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Gwen Maguire's InsaneJournal:
| Friday, March 15th, 2019 | |
| 1:51 pm | |
| Saturday, January 16th, 2010 | |
| 11:55 pm | Today is not a good day. I don't care if it is the weekend. I'm not talking to Ari anymore, because he and his brothers are just annoying the crap out of me. They want me to go out every night. Not just on the weekends, but literally every night. They just don't understand that I have classes. I have classes and I'm actually struggling in them because it's not high school and things are actually hard. Juggling the sorority and the homework isn't as easy as I thought it would be. Oh, and that scholarship that I'm riding on? It's as good as gone if I can't keep up my grades. That would be so much easier if I was actually in all of the classes I wanted to be. The Chem class I wanted to get into was full, so I've had to practically e-mail stalk the prof, begging to be in his class, or for him to tell me when there's an opening. I don't see Stacy and Hayley much anymore, and Ari just won't leave me the hell alone. And I went to my library volunteer job today and kept tripping over my words while reading to the kids. I'm just a big stress ball and the semester just started on Wednesday. Why didn't anybody tell me that college was going to suck sometimes? Current Mood:  blahCurrent Music: Shut Up And Let Me Go || The Ting Tings |
| Thursday, November 19th, 2009 | |
| 11:05 am | I love my volunteer job. Every Saturday I get to read books to little kiddos at the library, and they're so cute! A lot of them are kindergarten age or younger, and they get really into the stories. We read Where The Wild Things Are and afterwards we put on some music and had a wild rumpus right in the little play area! They asked if we could make Wild Thing masks next week, and I think it sounds like a great idea, so I'm going to talk to Ms. Shelton, the Childrens' Librarian, to see if it's something we can make happen. I saw the movie verson of Where The Wild Things Are this week, because it's supposed to be going out of theaters soon and I really wanted to see it. I was really surprised that it wasn't a kid's movie at all. It was mainly for adults, I think. The movie was really sad, and very thought-provoking. I went to see it by myself after class, and I'm kind of glad I did, because it really made me cry. It was totally unexpected... but I kinda loved it a whole lot. But it really made me feel like a grown-up... like I'm not a kid anymore. I don't know how I feel about that. |
| Thursday, September 17th, 2009 | |
| 9:53 am | So much has happened in the last few days. I haven't been able to write between classes and goings-on and homework. But I'm having a pretty good semester so far. Sorority recruitment has been keeping me busy every night this week, so I've had to cram a lot of my studying into the earlier hours of the day. I had to get up at eight o'clock this morning (eeek!) to do some more work on a paper that I didn't get finished last night before the last group of Second Round parties. But I think it's going to be a good essay, and it's not due until Friday, so I can spend a bit more time on it before I have to turn it in. Recruitment started out on Saturday. There are sixteen houses on campus, and we had to visit ALL of them in the first two days! We only had about twenty minutes at each house, and that time was spent talking to one of the sisters. I got asked the same questions a lot: "Where are you from?" Eugene. "What's your major?" I'm not sure yet! "What grade are you in?" I'm a freshman. Then we tried to shove some actual human conversation in there, to try to find common interests and that sort of thing. It was kind of stressful, but also kind of fun. But on Sunday night, we had to make a list of our top chapters -- we could only pick eight! Some were easy to eliminate, but some were really hard. It's funny. Going through this whole process makes me understand where all the stereotypes come from, but it also blows them away at times. I guess the chapters meet to decide who they want to invite back for a second round, so it's as much me choosing them as them choosing me. Since there have been classes and things, the recruitment events have been starting later in the evening. Monday and Tuesday we visited three chapters, and last night we visted the last two on our lists. This time, we got to stay a bit longer in the houses, and the sisters all put on skits and sang songs for us. A few of the girls I'd talked to the first round remembered me and stopped by to say hi. I was really nervous, but the sisters did most of the question-asking to get the conversations started, and I could easily go from there. After the last party on Wednesday, we had to do more ranking -- this time, we had to narrow it down to our top three choices! And we have to wait now. There aren't any more parties until Friday, when we go to all three of our favorites' houses (hopefully) for fancy parties that last an hour each. I have a really nice dress to wear for Friday night, but I'm really nervous. What if none of my top three chapters (Delta Gamma, Kappa Delta, and Kappa Kappa Gamma) wants to invite me back for the preference parties? This whole rush thing has been a lot of fun, but what if I'm one of the few girls who doesn't get chosen? I think they stuck this Thursday off in the middle of recruitment just to give me time to overthink about the whole thing. Current Mood:  nervousCurrent Music: Use Somebody || Kings Of Leon |
| Wednesday, September 9th, 2009 | |
| 5:32 pm | UW's sorority rush starts this Saturday! I'm actually really excited about the whole thing. There was an informational meeting last weekend, where I learned about the recruitment process. It sounds kind of nerve-wracking, but exciting at the same time. Basically, it's all about getting to know the different chapters and finding out which one might be for me. I think it'll be a great way to make new friends and join an organization that has cool philanthropic events, too. Stacy and Hayley and I all went to the meeting together, and while we grabbed dinner we decided that, even though we're all going to do rush together, we won't pressure each other into joining one house over another. Sure, it would be cool if we were all sorority sisters as well as friends, but from the way the speakers at the meeting talked, sorority rush is all about finding somewhere where you belong. If we don't all belong the same place, that's okay, right? I'm reading Sloppy Firsts, this book that my cousin gave me as a graduation present. The girl in it is only a sophomore in high school, but oh my god, I can so relate to almost everything going on in her life in the story. It's a real page-turner. Now I just have to figure out what I'm going to wear. Current Mood:  giddyCurrent Music: Shake It || Metro Station |
