As of today, I have spring break plans of awesomeness!  Nicole, Ben, Alex, Bumbee, and I are going backpacking!  Yay for camping and hiking and probably Arizona or Tennessee ( Read more... )

I bought $226 worth of textbooks today, not including Ethology, because it hasn't been listed yet.  I have an English class in the Geology building, and a piano class in Sycamore, and German in the Student Building.  Weird times.

But after spending the money on books I'm acutely aware of the fact that I didn't get the job I applied for over break.  ( Read more... )

So my roommates moved out *cry* to be replaced by new ones.  They left me really random things in the room.  Such as:

--flyswatter
--clear nail polish
--giant green Hoosier Hills foodbank sweatshirt
--plastic bowl
--vaguely ugly belt that I'm pretty sure Hilary got for free at Goodies
--pocket tissues
--unopened roll of paper towels, and
--about 75% of a ( Read more... )

Well apparently I couldn't wait for 2008, so I went chasing it through the time zones and celebrated in Indy.  It was well worth the drive.  There was the ugliness of the IU bowl game, a very windy campfire with s'mores, Euchre, the Bourne Ultimatum, and cheap plastic wine glasses that fell apart, etc.

Things I have done since coming home:  Watched the Golden Compass, watched The Truman Show, watched some ridiculous Christmas movie where Ben Affleck is rich, Stardust, Nirgendwo in Afrika, der Untergang, Wedding Crashers, part of Full Metal Jacket, Russian Ark, Schlindler's List, and various assorted television shows (are you beginning to see a ( Read more... )

 I love this time of year - this horrible and glorious three weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas breaks.  There’s so much to do, for good, for bad.  Life is in a state of welcome upheaval… and then it’s over so quickly.  And Christmas is coming, toward which I’m often ambivalent, but in the end, is happy.  There is a sort of peace about it, ( Read more... )

Yesterday a big group from the house went to the Latest Glaze.  We did that last year too and I love seeing what everyone makes because they're all so different and well done.  I made a sweet mug for my grandma that I think she'll really like.  Then the roommates and some assorted friends of friends went out to celebrate Kaley's 21st birthday.  We ( Read more... )

So I told my parents today about the serious possibility of me going into the Peace Corps.  They had lots of questions.  My mom did a mini freak-out when they asked how long and I said two years.  When they asked where...well, I chose to keep that vague, I said I didn't know the specific country yet, but that it wouldn't be South America or Eastern ( Read more... )

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 My parents and brother came to Bloomington on Friday.  We went to Mother Bear’s, then my parents went to their hotel and Matt and I hung out at the house.  Saturday was some tailgating, I saw Erin for a bit while they played cornhole, and then we went to the game.  Matt and I sat in the student section (I borrowed an ID for him) and my parents ( Read more... )