Good idea: Having a cup of coffee to wake you up.
Bad idea: Having a cup of coffee to wake you up before night class. Eight o’clock at night, and I am buzzing SO HARD.

On the bright side, the lecture isn’t particularly important. Which means I really only have to be physically present, and I’m fine with that. This means I have an opportunity to put ( Read more... )

( The Continuing Adventures Of Emo-Boy And His Sister, Teacher Lady. This Week's Episode: SWEET POTATO PIE AND ROTTING ZOMBIE BRAINS IS IT OVER YET? )

Reason number 4,352 that I absolutely ADORE my job at the bookstore:

Our unique organization system for the back room, while making no sense to outsiders, is perfect. For example? Astrology books are piled up with humor. Twilight and all its derrivatives sit in boxes by the damaged goods.

I really cannot think of a better place to work.

I paused for thought over my morning coffee today to think about the paper I'm currently working on -- an exploration of the changing relationship between American politics and the online culture.

(I have to finish it today as I'm taking tomorrow off to go be irresponsible with a couple friends. This is not as large a task as it might seem; I've ( Read more... )

This is something of a GIP ( Read more... )

Did I just finish writing a twelve page paper about SPAAAAAAAARTA and maybekindasorta touching on Athens too for my Ancient Greece and Rome class?

Why yes. Yes I did.

I also just put the final touches on a long, convoluted piece of academic tripe in which I compare curriculum to a manuscript and wax pathetic poetic about how AWESOME stories are and ( Read more... )

Amber? I blame you. Completely.

Our conversation last night left me feeling wonderfully geeky, and I slept the better for your reassurance that I'm not going to lose it over the course of this semester.

I ended up following your advice -- I got a lift down to Chapters this morning, and I browsed. It felt very good, especially when coupled with a ( Read more... )

I got  dragged over to Riley's house the other day.

Okay, so dragged is a little bit of an exaggeration. I was taken over by my own volition.

The reason would be her "Heroes" box set, and the fact that it's all kinds of blasphemy that I've yet to get in on that action. Thankfully, I've seen the error of my wicked ways, and am now almost through ( Read more... )