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Name: Jacob
Birthday: 2/15/1986
Gender: Male
Interests: Writing poetry and random blurbs of nonsense, listening to music (mostly country, soft rock, and alternative, some pop and techno), working, chatting online, furries, roleplaying (husky anthro ~ Lawler), macros (don't ask.. *grins*), reading, cartoons, Everquest, Starcraft, chess, Fullmetal Alchemist, Wolf's Rain, Ranma 1/2, DDR, Monty Python, politics, long drawn out intellectual conversations, sushi, and many other various random and trivial things. ^^
Expertise: Jack of some trades, master of none! Except silence.. :)
Occupation: Student
Industry: Education/Research
Message: message me
Website: visit my website
AIM:  SoccrStarX
Yahoo:  destined_different
Yahoo:  aridpuppytears
Member Since:
8/18/2004
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| I finally feel compelled to write in this confounded journal once again.. although I've been teasing the possibility of making one strictly using my fursona.. where I can post writings and such. I guess time will tell.. and the span of time it takes for me to write in here again.. 
Honestly.. where to begin? There has been so much that has happened in the last month that it's hard to keep track of it all in my mind!
I guess to begin.. I shall talk about school. UCM is.. average at best. It's becoming a real chore to commute back and forth to my classes every Tuesday and Thursday.. for classes that are of little interest to me in the first place. What's worse is that these classes are my English classes.. and I'm an English major! *scowls* Honestly.. I can't take much more of this dry lecture approach to teaching, especially in a school of higher learning! There is nothing I want more than to breathe some life into classrooms by being a teacher, but I don't know how much more of this I can suffer! On a brighter note.. my Educational Psychology and Educational Field Experience/Theory courses are a thrill. The professors are engaging and enjoyable, with unique personalities and a sincere passion for what they teach, which makes it so much easier to want to follow along. Alongside my Field Experience course, I also have to take thirty hours of classroom observation and aid at a public school.. So.. I am officially Doc Menefee's assistant for the remainder of the semester. It will be the first time since cadet teaching my junior year of high school, that I will be able to be a "teacher" of sorts, and I'm really looking forward to it..
With school beginning again.. work is something that I'd rather not think about.. but is unfortunately a bit of a necessity. So.. Saturdays and Sundays, I work at Zarda, while I use the week to study for classes and (eventually) do my observation and aid. Part-time supervisor. Oh joyous day, hehe..
Another theme that has been occuring over the past month has been the friends factor. Friends have left. Friends have come back. Friends have been made. Amie left for basic training back in August, and Aaron is down at UCM living on campus, doing the college dorm life. It's.. odd.. not having your brother around the house, after he's been there for so long; I'm beginning to understand why he was so bored while I was up at Truman.. hehe. I've also had the opportunity to catch up with old friends from high school.. Stacy, Melissa, Michael and Stormie.. just to name a few. It's a mixed feeling.. because.. I've taken quite a few steps back over the years, and seeing everybody doing well eats at me a little bit, despite how good it is to see them again. *shrugs*
There's also been the acquisition of new friends.. and exploring sides of myself that I have not had the chance to do. Over the past few months, I've been introduced to several new furs.. and have now made it a routine to go see them all on Friday nights. Unfortunately, they live in Kansas City.. which makes for a bit of a drive (along with driving to Warrensburg and Lee's Summit.. hehe). We've gone bowling and watched movies.. ate dinners.. and had an overall good time. It gives me something to look forward to during the week..
This October.. I'll also be going to my first convention.. hopefully.. hehe.
The more I delve into my life and my education.. the more I wonder if I'm really cut out for finishing college. It's a thought that has nagged at me for awhile now, and as of late has been voicing itself incredibly loud. Teaching is something that I've always wanted to do.. but I've been weighing all of the possible notions. Is there some way that I could further my education without having to take the traditional route through post-secondary school? Is there something missing in my life, or another calling that I should be searching for? Perhaps I've already found it.. There's not that much to be disappointed about; I know where most of my limits lie and what I am capable of doing. I've managed to get an Associate's degree, showing that I at least have competency in a general education standpoint. Maybe now is not the right time to finish.. or maybe this needs to become a much more gradual process. Or.. maybe I'm just grasping at straws, hunting down reasons to hide behind my own inadequacies. *shrugs a bit* It's something that I need to address with my parents.. but.. I know that in doing so.. that I'm letting them down somewhat. At least, that's what I feel..
Anywho.. bed is calling. I need my rest for tomorrow.. later days.
-Jacob
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| I promise to update soon.. honest! o.o;;
-Jacob
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| Hmm.. wonder if there's any real point in keeping this thing.. Hell, this is the first time I've looked at Xanga in two months.. *sighs a bit* u.u
Guess I'll see what kind of feedback transpires and go from there. It may just be that I focus on Facebook rather than here.. (not that I'll be much better at that.. ^^)
Later days.
-Jacob
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| Yep.. this pup is still around. ^^ Just been pretty busy lately.. coupled with the fact that our phone lines have been on the fritz, which means no DSL. I am down on the final stretch. One more week of classes, and then finals. Then, providing that I pass Adolescent Psychology and Speech, I will gain my Associate's Degree. So very, very thrilled and relieved.. ^^ As for the rest of my life.. nothing too exciting on that end. Just the same ol' same ol'. And now, if you'll excuse me, it's time to study for German.. later days! -Jacob | | |
| This whole month is going to be hell.. it's going to blow my mind..
..but come May 1st, it'll all be downhill.
Time to start anew. Again.
Later days.
-Jacob
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