From the City to the Country and Everything In Between

Back at the Theater 

One of my favorite classes this semester, Intro to Performance, requires the students to go see all of the school funded productions happening throughout the semester.  This week, I had to go watch "She Kills Monsters" by Qui Nguyen.  I have to be completely honest, I read over the summary before I went and it seemed like the lamest thing ever; a sister playing Dungeons and Dragons to remember her dead sister's memory.  Without sounding like an awful person, I have never played D&D nor have I ever intended to and this show did not sound up my alley.  

It threw me off guard though.  It was surprisingly heartfelt and hilarious all at once.  It was definitely nerdy, I am not even going to try and deny this, but it had all the makings of a universally relatable story.  There was the struggle for acceptance, the struggle of moving on, and the struggle of being lost in a seemingly overwhelming world.  All of life's best struggles, amiright? Overall, I loved it and I am glad that class dragged my butt over to that theater.  

Procrastination Pains

DO NOT PROCRASTINATE!
Plain and simple; easy as can be.  Yet, I somehow still never take my own advice.  I had two essays due this week, along with an exam in the near future, and all the quizzes and writing assignments that comes with along with that.
I'm just gonna use writers block as an excuse though.  It really is completely valid.  You try writing an essay based purely off the prompt, "Harlem is to New York as Luke Cage is to superheroes".  It is harder that it looks and quite frankly, I still am not sure I know what I rambled on about in the essay.  As you can probably tell from these blogs, I enjoy long sentences.  So I would imagine that my professor is gonna run out of mental breath trying to read it. The other essay was a research one for my gender studies class.  Open prompt, no guidelines.  You sort out the rest.

As I am writing this, I am procrastinating studying for the exam mentioned above.  If anybody wants to help me understand neurotransmitters, I'm ready.  Until then, at least my procrastination is somewhat productive.

Back Home Again 

Last but not least, I went home this weekend.  Again.  I went home the first two weekends of October.  Classic freshman move, I know.  I can't help it though, my brother (who also goes to Pitt) was already going home and I missed my dog and more importantly, my cat.  Sorry Humphrey, Momo just appreciates me more.  Humphrey and Momo will be mentioned many more times on this blog, I am sure.  As for Leo, my other cat, I rarely see him, so odds are, you will rarely hear of him.
Anyways, I went home Friday night and just left again this morning, Monday the 15th.  Throughout my time there, I spent some quality time with family and myself.

Erie has some beautiful fall nature, that cannot truly be appreciated until you're stuck in a concrete jungle for a month and a half.  I admired such beauty while sitting in the rain and watching my little sisters soccer game.  She scored a goal off of a 70 yard run from defense so that was pretty cool.  Per usual, my family was the loudest in attendance.  We have a hobby of being the loudest in any given room. 

Sunday was the real fun day.  Somehow, my dad interpreted my request for a family outing as going hiking.  Not my cup of tea per say, but enjoyable nonetheless.  So we got up bright and early, 10 am, and left for a local gorge.  The leaves were not quite colorful yet, but the brisk air made it worth it.  There is always something so refreshing about a morning walk.

Later on that evening we carved pumpkins, and I was once again reminded how awful I am at it.  My flower ended up looking a little bit more like that sun in Tangled.  So. . . maybe not a complete failure?  I also realized I was wearing the same shirt I wore to make gingerbread houses last winter.  My grey turtleneck is now my holiday shirt.  Expect more pics with me wearing it.

Overall, this was a solid week.  It was stressful sure, but at the end, it was all worth it.  I am only just under 2 months into this whole college thing, but I am already getting a slap in the face.  The real world hits you hard, but with family, friends, and determination, I think I will be okay.

That was such a Disney Channel ending haha but for real, I got this.