quit dance because my feet hurt and the teacher did not understand.  My feet have dictated to me my athletic life, and sometimes I wish I had feet that were normal.  I want to be on a team, I want to be in shape, I want to be athletic. But my "disability" has prevented me from doing that stuff my entire life.  

People around me do not understand what I go through on a daily basis, my family understands to some extent, but they will never comprehend what I go through.  Other people I meet who have flat feet do not understand because their condition is not as severe as mine.  Even my podiatrist said that I had the worse case he had ever seen.  Though I wish I was born without this defect, I would not have my life any other way.  I know my feet have made me discover things about myself, and things that you do not think about that often.  I value every step I take, because these feet have taught me some valuable lessons.

I am really sad that I had to quit another sport due to this.  I liked crew, and I feel like I could have been good at it.  But I got a taste of a pain free life, and I want to indulge myself on it,  I know someday I'll find a sport or an athletic activity that I will be able to do.  I hope my teammates go on to have a wonderful season, and I'll be rooting for them all the way.

XOXO,

Kate

Another thought....

I know I'm not the only person who reads this now, because I have had several people come up to me and tell me about how they read my blog and liked the idea.  If you like it, go ahead and make a blog your self! It takes all of five minutes, and its a great way to procrastinate your homework.  And its here forever (unless you delete it) so in four years when you're graduating from college you can look back and read posts from your freshman year, and remember all the good times you had!  I know my blog is helping me work through thoughts in my head and it can help you work through things too. So my advice to everyone is to start a blog, it does not take long, but its a way for you to remember everything you have done.

Here's the link to creating a blog:

https://www.google.com/accounts/NewAccount?service=blogger&continue=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.blogger.com%2Floginz%3Fd%3D%252Fcreate-blog.g%26a%3DADD_SERVICE_FLAG&hl=en&sendvemail=true&followup=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.blogger.com%2Floginz%3Fd%3D%252Fhome%26a%3DSERVICE_ONLY&naui=8



I've done the first step for you, all you need to do now is fill in the information.  I hope to see you all on blogging soon! Let me know if you start one and I'll follow it. :)


XOXO,
Kate

Godspell!

Hello Lovies!

Godspell opened this Friday, and we had a pretty good sized house! I personally think we did a great job and I'm super excited for the shows this week.  After the first show they had a reception in the theater building, afterword, I stayed and helped cleaned up with some friends and we brought everything to Alison's apartment. We hung out there for a while and then we went to the townies and hung out at one of the guy's in the show's  place.  I had so much fun hanging out with everyone, even though we didn't do much.  I feel like I never get out here and it was nice to hang out with people other than the girls on my hall.  I hope I get to spend more time with these people, I know I'm going to be sad after Godspell closes and not being able to see all the conservatory kids all the time anymore.  I know that most of the cast disliked being in the show, but I enjoy it.  I love working with everyone and I'm sad to see that its almost over.  Even though our director's crazy and I hate my costume, I think its worth it, and I know that sounds funny because half the cast hates this entire experience, but I think that it was good for all of us, and whether we realize it or not, I think we all learned things about ourselves throughout the process.

I'm super excited for my family (the real one and the greek family) to come and see my play! I miss going to bbq's and parties and dinners with all of them, and I'm excited for them to come up and see my school environment, even if its just for a few days.  We're going into San Fran on Saturday before the show, and on Sunday we're going to a Kings game! Wooo!

Godspell closes on Saturday, and then Thanksgiving is next week! My god time has flown by! I get to see one of my best friends in the world next week when she flys in from Florida back to wonderful California! Apparently she was in Moorpark this past weekend and wanted me to come down and see her, but I couldn't because of the show, I hope she's not mad at me for that.


Alas, I have rambled on like I always do, and I probably repeated the same thought over and over. haha. I have to go write my 8 page research report! :/ wish me good luck!

XOXO,
Kate

Crazed.

Hello Lovies!

My life has been ridiculously busy the past week, and let me tell you, I am exhausted! Tech week started for Godspell and I feel as if I have had zero sleep.  I had to take the week off from Crew practice because I knew I would not be able to balance everything.  If you don't know me, then you should know that this is big news.  I never take time off for anything.  I always stretch myself thin going from activity to activity. I never give myself time to stop. ever.

Today my make-up class was cancelled so I got to sleep in...till noon! That is something that never happens, I'm always up around 7:30 reading or snoozing or lurking the internet.  But I got a solid 12 hours last night. And I'm still tired! I cannot wait for winter break when I can catch up on my rest and spend time with my family and friends back home.


