Blog 10: Midterm

    While I was not confident heading into my midterm week, I came out doing just fine thankfully. I always stress about my performance in school because I feel that I never do enough and am never prepared. Usually, I'm just too hard on myself and do fine and that was thankfully the case here. I only had two midterm tests and then the midterm grade for this class, which overall was not as stressful as I thought. For this class, our midterm was basically just keeping up on the blog posts so I had no stress there, and then the other two tests were in my theater and political science class which I scored well on as well. A lot of it was just a review of the big topics that had been discussed in class so it was not too challenging and did not require much studying/review. 

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    Perhaps part of my success can be attributed to Athletic Greens, which is a green supplement drink thing filled with vitamins and minerals and all that good stuff. It does not taste very good by itself in water, as it honestly takes like sweet grass. I found a way to overcome the nasty taste, however, by mixing it with whey protein, honey, oats, peanut butter, and milk. While it may not still be the greatest tasting thing, it is much more doable to drink and does not taste as "sweet grass-like" taste. Getting enough nutrients in your body can only be a good thing so that is why I drink this stuff so I can be "healthy". I am not too sure if I feel any more or less different, but mentally I feel better so I guess that's all that matters. 

Blog 9: Tim Dillon and Chrissy Chaos Podcast

    I always found people who exclaim that they listen to podcasts to be very annoying. Anyone who has ever told me that they listen to podcasts has had a hint of arrogance to it. Maybe that's more based on the person themself saying that they listen to podcasts, but generally, that's just how it has been. That's not to say I'm not guilty of this and constantly talk about two podcasts in particular: The Tim Dillon Show and the Chrissy Chaos podcast. Both of these guys are primarily based in New York and are very successful comedians and so forth. I originally couldn't get into podcasts when I first tried entering this realm, as they just seemed pretty boring and I couldn't maintain my interest in it over such a long period of time. That was until later in my high school years when I started listening to the Joe Rogan podcast, mainly to tune in to his interviews with pro-MMA fighters. It wasn't long after that that I started branching out and trying to find more podcasts that I like. It took me some time, but, I eventually found my two favorite podcasts in the world that I tune into about every week. Laughing is always a good thing, and I spend a lot more time laughing now. Sometimes they have extreme forms of comedy, but it's always in good spirit and has helped me in forming my opinions about things in the world. Their podcasts are about an hour-long, which is just about the right time before it becomes too long for the listeners. Even then, when I listen to these podcasts I barely notice the time and I usually find myself wanting even more content. These two podcasts may not be for everyone, which is why it's important for one to take some time and find what content they want to listen to. Music and podcasts are very similar in that it's basically unique to the person who decides what they want to listen to. 

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Fall Break

     Coming into fall break, I was rather unaffected by the two days off initially. On Friday, I felt like it would be just another two days without having to go to college but we still have homework so what's the point of the two days off anyway. However, as I am writing this today on the last day of fall break, I sort of have a newfound appreciation for it. I was able to get done with some of my homework early and set myself up for the week. Usually, I do homework about the day before it is due, and I still procrastinate to a degree. But because of the boredom, I forced myself to do homework and that alone has relieved a lot of stress and anxiety. Sleeping in is such a blessing, and being able to do that the past two days has felt life-changing. The White Sox are playing the Astros right now and currently, the score is 1-0 White Sox. I'm going to watch the rest of the game after completing this post so hopefully "Sox in 5". 

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Blog 7: Reflection of Class So Far

     This week I didn't have anything super interesting to "blog" about. Lately, all I've done and thought about is school, so I figured that I might as well continue this theme. We just got our first essays back in class, and while I didn't think that it was my best work, I got a relatively solid grade on it so that's always rewarding to see. Like most sane people, I enjoy seeing my work yield great results. I think it would be weird for people not to see their work be rewarded, but I can't possibly speak for everybody. Now that the documentary project is done, I feel some relief from my school workload and now have to get ready for the group project. My group has six people, including myself, so the workload for us should be fairly reduced and stress-free. In addition, I like the people in my group and feel that everyone gets along with each other well which always makes group projects much more smooth. Our contract is already written and signed by everyone and we all seem to generally know what we will be doing for the project. As this quote says:

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