Summer and a recap of Freshman Year!

What are the plans for this summer?

I can't believe that we will be finished with school in less than a month! It is crazy to think that I am nearing the end of my first year of college. But I can't wait for summer time.

I love the winter, I think it's my favorite season of the year, but summer time is so relaxing and I really need some time off. Plus, I want to spend time with my family and do some things I've been meaning to do for a while now, but have not been able to because of school, like working to save up for a new car.

This summer I am planning to go to Disney Land, Washington (the state), maybe Georgia, and I'll probably do something cool for my birthday. That's also one of the cool things about summer time, it's my birthday. This year I will be turning 19, and although there will be no real difference except for yet another year that has gone by, I feel like I am slowly leaving behind a stage in my life that I will never get back to. It sucks to think that these will be my last few years being a teenager. I also feel like the older I've been getting the faster time has been passing me by.

To me, it's just a shocker that I will be finishing my first year at Sac State already. I remember being super anxious and nervous at orientation and the first day of school, now look at how far I've come. I can only imagine how fast it's going to be getting to graduation. But I don't even want to think about that at this time, life is so great. I just want to enjoy the very last days I have left for this school year at Sac. But I have truly grown and learned how to become a better and more responsible person throughout this entire process.

Response to Muller

Richard Muller argues that we should consider how we are storing nuclear waste. He mostly argues that we should not be worrying about nuclear waste because we should never have the problem in the first place. The government is not making sound decisions about what to do with the waste that we have accumulated through the years for no good reason.

I think Muller's argument was good because he gave some really good points about the entire situation. But he did not offer his own plan of solution to this problem. I wanted to hear more answers. He didn't argue a solution which kind of left me lingering. I want to know what he plans for us to do in order to get rid of this problem. Because its a huge problem that we should all be thinking about.

His language was very effective, he used words that caught my attention and phrases as well. For example when he asked if we were insane, thinking that we could just dump all the waste in capsules and bury them under water, he really made me giggle because it's a serious question that sounds kind of crazy. The entire concept is crazy.

College, is it worth the hassle?

My source was a short article about 6 key findings about college graduates vs high school graduates. Here is the link http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2014/02/11/6-key-findings-about-going-to-college/. Its a very short piece and includes mostly graphs. But the graphs tell a lot about the entire situation.

We are all in college, and our parents, or someone is investing a lot of time, effort and money in gaining our degree. But is it all really worth it? This question probably races through a lot of our minds as we go on with our daily lives going to class and working or doing whatever it is we all do.

If you look at the key findings in this article you would argue that the degree is definitely worth the time, effort, and money. While the numbers add up and they really do get you thinking, I want to see how much of a difference it really makes to have your degree, or even the difference in the type of degree you have attained. There are many who go for the 2 year plan instead of the 4 year plan. What really is the difference between the two plus the ones who simply graduated high school?

There are so many different factors that contribute to this controversy. There are not enough, books, charts, graphs, articles, or stories I could read that would really give me the right answer. All I could really do is try it myself. I know school isn't for everyone and there are many who will do just fine without a degree, but I want to have an idea of the actual differences and the actual benefits.

My Tumblr Addiction

I have been on Tumblr for about four years now. Honestly, I don't even know what I like so much about it, but I am obsessed! I have totalled 5,835 posts in these four years. I don't even remember how I got into it in the beginning. I remember just becoming super obsessed. It was something that would interfere with my daily life because I was on it so much. Nowadays, and especially during my senior year, I did not go on it as much. But ever since I've gotten the app on my iPhone, the whole thing has gotten worse.

I think for me it's not any other social media outlet that is the problem. For me it would definitely be Tumblr. I cannot get off of it. I find myself on it thinking I will only stop by the website for 10 minutes then get back to whatever I was doing and before I know it, its been around 1 hour that I've been on it.

I know its not very healthy for me to be on it so much but I find it makes my days better. I will find funny posts, serious posts, rants, posts of fruit, posts of very pretty girls, posts of very handsome guys, posts about life, about love, about school, about everything. I wish I were tumblr famous but then I think about it and would rather not. Those people basically run their blogs like it is their career!

But Tumblr is also my way of letting go. I can always just log on to Tumblr after a really long day and relax. It's my thing. My Tumblr link is on my Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Everywhere I go I am just looking for new Tumblr followers.

So take a look at my blog, you could really get to know me as a person if you look at it.

Heres the link... http://briannda.tumblr.com/