Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Wow...

...It's a day away from October?! Sheesh!
It's not like it's a bad thing...September just went so fast! I love, love, LOVE October though. Halloween is one of my favorite holidays, football season really kicks off and feels real, and the leaves continue to change to gorgeous hues. Love autumn so much. Just perfect weather to sip coffee, tea, hot apple cider (my favorite in the fall!), or cocoa.

Mmmmmmmm.

On an unhappier note, I believe that I am getting a cold. I will take some echinacia when I get to my room, but what I really need is some vitamin C!!

College Tip #3: Get lots of sleep and take some vitamins! If there is anything you can do to ward off a nasty, nose-dripping, throat-scorching, head-banging cold--do it! There's not much more suck-tastic than sitting through an hour lecture while you sniffle and cough for all of it.

I am rather tired today. Even though I did get a decent amount of sleep last night, nothing has healed the weekend yet. But I will survive! I just cannot wait for sleep tonight. Lots to do before then.

Hmmm...Fall break is in 17 days! I better settle down about that...

Monday, September 29, 2008

AUGH I'M SORRY

Hey guys!

I'm so sorry--it's been an entire WEEK. Oh I'm dumb. However, I have a good excuse:

I had a HUUUUUUGE paper due Friday. I got it done, though, if that's any consolation for your lack of reading for the past 7 days! Nine pages--yikes!

My week in brief:
Monday--nothing of note
Tuesday--same
Wednesday--same, yet heightened stress about paper
Thursday--Went to Spring Green with the FYS classes (in the "Love cluster"!) to see "Much Ado About Nothing." It was very well done by the American Players Theatre, in an outdoor theatre setting. Such a cool set-up, but E--GAD the heat was unbearable. Plus there were wasps and hornets buzzing on everyone and everything. One landed on professor Brown's head and I swear it was there for 5 minutes. So--if you ever go--bring sunscreen! A poor first year (I caught sight of her today) got the worse sunburn :( .
Friday--more stress, however finished the paper! I watched Beowulf with my Medieval History class which was a riot (I know it's supposed to be somewhat serious...but oh wow. Too funny.)

This weekend was also parents weekend, so my parents and Zach's parents FINALLY met!! It was quite exciting. I also met Nils, Ethan's German exchange student. Good times. Not a whole lot of sleep, however. Parents like early breakfast times for some reason...

Anyhow, I am so ready for some coffee and a movie. But I'm in college and will have to substitute "a movie" with "homework." Boo. Not as fun.

Monday, September 22, 2008

Is it the weekend yet?

Haha, yes I am asking that question on Monday.
I made a dumb choice last week. I opted to skip both costume workshops last week by going to both sessions offered this week. How stupid of me. That means I lose the hours from 7-10 p.m. on Monday AND Wednesday. It also means it adds to my repertoire of late evenings, as Tuesday I will work 11pm to 1am and Thursday from 11pm to 12am. Yiiiiiiiiiikes. All this and a paper!

Moral of the story is: don't do this.

Anyhow, I am looking forward to the weekend for more than one reason. It does mean a little more sleep and fun, but it is also parents weekend! And my mom finally gets to meet Zach's parents, and I will probably get a free meal (Roadhouse? Yes?), and I will get more coffee from good ol' Milwaukee (Hooray for Alterra!!!). And...YES! Everything is good about this weekend.

Just gotta get through the week first....

Thursday, September 18, 2008

Mmm, Yes, Quite

Oh boy. Just took a bunch of pictures for the college...will they be on the website? Will they go into our brochures? ONLY TIME CAN TELL....

::eyebrow::. I guess I'm tired.

AHHHHHHH TOMORROW IS FRIDAY! I had to think about that for a second. I'm quite out of it regarding which day of the week it is. I kept thinking yesterday that it was Friday, and then when I woke up this morning I thought it was Sunday...oh god. Working 9p.m.-12 a.m. doesn't bode well for my psyche. Who knows?! I could wake up tomorrow and think it's Monday all over again!!!

