"You're as crazy as 2 raccoons in a 1 raccoon sized knapsack." - Casey

I don't have class today!!!!
This is good. I wishity-wish-wish Fall Break also applied to my Thursday theory class though. Now that we're into Structuralism and Postmodernism, I kind of want to die. I don't know that I can bring myself to read the assigned Postmodernism for ( Read more... )

Some Unconnected Thoughts ( Read more... )

So, I've been getting up earlier, but I can't seem to be productive right away in the morning... so I get on gmail, and other gmail, and SLU gmail, and facebook, and livejournal. I feel like it is necessary to check or update these things anytime before I sit down and do real work.

I finished Laslett's The World We Have Lost last night, which was ( Read more... )

First Paper, Done ( Read more... )

Okay. What have I been up to the past few days? Well, Reading. Lots of Reading. Lots and lots of reading. I finished one book, started another, have read some articles and chapters...

This new book is SUCH slow-going, and I'm only 130 pages in. It's Historiography: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern by Ernst Breisach, and it's really interesting ( Read more... )

Entry started last night:
I was productive today, and classes start Monday, so I am having a RELAXING evening. I've been having a great few days, so I'm going to write about them in chunks!

( To read about my meeting with my RA professor, click here )

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Today I went to College Church (the cathedral on campus) instead of of the Basilica near my apartment, just to check it out. Because I'm tired, I will now put my reactions, both positive and negative, in list form ( Read more... )

Yesterday I was lazy, and even though I THOROUGHLY enjoyed watching hours of So You Think You Can Dance with Danielle (ugh I love dancing), it ended up making me a little grumpy because I didn't get anything done all day. The evening was far more eventful, even if it did involve much less spinning, lifting, and leaping ( Read more... )

OOOOH MAN Casey, Danielle and I just watched Nastia Liukin (or as we like to call her - "Legs") win the All-Around Olympic GOLD for gymnastics, with adorable Shawn Johnson of Iowa (aka "Stump" - the diminuitive of "Tree" Johnathan Horton) right behind her in silver. OH it was so exciting and satisfying watching that competition and watching our ( Read more... )