I love my bike, I love biking! But it’s getting cold and I just don’t have the money or motivation to actually buy all the gear I need to stay warm but not sweaty on my way to school. I’ve just gotten busy and I’ve been doing things after school at night too so I’ve just started driving. The problem is that I live like 2-4 miles from campus and the road I have to ride on is a car-packed highway. I don’t want to A) get hit by a car as I’m riding home at night or B) slip on ice and get run over in the winter.
If I get a bike to keep on campus and ride it around then I’ll call this year a success and maybe try again next year.
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How I did it: I took a class. I actually did not make it through all of the motions and really learning all about it but I did learn that is it really slow and not for me. I just tried out a sample of Tai Chi from a class in an organization in my hometown called The Maple Center, Inc. They are a non-profit community health organization. If you want to take a class keep an eye out in your community for places like the Maple Center and … Read how I did it…
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I recorded an acoustic EP in my room and named it ‘The Untold Story” then I put it online (http://kristybrannon.com/) for my friends to download for free.
I think I’m gonna keep trying. I want a real album with good quality and cds and promotions and a tour and a band. But it’s a start.
And well, its alright. for me, portuguese is harder than arabic, because it has cognates and so everyone assumes I already speak spanish (or french or italian) and that I know all those words anyway. Well, I don’t so I need to work on my vocabulary but otherwise it isnt bad so far. I really like it. Sometimes it’s hard because if I can’t think of a word in Portuguese I substitute the arabic word and that just sounds silly.


