Showing posts with label awesome. Show all posts
Showing posts with label awesome. Show all posts
12 November 2008
"Sorry Professor, My Cat ATE My Homework..."
oh, stella. she loves to chew on paper, i don't know why. thessie has tried to emulate her, but it's just not the same as my furry, white paper-shredder. she LOVES to rip up paper (computer paper/post it's especially, but also loves magazines and newspapers) and she went to town this morning on my outline for my next paper. LUCKILY she ripped up the part that i wasn't really using so i can still read what it says....
02 September 2008
writing a blog because i'm avoiding homework
it's funny how the old habits come back, isn't it? back in the day i'd avoid homework by talking incessantly on aim, or writing in my livejournal, or watching random videos people had forwarded me (sadly there was no youtube at that time) (saying that makes me feel oddly old). now i'm blogging-- not that i'm totally avoiding reading, but i would like to give you, dear readers, something to read and an update on my life. k? now, onto a handy bullet proof format b/c i really don't have much time (i have like 300 pages to read of random, dry articles for american studies intro class tomorrow, and Wharton's entire House of Mirth to read by Thursday, so I have to get cracking).
-- grad school is awesome. i love my classes, my profs are awesome, i already have a little posse of friends, williamsburg is fucking great, virginia beach is really close so i'm going to the beach with some friends this wkend, going to colonial williamsburg (students get in for free) next week, seeing Hamlet 2 this week with the posse (all aforementioned activities are with the posse). oh and my cottage is AWESOME. i ADORE it. pictures forthcoming, i swear-- my lame computer doesn't want to accept pictures from my camera for no apparent reason, so i'm going to have to figure out another way to do it. (i need to just get a card reader). you guys will swoon-- the office, where i am now, is awesome and pink and pretty and i LOVE it!
-- my posse is great. it consists (so far) of Maggy, who graduated Rhodes College in '06 and is fron NC/Dallas, is very outdoorsy, says awesomely smart stuff in class and is interested i
african american culture in appalachia (sp). Nikki just grad. UNC this May and is a cheerleader type (she was a cheerleader, actually) and is interested in material culture and has this adorable and fun boyfriend that lives in DC and comes here most wkends. Shaun is 26, our only boy so far, and has a master's from one of the SUNYs and and undergrad from...university of rochester? he's from rochester, NY and has the most insane accent. it's like a cross between michigan and jersey-- very odd. he's into literature and when we were watching the House of Mirth movie with Gillian Anderson for class the other day i cried at the end (it's so sad! she kills herself and eric stoltz sobs "I LOVE YOU LILY") he was like "i LOVE this shit! i love misery!" he's a sweet pea.
that's pretty much it so far but we're a very inclusive posse-- anytime we see anyone from our department and especially our class, we invite them to hang but everyone's so crazy shy! there's a few married people and people that live in Richmond/Newport News/VA beach so they commute and dont really hang but thats ok. we're trying to expand our group so i'll keep you posted.
-- my classes are: intro to amer studies for grad students (we all have to take this), 20th century women writers (there's a lot of undergrads in this class! and its VERy heavy on the reading), and an independent study i'm taking with my advisor on African American Religion. that's the one i'm most excited about b/c i have never studied it and it's fascinating. today in class my advisor, Maureen, said, "can you think of a single black leader now that is not involved in religion in some way?" (she said obama, but other than him, who else? and i couldnt think of anyone. can you?). fascinating! maggy's in that class with me and then 3 other girls that are af. american so i'm very interested to hear some of their personal history with the subject. it's going to be effing amazing! hooray!
-- for some reason i'm REALLY into studying to secular music. like in latin, old school choir in a cathedral music that was written in the 1200s. i have always loved it (it sounds so ethereal, and it's so soothing, esp. when they sing "deus" which means god) and it's marvelous study music.
-- virginia is gorgeous. just the other day i was driving around and i saw this beautiful sunset over the trees and thought, this is SO beautiful! there are little public gardens all over town that you can go sit in (one has these HUGE passion flowers and morning glories, it cheers me up so much everytime i walk by) and the weather, while slightly hot (people keep bitching about the 90 degree weather-- im like are you SERIOUS), is lovely. it's actually cold at night! so amazing.
-- williamsburg is really cool. my classes meet right at the front of the campus, where it hits the school (it actually hits Merchant Square, if you know anything about wmsbrg). there's tons of little cafes and shops and stuff right nearby. it's so great! the parking is a nightmare, but luckily i got the insider's tip from Wendy on parking down the street in this parking garage where they never ticket so you can park for free. weee!
-- clearly i'm happy as 800 clams right now. everything is going really well so far (despite the fact that i havent gotten my student loan check...grrr) and i just LOVE it here. hooray!!! :D
-- grad school is awesome. i love my classes, my profs are awesome, i already have a little posse of friends, williamsburg is fucking great, virginia beach is really close so i'm going to the beach with some friends this wkend, going to colonial williamsburg (students get in for free) next week, seeing Hamlet 2 this week with the posse (all aforementioned activities are with the posse). oh and my cottage is AWESOME. i ADORE it. pictures forthcoming, i swear-- my lame computer doesn't want to accept pictures from my camera for no apparent reason, so i'm going to have to figure out another way to do it. (i need to just get a card reader). you guys will swoon-- the office, where i am now, is awesome and pink and pretty and i LOVE it!