Good news! I got a call back for the spring play "Arms and the Man" by George Bernard Shaw.  I really hope I get a part! The play is going to be so funny and I really want to be involved in it.

I had an interesting conversation with my friends the other night.  We were sitting in the Wemyss Lounge and they started asking me what I was planning to do with my life.  I thought it was weird because everyone knows that I want to be on Broadway. So I responded with that. But they were  like "what can you do with a theater degree?" I get the feeling that they think I wont succeed.  People do not realize that there are tons of things you can do with a theater degree.  Theatre is not only about acting, there are tons of other opportunities associated with it.  You can do the technical stuff (which I am learning to love), costuming, make-up, stage managing, stage hands, directing, producing, you can be a theater manager, you can own theaters and there are more things I just cant think of right now.  Many lawyers also do theater as undergrad, because it helps them learn stage presence, that they need in the court room.  I dont think my friends understand the passion I have for my craft.  There is nothing I would rather do with my  life than perform, I know what I'm getting myself into, but I have the drive and the fire in my belly to pursue it.  Something I know that they do not possess.  It takes a lot of courage to choose a career path that you know there is a 95% chance that you wont succeed.  But you have to strive to be in the 5% that do.  You have to make things happen for yourself, and I truly believe if you want something enough, then you will make it happen.  I know I will see my name in a playbill on Broadway one day, and as long as I see that dream, I know it will happen.

Another thing popped up in that conversation that has been bothering me.  One of my friends, M, suggested that we all go get massages at the end of the semester.  My other friend, R, was all for that idea, but I was like I cant afford it sorry. M and R looked at me questionably, they didnt understand that whenever I buy something for myself off campus, I'm paying for it with my own money. All of my friend's parents  have either given them a credit card to pay for stuff with, or they deposit money into their debit accounts every week/month.  My parents dont have the means to do that for me, and even if they did, I dont think they would.  But I wish that they did give me money in my debit account so I could go shopping or go do fun things with my friends.  But then again, I am going to an expensive school, and I am living on campus and my parents dont have alot of extra spending money to do that for me.  I understand all that, I've understood that all my life, but sometimes I wish that I did have that extra spening money and I could go and buy fun things with my friends. I'm tired of being responsible with everything because of my financial situations.  I want to buy something and not feel bad about spending the  money on it.  I guess you can say I know the value of a dollar, but sometimes I wish I still have to learn that lesson.

One of my best friends, Amanda, or Kylee as she is going by now, has followed in my footsteps and has started her own blog documenting her college experiences. If you are interested in reading her adventures here is the link to her blog:

http://californiakyleegoesfsu.blogspot.com/

Other than that I have nothing new to report.  I hope you all have a lovely day, and if I dont post tomorrow, then have a wonderful weekend!
Until next time.


XOXO,
Katie

Crew.

Ok so I know I have not posted in a while because I've been busy.  And I know thats a  lame excuse, but believe me its true. and the reason for my being busy is.....

I joined the UOP crew team.

I  know, those of you who know me mouths just dropped. Pick them up because its true.  I wake up at 4:50 in the morning and actually exercise.  I do not know what is more shocking, that I exercise or I wake up that early in the morning.

Its actually really cool, and its great exercise, I'm super excited to be in shape for once in my life.


Other news:

Aunt Freda's memorial service was  yesterday.  It was really weird being in her apartment with out her.  It was a sad day, but she lived a long, incredible life and it was her time.


Godspell opens next friday! I cannot believe it.  This semester is going by super fast, before I know it, it is going to be winter break!

I promise to update more often!

XOXO,
Kate

Gym.

So I'm starting to get into shape, because I'm running for Miss San Joaquin County 2011.  So last night after Godspell rehearsal, I went to the gym.  I did the elliptical for 22 min.  It has a pulling/pushing feature on it so your arms and back muscles as well as your legs and let me tell you, it works.  My arms, shoulders, and scapulas are SORE! It does not help that I set it on the "expert" setting, I have no idea what I was thinking.  I also did the arm bike on ISO training ( does anyone know what ISO training is?)  for 6 min. So moral of the story, my arms got a wonderful work out yesterday.  I got to keep this gym thing up, I'm determined to be in shape for once in my life! I'm super tired now, and I'm having trouble sitting here at my desk because I'm so sore!  But I'm looking forward to Glee tonight! :)

ugh. Bad day :(

Today and yesterday were very hard days for me.

Today I had two test, one for hebrew bible and an essay midterm exam for western civilization.

