Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows

Oh my goodness! This movie was so amazing. I love the directing style of Guy Ritchie. He's so innovative.  There were many points of this film where I just stared at the screen amazed at what I was seeing. The scenes of Holmes, Watson, and the Gypsy chick running through the forest were amazingly detailed. There is so much more I can say but instead I will just urge you to take one dollar, go to the Cinema Cafe in Greenbrier on Tuesday, and see this movie!

Welcome 2012!

(relaxing) Ahhhh! It is a new year with a new semester! Last semester didn't go exactly as planned and last year passed rather quickly. This year I am taking an active role in my life. Life has always been good for me but as I've heard many say before, "Life is what you make it".

2012 is my year to set goals, follow them, and live the way I want. I feel like I've taken a deep and refreshing breath as I start this new year.

I have 6 New Year Resolutions that I plan to keep.

1. Spend More Time With God 
2. Stop Being Late
3. Get Organized
4. Educate Myself
5. Budget My Money
6. Do not Compromise Morals, Values, or Beliefs 

These are all goals are easy to keep as I change my habits and I'm excited to see where this year is going. It's going to be a great one!

My Memory Book

So over fall break I saw this memory book in Barnes and Nobles. Basically every page is a date and you fill in the year. Next to the year is an entry spot where you can list your memorable moment of that day. I love journals and books suck as these. Of course I didn't buy the one at Barnes and Nobles because it was too expensive. I found one online that was way cheaper and it came into the mail today! I'm super excited to ready this five years from now to see how I have changed. Good stuff !

Mom and Me

Just thought I would post a couple of pictures of my super awesome Mom and myself! Below we are in front of the Christmas tree that is located in the lobby of CBN building. It is a beautiful tree!

 This was us in front of another Christmas tree that was downtown. We took this picture the night of the grand illumination parade! We love the Christmas trees!

Divine Intervention for Extra Credit

I am not a perfect student. Don't get me wrong, I certainly try to get all my work done on time to the best of my ability because that is not such a hard thing to accomplish but it doesn't always happen.

Right now I am taking a Script Writing class for my Cinema-TV major. We had to turn in a story bank of 13 ideas that we could work with over the semester. The goal is for one of those 13 ideas to become a full blown, awesomely written script! My story bank was not turned in on time. In fact it was turned in a week late which means I received a zero for the assignment. I didn't mean to turn the assignment in a week late! It just unfortunately slipped my mind and because of that I received my zero honorably and without complaint.

Well the following class my teacher offered extra credit but it was the type of extra credit that only required one person. All of us who raised our hands for a chance at the extra credit had to pick a number between 1-20 and the closest person would be able to complete the assignment. Before I picked my number I said a quick prayer and asked the Lord to let the first number that came to my head be the correct one. Before I even finished my prayer the number 12 popped into my mind and right as it did the teacher called on me. I said 12 and a few moments later I found out I had won the extra credit!

I cheered a little bit too loud when I found out that the number the teacher had chosen was exactly 12 but I...I don't want to say I couldn't believe it but I couldn't! A small prayer for a silly request and God responded so quickly.

The story gets even better because today as I was walking through the COM building to get to my History of Film and Television class I ran into my Script Writing teacher. He told me he would take the extra credit grade and use it towards my zero instead. What a blessing! A zero can have a huge impact on your total grade so I was more than happy that he offered this as an option.

God is so great always!

Me as of Now

I enjoy taking personality test every once and a while because I find it interesting to see how I've changed throughout the years. I just finished up taking a DISC personality test and here are my results! I feel like they hit the nail on the head. This is Me as of right Now.

So this is the pie graph of my personality I guess. If you can't see it I scored 44% Influence, 28% Steadiness, 20% Dominance, 8% Compliance

Dominance

Comparatively Low

Here are some traits and behaviours that describe people who are comparatively low in Dominance:

• tend to want peace and harmony.
• prefer to let others initiate action and resolve problems.
• are quiet and indirect in their approach to most situations.
• are usually cautious and calculate risks carefully before acting.

They are generally well liked because of their mild and gentle nature. Other people will tend to see them as being patient, calm, thoughtful and a good listener.

Influence

Comparatively High

Here are some traits and behaviours that describe people who are comparatively high in Influence:

• are strongly interested in meeting and being with people.
• are generally optimistic, outgoing, and socially skilled.
• are quick at establishing relationships.

Sometimes their concern for people and people's feelings may make them reluctant to disturb a favourable situation or relationship.

Steadiness

Comparatively Low

Here are some traits and behaviours that describe people who are comparatively low in Steadiness:

• tend to enjoy change and variety in their work and non-work life.
• are expansive by nature and tend not to like routine and repetitive work/activities.

They enjoy stretching themselves intellectually and physically.

Compliance

Comparatively Low

Here are some traits and behaviours that describe people who are comparatively low in Compliance:

• are independent and uninhibited.
• resent rules and restrictions.
• prefer to be measured by results and are always willing to try the untried.

Free in thought, word and deed, they long for freedom and go to great lengths to achieve it.
They feel that repetitive detail and routine work is best "delegated" or avoided.

Try it out for yourself and see what you get!    http://www.123test.com/disc-personality-test/

My Mortal Enemy

Below you will see a picture of a simple button that has made my life pretty painful and embarrassing these last few days. Let me tell you why.

In the Commons there are four entrances to each building; front, back, and the sides. Each entrance has a button like the one fashioned below. As you can see in the image the button says "Push to Exit". Pushing a button to unlock these doors so I may exit the building has been a foreign concept to me. There have been many times now, I am reluctant to admit, that I have been in a rush to go somewhere and I race toward the door just to have it budge only the slightest amount. But of course an object in motion stays in motion so I, usually my upper body and once my face, slam into the door itself.

After a quick look around to make sure no one saw the fight I just lost with the door I reach over, push the button and let myself continue rushing away to my next destination.