Dear brain,

Please, please, please knock it off with the bizarre dreams. Or I will be forced to poke you with a q-tip. Or perform a self-lobotomy.

This is part of the reason why I hate sleep.

In San Antonio. The flight was fine. I decided to take a taxi from the airport to the hostel, rather than subject myself and fellow passengers to me and my two suitcases and my huge camping backpack on an unfamiliar bus system. I've never taken a taxi before. I have to admit, I was a little freaked when the door locks went down; this is what comes ( Read more... )

From 5ft_c_l_i

The Big Read reckons that the average adult has only read 6 of the top 100 books they've printed. Well let's see.

1) Look at the list and bold those you have read.
2) Italicise those you intend to read.
3) Underline the books you LOVE.

( My list )

So, I went ahead and booked a ticket to San Antonio. For next Monday. I don't officially have a place to live in San Antonio, yet, but I will at least be there, which is a step in the right direction. Apartment hunting has been SHIT, so I decided to just look for rooms instead, and have been having much better luck with that. I have a few ( Read more... )

I'M GOING TO BE PUBLISHED!!!!!!!

So, I had to defend my thesis this morning. It's an analysis of Blakean themes in Philip Pullman's The Golden Compass, if you were curious. And Jim, a member of my thesis committee, is an editor for The ALAN Review, a magazine on YA fiction. And he wants me to work with Mark, the head of my thesis committee, to ( Read more... )

Finals are all over. I had five of them in less than three days. This is not recommended. I also went to go see The Golden Compass on Friday night. It was awesome, and there will probably be a more thorough post about it later ( Read more... )

So, what's been going on with me lately ( Read more... )

So, even with the one class dropped, I still feel like I'm having a hard time of it this semester. I just have absolutely no motivation whatsoever. Even for the classes I actually like, I don't have a problem with the reading, but I don't want to do anything else, no papers or discussion boards or anything like that. Even for the big final papers I ( Read more... )

So, I decided in the interest of my sanity and well-being and whatnot, to drop one of my classes. I dropped The Artist's Self. Even though Susser is awesome and I love him, I really wasn't getting anything out of that class. I didn't hate it, and trust me, I have hated classes before. I just didn't care. So hopefully my life will be a bit easier ( Read more... )

So, what's been going on with me lately? Mostly, school has been kicking my ass in a horrible way. I'm not doing poorly, really, it just seems like I'm always busy and always overwhelmed with stuff. It's odd, because last semester I took 21 hours and did fine, and this semester I'm only doing 16 and having so many issues. I am taking two 400 level ( Read more... )