Here's a picture of me in my bed. By the looks of it, I'm straight chillin'.

It's my second semester here at SUNY Oswego, and I can't tell if I'm loving it or hating it. It's like I'm in a weird limbo, and don't truly understand what the hell I'm doing. You know what though? That's okay. Just by looking at my schedule, you'd probably think that I'm in over my head for the semester.

Yup, I know. Yikes! In fact, this schedule is still missing a few things, like my group voice class (Wednesdays 4:00pm - 5:00pm) and my private voice lesson (Fridays 1:00 - 1:30). If you look closely at the bottom, there's a class there that doesn't meet, because I have to take it in order to live in the res hall that I'm in.

So, how the heck do I do it?! Truth is, I don't know. 9 classes is doing a heck of a job on me, but I don't think I'm in too deep...yet. See, I also auditioned for the school musical, Urinetown, and got cast as ensemble (WHICH I'M ACTUALLY REALLY EXCITED FOR WISH ME LUCK). Rehearsals are going to start soon, but they're from 6pm - 10pm. I'm just still wondering why I'm not as stressed as I would think I'd be.

My three gen-ed classes are U.S. History Since 1865, Japanese, and English. I thought I would dread them, but it's actually really great! My U.S. history professor has so much passion and says things like:
"ANYONE WHO SAYS THE CIVIL WAR WAS ABOUT SLAVERY IS FULL OF BULLSHIT!!!"
Fun guy, right? My Japanese class is actually quite easy, especially since I took Japanese in high school. It's been quite a breeze. Lastly, my English professor has hair longer than my own collarbone length hair, and has us read these deep narrative essays. These classes are looking like such easy A's.

I double major in Communication & Social Interaction and Music, so for a freshman I'm already drowning in coursework. And I already know someone's thinking, "Why did you major in music?". I went to a performing arts high school, and it's literally everything I've ever known and cared about. Being in two choruses is sometimes the highlight of my day, that is until the Soprano section starts sounding pitchy. As for com, my best friend thought it would be an amazing major for me, and she was right. I spend my days wondering why people say what they say, where they're coming from, and how these relationships impact their lives and my own. I enjoy it a lot, and I actually understand what's going on even if I fall asleep!

I've had chances to still be able to spend time with my friends, which surprises me since we all seem so busy. In fact, some of my "closer" friends are in the same classes as me this semester (yes Corey I'm lookin' at you in BRC108). I also still have yet to catch up with other friends, but all will come in time.

So I guess the moral of this first article is to make sure you enjoy what you do. I'm honestly having the time of my life in college so far and everything seems all happy and dandy as of right now. I still don't know what the heck I'm going to be doing within the next few years, but I do know that I love my majors, and that the people around me are loving me as well (as far as I know).

So to all the negativity out there:

Here's to an amazing second semester!