last blog of '08

1. What project do you think taught you the most this semester?
the restaurant

2. How do you like blogging?Do you plan to continue with your blog even though I'm not going to be posting topics for you to blog about?
its okay, but i am not going to continue blogging

3. What did you learn from the Coffee Geek Squad project? What changes do I need to make?
i think it was very useful and a good project for us to learn by

4. Did the snacks that I brought influence you to do your work and behave appropriately (better work ethic = higher paycheck)?
a small bit

5.Career/Future Visitors: Was it helpful for these individuals to visit and talk about your future goals? Would you rather just read about careers online?
either is okay with me.. i like to hear stories and i also like to do the research for myself

6. Any other comments?
nope

gift cards

i usually don't like getting gift cards. unless its from a person that i don't really know very well or my nanna (i usually don't like what she gets me if it isn't a giftcard.) but it really frustrates me when i get gift cards for places i don't like or that don't have $20 or more on it. but i agree with ms. gay, they are very impersonal but sometimes its better than nothing or something the person wouldn't like. i would rather buy someone something else, but if they ask for one, or i don't really know the person, the safest bet would be to get them a giftcard.

christmas concert

i didn't go to the concert last night, nor have i ever been to any other concerts. i've only heard our choir sing at the assembly we had a few weeks ago. i think they sounded very nice.

christmas song

my favorite christmas songs is are the 12 days of christmas and the first noel.

car of the future

i don't think this is what everyone will be using for everyday travel in the future. or the near future, anyways. i think the only people who will use this will be celebrities and other people with butt loads of money to waste on something like that.

christmas shopping

i plan to buy christmas gifts for my whole family. and even though he doesn't deserve much, i will probably get my friend, ethan, something. i will mostly use my own money, but my parents might give me a little extra to help pay for a gift for my grandparents. i haven't really been saving for christmas, but i have money set aside that i will use. it is very important that i stick to a budget because i only have so much that i can spend.

thanksgiving break

my break was good. i'm thankful to have a family that loves me, even though they drive me absolutely insane.

shocking results

i think these results are rediculous. girls losing their virginity by the age of 15, not using protection with ot without std's, wanting to be a 'teen mom', drugs, and violence. i have no trouble believing these results, though. here at coffee i'm noticing more and more girls walking around pregnant. some girls even younger than i am. i just can't even fathom what it would be like to have a baby at this point in my life. let alone, having any sort of sex life. i just don't feel like i'm mature enough to handle those types of situations or the emotions that come along with them. i think there are too many girls trying to rush into adulthood and they're being absolutely careless with it.

confidentiality

its up to my friends whether or not they want to share they're passwords with me. they could trust me with it and i wouldn't snoop or anything without them knowing, and i understand that they may want they're privacy. i only know one of my friends' password and that same friend is the only one who knows mine. i trust my friend and i don't think he would give it to anyone else or ever use my password without my knowing.

free write

1. What is the worst thing about hugs?
some people squeeze too hard

2. Would you kiss the last person you kissed again?
in a heartbeat

3. What candy can you eat a whole bag of without getting sick?
gummi bears

4. Did you talk to anybody random today?
nah, not really

5. Did any particular thing brighten up your day?
not today, sadly

6. What is the stupidest thing you have ever done?
i've done a lot of stupid things

7. Did your last outing involve the police?
hah, no

8. If you could hug anyone right now, who would it be?
someone i miss

9. Do you make every decision as if your parents are watching you?
no i hardly ever think about my parents when making a decision

