I just had a very delightful meeting with my thesis advisor and am happy to announce that not only do I now officially know what methods I am going to be doing to conduct my field research, but it seems that my thesis shaping up to fall within the range of my favorite type of sociology (more on that in a second). Basically, what we have decided ( Read more... )

So the combination of somehow not realizing until this morning that midterms are next week followed immediately by spring break and a second night in a row of active strange dreaming has left me more than a little crazy for a second day in a row. Luckily, this afternoon I don't have class, but I do still have a lot of other things to accomplish, so ( Read more... )

Right now I am listening to Christmas music for the first time this season. A few minutes ago as I was taking a shower, however, I started thinking about Thanksgiving and I realized that since it is one of my very favorite holidays, I didn't really want to let it slip by without getting to celebrate at all. So, I decided to make a post listing some ( Read more... )

I should be driving to Sarasota right now to run errands so that I can finish them before things close up for the day and before I have to meet up with Margaret at four, but instead all I want to do is sit here in this room and think and write and merely exist. Lately, I have felt so poignantly and majestically overwhelmed with my life here and my ( Read more... )

I am pretty much in love with so many things about my life right now ( Read more... )

Tonight is one of those nights where my mind is so full of thoughts that I feel like I should update and yet because I am so full of thoughts I'm not sure what to say. My life, as my departure draws nearer is quickly transforming into a whirlwind as I try to fit in as much as possible before leaving Sarasota. These I love everyone and everything ( ( Read more... )