ABOUT TO GET SCHOOLED

Soooo school starts in almost a month and I'm anticipating quite the world load (even though I'm only taking 3 classes).

I'm taking Women in Literature from the same professor I took my Comp. II class with. I'm excited but if she's anything like she was in Comp. II, I will have to read a ton, write a ton, and do a lot of projects. However I'm hoping the class will be small so we can have some really good discussions.

I haven't taken History yet, so I'll be taking U.S. History before 1877. I'm guessing this is going to have a lot of reading as well. But hopefully most of it will be vocab, which I kind of have a nack for. Hopefully not too many papers but you never know.

The third class I'm taking is Philosophy. I really have no idea what to expect from this one. I looked up the booklist on the campus website and it included works from Ghandi, Rene Descartes, and Mary Wollstonecraft. I think this could be a class I will really enjoy, but its one of those that really depends on how passionate the professor is. Believe it or not professors at CC aren't always rotten. So cross your fingers!

P.S. Is it sad that I already want to buy school supplies? I think that's my favorite part about school. I could collect pens and notebooks all day long.

P.S.S. I am that pony on top of the books. Number 1 student pony!!!!

TO DO LIST..

I probably should write this down.. but I am super unmotivated today and am still in bed (I did however eat breakfast.. but it sadly consisted of fig newtons seeing as I am out of milk).
LAUNDRY
PACK
DISHES
REPLY TO E-MAILS
GROCERIES
PRINT OUT DISCUSSION ?'s
GET OFF OF FACEBOOK (better still I should just delete it for awhile)
MORE CLEANING/ORGANIZING
WORK ON MY ESSAY
GET A COPY MADE OF MY PASSPORT
PICK A DAY TO GO TO HCC TO SPEAK WITH A TRANSFER COUNSELOR
MAKE PAPER BOOKLETS FOR CAMP

I this is it..if I have time I might make some more banners for etsy. Oh yea that's right I'm re-openeing my etsy store! (Eventually that is..)
Have a good day, I may be back later..

Hilary

I've really started to like this band, especially while driving in the car. I couldn't find a vid for one of my favorite songs they wrote called Indian Angel, but I highly recommend you look it up. I did find one vid I thought was interesting, a tad contrived but interesting none-the-less.

Enjoy :]
Hilary

I'M INCLINED

TRANSLITERATION

DEAR MR. SCHWARTZMAN

...I think I love you



Hilary

BOOKMARK: HOMER AND LANGLEY

I heard about this book when I attended the Margarett Root Brown reading series hosted by http://www.inprinthouston.org/ . E.L. Doctorow is a creative genius and this book has actually been in the back of my mind for far too long. The book is Doctorow's depiction of how the famed Collyer brothers lived preceding their gruesome and unsightly death. For those who are unfamiliar with their tale, the Collyers lived in New York in the early to mid 1900s. They were known for their snobbish upper crusty lifestyle, but their story hit its peak at the discovery of the two brothers dead in their Harlem brownstone amidst tons and tons of collections, newspapers, and heirlooms. I'm mid-way through and loving it! Can't wait to finish it though.

I LOVE

when you want something so much that it hurts. That it scares you to death. That the thought of it makes you feel excited and alive. That you are so close you can taste it. That it makes you dream of not only who you will become, but what it will make of your life here and now and in this moment.

I'm really praying to get into the college in Cairo. As I'm writing my essay I find myself getting a bit teary-eyed. To be honest I don't think I've ever wanted something so much as this in my life. I have big dreams and a big heart to learn and love and be, and with that said I feel like this could be an experience of a lifetime. I feel vulnerable because I want to make sure that in 500 words or less I gut myself on this paper so that those who will be evaluating me cannot say no. All of this is really strange, and the day I send my application in I will probably have to take off because I'm sure the stress just might be too much for me to handle.

I want to eat koshary in the streets of Cairo and be minutes away from the largest museum of Eqyptian antiquities in the world. I want to study and be immersed in thought. Ughhhh I just get so excited! I know it seems I'm only looking at the fun side of this, but the truth is.. if I get accepted and enroll, this just might be the hardest thing I have ever had to face. Obviously Egyptian culture is vastly different from our way of life here in America, and in particular Texas. Like I said, I am excited.. but I am scared to death. Please pray for this, that my essay is complete and that those reading it as well as the rest of my application feel as confident as I do. Hey world are you ready to jump? I am..


HILARY

FEELING PHILOSOPHICAL

Joy is eternal.

Don't gain your strength from people, people are always changing. . the world is always changing. Never let it give you your name or define who you are.

Remember remember remember, and love love love.

Be honest and open, when you lie to others it makes it that much easier to lie to yourself.

Smile because you can't help it, not because you have to.

Do not simply walk with determination or even speak with determination. Live with it.

Our need to explain and understand the internal only points to something external.

I say these things not to judge or pull anyone down. I say them to myself and I'd say them to each of you personally. Be intentional.