10. When was the last time you were grounded?
a few weeks ago

11. Do you love anybody more than words can say?
yes

12. Have you ever gotten the butterflies?
who hasn't?

13. What were you doing at 12 AM four days ago?
i don't remember that far back

14. Do you sleep with shoes on?
at school, i do

15. If you could change anything about your past would you?
slightly

16. Do you bail on people often?
i try my best not to

17. Does anyone think you are a bitch?
i'm pretty sure someone think so

18. Why did your last relationship end?
we agreed that it just wasn't the time for us to be together

19. Do you consider your best friends attractive?
my best friends are beautiful people

20. When was the last time you went skating?
about a month ago

21. Is lying ever ok?
not really, but there are some exceptions in my book

22. Is your best friend a girl or a guy?
a guy

23. Are you registered to vote?
not until next year

24. A best friend should always:
be honest

25. Who was the last person you hugged?
my dad

26. What was the last thing that made you smile?
ethan

27. Have you ever been fired from a job?
nope

28. Someone trips in front of you- what do you do?
chuckle and keep walking unless they appear to be hurt

29. Is SocialSplash.com better than MySpace?
doubt it

30. Have you ever attended a school dance?
in middle school

31. A random person you dont know says they like you-you:
laugh

32. What is your favorite thing to do while watching a movie?
eat a lot of junk food

33. Do you enjoy cuddling?
with certain people, yeah

34. Have you ever woke up next to someone and smiled?
yes

35. Are you a good speller?
exceptional

36. What is or was your best subject in school?
art, lit, english

37. Your friend is pregnant- you say?
how on earth is that possible?

38. Can you speak another language?
no

39. Do you remember the name of your 3rd grade teacher?
mrs. cannington and mrs. smith

40. Who do you look up to the most?
my auint trace

41. How much did you weigh at birth?
like, 7 lbs i think

42. Do you like to run?
i'm out of shape now, but i used to love running

43. Do you plan on dressing up for Halloween this year?
i'll probably plan on it but won't go through with it

44. When is the last time you talked to your grandma?
a few weeks

45. Have you broken a bone or gotten stitches?
neither

46. Do you like deviled eggs?
definately not

47. Do you have deja vu often?
not too often

48. Ever experienced rendez-vouz?
mmm, no

49. Do you believe in true love or love at first sight?
true love, yes; love at first sight, not really

50. Favorite Disney movie?
the lion king

jonestown

909 inhabitants of Jonestown, 276 of them children, died of apparent cyanide poisoning, mostly in and around a pavilion. This resulted in the greatest single loss of American civilian life in a non-natural disaster until the September 11, 2001 atta No video was taken during the mass suicide, though the FBI did recover a 45 minute audio recording of the suicide in progress. On that tape, Jones tells Temple members that the Soviet Union, with whom the Temple had been negotiating a potential exodus for months, would not take them after the Temple had murdered Ryan and four others at a nearby airstrip. The reason given by Jones to commit suicide was consistent with his previously stated conspiracy theories of intelligence organizations allegedly conspiring against the Temple, that men would "parachute in here on us," "shoot some of our innocent babies" and "they'll torture our children, they'll torture some of our people here, they'll torture our seniors." Parroting Jones' prior statements that hostile forces would convert captured children to fascism, one temple member states "the ones that they take captured, they're gonna just let them grow up and be dummies."cks. Given that reasoning, Jones and several members argued that the group should commit "revolutionary suicide" by drinking cyanide-laced grape flavored FlavorAid (often misidentified as Kool-Aid) along with a sedative. One member, Christine Miller, dissents toward the beginning of the tape. When members apparently cried, Jones counseled "Stop this hysterics. This is not the way for people who are Socialists or Communists to die. No way for us to die. We must die with some dignity." Jones can be heard saying, "Don't be afraid to die," that death is "just stepping over into another plane" and that "[death is] a friend." At the end of the tape, Jones concludes: "We didn't commit suicide, we committed an act of revolutionary suicide protesting the conditions of an inhumane world." According to escaping Temple members, children were given the drink first and families were told to lie down together. Mass suicide had been previously discussed in simulated events called "White Nights" on a regular basis. During at least one such prior White Night, members drank liquid that Jones falsely told them was poison. Jones was found dead in a deck chair with a gunshot wound to his head that Guyanese coroner Cyrill Mootoo stated was consistent with a self-inflicted gun wound. However, Jones' son Stephan believes his father may have directed someone else to shoot him. An autopsy of Jones' body also showed levels of the barbiturate Pentobarbital which may have been lethal to humans who had not developed physiological tolerance. Jones' drug usage (including LSD and marijuana experimentation) was confirmed by his son, Stephan, and Jones' doctor in San Francisco.

trojans' weekend win

no, i didn't go to the game. i don't have any opinion on the game or the rest of the playoff season.

future business owner

if i could start my own business, i would open a pet daycare.

grandmother gives birth to daughter's triplets

this is probably the strangest thing i've ever heard of. i think surrogate mothers are a great idea and i think that its awesome that a 56 year old gave birth to healthy triplets, but i personally wouldn't want my mother to carry and deliver my child/children. that's just weird. i would never have that happen.

