The Haul
And now for my traditional recounting of the Christmas Loot:
$565 in cash
$100 gift card (Christmas bonus from work but also a present)
Marvel 70th anniversary collection
Maneki Neko teacup
MLP Friendship is Magic Calender
Enchanted
X-Men First Class movie
The Rabbi Jesus by Bruce Chilton
assorted cookies and baclava
$10 gift card to the Used Book superstore
Signed Batman print by an artist I am unfamiliar with but impressed by nonetheless
Marauder's Map mug/Gryffindor keychain/Slytherin keychain
2 bars of fancy chocolate
new slippers
new PJs
Timeline game
bookmarker pens
meat and cheese (despite 11 years of vegetarianism)
I bought myself a couple of hard copies of some books I got for the Kindle this afternoon with some of the Christmas bonus. I was getting really into Mary Cholmondeley before I had to stop reading for pleasure for this hellish semester, and since the woman hasn't been famous since the early 20th century, the quality of her free e-books kinda suck. I'm hoping the hard copies will have less errors. The woman has the best turns of phrase I've seen in a writer and I'm falling in love with her.
Speaking of school, straight A's. I worked my ass off for those four A's and I am accordingly self satisfied and smug tonight. I'm still a bit annoyed that I'm not graduating until May (feels like I'm a little old to be getting my BA...I want my masters now dammit!), but I am looking forward to next semester. I'll be taking Arabic again, plus Victorian Lit., Civil War and Reconstruction (with Dr. Jay!!!) and something about Geology for my division Q requirement (the fucking class that's keeping me there an extra semester). I'm really excited about Victorian Lit and Civil War and Reconstruction.
Also, heading back to Florida soon for the national Phi Alpha Theta conference. Little nervous. There's no powerpoint and the chair of my panel is a big Mormon historian from Brigham Young University. Seems like an odd choice for a paper on LGBT superheroes. However, the conference is at Disneyworld, it's three days, and I assume we don't have to just sit in the hotel when the papers are done for the day. So there is that.
$565 in cash
$100 gift card (Christmas bonus from work but also a present)
Marvel 70th anniversary collection
Maneki Neko teacup
MLP Friendship is Magic Calender
Enchanted
X-Men First Class movie
The Rabbi Jesus by Bruce Chilton
assorted cookies and baclava
$10 gift card to the Used Book superstore
Signed Batman print by an artist I am unfamiliar with but impressed by nonetheless
Marauder's Map mug/Gryffindor keychain/Slytherin keychain
2 bars of fancy chocolate
new slippers
new PJs
Timeline game
bookmarker pens
meat and cheese (despite 11 years of vegetarianism)
I bought myself a couple of hard copies of some books I got for the Kindle this afternoon with some of the Christmas bonus. I was getting really into Mary Cholmondeley before I had to stop reading for pleasure for this hellish semester, and since the woman hasn't been famous since the early 20th century, the quality of her free e-books kinda suck. I'm hoping the hard copies will have less errors. The woman has the best turns of phrase I've seen in a writer and I'm falling in love with her.
Speaking of school, straight A's. I worked my ass off for those four A's and I am accordingly self satisfied and smug tonight. I'm still a bit annoyed that I'm not graduating until May (feels like I'm a little old to be getting my BA...I want my masters now dammit!), but I am looking forward to next semester. I'll be taking Arabic again, plus Victorian Lit., Civil War and Reconstruction (with Dr. Jay!!!) and something about Geology for my division Q requirement (the fucking class that's keeping me there an extra semester). I'm really excited about Victorian Lit and Civil War and Reconstruction.
Also, heading back to Florida soon for the national Phi Alpha Theta conference. Little nervous. There's no powerpoint and the chair of my panel is a big Mormon historian from Brigham Young University. Seems like an odd choice for a paper on LGBT superheroes. However, the conference is at Disneyworld, it's three days, and I assume we don't have to just sit in the hotel when the papers are done for the day. So there is that.