So yesterday I had about 5000482720483234582 things to do, and on top of that I had to study for my exams, so I decided to take a break to relax and watch Glee.  Which was a depressing episode, let me tell you.  Kurt's Dad goes into the hospital because he had a heart attack, and was in coma for the entire episode.  About half way through the show I get a call from my mother telling me that my 105 year old great aunt was in the hospital and was probably not going to make it through the night.  That knowledge on top of the stress of studying and the plot of the Glee episode, made me start bawling uncontrollably.  So now I had to study for two big tests and I was sobbing. As soon as the episode was over, I went to the library and held it together and studied for my tests.

This morning I woke up, and I'm pretty sure I bombed my hebrew bible test.  Then I had to go to Western Civ. and take my midterm.  Which consisted of two three page essays and two one page essays.  By the time that was over I was ready to collapse, but I  still had one more class to go to.  I made it though Pacific Seminar, and got some lunch, then I went to my room and climbed into my bed.  I have been napping for the past two hours and I feel a little bit better.  But I have to leave for rehearsal in a few minutes, and after I plan to climb into my bed and have a good night's sleep.

The past two days have been really stressful and long, but I'm ready to go home and see my family for the three day weekend (which I wasn't planning on doing until my mom called and told me I had to come home).  Aunt Freda made it through the night, and is still doing ok, at least I have not heard otherwise. I am so ready for this week to end. :(

Home

So I went home this weekend! I am a Moorpark Princess, meaning I came 2nd runner up at the Miss Moorpark Pageant this past June, and the only thing I get to do is ride in the Moorpark Country Days Parade.

The Parade was so much fun! We rode in a pickup truck with the Moorpark Princes, and Allie's boyfriend Trevor, and our friend Paul jumped into the truck with us :)  It rained on our parade, and of course, me being a theater major, I started singing "Don't Rain on My Parade" with Trevor as back up vocals.  It was so much fun! after the parade was done, I worked at the Girl Scout Booth Promoting my Girl Scout Gold Award Project.  My friend Chaya Turrow was there as well promoting her project.

I love being home, and I'm going to be really sad when I have to leave again.  But the best thing is that Murphy (my dog) slept in my room with me.  He is one of the things I miss most about not living at home.

Another good thing about being home is bring back things that you forgot i.e. clothes, my plastic dinosaur, pictures.

Allie, Trevor, Gabby, Kellen and Lisa and I went to Souplantation for dinner after the parade, and then we went and saw The Social Network.  The movie was really good. :)

Today, we had a family breakfast, and my parents and I watched Dexter.  I'm going to get my eyebrows done, I saw my friend Jason, and I think we're going to go to dinner somewhere before I leave.


Pictures from the Parade:

All the title holders and the Princesses :)

My sister and me with Carley Ryckman, Miss Santa Barbara County 2010

All of us jumping again :)

Allie and Me with Paul and Trevor in the parade.

For Amanda Part 1

Hello Lovies,
Ok so I know I have not posted in a while but I have been busy.  I've been getting grief from my friend amanda, so I'm posting to please her.

I promise part 2 will be up tomorrow, but I'm exhausted right now so I'm going to bed. Goodnight!

XOXO,
Kate

GYM.

So I went to the Gym the other night ( I know shocker!) and I discovered the best movie to watch while running on the treadmill.  Lord of the Rings. I know it sounds geeky, but you feel like you are running around middle earth with them as they are fighting the orcs! And Orlando Bloom is in it, I was in love with him back when these movies came out.  I'm planning on going to the gym again tonight.  Hopefully, there will be a movie on again!

XOXO,
Kate :)

Catch Up.

So I realized today that I have not updated my blog in a while. So basically, I will fill you in what I have been doing.

All last week (8/30-9/2) the social sororities had open houses on campus.  So every night at 7pm I went to the different houses, went on house tours and got to know some of the girls.  By the end of the week I had decided between two different sororities that I liked.  Alpha Phi and Delta Delta Delta.  I love both of the houses, and the girls in them as well.  This is going to be a tough decision in the spring.  I'm glad I have A LOT of time to decide.

On Friday (9/10) I got a call from the director of Godspell telling me that one of the girls had dropped out, and wanted to know if I'd be willing to take the part.  What do you think I did?
.... I took the part of course! What do you think I am? An actor that says no to a job? Thats silly. I start rehearsal tomorrow, I'm really excited.  Today my acting teacher came up to be before class and shook my hand and congratulated me.  That was very cool! :)


During Labor Day weekend, one of my best friends, Danielle Lopez picked me up and took me to her home town of Merced.  She also happened to be in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat, so I was forced to go see it.  It was not THAT bad, the guy who played Joseph was really cute, so that made up for the infectious music.  Danielle brought me back to UOP,  and I did my laundry and watch the office all day long...it is fast becoming my 2nd favorite T.V. show. Then on Monday, my day off, I did homework  ALL DAY LONG!  It was ridiculous, but I do not have any work to do tonight, so I like it.

