I Really Want a Cloak

Cloaks are pretty freaken wonderful. I really do wonder why we don't wear them anymore. You can wear them all the time, they are warmer than jackets, they have awesome written all over them, and they swish. That's important to the awesome factor. Cloaks are also worn by some of our favorite characters, like all the Lord of the Rings characters. Other than being able to be warmer and mimic your favorite Lord of the Ring character, cloaks are also useful for other purposes. It could be a blanket, a hobo bag, a hiding place, a sleeping bag, a pick-nick spot, halloween costume, a renaissance accessory, or the cloth used by bull fighters! A multi-purpose garment if I ever saw one.

Oh, I really want a cloak...


The place to find awesome cloaks!

My Life is Boring

I can say with 90% certainty that my life this school year will not change much. I get up early, go to my placement, work with students until about 3pm, come home and not see anyone, go to bed early. Repeat. While my time with my students can be interesting and funny somedays, I still don't have a life outside of school. The only time my schedule is different on the weekdays is on Friday. That night is for HHJJJ, or the House as I prefer to call it (It's just easier). I also work in a computer lab for a couple hours on a couple nights, but it feels about the same as what I do when I'm at home. Just messing around on the computer waiting for the time to fly. I do get a lot of time for reading now, more than when I was in regular classes. I do long for a good adventure though. Just something exciting needs to happen. Maybe a fire-breathing dragon can rampage? Or wild turkeys can try to take over campus! Possibly I just need to take a road trip, take a walk, snap some photos... That's actually something I can accomplish and make happen, but I think my first two options would have been more fun :) Now all I have to do is find a few folks able to hang for the weekend to relieve my boredom and anti-social behaviors. We'll see how that goes...

What Ever Happened to Xanga?

So this blog was for my class over the summer, but I have no intent on taking the class again and wish to repurpose this site. It happens to be for my sanity so I think I'm good with it. At least I feel less crazy posting to a potential audience over blatantly talking to myself.


Anyway, what ever happened to Xanga? I really miss just being able to blog and post stuff. It was easy to share life instead of short and usually annoying status updates about what is happening every second of every day. Personally, I can't take it. I like being able to share stuff, but what is usually shared is unimportant, not well thought out, or has no explanation as to why it's there in the first place. It becomes harder and harder for me to believe that anyone really has anything to say with the multiple updates about "I'm taking a shower" or "I stubbed my toe!" or my favorite is the fill in the blank updates that really have nothing to do with that person, but with whoever ends up on your friend bar at the moment... "You're in a car and X is the driver..." Do we not have better ways to spend our time? I guess not. I'm over it. 


Also, I don't like instant gratification updates and the "like" button. That was always confusing to me. Why do people like these things? I've seen friends like a status or picture and then like every freaken comment under it. 


"Really now, I'm glad you like everything, but could you be more specific as to what on earth you are liking so much???"


What about positive and negative status people "like"? 


"I'm exhausted, but feel accomplished!" *like* "Okay... do you like that I'm exhausted or feeling accomplished? I'm not sure I like your 'like.'"


And God help us if we are being sarcastic. People don't pick up on that as well as they used to.


"I feel just dandy! Just got harangued by my parents and stubbed my toe. Oh joy!" *like* Commenter: "Glad you're feeling so well!" Commentee: "Seriously???" *face-palm*


Facebook and Twitter are not the sole perpetrators in making people stupid, but I'm fairly sure it made it more obvious.