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| greekstock |
| 05.01.05 (2:12 am) [edit] |
thanks for coming out, even though it turned out to be more like a picnic. "the most expensive private concert ever" made many great memories. thanks.
It was all for them
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| 80s to 30s and a Relay |
| 04.24.05 (3:01 am) [edit] |
As expected in Indiana, the weather has been completely unpredicable the past couple of days. 80s and sunny transforms through a big storm to a cool 30s with sleet and cloudy horidness. Unfortuately enough, this was Relay for Life weekend here in great Vigo County. Being our team captain for that made me a bit stressful all day before it started at 3pm. First of all, my day started with a breakfast. yeah, haven't had one of those since probably last year. I, along with TPK, had to take our Pike chapter consultant to breakfast to talk about our new/soon to be History Room and also about Chapter Ed. and historian stuff. Aside: I just love breakfast food, but the problem is that it is way too early in the morning. 'They' should switch lunch and breakfast foods! Well it didn't go anyway that I could have imagined. He wanted to hear more of ghost stories about our house than anything else. Which disappointed me because I wanted his input/feedback on how Chapter Ed is going and what I can do to make it good/better. C'est la vie.
The rest of the day consisted of an enjoyable random-topic conversation with Tim and Cory. Then, I had to face Mother Nature and her recient PMSing episode. Horrible mother she is really--teasing us like that with tropical weather. So relay was not as great as last year, reason being is probably the weather. ACS ended up shutting it down at 10pm because of the freezing temperatures. Expected wind chill was like 17 or something crazy. And of course Al Morrison told ACS to fuck off, and that we couldn't use the SRC instead of the outside track. What a dick. So we Pikes helped clean up and got a total of a whole sheet cake (2 seperate halves) from the survivors dinner. SWEET! So "cherokee princess" gave the brothers some cake to persuade dream girl voting. ;) So the evening ended up unexpectedly back at the house for a little beer o'clock and watching people playing poker. Including Ashley! I haven't seen her in a long time. Voll did a good job with the ring, too--it's pretty. I can't wait to see my neice soon! I hear that she is growing up so fast. She's the cutest baby ever. 
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| reflections of the day |
| 04.23.05 (2:18 am) [edit] |
so i was sitting down in the back lounge for "beer o'clock" and i realized that these guys are awesome. I really feel at home with them all. It is apparently a good time in the Fraternity from what I hear from the seniors reflecting. "We're not a sorority any more." Yeah, no more bitching I guess. I look around at these guys and I remember my first impressions of them and as I started to get to know them better. Now when I look at them I see a group of men that I've known what seems longer than just 2 years. I can look past our differences and respect them as diversity. I can look at each man and call him my Brother.
I don't know where my life is going, but I like how I'm going there. What I will do after I graduate is always a merky shadow over my head. Job? Peace Corps? Grad School? I like Neilson's motto: "Drop out now, avoid the rush. Become a bum under the bridge in the park." I guess I'm a little farther than senior government class though. I've gotten myself into college, where it's all up to me. No pressure. I actually enjoy classes germane to my major. (i.e. right now ECE250) We're starting to get into applications and not just theory, and I find myself being fascinated by so much in that class.
Although at the same time, our next paper in Shakespeare really has found the glowing ambers of my love for staging and theatre. I still would love to just get a degree in technical lighting and theatre and move to NYC. As for now, Rose's $ 15M stage will have to do when I can find the time. I love talking to people with the same passions I have. Doing so lets me feel at ease for some reason. Being an engineer is something that fascinates me and I love, but using the other half of my brain is really more passion. I miss seeing beauty in things. Its like American Beauty when the scene of the plastic bag is moving in the wind. We just need to step back and not take things for granted and always try to explain them with some theorems, laws, and formulas. Some things should just be beautiful and left alone.
Thats what bothered me in Shakespeare class today. The way people take a beautiful art produciton and stick a genre on it. Don't try to classify it. Tragedy? Comedy? Tragi-Comedy? Does it matter? Stop analyzing it, just enjoy it. Our whole way of life is starting to corrupt our God-given appreciation for love and beauty.
I have so much going on in my life currently that I've just stepped back to take a look at it all and enjoy this time. This is "the best time of my life" and it won't come again. Whether it's true that it is or is not, doesn't matter. I've chapter ed. stuff, the new class coming in, other Pike stuff, classes not to fail, books to read and essays to write, not to mention my social life ( :D ), my psychological health, and then my physical and neurological health. Slowly things are being checked off the list. Like actually getting a date for the spring class' banquet. Stephanie is awesome!
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| no blog in a while, but it's here now |
| 04.17.05 (4:18 pm) [edit] |
yeah, so the blog died for a while. i gave it CPR and i was in a coma until now. yeah...
