Not Yet
It's officially spring in our house now that I've finally put away all the Christmas/winter/holiday/festive stuff. Don't worry, the tree has been packed away for a while now. But last week, I put away the remaining snowman things, the bright red cloth table things, and a winter scene candle holder from Germany.
What's even less fun than the stomach flu? The stomach flu while pregnant, of course! Yes, yes, I had the pleasure of experiencing that joy last week. The only upside was being able to sit all day, guilt free in the recliner watching The West Wing. I have no idea how I got it, but I guess those things just happen.
No baby yet, but I hear it could be any day now or in as much as a month. We need to keep working on her room! And by "we", I really mean "I".
There was a girl on the Today Show because she wrote something that was published in the Wall Street Journal about not being accepted to certain Ivy League colleges. She claims it was because she didn't help fill their diversity quota and that she didn't have certain experiences or activities. Judging by her academics, I would say she's more than qualified (more than perfect GPA, high test scores, interesting extracurricular activities). And it makes me mad that she wasn't accepted because she was honest. I know of people that have significantly padded their experiences, volunteer work, etc., played up their ethnic heritage (to which they have little or no connection), or who have actually had someone else fill out their application and write their essays for them. And they were accepted to their goal universities even though, in the end, they were probably no better than this girl. How fair is that? You say it's a dog eat dog world and you have to do what you have to do to get ahead? I say it's dishonest. And, I know this comparison is a little exaggerated but it reminds me of my own experience, not with colleges but with the idiotic NHS in high school. What more could I have done to qualify for that silly club? And despite everything, they still rejected me. Three times. Yes, three ridiculous times. Granted, all I wanted it for was to wear the sash thing at graduation, but still.
I don't know if I've talked about this before, but The Hobbit really could've been better. They didn't need all that extra stuff that was added in. Some was interesting, some was unnecessary. I also didn't like the parts that resembled The Lord of the Rings. The part that really annoyed me was when Gandalf yelled in Bilbo's house. It was exactly like the in The Fellowship of the Ring. Another one was when the elves on horseback encircle the dwarves at Rivendell, which is reminiscent of Eomer and his followers encircling Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest had the same issues. It took too much from the first movie: jokes, movies, lines. Also, Radagast was ridiculous. The mountain giant things were not needed. I liked the Dwarf music theme, though. Really, The Hobbit should have been made into two movies instead of three.
What's even less fun than the stomach flu? The stomach flu while pregnant, of course! Yes, yes, I had the pleasure of experiencing that joy last week. The only upside was being able to sit all day, guilt free in the recliner watching The West Wing. I have no idea how I got it, but I guess those things just happen.
No baby yet, but I hear it could be any day now or in as much as a month. We need to keep working on her room! And by "we", I really mean "I".
There was a girl on the Today Show because she wrote something that was published in the Wall Street Journal about not being accepted to certain Ivy League colleges. She claims it was because she didn't help fill their diversity quota and that she didn't have certain experiences or activities. Judging by her academics, I would say she's more than qualified (more than perfect GPA, high test scores, interesting extracurricular activities). And it makes me mad that she wasn't accepted because she was honest. I know of people that have significantly padded their experiences, volunteer work, etc., played up their ethnic heritage (to which they have little or no connection), or who have actually had someone else fill out their application and write their essays for them. And they were accepted to their goal universities even though, in the end, they were probably no better than this girl. How fair is that? You say it's a dog eat dog world and you have to do what you have to do to get ahead? I say it's dishonest. And, I know this comparison is a little exaggerated but it reminds me of my own experience, not with colleges but with the idiotic NHS in high school. What more could I have done to qualify for that silly club? And despite everything, they still rejected me. Three times. Yes, three ridiculous times. Granted, all I wanted it for was to wear the sash thing at graduation, but still.
I don't know if I've talked about this before, but The Hobbit really could've been better. They didn't need all that extra stuff that was added in. Some was interesting, some was unnecessary. I also didn't like the parts that resembled The Lord of the Rings. The part that really annoyed me was when Gandalf yelled in Bilbo's house. It was exactly like the in The Fellowship of the Ring. Another one was when the elves on horseback encircle the dwarves at Rivendell, which is reminiscent of Eomer and his followers encircling Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest had the same issues. It took too much from the first movie: jokes, movies, lines. Also, Radagast was ridiculous. The mountain giant things were not needed. I liked the Dwarf music theme, though. Really, The Hobbit should have been made into two movies instead of three.
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