Wordstock, Coffeehouse, and The Usual Busyness

Today I had the pleasure of going to Wordstock with 6 other English Society members. This event took place at a convention center about 10 minutes away from UP. Local authors read from their works, and there's tons of book vendors where you can buy books on sale. I bought some bumper stickers and a book of essays from a teacher, and picked up a free journal of poetry and essays from local high school students and a few pins. We also listened to Candy Tan, a UP alum and romance novelist talk about creating romance novels. Besides listening to her talk, we did Mad libs, which was a lot of fun. This event broadened my literary horizons, and I'm really glad I went. Aside from the awesome events I get to participate in, I get to meet fun people in this club. It's nice having some literary nerds to hang out with, and we're trying to get non-English majors to attend. Of the seven of us who attended, only four of us are English majors; the other three are French (with an English minor), engineering, and environmental science majors. I even had a nice conversation with the cute environmental science major who is a vegan and into sci-fi. :)

Friday night I went to Coffeehouse. The Campus Program Board (CPB) brings various bands to campus, and students can attend at no charge. Also, there's free coffee drinks (courtesy of Espresso UP's baristas, the same people who provide free coffee drinks Wed. night) and goodies. The band who performed was a duo called Ryanhood, and their music was light rock/alternative. I really enjoyed being able to relax and hear some good music after a long week of classes.

This coming week is midterm week, so I have been busy studying for my psych and Bib Trad midterms. I've also been working on my English paper and managing a heavy load of 70-80 pages a night of In Cold Blood. For those of you who are not familiar with the book, In Cold Blood is Truman Capote's account of a murder, with several witnesses. All this work is tiring me out and I'm very excited for Fall Break. I'm going to spend the weekend with Amy in Stockton, and then home for a week with the fam. Hopefully, I'll make it through another week!