In the future you will be....

So today i was talking to my little cousin about the future. She is in the eighth grade and its so cute to listen to her questions and watch her take in my answers about high school and college. She's thinking she wants to become a vet. We'll see in the next couple of years if that changes any.

I told her I changed my mind so many times before I finally settled on psychology. And even now I'm not 100% sure. There are so many possibilities once you get to college.

She also asked about parties and such. I told her if you want to go you'll find one and if you're not into that sort of thing it is just as easy to leave that croud alone.

"How do you deal with not having your parents around to help you?" she asked me. Well sometimes it is kinda hard. I miss them the most when I can't figure out a problem or I'm sick. It's always nice to have some one there to take care of you when you're sick. :)

I have to say it is kind of weird coming back home in some ways. At school I just leave if I need to go somewhere, but at home I have to remember that my mom is going to want to know where I am. Oh and at college I don't neccessarily have set chores I just have to pick up after myself. So I definitely got used to not having to feed the dog, take out the garbage, or clean the bathroom. Although, since I have a roommate I do have to remember to keep my room at the acceptable level of cleanliness.

She also asked about applying for college too. Basically all I had to say was do your best in high school, be as involved as you can, and apply to enough scholarships to induce a gag reflex at the mention of the word. I think she'll do fine. I also told her to be prepared because vet school is pretty cut throat according to a friend of mine. She's gotta want it. But that goes with college in general I think.

You definitely have to have a certain level of independence and be a self starter.

That was my truth for today. I just layed everything out on the line. How I felt, what its like, the pros and cons of being away. I answered every question she threw at me. And I think we're closer for it.

Honesty successful. (And more beneficial than I had imagined) :)

See ya tomorrow.
Kate

In The Cold

So the house we were fixing was a complete mess! At least we made some headway on it. I feel bad for this little town. Pretty soon it's going to be a colony of old people. Not that there is anything wrong with old people. It just makes the town really quiet.

I was just with my mom today so no chance to really be honest. Just a lot of chances to complain about the dang house.

I am excited to go back to school, but I heard the town just received an awesome blizzard. I predict an exciting flight back. (There I go with the sarcasm agian) Good news: there's a stop in DC. It's so cool that I've been able to go to all these places, but I'm kinda bummed that I've only seen the airports and train stations. But its been sweet nonetheless.

Well that's all for now. Another short blog today. Sorry about that. It'll be more exciting after this weekend. I promise.

TTYL
Kate

oh PS: another truth I thought of- I don't care how bad it is for you I love white bread. especially with butter. yum :)

Early Bird

Today I am posting a little earlier than normal because I am going on a trip to an itty bitty town to help my mom out with a house. I grew up in this town so its cool to see how its changed, but I definitely do not miss it. Not one single bit. I'm pretty sure if I had stayed there my graduating class would be some where around 25 students. That's just ridiculous. I actually graduated with a class of 87 or so, but even that is tiny. My roommate said there were like 2000 kids at her graduation. Insane.

Anyways, I haven't had any real chances to be honest quite yet today. I did stop by my high school to say hi to all my old teachers and to catch up on some things. I am glad I came from a small school. Its nice when people remember your name and actually care about you and support you. I feel pretty lucky sometimes.

I remembered a conversation I had awhile ago with a friend of mine. I made some sort of sarcastic remark that he did not catch. After evaluating the puzzled look on his face I told him what I really meant. He said that sarcasm is a form of lying. Even if you tell the truth afterwards. I think this is the first real challenge of my honesty experiment. Sarcasm is my default. I think I'm going to have to work on that if sarcasm counts as lying. What do you think?

Just some food for thought. Today's blog is just short and sweet since I'm on a bit of a time crunch. Maybe this weekend I will start adding pictures to my blogs to break it up. We'll see.

In the words of Tigger: T.T.F.N.
Kate

Honestly, I slept

These last few days I have caught myself up on some much needed sleep. I think I was only awake long enough to eat. And watch a few movies while I finished some chores.

