I Know That It's Been a Long Time

Let’s pretend that I was on top of posting this week and did not go AWOL.

I started to post on Easter, but didn’t finish and then I just got so slammed with work and it was this big snowball effect. A big spiraling vortex of not-posting.

Anywho, my Easter post:

I was going to invite a friend to church with me on Easter, but before I could ask, I heard her talking and she pretty much said that Easter wasn't important and that she didn't really care about it. Kind of a slap in the face for me seeing as how Easter is highly important and the core of what I believe.

God so loved us that He sent His son to die because that was the only way for us to be forgiven. When Jesus died, the curtain of the temple ripped. Before it was torn, only the high priest could go through the curtain into the presence of God, but after, anyone could have a direct, personal relationship with God and eternal life because we were washed clean by the blood of Christ. I would say that is pretty important.

As for the rest of the week, it was pretty much this insane jumble of work and class and procrastination and eating and a little bit of sleep. A very little bit. Tiny.

I’ll start off by saying that I discovered free episodes of Friday Night Lights online last Saturday. This was just bad timing because when I find something that I really like, I tend to obsess just a tad. So with all the work I had in front of me for the week—a paper to write, a project to turn in for Color Theory, and orthographic, perspective, and functional drawings of a stapler for Intro to Industrial Design—there was really no time for watching every episode of seasons 1, 2, and 3. That particular realization had like, no effect on me. But I was super proud of myself when I did manage to get sufficient work done before sitting down to watch 2 or 3 or 7 episodes.

And then there was this concert Wednesday night. I pretty much busted my butt trying to get enough work done so I’d have time to go, and I watched NO Friday Night Lights on that day. That’s how dedicated I am to my all-party-all-the-time lifestyle.

Anyway, the whole concert experience was great. I had two major epiphanies, which we all know make for very positive concert experiences. The drive out to Georgia Southern was about 45 minutes and lovely. I forgot what it’s like being out of downtown and driving past wide-open spaces with just grass and trees and some cows. It was gorgeous and quiet and peaceful in the late afternoon sun.

Epiphany # 1: That’s what I miss by being in Savannah. I miss how quiet it can be back home. Here, there’s always some background noise—sirens, obnoxious talking outside my window, traffic, etc. And at home, when I want to sleep, it’s actually dark in my room. There’s always light streaming into my dorm through the blinds and onto my wall. I cannot wait to go home and go to sleep in the dark and the quiet. It will be lovely.

Epiphany #2: Other colleges have normal people.

I know, I know, that goes without saying, but I had apparently forgotten that. When we got to the Georgia Southern campus, we discovered it was a normal college campus and very nice if I may say so. Everything was in one general location with uniform brick buildings and landscaping and et cetera. The students wore normal clothing and NONE OF THE GUYS WERE WEARING SKINNY JEANS. That greatly contributed to their attractiveness in my opinion. Kaleigh, Lauren, Thea, and I walked in and we felt like people were looking at us. They probably were; we were dressed like SCAD students after all. SCAD students dress edgier and hippier than normal people our age. Everyone looks like they have just stepped out of an Urban Outfitters ad or, for girls, Forever 21. It was actually very refreshing to be around normal college students. Thought: Maybe I should think about going to a university? Haha, oh I kid.

My first real concert was good. It wasn’t what we expected; it was an entire outdoors event that had a couple of artists and a speaker. The speaker was really great; he runs a big Christian camp somewhere and he had a lot of cool stuff to say. But we finally got to Dave Barnes, and he was so cute up there on stage. It was only the second or third time I’d heard his music, but I still really enjoyed myself. It was super late by the time we got out of there and we stopped at Sonic. I hadn’t been to Sonic in so long. It was loaded with calories and delicious.

All of this eventfulness occurred during about a 60 hour period where I got 5 hours of sleep. That’s right people, 2 ½ hours of sleep each night for two nights. 4:30-7 a.m. on Tuesday night and 5-7:30 a.m. on Wednesday night. I crashed on Thursday afternoon when I was finally done with my classes, my meetings, and my workshops. And through it all, I didn’t drink any coffee, only had about ½ cup of cherry coke, and was surprisingly coherent. On Thursday morning (hour 50 or something), during my presentation in Intro to ID, the only noticeable difference in me was that my voice was kinda rough.

I did turn out some great work. None of my assignments suffered because of my lack of sleep, so I don’t regret anything. I feel that I was embracing the college experience.

Sorry this one is so long, but a lot happens in one week.


All-Party-All-the-Time Arielle

p.s. the answer to “name that movie” is Sleepless in Seattle