I hate when I drink soda...I usually never drink soda, yet sometimes in place of coffee one needs a Pepsi or something. Anyhow, my body just reacts weirdly to it. "Julia--wait--what did you just have? I have to deal with that? What the heck, Jules." Haha. So yes--upset tummy. :(

OH MAN I am ready for some food. Unfortunately I just want really crazy unhealthy food. When you diet nothing is satisfactory. Nothing! All I want is a cheeseburger, maybe some pizza, and chocolate cake.

Of course I'd feel terrible after eating all of that...OH what a double-edged sword this all is...

So I promised to talk of last weekend. Last weekend my friends Emily, Mary, and Nikki drove up and visited me Saturday night! It was so fun. We hung out and caught up with one another and just had a blast. I took them out and they got to meet my friends and get a taste of Ripon! I was so glad to show them how much I love it here and why I attend this college. They had fun too!
Also Saturday morning I participated in Theta Chi's annual Frisbee Golf game. It was really fun. I was terrible! But still. Money to a good cause, and I got a t-shirt and Frisbee out of it! Haha.

So apparently Ripon has an out-doors club?? Cool! They're going camping this weekend. I wish I had known about it! Ah well, not like I need to add anything else to my plate!

Alright, well it is time for me to scoot. See ya Monday!

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Oh dearie me!

So I am leaving forensics. I got things straitened out with Lyn McCarthy, my admissions counselor as well as the wonderful woman I am interning for, to help me out with the whole process...needless to say--It will work out for the better!

I will be less stressed, I will get more sleep, and I will not look like an old hag by mid-November. Hooray!

My only stressor right now is getting the news to my coach. I emailed him, but no response! I don't know what that means!!!!

Anyhow, I've been listening to the band hellogoodbye all afternoon, and they are just a great great great band. So catchy and nice, and their song "Oh It Is Love" is such a sweet song!!! Oh it made me cry. Love it.

AH time for dinner!

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Wisconsin is awesome.

It is. It really really is, but it's also crazy weather-wise.

College tip #2 (and for all of you, really): if you are thinking about coming here from out of state or already live here, adopt a German phrase into your vocabulary: Zwiebel-Klammoten. Translated it means "Onion-clothes." Basically--WEAR LAYERS!!!! I told this to Zach on the way to my room today for lunch as I peeled off my sweatshirt and scarf and realized that I was too hot, even though they were wonderful to wear earlier (45 degrees this morning...yummmm).

Classes today were alright. I still am really enjoying art history--it's sooo interesting!!! I worked on notes for it while I waited for Zach to get out of his bass lesson, and then lunch...and now work! So yea....OH LIFE IS CRAZY.

Ciao for now!
--Jules

P.S. i promise to talk about this past weekend soon!

Monday, September 15, 2008

P.S.!!!

Zach and I celebrated our year together on Sunday night! It was great. We made a scrumptious dinner (oh he can cook it's amazing!!) and then watched a movie. A sweet evening. This weekend we want to go on a hike in the prairie just to spend a day together; it will be nice! Ahhh.
^_^

a REALLY manic monday

Dear Readers,
Hi. I am so stressed. Love, Julia.

Okay a real entry. I am really stressed.

I just came back from a run. Less stressed. YAY ENDORPHINS!!!!!!!! haha.

College tip #1: EXERCISE. It will release endorphins and help combat that freshman fifteen!!

Thursday, September 11, 2008

Friday is so close...

Oh. My. God.

It is so sad that I am looking forward to the weekend this bad THIS EARLY IN THE YEAR. I mean, any weekend is great...but yea. Too early to be so stressed.

I can already feel knots forming in my back...

However, this weekend will be REALLY ueber fun. Nikki, Mary, and Emily (friends from high school and back home) are coming up Saturday night to hang out!! It's going to be ueber crazy and sooooo amazing. All during Saturday I'll be participating in Theta Chi's (a Fraternity on campus) Frisbee Golf Tournament. (WHAT was I thinking??? I can't golf! Nor Frisbee! So the marriage of those two pastimes is BAD. Whenever I even throw a Frisbee it never goes where I want it to!). Besides my internal freak-outs, it will be fun. I'm on one of three ADPi golf teams, and we'll (not) kick butt.

