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{October 15, 2019}

Wooooo! happy halfway point!!

I’m working my behind off on my midterms because (taha I hate myself) ~’tis the season~. 

I have a ton of stuff on my plate and I’m also working on getting myself back into shape by eating as clean as I can and hitting the gym 6x a week. Hoping to see some results soon yay!

From now until day 100, I’m going to try to post every day :)

Also, here is the very pretty lobby of one of my lecture halls. 

{October 8, 2019}

What's up everyone, 

Today I’m ~stressed af~. I have a ten-page paper due tomorrow at midnight. I’ll admit, I’m proud of myself for starting it, but here’s the issue: I have a meeting to go over the paper tomorrow morning at 10:30. I have classes all morning so I can’t work on it then and my friend’s birthday is today so I gotta show out and decorate her dorm :)

But yes. The procrastination is so real.

I’m just gonna rip it off like a band-aid. Bang her out tonight. Goodbye stress. Hello, 4.0! (Hey that rhymed). As of right now, I’m going over a powerpoint from today’s Earthquakes & Volcanoes lecture. 

Also peculiar flex but I’m actually at my desk tonight! With my new succulent! Yay! 

Have a productive day!

{October 4, 2019}

Hi guys!

This morning was so stressful, not gonna lie. I had a speech for my 8am class (the public speaking one) and it stressed me out to no end, as I literally finished it up minutes before. So much for time management lol. But I’m trying!

Also, (not sure if I mentioned this or not but) my goal is to have a 3.9 by the end of the semester, as I am desperately trying to get into a different major. My lowest grade in a class is in my Volcanoes & Earthquakes class, so I went into office hours for my TA. We went over some stuff and I think I created a bond so that’s splendid. Hopefully, my grade goes up, but I need to S T U D Y. 

This week I also went to my class where we talk about books, and we went through that weird sexual book that was assigned. The discussion was as odd as you would think it would be.

So, here is the next book I’m reading! It is also a poetry collection, but I hope its better. This baby is due on the 16th of October. I’m working in my favorite library again :)

Have a splendid day/ week/ month/ year!

[October 3, 2019]

Hello all! I’m not dead! 

I got a nice little case of viral pharyngitis, and then I got super behind on work and blah blah blah you get the point.

Time to get back on that mf grind though taha *airhorn noise*

I read a very *interesting* poetry book with these weird, underlying sex themes running through. Its called Rocket Fantastic Poems, by Gabrielle Calvocoressi. Go give it a read. Here is a picture of *half* of it and my computer screen :)

Have a great rest of your week!

[September 12, 2019] 

Hey everyone!!

I’m going to start putting dates on things so I can keep track of when I post. Because believe me, it is a bitch and a half to retrace your steps in your messy af planner. 

Over the past few days, I grinded out a huge paper for one of my “major” classes that was really stressing me out for a while. Yes, it was the one that upperclassmen told me I could kinda rant about something and get an A. So, I did just that. The topic was “communication as language and symbols”, and the prompt gave us a lot of freedom with what we wanted to write about. 

So. Being the irritating ex I am, I decided to write about my ex-boyfriend’s shitty ways of communicating with me (or lack thereof...?). 

We’ll see how it goes. 

Also today I had the first exam of my college career! It was in my earth sciences class, and I calculated that the absolute worst I could do was 87.5%. Not too shabby, Cole. 

Since that essay I mentioned earlier is not the most aesthetic thing here are some shots of my school during golden hour yesterday, as well as a freakin cool pathway outside of the beautiful library. :0

Hey again all!

Sorry for the delay in posting. Not going to lie, this week sucked and I had zero motivation for anything school-related. I tried out for sports (and made it!), went to a concert, deep cleaned my entire dorm (you would be surprised what gets dirty in a little under three weeks), went out with my teammates, and had some nice, quiet time alone in bed with a cup of my favorite Trader Joe’s tea. I microwave my tea because I’m lazy and I don’t have a stove lol BUT it makes the room smell sooooo good. Its really cinnamon heavy and it smells like fall. 

In other news, I live in a part of the United States that is known to get tons of snow (its lake effect for all of my fellow meteorology nerds out there:)) and things are starting to get chilly. 

Sweater weather. Oh, how I’ve missed you. 

Anyway here are some notes I took today for an article I have to read by tomorrow. I’m around halfway done. 

Hi everyone! 

I’ve been super busy the past few days cranking out work for my classes, so it has been a tad bit hard to find time to write here (& in my own journal). Lately, I’ve been slowly chipping away at a paper for my class going towards my major (OK, apparently I can just rant about issues that relate to the textbook and earn an A? Stay tuned for that one.), and crossing other small assignments off my list. Slow and steady wins the race people!

Also, I found a very pretty library (First pic). More pictures to come. (I just feel weird going up into the stands alone because I’m new in this college). But in the meantime, here is an almost-as-pretty hall I was stranded in for five hours yesterday for two classes, and some notes I took for my Earth science class. 

Have a good, productive day everyone!

Hi all!! It me lol. Happy Labor Day!

I am at my favorite library on campus and grinding out some work, and I have sports tryouts later tonight so I have that looming over my head. I'm nervous but the team I'm shooting for is apparently super chill so I think I am in the clear! Yay!

