Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Finals week... then A BREAK!


Well, it is Finals Week… DUN Dun dun!!!
These finals are bitter sweet for me because I don’t want any of my classes to end. I have awesome professors and I am learning about the coolest things. What am I going to do when it is all over? I guess I will just have to look forward to the upcoming Spring semester when I can start all over again, because it is inevitable, finals are happening, and they are coming fast!

Let me tell you the best way to get through finals week. It requires a lot of sugar! I always go and buy a bag of peanut M&M's and a bag of some sort of fruity candy. This Semester I got some Starburst Crazy Beans!
Took this picture of my candy stash... unfortunately these only lasted me 2 days. :(

It is crazy to think about how much weight is placed on these finals. They are your way to prove how well you have picked up what your professors are putting down, if you know what I mean. When all is said and done, all that you have learned is being compacted into a measly little two hour test. Sure it’s stressful, but that doesn’t mean that there is not time for any fun. In fact, tonight there is a SILENT DANCE in the library. Everybody pops their headphones in and dances like crazy to their own tunes for a half hour. Then at 10:00 exactly everybody howls like crazy! Yelling all of your stress away. After the howl is over every goes back to studying like crazy. Studying is important, but not going crazy is almost just as important. I've got a video of the beginnings of the dance from last year. It starts with a few peple and grows to a TON of people! Thirty minutes later, everything is back to normal.
This is what all of you future aggies have to look forward to!!!!

Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Festival of TREES!

Last Friday, I was spending some time down in Salt Lake City with some friends and we decided to go to the Festival of Trees. I know that many festival of trees are going on right now around this time, but I'm sure there are none that are bigger than this one!

Up-side-down Tree
Lots of trees
This festival had HUNDREDS of christmas treesTwo performing stages with back to back performances all night long. We saw performances ranging from clogging grandma's to showtune choirs with 5 year old soloists. There were also gingerbread houses, Christmas quilts and my favorite, Christmas FUDGE for sale.

The whole festival was put on by the Primary Childrens Hospital as a fundraisor. They raise over 1.6 million dollars from this event every year! It was so fun to kick off the Christmas season with an event of this calibur!


UTAH STATE TREE!!!
Let the Holidays begin!!!