Winning The War

Randomly written by Random-

Can a student survive college? College is a game of survival, and it can be a lot
like being a soldier trying to win a war. There are tests around every corner that are like
bombs ticking away and then defusing themselves or blowing up. Then there are the
assignments that all seem to come due at the same time and lay in waiting like land mines
for someone to turn one in late and explode into a bad grade. Worst of all are long
lectures to be endured from the teachers. They are like bullets hitting a soldier with both
useful and useless information. As the teacher talks, the student strives to write down the
coordinates as fast as he can before time runs out. However, college can be survived.
With some skill, good advice, a bit of strategy, and a lot of hard work, college can be less
like a battlefield and more like a means to an end.
    When I first started college, I thought it was easy. Yeah that’s right, easy. It
seemed easy because the first few weeks of college were slow and laid back. I was not
prepared for the battle up ahead. I remember thinking that this was an easy way to claim
the title of college student. Then, out of nowhere, and all at once, my teachers seemed to
have declared war on me! Almost instantly I went from rest and relaxation to being
deployed into a stream of chaos like I had never seen before. For weeks and months now I
have fought the long, hard battle of keeping up with the platoon. At times it seems
endless. Time and time again I have been knocked off my feet from a bomb like
explosion of assignments and hit mercilessly with a Hell fire of bullet like tests and
quizzes. Besides the counseling of my parents, who are veterans of the wars before me,
I am learning some things on my own. I know that I can survive college, and that this
battle can be won if only I realize that procrastination and disorganization are the real
names of my enemy. Putting off tomorrow what I should have done today has caused
many a soldier before me to go missing in action. Also, not keeping my kit in order leaves
me unprepared for the battle ahead.
    Procrastination is one of the most feared assassins out there. He lurks in the
shadows, creeping silently behind the unexpected victim, until he is completely
unaware of the danger. Then, procrastination leaps from behind and leaves the victim
weakened, but not yet dead. It has been hard for me, personally, to recover from my early
battle with procrastination. It left me weak and overwhelmed. It has taken me weeks of
drill with no furlow in sight to make up for those first few weeks of fun. I still fight the
battle of putting off what I should be doing right now. It is an on-going battle for me. One
of the best ways I’ve found to avoid procrastination is to be organized. Keeping my kit in
order is a defense against both procrastination and disorganization. In my kit I
keep several weapons to help ward off any of their attacks. I have learned that, to keep
procrastination at bay, I must keep a calendar and a schedule book. This helps me keep
track of all of my incoming tests and assignments. We also have a family calendar at
home that I put major assignments and important dates on. Also, I have one school
backpack and keep a pouch with all my pencils and pens and highlighter in it as well as
my books, folders, etc. Having all this in one bag reduces the time it usually takes me to
search for needed materials. I have also learned to have the right materials ready for each
class. For example, I sure don’t need a calculator for my English class. The folders in my
bag are labeled for each class so it is easy to keep papers organized in a place that I can
find them quickly. I clean out my backpack regularly so that I am mot carrying anything
unnecessary around. Having a ton of extra materials really weighs a soldier down so that
he is not able to fight the battle very well. Being organized is a big part of surviving
college.
    It is best to start out a college tour of duty organized and ahead. This gives the
student leverage. There are several important strategies to help a college student survive
and reach the goal of graduation. Disorganization and procrastination are not the only
challenges that a student will face. College is hard work and very challenging. Students
must be willing to take advice and help from others to win this war. I know that I can
succeed in college. If we, as students, are willing to put in hard work, take good advice
and help, and learn new strategies, this war is already won! 
   