veteran's day

veterans day originally was held every november 11th, and though it typically falls on this day, officially the holiday is now observed on the weekday that falls closest to november 11th every year. it was first incorporated as by president wilson as armistice day in 1919. other countries today also still recognize november 11th as armistice day or remembrance day in honor of the armistice treaty which ended WWI.

weekend

after work on friday, i went to eastman to visit my mom and my little sister. saturday was my little sister's birthday party at her aunt's house in dublin. so, when we got to dublin we stopped by the mall and looked around. that mall is the worst excuse of a mall i have ever seen. at the party we ate a lot of good food and my sister got a lot of presents. we really enjoyed ourselves. sunday, we slept in. when we finally got up and ready, we were bored so we decided to go to macon. we shopped a little, and i got some really good deals on some clothes. thats about all that i did this past weekend... i didn't want it to end.

fifty

when i'm 50, i hope to have a nice house, a loving husband, and a grandchild or two. i hope i'm healthy enough to still do fun, active things like ride bikes and run around. i want to be able to play with my grandchildren, or pets if i end up not having any grandchildren. i hope that if i have kids, i have a really good relationship with them. i hope i will be financially comfortable and most of all i hope i am happy about life and everything in it.

dream car

i'd have to say my dream car would be a mini cooper. i really like them a lot and i would love to have one for myself. i'd be so cute riding around in one, haha.

electoral vs popular vote

i think that electoral vote is a fair system. although, i am really disapointed that obama won the election. i guess i sort of figured it was coming, i was just hoping for different.

free blog

friday was halloween, but i was sick. i had a stomach virus that has been going around lately. it sucked. then on saturday i had to work from 10-1, even though i was still a little sore from being sick. after work i felt fine, so i went to the barbeque festival to sit with my boyfriend while he sold shirts for the business that he works for. i ended up staying there all day. i had some really great ribs and i watched my boyfriend judge a 'best apple pie' contest. it was funny and i had a really good time just spending the day with him. after that we met up with one of our friends and we just hung out the rest of the night. then, sunday i went to church and got some cleaning done at home. it was a pretty relaxing weekend and i really enjoyed myself. i hope this weekend is just as good, if not better.

halloween costume

the best constume i've ever had on halloween was a few years ago. i was in 8th grade and i dressed up as a clown. i even had the big floppy clown shoes and a round red nose. thats the best costume that i can remember.

haunted houses

i think netherworld in atlanta would be the scariest.

superstitions

i don't believe in any superstitions, either. especially not the one about the black cat. i love seeing black cats, they're so pretty and rare. and i don't think something like that or breaking a mirror can cause you to have bad luck. i don't even really believe in luck. you can't do silly things like that to cause or prevent anything to happen.

signs

i think these are mostly true. but i drink soda everyday, i don't have very strong legs (i'm pretty weak), and i don't eat or drink many things that are purple. so, i'm not sure i'll live to be very old. i think the oldest i'll get is to my late 70's... but who knows. maybe i'll eventually change the way i take care of myself and i'll live to be 100. i'd like to be healthier, i just lack the motivation.

free write

i had a pretty great weekend. saturday was a really good day, so relaxing. the weather was perfect and it was spent with a really wonderful person. then on sunday i went to see the new high school musical movie with a friend. we had a good time. i can't wait for this weekend. i'm not sure what i'm doing yet, but i know i'll probably have a good time. its halloween weekend! i love halloween its so much fun.

wiki

a wiki is a collaborative web site set up to allow user editing and adding of content. it allows anyone, using a web browser, to edit, delete or modify content that has been placed on the site, including the work of other authors.

favorites

Restaurant: carabas

Artist: ben folds and a few others

College Football Team: i don't have one

Store: delia's

Radio Station: 99.5fm

Place to Go: atlanta

Teacher: mrs. burch - 2nd grade

Animal: lion

best compliment

once, this guy that i liked, told me that i would still be just as beautiful if i shaved my head bald. because he had photoshopped a picture of me to look like i had shaved my hair. it really meant a lot to me. i love getting compliments. thats probably not the best compliment i've ever gotten but its the only one i can remember right now.

