Free Time

Free time. What is that? I'm gonna tell you. Free time is time that is not occupied by an activity in which you are required to do. Activities that I am required to do each week are, go to class, go to work, clean my apartment, buy groceries, do homework, and studying. All of these things could possibly just not be done, but the consquences of not going to work would be, not having a job and not having money. The consequences of me not going to school or doing homework and studying would be, I would fail my class and not graduate from college. I really like money and I really want to graduate from college. Therefore, I am required to do what I need to do in order to make both of those things happen. Having a clean apartment is not important to everyone. However, I cannot stand having a dirty apartment. I clean my bathroom every other day, I make my bed every morning and make sure my room is clean before I leave, I wash my dishes as soon as I'm finished with them, I dust every few days, and keep all my laundry done. When I was growing up my parents made us keep our house clean, so now that I live on my own I still find it very important to live in a clean environment. So, even though cleaning is not necessarily a top priority to a lot of people, it is to me.
Now, after all of the things I need to do are finished, I have what is commonly referred to as free time. I do not get to enjoy the pleasures of free time very often, so when I do finally get a little time to do what I want, I often end up sleeping. If I choose to partake in an activity other than sleep, I have several options. My free time options usually consist of shopping for things I do not need, drinking margaritas at Camino Real, going out somewhere downtown Nashville, watching scary movies in the dark with my roommates, hanging out with my lovely friends while we gossip and crack jokes, going tanning, working out at the Rec, going to get my nails done, and occasionally an exciting opportunity to do something spontaneous will occur. Believe it or not, I thoroughly enjoy every second of free time that I get. I work hard at my job and I give my best efforts to being a college student at MTSU. But as most people already know, being a full time college student and having a part time job is very time consuming. Free time is very limited and I would advise everyone to enjoy all of your free time and treat yourselves to a little fun and maybe even some pampering. I know guys do not really enjoy tanning, shopping, or getting there nails done, but it is important for men to pamper themselves during free time as well.

Twitter.

Twitter has changed the life of many people, especially college students.
Events, television show, movies, games, sports, and just about every aspect of our culture has been magnified by a social networking site called Twitter. When anything that is of high publicity has been shown on the television or on the internet, people tweet about it. In return, other people on twitter want to know what is going on so that they can tweet about it also. For example, award shows such as, MTV Awards, VH1 Awards, the Grammies, the Hip Hop Awards, etc. These award shows are internationally broadcasted and then made into an even bigger deal due to the fact that tweeters go insane, because they have to tweet about every single thing that happens during the program.
College students have taken to twitter more than any other group of people. Tweeters tweet about things that happen during class, homework, roommates, assignments, projects, weird people on campus, annoying professors, worrying parents, promoting parties, etc. The list goes on and on.
My personal twitter career began March 4, 2010. I kept hearing everyone at MTSU talk about twitter, and people kept asking me what my Twitter Name was. So, I decided to break my addiction from Facebook and give Twitter a try. I kept my Facebook account of course, however I made my twitter page and my Twitter name is @im_Cassanova. At first, I did not understand the whole concept of Twitter. What do I say? Who cares what I'm doing right now anyways? Who do I follow? Who even wants to follow me? I was confused so I did not get back on my account for over a month. After I got my first iPhone, I was downloading applications and I saw one for Twitter. I downloaded it and set up the features for my account access on my phone. I was shocked to see that I had a couple followers, so I followed them back and began searching for more people at MTSU. Before I knew it, I had almost 500 followers and I was actually getting the hang of tweeting. I have always been good at expressing myself and I try to find hilarity in everything that I experience. Therefore, my tweets were sort of entertaining.
I knew I was addicted to Twitter when I began to wake up checking my timeline instead of my missed text messages and phone calls each morning. I used to tweet during all of my classes. Even though I hate to admit it, I am very happy that none of my professors this semester allow cell phone usage during their class times. I definitely pay much more attention when I am not tweeting the whole time.
Now, I consider myself an experienced tweeter. All of my friends are now on Twitter and honestly we communicate through Twitter more than anything else. I have quite a few more than 500 followers now and I try to always follow each person back so my timeline is very entertaining. Also, considering that I am coming up on reaching my 25,000th tweet, I am definitely addicted just as nearly every other student at MTSU.

My Motivation, Or Lack Thereof.