      
   
 

Computer Shutdown

Randomly written by Random-

Something that i have been interested in lately and has seriously been drooling at the mouth over is computer programing. I'm really getting into the codes and how each one does a certain thing. My dream is to someday create my own computer system. I was trying to come up with a name, maybe i could mix my screen name with Microsoft. Random-soft. Randomly-soft. I could totally see it know. Two geeks walking into a computer store and asking the pimple-faced college student if the store carried the new Randomly-soft software. I don't think so. Oh well, Ive got a long time to think about the name. Any ways the main reason for this post is to tell you about a tiny little code that i learned. This code is a great thing to put on a computer of your friends or family. Definitely a funny prank. By the way, this is not harmless at all and causes absolutely no damage to computers. Here is how to use and save this code:

• step one: right click on the desktop screen.

• step two: select new-shortcut

• step three: when the little screen and bar pop up type in the code. The code is (write this down exactly as i have it) shutdown -s -t 00

Just a little note: the -s stands for shutdown and the -t stands for time. You are able to alter the time from 0-500 seconds. If you want to add a comment to your little shutdown button then you can put -c space, then 'your comment'

• step four: save it. when it asks you to name your file, you should name it something like Internet explorer or Randomwaves17.

• step five: after you have saved your shortcut then you can right click it and select properties. when properties shows up there will be a button that says 'change icon' click it and select the best icon that fits your shortcut name.

Enjoy this and please don't have too much fun with it lol. If you readers have any questions feel free to comment. I will get back with you ASAP.

Nacomy's Poem

Hey readers this post is actually one from a blog called Nacomy's Romance Corner. It is actually really amazing so check it out. She writes some really good stuff. The link to her blog is: Nacomy's Romance Corner. Deffinetly be sure to follow her.

You say you love me

Do you really?

Actions speak louder than words

Yours say you don’t.

You claim to need me

If I were gone, would you miss me?

My company seems more of an annoyance

Is my character that much of a nuisance?

“I want you,” you say

Why do I not feel desire in your touch?

A lonely bed is my only companion,

Cold and unaffectionate.

Your eyes used to light up at the sight of me

Your body ready and responsive.

Now dead eyes greet me

As your body turns away.

Our conversations used to bring laughter to this cold apartment

Now there are only words left unsaid.

We used to love

We used to share.

Now passion is a distant memory

Will we ever again be as we were?

Only time will tell.

Another rumor?

Well readers, this is the day that we've all been anticipating. This is the day that Facebook will supposedly be shut down. I am sure that everyone has heard this rumor and probably think that its a hoax. Unfortunately it probably is a hoax. However, i really wish someone would shut down Facebook because i an so tired of hearing about it. I cant stand how Facebook is the only way that people seem to interact with each other. No i'm not getting old and/or brainwashed,just tired of all the drama. Another thing that i don't think everyone is aware of is that when someone sets up a Facebook, it saves their information forever. It doesn't matter if they've deleted their account, because they can retrieve their account back if they decide that they want it back. I really do hope that they shut it down. Just think if the government started getting interested in where people were and where they lived. I don't trust any government business because we cant trust them and know what they do with our information. I support any organization that even attempts to shut down such a vile website such as Facebook.

one thing though that i would like to say in closing here is that if someone is going to shutdown Facebook, they just need to get it done because I'm sure that you dear reader agree with me in saying that we are tired of the pussy-footing around. If someone is going to do it they just need to get it done.

Yo Habla Espanol!