Friday Zach is going with me to Target so I can purchase a few necessaries for life, including a few more cooking supplies.

What else...probably sleep some more Sunday...drat I have a movie to watch that afternoon, plus work at 8-9...

BUT--BIG NEWS--SUNDAY IS MY YEAR ANNIVERSARY WITH ZACH!! ^_^ We have almost been dating for one whole year and that is SO cool! I'm not sure what we're doing for it, nor when we are doing anything for it (haha) because my present to me is him planning it. So--surprise!

Funnily enough, my roommate, Amanda, is celebrating her year with George tonight (how did we room together with anniversaries in the same week?!) so I will be avoiding interrupting them. So far all I know what they are doing is cooking dinner (a beef roast??). SO yesh!

Darn. Now I'm starving. I'm going to take off and get some fooooood!!!

love,
jules

Wednesday, September 10, 2008

blehhhh

Stressed already...
it's fall already...

how did the year fast forward to what it's supposed to be like in mid October?!

Right after work I'm going to Forensics, then to half an hour of a COR forensics event, then eating something, then walking down to Rodman for Costumes, home at 10, running...then homework.

yup. that is the day!

<3 julia

Tuesday, September 9, 2008

TUuuuuuuuesday....(Amanda, I know that you'll appreciate this...)

Yet again I will call up on my freshman plea to have an actual rooster as an alarm clock.
Think of how perfect it would be. Not only would it be loud, but it would have no snooze button. It's fault-proof! Hitting it wouldn't shut it up.

In fact, attempting to hit it might initiate the next best thing about having a rooster for an alarm system--it will run away. Thus, you are forced to chase the god-feathered-darned thing around your room before it freaks out your roommate. And voila! You are out of bed and awake for the day.

I rest my case. So next year, I hope instead of pledging to not bring a car on campus and receiving a free bike, I will pledge to not bring an alarm clock and I better open my dorm room and find, free of charge, a clucking rooster on my desk.

You may gather from this that I had a little trouble waking up this morning. I did. And that was bad. My plans for a tousled, wavy-hair look went awry when I woke up two hours later than I had planned (if you don't know me, I have big hair and it takes FOR.EV.ER to do anything with it, but that's another story). I managed to get to classes on time, but no breakfast and no fun hairdo.

Luckily I was out of classes around 11 had have had time to unwind and de-stress from my crazy morning. But right after work...no right after dinner...no right after a sorority meeting...I can start my homework. And then go to work again.

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!!!!

Monday, September 8, 2008

First Official Week Over! Verdict:

STRESSED.

Already! It's incredible.

But before I delve into that, my first official week was pretty good! My classes are very cool. They are as follows:
Anthropology
Art History
Medieval History
Global Cinema
and my Mentorship Course

Anthropology is just great. Not only is our professor hilarious and just a fun guy in general, the class itself has proved to be very interesting. So much THOUGHT involved! It's so cool to think about humans and how different we all are and how incredible our entire history is. The class ties in wonderfully with my art history course for that reason. We have literally begun with cave paintings. So amazing--things painted in 30,000 BCE!! HOW COOL IS THAT?! Glorious. The professor is nice, gives me some hippie-vibes!
Medieval history is so fun because of the professor, again. Professor Mockridge is so nice and rather funny with her material and her inability to remember names. However, to her credit, she's getting there! Global cinema has been fun (who wouldn't want a class where you watch movies and write papers?), and my mentorship class is helping me a lot with my job in the CLC.

CLC: noun. Short for "Collaborative Learning Center." A place where students can study, print off papers and such, and get help with papers and presentations--all for FREE! Quite amazing.

I forgot! I'm also mentoring a course taught here at Ripon, the FYS class I was in last year: "Love and Eros in the Fine and Performing Arts." The instructor is professor Brown, who is a wonderful teacher and just fun to be taught by.

FYS: noun. Short for "First Year Study." A course that every first year student is enrolled in to get the basic ropes of college while getting an education in something whether you like it or not. Mwahahahahaaa!
Well, I liked my course!

