Nov 24 04
[10:45pm] I'm at home now, for Thanksgiving break. I left this morning at 9:20 or so, and there was good weather almost the entire way, except it was snowing when I got home! Lightly, but still! I just looked up the weather in Auburn, Maine, where Dan went, and in Bloomington, Indiana, where Drew lives, and it is actually colder here in St Louis than in either of those places. Interesting, huh? Maybe not, but.. *shrug* Can't please everybody. So once I got home, I really was very lazy and did nothing but dither about the house. It was lovely.

Nov 22 04
[5:02pm] I just found out my schedule. I need to get an Astronomy lab signed up, but can't do that quite yet. This is what I have so far!
 

 

[12:28pm] I just had a pleasant little adventure. I was in the bookstore, picking up another copy of Lame Deer, Seeker of Visions, for my Search class, when I walked through Java City and saw Profs. Doyle (Spanish), Irwin (Spanish), and and Sick (Search) having some coffee. I said "Hola" to Prof. Doyle because she is my Spanish teacher, and she asked how I was and I said raspily that "Mi voz ha ido un poco." (My voice is a little gone, i.e., I've lost my voice.) And I waved my book around for some reason and she asked "What do you have there?" and I told her, and Prof Sick and Doyle both looked at Irwin, because she's married to my Search professor, Ross Reed. We had a nice little chat, very brief, in which they found out that I was in his class and they told me that Irwin and Reed were married but I already knew that... but I found out that they (Irwin and Reed) have a dog named Lame Deer! And Doyle said, "Now, I think it would be very clever to say something along the lines of, 'Lame Deer: now that would make a great name for a dog!'" I agreed and decided to do so tomorrow. :) Whee. I like college.

Nov 16 04
[4:41pm] Not to bore you guys with too many survey things, but..
 

 

Nov 15 04
[9:19pm] Sorry about that. I took a while to get my life back in order after the country chose Bush again (hmm).. as my friend Perfect Eyebrows/Naughty Northern/Mountain Man Dan from Maine put it... Time moves so slowly since the election and I am still jut barely holding on. It seems a shame that I will be around to watch the decline of America as a civilized 'mover' of the world that was a beacon to the poor, the destitute, and the prosecuted [sic]... It will be tough for me to see the America that I know and am loyal to be methodically excised from our culture and replaced with the 'moral values' of the right wing extremists. Very tough to watch indeed, but I am not going to allow myself to become a tacitly compliant citizen. The things that will be done in our names are anathema to me, and at some point there will be a reckoning. Still a Mountain Man at heart, Dan. :) That cheered me up a bit. Since then, I had some homework too, and a scare about the dog--thinkin he was left alone and having to make an emergency trip home.. it was all very drama, but somewhere in there I found some time to do a survey. Enjoy! (I stole it from Sara Randant and RyFo.)
 

 

Nov 2 04
[9:03am] Every time I read something on someone's website, it's like "Go and Vote!" which is basically irritating, since I've already voted, and most of the kids that I know are in school outside their state so they've already sent in their absentee ballot.. so just.. go away with that. The good news is that I don't have to turn in my Spanish paper until Monday so I am very happy, and that makes the workload for this week strangely light. Rockin'. At the risk of irritating myself, *GO (vote) KERRY!*

Nov 1 04
[8:56pm] What do you mean, it's November already!??! And tomorrow is Election Day!? How time flies--thank goodness I already sent off my absentee ballot. I would just like to issue a general complaint: DRAMA SUCKS. I should've known better than to get myself involved, BUT MAINLY, DRAMA SUCKS. Thank you. As Kelly would say, "Public Service Announcement over." But anyway. My main intent for updating this is because apparently Olivia was not fascinated enough by my comment on the hole in my PJs (how demanding can you be!?).. and to tell you, my loyal readership, that I find myself in a strange, strange position tonight. It is not yet 9:00 and my homework for tomorrow is done. The thing is that I know what I should be doing (writing a Spanish paper that is either due Wednesday or next Monday... and preparing for my History test Friday), but I feel so distracted that I can do neither. I = pathetic. Plus, I have some sort of itchy demon possessing my body. Laura was my momentary salvation, for she loaned me some cortisone anti-itch creme (cream? like I said, I = pathetic) that like, saved my life, for about 25 minutes. Now I'm back to scratching and wondering how hard it'd be to fill the tub with said cortisone creme and how mad my bathroom-mates would be if I did so. I think it'd be worth it. Definitely. Now, back to staring at the same page of Pedro Salinas, by John Crispin, and listening to thunder outside. Or staring at the inside of my eyelids and listening to Memoirs of a Geisha (book-on-tape).

