Adventures in my new home.

assignment - journal about adventures, sketches, pictures, objects found


Over the past week and thensome, I have had many adventures in my new home of Philadelphia.  These adventures include South Street, the Itallian Market, The Temple vs. Villanova game, Chinatown, Center City (in a downpour, nonetheless) and I have even gone home for a day simply because, I missed my nephew.

Upon South Street, I had a cheesesteak from Jim's, which I forgot how AWESOME they tasted.  It was incredibly satisfying.  With a happy stomach instead of a nervous one, I entered Infinity Body Piercing and had my nosed pierced.  60 dollars.  Expensive, but I'm happy with the outcome.  That day we also walked around the italian market, and the cheese wheels made my head spin, there were so many.  I love cheese, I should have picked some up.

My parents also came up, took me to a diner, and then and took me home for the day, and I got to see my nephew.  He is a bundle of joy to me, I love him dearly.

The football game? Well, I don't really like football but it was actually very fun.

Center city? I was there in the downpour in order to turn my macbook air into the apple store to have repaired.  I spilled water on it the night before, and the water damage to it, is going to, much to my dismay, cost 800 dollars.  College is expensive, and so are mistakes.

Chinatown? Great food.

assignment - read article from 99u and post response

Op-Ed: Confidence vs Shyness

http://99u.com/articles/7164/Op-Ed-Confidence-vs-Shyness

The article I read was interesting, and claimed that  confidence is a skill that can be learned and practice.  It claimed that "shyness" is a habit.  While I found the article interesting and agree with it, I do think that confidence  is inherently greater in some people than others.  The environment in which one is raised also has a lot to do with their degree of shyness/confidence.

Personally, I believe I practice the habit of shyness, and it frustrates me to no end.  Some days, I feel like fighting it and I'll be talkative and make friends, but some days I want to crawl into bed because I feel so awkward.  Inherently, though, I think I am confident - I like to talk, I like to make friends, I like to have fun, and I like to argue (I was on the debate team).  Shyness is a practice that comes from my fear of being judged, especially here, in a new place.  Shyness is something that is a initial reaction, a self-defense mechanism to protect oneself.  For me personally, I have trouble with clearing my thoughts, and the more doubts I have, the more shy I will act.  I think the same can be said for others, and I think that those that are inherently confident do not have those thoughts.  For those that, like myself, that are not inherently confident, it is a manner of how well you can block out the doubts that determines the amount of confidence you can possess at a certain time/situation.