odd news

i think its pretty rediculous that the old lady was arrested over all of that, but i also don't think its right that she refused to give the football back even after the police warned her twice about it. i don't understand why she couldn't just give it back. its just a football that landed in her yard, theres really no need in taking it and not giving it back. i think the little old lady may have overreacted about the whole thing.

three

3 Things to Do Before I die:
1. go on a big adventure
2. get married
3. have exotic pets

3 Things I Cannot Do:
1. eat squash
2. read minds
3. fly

3 Things I Say all the Time:
1. mhmm
2. hello
3. freakin' a

3 Movies/Books/Magazines/Websites I love:
1. eagle vs shark - movie
2. flickr.com - website
3. facebook.com - website

baby names

if i were to have child tomorrow, would name him/her something that not many people are named. i like names that have character and are interesting. i also really like names that could be used for boy or girl, like my own name. i like the names, thomas, abel, adler, or isaac, briar, ariel, oliver, finn, alison (ali), and sterling

final presidential debate

i didn't watch the final presidential debate last night, because i was at church.

random acts of kindness

i think that was a very nice thing for that man, or whoever, to do for you and your friends. i can't say that i've ever had anything quite so generous happen to me before, though. i wish i could. and i haven't ever done anything like that for someone else. i've had people hold doors for me, or help when i was carrying too much, or just simply give me a friendly smile. it always makes me happy to just see a nice person, being nice. i try to do things like that for other people, but i tend to be bitter about ridiculous things so i have trouble sometimes... but i think everyone should treat other people the way the would like to be treated as well.

free blog

i don't have much on my mind, lately. i've been a little sick, i think i might have had strep throat but i'm a lot better now. on my long weekend, i went to esatman to stay with my mom and just to relax and not be so stressed. i ate a lot of junk food, so that made me happy. we watched the love guru.. it wasn't as funny as i was expecting, but it wasn't bad. now i'm back at school and i'm beginning to feel the stress again. the only person i can talk to about anything doesn't want much to do with me anymore. and i don't know how that can be.

presidential debate

i did not watch the debate between mccain and obama, last night.

goals update

looking back on my first post to this blog, i have met a few of my goals. i've made new friends, kept my grades up, and i've been pretty organized. but i still don't know what college i want to go to, and i still haven't learned how to play the mandolin. i don't think i need to add any new goals to my list.

candy corn kisses

i like candy corn. i like hershey's kisses. but i don't know if candy corn kisses sounds very appealing to me.. i haven't ever heard of these or tried them, but if i had a chance to try one, i would.

if i won the lottery

i'd buy:

• mini cooper
• a brand new apple computer
• a new house for my mom
• lots of nice clothes
• canon powershot SX110 IS

bailout plan rejected

i don't really understand what is going on, but from what i've heard in the past few minutes about it, it doesn't sound very good. some company gave away money or loans or something that they didn't have or couldn't pay off. and now tax payers are being forced to help pay off their debt? i don't know... i don't ever pay attention to stuff like this. maybe i should start.

my weekend

friday night, i went to the fun place with some friends. it was fun, i had a good time. saturday, worked and hung out with my friend, michelle. we went to see the house bunny, it was okay. and last night i went to the send the rain revival meeting at first babtist. i really enjoyed that a lot.

sleep

my dad makes me be in bed by 10 most of the time, but i usually don't ever go to sleep until around 11 or later. i lay in bed and talk on the phone or listen to music. that's what helps me settle in to go to sleep. i can't really tell any difference in my school work when i go to bed early or when i go to bed late. unless i'm up until like, 2 in the morning. then i would sleep through all of my classes. but i don't ever do that, so my performance at school is usually pretty consistant.

army reps

i really enjoyed having the representatives from the army come and speak to us yesterday. they really made me think about the things i need to be getting prepared for during my senior year in high school. i also learned a lot of stuff about the army that i never knew before. i have a whole different view on the army, now that i know more of what it is really about. but no, i am not contemplating an army career after high school. i think it seems like a good organization, i just can't see myself being a part of it and actually enjoying it.

legal drinking age

i don't think the legal drinking age should be changed from 21 to 18. i don't believe that 18 year olds should even be worried with alcohol. even though 18 is considered the age of adulthood, 18 is also the time when you're supposed to be making life decisions and figuring out what you want to do in life. 18 year olds should be more focused on their futures rather than partying and drinking. 21 is harldy a good age, but i think its more sensible than 18.

