Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Quick break from working
Hey all! (which at this point is I think an overwhelming 0) Just thought I'd drop by again to give you an update on life here at Appalachian State, especially my life here on-campus.
It is going AWESOME.
Quite opposite horror stories of first months at college, I have had a fantastic time here at App. No real issues to speak of I guess! Today, I got out of class at 10:45, went by Central Dining Hall (one afternoon I shall take you there) to grab some Chik-fil-a to-go and walked up to my dorm to start some homework I've let pile up. I sat down to my chicken nuggets with Polynesian sauce and fries with the CFA sause (ohhhh....so good!), and my suitemate came in and hung out for a bit, then my good friend Amanda came by and chatted with me and I ended up going with her to marching band practice. ASU's Marching Mountaineers are freaking good (NCs Band of Distinction!!) and their rehearsals are open, so I went to Kidd Brewer Stadium (or The Rock) and read my English book (Angels & Demons by Dan Brown) while listening to them rehearse. It got me all stoked about game day this Saturday! After listening to them rehearse in the strangely blazing hot sun (for those of you have kept up with other ASU blogs, it has been raining here non-stop for about a week and a half until yesterday; today's high was 80), I made the hike back up to my dorm to attempt to complete my homework. I discovered I didn't write one of the informal papers I thought I had, so I have four due tomorrow by 1 o'clock. Oh well.
One of the awesome things about Boone is the complete randomness of the weather. A good motto is "If you don't like the weather, wait 15 minutes". Bring a t-shirt, shorts, jacket, and umbrella.
Well, I hope to maybe post something after the football game this Saturday, so I'll see you guys soon. Peace!
It is going AWESOME.
Quite opposite horror stories of first months at college, I have had a fantastic time here at App. No real issues to speak of I guess! Today, I got out of class at 10:45, went by Central Dining Hall (one afternoon I shall take you there) to grab some Chik-fil-a to-go and walked up to my dorm to start some homework I've let pile up. I sat down to my chicken nuggets with Polynesian sauce and fries with the CFA sause (ohhhh....so good!), and my suitemate came in and hung out for a bit, then my good friend Amanda came by and chatted with me and I ended up going with her to marching band practice. ASU's Marching Mountaineers are freaking good (NCs Band of Distinction!!) and their rehearsals are open, so I went to Kidd Brewer Stadium (or The Rock) and read my English book (Angels & Demons by Dan Brown) while listening to them rehearse. It got me all stoked about game day this Saturday! After listening to them rehearse in the strangely blazing hot sun (for those of you have kept up with other ASU blogs, it has been raining here non-stop for about a week and a half until yesterday; today's high was 80), I made the hike back up to my dorm to attempt to complete my homework. I discovered I didn't write one of the informal papers I thought I had, so I have four due tomorrow by 1 o'clock. Oh well.
One of the awesome things about Boone is the complete randomness of the weather. A good motto is "If you don't like the weather, wait 15 minutes". Bring a t-shirt, shorts, jacket, and umbrella.
Well, I hope to maybe post something after the football game this Saturday, so I'll see you guys soon. Peace!
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
First Home Football Game
This Saturday was the first home football game! Our defense didn't show up to play (an expression for you non-football fans, they were at the game!) and we lost to Mcneese State, 35-40. But the game was fun and I decided to upload some pics from the game!
Thursday, September 3, 2009
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
First Vlog!!
I realized after watching this how incredibly nerdy I am talking about Harry Potter...but I love it so I don't really care :P
First Weekend Recap
*Written September 1st, 2009 9:15AM*
Belk Hall
I’m sitting in my Intro to Ancient Mediterranean World (the class I switched for Greek; it’s basically the history of the Greek instead of the language...perfect for me!), and I have about 15 minutes to kill before class starts so I thought I would give an overview of my first meeting-free weekend at App State.
Non-eventful. As a non-party goer, my Friday night was full of just chilling out at the dorm with friends. My Saturday plans to go hike the Boone Fork Trail was cancelled (for me at least; everyone else who did go had a blast) because I had a 4.5 hour band practice starting at noon. Now, I love playing with my church band (I play bass guitar), but to be honest, I would’ve rather gone hiking with everyone.
Saturday afternoon was very uneventful; everyone was tired from the 5-mile hike and was doing homework and their laundry. Then, all of a sudden, 18 people showed up in my room. It was sweet. We hung out, listened to really bad music (including some elementary school throwbacks to Fountains of Wayne and Bowling for Soup, plus some really bad, albeit more recent, throwbacks to...Metro Station), watched Youtube videos for a solid 2.5 or 3 hours, and just chatted. Me, my roommate, and two of our friends stayed up until 4:30AM just talking about nothing really. Then, I looked at my clock, saw how late it was, and realized i had to be at church in 5 hours (ick) so I went to bed.
