Cosmic Lovin'

Someone up there likes me.

I've got good Kharma.

Lady Luck is on my side.

The Cosmos has smiled on me.

I don't know what it is, but good things have been happening.

Things like

MEG Grant came in for the Wordsworth Lakes project. This means that, a week in late May, I'm going to the Lake District. For free. Plus, for the first time, I'll have a research job that pays me. WIN-WIN.

Pulled an A- out of Matt Wickman's class. He is gettin' cookies or a shrine or something. Sweet mercy.

White Christmas in Georgia. 1.3 inches. Last time there was snow on Dec 25th in GA was 1882. And my brothers were nice enough to come outside, in the dark, and through around some snowballs with me. I love being home.

Lunch with an old friend from high school. Good sweet potato fries, good person.

Yes.

Let's hope my luck holds out a little longer--applying for Pell grants and a few scholarships tomorrow. Fingers crossed.

Even so, today was a great day.

Writing Breaks!

So, I was taking a break from writing a paper (as I am now) and I found these shoes on Modcloth.

I love them. They say- "Hi! I'm young and hip yet serious and competent." If I had a million dollars, I'd buy these. I just keep telling myself that they cost more than I make in a day. Or two. Or three.

Sigh. Oh well.

And yes, I use my breaks to look at (and now talk about) shoes. Deal with it.

Time doesn't fly. It evaporates.

There are 8 days left before finals, including today.

So, I probably won't be around much. Just a head's up. It's not that I don't love y'all, it's just that I don't want to fail my classes.

Anything I post will probably be related to class. Blegh.

I like to-do lists. A lot. They help me focus and stuff. And crossing things off makes me feel good. Sometimes I'll put something like "shower" just so I can cross it off. Lame, I know.

Here's my to-do list for the next 8 days:

1. 8-10 pages on Pride and Prejudice and Zombies as an adaptation- deadline extension to Dec 14th!!! Nick Mason is a saint.

2. 8-10 pages on the relationship of Gibbon's Sunset Song to Scott's historical novels

3. Tweaking above paper to include more theory junk for 451

4. 4 pages on reader-centered criticism and the use of free indirect discourse in Emma

5. Statement of Intent.

6. Study for the GRE.

7. 10 more pages for my creative writing portfolio

8. Abstract/proposal for adaptation conference

Then finals.

And Christmas shopping needs to happen somewhere in there.

I can do this. I just won't be sleeping very much. I really regret not being more productive over break. Oh well.

I'll be crossing these things off the list as I go along, so check back if you're interested in my progress. *Bold= crossed off

And for the record, taking 12 credits of English was a not one of my more brilliant ideas. (Yes, Clancy. Brilliant.)

Art Post 1: Surrealist-esque

So, last night I decided that if I wasn't going to do any work, I'd have something to show for it.

I've reading a lot about Dali and other surrealists, so

this what I did.

First series. India Ink on gesso.

"Fate"

(an appropriately pretentious name for what are really just drips)

Second series

India ink on gesso (again)

"Un-entitled"

And this is just a bunch of nonsense.

India ink on nothing.

"M Theory"

There you go.

The Day After

An object at rest will remain at rest.

An object in motion will remain in motion.

I'm a victim of Newton's first.

I haven't done hardly anything.

Save me from the laws of physics.

On the bright side, I made biscotti.

I'm bringing some to work.

And to my Professor's office hours.

Just to remind everybody of how much they love me.

If anyone has more leftovers than they know what to with--

Bring them to me, I know what to do with them.

But now, I'm going to finish dipping my biscotti.

Semi Sweet Chocolate and Butterscotch.

And then I'm going to go read my books.

And type my papers.

Watch me defy the laws of physics.

Thanksgiving

Watching Food Network on Thanksgiving when you've got a stomach bug.

Exquisite Torture.

I'm grateful that television doesn't have the ability to transmit smells.

I'm so cultured (aka Euro-centric)

So, this is what I did with my Saturday.

Woke up at 2(pm).

Read Vol 1 of Jane Austen's Persuasion

Listened to Carl Orff's Carmina Burana (5 times)

Read up on Frederico Garcia Lorca and Salvador Dali

Watched Little Ashes--film about Garcia Lorca and Dali

Made frittata.

Read about Lukacs and Sir Walter Scott

I have culture oozing from my fingertips.