More About Marshall.

I logged on a month ago to give an update, wrote like 5 pages and saved it to drafts. Then dummy me spent the next month trying to figure out how to get to my drafts... Lol. I finally figured it out but decided against posting it since most of the stuff written is irrelevant now.
I hate that it's been so long since I've blogged. This is a huge stress reliever and I miss it! And trust me, the stress is on right now. Not terribly, but enough to get under my skin I guess :/ So here's what you've missed.
I started at Marshall at the end of August and have completely fallen in love with it. Everything about Marshall is amazing. The people, the area, the cityness, my dorm and roommate, even the professors. I love how big it is and how virtually no one from my high school goes here (like three people-but I only talk to one of them.) The classes are challenging but I feel that they are preparing me! I even met someone special, but that's a different story ;) I could go on and on about how much I love my life at Marshall. But then, I got a bomb dropped on me.
Apparently now we can't afford Marshall, and I have to move. Isn't that just wonderful.
In the spring I am moving to Shawnee State University and leaving everything at Marshall behind, including my friends, BESTFRIEND/BOYFRIEND, and most of my credits x_x. The only credit that transfers is my Psychology, which means I will have to re-take Math, Chemistry and Anatomy. And I took random useless classes like UNI 100 and this new one I just started which is totally dumb. Goshhhhh. Also, most of my high school class goes to Shawnee. This sounds nice but I went to Marshall so it wouldn't feel like high school anymore! I don't want to know people in my classes, I want to make new friends and start over. I've loved the feeling here at Marshall but I guess its back to the old stuff meow :/
So the credit issue sucks but its not even my biggest concern about transferring. Shawnee is around 40 mins from my grandma's house (where I would stay,) and this is going to sound dumb and minuscule but I very much dislike driving! I've looked at living on campus but it is too expensive, I even looked into sharing an apartment with a friend or even moving in with another friend, but nothing worked out. Now my only option is to either drive the whole distance every day or get an apartment on my own with my refund (extra loans) :/ I hope something decent and inexpensive comes up. That's my only hope of not ripping my hair out from the stress of driving every day :( [Side note: I am an extremely timid driver and cannot stand traffic. This is why I stress. Lol.]
Well, wish me luck in my hunt for an apartment, and pray that my soon-to-be long distance relationships last with my boyfriend and friends. I'm about to write a new non-rant post so I'll be back in 2.2!

Oh Yeah!
Listening to: How to Love - Lil Wayne
Before blogging I was: Napping. Boring, I know. Lol

First day!

Ok it's not the first day but I will talk about it. I moved into Marshall last Wednesday and it's prettyy amazing. I started classes on Monday. I was super nervous at first and sat by random people the first two days. I was nervous not only because my classes are ridiculously hard but I hadn't made any friends! Acquaintances maybe, but no one I would seek out and sit with the next day. This changed yesterday! I made a friend, Ashley, and met her friends. They are all really nice and not weird. Lol now I have someone to walk to class with, eat lunch with and even work out with! Super happy. And a plus is she's a nursing major too so we can study and we have a lot of the same classes. Gah. I've prayed about this for weeks, that I wouldn't be a loner.. Online on reviews about Marshall it says people um, kind of group with their friends from high school and it's hard to get a group of friends. I was nervous but now I'm super happy with college! Minus the hard class part but whatever.

On another note, on posts I will now start posting what I'm listening to and what I'm doing at the time.
Listening to: Ghosts n Stuff by Deadmau5.
Before blogging I was: Studying Anatomy and working on my Anatomy lab workbook.

Murshal

First day of actual class like things was a success for the most part. I was only alone for a little bit until I met some people and then found some people I knew. Monday the real fun starts.. I'll post more tomorrow maybe? Idkk.

Friends without Benefits..

So much has happened in the past couple of weeks. I didn't write because a lot of it is about stuff I just cannot talk about on here. Some stuff is good, but a lot of it is just sucky. Lol. Umm, I'll start with my friends.. two of my best friends started dating which made it very awkward for me. I've been trying to keep them both as friends but it became apparent that I could really only be friends with one. Or one at a time lol. Things get very complicated when it comes to us.. I'll just leave it at that. Another thing that has made my life complicated is Marshall University. I got a statement saying I didn't owe anything to them because of my scholarships and grants and loans. I called Marshall to see how much I would be getting back as a refund with my loans and well...let's just say it's a good thing I called. I owed over a thousand dollars, and it had to be paid by the due date three days later. MAJOR FREAK OUT on my end. I cried a lot..it was bad! I thought I wouldn't be able to go to college. A thousand dollars in my family is like..well a lot of money. I wish it wasn't like that but it is. The good news is that my super awesome grandmother is helping me get there and giving me money to live off of!! I am soo grateful. The good lord is taking care of me! Lol :)))) Eh, I'll be back to write in a few days, probably on move in day, Wednesday.