Tonight, my friend Jenna, at Alpha Phi (she's also the chapter president) invited me, and my friend Micaela to dinner at the house.  They had really good lemon bars for dessert. I had two.

Today my momma sent me a package with snacks, and an i tunes card, and play bills from the shows she saw while she was in New York.  They are now hanging on my wall next to the Wizard of Oz poster.

Thats pretty much all I have been doing these past two weeks.  I hope this week proves to be exciting.
More to come!


XOXO,
Kate

Home Sick.

Ok so I have not had homesickness at all.  until tonight.  My sister sent me this picture of my dog, Murphy, and all I wanted to do was cry and go home and give him a hug and squeeze him until he squirmed out of my arms.  I really cannot wait until I get to go home and see my family and my Murph.

Aww He looks so cute :)

First Day of Class

Today was the first day of classes! I'm officially a college student.  Its weird, I don't know what to think about that.  Classes went well, I'm pretty sure I'm going to hate Hebrew Bible, but I decided to keep the class because it complements my Western Civilization Class.

I bought all my textbooks today as well. Cheapesttextbooks.com and amazon.com are my new best friends. I saved over $200. yes! I wish I could go shopping with that money. God, I'm turning into Allie.

The BEST news of the day.....
I didn't crash my bike at ALL today, AND I didn't run anyone over! WHOOOOHOOOO!

Oh and I got my mail key, and my address. :)


XOXO,
Kate

Class

Tomorrow marks the first day of classes! I was looking at the campus map and I realized that my classes are spread way across the campus.  I start with Hebrew Bible in the morning  from 9:30AM-10:45AM (I know, I know, I tried to get out of it but French 1 was full) then I have 15 min to get to the other side of campus for my Western Civilization class from 11:00 AM-12:15 PM, finally I have Pacific Seminar 1 "What is good Society" from 12:30 PM-1:45 PM.  PacSem is a two part class that all Pacific Freshmen have to take, and the school produces the textbook for it so I HAD to buy the $130 textbook from the bookstore. Later today I am going out with my fried Micaela to find our classes and the best places to put our bikes.

Today is Freshman Convocation, which is basically the entire school welcoming the freshman to the campus. My mom is making me go, even though she is 300 miles away.  We also have the welcome BBQ today, which is basically free food.  Now that I have to "pay" for food myself, I'm all for free food haha

XOXO,
Kate

MOVE

So today I had the MOVE program.  It stands for Mountains, Oceans, Valley Experience.  Every freshman at University of the Pacific has to go through this program.  It gets the students get out in the community and do a service activity.  I went to the Valley Stewardship experience, and we went to a farm in Sacramento, California and we had to pull weeds away from areas where they were growing plants.  We worked in the hot sun for two hours doing manual labor, plus I had to wake up at 6 in the morning.  But all in all, I had a great time and I met some AMAZING people.  Pictures to come!

XOXO,
Kate

Orientation.

Good morning all you bloggers, I am about to start my second (and final) day of Freshman orientation. Yesterday was a jam full day of learning about University of the Pacific and getting situated here.  We played games, met our student and faculty advisors, took placement tests and even had Cirque du Pacific! (which basically was a dance party). Today we have a chance to view our schedules and change them. We also have an information fair to meet representatives from different campus organizations.




I have not posted since I got here, but I'm all moved into my dorm room.  Allie, my sister, says it looks right out of the pottery bard catalogue, but it is exactly what I pictured my room to look like.  Check out the pictures below :)


XOXO,
Kate

Before.

That's my room from the outside. (2nd floor)

After Desk.

After Bed. And Allie :)

My wall of photos :)

Change

I am 18 years old and I feel as if I have never done anything big in my life.  Yes, I have done big things like graduating High School and going to California State Summer School for the Arts (twice), and traveling. But I feel like I have not done anything in my life that is really  and truly big. I am ready for a life changer, and I am hoping these next four years of College will bring that to me.

As of August 16, 2010, I will say goodbye to the life I know and my family and friends and move five hours away to University of the Pacific.  That is in 6 days. Sheesh! I don't think I have anything ready, I have no idea what to pack or how to pack it. I'm kinda scared, but I know this journey will be a good one for me and I need to take it.

More to come,
XOXO,
Kate