Difficulty-My Take Part 1

In life, it is always best to enjoy what you are doing and to try to put that which others are doing behind you, even when they do wrong or dissapoint, stay happy and enjoy it (you will see later).

Friday was really a basic day after going to my two classes, Friday I finished a few final touches on my life science paper and then I went to the library for awhile. In the library I sat for a bit and surfed the web for several amounts of time. I then went to Shafer to eat (to get rid of these meal swipes before December 13th!). I then went to EB Games and bought a startegy guide for a game that is nearly about to come out. Friday night went to the Commons to See World Trade Center (which was really a great movie that provide additional insight to the phenomenal attacks years ago). Work wise, I finished two papers this weekend and submitted one and am currently editing the other...

Now for the good stuff, haha....

Saturday and Sunday was the Johnson Hall Councils infamous Game Day in which we gave residents and friends the oppourtunity to play some of their favorite games on our PS2 system. Many came out and enjoyed it, I managed to step up to the Dance Mat of DDR and attempted to dance my heart out. Sunday was the same thing except less people.

People are a bit dissapointing, we, the hall council, had set up the event in hopes that people came. People did come however they came at a cost to the council. Only three members of council was there the whole time (2-8). Now at first this doesnt seem bad, but when there are more members and only 1 told us they wouldnt make it until an hour before it raises a few questions (the good thing is is that one of the other members told us in advance so we expected that). I just let it go on Saturday cause I was having fun (although we did have to stay nearly the whole time, utilize our own systems and games, and even set everything up, and to top the cake put off eating!) Sunday was another story, this time virtually no one showed up for the event at the initial onset of it. This time, the same person was out so she wwas excused but we still did not see nor hear from the other members. So we had to set up once again and stay for virtually the whole time (at a sacrifice of eating and time and wondering where everyone else was at with what they were going to bring). Now we wouldnt have probably had this thought in our mind if, perhaps, the previous week three of us werent scrambling to get advertisements created for another event and to get the game day set up downstairs for two days, we had went down several times and nothing was even set up, it was as if they had forgotten, it nearly seems as if only me and the other person are really the only two people who seem to follow through with everything that is planned. And now, again, I have to sacrifice once again my time for next week to go down and set up and be the only one there (the two people need a break from it and have others things already planned), another person has family business, and the other members are just hush hush. So virtually, Tristan is once again stepping up to the plate to be the savior since everything always resorts to the last resort, what if I decided to leave early next week or not show up, whom would go and set up and monitor everyone? So for next week I just plan to do my best and probably spend the time playing my games and being in there as hungry as ever, yeah because I wouldnt be able to leave. Back to Sunday, no one else had shown up the whole time and it was us three closing down and being there. How tragic!


Currently this is my current qualm with a recent organization that I am in. If only perhaps the members in the higher positions were to step up to the plate and become more active in their attendance of events. They do the background things decently, but their lack of committment at times makes me gyrate! I would have loved the events more if they had communicated whether or not they were going to be there before hand. And they could have possibly decided and said "Well since I wasnt here this week, I will come in for one day next weekend, or they could have said "Thanks for being there the whole time", or perhaps they could have even said beforehand "I may not be there but I will be sure to make it my next best goal of being there for one of the next days (since there are 1 of 4 days, we each could have chose one day or something of that sort instead of me being there all 4 days and others being there none at all!!!)."

I doubt if they will change but I will continue to stay optimistic about it....

Part 2--Disillusionment, utter disenchantment, and dire peril--they just dont get it do they?