(As I'm writing these down, or I guess typing, I'm sitting in a local coffee shop in Houston called Agora. I reached down to take a sip of my iced coffee and looked up to see framed bio of Socrates haha. I promise I didn't choose this seat on purpose, I was just looking for a wall outlet! Also by no means am I calling myself Socrates haha, I just thought it was funny.)

Hilary

I HAVE UPDATED MY BUCKET LIST..

1. RIDE IN A HOT AIR BALLOON
2. BACKPACK THROUGH EUROPE
3. EAT ESCARGO
4. WRITE A SONG AND PERFORM IT
5. REALLY AND TRULY LEARN TO PLAY MY HARMONICA
6. KNIT A SWEATER

7. HOST A TEA PARTY
8. MAKE A LIFE-SIZED SCULPTURE
9. DOCUMENT MY HERITAGE AND SHARE IT WITH MY CHILDREN SOMEDAY
10. COOK A SUPER FANCY DINNER
11. GET A TATTOO
12. VISIT 30 COUNTRIES BEFORE I’M 30
13. SLEEP UNDER THE STARS

14. COOK AN ALPHAET THEMED DINER
15. WIN A GAME OF TRIVIAL PERSUIT
16. GO TREASURE HUNTING
17. HAVE MY OWN GARDEN
18. SEW A DRESS, COMPLETE WITH DARTS...

19. SELL SOME OF MY ART
20. GO DUMPSTER DIVING, AGAIN
21. WRITE A REALLY GREAT POEM
22. READ ALL OF THE CLASSICS
23. FIND: VINTAGE TYPEWRITE, PHOTOS, AND RECORD PLAYER

24. SAY “YOU ARE LOVED” TO EVERYONE I MEET FOR A DAY
25. LEARN ARCHERY
26. SHOOT A GUN
27. TAKE A PHOTO EVERYDAY FOR A YEAR
28. GO CAMPING IN THE MOUNTAINS

29. LEARN TO KAYAK
30. REVIEW A RESTAURANT ONCE A WEEK FOR A YEAR
31. TRY PILATES
32. SPEND A DAY CLEANING UP LITTER
33. OWN A GREYHOUND

34. FINISH DEVELOPING ALL OF MY BLACK AND WHITES
35. MAKE A QUILT
36. SEND 100 POSTCARDS TO RANDOM STRANGERS WITH A HEARTFELT MESSAGE ON EACH
37. WRITE A BOOK REVIEW
38. WATCH 500 MOVIES

39. FIND: VINTAGE LABEL MAKER, WORKING POLAROID CAMERA, AND VINTAGE FABRIC
40. LEARN TO DO A FLIP-FLOP
41. DANCE EVERYWHERE I GO FOR ONE DAY
42. TAKE A PICTURE IN FRONT OF EVERY STATE CAPITAL
43. LEARN TO WALK ON STILTS

44. WRITE A FICTIONAL BOOK BASED ON NON-FICTION, DOESN’T HAVE TO BE UBER LONG
45. BUY SOME 6IN. STILLETTOS
46. GO BAREFOOT FOR A DAY
47. MEMORIZE A FEW POEMS BY WHITMAN AND THOREAU
48. WHERE A HIJAB FOR A DAY

49. FLOSS MY TEETH HAHA I’M ONLY BEING HONEST...
50. SING SISTER GOLDEN HAIR SURPRISE AT A KARAOKE
51. FALL IN LOVE AND GET MARRIED
52. BUILD A BOOKSHELF
53. COLLECT 100+ COMPOSITION NOTEBOOKS

54. DOODLE EVERYDAY FOR A YEAR
55. COME UP WITH A CLEVER AND FUNCTIONAL WAY TO RESTORE MY BABY BLANKIE
56. SEND SOMEONE FLOWERS
57. GO ON A MASSSSSSIVE ROAD TRIP
58. GIVE UP TELEVISION FOR A YEAR

59. GIVE UP CLOTHING SHOPPING FOR A YEAR
60. LOVE MY ENEMIES
61. TAKE A CIESTA ONCE A WEEK FOR A YEAR
62. KEEP MY CLOSET ORGANIZED, FOR ONCE IN MY LIFE. . .
63. PUT TOGETHER A TENT ON MY OWN

64. WATCH ALL THE HITCHCOCK FILMS
65. LOOK UP MRS. MCCULLY, MRS. DEAN, AND MRS. CLIFTON, AND THANK THEM FOR BEING MY FAVORITE TEACHERS
66. FIND THE OFFICIAL RULES FOR POGS AND HAVE A TOURNAMENT
67. WRITE LETTERS TO MY PARENTS
68. TOUCH AN ALIGATOR, LOL I’D BE WAYYY TOO SCARED TO WRESTLE ONE

69. OVERCOME MY FEAR OF STEEL WOOL
70. KISS PEOPLE ON THE CHEEK MORE OFTEN
71. MAKE A MOVIE
72. EAT MY VEGGIES
73. SEND A MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE
74. LEARN HOW TO FIX THINGS/BUILD THINGS
75. OVERCOME THE FEAR TO SHARE MY BELIEFS

ALWAYS MORE TO COME!