:KJdshfkjf

Screw guys. I never want to see another male ever...Not a single one.

I am so fed up with the way I've been treated lately. I truly deserve better, I know it.

Becoming a Nun -.-

Colorguard!!!!!

YIPPEEE!
That was dumb. I'm sorry. Lol. But I am super excited. I just got hired by the GHS band to work with the color guard for this marching band season! It's like, a dream. I love colorguard..I've been obsessed with everything colorguard for the last three years. It is a HUGE part of my life. I may not be that great at it compared to drum corps but I have the heart and I think that's all that matters :) My official job is to be their instructor: to teach them flag and rifle and to learn the choreography and teach them that too. I also make sure they are on task and get the most out of their day. I wasn't told all of this but that's about the gist of it. I get to pick out the flags and work with the uniforms and prettymuch control all things colorguard (very scary thought). Ah, but this also means that the success of the colorguard rests on my shoulders. If we don't look good it will be on me. If the flag colors don't match the music it will be on me. If the uniforms aren't perfect..well, just about everyone is helping with them so it won't all be on me. Lol. If we don't do good at competitions, which is my biggest fear, it will be MY fault for not working hard enough and not being good at being an instructor! This is a huge responsibility that I CAN'T slack off with. Not that I like, ever slack off when it comes to colorguard, but still.
In the back of my mind, I can't help but think that I have other things to teach too. Here are my thoughts..if I work really hard and put my all into this (with learning and creating the work) and make sure we are always working hard and being productive and we succeed (which I was planning on, I just want to rant about it,) it will do a lot for these girls. Like, hopefully it will show them that if you have the drive to do it and you work hard you can succeed at anything. That is an amazing feeling that I was lucky enough to experience throughout my high school band years! But if we talk and goof off, which they wouldn't do even if I wanted to haha (last year we worked our butts off and I think it gave them this drive to work hard,) I feel like it will be instilling bad habits and values into them. I am being watched. Lol. So, it is a huge responsibility that I hope I won't regret taking!!

Some of the girls learning rifle

Ben and Bugs.

Shoes: Check!
Khaki Pants: Check!
Shake Shoppe Shirt: Check!
Red Blistering Hives All Over Body: Wait...what? CHECK!

This is insane. Ok, last night my father came into town (technically CDP or Census Designated Place, as our "town" is 2.4 square miles..lol) to drop off my brother who had been living with him for the summer. We went hiking in the woods to spend some quality country time together and we all came back with bites all over our bodies! Dad said they were chiggers since there weren't many mosquitoes, and that's just gross. I have them all over my neck, three on my face (which aren't noticeable thank heavens,) and some on my hands, arms and legs. How they got to my neck I'll never know, but it's bad!!
The worst part about it? I have to go to work in 45 minutes!! I look like I have some kind of disease! I went in to work earlier to ask what I should do and they said to come in anyway, but I'm a little worried about what people will think. I mean, when people come to order food, they don't want to be waited on by someone with band-aids and what look like sores all over them.. At least I wouldn't lol! Oh well.. there's nothing I can do. I need to work as much as they need me to work. =/

So, that's part of what's on my mind. The other part is my bubby. My [not so "baby"] bruver. I am so super glad he is home, as I've told him 5 bazillion times lol. You never realize how much you miss them until they've left for a month! I know people say that a lot. But it's so totally true, even for siblings. And especially for my brother, as he's one of my best friends! Aaand, I need to go put band-aids on before my friend picks me up for work so I'll write more tonight.