Middle Tennessee State University offers all of the university's students access to the Campus Recreation Center. Also known as, the Rec. The Rec center is fully equipped with everything needed for a successful workout. Despite the fact that I am paying for my use of the Rec through part of my tuition each semester, I have been in there approximately 15 times, in three semesters. It may seem as if I just do not care about fitness or I have no interest in working out, but that is not the case. I have intentions at the beginning of every week to go to the Rec, and workout, at least twice during that week. However, somehow as the week gets closer and closer to Friday, my motivation deminishes. Somedays I will even wake up early and plan to go to the Rec before class. It's not that I end up not having enough time to go, but I will find something else I need to be doing and work on that instead. Sometimes I do laundry , go get my nails done, or even watch a show on TV, that I haven't had a chance to watch in a while, instead of working out. My life is so busy between balancing school, work, and attempting to have some kind of a social life. It is hard to find motivation to fit in another actitivity that is not necessarily crucial. Fitness and staying in shape is absolutely important, but in my mind it is one of those things that can be done tomorrow, or the next day, or the weekend, or next week. The only time I have actually been to the Rec on a regular basis was Spring semester of this year, 2011. My friends and I began planning our Spring break trip in January. From January until springbreak, I had two months to get my body in shape to be on the beach in front of nearly every college student in the eastern part of the United States. Everyone I knew was going to Panama City Beach, Florida, and I had no choice but to tone up before getting into a bathing suit. I actually had motivation to go workout and use my access to the Rec center. Therefore, I got in my best shape in perfect time for Spring break in March. After Spring break, I told myself that I would continue to go to the Rec and keep up the shape that I had worked hard for. I went a few more times after we return from Panama City, but it did not take long for me to lose motivation again. However, it is nowhere close to time for Spring break, but for some reason I have been having the urge to get in shape again. I am not sure what has came over me, but I have really been wanting to go to the Rec. I am determined to workout at least twice a week starting this week. I am not behind in school, work is going good, and I have a pretty good balance going on right now. So, it is the perfect time to get back in shape. It is my privilege as a student at MTSU to use the Campus Recreation Center to benefit myself, and I will absolutely do so.

Homecoming Week

My previous years here at MTSU were very exciting around the time of Homecoming. Football games are always fun, Homecoming parties are so much better than the usual weekend parties, and the overall morale of the student body is very upbeat. Last year, my homecoming week was spent with my sorority, at parties, supporting the Blue Raiders, and just enjoying college life. However, this years homecoming has been quite different. Despite the fact that I had to work all week, I was sicker than a dog. I woke up Tuesday with all intentions to go to class, and I could not walk three feet without throwing up. No alcohol was involved for once. The next day I did not have class but I had to go to work. I woke up at noon, which I never get to sleep that late, I tried to eat some chicken noodle soup and that did not turn out very well. I was still sick. I had to call out of work and I slept the rest of the day. Thursday was no better. I slept completely through my alarm and woke up late for class, and since I still could not eat anything without throwing it back up, I decided to stay home again. Well, Friday I woke up on time. So, I went to work and felt a little bit better. I got off work around 10pm and came home to find my apartment full of strangers. Apparently, my roommates decided to have our own little Homecoming party. There was a keg in my kitchen, strange people on my couch, and my intoxicated roommates who greeted me at the front door. I was not very happy. Due to the fact that I had slept most of the week and did not go to class, I had a ridiculous amount of homework. My homework was the last thing I really wanted to do on Friday night of Homecoming week. However, it had to be done and I definitely did not want a raging party to be taking place in my apartment at the same time that I was trying to concentrate. This was a losing situation for me. I knew there was no chance of me getting some quiet time to study, so I packed up my books and headed to the BAS. I stopped on the way to campus and got me a coffee. After arriving on campus, I parked by the library because the extremely annoying construction disabled me from parking closer to the BAS building. I grabbed my book bag, my coffee, and my purse then I walked toward the BAS. I do not like being on campus late at night by myself because our school has some freaks and they scare me. I passed a few weirdos and a few normal people before reaching my destination. Low and behold, I forgot my stupid MTSU ID card. Therefore, I could not get into the BAS. After I stood there for a minute, I told myself how much of an idiot I am, and I decided that studying was just not meant to be. I went straight home, took a shower, and went to bed. I set my alarm for 6am, so I could wake up and have a full day of doing homework before attempting to go to the MTSU football game at 6pm. So, while all of my friends were partying last night after a week full of Homecoming festivities, the only thing I have a chance at enjoying is the game today. My Homecoming week has really sucked.