But today I am emotional for whatever reason. It’s a female thing that only females tend to understand. I was angry at him and since he refused to acknowledge any part of it, I just stayed pissed. I kept throwing out sassy remarks relating to the situation, but he kept ignoring it. Finally I got tired of beating around the bush so I just told him flat out. And he laughed at me. LAUGHED AT ME!!! Levi really knows how to escalate any situation, so essentially he threw a match into an oil spill. Instead of attempting to get through to me at all, he just walked out.

So I am essentially stuck in Huron with no vehicle. This fact did not help the situation. I tried to find out when he is coming back, and he said he would when I stop being pissy. He will only text, not answer the phone, and is certain I am still pissy. YOU CAN’T TELL THROUGH A TEXT MESSAGE! YOU CANNOT HEAR MY TONE OF VOICE!

Right now I wish I would have stayed in Brookings. I feel like he is taking a parent/child approach and punishing me. I essentially have to ignore all of my womanly hormones and pretend that I am not mad whatsoever in order for him to come back.

Gotta love those FML moments…

Now onto your regularly scheduled blog…

Jenni asked me how I am enjoying college via a comment to my last blog. So far I am liking it, but in some ways it feels like high school all over again. First, students cannot have their cell phones out. Second, one teacher stated she would deduct ten percent (basically a letter grade) off from our final grade if we missed her class more than three times. That same teacher said she would embarrass a student whom she caught on facebook. Basically similar rules, although some come off more harsh. I expected more freedom in college than in high school, but apparently college kids cannot be trusted.

There are some things, however, that confuse me. The teachers are not concise in what they want from us. I am not sure what to call most of then when they introduce themselves as “Hello, I am Dr. FIRST NAME LAST NAME.” And are they teachers or professors? Also, there is a website abbreviated as D2L (desire to learn) which hosts all the syllabuses (Syllabi? My spell check says no), homework assignments, etc. So the teachers have a tendency to rattle off things that need to be done by next class, then tell us to check this site out. I finally navigated the site, but I am not sure what the teachers expect from me when they say, “Write a reaction paper to this chapter,” or “Write your opinion on this and that.” I like guidelines. About how many pages? Double spaced and typed, or hand written?

I am still bittersweet on dorm life. I did meet a couple of friends; Randi, Hiltien, and Joy. Randi and I can relate easily to each other, Hiltien is an amazing Dutchwoman, and Joy is a slightly shy but nice person. During a huge thunderstorm Randi and I watched the guys from our building play football in the muddy grass. There was also a nerf gun war on our floor. During those moments I declared, “I LOVE COLLEGE!” But once I realize I am sweating profusely in a building with no air conditioning I start to miss home. And of course I cannot make coffee in the morning like my grandma can.

On a side note, do you guys remember that shiny, new mac book pro I bought? I moved it across my desk and some tiny spec of something underneath PUT A HUGE GASH ON THE BOTTOM! I paid extra for a three year Apple Care Plan, so I want to check into that and see if that type of thing would be covered. I also heard bad reviews on a hard cover case for the mac books, but I am considering investing in one after that incident. If you own a mac, what is your opinion?

Are any of you in college? What do you think of it so far? If you graduated, any advice for a freshman like me?

Meanwhile, I am at college. Today I started the first day of classes. I went to basic photography, which I’m sure I will ace. Many of the things the teacher/professor talked about I already know. Thank you two years of yearbook and a year of newspaper, lol.

On another note, I am sitting here in the Union at the college and listening to the girls next to me. One girl said to the other something about a “dead baby chair,” and I’m not sure if I want to know or not, but I am extremely curious.

But anyway, my next and final class today will be Spanish in about half an hour. After that I want to start editing pictures, but part of me thinks I need to go out and find myself a job today.

I left my main computer at home because I thought I brought too much stuff in the first place. Turns out people brought a lot more crap than I did; however, I am proud of myself for being minimalistic. The bad news is that I forgot to move the folder with all the files of the new layout to my external hard drive. It took me hours to get as far as I did and I am too exhausted to start that process over again. In the mean time, you guys are stuck with this same old layout.

I last redesigned Virgosplash on the premise of integrating a blog into it, which I’ve done. I feel as if my photography has taken the back burner to the website, party because of my recent focus on My quotable life. I want to focus more on Virgosplash in coming times and really think and work up a new layout that will work good. I don’t want to make new graphics and swap out URLS in my current layout; I want to dig into coding again and make something from scratch. When people come to my website, I want to make them feel something when they look at the photos I’ve taken. I also don’t want to put mediocre photos up just to have photos. I would rather have five amazing photos that really move people than five hundred average pictures.

I am just ready for the next chapter of my life to begin. I also hope life is kind enough to me to allow me to do what I want to do without being terribly strained for money. Let’s face it, my website isn’t terribly popular, and Google Adsense just doesn’t pay the bills.