Sister is gone. My apartment was a little empty last night. Not that she spent most nights in our house, but there was a sort of finality about it.

Teacher's meeting tonight. Vic &Modern Lit final exam tomorrow. Applied Lit. Crit. starts Monday (we're reading Frankenstein!!)

And a fun link, courtesy of my mom: Sword Care

Sister will leave tomorrow after I've gone to class. Sadness ( Read more... )

Sister is leaving tomorrow. Mom should be here in a few hours to help sister drive to Hollywood. I'm sad. I'm in denial. I'm trying to be excited for all the opportunity involved in this move and not focus on how scary the neighborhood around Hollywood and Vine is.

As a side effect, Sister is taking her computer, which is the one in the house with ( Read more... )

Worked on world design tonight. Much of it while on the phone with my mother. I'm not 100% sure what it says about her, or me or our relationship that we had a 3:25 conversation and that I was writing for most of it. I heard 90% of what she was saying, and was able to offer helpful feedback or sympathy as needed. The only thing I like about living ( Read more... )

I bought books tonight. Bunches of them.

The half of the required texts for my Literature and the Environment class (coming in July) which were cheaper at Amazon or B&N.com than my campus bookstore's used prices:

• Sand County Almanac & Sketches ~ Leopold
  
• Pilgrim At Tinker Creek ~ Dillard
  
• Stars, The Snow, The Fire ~ Haines
  
• Wilderness And Razor Wire ~ ( Read more... )

Mom is visiting, with the intention of finishing the alterations to my Bride's Maid's dress. And most of today was actually spent shopping.

I mentioned in my last post that I got a copy of difrancis 's new book, The Turning Tide, but I also got the really cheap Barnes and Noble Classics editions of Gulliver's Travels and Pride and Prejudice. I am ( Read more... )

So. I had a tea party with my Latin/Petronius class. Fun was had by all. I wasn't surprised that my 21-ish-year-old classmates were super-psyched by the variety and quantity of food I brought to class. College kids like to eat, particularly when someone else is cooking/buying. I know this because I am one and I like these things. The parts where ( Read more... )

So. Christmas was fabulous. Mom came up to see the little sister and me. A grand time was had by all. We laughed. We opened presents (I have half of a new wardrobe, three new books, and a blank journal which is calling my name). We watched several movies of varying degrees of mindlessness. We cried in some impromptu group therapy sessions conducted ( Read more... )

So much! I had a packed 24 hours Friday through Saturday nights.

Casting Crowns' concert was amazing! Different than some other Christian-band's concerts I've been to before: I've been to a lot whose focus was largely on entertainment (Toby Mac and Out of Eden) and others whose focus was on a worship experience (Third Day,  News Boys, Delirious?, ( Read more... )

So, to celebrate the independence of our country, I returned to my mom’s house, where I had to live under her rule again. ;-) Ok, that’s truly supposed to be funny. My mom and I get along splendidly well.

But what’s really funny is that some things never change in her house between us. For example, I am meticulous about turning off lights and ( Read more... )