I don't think anyone genuinely likes doing chores, but I have to say that once I start up I get kinda into it. Its very repetitious. I can drown everything out and I like keeping my hands busy sometimes. Also when doing chores it becomes socially acceptable to blast the music as loud as you dare and sing along in your best (Maybe slightly off key) singing voice. Its a good life.

I did go to the dentist today. I don't really like the dentist. I feel that going into someones mouth is like an invasion of privacy. It's my mouth dude. Only I should keep track of what goes in there. And really your fingers are not my top choice. And then they expect you to talk to them while they are messing around in there. But I guess I should give the dentist credit for learning to interpret a new language. When you have that spit sucker in your mouth you pretty much only speak in vowels. (I sort of stole that line from Fight Club.) Today wasn't so bad it was just a cleaning. Which is nice only they always tell you the same thing: Floss more. After dozens of times going to the dentist I think I get it now. Is telling me one more time going to actually make me do it? Probably not.

I told the dental hygienist that flossing wasn't always a priority when I wake up fifteen minutes before class starts. She said she gets that a lot. Honesty for today achieved.

Oh and I have the results of the poll finally. The question was "How often do you think you are lied to?" I'm so excited 7 readers voted! (one of them was me) And you voted as such:

2 thought they were lied to 10%-3o% of the time
4 thought they were lied to 30%-60% of the time
1 thought they were lied to 60%-80% of the time

At least nobody voted 100% of the time. I would've probably lost all my faith in humanity at that point.

Alright a new poll is coming up tonight so don't forget to vote!

Kate :)

So Sorry!

Hey everyone.

I'm so sorry I skipped a day. I was not near my computer. I had been at a friends house watching the girliest most melodramatic TV show that I am absolutely obsessed with. Its called Secret Life of the American Teenager. Yes it is the one about the pregnant teenager. (Who has now had the baby and is in high school again.) I have no idea why I like it so much, but it is pretty addicting. And the lovely 80s girl-next-door Molly Ringwald is the mother figure so this show is bound to be good right?

Anyway, I was entangled in the marathon of the previous season and forgot to bring my computer or blog before I left. Again sorry about that.

Nothing really tried my honesty in the past couple days either. It has just been a normal relaxing break hanging out with friends. I do leave back to school in two weeks and that is going to be hard. I am ready to go back to school and have a schedule though. Its such a complex feeling.

Oh and I have created a Truth of The Week despite that it is in fact Tuesday and not Monday. Oh well.

Truth of the Week:

I think that all music should be free. Artists should make music simply for the fact that they are in love with it and want to share their passion. My mom brought up a compromise that the concerts should cost money because in these times one does have to make a living. She is correct. But I still think music is one of those things that everyone should have access to. If you put a dollar on it, music become a privilege and not a right.


Thats it for today I guess.
Kate

Day Three aka Day Two

So I did go out last night. Some crazy fancy kids we are. Rocky Horror was amazing as it always is and I have decided that Columbia is in fact my favorite character.

I have to say though there were no awesome conflicts to report. I was honest about all my opinions but we mainly discussed the movie and the weather and school and food and school food and the weather at school. Its safe to say we talked alot about school.

I think things will get more interesting when I have more people to interact with and I have been doing this for longer.

For now I can just ramble off the things I was honest about.

Starting with Rocky Horror. I said that no one could pull of being a sweet-transvestite-mad-scientist-from-another-planet like Tim Curry can. Pretty much everyone agreed with me. I mentioned I liked Columbia the best. To date I am the only one I've met who likes her best. (I do a pretty good impersonation too!) I also don't think Meatloaf was really playing the saxophone in the scene when he breaks out of the freezer. I could do some research on this fact, but I still think it's debatable.

When it came to school I was very honest. I love my school and where it's at and I think it is beautiful and the diversity and experience and education is amazing. (That is a run on sentence but it needed to be said). However, there are no people that I feel really connected to and that really know me like the people here and that's what I miss most while I'm away. (along with the REAL mountains and pine trees). Everyone seems to have pretty good friends already. Maybe I'm just a misfit. But I plan to stick it out. Who knows I may have some luck this semester.

Anywho, thats all I really have to report so far. Hopefully one of these days someone will ask me a question and I will definitely fill you in on the result of my honesty.

Till next time,
Kate <3