Ok back. Anyway. My brother really is one of my best friends. We understand each other in a really cool way, and it makes for some awesomely deep conversations and a lot of shared interests! A little about Ben.. He's 15, super intelligent, very mature for his age, and has a great sense of humor. He plays the saxophone in band and although he thinks he's no good at it, he is truly very musically inclined, even if not on an instrument. He has an ear for music and could probably compose music just like he draws and writes stories, which is pretty cool and something I envy. One thing that I think is so awesome that I HAVE to tell you about is Ben's computer abilities. Ben, is a computer GENIUS in my eyes. No normal 15 year old can do the stuff he does on a computer. Ok, some can apparently but very few and none I've ever met. He spends countless hours in front of the thing (like right now) writing in weird like computery language to do just about anything- including modding and making video games. He has been working on a game based off of the game Terraria, where you have a randomly generated world and tools to work with and you have to survive monsters and stuff. It's pretty cool but he doesn't have it finished. I'll post a pictures when I can. When you make a game, you have to start from the beginning--gravity and how it looks and how fast things go and how the arms move on a character and how the lighting works and absolutely everything has to be thought out and the computer has to be taught how to do it. Idk, it confuses me a lot. He also mods games like Minecraft which is pretty cool. Modding, or Modifying, is just messing with the inner workings of the game to change the game to your likings..in case you didn't know :) He also knows a lot about the insides of computers, enough that we trusted him to rip our family computer open to add a new graphics card. Which doesn't sound hard but it looked really crazy in there! He knows a lot about operating systems and can do a lot to computers to make them faster, and I bet he could go into computer repair if he wanted to to get rid of viruses and such. Ok, I'm sleepy so that's enough about my best friend for now. I know, blah blah, computer blah, I just think it's really interesting. Goodnight, Ciao :)

Update

I will not be posting in the next couple of days for I am working. A lot. And all I want to do on my time off is play minecraft and eat a lot and sleep. Lol adios :)

A letter to...

iTunes

Y U B so confusing? I'm trying to get album info so I can have album artwork on iTunes! I've been at it for about 5 hours now. I think I messed it up when I first put songs on my computer from my iPod, I copied them to the wrong place..Now I'm totally lost. Been trying to move files without having to replace every single song on iTunes. Using a program called SharePod to take music from my iPhone to put under "iTunes Media" folder. Working well, but now I have to move the default file location on iTunes, without having every song say "Cannot find file location" or something of the sort. Soo lost. Also tried Rinse and TuneUp to find artwork but they're both free trials and are $40 to buy. (Rinse still worked great and if I had the money to spend on stuff like that I would totally buy it)

Edit: SharePod is amazing!! Still had to delete library and import every song individually but everything works perfectly now!!  :{>

Grass

Cutting grass tonight. I haven't done it in over two months. I'm such a wimp when it comes to cutting grass.. I've got allergies that stir up so I'm out there with tissues and such, and I happen to be scared of loud machines that can possible chop my foot off so I have to be like super careful. Also, it's like 98 degrees outside!! I recently met someone who actually liked cutting grass. I don't see how. You go back and forth and back and forth for like an hour and a half on my yard, and my yard isn't even that big! Maybe if you had some really awesome music to get pumped up to. Which I do, hehe. Idk, I'll let you know how it goes when I get around to doing it.

[It was terrible. But I survived.]

Bargain Shopping!

Ohhh Yeahhhhh. Lol! Isn't it gorgeous? And look at all the pocketsss :D! Perfect for my organizing fits!! And it's that really soft leather!! It's a beautiful dark green too...ahh I just love it! Lol.  

So guess how much this baby was originally? 

$60. Not too bad for a nice purse, but wayyyy too high for my shake shoppe budget. I usually pay around $20 for one. Along with coupons and a discount at the register, I got this gorgeous thing for $15. 

Bargains=L.O.V.E.

Hehe :)

Total Work Rant.

The Ironton Shake Shoppe. AKA my job! :)
I love this place. Well, I mean who loves their job.. but I used to work at McDonalds and compared to that this place is so chill! Don't get me wrong, there are rules and you are expected to work hard, but the stress level is nowhere near Micky-D's! The only thing I don't like about this job is the fact that I am just terrible at it. Lol! Seriously. I'm getting better but like, I tend to forget things easily.. and at this place that can't happen lol! I know people look at me like I'm a nutcase..but it's like, my mind likes to think of everything at once, not just the order I'm on. I'll be going to get an ice cream cone cause I heard someone at the window order one, then realize the order I have in my hand has something completely different xP I guess it's not funny, it's quite sad actually, but like I said, I'm getting better!!

