It Rained!

Today it has been raining cats and dogs. It rained so hard that I did not leave my dorm until 4 to do some research for Bib Trad at the library. I spent most of the day in my room relaxing and working on homework. My friends went out this afternoon, but I decided to stay back because of the rain and the need to work on my Bib Trad papers and finish my reading for English (and possibly do a response paper).

While I didn't have any tests and only one paper due last week, this week was BUSY! I had to study for an ethics test and a bib trad quiz, both of which were on Wed, plus edit/get ideas about my bib trad papers and keep up with my readings for English. As a result of this and the weather, I have been tired more than usual. Particularly, I've been tired Tuesday and Thursday afternoons, mainly because I'm taking psych pass/no pass and my science class is incredibly boring. It's hard to stay motivated for classes to which I don't have to devote a lot of time. On the plus side, my English class was canceled Wed. so I had the extra hour to catch up on homework/rest.

Despite how busy I get, I always make a point to do at least one fun thing over the weekend. Yesterday some friends and I went downtown to the Llyod Center for a much needed shopping day. I bought a pair of sunglasses at Ross, and a pair of grey zebra flats at Forever 21. These buys were a present to myself as a reward for my hard work, as I got a B on my English paper and an A minus on my Bib Trad quiz.

Thursday night I went to a reading by poet Chase Twichell (see picture below). She read various poems from several of her books, and then answered questions at the end. I was excited to learn that she's a Zen Buddhist (I'm not officially Zen, but am very interested in Buddhism), hates math, and did not like the "cool" girls in high school. I talked to her after the reading, and she is very nice and was touched that I enjoyed hearing her read. As an English major, it's very cool to hear authors/poets read in person, so I'm glad I was able to go. Speaking of English major stuff, I am planning on being a panel chair or respondent, in addition to submitting one (maybe two, haven't decided) of my papers for NUCL (the literary conference I mentioned back in September). The conference will be March 20th, and I'm very excited about participating in one or both of these ways.


Next Sunday I get to register for classes! Being that I'm a sophomore and most of the classes I want to take are upper division, I should be able to get the classes I want. (: