I got my syllabus and book lists for my classes at Oxford yesterday! Look what I have to read!

For my children's fantasy lit class:

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass, Lewis Carroll
The Princess & the Goblin, George MacDonald
Peter and Wendy, J. M. Barrie
The Hobbit, J. R. R. Tolkein
The Lion, the Witch, and the ( Read more... )

geology has been driving me to the breaking point. between the 3 nights spent studying so I could try for a C on today's test and today's horrible lab that was so completely abstract, it's a wonder that i have any brain cells left. never ever take a geology class. less than three weeks to go and finals are looming. most are projects which means ( Read more... )

these past few days have felt incredibly frantic and it seems like it should be friday already. today is jam packed, starting with a 7:30 workout this morning and ending sometime after Housing Lottery and possibly Lauren's birthday celebration late tonight ( Read more... )

found out today that i will have a great travel partner for England this summer. *whew* that is a huge load off of my mind. now all i have to do is make travel arrangements. yay!

here i am at work during spring break, at least i'm only here for a half day today. things have been going well. i went to the centenary tennis match yesterday and watched Anja beat LA Tech's number one player. it was great. i am totally amazed at their ability to move around the court as quick as they do and for as long as they do ( Read more... )

i had a crazy dream last night that the Apocalypse was coming. It involved Agent Smith from the Matrix. In my dream I was frantically looking for Mark and thinking about how I was about to die and everything in my life didn't really matter after all. It was terrifying. I woke up and breathed a sigh of relief that I was alive and in bed. Dreams that ( Read more... )

today has been an absolute rollercoaster, several ups and several downs ( Read more... )

i haven't been this sick in a long time. i attribute to food poisoning from Monjunis. gross. i had to miss 2 classes, a lab, practice, and working in the writing lab tonight. oh well, at least it allows me to take a break from the never ending busy schedule. hopefully I will be back on my feet again tomorrow ( Read more... )

I got this in the mail today:

Dear Jessica,

We are delighted to have received your application to participate in British Studies At Oxford this coming summer. Your application has been approved (subject to continued good academic and social standing), and I am please to say that you have been registered for each of your first-choice courses:

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So yesterday I turned in all of my applications and financial aid forms for British Studies at Oxford this summer. The lady in charge of international affairs here is really young and kept raving about England and told me about a million different places I needed to go to while I was there. I hope it all works out, it sounds so exciting! How cool ( Read more... )