The reason I'm writing about the Shake Shoppe is this week I'm working four days in a row which never happens. Lol this would be awesome if it weren't SUNNY, WARM and a HOLIDAY WEEKEND!! Ohh and it's also the first of the month, and in the community I live in that's like a holiday in itself!!
I just got off work today (4-9:30) and it was sooo super busy. There were terrible wait times for the customers which I hate cause they get mean easier..lol. Yeah, everyone was aggravated and hot, it was just not fun! I hope the next two days aren't like today [Note: They were,] I came home covered in shake from head to toe. Literally, I had ice cream all over my shoes haha :) But it's all good, it's money! Well technically it's a phone payment lol, but, you gotta do what you gotta do, right?
This is a boring post, I know, but it can also double as advertisement..teehee. Come to the Ironton Shake Shoppe! Our food (especially ice cream and hot fudge cakes) are amazing!! (Except the burgers, they're thin. Get a quarter pounder. Lol.) But yeah..haha. On to the next post! :]

Marshall, Dedwards and such..

((Wrote this last night but blogger was down.))


So many things are spinning through my head right now.

First off, this summer I got invited to come back and work with our marching band as staff..Until the news broke that our band director/mentor/friend was moving to our rival school :( He held a meeting today with parents and the kids to explain why he was leaving and to say goodbye, and it was one of the saddest things I have ever experienced. Almost everyone in the room cried. Even the boys, and the parents. Especially all of the 8th grade girls...they were heartbroken...
I don't really know what to say now. He gave a speech, we all cried some more. He had great reasons for leaving, so there is no like, hatred or anything...Gah. I just wish it was back to normal.. He is one of the smartest people I have ever met. He was my mentor..I went to him with huge issues that I was having and he helped every time. Alright, I have to stop talking about it or I'll start crying again. It's mostly watching people cry though, like my colorguard family, that killed lol. Next topic! Makemestop!

I'm just going to preface this one by saying..I am poor folk. Lol. And, when I applied to Marshall University, I don't know where my head was. Found out about an hour ago that all summer I have been reading the financial aid screen wrong...Instead of getting 13k per semester, 13k is the total for the year in financial aid that I can get. (Cost of attendance is 22k.) Like many people, my single mother did not set up any college fund for me, so I absolutely cannot cover the rest without taking out private loans, which I refuse to do!! Like my use of commas? Lol.
Ok, so what do I do now? I think that I am going to apply to Shawnee. Shawnee. Not a bad school! Closer to home, still in the middle of nowhere.. But there's a small problem. The Nursing program is filled and they're not accepting applications until next year. Oh noez! So, I think I will have to waste another like freakin buttload of money to go undecided for a year, then join their program (associates, not bachelors, which is crap) next year. Wahhh :( Maybe I'm just being a baby but this is my future we're talking about! I'm getting flustered so, I will be back with hopefully a more cheerful update soon. Where's my Tylenol?

Editors Note:  Talked to Marshall, getting more Fin Aid :) Gotta love it!

Go Herd! Haha :)

"To Fulfill Your Destiny!"

Alright, writing time again! Woo!
Tonight I'm going to Heather's house. This is not a new thing for me. My small group of best friends and I have been going to Heather's house at least twice a month for years now! We call it a "Heather's Night". "Are we having a heather's night tonight?" Lol. Ah, I love it.. So, one of the very first Heather's Nights ever, we started the tradition of making skits! Thats right, old fashioned video recorded, scripted (sorta) skits. Our very first skit turned out just awesome. We were in a dance-scene-club thing, and a love story went down, and *someone* becomes a killer and starts killing off the girl's friends one by one. Pretty gruesome huh? Gruesomeawesomeness! Lol.. but since then, we've made a few different skits, some completed while some not, (it depended on how tired we were.) I think one was about Lady Gaga warriors, our most recent unfinished one was about some more killers at night (but it was good hehe) and then there was this one, about finding a talisman, or medallion, whatever. This is just a blooper, but the only thing we have online :D

MCRmy

Can't believe I'm just finding this video!! Favorite band since 6th grade! Their songs get weird, but I will never stop loving them for being themselves. Especially when you throw in that genius of a man Gerard Way♥ I know every band member, and each of their life stories. Yeah, they're another obsession. Lol. I have listened to their songs on repeat so many times. I know every word to every song on their last two albums. I'm not the biggest fan of the "story" they created for the most recent one, but I like the music for the most part. Favorite songs have to include:
Cancer ♥
I'm Not Okay
Disenchanted
Famous Last Words
I Don't Love You
Helena
The Ghost of You


MCRmy for Life! Haha :)









Another video I just absolutely LOVE

MINECRAFT POST--WILL BE LONG :D

Minecraft. MINECRAFT. I could never explain the addictive ability of this game. Countless hours were spent in a randomly generated world full of blocks, creating anything I could dream up!! I did not make this, but thought I would share it XD The things you can do...

