Tonight's title was inspired by how many times this weekend that I've flipped on the TV only to see that Titanic was playing. I remember seeing it in the 5th grade and I wanted to fall asleep so bad. I didn't care about the love story, maybe it's because I was too young to fully comprehend what Jack meant to Rose and all that jazz, I just wanted to see the boat sink, as weird as that sounds. And one thing I always wondered about the movie is that when Jack and Rose are in the water after the boat sinks, why couldn't they manuever themselves to both lay on the door...or maybe switch places from time to time? All I truly know is that I still can't listen to "My Heart Will Go On" because it was overplayed so much.
So you may have wondered how the Voter Registration Drive went, and I am so proud of my sorority and Chi Phi. I am not sure of the total numbers, but what I can tell you is that we registered over 70 people to vote on Tuesday.
On Thursday, we played Bingo with the Nursing Home again. I was with 2 of my sisters, Chris and Tori. It was cool because one of the residents, Millie, just came out of the hospital and she was there to play this week! She is one of our regulars and has been playing with us since we started playing Bingo in 2006. We talked about voting, and I learned that one of the ladies, Bertha, won't be able to vote because she's a Michigan resident, and she is unable to get an absentee ballot because the Otsego County Board of Elections is in Cooperstown and she has no way to get there to fill out the forms. I feel so bad for her but I told her that I'd vote for Obama for her (not that I wasn't going to vote for him already.)
You may wonder if I jumped on the Obama bandwagon, and that is the furthest thing from the truth. I remember flipping through AOL News in 2004 and one of the headlines was "Who Is Barack Obama" and it was talking about this speech in the 2004 Democratic National Convention. In 2007, I got to take a Race and Politics class, and we were required to read Barack's book Dreams of My Father. When I read the book, I was taken back because he is a conversational narrarator and he was unafraid to reveal the controversial parts of his life, for example, when he experimented with cocaine. In January 2008, I received the chance to be enrolled in the Presidential Campaigns class and one of the requirements of the class was to go to the New Hampshire Primary. I got to see Barack speak in Concord, NH and Nashua, NH, and I got to volunteer at the Concord Obama Headquarters. There are no words on what it feels like to be in that audience when Barack is speaking. Also- Barack and I see eye to eye on the issues and I cannot find myself to agree with John McCain. Some people say, "don't just vote on one issue." But when it comes to a presidential candidate firmly stating that he supports overturning Roe v. Wade, I'm sorry, I cannot let someone be in office who will not let women have the right to choose. Personally, I could never see myself going through with an abortion unless I faced extrodinary circumstances, but I believe that women should have the right to choose. And don't get me started on Sarah Palin. Regardless if you agree with me or not, (trust me, I'm a political science major, I've heard it all) it is important to educate yourself. Don't go for the candidate that looks good on paper, ask yourself..."what is life going to be like if this candidate comes through with his campaign promises?" Oh and just to clarify, I'm not just voting on the issue of abortion, it's just an issue I really care about and it was easy to use as an example.
Saturday was Open House and I had so much fun doing it. I got to give out tours and meet a lot of prospective students. As a transfer, Oneonta means so much to me that I feel like I have to give back to it in some way. However, I don't regret spending my first two years at Hartwick, it makes me appreciate Oneonta so much more, and also- I would have never met my Hartwick friends. So many people ask me "so, do you talk to your friends from Hartwick?" And I just look at them and say "I wouldn't turn my back on the people who had my back for 2 years." Sometimes I wish I wasn't involved in so much so I could see them more. I got to hang out with my Hartwick friends on Saturday and it just made me miss them so much. I know it seems weird that I'm complaining about not seeing people who literally live right across the street, but because I'm involved so much in my schoolwork, sorority, and WONY (I'm the training director of the radio station) and my job at Phonathon...I barely have time to see my own roommates.
My big sister in the sorority is leaving for Denver tomorrow. She got to visit me this weekend. For those who don't know what big sister or big brother means, when you are a new member you are given to a member of your fraternity or sorority who will guide you through the new member process. You are their little, they are your big. I'm so proud of my big because she isn't going out to Denver for nothing, she is participating in Americorps, which is like the Peace Corps, but in America. She will be there until July, and she will be helping out with various community service projects throughout the country. For more information about Americorps, go to http://www.americorps.org/ I would love to do Americorps or Teach for America, but unfortunately, I don't think I can. Because of my double major, I am graduating a semester late, and I will be taking 6 months off of school until law school (hopefully) begins. I will be 23 in 2010, and if I did Americorps or Teach for America (which takes 2 years to complete, you can find more information at http://www.teachforamerica.org/) , I would be 24 once I got out of Americorps and then I would be (hopefully) entering law school as a 24-25 year old, which means that I would (hopefully) graduate law school when I'm 28-29 because I hope to go to Penn State for their dual JD/Masters in Educational Theory and Policy and that program takes 4 years to complete. Having my first real job at 29 years old doesn't appeal to me. Actually, seeing my life planned out like that scares me a little bit. If these 4 years flew by, I don't even want to know what I'll think when I'm 29.
These lyrics go out to my Hartwick friends and my big sister...
"I'm falling into memories of you
The things we used to do.
Follow me there
A beautiful somewhere
A place that I can share with you..."
-Yellowcard: One Year, Six Months
I would like to give a shout-out to my sorority, because not counting voter registration or the Open House, we completed 91 hours and 15 minutes of community service this semester. I am so proud of you all!
I'm the king of the world,
Claps
Alumni Weekend
14 years ago
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