This is LEGIT!!!

I am in love with this mindset...and I found a blog that basically describes it!

http://missretroblog.blogspot.com/

Go check it out! Some may be repulsed...others just purely amused. Me? I'm inspired!


Something blunt about me? I'm basically an anti-feminist. Or sexist in favor of men. Basically, I don't believe women should have the same rights or held to the same standards as men. A lot of people think I'm not considering the extremes, but on the contrary,

I don't think women should serve in the military
I don't think women should be in high political positions
I don't think women should be head of big powerful companies

I think that a woman belongs alongside a man--her husband.

I AM NOT KIDDING. Like seriously, these are values that I truly hold. I feel that a woman has a right to get the education that she desires and she can get a job with that education if that is what she wants. But I feel that a woman is best utilized as a house-wife. At home. Taking care of the house and kids while the husband and father is at work making money to support the family.

Now, I know what you're thinking. This is barely feasible in this day and age. The cost of living has gone up since the 1950s and the idea of women staying at home has become less and less appealing to most. We have made such a big deal about womens' rights this past century that they feel insulted when they're not included in something. Yet they were perfectly fine with it before all the fuss and hubub. Is this evolution, or is this just crazy ideas being put into others' minds?

Me? I'm in college, working on a teaching degree. But honestly, I just want to teach for as long as I have to. I'm fine with teaching to help build up savings for my family, but once I have kids I don't want to teach anymore. I want to be the one to raise my kids. I don't want some business, daycare, or stranger raising my kids for me. As a mother, that's my job. Not to work outside the house. No.

I don't get it why some people don't see this.

Beautiful Day

I don't know why, I really don't know why I feel this way.

Today is going to be awesome. This week is going to be amazing.

I just have this feeling...and I like it. =D


I woke up this morning and immediately was in a good mood. I got breakfast and ready for the day...it was absolutely beautiful out. I was walking hand in hand with my boyfriend to our class together and everything just felt in sync and...

...perfect!

I've been dating this kid for two and a half months now. We spend a TON of time together! I don't know why, but I would have thought that the first week would be complete clinginess but after a while we would not need to spend as much time with each other. You know, just a moderate amount of time with each other, and then spending more time with friends--finding that balance in our lives.

But no. Even today we talked about spending more time together than usual with each other. We spent almost every moment of this past weekend with each other and we're certainly not tired of each other. It's amazing! The only difference that I can see is that we're wanting to spend more time away from campus and outside...but with each other, not apart.

It's a really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really GOOD feeling =D

Birthdays for the Better

7th Grade: Cried on my birthday because I had a party that weekend and so no one wished me happy birthday *on* my birthday. Also got no cards from relatives
8th Grade: Went to another friend's birthday party on my birthday, for her birthday, because her birthday was the next day.
9th Grade: Had a party with a friend-at-the-time who has the same birthday as me with many mutual friends. Pretty divided between who was friends with who.
10th Grade: Fought with same FATT who has the same birthday as me because she would say "her 16th birthday" instead of "our 16th birthday" to all of our mutual friends.
11th Grade: No longer friends with FATT. Had show choir practice on that day, her mother brought in cupcakes for the choir. Everyone sang happy birthday to HER, not me.
12th Grade: Boyfriend-at-the-time did not call me. Still not friends with FATT, FATT still trying to get all of our friends to recognize her birthday and not mine...was sung to that year though.

...I had bad luck with birthdays. Or I guess I was just too pessimistic to enjoy my birthdays. I went into my freshman year of college absolutely dreading my birthday. Tears were shed; I just was not looking forward to the day. I had broken up with a boyfriend just a week or so earlier...it was not a good time.

I was blessed. I had some stellar friends who went out of their way to make sure that I had a great birthday. The Residence Hall Association sang Happy Birthday to me, my friends completely supported me and did everything they could to give me an awesome day. And then I went to have a great weekend at home with friends and family. Epic Win.

Of course, I wasn't sure if that feeling could be topped going into my 20th birthday just a couple days ago. I knew it wasn't going to be terrible though, because I had the same amazing friends, completely supportive family, and this time a wonderful boyfriend determined to make it my best birthday yet.

Well...they succeeded. The day started with me waking up to my boyfriend saying "My baby is 20 years old!" along with some more romantic acts =). Then I went to class and my roommate jumped me in a HUGE hug screaming "HAPPY BIRTHDAY!" in the middle of a crowded hallway. Then I went to Emens auditorium where the boyfriend bought us tickets to see a percussionist on Saturday. Then went to Noyer and got two pieces of cheesecake for later that night--Lemon Drop and Very Cherry...! Then I got ready for the boyfriend to take me out. When he got here he gave me flowers, a little stuffed blue bunny, a gummy blue bunny on a stick, and a bracelet with a black cord and blue beads in it. Really sweet of him! Then we went to Greeks Pizza, which is where he took me for Valentine's Day, and it was AMAZING! Then we came back to Stu and played EPIC POUNCE with friends...it was amazing fun! The whole night was...it was just an AMAZING birthday!