"even if you are on the right track, you will get run over if you just sit there."

this quote means that even if you are in a good place, you can't ever give up or stay idle or you will never reach your goals. you have to push and keep working toward what you want, no matter how far along you already are.

college and career speaker

i thought our speaker informed with a lot of useful stuff for finding a good college to attend after high school. i think it would be very helpful for ms. gay to keep having guest speakers come and talk to us.

meghan mccain blog

if i were always followed by secret service agents, i think i would eventually go insane. at first i would appreciate the protection, but i like to have my privacy and be alone. even when i might be in a public place. i could understand how it would be a bigger deal if i were to become 'the president's daughter'. i think i just wouldn't go out as much.

dog dials 911

this is such a great story. i love animals so much. and i think it is wonderful that this man's life was saved because of his pet's good training. i've always dreamed of owning a pet that was cool enough to do things like that. like, open the fridge or a door, for me. and calling 911 in case of an emergency would definately be some useful training. i have two dogs, and they're both pretty smart, but i'm sure they wouldn't be capable of saving my life the way buddy did. buddy is just special.

homecoming 2008

i didn't go to the homecoming parade, dance, or game. i haven't been to a single homecoming event since i've been in high school. i would have liked to have gone to the dance, but i know my boyfriend wouldn't want to. but hopefully i'll be able to go to prom and i can make up for what i've missed out on. i heard it was kind of lame, but i would like to have the experience for myself to remember when i am older.

it's better to have loved and lost, than to have never loved at all. - alfred lord tennyson.

i believe love is a very important thing. no matter what kind of relationship it is pertaining to. love is something i think everyone should have in their life. it brings happiness and it allows you to care for someone other than yourself. and if a loved one leaves you, or passes away, or decieves you, then the lessons you learned will always have an impact on you, as well as your decision later on.

abandoned beijing baby

apparently there was a baby that was birthed into a toilet in china and then left there. i can only guess that the mother didn't want the baby. i know that the people in china are limited to the amount of children they have and there is also a tight limit on the amount of girls because they think boys are more useful. so maybe the mother had already reached her limit and didn't want the baby to be taken away from her and killed. so, she left it in the toilet so that it would become china's responibility. i don't know how that would help any, but maybe they'd send it to an orphanage or something so that they could one day be adopted by another family.

idk

britney spears vs the VMA's

i watched a little bit of the VMA's but i didn't watch enough of it to see britney spears' performance. i would have liked to have seen that, though. being as how her last year's performance was a pretty big flop. out of the performances that i did see, the jonas brothers was my favorite haha. they were pretty lame, but they're sort of a guilty pleasure of mine. i usually only watch the VMA's to see which artists win which awards, because i don't think some of them really deserve the award they recieve. i'm disappointed that i didn't get to watch all of it, but it was my bedtime so i had to go sleep.

budget crisis

i don't really understand this whole deal with our new budget. teachers aren't allowed to call in a sub and if a they're ever out, another teacher has to use up their planning period time to watch the absent teacher's class. also there has been talk about us getting more students in our classes and some teachers being laid off. i don't really think they should do that any time soon. or at all. its hard enough trying to get one-on-one time with our teachers with the classes as they are. if there were more student in our classes our teachers would probably be too busy trying to keep the class in order to help us like we need to be helped.

blogging

so far, i have enjoyed blogging for this class. if had my own personal blog it would be A LOT different than this one. but the subjects we've been assigned have all been pretty neat and interesting, so i don't mind it one bit :)

pet peeves

1. when people act like they know everything
2. fake "friends"
3. being rushed

female vp

republican presidential nominee john mccain chose sarah palin as his running mate last week. i think his choice was a good decision that will affect his campaign in a really positive way. hillary clinton's supporters will more than likely be drawn to mccain because palin is female, which, in turn, will provide more supporters for mccain. i think mccain should be our next president.

teen pregnancy

teen pregnancy has increased over the years because not enough parents have taken the time to talk to their children about saving themselves until marraige. i think teens tend to get caught up in having a boyfriend/girlfriend and they start to feel the pressure to have sex. and when some teens make the choice to have sex, they don't always use precautions to keep from getting pregnant. i don't think most teenage girls ever just plan to get pregnant while in highschool. but, it happens and teen mothers have to alter their lifestyles severely to keep up in their classes so that they can still get a high school diploma. having a baby is an enormous responsibility and i think some teenage girls should think more about that before having sex.

so far, in this computer class, i have learned how to use character spacing and how to make a screenshot.

