Yes, I have homework. But, as ever, this looks like fun ( Read more... )

Today was strange. Great, but strange. True to my fondness for lists, I will try to explain ( Read more... )

This amused me. If my iTunes really did serve as a prediction of my life, it appears I won't be anywhere that speaks English until death! I did "cheat" on this in the sense that when a classical piece came up without words (or a title as thought-provoking and insightful as "Symphony No.2"), I skipped it. All translations are mine, so apologies for ( Read more... )

Since today is so momentous, I feel like I should have something brilliant to say...but I don't. What can one say upon graduation? The ceremony was nice; I love my faculty (some MUCH more than others) and am so thankful for my parents and friends that have made this possible and shown so much love.I'm sad that this section of life is ending (and ( Read more... )

Tomorrow marks one of my favorite Spanish holidays...Day of the Book! Salamanca celebrates it by cancelling class and closing most businesses, and all of the local bookvendors set up tables in the main square with amazing sales. I'm not sure what the rest of the country does, but their main newspaper El Pais, has a special section devoted to it ( Read more... )

It's 4:23 a.m. on Monday. I have class at 8, and have not yet started an annotated bibliography due at 4. However, I have done major edits on my Spanish paper, and am proud to say it is 40 pages with footnotes (43 with works cited), all entirely in Spanish ( Read more... )

Quick note of thanks for all of your support, whether in person or in thought, for my presentation at JWP this Saturday. It's really exciting to have people interested, and supportive, of the work I have done the last year and half on Spanish detective novels ( Read more... )

I made a grad school decision today. No really, this time for real. I called them and sent emails and will def. be going to Indiana in the fall to begin a dual-masters degree (MA/MLS) in Latin American and Caribbean Studies and Library and Information Science ( Read more... )

I stole this link from Elaine (musicalassumptions.blogpot.com), and really thought it was interesting ( Read more... )

Arrr ( Read more... )