Recap

Take a peek into my life these past couple weeks.



I saw Duddy B. (below) and the Dirty Heads, such a good concert. I also found some sweet new tunes with their warm-up bands Pacific Dub and New Politics.

An amazing concert I got to be front row for, Duddy even high fived me after.



I got some custom toms.

I diggum, what about you?



I hung out with the boy. He is great.

I got to see one of my favorite artist, again front row, ahh, Trevor Hall, you are beautiful.

I also discovered some great new artist here like Cubworld and Cas Haley (below).

 P.S. He was on America's got talent, and oh boy does he have talent!

Bonus question: Who gets lucky enough to have their camera taken by Trevor Hall two concerts in a row? Answer: this blogger.

I got to celebrate Holi with one of my best friends.

. . . and what seemed to be the rest of Utah.

Overall, I have had a great couple of weeks.

(After the shower after Holi; a day later and my ears are still purple and my hair is still pink.)

Bye friends,
Kelsie

Career Day

 "I'm cursed by all ambitious thoughts." 

I feel like that statement, those simple words above, truly describe my current state of being. 

Fall registration is coming (I know the spring season isn't even here, but we have to decide what we are going to do with our lives 6 months from now) and I'm panicking because 1) I am a junior and have not declared a major and according to the almighty rules of Westminster College "if thou haveth 60 credits, thou must declareth a major" and 2) I have no idea what classes I want to take; that was until I started to take a look at the catalog. As I was reading over the list I said, "Kelsie, you got to think about classes that 1) don't start early because you know you won't be attending those . . . ever and 2) classes that you genuinely are going to be interested in." Then I went for it. 

I sifted through the list of economics and film studies, my (also undeclared) minor, classes being offered and found some contenders. 

Environmental Economics: to consider the environmental effects that companies play in the economy.

Economic Justice: which sounds incredibly hard, but with that comes incredible interest. 

Along with those some other required courses, I won't bore you with those.

As I looked at class after class I realized something: I have no clue what I'm doing after school. 

All through high school they prepare you to go to college. At the start of college they prepare you for college life/classes. Now, I've reached the point where I need to be prepared for the "real world." Gulp! Now that is a scary thought. What the heck am I going to do with an econ degree?  I have so many ideas so many goals and so many ambitious thoughts that curse me. I want to change the world. I want to get out and do something that changes not only my life, but the life of others. I'm not superwomen so unless I fall into some toxic vat jumping off building to save people is probably out of the question. However, there is so much out there I can do and I can't wait to start exploring those kind of careers out there in the (not so) scary real world. 

So long for now,

Kelsie

DFTBA

Here's the deal, I am a nerd.

Yep, a full fledged, self-proclaimed nerd.

You know what else? I am proud of it. I am proud to say that I get good grades, that I enjoy reading, and that I listen to talk radio. In my opinion the role of the word nerd has changed. For me when I was younger (let's just come out with it, the glorious jr. high years) being "cool" was what it was about. I wanted to be the cheerleader. I wanted to have popular friends. It was what was happin' when I was 13. Most of all I wanted to fit in, with somebody; I felt like if I could just be cool I wouldn't feel so awkward about myself.

Jump forward six years and I'm still that same awkward girl, but now somethings different.


These days I don't care if I fit in, and honestly there is nowhere to fit into. There are groups of kids on campus, but we are all in the same boat takin' the cruise to find out who we really are. It's true, I still get embarrassed if I say something outrageously inappropriate for the topic at hand (it does happens a lot), but I have learned to play it off instead of obsessing over it. I truly feel like I am starting to come into my own me. I love the nerdiness, I love the side of me that wants to help every single homeless person I see, I love the side of me that would do anything to not do anything and be completely lazy. Most of all I am truly starting to love me. 

cairde beannacht,
Kelsie 


P.S. If you get this title you, too, are a nerd. If not check this out and become a nerdfighter.