Upperclassmen Status...

  I remember my Junior year of high school being my busiest school year ever. And it seems the legacy shall continue... It's my 3rd year in college and although it's only been 1month, I am already spreading myself waaaaay too thin and it is stressing me out!

  This semester I am taking 18credits, and it's not too bad and I love every one of my classes! However, besides my schoolwork, I am also working my Herbalife business, helping NTXNutrition run Fit Camps, and just trying to work in a social life &&& SLEEP into my busy schedule!!
  Let me give you a quick breakdown of my day-to-day existence: Monday- Fit Camp at 5:30till about 7:30, History from 11-11:50, lunch break, Japanese from 1-1:50, Stage Management from 2-4:50, then Fit Camp from 6:30 till about 8:30. Tuesday- Acting Realism from 9:30-11:50, Astronomy 12:30-1:50, and Crackin' Up Meetings from 6:30-8:30. Wednesdays follow Monday's pattern with the addition of Astronomy Labs from 3-5 (No Stg. Management) & Theatre in the Holocaust from 6-8:50 & no Evening Fit Camp. Thursdays follow Tuesday's pattern with the addition of Weigh-In Meetings at 2:30 & Yosakoi practice from 4-6 (No Meetings). Luckily, Fridays I have only Japanese and I've been able to spend the weekends either relaxing or catching up on homework/ studying! That is, unless I'm asked to spend time with friends or work, or I have to go watch a performance. I also have to make sure to fit in my meals & Flyers & homework & SLEEP... I've already had to miss classes (luckily my History and Astronomy classes don't take attendance) and I've slowly started to fall behind on assignments...
 Thank goodness my first month of Fit Camp is complete! I'll now be able to sleep-in &&& get started on my homework earlier! Besides everything else, I decided to sign up for another Study Abroad, sooooo I'm going to have to pick up another job to raise enough money! And I've realized now that it wasn't such a good idea to audition for my friend's musical- good thing I'm just a chorus member, because I'm just going to have to tell her I can't participate! (>.<)

  Now, however strange it sounds, I love being this busy! Sure, I don't have time for ANYTHING and I'm stressing every single day, but I honestly don't know what to do with myself if I don't have a million things running through my mind all day!! It's hard to pick a favorite class, they all have their pros and their cons:
History is, well, History! 'Nuf said! Buuut, it's the easiest class I have because everything is online and there are no deadlines! It's so easy & I'm learning so much!
Japanese is, of course, as annoyingly difficult as ever, but it's still Japanese! I absolutely love learning the language! I've also been trying to attend as many of the organization's meetings! I've even taken to Takeuchi-sensei's weekly lessons of Yosakoi dance- a fun combination of traditional and modern Japanese dance & a great workout!
Stage Management is one of the more intriguing classes I'm taking because 1) it pertains to my major, & 2) I think that I may be really good at it! I would love to get more practice in Stage Managing in my near future!
Acting Realism may be the most rewarding class I'm taking this semester. After all, it is a "gateway" class, meaning that once I pass it, I'll be able to take a bunch more major specific courses. Bob, my teacher, is a fantastic Theatre instructor with a million hilarious stories of working on & off the stage. He also has a talent for pulling out the best actor out of everyone! This, most of all, makes me both nervous and excited for what's in store for the rest of  the semester!
Astronomy is a subject that I have always had an interest for & I am so glad I'm finally getting to take it! I'm getting to learn so much that I didn't know before, and just the other day I got to visit the observatory and look at different constellations and, oh.... Everything about it was just beautiful!
Theatre in the Holocaust is one of the most fun classes I'm taking, surprisingly. First off, my favorite teacher is teaching it! And second, everyone in the class is hilariously amazing and opinionated! We get into a lot of great discussions and debates about various Holocaust topics! Also, every class is basically the same: read a play or short novel, reflect and discuss, then spend the rest of the time watching an amazingly written and directed movie about the Holocaust.