So far the homework has been piling on like crazy, and I'm having a little trouble balancing things. I know that I have many outlets to calm myself down, however. Friends, boyfriend, my sisters, my mum, and a few close adults here on campus.
Since I mentioned the boy, and my mum was so upset at his absence from my first post, I will write about him and a few other friends on campus that I will most likely refer to in my blog for future reference!

Zach-This is my boyfriend. He is also a sophomore here, and is from St. Louis! (That made the summer kind of hard!!). He is, in one word (although there are so many!), amazing.
Pat-This is Zach's roommate, and also a good friend. Also from St. Louis, he is 10 times crazier. Always can make me laugh.
Robyn-my roommate from last year. Lovingly called "Robynski," she is from around Green Bay, WI. (Packerland!)
Amanda-my roommate this year. one of my sisters on campus, and very cute!
Leslie-probably one of my favorites. A wonderful loving girl (from St. Louis too! Sheesh!) who is a great friend.
Missy-another wonderful soul who shares a Wauwatosa (my hometown) connection with me. She rocks!

These names will probably grace this blog as the "regulars," so there you are! I'll re-introduce them or introduce new people as I keep writing...

And speaking of a continuation of writing, I should stop this flow and get going on those letters you may receive from me, prospective students! Happy readings, and I hope it's warmer wherever you are!

--Jules

Tuesday, September 2, 2008

Beginnings

Now, I want to begin by making some clarifications about this blog's title:
A "sophism", according to the Encarta Dictionary is this:
(noun) an argument or explanation that seems very clever or subtle on the surface but is actually flawed, misleading, or intended to deceive.

In short: an apparently clever but flawed argument.

Now I realize that this isn't the most...credible or positive of titles...but if you learned anything in high school, getting past being a freshman wasn't that amazing because now you were a "wise fool."

I am in a class of "wise fools." Perhaps meaning that we have obtained much knowledge and wisdom of the ropes of college, but are foolish to think that we A--rule the roost and B--know everything there is to know about college.

So read this blog in stride. I dispelled as much advice and wisdoms I could last year, and I will do so again. But if you read and compare, I am sure you will see my growth, changes, and new understandings emerge.

But you may want to listen to my tales anyway, for I have been told to be the great "dear Abby" of my world!!

Anyway, getting past the hoity-toity stuff...

HELLO! If you are reading this you are either my mother, my grandmother, maybe my aunt, or--who this blog is intended for by my job--a prospective student! (Or you stumbled across this randomly and are reading this going "who the heck is this?" That may be the case. Interested in Ripon College?)

So, prospective students (and Grandma and Mum), welcome to my blog! As I mentioned before, this is the blog of a Sophomore (the stereotypical cocky kid who is way too excited to not be a freshman). I am no stereotype. I defy stereotypes. I eat them for breakfast. Okay, I'm not as hardcore as that. And yes, I fall into some stereotypes...Point is--I am not a cocky kid who is way too excited not to be a freshman. In fact, I would do much of freshman year over again; it was a blast.

And that fact that I'm a year closer to the real world terrifies me...

I am Julia. I'm 19, close to 20, yet I feel all sorts of ages sometimes. 2, 5, 14, 28. Not so much the older age, but I know I feel my younger years because I am comprised of them. I live on campus (as I think over 90% of the students do here) in Johnson, fourth floor. No elevator. I will have massive thighs by the end of the year. Or calves. Not sure which. I am thinking that I will be an English major, but it could change. However, if you haven't already noticed my already quite verbose blog entry, I love to write, so the likelihood of me changing my mind is slight. I am in a great sorority on campus, and am involved in Theatre, Forensics, mentoring/tutoring, and the admissions office of course.

I am basically in love with Ripon. It is very much like my second home, and it feels so right. So do not hesitate to ask me questions, or email me at heinrichj@ripon.edu, or contact me via Facebook--my full name is Julia Heinrich. It should list me in the Ripon network, class of 2011.

So--huzzah! Stay tuned for weekend updates, classroom woes, and the stress and angst of the year to come! Oh, and the fun stuff too.

<3
Jules