Free Write- 3/26/13

It's that time of year. The time of year when I start losing interest in school. But I can't allow myself to do that in college. I must stay on top of things, because all of my teachers have left the best for last. Meaning: research papers! Yay! I'm somewhat excited about this holocaust research paper, because it's something that will keep my interest, although I find it hard to listen or read about some of the stuff that happened because it's down right heartbreaking, and it brings me down for the rest of the day. I have to keep telling myself  that if they endured it for years and years, I can research about it for an hour a day, and then go back to my happy happy happy life. They couldn't. I have to deliver a culture speech in Public Speaking today, and my chosen topic is Iceland. Because no one knows anything about Iceland. It turns out that the entire country's population is 319,000. that's like the size of Springfield and some surrounding cities. Pretty unbelievable. This weather is horrible. Absolutely down right horrible. I guess that fall is going to go through December now, and the winter months will include January, February, March and most of April. yay. I'm just glad I have planted anything yet. I know a lot of people that did. NOT GOOD. I can't wait for this summer. I'm doing a lot of traveling. Why is traveling so frustrating to plan? And why, at the age of 18 can I not rent a car? UNBELIEVABLE! Isn't this the land of the free? I'm old enough to go out and smoke a pack of cigarettes and die for my country and vote on issues that greatly effect our country, but I'm not allowed to rent a car, drink a beer, gamble in Las Vegas, or get a hotel room. It seems to me that there needs to be some rethinking here. It's frustrating to know that I could have all the money int he world right now, but I can't use any of it without taking my parent along. It's a little ridiculous.