Are you asking for a challenge?

I was talking to my friend about what I am thinking about giving up for lent. I know I am not a true Catholic at heart, but I know that I like to participate in certain types of events. I told her I was thinking about giving up more than just my routine of fast food, candy, soda, and chips.

"I'm thinking about giving up media devices," I told her. We went to Johnny's Burgers which is a few minutes from our school to devour some much needed burgers that I have been deprived of for a few weeks already. I slipped the last morsel of food into my mouth and didn't even bother savoring it as I pushed the white plate of chili cheese fries in front of me.

"Media?" she said.

"Yeah, like all the media type of things. Internet, Tumblr, Facebook, television, maybe movies. I am thinking of going full on Amish," I told her.

I kept thinking about it and the more that I began thinking about it the more that it actually got me thinking. Can I actually get away with going 40 plus days without any type of media?

I think there can be a way to secularize myself from anything that is considered media. I just don't know how it would go. I know that I would want to dedicate my time to reading more and writing out a ton more things. I think maybe carrying around my camera and whatnot.

I actually never gave it much thought to the whole phone business. Would I be carrying it around with me or would I have to leave it because it is also considered to be technology?

I just think that I focus too much on internet and media, as I can see as I am typing it up in humor writing class instead of actually paying attention.

This whole dependency is what is making me want to decide it more and more to think that this might actually be a good idea. I just need to find the ground rules and identifying the thin line.

Is it weird for me to think that this might actually be a fun idea? Can I actually pull this off?

I think so...

I am sitting down here at the Starbucks a few minutes down from my school. Normally, I would be home, spending time on the internet in my pajamas and loud noises that comes from my mother and my brother.

That, as you can see is not the case.

But coming to Starbucks had its perps. My friend spotted me a grande caramel frappuccino. I think that's how you spell frappuccino. I know there has to be 2 c's to make the che sound.

I am basically wasting time while my friend is busy applying to Loma Linda, our sister school. I keep constantly asking her what if she doesn't get accepted to the nursing program. What then?

"I haven't really thought about it," she said.

Now, it's not to assume that I don't believe in her getting accepted. I have the belief that if you really have tried your hardest to apply and determination to get in, the chances are more in your favor than those that don't.

It's just I am a person that has that strain of making sure I always have a back up plan with everything.

If I am not accepted to grad school, I'm off to do internships in LA with my sister for experience.

Nobody is hiring? Take a few years working to reapply to grad school.

Still denied? Try to get back into the editing business until I have enough experience to get to New York publishing companies.

Nobody wants me? Teaching credentials and hello high school kids, my name is Ms. Kathy and I will be your English teacher for the school year.

Everything in its own way will have to fill out for our true happiness. Just make sure you have the back up plan to make that possible.

I had the strangest and most determined interaction yesterday that I thought I would like to share.

Yesterday, as the day was finally drawing to a close in my work force (at least for me anyways), a student came by and dropped off an application for any position available here in my work (which names and places I will mention...stalkers are everywhere).

When he handed it in to me, I simply did what I always do: punched it with the letter heard that says I received their application and slipped it into my director's inbox for the next time she is going through applications.

"So now what?" he asked.

"We will let you know in about a week or two if we have any openings for you," I responded calmly.

"Is there someone I can talk to right now?"

"Our director is normally the one that handles the applications, and she will let you know in 1 to 2 weeks whether or not we are interested in hiring you."

"So, she isn't in?" he deduced.

"She is," I said, "But I believe she is busy at the moment."

"Okay then, can I schedule a moment to speak with her?" he asked.

I was surprised at his determination and decided to open my director's schedule, even though I felt this was in a sense a waste of time. After filing out the information I decided to see if my director could see the student just for a quick second. She agreed and walked out of her office to see a tall almost 6'6" white male towering over her 5'3" (I am just assuming she is taller than me. For all I know she could be as small as me) figure.

She let him down easily, but that also didn't discourage him. He was willingly determined to get a job, which was something, as I mentioned before, I had to admire.

"The only job we have is working as a reader and scribe, which is on call basis only."

"Okay, I'll take it."

I grabbed his file and added him to the growing list of students looking to work here and filled him in the time preferences.

If anyone wants a job, you have to be determined. Made me give an insight into how I should be approaching my status as an office assistant, and in the future.

Determined, no matter what.