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Lillian
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This past Saturday i had the opportunity to go to Six Flags with some of my best friends. They just say they found out when it came to roller-coasters i am a screamer. They found it entertaining, while i did not. So we went to six flags, and they decided it would be a good ideas to ride Mr.Freeze. I did not find it a good idea. I didn't chicken out though, i rode this ride, and for the entire ride i screamed. The entire 30 seconds of the ride. My friend Liam was my seat partner, and found it amusing. I'm never going to live it down.
Don't Make Me Ink Lillian
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ADDAttention Deficit Disorder is a really big deal in college. In high school, it would be okay if you didn't take your medication every few days because your teacher's would understand. In college, YOU HAVE TO TAKE YOUR MEDICATION! Professors will not give a shit if you took your medication or not, you will still have to do all the work. If you don't have ADD, you don't understand how much the medication effects the mind of an ADD person. My medication takes about an hour to fully kick in, so it is my responsibility to take it at least an hour before my first class. When it comes ADD, it is important to find way to keep yourself focused. For me, having dyslexia and ADD, my worst nightmare is reading textbooks. I have found that listening to movie soundtracks (like film scores that have no words) help me when trying to focus. Listening to popular songs that I know make me start to sing, then I think about the song, then I think about the artist, then I think about what I was doing the first time I heard the song, then I think about how hungry I am, then I think about where my cheeseballs are, and by then I have completely lost track of what I was reading. Listening to soundtracks drowns out background noise and also doesn't have me distracted. I get so distracted by the smallest things. ADD has a way of getting me way to happy over literally nothing. I have learned that in college, it is not the best idea to be super excited and over the top all the time. People who hardly know me, get super annoyed because I am just so energetic. I try to keep a lot of my energy and peppiness inside when I am around other people because most college students don't like it when someone is laughing and screaming super loud. So in college, try to contain everything a little bit... ADD can make you go crazy but is doable. In college classes are usually arrange where you have the same class on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for 50 minutes and then on Tuesday and Thursdays a class lasts for 1 hour and 15 minutes. Having ADD means that your brain is other places a lot of the time. Sitting in a class for an hour and 15 minutes... is too much. I am so distracted half way in. So my tip for you ADD people, plan for all your harder classes to be on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. This means you have the class for shorter time, so you can be more focus knowing it will be over soon, and also you have the class 3 times a weeks, so its repetitive and will give you information more often in small doses. By the end of the night, my medication is starting to wear off and I get like a second wind. I am ready to do anything and everything all over. But this is college and I am living with a roommate. I have to realize Ellie is trying to sleep so I need to be polite and shut the fuck up so that she can attempt to sleep. At night I will lie in bed with her and just let my mind run and the most random shit will come out of my mouth. So to survive with ADD in college, you will have to remember other do not have the burst of energy from the lack of medication at night. They actually get tired and want to sleep. BIGGEST TIP OF COLLEGE FOR ADD PEOPLE: People pay a lot for ADD medication. Don't sell your medication. You need it more than the other people. Also don't trust everyone. People might take your medication for their benefit, so keep it hidden. BE CAREFUL WITH YOUR MEDICATION -Xoxo Piper
Large Trash CanThis is a must for any college student. You can't just pile up all your trash on the floor. And the bigger the trash can the better. The picture above is the exact trash can we have and we fill it up at least twice every day. Also, don't get one with a lid. Piper and I usually throw stuff into the trash can while we're sitting on our lofted beds, so it would be kinda difficult if there were a lid in the way.
<3 Ellie GiftsIn a relationship, gifts are a lot of pressure. What will the other person think? What if their gift is better than the one you got? Calm down. As long as you put thought into it, the other person will love it. It is not about how much money you can spend, its the thought you put into picking it out. I'm here to give some tips for buying the perfect gift.
