Creative, Class, Concert, Celine

So this last little while has been a bit insane, but here's a bit of a rundown:

My friend Kristen works at the Old Spaghetti Factory, so her boyfriend, Chris and I like to go visit her while she's working. We make sure we're ultra demanding and we always end up being her favorite customers.. hehe.. always fun!
Chrystal and I wanted to watch a movie the other night, but I don't have a tv and don't really want one. So this is how we set up my laptop and speaker to have a nice pseudo-tv!! hehe.. worked well!!

Last night, a group of us girls went to the Celine Dion Concert. We met for dinner beforehand at Sammy J Peppers and then headed to GM Place. We were going to go sit at our spots on the balcony when the guy standing there asked us if we wanted a deal, and then he proceeded to trade us tickets and gave us floor seats!!! They were second row and we got to see everything-crazy!! When Celine walked out, she was right in front of me and we had some good bonding moments of good eye contact. So, although you couldn't see all the lights and jazz from afar, it was pretty cool to see everyone so close the whole time!! Here's some pics I snapped. My camera battery was going dead, otherwise I would have taken more! Oh well!









What a great concert! Loved all her outfits and just the whole show was great! What a powerhouse!! hehe..

Yesterday in one of my classes, we had a guy come as a guest speaker who just got released from prison last Friday. The class is called Prison and the Person, so it's quite fitting. Anyway, it was super interesting to hear his perspective and to see him as a person who has feelings and emotions and to hear what he had to say. It's interesting to compare the truth to what is portrayed in the media as well and it's sad that we don't uphold truth, but we like twisting facts in order to sell more papers and in order to scare people, etc. One thing he said that really stuck out to me is the fact that he will never be free. Yes, he's served his time in prison, which amounted to a total of 18 years, but he will never be free. Society does not freely accept him and he will be judged for what he did. It's an interesting thought that we put all this effort into rehabilitating people in prison and we say we love all people and want to serve and help them, yet we fail to accept them into society, even with something as simple as giving the person a place to live. Obviously there's two sides to the story, but I just found that really interesting.

Anyway, I need to get back to writing my thesis... here's a rundown of the things I have to do in the next few days: Mark midterms for three classes, write my lit review, read 150 pages and write a 5 page paper critiquing that, prepare for an hour long presentation, prepare for a midterm, write a 12 page paper.. and the list goes on. ha! but that's giving you an idea of my level of sanity.

I think my stress load has started hitting my health. Things have been really dizzy of late and I can't get up without the whole room spinning. It's kind of scary. But I guess just the factors of stuff at home with school and life is all adding up. AHHHHHH!!! hehe.. until next time friends!