THE LIBER

Liberty. Liberation. Liberator. Liberal. Liberate. Free man. This is all about the wisdom, knowledge, betterment of self and society. Aristotle said, "All men and women naturally desire knowledge." Here, in a liberal arts environment, we find freedom in learning. We, as humans love learning, whether we like school and class or not. We know that this life is all about obtaining knowledge and we want it. Thankfully, at a school like SVU, we can become free thinkers and and build our characters at the same time!

THE WILDLIFE

The wild life in Buena Vista is great. For some reason it's different that Salt Lake wildlife. The animals are the same, but their personalities (if you will) are completely different. I looked ou my window my first week here and there on the side of the hill, were three deer. In Utah, if I ever saw a deer it would promptly run away. Not these deer. They saw me and just looked. They didn't run, they didn't have the "deer in the headlights" look. It was great. Also, the squirrels are hilarious and the spiders weave the most beautiful webs.

THE PARTICLE

How do I write about something that is just about unfathomable? I'm not sure. I'm not a very science-y kind of person, so I don't really understand what is going on with this "God" particle. I think if it does exist, God made it exist so other things could exist. It isn't the core of creation and development, God is. Just like I haven't seen God, scientists haven't seen this particle. But we see traces of these things everyday. If we got a real confirmation of this particle's existence, would the world be different at all? I'm not sure.

THE SONG

Yikes. What was that? I just witnessed a lovely little taste of the 80s. And by lovely, I mean strange... I'm supposed to write my reaction, but I don't really have any words.

THE ILLNESS

Well, it happened. I knew it would. It's an inevitable occurrence. We musical theatre people know that if you are in a show during cold season the whole cast will, at some point, pass around an illness of some sort. This is the first time I've been away from home, so being sick has been really fun. I quickly realized that I couldn't go to the medicine cabinet that my mother keeps so well stocked and just find something to help me out. I try to sleep a lot, but that can be kind of hard when two other people live in your room and have different schedules and interests than you. So much pressure on my nose and head and ears. I just want to fall asleep for a week or so. "Hello, Dolly!" opens next week, and I am all sick and gross. I got four bloody noses over the weekend. This is great. This morning I got up nice and early to take a shower (my roommates tend to spend long periods of time in the bathroom, so I have to wake up before them if I want to get ready), hoping that the hot water would sooth my muscles and the extreme steam (that rhymes...) would clear up my sinuses. But no. I turned it on full blast and it never got more than lukewarm. The one time I really need it to. And then I had to go to class. Five of them. And then I have rehearsal and it starts earlier than usual. And my whole wardrobe is in my dirty laundry pile. And I've been needing to go to the store for a week. And I have a ton of reading I should be doing. And what will I do? Well, as soon as I get out of this class, I will probably go take a nap. If time, body, and roommates permit.

THE POEM

You will love me now

For I am yours forever.

Eternity and a day.

THE LIFE

We all have our problems and things we don't like about ourselves. Everyday, I find myself suffering from chronic procrastination. I think it's genetic, as I know a few family members that are the same way. But not only am a great procrastinator, I am also a super perfectionist. This is something I have been trying to overcome since the beginning of my life, or maybe just the beginning of junior high school. I find myself wanting to do well in school, but getting so easily distracted that I put things off for days. Then I don't sleep much the night before something is due. If there were an award for procrastination and time wasting, I think I would win it. I am still trying everyday. It's a process. Other than that, I am pretty content with my life, except my nose... Let's not get started on that genetic problem.