Mr. Eko

Wesley Desselle, M.D., Helen Keller Hospital 

I don't want to go into medicine.
It is not for me.
But I really didn't mind this speaker. 
He was really passionate about what he was doing. 
Which I appreciated. 

But one thing that I did get out of it is that everyone needs a mentor. Someone they can look up too no matter what and someone they can talk to in every situation. And I agree. Everyone needs to always have someone that they can look up to, in every situation. Mentor's can always help, through tough times and through academic problems.

The next thing is that people need to keep going till they get it done and to never ever give up. Everything we do in life will come with it's ups and it's downs. There is no way that life will always be all good. You have to try to push through everything that stand in your way no matter what. If you believe in something then go for it. Stand tall through all the bad stuff and you will always, always, succeed. 

I have no more to say on this speaker. 
As I previously said, I don't want to be in medicine. I never will. It is not my forte.

Happy Pokemon time!!! I love Pokemon. This is my favorite basic and all it's evolutions.

From top to bottom:

Jolteon, Umbreon, Espeon,

Flareon, Vaporeon, Eevee,

Leafeon, Glaceon.

All my favorites. :)

I don't ever wanna leave this town.

Mr. William Lee, Commercial Farmer 

This was one that I didn't get much out of. 

Something that did strike me was something he said in the very beginning. Something along the line of prices of stuff are directly related to supply and demand. (somthing about corn...I think.) And I remembered a conversation my (ex-) boss had with a customer and I. Rusty (the boss) owns a BBQ joint (I've mentioned it before.) and he sometimes has to raise the price of our menu items. And as a cashier it directly affects me. The regulars know the exact price of their item and they damn well better not have to pay any more. So when the prices increase (even by just .20 cents. Seriously. True story.) I have to deal with angry people. But I never actively thought "Why do we have to increase the prices?" It was always just a thing. I mean I'm a teenager. I have other things on my mind. But one day Rusty was talking to a customer and they got on the topic of McDonald's McRib sandwiches (don't eat them. Seriously.) Pretty much McDonald's buys all the scraps of pork that no one wants to use in QUALITY food (like Rusty's BBQ) and they mash it all up and compress it into a rib shaped glob of yuck. Well Mickey D's buying all this gross pork substance drives up pork prices. Which means Rusty pays just a fraction more for pork. But when you own a BBQ joint where pork is the main ingredient in a lot of dishes then that fraction turns into a monumentous amount of money. So the prices of a regular BBQ sandwich have to go up by just the SLIGHTEST eensy little itty bitty amount. But it makes all the difference in the world to the people who buy our food. 

Do you see where I went with all this? I hope so. 



Not Relevant:

I am in love with this song. Like completely and utterly smitten. I just adore it.

Pic is related.

To the song.

Not the blog.

Just for me. Sorta.

Mr. Ross Berry, CEO, Shoals Hospital

I wrote this when I was taking notes. I decided I would just use it as my blog. It fits. 
(And yes the beginning is 'Somebody that I used to know' by Gotye)(Sorta)

I don't wanna live that way! Believing every word they say!I just wanna live my life the way I wanna live it. I want to make the decisions that will push my future in a successful and positive way. Life is about living life to the fullest. I need to plan where I want to go and what i want to do in order to succeed. If you don't think about where you want your future to go then someone else will make that decision for you. You don't get from point A to point B without a plan to go where you are going. You will deal with many issues between A and B that you must press through.

"If you can dream it, you can do it. -Walt Disney"

People will also help you get from point A to B if you help yourself. You have to be willing to do what you need to do in order to get where you want to go. As you make your journey through life you will carry your bad decisions along the ENTIRE time. You can't make a lot of bad decisions and get where you plan on going. And you can NEVER just get rid of your baggage. You know when you see someone sitting alone, shoulders hunched, sad expression, they have baggage. So much baggage that it physically weighs them down. Our bad decisions through life can, not only, affect us in a negative way but can also affect someone else in horrible ways. Maybe you make one bad decision and then the next day wake up with a blood stain on your car and a dead man on your conscience. Just because you are given a bottle doesn't mean you have to drink yourself dumb. Just because you are given into bad circumstances doesn't mean you have to follow them. 'Be the change you want to see in the world.-Gandhi'

On another, semi-relevant note. My rant of the day:

I have realized something and I don't know why it has taken me so damn long to realize it. I need to quit pleasing you and her and him and all of them and I need to start pleasing myself. I need to wear what I want to wear because I like it, not because you like it, or because it is the 'style'. I need to quit worrying about what all of them think. So what if I play Pokémon, read Harry Potter, run around barefoot, color in Disney Princess coloring books and like to lay in the grass and converse with the squirrels. this is my life to live, not yours, not hers, not his, and you all better damn well quit trying to run it.  I will do what I please, wear what I please and say what I please if only to please me. Why in the world has it taken me so long to realize that I am here for myself and myself alone. Maybe I want to wear a skirt with dirty and ripped converse. Who's to say I can't just because the colors don't match. So what if I want to roll out of bed and throw my hair up like it doesn't matter. Who do I need to impress. Sure I'll need to impress others later, but right now, in this moment I will do what I want with my life. I will pursue the dead-end major and maybe fall on my ass while doing so. I will do what I want in order to get the most please and joy out of my life. I won't go into some career that I hate simply because the money is good. Money is not what drives me. What drives me is smiling people and the warm feeling you get when you've done something right, just for you. 

Every little single thing you do.

Mr. Macke Mauldin, President, Bank Independent.

Yea. Didn't like this one so much.
No offense to him of course. But I feel like he just wanted us to go to his bank and give him our money. Maybe that isn't what he was trying to do. But that's what it felt like. Anyways.

What we do now matters for the rest of our lives.
Be kind and generous.
Don't sweat the small stuff. <---Love that.
Don't worry if it wont matter in 5 years.

Golden rule: Treat others the way you want to be treated.

That was the basis of what I got. 
Dig into it as deep as you want.
I don't really care to.

I feel bad for not caring so much about this speaker but I just didn't feel it. ya'know.

Did anyone else see that hippy guy? With his tent thing beside the ampitheatre? I wanted one of those tapestry thingys. But, alas, as a broke college student I can't really shell out the money.

Raised By Another.

Again. I am behind!
Lordy Courtney, do something right for once >.<
Anyways.

The Honorable Gilbert P. Self, Circuit Court Judge.

I actually really liked this speaker. 
What I really got out of this presentation was that college is an opportunity that we should not give up for no reason. College is NOT a burden like so many students think it is. It is an opportunity to do something greater, to be someone greater. The way we can make sure we are able to use this opportunity to our advantage is to always do what we believe is right. We need to figure out what we are going to do with our values and do something greater with our lives than we previously thought we could. We should ALWAYS try our darndest to do what is best. 

That's pretty much what I got from this speaker. My notes are all a jumbled mess. Blah
Then of  course I have my math homework. From like 3 weeks ago.

I'm watching Lost. I love Lost. I got so far behind that I have to watch the first season all over again. For the third time.
OH MY WORD. I was looking for Ms. Debra Glass's scary ghost novels and lookie what I found!
Read the description. It's very juicy ;)
http://www.amazon.com/Badcock-ebook/dp/B003XU7IQS/ref=la_B0036LFNI4_1_18?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1349841074&sr=1-18