BECAUSE I THINK IT MIGHT BE MINE.
alright, so the first thing on my to-do list on this blog is to change this font (DID THAT 🙂 ), because one thing i really hate doing is using an embellishing font to make myself look more intelligent or like i know what i’m doing, because i don’t, and i try not to look more intelligent than i am. i don’t like t’s that curve on the bottom or anything of the sort because those t’s are pose(u)rs. i also dread the thought of capitalizing anything. except for the word God, when referring to Him. it’s not that i’m trying to give Him any special treatment or anything, it’s just that growing up reading it that way set it in my eyes to look correct only when written with a capitalized G. sorry if you guys don’t agree with me. now that we’ve got that out of the way, let’s check out the very first journal assignment!
also, i’m gonna be using strikethrough to cross out things i write then deem redundant and unnecessary, like idioms and stuff. i’m trying to recognize which parts of speech (for myself) are useful and which parts are not.
“Help us get to know you. Describe experiences that have shaped who you are. How
have they defined your values and your beliefs? What are your expectations as a college student? What are your hopes and concerns for your first semester? [250 words]”
gee, i’m not sure if i can do that… 250 words is quite a small cage to fit in.
well, here goes!
i was raised protestant, but then i realized that humans might not be the last or the greatest race to exist, so i’m not too keen on that whole ‘we have been chosen by God’ nonsense. but i do suppose it’s given me a preference to doing good to others. it’s not that i want to affirm my salvation, because if life is the way christians say it is, then i’m definitely going to hell. but if i am, then it’s all the way for sure. i’m not gonna sissy out and change teams on my deathbed, namsayin’? but i do like helping people just to see that smile on that beautiful face that God may or may not have created, which in turn brightens other peoples’ days. i’m not hating on religion though. it allows people to unlock their greatest potentials; it’s just when they’re rubbing it in my face, especially when i’d been skeptic of their purposes in the first place, i realize i want to sympathize with them less, which brings me to another value i hold dear. to put it simply, if i have a habit or hobby, in all cases the thing i have to watch out for is that my habits and hobbies do not become a liability for other people, especially regarding hazardous habits, such as tobacco/alcohol/drug intake, or just annoying hobbies like playing music really loud. i don’t enjoy being a menace to my friends’ fun or health, so i take a cigarette at a safe distance where my immensely toxic secondhand smoke will not reach them. now, as for my expectations (i have no room for more words), i would like to pass with a 3.5 gpa and travel and enjoy college life and good food and good tobacco. the end! 🙂