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Name: Timberlu Alma
Birthday: 7/3/1986
Interests: Boxing Rabbis, Lucky Charms (the cereal), squirrels (especially ones named Binky)
Expertise: Trypanosoma, popcorn, life (the cereal), Sparkling Grape Juice
Occupation: Student
Industry: Nonprofit
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2/8/2005
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Your celebrity boyfriend is Ricky Ullman. He is one of those rare boys who are sweet, cute, adorable, hott, nice, well....you get the point. He is a LOT of fun to be around and is very easy to talk to because he is so understanding.
Hey, Julie. Check out my boyfriend. hehe.
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Back by popular demand...
Well, I've had a very interesting life since I last updated this thing.
A lot has happened. A lot of homework, a lot of exams and quizzes, a
lot of awesome times with friends, a lot of new friends made, and a lot
of memories and life-changing experiences.
First things first, a lot of homework and exams and quizzes. So my
grades in Anatomy and Physio. have kind of been taking a beating with
my whole scholastic identity crisis saga. I've thought a lot about
changing my major to Spanish, or anything other than biology for that
matter. O. Chem is just as intolerable as ever, I guess. I've been
doing a little bit better this semester, yet better I don't think is
going to cut it. I'm just happy that this is my last semester of
chemistry of any sort.
A lot of awesome times with friends--kind of a normal occurence at
college. We had a DDR party/rave the other night at my friend Warren's
house. Just your typical Tuesday night party, you know. We had a lot of
fun, especially at the rave half of the evening. We put in our
reggaeton and made fools of ourselves with glow sticks. It was quality.
Me and Julie, Felipe, and Mike went ice skating with the
sophomore/senior class about a month or so ago. Actually more freshmen
showed up than anyone else, but it was still fun. It had been a while
since I had actually ice skated so it was an experience, that's for
sure. We were laughing at all the gay instructors who got their
feathers all ruffled with us amateurs. We had a sophomore cookout at
Dr. Hollingsworth's house this past Sunday, so that was a nice break
from school and the cafeteria. He and his wife are so sweet. We
actually had a pretty good turnout for our class (all 15 of us showed
up, haha). That was fun because I got to hang out with some people I
haven't really gotten to hang out with before.
Making new friends--well, I guess the major example of this was our
trip to Honduras. Pretty amazing. God blessed us so abundantly as a
team. Like, I can't even verbalize this, which drives me insane. There
are no words for how amazing He was to us before/during/after this
trip. But yeah, new friends. Our team meetings started out kind of
awkward and quiet as expected, but God uniquely worked it all out. Our
team was one of the last teams to form and there were 18 of us which is
huge. But the funny thing of all was that most of our meetings were
randomly organized because for a long time we had no real details of
what we were doing. All we knew was working with children and light
construction work. So our so-called planning meetings ended up just us
having to meet and talk about whatever. At first, we didn't like it,
but at one meeting we decided to play games. Someone bought Pit, and I
think that started it all. We screamed and disrupted the whole Rhea
house. After that we had a couple of more game nights which really
served to make us comfortable around each other. So yeah, I have like
17 more friends now than I did last semester. So on the trip, you get
to know all this weird random stuff about people and you make such
crazy, unorthodox memories together. You kind of have to be friends.
I've also been spending more time with other people across campus this
year. Julie's been gone a lot lately, so I've been talking to Katrina a
lot more. Also, Charlotte moved in with Deb this semester, so we're
having fun with that. We don't like hang out with her a whole lot, but
we see her a lot more and spend a relatively significant amount of time
in their room. Hmmm...we got a new international student this year for
our xc team, and we joke around with him a lot. His name is Memo, but
we call him abuelito, since he's such an old man.
Ok, memories and life-changing experiences. Again, I think this one's
going to Honduras. Major change in my perspective. Like I didn't want
to be one of those people who go on missions trips and come back
America-haters. That's just gay. I always hate how people are always
dogging on America once they come back. I mean, yeah, there are totally
things about the U.S. that really need to change. But it's like
this--did they think that America was heaven on earth before or do they
just like to show off their new-found perspective on the world? Anyway,
that's another discussion for another day. And I do feel like I dog a
little bit more than I used to, but maybe also a little less. I mean,
things like our fascination with pop culture at the expense of
traditional culture could change. But again, another day I'll have to
deal with that issue. But okay, so I'll get my "America needs to change
in this way" speech out of the way. We're a little too obsessed with
punctuality. I have always held to this due to inevitable genetic
consequence (what can I say? I'm a Cox!). Umm...America's also kinda
superficial and shallow about things. A sweeping generalization about
this is unnecessary to be sure, but I'm thinking in terms of how much
money we spend on dumb things. Our team was buying Lacoste shirts in
Honduras for $15 (no doubt they're knock-offs or shoplifted items, but
that's not the point). Here you spend $70 dollars on them. I mean, is a
$70 polo any better than a $15 one? But you know, more than anything, I
think I've realized that every culture has problems. And I know that I
knew that before, but it's like you know a roller coaster is fun but
until you experience it you just can't really know. But here's the
skinny--people always talk about how other cultures make people more
important than time and all that jazz. To an extent, yes. But I don't
think you can back that up as much as you think. I think that they seem
to be more hospitable to strangers and friends and people like that.
