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"Wrong Century" by Tomas Kucerovsky

Social Thinking: Crash Course Psychology #37

I tried to be artsy..

Halloweenie

I'm just gonna come right out and say it...

I hate Halloween. I am a huge wimp and the thought of a whole day dedicated to scaring people, freaks me out. This was one of my better Halloweens though. I spent it at my girlfriends with her family this year and needless to say, I was pretty relaxed. Thankfully they've accepted me as one of their own so I don't feel too awkward anymore. We handed out candy and made cookies and an old friend of ours even stopped by.

The only thing about this Halloween that was Halloweenish, was how I felt. I was comfortable in their house. I know that that shouldn't be particularly scary but to me, it was. I never really feel completely comfortable anywhere, not even in my own home. I know I only really feel comfortable when I'm told I'm welcomed there. The last time I remember feeling this comfortable in a place that wasn't my own was my best friends house. Her mother kind of adopted me as one of her own too because my home life even then, wasn't too great. That's how it is now. My girlfriends dad even calls me his "adopted daughter".

Its scary being comfortable somewhere I probably shouldn't be. I mean, think about it. It's my girlfriends house. I should be on my best behavior, acting my best, looking my best, trying to give off the best impression of me I can. But I'm not. I'm as comfortable as I should be in my own home and for some reason, they like it that way.

#halloweenie

The Upturned Microscope

The tree out front

Warwick, RI

Oujia

On Friday, my friends and I saw the new "horror" movie Oujia. The only thing I can come up with is..meh. Really. Just, meh. It wasn't very scary or emotional or anything of the sort. It was the classic 5 teenagers mess with spirits and everybody dies because of it. Nothing new, nothing special, nothing entirely different about it. I was unimpressed. It's only redeeming quality was that it had a nice twist in the middle that I won't spoil.

It only got really interesting for me, after we left. On the way home, my friends and I discussed Oujia boards and spirits existence. We all agreed that they are real but we debated about the use of a Oujia. That's when I got quiet. They had both seen Poltergeist and told me all about what happened after they called wrap. Main characters were dying and weird things were happening on set. They claimed it was all thanks to the fact that they played with a real Ouija board. We wondered and even tried to Google whether anything happened on this movies set but came up empty. A friend of mine swore that the board they were using was definitely legit and was surprised that nothing, at least reported about, had happened.

I was so uncomfortable. My mom used to use Tarot Cards and had instilled in me a good fear of ghosts. I had my own encounters back at my own house and knew better than to mess with the other side. My girlfriend who was in the car with us said how she had wanted to use a Oujia and my other friends and I practically jumped down her throat telling her what a terrible idea that was.

I sat in silence for the rest of the night, thinking about my past experiences. The movie didn't scare me, but my own thoughts sure did.

#oujia #mobilestorytelling #ghost #poltergeist

Not mine, all credit to artist: Stevie Wilson

Sociology Panel

Although I never plan on becoming a sociology major, I still learned so much from the panel tonight. There were three panelists, all Wheaton Alumni who had majored in Sociology. They shared their experiences with us and what their degrees from Wheaton gave them and how they used them. The panelist I learned the most from was an Alumni named Jeff. He said he currently works for NPR which is not only a very respectable non-profit, but also one of my favorite radio stations. His position was mostly gained through networking and I noticed that that was how most panelists gained their positions. I plan on majoring in psychology with a specialty in social psychology. Research will be my main focus so networking is kind of daunting to me but I’m sure as my college experience continues I’ll get more used to talking with people I am unfamiliar with. I have to remember that research will be the main focus of my career but I will still need to speak with my colleagues to get some things done. What I most learned from the panel was not about Sociology at all but about deciding whether to pursue graduate school. Jeff gave some of the best advice about it I had ever gotten: “Don’t do it unless you have to”. It means that if it is not necessary to where you want to take your degree then you don’t have to do it. Unless you are absolutely certain that that is where you plan on going in life, you don’t have to do it. That lifted such a huge weight off of my little freshman shoulders. Even since my junior and sophomore year of high school I was worried about whether I would go on to go to medical school or graduate school. I would agonize over whether I really needed it or even if it was a good idea at all. As of right now, its still up in the air in my mind. I still have advisors I need to speak to to make sure that it would be the right path. But its so good hearing that if I don’t have to, I shouldn't.

(Not my photo, all credit to creator)

Amy Pond

Supernatural

After a long break, I'm back to watching one of my favorite shows, Supernatural. It wasn't a break by choice though. Since I've been here at school, I haven't been able to catch up on my show. Very recently, the newest season I've been missing came out on Netflix. Now, I can watch it comfortably in my dorm room.

I had to reintegrate myself into the complicated story line and the plots and subplots of the show. Its like reading a book and then having to wait so long for the sequel, but not being able to read the original again. But I did it. I've slipped back into my old mindset of monsters, demons, angels and Winchesters.

Its a dark world in there. The both main characters have died several times and although they are really the only (very) main characters, they have a ton of back story that plays into the plot. It's not a show to be taken lightly but I never take the shows I binge watch lightly. I only started a couple of days ago and I'm already more than half way finished with the season. That may seem amateurish to some but its the best I can do.

I love the show but I hate having to avoid spoilers for the season currently on TV that I won't be able to watch till it comes out on Netflix and have to avoid spoilers for that season on TV and the cycle continues.

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