Blog #14

This is it, my final blog post. At the beginning of the semester, when Robin told us about the assignment, I thought that it was going to be terribly hard and it was at first. Once I got started though, my blogs just started flying onto my page. The ideas that I could never come up with, just started coming into my head. I had a system that insured me a good grade on this assignment, and now that the year is over I think that I will share it with everyone. Once Robin told us that we had to not only write 14 blogs but also comment on other people's blogs to get an A, I got an idea. My plan was to comment on three other blogs right after I had finished my blog. This plan worked perfectly. At first it was just so that I could get an A, but halfway through I realized that I was giving real feedback, and I was enjoying reading my classmates' posts. I really enjoyed this assignment. I feel that by writing these blogs, my imagination and my writing skills have improved. I wish that more teachers would incorporate more assignments like this one into their class plans every semester. So I would like to say thank you to Robin for assigning our class this blog idea because without being made to do this, I never would have attempted it. And no Nick, I know you are thinking, "Mark is trying to get brownie points." Or maybe you are saying to yourself, "Hey Mark, you've got a little something on your nose." Regardless of what you think, I did enjoy this assignment, and I enjoyed this class; It also doesn't hurt that I got 6 credit hours for it, but that is neither here nor there. Because of this class I now have 15 new people that I can call my friends. I have also met 15 new people that I can say "hey" to on campus, which will no doubt insure that i will beat my girlfriend, Kelly, every time we play the "University of Alabama How Many People Do You Know contest." So after this long ramble I will wrap this final blog up with a Roll Tide. See you guys around campus.

Christianity

I have never been one of those people that forces my religious beliefs onto other people. If someone asks me what I think, then I will share my beliefs with them, but I will not push myself onto them. I am a Christian--and I'm proud of being a Christian. I don't think that it is important exactly what denomination people are but only that they believe that Jesus was sent to die for us to save us from our sins. For the record though, I am Catholic, and I don't travel to many other churches. This morning however, I attended a Methodist service downtown with my girlfriend who happens to be Methodist. As I walked into the sanctuary, I was very surprised to see another familiar face. My English teacher, Robin Mozer, was sitting with the children on the side of the church. It turns out that Robin was leading the music for what i presumed the children's choir. I never knew that she could sing so well. After the children were finished singing, Robin went and changed and took her place in the choir. I was filled with the love of the Lord as I listen to the choir sing, and it really made me feel good that I knew someone that was singing the Lord's praise so beautifully. I really enjoyed my first visit to the Methodist church downtown, and if we had another Sunday left in the school year then my girlfriend and I would probably go back for another Sunday service.

Study Time

As I write this post, I find myself once again procrastinating. Currently I am sitting in the Gorgas Library trying to study for my exams next week, but I am finding studying very difficult. Maybe I can't study because I'm not too worried yet about my exams or maybe its just because I really hate the Gorgas Library. Earlier I tried to study at the Bruno Library but it was closed. Go figure, a major library on campus closed the weekend before final exams? This makes no sense at all too me. Why is the University closing libraries this time of year? Bruno happens to be the place that I study best, and I can't even go there to study. Since Bruno was closed I had to come to Gorgas and it really sucks. There are tons of people here and many of them aren't studying anything. Some students are sitting at computers looking at their Facebook, some are eating food and watching tv, some are just screwing around (like me), and some are actually studying. Maybe I'm not the only person that tried to get into Bruno tonight and that is the reason for all of the nonsense at Gorgas. Maybe none of the students really want to be at this library tonight, but they were forced to come here because their favorite place to study was closed. Yes, I even checked Robin's favorite hangout the McClure Library and found out that it was closed as well. I really should get back to studying now, so I will end this frustrated blog with, wtf?