Today I finished off my Volcanoes and Earthquakes notes and went over the flashcards I made for them, and then I read Christine Kitano’s Sky Country for my ENG 107 class/ wrote a response paper for it. It was a good book (it is poetry), but it really reminds me of Milk & Honey. Like, a lot. 

I also submitted some questions for a panel of prior students who are coming into a class of mine next week, we love a solid “gimme credit” moment. 

Anyway, here are my notes on a reading for one of my classes towards my major!

Sorry for the delay in posting y’all, I got wrapped up in college stuff this weekend. I’ve been parking myself in libraries on the campus and just grinding out work constantly. I made these super cute notes for my volcanoes & earthquakes class though!

Here are some pics. Sorry, this post was kinda short lol. My life is a bit of a mess. 

Hi everyone! Hope you all had a good day:)

Over the past few days, I have been working my butt off towards my ultimate goal of getting into my new, more desired major next year. This, I had my “academic writing” course (its more fun than you think) and my professor is so cool and super personable. He is prolly my favorite professor. Very happy about that. I also think that this whole college thing made me WANT to write. Like. I’m actually so ready every day to sit here and write to both the internet, as well as for my classes. One of my communications professors said in lecture the other day that “writing helps you heal”. Upon hearing this, I kinda pushed it off as useless bullshit. Now, I definitely believe that it definitely has some legitimacy. 

My other class lecture that I attended today was “Volcanoes and Earthquakes”. I took almost the same course in my senior year of high school and loved it, and now I have all of the prior knowledge about the topics we will be learning about this year. As I said before, you're talking to a huge, HUGE procrastinator. Like push-things-to-the-last-possible-hour kind of procrastination. I now have the ~upper hand~ for the first time and it feels SO NICE. 

But yeah taha I absolutely adore the school I go to and here's to a great next four (and while I’m at it, a great next 97 days of this challenge)!

I know my notes today are not the prettiest ever, but it was a productive day for me, which matters more than the ~aesthetic~. They are my rough notes for a reading that is due tomorrow in my recitation. 

Much Love, 

Cole

Hiiiiii guys :) I just got done my Wednesday PACKED with classes yay!! I had all English classes (I’m only taking one non-english course lol; join me once again for next year’s edition of “is this sad or do I just like to write a lot?”) 

When I tell you today I grinded, I MF GRINDED. My first class started at 8:30 and I’m 99% sure that I walked into that room looking like a zombie. My next class was right after, then I went to the local cafeteria for a coffee (I was in need of an iced caramel macchiato, my white girl reserves were running dangerously low) & worked some more. If there is anything that I learned in college thus far, it is that you need to spend every second you possibly happen to scrape up studying or doing something (at least kinda) productive.

Got some time to call in your new AirPods case (because you have horrible luck and your old charging case melted this week?) Do it! A minute to write down your goals for the day? Dude, take advantage of that. Every bit helps!! (& yes, my AirPods case’s charging port ACTUALLY melted. I’m so sad I can’t listen to my podcasts on the way to class ugh. :(

I had some more class, and then I worked at a cafe. And when THAT one closed, I worked at the Starbucks down the street (a little less artsy, and a little more noisy, but still worth it). My new college friend took me to Chipotle after. 

I shall now die a happy woman. That was a damn good bowl. I miss it. 

Anyway I just finished some notes from my Earthquakes & Volcanoes lecture on Tuesday, here they are. 

Have a great day, wherever you are. 

Much Love, Cole

Hi all! Today is the second day of classes at University. I love all of my professors so far, and the classes are so fun to take. I’m shooting to get into another (harder) major, so my grades need to be nearly perfect to get in for next year. 

I currently take: 

- an Introductory writing course

- Public Advocacy

- Earth Studies: Volcanoes & Earthquakes (as you can guess, this is my elective lol, I love the study of the Earth)

- a creative writing course

- & a reading course 

Yesterday, one of my assignments was a paper due in mid September. I actually just started it & I’m so proud of myself for getting up off of my ass to get that stuff started. I come from a huge background of procrastinating & stressing at the last minute, so this is a huge HUGE step for me. :)

My classes were super light today, so I decided to park myself in the campus’ Starbucks and just chill here to do some work. A very nice man and his 11 year old daughter came in, and he said his older daughter was applying to the school I go to :,). Makes me really happy considering I was in her same shoes just this time last year☺️. 

Anyway, pictured is my notes on my Public Advocacy class. It was so intriguing. God I love that class. 

Have a good day everyone, stay ahead of the curve!

Love, Cole

Back in the game, I’m in college now! I didn’t get into my desired major for this year, but it’s my goal to get in for next year. Here’s the catch: I need a 3.9 GPA to get in. I loaded all of my classes to the easier side, but it’s still going to be a challenge. But I want it so badly it’s not even funny.

In other news, I moved in Monday, and I’m still getting settled in. Moving things into & onto my desk :) I’ll also do the 100 days of productivity challenge again, I need something to motivate myself.

You will hear from me soon, classes start Monday.

& maybe I can keep this running for a while? We shall find out.