RULES ( Read more... )

Delta Gamma (the larger organization, not the individuals I am acquainted with) does not seem to have a realistic concept of what it means to be a college student in the 21st century ( Read more... )

And the best news of my afternoon: I don't have to read 255 pages by Tuesday!!! I only have to read to 152!!! which means that I am have only about 20 more pages to read.  Thank goodness.  So now I can go practice my violin, read some poetry, do some Russian--and actually be caught up at the beginning of the week rather than desperately clawing my ( Read more... )

Am reading Clarissa.  And am completely unsure how I feel about it.  On the one hand--it is tedious and slow.  On the other hand, it delves into thoughts and feelings and is quite revelatory as to the emotions and political plottings of marriage and living ( Read more... )

I can't remember the last school-year Saturday that I was so massively unproductive.  I woke up at 9:30.  Went to Sparks. Came back, showered, folded laundry, ate brunch, puttered, slept for three hours, ate cereal for dinner and chatted with Anna.  And that is all I've done all day.  I'm such a slacker.

So now I'm going to put on some nice jeans ( Read more... )

I've finished the second draft of the paper proposal.  Why is it that we learn how to write papers, but never proposals?  The proposal is absolutely essential to getting accepted to write/present papers!!!!!   I've been feeling a bit at a loss--I know there's a whole rhetoric to writing a proposal because one must appear confident in the project, ( Read more... )

This is not senioritis in the sense of not wanting to be here anymore.  Not exactly.

This is probably the third or fourth time today I've opened this window.  But every time I do, I realize that there is nothing new going on in my life.  Everything is advancing rapidly on course for the time being.  School continues to dominate my life, shortly ( Read more... )

AAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!! (this is a good scream ( Read more... )

though I definitely prefer doing the counseling/anonymous affiliation side of recruitment, it is also a bit difficult.  I can see some of my PNMs swaying toward other houses, and on the one hand I'm really glad that they're finding a place there, but on the other, I'm kind of sad that they aren't finding a place at my chapter because I want to ( Read more... )

I've had all my classes except for my English Senior Seminar.  I'm not completely swept away with excitement, which is my usual state at this time in the semester, but I am exceedingly happy and satisfied with the classes I am taking ( Read more... )