But it wasn't over yet! The boyfriend decided that it was my birthday weekend, not just the day. =) So I got to sleep in until 2:30 pm...because I could! Then we went to lunch and on a walk (The weather was FANTASTIC!) and then to the percussionist! Then I made him dinner...it was definitely interesting lol.

And Sunday was great, too! The parents came up, gave me some family presents, and took me and my friends bowling...it was epic. We played two games and enjoyed every minute of it! Then the family and the boyfriend and I went to Olive Garden for a nice lunch/dinner and then after they left Zackk and I decided that a nap was deserved =P

It was an amazing weekend. All of my insecurities of having a bad birthday have been completely vanished. All I can think about is how happy I have been these past few weeks. I'm looking at the past and smiling...looking at the present and smiling...and looking at the future and smiling.

Love is what brings us together today <3

What Wouldn't Happen Without Social Networking

This is what I tweeted:

EmmaLouBelle (Emma Dennis): just bought the new @WeTheKings single! #FridayIsForever is FANTASTIC! =)


And this is what I got about five hours later:

WeTheKings (We The Kings): @EmmaLouBelle thanks for pickin it up! #fridayisforever



...Let's start at the beginning, shall we?



This is We The Kings. They are an alternative band that I got into the last semester of my senior year of high school. Basically, I listened to Skyway Avenue once and completely and absolutely fell in love. Now, I own every song of theirs and absolutely love their music!

Well on Twitter they were advertising their new single that was just released today. Since I got iTunes money for my birthday, I decided to buy it and definitely enjoyed it. Since I follow them on Twitter, I decided to just mention them and say how much I did enjoy it. And--to my luck--they decided to reply back to me to say thanks!

Without social networking, I probably wouldn't have known that their single came out today, and I probably wouldn't have contacted them to tell them I liked it and they probably wouldn't have thanked me for purchasing the song. Social Networking is bridging the gap of approachability as well as convenience, speed, and contact.

And as long as I'm reaping the benefits of it...I'm not complaining that I talk more to my best friends online than I do in person! =P




If you're interested in their song, click the link!

Friday is Forever!

Oops, Have to Correct Something

I am now the Assistant Director of Administration for IRHO. No one else applied so I got that position...and I'll probably be the in-house parliamentarian--but like RHA it won't be in my title.

Thought you should know. Here's my e-mail signature:

~*~*~
Ellen M. Dennis
317.442.9203
emdennis@bsu.edu
emaedennis@gmail.com

Housing and Residence Life: 2011 Accelerate Student Coordinator
Student Government Association: Parliamentarian
Ball State University

Indiana Residence Hall Organization: Assistant Director of Administration
Great Lake Affiliate College and University Residence Halls: Parliamentarian

"A leader has to be practical and a realist, yet must talk the language of the visionary and the idealist." ~Eric Hoffer







Pretty awesome, right? Love the quote--it works with my major! Oh the life of a leader...=) <3

It confounds me!

My English 220 (Language Society) and French 337 (French Phonetics) classes individually bug me. I am not a fan of either of these classes because of what is covered and how the material is presented.

But man! I *LOVE* how I can relate one class to the other. I'm constantly thinking about things said in one class that apply to another. I just brought a culture aspect from my French class and used it in discussion in my English class...

...also the fact that my French class is right after my English class...that definitely helps solidify some concepts...because we talk about a lot of the same things in both classes so I definitely understand things better...or at least I should lol =)

Who'd have thought that two classes I'm not too fond of just come together to create a wonderful experience for me =P

Il N'y a Pas De Mots

Il n'y a pas de mots qui peuvent décrire les choses que je me sens maintenant. Je suis si heureuse...ce n'est pas possible d'être si heureuse comme je suis. WOW. YOUPI. C'EST MAGNIFIQUE! JE SOURIS TOUJOURS!

Je l'aime. Je suis sûr que je l'aime...ces émotions ne sont pas possible sans amour...sans aimer.

D'accord, voilà les choses qui se sont passés plus tôt. Nous avons dîné et puis nous avons vu un orateur parce qu'il pouvait gagner le credit supplémentaire pour son cours de l'histoire. C'était très ennuyeux pour moi...j'étais là pour lui, je n'ai pas eu besoin d'y aller.

Donc, après ça, nous avons aller au Collège de Professeurs parce qu'il y a des grands fenêtres au 10ème étage et le vue est incroyable! On peut voir tout de campus et les lumières sont...oh c'était si jolie!

Ah bon...la raison que j'écris en français et la raison pourquoi j'écris ça: Je l'aime. Zack. J'aime Zack avec toute ma coeur. Quand nous sommes allés au Collège de Professeurs, il m'a demandé si je voudrais aller à California avec lui. Je l'ai demandé quand et il m'a dit "Je ne connais pas un date specifique, mais un jour l'année prochaine, je pense". Il pense que nous serons ensemble l'année prochaine!!! Puis, après ça, il regardait par la fenêtre et m'a dit "je sais que nous ne sommes pas ensemble depuis longtemps, mais je peux nous voir ensemble pour tout ma vie"

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QUOI?!?!?! QU'EST-CE QU'IL M'A DIT?!?!? EST-CE QU'IL EST SERIEUX?!?

Mon Dieu, il fait ma vie =)