Ditch was friday night for the spring class. I wasn't going to do it because I didn't have a little brother even though Ian said we could with another Brother for fun. I hadn't had but 3 hours of sleep total for the two nights before, but I decided on a whim over a half a pizza I shared with Brent to go. So on a full stomach, flip flops, and little sleep I, along with Jeff, Homan, and Tomsu, began our trek back from the Haute to the House. we started at the pike state house and then walked along the north side back roads of town. Wow! that was some scary shit. It's sad that people actually live there. We had some middle/high school (there is no dividing line anymore for me) girls call us out across the street corner. Then they started to follow from a distance us for a block. We walked faster and then a dog started to follow us. Tha's the crack house part of the haute I guess. Random people on the front porches in the dark just watching us walk down the street. We took a few alleys and I swear we were going be in a hit and run. But we made it to the Boys and Girls Club (which I didn't know existed) and Tomsu and I took a pit stop near some evergreens. We traveled alongside the club's baseball field back south towards Wabash ave. Past the ball field there was a 12' tall metal fence enclosing a junk yard. There was so much broken glass shimmering on the ground from the moonlight; and the wall had grafitti galore covering its face. we came to a road finally and i bent down kissed the pavement and thanked god we had found a road. it happened to be a side street a few hundred feet norht of Locust street. So we funished up the limits of the Haute on Locust and made it to Heritage Trail. At rose we stopped at Cat's room and had some hot chocolate. it was soooo delicious! we started a tradition to stop and visit in new res. we then want to speed to so tony could take a picture in his little bro Josh's bed. Success, but right when we stepped throught the threshold into the hall, there was josh coming back from mcdonalds. the rest of us made a blockade across the hall while tony ran. We contacted him through phones to tell him where not to go. we then proceded through campus to the service road back by facilities and the observatory. We got a call from tony saying he was headed to / X house to have a friend just drive him back to the pike house. so it was just me and tomsu walking to hunt road. jeff decided to run and try to make it back on the bottleneck of Ditch, the heritage trail. walking down hunt road we came to jeff, who had be caught by his little. Tony, however, actually made it and met us back at the house.
Saturday
Workday started at 9:15 and I stumbled out to the gym 15 minutes later and had some doughnuts and OJ. I was on the landscaping team. We actually finished the landscaping from last year-sans fixing the flag pole. I went to get more mulch, since we ran out and I had my dad's truck for the day. I had to leave a 4 to go to IRT's production of billy shakespear's Midsummer Night's Dream. It was a fairly modern intrepreataion. first the stage was a giant picture, frame and all. the costumes and set were not period, and very imaginative. the only part i like in the script is the rude mechanicals and a few scenes between the lovers--so i didn't have a expectation goin in. but thats ok.
we (me, 1/cent, roesler and yousty who was going to brooke's house) left there to go have a quick dinner in the food court of circle center. awesome pizza. oh and there was these 3 gay guys sitting a few tables away from us. it was so funny because on had pants that were fit for a girl and when he sat down you could see his crack (right above the rhinestone belt). it was a bad sight to see. Something eles that..hmm...caught our eye was how the younger and younger girls dress like hoes. We guys can't tell how old a girl is anymore. 14? 30? (yousty) who knows.
then the three of us took off to IU to raeann and beth's appt. for a golf pros and tennis hoes party. it was our college party that wasn't pikes. i guess we're just that cool that we're the ones that always throw the parties. but, yeah. so we got to see all of the IU girls (and marian), and it was good. yeah tennis hoes.... :) it was good. but no they are all the sweetest girls ever. so they are all (nt raeann) coming to GreekStock ( www.greekstock.org ) to see 5 bands for a good cause..American Cancer Society. tix are only $ 10. food and beverages provided...done with the sales pitch. and more thoughts on that, but not in the blog.
