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5 Things I Learned This Semester (Assignment)

05-01-2020 It's hard to believe that, after spending my entire life in school, I am about to be finished with my college education. Sure, I'd love to go to grad school in the future, but for right now, I am essentially done with school. It's strange, especially given the current circumstances. It seems that now is a good time to look back on my classes for my final semester of my undergraduate education, so without further ado, here are five things I learned this semester in The Sounds and Silence of Laughter:  I learned more about the process of writing comedy through The Comic Toolbox . I’ve always liked to write, but comedic writing has always intimidated me—what if what I think is funny is just weird or boring to everyone else. During quarantine, I’ve been writing creatively more than I have in years, and I’ve poked around The Comic Toolbox for tips, even if what I write is for my eyes only. There are some truly wild and hilarious YouTube videos out there. I love...
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Making Masks (Experience #8)

05-01-2020 So people have been hoarding medical-grade surgical masks like crazy people . You know, things medical workers need in order to safely care for critically ill patients during a pandemic. I know this isn't new news. Pretty much everyone has experienced the effects of these COVID hoarders when they go to the store and can't get a roll of toilet paper or a bottle of hand sanitizer or even just a single mask for your own protection. Seeing this kind of selfish, borderline insane, behavior in a time when people need to be supportive of each other (from a distance) can really bring someone down--it certainly does for me. I might not be able to do anything about toilet paper or hand sanitizer, but I can do something about masks--even if it's in a small way. Even though it's pretty simple to take a bandanna or a dish cloth you have lying around and tie it around your nose and mouth, some people want something that feels a bit more substantial, and having a sewing ...
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The Show Must Go On (Experience #7)

04-18-2020 If you haven't been living under a rock for the entirety of the year 2020, you've probably noticed that there is a massive pandemic shutting down entire countries, including ours. Naturally, this has led to the cancellation/postponement of almost everything requiring people to gather in-person, as it should be. However, if you recall my very first post on this blog, I talked about being in rehearsals for a show at TCU called Miss Molly . It was scheduled for performances on March 26 through March 29. Obviously, that didn't happen, but initially we believed we would come back to TCU on April 2 and pick up where we left off. The show was essentially ready to go on. The cast had all four acts memorized, the costumes were nearly completed, and the set was all but done. The department went ahead and rescheduled the dates of the show so that it would happen in April, no problem. Then things with the virus escalated, and universities, including TCU, went to online c...
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Quarantine Haircuts for Dogs (Uncontrollable Laughter #4)

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04-30-2020 If anyone talks to me long enough, they'll probably figure out I love dogs more than anything else. They're the best companions anyone could ask for, and as if that wasn't enough, they're absolutely adorable. Knowing this about me, one would expect I would naturally click on just about anything dog-related while I'm scrolling on my phone. The thing I happened to click on today, though, absolutely did me in, and it was a stupid Buzzfeed list, of all things. I don't know what it was about 15 Dogs Who Wished Their Owners Would've Just Waited To Take Them To A Groomer  that made me cackle all the way through, but whatever it was got into me and didn't leave until I scrolled past the final picture of a woman on the floor on her side with her shorn dog, desperately trying to make the poor dog look presentable. I decided not to fight it and simply sat in my living room laughing out loud at these ridiculous-looking dogs with expressions that say tha...
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Scooby Dooby Doo (Assignment)

04-29-2020 As a child, my absolute favorite cartoon character was Scooby Doo, the titular character of my favorite cartoon, Scooby Doo . I watched the show in its various iterations religiously, happily watching my favorite episodes over and over again, never getting tired of the repetition. I loved the funny way he talked--my dad and I still make jokes in a "Scooby" voice to this day. I was delighted by how cowardly he was while managing to always come out on top. I loved all the various forms of comedy he employed. Slap-stick, impressions, you name it, Scooby did it. And to top it all off, he was a lovable dog. What could be better than that? Everything about Scooby Doo made me happy, and that's all I could ever ask for. 
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Goat Simulator (Uncontrollable Laughter #3)

04-20-2020 I'm not going to lie, I haven't been laughing a whole lot during quarantine. I've been feeling pretty depressed, to be completely honest. I'm stuck at home, I can't see my friends, and almost everything I have is still sitting in Fort Worth in my apartment.  Despite all that, it doesn't mean I haven't had good times while I've been home. There have been times where I haven't been able to stop laughing, though they are rarer at the moment. One of these moments was last night with my little sister. Like many people during this time of self-isolation, we have been staying up way later than we should be, despite the feeling of sleep-deprivation. Lately, my sister and I have been watching American Horror Story far into the night (well, she is watching, I'm re-watching). Last night, when my sister and I finished our last episode for the night, I remembered something from earlier that day. I'd been showing my sister the games I have o...
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Six Months with Gus (Experience #6)

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04-04-2020 Yesterday marked the six month anniversary of the day I adopted Gus.  I can't believe it's been half a year since he came into my life.  It's amazing to me how quickly time flies when you're living with someone you love, even if that someone is a dog. As I think back to where I was when I got him compared to where I am now, I realize how much I've learned and grown since he came into my life. When I went to the shelter looking to adopt a dog, I was not in a good place. In fact, I was experiencing the darkest period of my life up to that point. To make matters worse, I lived by myself, and I felt completely alone. I decided that a dog would help with at least that little bit. I'd always loved dogs. I'd grown up with dogs my whole life. And after all, I'd been talking about how I wanted a dog of my own for years at that point. So I went to the Humane Society at the same time that Gus' foster mom was dropping him off. He'd been on cra...
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