AGGGG! Life is crazy, yet so boring

So, as I am writing, I have the strange feeling of extreme bordum (sp?) yet feel as if I have a million things to do. This may have a thing or two to do with my being a senior during second semester, but I swear that I do not have senioritus (yet...). I think that it has to do with me not getting enough sleep, and COLLEGE.

Sleep is a non issue. I normally don't sleep much, which my body really doesn't like too much. I think this makes me tired (profound, I know), and when I am tired, I can become incredibally lazy, thus not wanting to do anything.

But then I have so much to do. I am still waiting to hear back from the Coast Guard Academy, yet I have been accepted to Franciscan. I now have to worry about where I am going to get 20 grand a year, what I am going to get for options in my new MacBook (yes, I am going to get a MacBook. Boo Yeah), doing scholarship stuff, and all of that financial aid crap.

And then Vacation is next week, which gives me an incredabally good reason to slack off until next week.

Thus is my feeling of boredum and having a million things to do.

Oh, and I got a new dog. It is a dauchshound, he is a rescue dog from Arkansas, and he is now trying to figure out, along with my other dog, Nutmeg, who is boss. Sad but true, Buddy, the new one in brown, might be the boss of the 2 of them.

I got to Vote!

So Chester had its preliminary school budget vote tonight. It was relitively uneventful, nothing too crazy went down. But I aged myself and some of the teachers there as well.

You see, 4 years ago, I graduated from Chester Academy, a little school where teachers are close to the families and the community that they teach in. They show up at the town meetings, they go to town events. They don't just work for the town, they work with the town.

At this town meeting. I saw some of the teachers who taught me all those years ago. I saw them while I was handing in my ballot, voting on various budget issues.

The wierd thing for both them and us is that we can remember when I was just a little snotty 8th grader. Now, I get to vote, and have a say in their future as a school, yet we can still remember all of the classes from years past. It was really strange to see how much things have changed, how time has gone bye, yet some things never seem to change.

Welcome to my wierd life as an Insane [High School] Senior.

My Other Blog

So while i'll try to keep the politics to a minimum, if you are at all interested in politics, check out my other blog, NH Political Pundit, at http://www.nhpundit.blogspot.com/

There you can find my opinion about everything and anything political.

Check it out today!

Common Sense and College

Common Sense and College? I know, two things that don't really go together at all. Going through the whole college process is, admittingly, wearing on the nerves. But in talking with other seniors, it is interesting how trying applying to college is for some, and how common sense is lacking in others.

College first. My application process is somewhat irregular, not extremely common. I only applied to 2 colleges, the most selective Military college in the country, and a medium sized Catholic (big C) School in Ohio. Why? Because the Military College is the Coast Guard Academy. I have loved boating since I was a little boy, and I have always had the greatest admiration for those who willingly put on the uniform to serve our country. The medium Catholic School, Franciscan University of Steubenville, because it is the best Catholic School that I know of, it will help me grow, and I have friends that are out there.

But why choose those colleges? Simple, they make sense for me. I love the military and the water, yet am not too cracked up about shipping out to war in some other country, the Coast Guard is almost the perfect fit for that. I am a devout Catholic, and I am always looking to grow in my faith with friends who share the same faith. With a respectable educational program, it also makes sense for me.

But in talking with other students, I have to wonder, why do they choose to apply to the school that they did? Unfortunately, most students say either because it looks good, or their parents want them to go there. While both are good reasons, it scares me that almost no one says because it is a school that not only supports my values and point of view, and it works for me. Students are selecting schools today not based on how the school with work with them and develop them into what they want to become, but how that school will either make my parents happy, or will only look good in the future.

To me, it would be a common sensedecision to go to a school that works for you now and in the future, but maybe I am wrong. But I think not.