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| personality tests |
| 04.15.05 (6:52 pm) [edit] |
so i took this test while writing my essay for shakespeare class @ http://similarminds.com" title="http://similarminds.com" target="_blank"http://similarminds.com
Advanced Big 45 Personality Test Results | Gregariousness | ||||||||| | 26% | | Sociability | ||||||||| | 26% | | Assertiveness | ||||||||||||||||||||| | 66% | | Poise | ||||||||||||||||||||| | 62% | | Leadership | ||||||||| | 22% | | Provocativeness | |||||||||||||||||| | 54% | | Self-Disclosure | ||||||||| | 30% | | Talkativeness | ||| | 10% | | Group Attachment | |||||||||||| | 34% | | Extroversion | |||||||||||| | 36% | | Understanding | |||||||||||| | 38% | | Warmth | |||||||||||| | 34% | | Morality | ||||||||||||||||||||||||| ||| | 82% | | Pleasantness | ||||||||||||||||||||| | 70% | | Empathy | |||||||||||||||||| | 58% | | Cooperation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||| ||| | 82% | | Sympathy | |||||| | 18% | | Tenderness | ||||||||||||||| | 46% | | Nurturance | ||||||||| | 30% | | Friendliness | ||||||||||||||| | 50% | | Conscientiousness | ||||||||||||||||||||| | 62% | | Efficiency | ||||||||||||||||||||| | 70% | | Dutifulness | ||||||||||||||||||||| | 70% | | Purposefulness | |||||||||||||||||| | 58% | | Organization | ||||||||||||||||||||||||| ||| | 86% | | Cautiousness | |||||||||||||||||| | 54% | | Rationality | |||||||||||||||||||||||| | 74% | | Perfectionism | |||||||||||||||||||||||| | 78% | | Planning | ||||||||||||||||||||||||| ||| | 86% | | Orderliness | ||||||||||||||||||||| | 70% | | Stability | |||||||||||||||||||||||| | 74% | | Happiness | ||||||||||||||||||||| | 66% | | Calmness | |||||||||||||||||||||||| | 74% | | Moderation | ||||||||||||||| | 46% | | Toughness | |||||||||||||||||||||||| | 74% | | Impulse Control | |||||||||||||||||| | 54% | | Imperturbability | |||||||||||||||||||||||| | 78% | | Cool-headedness | |||||| | 18% | | Tranquility | ||||||||||||||| | 50% | | Emotional Stability | |||||||||||||||||| | 59% | | Intellect | |||||||||||| | 34% | | Ingenuity | ||||||||||||||||||||| | 62% | | Reflection | |||||||||||||||||| | 58% | | Competence | ||||||||||||||||||||||||| ||| | 82% | | Quickness | |||||||||||||||||||||||| | 74% | | Introspection | ||||||||||||||||||||| | 66% | | Creativity | |||||||||||||||||||||||| | 74% | | Imagination | ||||||||||||||| | 50% | | Depth | |||||||||||||||||||||||| | 78% | | Openmindedness | ||||||||||||||||||||| | 64% | | sup | Factor |
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low score |
high score |
Gregariousness |
26% |
quiet, reclusive |
engaging, socially bold |
Sociability |
26% |
withdrawn, hidden |
warm, open, inviting |
Assertiveness |
66% |
timid, gunshy |
controlling, aggressive |
Poise |
62% |
uneasy around others |
socially comfortable |
Leadership |
22% |
stays in background |
prefers to lead |
Provocativeness |
54% |
modest, plays it safe |
bold, uninhibited, cocky |
Self-Disclosure |
30% |
private, contained |
very open and revealing |
Talkativeness |
10% |
quiet, stealthy, invisible |
motor mouth, loud |
Group Attachment |
34% |
loves solitude |
prefers to be with others |
Understanding |
38% |
insensitive, schizoid |
respectful, sympathetic |
Warmth |
34% |
disinterested in others |
supportive, helpful |
Morality |
82% |
break/ignore the rules |
play by the rules |
Pleasantness |
70% |
aloof or disagreeable |
gets along with others |
Empathy |
58% |
out of tune w/ others |
in tune with others |
Cooperation |
82% |
competitive, warlike |
agreeable, peaceful |
Sympathy |
18% |
socially inconsiderate |
socially conscious |
Tenderness |
46% |
cold hearted, selfish |
warm hearted, selfless |
Nurturance |
30% |
self pleasing, me first |
people pleasing, me last |
Conscientiousness |
62% |
reckless, unscheduled |
careful, planner |
Efficiency |
70% |
unreliable, lazy |
finisher, follows through |
Dutifulness |
70% |
leisurely, derelict |
strict, rule abiding |
Purposefulness |
58% |
inattentive, undisciplined |
prepared, focused |
Organization |
86% |
relaxed, oblivious |
detail oriented, anal |
Cautiousness |
54% |
impulsive, spendthrift |
restrained, cautious |
Rationality |
74% |
irrational, random |
direct, logical |
Perfectionism |
78% |
careless, error prone |
detail obsessed |
Planning |
86% |
disorganized, random |
scheduled, clean |
Stability |
74% |
easily frustrated |
calm, cool, unphased |
Happiness |
66% |
unhappy, dissatisfied |
self content, positive |
Calmness |
74% |
touchy, volatile |
even tempered, tolerant |
Moderation |
46% |
needs instant gratification |
easily delays gratification |
Toughness |
74% |
hypersensitive, moody |
thick skinned |
Impulse Control |
54% |
lacks self control |
maintains composure |
Imperturbability |
78% |
highly emotional |
emotionally contained |
Cool-headedness |
18% |
demanding, controlling |
accommodating |
Tranquility |
50% |
emotionally volatile |
emotionally neutral |
Intellect |
34% |
instinctive, non-analytical |
intellectual, analytical |
Ingenuity |
62% |
lacks new ideas |
innovative, novel |
Reflection |
58% |
unreflective, coarse |
art and beauty lover |
Competence |
82% |
slow to understand/think |
intellectual, brainy |
Quickness |
74% |
intellectually dependent |
intellectually independent |
Introspection |
66% |
not self reflective |
self searching |
Creativity |
74% |
dull headed |
synthesizer, iconoclast |
Imagination |
50% |
practical, realistic |
dreamer, unrealistic |
Depth |
78% |
lacks curiosity |
mental explorer |
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