| Monday, August 3rd, 2009 | |
| 10:24 pm | I'm frustrated. I let myself get so worked up about some stupid person that I've never even met. Just some guy whose post interested me. So I read it, I'm curious, I ask questions, and I get ignored. Like I'm some dumb stupid kid. I don't know what I was expecting anyway. I'm a stranger! What right do I have to judge anything or try to tell anyone how they should act or think or be? I wasn't trying to do that. I was just curious and just trying to help. Maybe he's wishing he could stay young and carefree, but I see my 'youth' as something that people just seem to look down on. Forget this crap. I'm eighteen and I'm going to college and I am an adult and I don't need this stupid stuff in my life. Current Mood:  bitchyCurrent Music: Fifteen || Taylor Swift |
| Sunday, July 26th, 2009 | |
| 9:22 pm | So, here's my solution. Since it's my birthday today, and I'm headed to college in just a few short weeks, I'm compromising with a party! It'll be at my house next weekend, while Daddy is gone on a business trip! There probably won't be beer there, but I'll be there! Plus, my cousin's coming up from Portland and he's a DJ! |
| Friday, July 24th, 2009 | |
| 3:07 pm | Orientation was pretty awesome. I didn't get to meet my roommate (what's the deal with that anyway?) but I got to wander around campus some. I went to an activities fair and there's just so many cool clubs I can join! It's awesome! I'm not really very good at sports, but there are all kinds of intramural sports, plus representatives from the various Greek organizations, Amnesty International, Swing Dance Society, Theatre Club, and an improv comedy group on campus that was playing all these improv games with the new freshmen! It's all so exciting. August 15th is when I get to move in. Then there's a whole week of freshman activities before classes start on the 24th. I didn't even get to know the name of my roommate. What if we both bring a mini-fridge or a giant couch or something? I don't even know what to do. |
| Friday, May 15th, 2009 | |
| 2:48 pm | Breathe. So, I've been kind of feeling a bit... funky lately. And not the disco get-down-and-boogie kind. But since walking across that stage last night and getting my diploma in hand from Principal Moser, I've felt... I don't know. Weird, you know? This guy I've been sorta seeing, Erick? He got accepted at an east coast school, even though he applied to UW like me. I thought it would be kinda cool to already have a boyfriend when I started college and stuff. Like, maybe it would make me feel a bit more comfortable, a little less lost. Don't get me wrong, I'm still SUPER excited about college, but. Well. I don't know. So, Erick and I decided that neither one of us wants to be in a long-distance relationship thing, because that's just hard on everyone to do. Going from being in four out of six of the same classes and seeing each other every day and all through lunch to going... months... between seeing each other and kissing each other? Psh. I don't know. I don't think it was really that serious of a thing anyway. At least, I don't think he thought it was. I'm feeling a little displaced, a little sad because a lot of my friends are going places and doing cool things. We're all going to different schools, essentially. Stacy and Hayley will be at UW with me, of course, but they're rooming together and I will have some random person. Who knows what that'll be like. What's running through my head right now? Everything. Current Mood:  indescribableCurrent Music: Breathe || Taylor Swift |
| Thursday, April 23rd, 2009 | |
| 9:21 am | Almost Graduated! So my friends Hayley and Stacy and I were sitting in the library at lunch time, listening to each others' iPods and basically just wasting time. Gosh, April is almost over. May 8th is when Senior finals are, and then on the 14th, I'll officially be a high school graduate! I can't wait! I got my acceptance to UW a few weeks ago, and I've been hanging around the campus a lot. The most fun part? A lot of the actual students there don't even realize I don't go there already! I can talk about how I'm stressed about finals, or how the food in the cafeteria sucks, and it's all relatable, you know? It's so cool! It's like I'm in college already and I LOVE it! This Saturday there's a party at Phi Delta Theta and Hayley and I are going for sure... maybe Stacy, if she doesn't have to work. Spring is in the air, and with this weird warm pretty weather, I'm going to live it up. Current Mood:  excitedCurrent Music: Just Dance || Lady Gaga |
| Monday, March 16th, 2009 | |
| 2:37 pm | Wasting Time. You know, if being a Senior wasn’t such a big deal, I probably would have graduated a semester early in December. If I did that, I wouldn’t get to go to the prom – like I’m going to miss that! But it’s just stupid because right now I’ve got maybe two academic classes: AP English and Geography. Geography doesn’t even really count, does it? But aside from that, all I have are electives: Home Economics 2, Ceramics, Study Skills. If I could get permission to have late arrival and early dismissal, I would, but I can’t. So instead, I have to take all these electives during the time that I probably could be spending getting a job or something. Ugh. I spent the weekend at UW, making friends with anyone I could get to stop and talk to me. There were two girls, Tanya and Zoe, who were freshmen. They invited me to go to a party at Theta Chi. They didn’t even know that I wasn’t a freshman, too! It was a lot of fun, and I’ve gotta say it no matter how dumb it sounds – two words: COLLEGE. GUYS. Current Mood:  bouncyCurrent Music: Sam & Delilah || Ella Fitzgerald |
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