Necklace: For girls, when a guy gives her a necklace, it become her favorite piece of jewelry. The boy has to put thought into what the necklace is, but it almost always makes the girl happy. She will wear it and proudly show it to everyone. It helps show possession, and that he claims her. Personal Item: Girls love when guys give them their stuff. Shirts, hoodies, bracelets, etc. Anything that is his, she will love. Literally, giving a girl a personal item costs nothing and makes her happier than most gifts will. Special Date: If you don't want to buy her an object. make a memory. Plan a special date that is memorable. Go-karting, roller-blading, a picnic, or even just a movie night. The best gifts are memory that you can keep in your mind. Its not only a gift for the other person, but also a gift for yourself to remember and to keep. Letter: Write a special letter that only she can read. This is nice because when she is feeling sad, or hasnt see you in a while, she can pull it out and read it. Put inside jokes in so that she can laugh. Explain your feelings so that she can smile. Remind her of your memories so that she can relive those moments. ANYTHING WILL BE FINE! Just put thought into the gift and she or even he would love it. Don't stress, she will love anything -Xoxo Piper Rain JacketIn high school, most if not all of your classes were in the same building. This isn't the case for college though. You'll have to walk outside to a different building for each class most likely. This is why it's important to have a rain jacket in your dorm room closet. You'll be thankful you have it when you see the forecast for tomorrow is rain, rain, and more rain.
<3 Ellie So there are so many intersting people at school, with so many different kinds of personality, and talents that i think are super cool. Some famous people on out campus are trench coat guy, Rollerblade guy, and chess dude. They are super cool, most of the time Trench coat guy is one of the people who tickets cars when they are illegally parked, and he wears a trench coat. Its very self explanatory, but people love him. There were at least two people dressed up as trench coat guy for Halloween. The next awesome person on campus is Rollerblade guy. I thought he was a funny dude. For starters our campus is very hilly, and he roller-blades everywhere. I don't no how he has the calf's for it. Chess dude is next. He is one funny guys. He finally noticed me in the subway line the other day instead of Piper. He is one interesting character. He also like pool.
Don't make me ink Lillian Okay guys, i feel like I have been checked out for a little bit. So i want to tell you about my move in experience. It all started with Aubrey asking me if i would be interested into being Meredith's roommate, and if one of her friends, and her could move into my room. I had never lived with another person. Moving in with another person was a huge adjustment for me. Anyways, i ended moving with room 125, which is why i'm talking to you guys now. Living with girls has made me adjust better to college, because i naturally adjust better to guy's then girls, because i only have brothers. So we moved on Friday, because my class had been cancelled, and it was a long process, but my amazing suite mates, and roommate helped me move in. I have had such a good time, and moving in with these girls have made my college experience so much better. Yes there are the bad days, like when Meredith's alarm goes off for an hour before she turns it off, and Piper knocks on our door for her water bottle, but there are also the good. Like buying bulk toilet-paper, having someone to throw away your rotten bananas, and bonding over a unexpected fire alarm. The best part, was for there to be food in my refrigerator, because it actually looks like someone lives in my room. In general having a roommate is way better then not having a roommate, even if your roommate and you are nothing alike. It teachers you how to co-exist. Moving also shows who your really good friends. For example, i had many offers to help me move, and my friend Liam helped me move my refrigerator in a very innovative way. Wheeling a refrigerator on a office chair on wheels is the funnest way to move a refrigerator. Don't make me ink Lillian Dealing with DyslexiaMany of you guys don't know this, but I, Piper, have dyslexia. I was diagnosed in the 2nd grade and I have been struggling with it ever since. I will sit in class and have no idea what is on the board or I try to read the textbook and none of it makes sense. Having dyslexia is hard, but its manageable. If you don't have dyslexia, hopefully this post wil help you understand more of how it is for a person with dyslexia and the different types a person can have. Spelling is extremely hard for someone with dyslexia. I have to use spell check every other word. Dyslexics have to sound words out because the letters don't have order when in their head. If you want me to write down a large word, you need to spell it out a letter at a time because when someone tries to spell something out to me, all the letters mix up. Say T-A-L-K to me and I have to sit and think for a while to figure out what you said. Sometimes, I sound out a word but it is so wrong spell check