My brother got me addicted to this game a few months back while I was still in school. I would sit in class and just think up things to make! The point of the game is kinda complicated. You're this character, and some like to imagine you are lost in the wilderness (cause there're trees n such.) You have to start out by running to find trees, gathering supplies, making tools, and then you have to hurry and mine for things to make a shelter out of. Why, you ask? Because of creatures like these! Haha!





There are zombies and walking skeletons with bow n arrows, and spiders and these seriously scary things called Creepers.



Ok that's not really in game but for the minecrafters, I would seriously doodie in my pants if I saw this in my backyard, wouldn't you? LOL

But yeah. You can build amazing things in minecraft, it's all about creativity. There's even multiplayer, which is what I play on with my friends Jeffrey and Jillian! And sometimes my brother and his friend, when when they feel up to it ;)

Minecraft is the best game I've ever played, hands-down. If you haven't played it, well I would say go make an account but you have to buy the game first.. for around $20 :/ I don't know why there is no trial or anything. Trust me when I say, this game is worth every penny. Been playing almost everyday since I got it! Which was like five months ago? Anyway. Oh. It's also coming out for xbox. In like December. I will prob get an xbox just to play it :P Ok, I'm getting too excited, I want to go play! Adios :)

Adam Levine! At his best folks =]

Ahh. Maroon 5 =] One of my favorite bands. Not at obsession level but I just love their sound! My mom and I have many conversations about them, probably because they're one of the only bands we both like. (My mom's into the oldies, and while I like my share of the classics, I'm more of an alternative kind of gal)(Which really I like all kinds of music but we won't go there cause I'll start ranting again! Haha) I'm in love with Adam Levine's voice, among other things, and this song just throws it out there! The video is just hilarious too. Like someone said in the comments "She's a female chuck norris!" Alright, to the video!

Twistah!

Tornado Warning for Scioto County! Ewieeee

So, I found out through facebook that we had a warning. The first person I go a-lookin for? My Mamaw of course! She was on her evening walk, which made me worry a bit. My mamaw, you see, is not the kind of person to run home when she sees some thunderclouds. Noobuddy. She will trump right through rain and hail and well, yeah, probably a tornado. So's I must go save her! 

Long story short (cause it really isn't a story..lol): Call mom, look out window, call mom again, freak out a bit, run outside, only to find her sitting on the backporch :) Got tired and came in early. Love you Mamaw!!

On the flipside. We'll it's not really flipped, but we'll go with it. Here's my randomness coming out.. :P

Torrnados. Hehe. Lovely creatures ain't they? Ah, Hagrid, RIP.. Lol but anyway. Seriously. I fear tornadoes ripping my house to shreds as much as the next guy.. but at the same time, they're so just darn gorgeous aren't they? I would almost venture far enough to call them intelligent.. not in the literal sense but you know.
When I was little I was traumatized by a couple of tornado scares in the area. I grew up in Dayton, next to Xenia OH (AKA Tornado-Land.) My mom would freak out, and consequently, I would too! I would shake like a leaf and sob for hours :/ I used to not be able to watch tornados in videos, I was so scared. I was even scared of the drain tornado in the bathtub (still am, to be honest.) Since then though, through research I fell in love with them and for awhile wanted to be a storm chaser! :)

Here's one of the videos I could watch on YR for hours. Magnificentt:)

First Post! :D

I've never been a writer. I can think things in my head, but putting them down on paper? I'm terrible at it! So, these literally will be my ramblings haha :) I want to post pictures, videos, songs, and a random rant here or there, just make this an outlet for my dorkiness. I would just use facebook but I get kinda annoyed with people who post too much info. So, here goes!

I'm Olivia. I just graduated from a tiny little school with a class of around 40. It's summer, and I'm working at an ice cream shop. Headed to Marshall University in the fall, and I'm a little worried cause I won't know a single person! Have a brother, mother, mamaw and dad who I love and will talk about a lot. Also a close group of friends who are a little crazy but are my everything :) Yes my world is small, but my mind is endless! =) You'll be seeing a ton of probably "out there" topics, and if one bores you, just ahem, don't read it. This is my journal for everything going on in my life. I wanna go ahead and get started so that should be enough for now :] Happy reading!!