I woke up too soon for my bodies taste, and headed to my home church (rep the Mount V!). I jammed out on the bass, played good, had a good time, but I felt physically sick because of the lack of sleep/sustaining food, so I went back to the L early. I spent the rest of the day just chillaxin’ and stuff like that.
Belk Hall
I’m sitting in my Intro to Ancient Mediterranean World (the class I switched for Greek; it’s basically the history of the Greek instead of the language...perfect for me!), and I have about 15 minutes to kill before class starts so I thought I would give an overview of my first meeting-free weekend at App State.
Non-eventful. As a non-party goer, my Friday night was full of just chilling out at the dorm with friends. My Saturday plans to go hike the Boone Fork Trail was cancelled (for me at least; everyone else who did go had a blast) because I had a 4.5 hour band practice starting at noon. Now, I love playing with my church band (I play bass guitar), but to be honest, I would’ve rather gone hiking with everyone.
Saturday afternoon was very uneventful; everyone was tired from the 5-mile hike and was doing homework and their laundry. Then, all of a sudden, 18 people showed up in my room. It was sweet. We hung out, listened to really bad music (including some elementary school throwbacks to Fountains of Wayne and Bowling for Soup, plus some really bad, albeit more recent, throwbacks to...Metro Station), watched Youtube videos for a solid 2.5 or 3 hours, and just chatted. Me, my roommate, and two of our friends stayed up until 4:30AM just talking about nothing really. Then, I looked at my clock, saw how late it was, and realized i had to be at church in 5 hours (ick) so I went to bed.
I woke up too soon for my bodies taste, and headed to my home church (rep the Mount V!). I jammed out on the bass, played good, had a good time, but I felt physically sick because of the lack of sleep/sustaining food, so I went back to the L early. I spent the rest of the day just chillaxin’ and stuff like that.
To Drop Or Not To Drop
*Written Aug 27th, 10:19am*
Central Dining Hall
So I’m meeting a good friend here at Central for some “brunch”, but I got here a little early so I decided to blog a bit about some thoughts I had on my walk here.
My first class of the day is Elementary Greek, a class that is “just getting off the ground here at Appalachian” (according to the professor). I took it because I’m a history major and I thought that taking Greek would be a cool way to learn more about the Greek culture and their history. Now, while that might still be true, I got to class yesterday and the professor made it quite plain that the class was about learning the Greek language. I’m not a foreign language person, at all. My mind just doesn’t work the way it needs to to learn a new language (ask my high school French teacher, Natalie Turner, who now works with App’s International Program), especially one with a different lettering system then English like Greek. So, I’m contemplating dropping that class and picking up another one, I just don’t know what to take. I would prefer to take a history course, but I don’t know what I need to take so I’ve got to do some perusing this afternoon I guess.
*** - By the way, I’m not putting down the Greek class or the professor down at all. If you’re at all interested in learning the Greek language, I highly recommend the course. The professor seemed to know what he was talking about and he very clearly went through the Greek alphabet with us, its just that I’m not good at that stuff...at all.
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Aug 27th 2:30om
The LLC
Went to see my advisor (she rocks!) about switching Greek and I got it all worked out. Instead of taking Greek at 9am MWF I’m now taking Intro to Ancient Mediterranean or something like that on TR at 9:30. Pretty cool switch I think, so I’m stoked it all worked out.
Central Dining Hall
So I’m meeting a good friend here at Central for some “brunch”, but I got here a little early so I decided to blog a bit about some thoughts I had on my walk here.
My first class of the day is Elementary Greek, a class that is “just getting off the ground here at Appalachian” (according to the professor). I took it because I’m a history major and I thought that taking Greek would be a cool way to learn more about the Greek culture and their history. Now, while that might still be true, I got to class yesterday and the professor made it quite plain that the class was about learning the Greek language. I’m not a foreign language person, at all. My mind just doesn’t work the way it needs to to learn a new language (ask my high school French teacher, Natalie Turner, who now works with App’s International Program), especially one with a different lettering system then English like Greek. So, I’m contemplating dropping that class and picking up another one, I just don’t know what to take. I would prefer to take a history course, but I don’t know what I need to take so I’ve got to do some perusing this afternoon I guess.
*** - By the way, I’m not putting down the Greek class or the professor down at all. If you’re at all interested in learning the Greek language, I highly recommend the course. The professor seemed to know what he was talking about and he very clearly went through the Greek alphabet with us, its just that I’m not good at that stuff...at all.