can't even fix it. 1 in 10 people have dyslexia Dyslexics are not dumb. In fact a lot of people with dyslexia score higher on IQ tests than people with no disability. Someone with dyslexia will have trouble with spelling, reading, and focusing but they are typically above average in out-of-the-box thinking and mathematics. They have higher spikes in areas while other areas fall. Just Some of the Different TypesThe reason dyslexia is so hard to diagnose is because it is different for everyone else. Some have letter reversal, others have moving pages, word connection, all different types of dyslexia. Letter ReversalThis is called letter reversal. It is when the person's mind can't distinguish between the different types of letters that look similar. This makes is really hard for someone to read because the words don't look like words. You have to translate it in your mind. When I am writing something, I occasionally switch my "b" and "d" when I write too quickly becuase the letters don't have order in my mind. Luckily I was never diagnosed with letter reversal although this is one of the most common types of dyslexia. FadeDyslexic's who see this, have a type called fade. Their brain doesn't see all of the text on a page and they are normally left with holes in the text. This makes it hard for someone to understand the topic because a lot of the letters are missing. RiversRivers. That is what this type of dyslexia is called because the lines don't flow. Text in newspapers or books that are justified, dyslexics have trouble with the spacing. Someone with dyslexia is distracted by the spaces and has trouble comprehending what the passage is trying say. At each space, a dyslexic will assume that is the end of a thought and end the thought process there. 3-DimensionalThis looks like an optical illusion right? This is actually how some dyslexics view a page. A piece of paper won't seem flat. It will seem 3-dimensional. It don't happen with street signs or things like that, but it happens along with textbooks and anything that is just font and paper. Black and white have an effect on dyslexics because the pages are so bland and have no weight to the letters. WaveThis type of dyslexia is called Wave. Imagine these lines moving up and down. I can't describe how hard it is to try to read when the lines seem to always move. For me, the lines don't move this much is such large waves, but they seem to move slightly. Like I am starring at the page and it is sliding back and forth. Most people assume the problem is with the letters and words, but sometimes, dyslexia effect how someone looks at the page. Movement is a common type of dyslexia but for every dyslexic, the movement is different. Word-ConnectionWhat's probably confusing for you guys is that there seems to be nothing wrong with this text. To a normal reader, it is just a passage from Harry Potter, but to a dyslexic like me, it is a extremely difficult reading. This is the hardest dyslexia to diagnosed because it is the hardest to explain. I will attempt to explain what is wrong with it but it is difficult. To me, I will begin to read this passage but each word is different. It seems like there isn't sentences. By the time I get to the end of one sentence, I forget what is at the beginning. I will read "harry pushed" I picture Harry Potter pushing something .. "his cart" I picture a cart ... "after them" I picture someone behind someone else. It doesn't flow well. Everything is separated. This is why when it comes to reading a college textbook, I struggle because the passages don't make sense and I don't learn anything from it. Try it for YourselfThis gif shows many different types of dyslexia. As you see, its not just letter reversal like most people assume. Letters vanish, words change order, letters move off of the line, and letters are changed to other. This will give you a headache if you try to read all of it... this is how I feel constantly. If you know me, I get frustrated after reading for too long, because it gives me a headache. College won't be easy if you are dyslexic, but speaking from experience, it is do-able. See if you can get the textbook on audio, or have a friend read for you. Make sure to pay attention in class so that the professor can tell you what you need to know and you won't have to rely so much on reading the textbook. You can survive.
-Xoxo Piper "Here's the mail. It never fails. It makes me wanna wag my tail. When it comes I wanna wail MAIL!!!!!" Piper had the great idea the other day to get some cards to send to her relatives. So I decided to do the same for my relatives. It's a great way to keep in touch with family, and every college student loves sending and receiving mail.
So I got the addresses of my grandparents, my aunts and uncles, and all my friends so that I could send them some snail mail. Then Piper and I went to Walmart to get those 49 cents greeting cards. The card doesn't have to be fancy because you can enclose a letter written on lined paper with everything you want to tell the person. And there are a lot of cute, decorative cards for 49 cents. So get out a pen and some paper and start that letter! <3 Ellie Crushes and Actually Acting Upon Them |
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