  So, ya. However much trouble I've been getting myself into, I wouldn't even think of dropping even one of my classes! They're just too amazing! But I am willing to make a compromise: I'm wanting to stress a little less and do more things I did before school started like, reading for pleasure or working on my Poke'mon Princess Debut! I'm really hoping to find more time for relaxation during the rest of this semester!

Sincerely Yours,
Lisette Monique Diaz

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Hello Fall...

It's that time of year again!

As always, I have been immensely busy with the start of school, work, Fit Camps, Theatre, Japanese, and just life in general! I suppose now is as good as any a time for a "catch-up" post!

I bid farewell to my family and got myself moved into my new dorm room! Mozart Hall is the upperclassmen dorm, so it's nice and quiet most of the time and the room comes with a fridge and my own bathroom! For one glorious week, I believed myself lucky enough to be roommateless, but a week after school started, Markie moved in. She's not bad, kinda nice, and only sometimes does some of her, I suppose, "habits" rub me the wrong way... I also got fish!! Sadly, within just a couple weeks, 3of the original 4 DIED!! And, since I am currently with no car, I had no way of returning for a refund! I swear, it wasn't my fault! My Catfish, Gary, is the only one left! It's so sad...

My very first weekend back and I had already been dragged into helping NTXNutrition and running their Fit Camps for September! My new HERBALIFE definitely deserves a post of its own, so all I'll say is that I LOVE IT!!!! Even though it has near completely taken over my LIFE! 

Another major part of my life has always been my love for the Japanese Language and Culture! I am back in classes at school, and it is still as annoyingly difficult as ever with my teacher, but I love it all the same. I've even taken to joining her weekly dance rehearsals of Yosakoi!

Just a couple weekends ago, I went with a group of friends to Dallas' Akimatsuri! The others had never been, so it was fun to walk around, play games, and watch performances! One of the girls that tagged along, Amy, was a Taiwanese exchange student and she was so into everything that was happening, it was so cute! She also kept turning to one of the other girls, Haruka, a Japanese exchange student, and asking questions about everything she experienced! It was adorable.

This semester I'm taking 18credit hours at school.... I can even let that speak for itself for how busy I've been! My classes include: History, Japanese, Stage Management, Acting Realism, Astronomy- Stars and the Universe and Theatre in the Holocaust. Surprisingly, I love every one of my classes! Each of them, of course, has its pros and cons, so I'll definitely have to expand on these classes in a separate post! Besides school, work, and everything else, my friends and I have finally officialized our own UNT Theatre Organization! Crackin' Up: An Improv Group for Young Audiences!! Our first meeting isn't until next week, so I'll definitely have more to say later! 

Another major part of my life this past month have been all the shows I've been watching! And because I am currently caught up with the Naruto Shippuden Anime, I restarted on the manga! It has been so great getting to relive all of these stories without any fillers! Besides Naruto, I've been watching a LOT of shows... I blame it on the fact that I am always busy with everything else! I've watched through the second season of The Walking Dead and season 1of The Game of Thrones; I am caught up with Glee, Once Upon a Time, and The Legend of Korra on TV; I am catching up on Doctor Who (Season 3) and Detective Conan; I'm still waiting for the Pretty Little Liars season premiere; and I just started on The Musical (Korean Drama) &&& American Horror Story for Halloween!! So, ya, Netflix has not been good for me! (>u<) Of course, there are a million Animes that I need to complete, and a number of shows I've been told to watch, so I'm sure I'll be kept entertained for a long while! 

I'm so happy to be back to blogging! There are a couple of posts already planned to be made, as mentioned above; however, besides those, it's October!! And this year, I've decided to challenge myself to watch a different Halloweeny/Horror movie every night! Along with this October challenge, I'm hoping I can make weekly posts reviewing what movies I watched! I'm so excited- there are just so many classic horror movies I haven't seen!!

Sincerely Yours,

Lisette Monique Diaz  

ৎ꒰ ¯ิ̑﹃ ¯ิ̑๑꒱ુ ୭ ~Sweet Dreams~ ৎ꒰ ¯ิ̑﹃ ¯ิ̑๑꒱ુ ୭