Leaves

Yesterday, I was walking down the long stairs by the Richard's building to go to work. At the bottom of the stairs there is a huge, HUGE tree with big yellow leaves on it. When I was walking down the stairs the wind started to blow and a whole bunch of leaves started blowing off the tree. It was so crazy! It looked like it was snowing. I just kept walking and staring at the leaves ahead of me, so I didn't realize that I was in the middle of the leaf storm. The leaves started smacking me in the head and face, really hard and I felt dumb. It was really funny though.

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(Yeah, there's not a lot going on with me at the moment. Stay tuned for more exciting episodes.)

School

I love my major, but it has poisoned me. I am in a social and personality development class that has ruined the way I look at people. I can't watch little kids play without analyzing what TYPE of play it is. I can't talk to an adolescent without wondering if they play to an "imaginary audience" or whether they are acting out their own "personal fable." You can usually tell by the way they act, which one it is. I love watching movies like Stepmom, Mean Girls, and Antwone Fisher because they deal with the things that I am learning about in all of my classes.

I love my classes and I am almost finished. I could graduate in August (yippie!) But lately, I have had this great idea that I should take on a double major. What do you think? I would pick up a major in Home and Family Living (the cooking, sewing, interior design major), and I could probably graduate by December 2008. Am I crazy or should I go for it while I still can?

My new favorite TV Show

Zak and I have started watching a show called Kid Nation. I LOVE IT. They took 40 kids to an abandoned mining town in New Mexico and let them organize themselves. they are given challenges to complete to earn money and social status. I love watching them figure things out and how they work together, and how they deal with problems that arise. Last night's challenge was how they would handle religion in their city. Some of the kids were surprisingly religious and brought up a lot of good points when they were trying to organize a religious meeting that would please everyone.

some child psychologists argue that this isn't good for the kids and that it breaks child labor laws because the kids have to do work, like clean the toilets and cook their own food, to keep the town running. I think it is super interesting to watch though. Sorry, this isn't the best pictue, but it is of Bonanza City, where the kids live. Its on CBS on Wednesdays at 7.