My first 2-page response for MENA came back with a + on it. That's the highest you can get, apparently, with the lowest being a check, and the middle being a check and a plus. Lowest of these gets dropped at semester's end ( Read more... )

I am taking a moment to post this from the wonderfully quiet second floor of the main campus library. As twittered, I had my first class today - History of the Modern Middle East and North Africa. It's going to be quite the fun little class; very reading and writing intensive, with two reaction/response pages due each week at the separate ( Read more... )

I have been doing a bit of research on laptops, looking for the best I can get at a reasonable price. So far, I've narrowed it down to a handful of "wish list" computers, based on C-Net and user reviews, cost, size, weight, processor speed, memory and hard drive space ( Read more... )

Quick breakdown:

( I have my class schedule, work is great, life is beautiful, the End-Times are a cop-out. )

Good things ( Read more... )

This week has been...strange.

Our new shared boyfriend, Jason (goldenboy), was in for most of the week, but goes home today. We probably won't get to see him again until after the holidays, but that may actually work out in everyone's favor, since it gives us all time to digest everything that's been happening ( Read more... )