2 day week

i was soooo happy to have those two days off! monday, i slept in until 11, spent some time with my boyfriend, went home and cut some of the grass, went to work at 3:30, got off at 6 and met up with some friends and had a good time. yesterday i pretty much just layed around, finished the yardwork and worked. it was definately nice having two extra days off of this week. and i'm excited about having another four day weekend again this weekend.

hurricane fay

the storm in slowly moving deeper and deeper into georgia. i'm concerned about the weather we're getting here because i am supposed to be driving to eastman to visit my mom whenever i get off work today, but if it gets any worse i probably won't be able to. i hate driving in the rain.

futurenow assembly

the assembly, yesterday, was pretty neat. i had fun playing in the strobe lights and smog. some of the skits were pretty funny, too.. especially when they played backstreet boys and britney spears songs. it also conveyed a good message and made me think about the bad decisions i've made so far in high school. i enjoyed it, and i got out of class too, so thats a plus :)

ASSEMBLY

i think that cheating can sometimes be a bad idea, because it risks getting caught and getting a zero. but when you haven't had enough time to prepare for a test it can be a good thing becuase if you don't end up getting caught then you have a better chance of getting a good grade than if you were to just guess on everything. i try not to cheat too much, though, because i know its not very wise and its not honest. i've never used my cell phone to cheat. thats just twice as dumb, because then i would get in trouble for having my phone and for cheating. i definately would't get away with that.

there are 8 parts of the word opening screen:

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questions

1. What time do you wake up in the morning? on a normal week day i wake up at 6:20, unless i want to do something extra before school. and on the weekends i wake up when ever i feel like it unless i have to work.

2. What famous person would you want to be friends with? john mayer.

3. Do you prefer gold or silver? gold

4. What type of movies do you like? i like interesting movies with unique stories. whitty comedies and love movies.

5. What was the last movie you saw in theaters? Did you like it? the dark knight; it was okay.. not really my type of movie.

6. What is your favorite T.V. Show? i watch spongebob a lot.

7. Do you eat breakfast? most of the time..

8. Who would you hate to spend a day alone with? Why? i don't really know

9. What do you like most about yourself? i'm pretty optimistic and understanding

10. What do you like least about yourself? i'm too easily intmidated and shy

11. Do you like your given name? If no, what name would you like to have been named? i like my name. i didn't used to, but i've grown into it. i don't think any other name would fit me, now.

12. What is your favorite city? Why? i really like birmingham, al... its just so beautiful and the people there are really interesting. but i'm sure there are other cities that i would like more.

13. What is your favorite season? i love spring and fall, the weather is just right.

14. What is your favorite ice cream flavor? rocky road.. or plain chocolate with gummy bears.

15. Favorite kind of popcorn? butter

16. What is your favorite color? purple

17. What is your favorite car? vw golf

18. What is your favorite food? my favorite types are italian and chinese

19. Describe the perfect friend. honest, loyal, fun, a lot like myself

20. Describe the worst kind of enemy. i'm pretty sure all enemies would be the worst kind.

21. What is your favorite animal? i like all animals, i love animals. i like bears, lions, and cats a lot, though.

22. Where do you most want to visit? new zealand

23. What is your biggest goal? graduating high school

24. What is your 'catch phrase'? i don't really have one..

What 'catch phrase' annoys you most? i'm not sure what a catch phrase is...

25. Are you smiling right now? no, i am not.... i want to go home and sleep.

olympics

i'm not very much at all interested in the oplympics. i've never watched them, and i don't really plan on watching them any time soon. so, i don't have an opinion about them being held in china. but i'm sure the US isn't happy about the american visitors being killed at the oplympics, and its probably not going to help that relationship very much. all i know about the olympics is that some guy (michael phelps, maybe?) broke some world records from the 70's. but i don't know what i'm talking about. i think i'd be bored to death if i tried to sit and watch the olympics. it just doesn't strike my fancy at all.

5 goals for 2008-2009

• keep good grades
• figure out what college i want/can go to
• learn to play the mandolin
• make new friends
• get more organized