Army Brat

Growing up as a military kid is different than other kids.  It taught me many things that I might not have learned if I were not the son of a soldier. 

We moved a lot.  On the positive side, I lived in and traveled to a lot of places in our country.  If my Dad had a non-military job, I probably would not have gone to some of these places.  On the negative side, I attended three different elementary schools before I was in the 5^th grade.  It is hard to always be the new kid and start over in a new school. 

My Dad was deployed a lot.  He was gone for yearlong tours in Iraq and Korea.  I am the oldest child in our household.  My Dad would always tell me that I had an important job while he was away.  I was the man of the house.  I helped my Mom with stuff around the house and kept an eye on my younger brother, which wasn’t an easy job. 

I think growing up as a military child taught me responsibility and to appreciate your family.  I am proud to be called an Army Brat. 

Semester Almost Over.

The semester is almost over...it has been a fun and busy semester. I never actually met any of the people in this class but I bet you guys are some awesome people. Despite all the technical difficulties I have and keep having with D2L on my tablet and laptop (when I have it), it's been fun. I wish you all the best in life and I hope you all go and make the world a better pace. ^^

You act white....

Today I was told that I acted white. I've gotten that before, but I never knew what that actually meant. I mean, I'm an absence of color, and this makes you want to paint me. I'm not too sure what that means. I'm an African American woman, who happens to like things that are out of I guess the social norms for a race. I never understood why we have these norms and why I am expected to act and talk a certain way just because I'm black. Once a young African American child came up to me and said that I talked white. I corrected her, and I quote.

"No, I talk like I'm educated." Now apparently that was not the right answer because her parents verbally assaulted me. Maybe I didn't have to say it like that, but still. Because I don't use slang, and I don't have an inflection I'm automatically less black than Tyrone. Who I just can't ever understand. Why are these barriers here that separate a race within a race. I don't like rap, why does that make me less black? I don't like fried chicken, I don't like bass in my speaker system, I don't really care for ridiculous weave. I happen to like anime, video games, swords, rock and other variations of it, I like to watch documentaries on dinosaurs. So why do my interest make me any less black than any other black person? I mean I used to live in the projects, but that didn't effect who I was or my interest. What makes me so out of my race??

Technology.

I was born in the era of AOL and dial-up. The first computer I got to use had Windows 95' on it that didn't even have a 1G of RAM on it, and now I use a phone that can do more than that whole computer. Today I just wanted to talk about technology, and just how much I love and hate it at the same time. I just want to shoot it sometimes, while yet I want to praise the heavens for it.

I find that despite having all these gadgets I barely use them  for anything productive, like I spend most of my time watching anime, or looking up when the next Skyrim DLC comes out, or when Bayonetta 2 will be out for the Wii U. Nothing really useful. Even when it comes to school work, I find that I prefer to use books or other people than my computer. I suppose I see my laptop and desktop more as a tool for entertainment then one of progress.  That's kind of a shame though, technology has done great things for society, yet instead of trying to help find a way to make clean energy, I wanna know why you can't find a lot of things on the Triad on China Google.

What about all of you? What do you use your computers for?

I have learned many things about finding a job, since I have been in school. The thing that troubles me the most is the fact that you have to have some type of experience, before being considered for the job. I am not expecting instant gratification. I know that a job with a degree is going to be a learning experience. It just seems that a person lucky enough to get experience without a degree will be considered before a person with degree. The only thing I am suggesting is for employers to consider the fact; there is no way I am ever going to get any experience in my field of choice is no one gives me a chance.

The Perfect Someone

Some say being in a "perfect" relationship is impossible. Well I believe I am in one. Throughout middle school and high school I never dated. It wasn't that I wasn't an admirable person, I mean I was weird child, but I was athletic, was an okay looking kid thanks to my mom, and even achieved the senior superlative of "overall favorite". I was single throughout that time because I was waiting on that right person. Yeah, probably seems cheesy, but I did meet that right someone finally in my first year of college. She is the first person I have dated and we have been together for a year and a half now. If a girl can accept and like a family as weird as mine, she is definitely a keeper! If we are to ever argue or fight it lasts a tops of a few minutes before one of us makes the other laugh. I do believe I am in a "perfect" relationship. Hopefully my man card is not revoked after this.

Looking foward to this summer

There are so many things that I want to do this summer that I hope I will be able to do all of them. However, before I do anything fun I must definitely find a job. I have yet to have any luck in my job search but I believe I have found a solution. This summer I plan on going to my grandparent's house and spending most if not the whole summer with them. While I'm there hope to get a job at Mt. Cheaha, which is about a 10 minute drive up the mountain from there house. While I'm there I plan on writing a short book but, I feel that I should do a little more reading to help me in my endeavor. It just seems like the best way to help me become a better writer and at English. I have always loved English but I have no idea why. Poetry is a great love of mine especially haiku. Just being able to capture something in just a few words is true poetry to me.

 Anyway, with all of this reading, writing and thinking I believe it can prove beneficial to me and my friend when it comes down to us writing comics of our own. Well since this is the last blog I wish everyone a happy summer.