I saw Eragon today. I'm not quite sure what I was expecting, I've been so busy focusing on schoolwork that I've no time to anticipate either this or Xmas really. Sad I know. Anyway, I didn't have high hopes exactly, but I was expecting something at least decent, after viewing good translations of Harry Potter, LOTR, Chronicles of Narnia... but alas ( Read more... )

So I've been remiss in checking my family's website. For some reason I've been more occupied by such trivial things as papers, studying, finals... You know, details. Anyway, so I check it this evening, and it turns out my cousin-in-law (and her husband) on my dad's side had their first baby Friday! His name is Andrew, and is an absolute cutie. Not ( Read more... )

What is it with people who grade papers? I got back a paper back this morning that I got a 97 on. Yeah, I'm thrilled, but I really canNOT think of a paper less deserving. I did it the night before without sleep; remembered I needed sources to support what I was saying so I looked some up and stuck quotes where I could; and I ended up only having 6 ( Read more... )

I unexpectedly had a really good evening, which somehow makes it even better. I originally had planned to study, and I did get a little accomplished, and take a short break through dinner with friends: Amanda and Martha ( Read more... )

So I'm back in Gainesville after a nice long weekend at home for Thanksgiving. I had a nice time seeing my fam, and my grandparents/uncle (maternal side) who had come down as well. Except I caught myself playing anthropologist internally, which was weird and unwanted. But good food; Dad made his stuffing, and as usual it was amazing. UF beat FSU ( ( Read more... )

I thought it might be nice to have at least one entry on this thing, but I couldn't seem to settle on what to say. So to completely circumvent that, I'm going to paste what someone else has to say, haha ( Read more... )