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Aug 27th 2:30om
The LLC
Went to see my advisor (she rocks!) about switching Greek and I got it all worked out. Instead of taking Greek at 9am MWF I’m now taking Intro to Ancient Mediterranean or something like that on TR at 9:30. Pretty cool switch I think, so I’m stoked it all worked out.
On The Eve Of (Real) College Beginning
*Written August 24th, 2009 11:54 PM*
Up until this point, I don’t really feel like I’ve been at college.
I moved in on Wednesday, so it’s been almost a week since I’ve left home (which is all of ten minutes away), but it doesn’t seem like “college” yet. But tomorrow that all changes when classes begin. People went to bed at decent hours tonight, acting like responsible adults instead of kids at camp. I honestly don’t know how things are going to change really. All weekend, everybody pretty much did their own thing for the most part, so I guess the only change is that their “own thing” is going to become their classes. I’m personally looking forward to my classes, but thats only because I’m not taking a math course this semester...instead, I’m taking Greek!
If I had to pick one thing that’s been my favorite thing so far, it would have to be all the awesome people I’ve had the chance to become friends with. As part of a learning community (yay residents of the LLC!!), it’s been really easy to meet people I think. With tons of places in the dorm to hang out and people around you that have similar interests, the environment itself seems to foster friendship out of its walls.
I’ve loved every second of hanging out with these new friends; whether it be watching Family Guy, cheering on Liverpool (dang you Aston Villa), jamming out in the music room, or just sitting around talking, it has been so much fun just to make new friends. I had a conversation with a couple of people that basically centered around the fact that we felt our one group of “high school” friends had become stale and that would be exciting to make new friends with new stories, new experiences, and new personalities. Our old friends can never be replaced and will always be fun to hang out and share our new ideas and experiences, of course, but the prospect of new friends is (to me) always exciting.
Up until this point, I don’t really feel like I’ve been at college.
I moved in on Wednesday, so it’s been almost a week since I’ve left home (which is all of ten minutes away), but it doesn’t seem like “college” yet. But tomorrow that all changes when classes begin. People went to bed at decent hours tonight, acting like responsible adults instead of kids at camp. I honestly don’t know how things are going to change really. All weekend, everybody pretty much did their own thing for the most part, so I guess the only change is that their “own thing” is going to become their classes. I’m personally looking forward to my classes, but thats only because I’m not taking a math course this semester...instead, I’m taking Greek!
If I had to pick one thing that’s been my favorite thing so far, it would have to be all the awesome people I’ve had the chance to become friends with. As part of a learning community (yay residents of the LLC!!), it’s been really easy to meet people I think. With tons of places in the dorm to hang out and people around you that have similar interests, the environment itself seems to foster friendship out of its walls.
I’ve loved every second of hanging out with these new friends; whether it be watching Family Guy, cheering on Liverpool (dang you Aston Villa), jamming out in the music room, or just sitting around talking, it has been so much fun just to make new friends. I had a conversation with a couple of people that basically centered around the fact that we felt our one group of “high school” friends had become stale and that would be exciting to make new friends with new stories, new experiences, and new personalities. Our old friends can never be replaced and will always be fun to hang out and share our new ideas and experiences, of course, but the prospect of new friends is (to me) always exciting.
First Post!
Yay!
Hey guys, my name is Zach and I'm a freshman here at Appalachian State U. The point of this blog is to simply tell about my life experiences here at App. Maybe you'll learn about some awesome stuff you didn't know about ASU, or maybe you'll just gain a new perspective on ASU that you couldn't get anywhere else. So, that being said, I hope you enjoy reading this! I hope my life can being interesting enough to write about, but this is college right?
I'll be posting via lots of different mediums on this blog. Most of my posts will be simply text, but I'll also be including some pictures of my life here on campus along with some Vlogs every once in a while (that's video logs for those of you who don't know the lingo ;-) ).
Go Mountaineers!
Hey guys, my name is Zach and I'm a freshman here at Appalachian State U. The point of this blog is to simply tell about my life experiences here at App. Maybe you'll learn about some awesome stuff you didn't know about ASU, or maybe you'll just gain a new perspective on ASU that you couldn't get anywhere else. So, that being said, I hope you enjoy reading this! I hope my life can being interesting enough to write about, but this is college right?
I'll be posting via lots of different mediums on this blog. Most of my posts will be simply text, but I'll also be including some pictures of my life here on campus along with some Vlogs every once in a while (that's video logs for those of you who don't know the lingo ;-) ).
Go Mountaineers!
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