. Kachoo .

It’s pretty much the best thing ever.

I just read something about procrastination that led me to this website procatinator.com and it was very interesting… 

People put some weird stuff on the internet. lol.

I should be doing Spanish stuff and try to write a cover letter, but I think I will procrastinate some more and maybe take a short nap first.

My head hurts and I just wanna listen to music…

:)

Oh, and tumblr is a great procrastination tool. 

It’s pretty fantastic.

Reasons for this post? NONE.

I do what I wantttttt

What was it’s purpose?

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It had none. Just randomness. :)

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Enjoy my randomness.

So today in my Speech for Business and the Professions class, my speech teacher decided to tell us about Elevator Pitches. (An Elevator Pitch is an overview of a product, service, project, person or other solution that your own mother should be able to understand in the time it would take to ride up an elevator.) She had mentioned them to us before, and gave us all handouts explaining the idea, but she decided to surprise us today by making us write out our own elevator pitches, then stand at the front of the room and giving the pitch to the class. It was pretty difficult for all of us. I mean, it’s different from giving a prepared speech, where you are dressed nice, you have note cards, maybe a slideshow, and you actually know the stuff you are talking about. 

We had to actually stand up and say nice stuff about ourselves. Gross. Everyone was saying things along the lines of “I can’t say good stuff about myself” and I was right there with them. When the guy behind me piped up and said “All I have is ‘Hi, my name is ____ _____’.” I looked down at my blank sheet of paper and realized that I didn’t even have that much.

Why is it hard for people to say good things about themselves? Is it because we want to be modest and we think it sounds like bragging? Or is it because people can’t think of anything good about themselves because they are, as everyone always says, their own worst critic?

I think it may just be a mixture of the two for everyone. Even if you don’t think of things about yourself that are all that impressive, there must have been someone in your life who told you that you did something well, or that you were special in some way. And even if  you said something good about yourself and someone thought you were bragging or trying to show off, who cares?

The whole point of the Elevator Pitch is to sell yourself; show possible future employers what you can offer them. If you aren’t going to be able to say something good about yourself, how are they supposed to see something good in you? Like my speech teacher says all the time: Only you can sell yourself. 

Telling someone what you have done or accomplished, or what you can do isn’t bragging, it’s just being honest. You shouldn’t feel awkward or embarrassed to tell people who you are and what you can do. 

So, in an attempt to not be so self conscious about myself and all, I decided to write out my elevator pitch. It’s basically what I said in class, but without the “So… yeah…” at the end. 

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Hello, my name is Sidney Muse. I am a sophomore at Sam Houston State University, Majoring in International Business with a Minor in Spanish.  I am very good at multitasking and I consider myself to be a hard worker.  I was the first person at my high school to graduate with a bilingual diploma in the International Baccalaureate program, and I achieved this while taking a full load of advanced classes, taking part in the choral program during all four of my high school years, being a member of a nationally recognized marching band and colorguard, and maintaining two jobs. Gaining this diploma rewarded me with 23 college credit hours and I was able to become a sophomore very quickly at my university as a result. It is only my second semester here, and I have already been on the Dean’s list and currently have a 3.71 GPA. I hope to be able to work in a professional business environment and gain valuable work experience to help me with my endeavors in the future. It is my dream to be able to continue my education after I obtain my Bachelor of Business Administration and learn multiple languages that would make me an invaluable member of any professional organization dealing with foreign countries. Here is my contact information, and if you are interested, I will be happy to send you a copy of my resume and my references. Thank you very much for your time.

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Gross, isn’t it? Haha. But, it isn’t a lie, so I guess it isn’t all that bad. If someone other than myself said that stuff, it wouldn’t seem so bad to me, I guess. Maybe because if someone else was saying it, it wouldn’t sound like I was trying to make myself sound better than I am or something. 

Because that’s how mad I am right now.

It seems that I can never keep up with anything. Haha. Oh well, I’ll just write when I want to. I don’t care if anyone reads it. :)

I don’t really like being here in Huntsville. I mean, I wanted to try being on my own and doing things myself, but I’m just bored all the time. I’m no good at making friends, so I have no one to really hang out with besides my roommate, but she is gone all the time anyways.

So here I sit, alone all day. I think I slept all weekend. She says that she really likes college, and that’s great for her, but I’m just not enjoying myself at all. I have allergies all the time and I don’t have anything to do or anyone to go see, plus it costs too much to go home every weekend… I really wish I had the money for that.

I’m not going to get as much Financial Aid next year, and since I can barely afford to go here as it is, I think I might end up transferring back home. I think it’ll be nice to be home anyways. I won’t have to pay to live on campus, and I won’t be alone all the time. That’ll be nice. Also, my allergies never bother me that much when I’m home.

I think it will be for the best, anyways, since Huntsville and I don’t really seem to get along very well. Haha.

The school at home is a better school for Business anyways, so it’ll be the better choice for my education, too.

I don’t know. That’s what I’ve been thinking about for a long time, but I just can’t really talk to other people about it much. Whether or not I’m staying here… It’s ultimately my decision, but I just hate upsetting people. It’s been a really hard thing to think about, and it’s even harder to have to think about it all by myself. I just don’t want people to be mad at me for whatever I decide to do. I guess that shouldn’t really matter.

People who are my friends will understand that I have to make my own decisions and do what I think will be best for myself. I don’t feel like people really care at all what I do or how I feel here in Huntsville, and I don’t like feeling like the people around me don’t care about me. Being alone all the time and not feeling good about yourself really messes up your concentration, too, and I don’t like dwelling on that stuff. At least if I’m home I’ll know that the people I’m with will want me to be happy and care when I’m upset.

I shouldn’t care so much what other people think, it’s really a pain. It makes decision-making near impossible. Haha. You are never going to be able to make everyone happy.

So I think I’m going to go home next year, I think I’ll do much better there then I’m doing here.

And that’s all there is to it. I’ve finally made up my mind. I hope everyone can at least understand and respect my decision.

Goodnight :)

I forgot to take allergy medicine again this morning…

I swear, I’m torturing myself.

Like… I don’t have a break on Tuesday/Thursdays in between my classes, so I’m miserable from 11-3. And my nose just wont stop running! 

It’s like… lets go to the bathroom like three times in the middle of class, get tired of that, grab a hand full of paper towels to take with you, and use them all before class is even over.

Why does Huntsville hate me so much?

Never in my life have I ever had allergies so bad… EVER.

On a less miserable note, I had a math test today. Siri totally interrupted it, too. I mean, like, iPhone Siri. She was all loud like “I’m really sorry about this, but I cannot take any commands right now” and the girl who it belonged to was like “….Sorry… I stepped on my backpack.”

It was just funny because it’s like “We know, Siri, now please shut up and let us finish our math tests…”

Anywhoooooo, I got another Red Bull today. :) Good thing, too, because I stayed up late last night to finish my math homework. 6 pages of written math is sooooooooooooooo much fun to do.

So that’s all for now, lol. Sorry for the uber randomness. I just felt the need to complain… then lighten that up with some random less complain-y things. Haha.

Byee