I officially, officially, officially have a job. (See Facebook for details.)  And as per my employer's HR request, I am making this journal friends-only.  Let me know if you want to be on the viewing list, and we'll start the friending process.

Okay, okay, I would normally restrain myself from writing about grades here, but I just need to write: I got an A in Mason's Race lit class. I was SURE that I would get a B+ in the class, simply because no one ever gets an A in a Mason class. He is known as one of the toughest teachers in the English dept., so this is a really wonderful feeling ( Read more... )

Back from LA. Saw "Meet the Fockers" tonight (hilarious) and "The Life Aquatic" this past week, to which I replied "quoi?" Will be seeing "Sideways" sometime this week, along with "Napoleon Dynamite ( Read more... )

Just handed in Classical Social Theory exam. So now I get to do the retrospective analysis of the semester ( Read more... )

If you're awake and working tonight, feel free to join Jess in Peirce computer lab, where she will no doubt be racking her brain as to what exactly she learned in Classical Social Theory. Any caffeine supplement is welcome, as she will be staying up until approximately noon tomorrow, when the paper is due. Also, if you have any insight on what ( Read more... )

Journal update, before I plunge into work for the final time this semester ( Read more... )

So I'm in Peirce Computer Lab right now, and will probably be here until tomorrow morning, at which point I will go to work out to burn off the massive amounts of junk food consumed in the process of paper writing. As much as I love him, I will never take another Mason class again.

Pick a favorite song. Copy a block from the lyrics. Go to babelfish, and translate the lyrics into Japanese. Copy/paste the result into the translation text area, and translate back from Japanese to English. Post the result, and have people guess ( Read more... )

Library today, with a break for the Advent concert at 4pm. How strange, that things are wrapping up here for the semester. I don't know about other people, but I'm feeling strangely incomplete. Things are inconclusive, uncertain - I'm finding myself being quick to criticize, quick to judge and to snap at people, and in retrospect always feeling ( Read more... )

Isn't it a great feeling when you pass that awful stage of creative uncertainty, and you finally find yourself doing good work?

Yay. I feel so much better.