    Habla usted espanol? Yo hacer! I love to speak Spanish! Or should I say me gusta
Habla espanol?  When I first thought of learning a new language, it sounded exciting, but
intimidating at the same time. I chose to speak Spanish because it had always appealed to
me. When I first started to learn Spanish, I found that it was difficult. After practice and
lots of encouragement, I overcame some of the challenges that learning a new language
produced. Although it was complicated, I found learning a new language both fun and
challenging.
    For as long as I can remember, I have wanted to learn the Spanish language. I
cannot quite point out what appealed to me about it. Maybe it was just the concept of
speaking another language. It seemed that wherever I went, whether it was shopping at
the mall or eating at a restaurant, I would always hear someone speaking in Spanish. I
wanted to understand what they were saying more than anything. I also wanted to speak
to them and somehow join the world that they seemed to share amongst other Spanish
speakers.
     I started learning Spanish by watching people motion toward objects and then say
the objects name in Spanish. This wasn’t very accurate because sometimes people would
be motioning toward an object and be saying something different from what that object
was. For example, I was at the park one time and I was watching a Spanish mom play ball
with her son. Every time she pointed at the ball on the ground, she would point at it and
say patear lo.  I thought that this was the Spanish word for ball. As I became more
educated in the Spanish language, I realized that the mother was really telling her son to
kick it and that the Spanish word for ball was pelota.
    As my fascination for the Spanish language grew, my parents encouraged me to
learn more. They encouraged me to ask questions about what words were in Spanish. My
mom bought books that helped me understand more. I learned a lot from these books and
was able to learn basic phrases and greetings far beyond hola and adios. I would tell my
teachers and family things like buenos dias (good morning), buenos tardes (good
afternoon), and (good evening) buenos noches. I would also tell the cooks at some of the
Mexican restaurants, me gusta comer taco ensalada mucho! Although the books that my
mom bought did help me with the basics, they didn’t explain the grammar and how to
connect all the words that I had learned. So for Christmas, my parents surprised me with
the popular Rosetta Stone Spanish software! The program showed me that there were
similarities between English and Spanish. I learned that there were basic words like
chocolate, violin, telephone, guitar, and others that look and mean the same thing, but are
pronounced differently. There are also plural and singular forms of words. While learning
through Rosetta Stone, I found that Spanish grammar was a little difficult. There are
words that are masculine and feminine and those were hard to remember which were
which. For example, the word enferma (sick) means sick for a girl, but enfermo means
sick for a boy. Another thing that is hard about Spanish is that some of the letters like the
double l’s, the j’s, h’s and others have different sounds. It can be very confusing.
However, after months of learning simple phrases and more basic words, I am able to put
them together and make up sentences.
    One thing I love about speaking Spanish is actually surprising people by speaking
it to them. They usually don’t expect someone like me to be able to speak or understand
Spanish. Once, when my friend Tom and I visited some friends of his at a monastery, we
were offered coffee. The coffee the Puerto Rican monks served was really good so I
decided to tell them la café esta much bueno! They were so surprised!  Another time I
was Christmas shopping with my mom and she asked me to take the bags out to the van
while she looked at another item. When I walked outside, it was very cold and beginning
to snow. As I was walking to the car I passed a Spanish couple and I overheard them
exclaiming in Spanish about how frio (cold) it was outside. I know that it’s rude to
eavesdrop and to barge in on someone’s conversation, but I couldn’t resist turning around
and saying si, es mucho frio. I laughed to myself as they turned toward me with both
surprised and angry looks. I love those opportunities and find it worth it to learn a new
language just to put myself in those situations.   
    Although I wish that I could say that I have perfected the Spanish language, I still
have a lot to learn. I am always looking for people to talk to in Spanish so that I can get
even better. I also plan on taking classes at a local college as a refresher course and to
pick up anything basic that I may need. When I become a little better at my Spanish, I
want to take a trip to Mexico. I want to interact with the natives and view all the sights. I
think that everyone should have the opportunity to learn a new language, because it is not
only something to be proud of, but is a life skill that in some situations can be important
to know. I think that learning a language, whether its French, Gaelic, or Italian, is a fun
and challenging thing to do.  I am glad I can say yo habla espanol!   Has anyone else ever learned a new language?

i needed you

I needed you
But you were not there.
I asked for your help
And you turned away.
I cried out to you
But still you did not answer.
Even know as I sit here in darkness,
Alone and without a friend in the world,
You continue to shut me out.

I do not need you
You stand beside me.
I don’t need your help.
You offer your advice.
You cry out to me
But I turn away not listening.
You now sit in the darkness,
In which I was once confined too.
And I will shut you out forever.