For the last few Augusts in a row now, I've spent an immense amount of effort dealing with the question of my books. I own quite a number of them, you see -- the current prediction for this fall's harvest is about ten to eleven boxes worth. Pound for pound, they're easily the single largest element of my respectable body of possessions. Given ( Read more... )

And with those words (plus about another 7,000 supporting it), I do believe I've done grad-u-mated from college. Now it's nothing but the life of a sustenence farmer in a third world country for me! Who said a History degree was worthless?

I basically just wanted to pop in for a moment and tell everyone that I am still alive.

Summer school has been a long and largely depressing ride that finally wraps up two weeks from now. My English class has me slogging through Paradise Lost, arguably one of the hardest and most unbearable works in all of English literature. I'd rather read ( Read more... )

I'm going to Nicaragua ( Read more... )

Ah, summer session. That wicked thief that steals away time that should be reserved for things such as quality time in the hammock, road trips, biking to the beach, and fruity drinks with little parasols in them. Instead I get excessive amounts of time in the library, early mornings, and somewhere around 40 pages of writing to be done in eight ( Read more... )

Grades were posted, and I'm pleased as punch ( Read more... )

Come gather round ye children, for it's high-time ye learned about where the fuck I've been the last ten days and what my problem is ( Read more... )

Some time ago I sung the praises of the Dinkytown Varsity Theater actually becoming a real, working venue instead of a disused photography studio. I was basically happy that it was actually going to be doing something and -- unlike the Dinkytown Dollar Store and news-stand next to Erbert and Gerbert's -- hopefully wouldn't die ( Read more... )

The dentist told no lie ( Read more... )

After a pretty hellish two weeks or so, finals have come to a conclusion. The fair ship SS Steffel has entered the smooth seas of May and early June. Until summer term kicks off, I've got work every day from noon to four and not a damn thing else. Can I get an amen ( Read more... )