-- my posse is great. it consists (so far) of Maggy, who graduated Rhodes College in '06 and is fron NC/Dallas, is very outdoorsy, says awesomely smart stuff in class and is interested i
african american culture in appalachia (sp). Nikki just grad. UNC this May and is a cheerleader type (she was a cheerleader, actually) and is interested in material culture and has this adorable and fun boyfriend that lives in DC and comes here most wkends. Shaun is 26, our only boy so far, and has a master's from one of the SUNYs and and undergrad from...university of rochester? he's from rochester, NY and has the most insane accent. it's like a cross between michigan and jersey-- very odd. he's into literature and when we were watching the House of Mirth movie with Gillian Anderson for class the other day i cried at the end (it's so sad! she kills herself and eric stoltz sobs "I LOVE YOU LILY") he was like "i LOVE this shit! i love misery!" he's a sweet pea.
that's pretty much it so far but we're a very inclusive posse-- anytime we see anyone from our department and especially our class, we invite them to hang but everyone's so crazy shy! there's a few married people and people that live in Richmond/Newport News/VA beach so they commute and dont really hang but thats ok. we're trying to expand our group so i'll keep you posted.
-- my classes are: intro to amer studies for grad students (we all have to take this), 20th century women writers (there's a lot of undergrads in this class! and its VERy heavy on the reading), and an independent study i'm taking with my advisor on African American Religion. that's the one i'm most excited about b/c i have never studied it and it's fascinating. today in class my advisor, Maureen, said, "can you think of a single black leader now that is not involved in religion in some way?" (she said obama, but other than him, who else? and i couldnt think of anyone. can you?). fascinating! maggy's in that class with me and then 3 other girls that are af. american so i'm very interested to hear some of their personal history with the subject. it's going to be effing amazing! hooray!
-- for some reason i'm REALLY into studying to secular music. like in latin, old school choir in a cathedral music that was written in the 1200s. i have always loved it (it sounds so ethereal, and it's so soothing, esp. when they sing "deus" which means god) and it's marvelous study music.
-- virginia is gorgeous. just the other day i was driving around and i saw this beautiful sunset over the trees and thought, this is SO beautiful! there are little public gardens all over town that you can go sit in (one has these HUGE passion flowers and morning glories, it cheers me up so much everytime i walk by) and the weather, while slightly hot (people keep bitching about the 90 degree weather-- im like are you SERIOUS), is lovely. it's actually cold at night! so amazing.
-- williamsburg is really cool. my classes meet right at the front of the campus, where it hits the school (it actually hits Merchant Square, if you know anything about wmsbrg). there's tons of little cafes and shops and stuff right nearby. it's so great! the parking is a nightmare, but luckily i got the insider's tip from Wendy on parking down the street in this parking garage where they never ticket so you can park for free. weee!
-- clearly i'm happy as 800 clams right now. everything is going really well so far (despite the fact that i havent gotten my student loan check...grrr) and i just LOVE it here. hooray!!! :D
23 May 2008
home, home again. i like to be here when i can
that line in the title is from katie's aim profile when she's in ohio. since she usually is home during the summer, it reminds me of summers (and also makes me happy, because it means i can call her cell phone and reach her pretty much all the time).
anyway. back home. plane ride was perfect (slept from take off to landing, thanks to a shitload of xanax, and was sitting with some VERY nice people. the kindness of strangers is always shocking and happy), getting home was great, and i don't even mind the hot weather. (much). i plan to lay out by my pool this ENTIRE 3 day weekend (and do a little laundry and cleaning, of course, b/c my room is an explosion of random STUFF from my trip). i'm pretty freaking happy too, and it's not hard to see why-- i just had the best vacation of my life with many dear, dear loved ones, i work for like 3 weeks and then i go on another 2 week vacation (road trip with Mom and Baxter to Hendersonville, NC, then onto the Outer Bank beaches for a week with the whole fam minus a womb buddy), then i work for another 3 weeks, have a 1 week vacation (road trip with mom to aspen for cousin's wedding, FINALLY see WB and everyone), then i work for one month and I MOVE TO VIRGINIA!
i know these events have been covered previously in this blog but sheeet, i just have to say it again. LIFE IS GREAT right now.
i still haven't signed a lease on my cottage but that's forthcoming-- speaking of the cottage, let me cut and paste what the lady said when i asked her to describe the place:
" To answer some of your questions, the cottage is approximately ninehundred square feet with about a hundred taken out with my storage/bedroom.There's a double bed & night stand plus two small desks (to use asdressers) in the bedroom I rent (which BTW gets wonderful morning light). Itook out a table & chairs for the living/ dining room & there's two smalltables tucked behind the doors under the built-in bookcases in thatCathedral ceiling wood panel room. There's a separate office with a hugedesk in there. Microwave on small table in kitchen plus old fashioned"Hoosier" in addition to modern cupboards. There's a washer/dryer thatdoesn't work cause a tenant - many years ago - broke the handle & I can'tget a replacement. I'm in no position to provide a new one for someone elseto wreck then skip without paying."
So obvs this lady is a little bonkers but HOLY SHIT 900 SQ FEET YAY! i cant freaking WAIT! everyone is invited to come visit me!
LESSON OF THE DAY: There was a time before built-in cabinets in kitchens; houses were smaller and kitchens were smaller. A typical kitchen might have had a Hoosier cabinet, an ice box, stove, sink and perhaps a pie safe. These Hoosier cabinets were free standing units designed to keep all the essential kitchen items in one place. They were marketed as labor saving devices.
anyway, punkins. time to go. but look at my myspace and facebook to see trip pictures, and later i may update with a webshots album of even more pictures. xo!
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