But is it fair to say that people are more important to them in a
culture where women are sneaking out of hospitals with their newborn
babies just to leave the helpless child in a field. And I don't think
that I want to be the one explaining to the little boy I met that
people in his country think more of people when for the first year of
his life, his parents didn't think enough of him to even touch him. I
don't want to dog on Honduras, but I think that we as humans always try
to make things in other countries, towns, etc. better than they are.
It's like we turn a blind eye to the problems just to prove that we
have new perspective. I guess all I'm trying to say is, every place has
pros and cons. Every culture on some level struggles with the same
issues, just maybe on an opposite plane. But yeah, Honduras still was
an amazing culture to me. I loved how colorful it was. I also thought
it was interesting how not perfect buildings and paintings, etc were.
haha. Who uses painting tape anyway? The food was the best ever. We
enjoyed it immensely. The people were funny, too. Guys are more forward
there, and the ladies much more matter of fact. Heck, we were
celebrities in little Siguatepeque. For a while, we were among the only
gringos in town. We got all sorts of attention. It was fun most of the
time.
Oh well. This post is a lot longer than anyone will ever care for it to
be, but I don't really care. I'm a selfish xanga writer. I write on
here more for my amusement than for anyone else's. I guess I can really
say what I want on here, because people don't have to read it all. It's
kind of relieving to say this much, because I know that no one will
ever care to hear all of this verbally. But I still want to say all of
it, even if no one cares or even ever reads it. The funny thing is, I
could've written volumes on all of this. Too bad I don't have time for
that...haha.
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| Well, I'm back at school now kicking off the official second day of classes. It hasn't been too bad so far. It's been fun seeing all my friends again. It's nice because I don't really have that much homework yet, so I've been getting to watch movies and hang out. It's actually kinda weird to be here and be allowed to do that. Anyway, I'm just amazed how God has worked so far to help me get back into the swing of things. Honestly, I didn't really want to come back. I mean, I love Bryan and all---it's just that it's hard to come back knowing the work that awaits me. But so goes life, I guess. So far I think I have a really good schedule. My Monday, Wednesday, and Fridays are great. I have like one class and a lab on those days.
So enough about school. I had an excellent break. It was so relaxing. I got to spend time with my family so that was awesome. I think that's the hardest part about coming back to school. I can be out of Richmond and be okay, but I really miss seeing my family. But I'll get to see them soon.
I got to also hang out with some of my best friends back home too. We always have a blast!!! It's like we haven't seen each other in forever, but everytime we meet together again, we just pick up where we left off. We all got to go out to lunch at Panera and then go shopping--yeah! It was awesome.
Another great thing about break is I get to go back to work---bluh! I like waitressing and everything, but everytime I go back, it makes me realize just how good it is that I'm not around my coworkers too much. I always leave there feeling more corrupted than usual, and I have a hard time adjusting back to a Christian environment. I mean, I really do behave myself when I'm there, and they all know that there is definitely something different about me. But I know that when I leave, I'm not always up to par with what God wants. It's so hard not to become numb toward their bad habits and lifestyles especially when you're inundated with them.
Anyway, I really should go get some homework done. Shout out to Courtney---just calm down about public school. God's put you there right now for a very good reason. Don't miss what He has for you there because your plans are different from yours....mmm syrup. | | |
| I just can't wait for the semester to be over. I'm ready for some new classes. Well, at least I'll have two new classes. I've decided that year-long courses should be illegal. They're something so inherently wrong with them. Anywho, exam week is coming up--yeah! Exam week is never as bad as people make it out to be. I think it's good fun actually. I'll probably use some of the extra time to go Christmas shopping. =) That will happen after studying, of course, hehe. I'm so excited to be home again. I really like it here at school and all, but I do miss being in a home, not a dorm. It kinda wears on you after a while. Our room is starting to look a little more homey, now that we've put up our Christmas lights. It gives the room a nice soft glow. Well, I hate to leave it at this, but I really don't feel like I have that much to comment on. Maybe someday soon, I'll have something substantial to post. =P | | |
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