like i mentioned in an earlier post, this is my last fall semester. i hope the semester goes by really fast. that just means spring will be starting and i’ll take the last four classes i need to wrap up my undergraduate degree. to me, this is wonderful fantastic amazing news. sure, i’ve taken a year longer than i might have wished but i’m getting it done! to be this close to the finish line is an incredible feeling that i’m hoping keeps me afloat for the remainder of the year. Read the rest of this entry »

1. the new fall semester is starting in two days! as much as i’d like to use the apothegm, “i can’t believe it!”, i cannot as it’s untrue. i can totally believe. in fact, i am in complete anticipation over it. this will be my last september as an undergrad… i’ll be graduating in may or summer of next year so this is kind of a big deal for me. it’s nothing i’m going to miss terribly because it’s not my fall semester ever. after graduation, i’m still going to be a student, just a graduate. this fall i’ll be taking some really interesting courses this semester and actually reading some really great books. jane eyre, dorian gray, connecticut yankee, cabeza de vaca anyone?? yeah it’s going to be a great semester. since i’m wrapping up the whole undergraduate thing pretty soon, i’m trying to promise to myself that i’m going to do excellently this semester. i never do wholly excellent. i’m an A/B student but i’d really like to get all As this semester. Read the rest of this entry »

here’s a short entry about some of the stuff i’ve been listening to a lot on repeat for the past few weeks/months. i’m not going to get much into detail about the artists because, as much as i love music, i don’t think i’m great at reviewing it and my vocabulary usually gets dumbed down to saying “awesome” over and over. i will, though, include what was the song i can remember first hearing by the artist. this is always a special moment for me. i’ll also include the song that kind of just sealed the deal with me and the artist, the song that made me realize i’d be a long time fan. Read the rest of this entry »

1. ipod (preferably not out of charge and with headphones; it’s not uncommon that i forgot to charge it or leave headphones behind.)

2. smart phone aka p.a.d.d. (sometimes i find myself somewhere that’s really boring and i play minesweeper to pass the time.)

3. moleskine planner (split by week but each week has ruled page for journal keeping)

4. chapstick/lip balm/burt’s bees

5. hair tie

that’s new, right? it’s probably the last thing i expect myself to write about but i’m throwing the traditionalist writer’s mantra of “write what you know” out the window right after i’ve set it on fire too.

i don’t use make up on a daily basis. i use it only when i need to look nice, am going out, or need concealer to cover particularly heinous under-eye circles. i’m going to write about some of the products that i’ve found in the last couple of years and i’ve been really happy with. Read the rest of this entry »

1. as we lazily stroll through summer and enter the third week of july, i realize that the season is about half over. as much i like to complain and harrumph about all the odious things that summer entails, there are things about these three months that i do enjoy. i like that, at work, things are even more relaxed for me than they are in the september-may months. i like that summer classes are given at an accelerated pace and a whole course can be knocked out in five (in some cases, three!) weeks instead of over four months. i also like that in the summer, when i’m only taking only class at a time instead of four, i can read for my own pleasure without the guilt that comes with neglecting to read for school. i do miss dressing in dark colors and wearing tights, boots, layers, and jackets. i also miss my regular tv programming like 30 rock, but i have the notion of mad men’s season premiere in under just two weeks to comfort me. also, in the summer, i usually re-activate my netflix account and start watching all those classic movies and independent and foreign productions i’ve heard about during the year. i know that if i have netflix active during the year, i tend to just hoard whatever dvd last arrived and forget about it in some corner of my room. Read the rest of this entry »

1. For a few months now, a good friend of mine from high school that I used to play golf with has been asking me to go out to the riding stables with her. I’ve been wanting to go riding for ages now, but I just hadn’t been able to work out a good time for me to go. Yesterday, however, I got a ride home from her and, as she was dropping me off, she asked me if I wanted to join her at the stables. I said yes and half an hour later I was down there wearing a white shirt, jeans… and chucks. I know, I’m such a city slicker. The two girls I went with actually looked (and knew!) what they were doing with their cool cowboy boots. My turn came to get on this horse called Canelo and I put my first foot in the left stirrup as you are supposed to do. Admittedly, I did have trouble swinging my right leg over to the other side, as I’m not usually in the habit of straddling seven foot beasts. So, yes, when I was about to attempt getting my other leg to get on the saddle, the horse got spooked and took off running. I fell flat on my stomach in the sand from the corral. When I was down there, I thought to myself, “Oh shit, this is that part where horses trample on people and I’m going to be left deformed and/or brain injured.” After a few seconds, though, my friend asked me if I was okay and I got up and I was. Just a little spooked and winded. And dirty. Read the rest of this entry »