244th Day of the Year

Hey Everyone,

The first week of class is done and if that’s any indication of how this semester is going to go it’s going to be a very busy year. I’m taking 20 credits; I’m a CDA in LeFevre and have two jobs. This weekend I pretty much passed out and slept as much as I could.

I’m taking a lot of Geology classes this semester and with Geology classes that means a lot of fieldwork. I’m excited about that because I basically get to have class outside a lot while other people are in a classroom. It’s a great time and I’m sure I’ll have a lot of pictures of that.

In other news, I’m obsessed with the West Wing now. Over the summer I was working and one of my fellow co-workers was talking about the show.  I kind of gave him a hard time about it saying that no one our age watches it and it can’t be that exciting being that it’s about the White House staff. However he invoked the whole you can’t mock it till you watch it rule. So I decided I would give it a try. I watched the first episode and I was hooked. The show is brilliantly written and entertaining. Who knew a show about politics could be so good.

I’ll stay on this little TV rant that I’m going on and talk about my favorite show of all-time. Smallville, I know most of you are jumping to conculsions already but it really is a great show. They took the character of Superman (Greatest Superhero in my opinion) and gave us a whole new look on the character. You get to see the more “human” side of Kal-El and watch as he is developing his powers. I just recently bought the 8th season and watching it to prep myself for season 9. For all the haters of Smallville out there its going into 9th season and they are signed for a 10th, so for a show that no one likes it’s doing pretty well.

I’ll jump to movies now. Next week the movie 9 opens and who would have guessed the release date is 9/9/09.  The movie is about robots taking over the human race and our society. This scientist in the last hours of the human race gave life to these 9 rag dolls and it’s their job to save the world.


Tim Burton directed it and it has a lot of big names in it. Check it out.

I have a few entertaining weekends ahead of me. This weekend I’m going to the Bronx Zoo and then next weekend one of my best friends from home is coming up and we’re going down to watch the Yankees play in their new stadium. I’m hoping that I get some good pictures and I can share them with you all in my next couple blogs.  As for now that’s it for this blog!


MLB Standings


Principal: Mr. Madison, what you’ve just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.
Billy Madison: Okay, a simple “wrong” would’ve done just fine.

my last first week!

Although I have been back for a while (and was here all summer!), this was the first full week of classes, students, and real New Paltz-y goodness! It was mighty lonely without everyone here and boring without classes and activities to consume my life, so I must say, I am happy for everything to be starting up again!

I started this week off with a day off! Somehow, I managed to have a schedule without Monday classes! (How nice for my senior year, right?) So, my friends, Erin and Jessie, and I had a nice girls’ day out! Then, my REAL first day of classes started. I was pleasantly surprised to find that all of my classes are really interesting! All of my professors are really passionate about the material, interesting to listen to, and very motivating! Although I am a little less excited to read and write papers, I am really looking forward to my classes. And what am I taking, you may ask? Public Speaking (with NPBlogger Katie! Hey heyyyyy!), History of Modern Design, Developing Adolescent, and Alternative Epistemologies! Woohoo!

Also this past week, my RA staff started off what we call “40 Days and 40 Nights.” Basically, we put on programs every day and/or night for the first forty days students are here! This week, we had an Ice Cream Social, a Speed Friending program (much like Speed Dating, except without the whole dating part), RA Hot Seat (where residents can ask us any questions), and my personal favorite…Shaving Cream Pictionary! This is a program that was created by Chris “Thursty-Thurst” Thurston, an RA in Gage Hall! It is played just like Pictionary, where you must draw out a word for your team and they must guess it, except it’s played in shaving cream! Here are some pictures and videos from the night!

team stony point day campTeam Stony Point Day Camp! Meg, RA Aruna, Dean, Laci, and Adrienne! They were awesome at guessing…I don’t know how they did it!

Can YOU guess what this is?

…and see if you can get this one!

Unfortunately, Shaving Cream Pictionary got very messy! Look at what happened to me and RA Aruna!

me with shaving cream

aruna with shaving cream

Andddd tonight, (you all must think I never leave my residence hall…I swear I do! I just have so much Residence Life and Scudder loveeeeee!) we had FONDUE NIGHT!!! We set up fruit and pretzels and cookies for residents to dip in chocolate and it was a HUGE success!

Look at that lounge full of people!

Following that, we had our Hall Government elections. Every hall has their own hall government, which is made up of positions like President, Vice President, etc. They work together to put on exciting and interesting programs, act as liaisons for residents, and just generally do really awesome things for the hall. It’s an amazing leadership opportunity and a great way to meet people, and I am really looking forward to seeing what our newly elected executive board has in store for Scudder this year! Shout-out and CONGRATULATIONS!!! to Dean, Kelsey, Jenny, Cindy, Danielle, Pam, Greg, and Rebecca!

That’s it for now! Oh, but before I go! I know my parents have been anxiously waiting a new post so…HI MOM AND DAD!!! <3

:) Christina

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