Oct 28 04
[9:16am] I have a hole in the crotch my pajama pants. :( I also have a 25-minute oral presentation (in Spanish) and an annotated bibliography due tomorrow.. all of which I am unprepared for as of yet. The thing is that I'm so interested in what I'm talking about.. but I just don't have enough time to delve deep enough into the material that I got from the library to really do it justice. I should've started earlier but everything was busy then too. *shrug* Trade-off. Okay, now that I have 11 minutes til class, I should find my way out of these hole-ridden pajama pants and into some real clothes. See ya.

Oct 23 04
[11:16am] It will please you to know that I am feeling much better. And the Cardinals are going to the World Series! I cannot get over that, though my crazy roommate is rooting Sox, for no apparent reason... But it's been explained to me that everyone who's not from St Louis is rooting Sox, since apparently the curse.. or something.. I don't know. I'm rooting St Louis Cardinals all the way baby yeah!!!! *spazzy dance* ... Hmm. So last night I saw Friday Night Lights, which was good. A little yawny in parts but in all, it really got me psyched for the Homecoming football game today at 2 and the World Series game at 6:30. Yahoo! Until then, I'll be eating and doing history homework. *YAY!* It's a miracle.. I truly am so excited to feel better. Now I'm going to go enjoy my day, as a healthy individual.

Oct 19 04
[1:09pm] Well, I had a nice break from classes, but being sick didn't help. So today my goal has been to find a doctor, go to him/her, figure out why I'm so icky, and get some sort of treatment, not just "drink liquids, get Immodium, ride it out." Also, I found out my grades today. Accounting A-, Poetry B, History B-, Search B, Spanish A-. It's not like I'm not trying. I guess being sick for half a quarter will bring down my As to Bs, but my mom says that stressing about these grades is not allowed. So I'm not stressing. Simply.. discussing, perhaps. Okay, back to Luces de Bohemia, by Ramón del Valle-Inclán. Wootie-woot. And maybe some lunch (not for me, I'm through eating; for Drew.) ?

Oct 15 04
[12:00pm] That's it! I'm done for fall break. Which won't be much, MUCH of a break, since I'll have homework to do, but it won't be insane like it was. Whew. On a sad note, I think I'm actually gettin more B's than A's this semester. :(

Oct 14 04
[4:05pm] Wow. I feel as though a weight has been lifted from my shoulders. And all my homework is done too (minus the 100 pages of Spanish I must read tonight, and the 75 pages of History). I cannot be saddened today. For it is done.

Oct 11 04
[9:30pm] Happy Birthday Dad!! I hope it's a good one. I was taking a tiny break from homework tonight and I found this. I am enamored.

Oct 3 04
[10:37am] Wow. That was really crappy. I felt bad, and then worse, and then the worst. And then we went to the football game, which we lost (but only by a touchdown), and then we separated to do homework, which didn't really work because I was too busy being sick or something. So I met him at the Lair after I made a PBJ.. This all seems very hazed because I was incredibly uncomfortable. Then we went back to his room to work, and we did until 9:30, when we started watching TV and relaxed. A calm night for us. :) And today I feel good but I have to spend it writing papers, since I was too sick yesterday to get much accomplished.

Oct 2 04
[10:07am] Past couple of days I have been reasonably ill. I hope I stop feeling bad before the football game today--I've never been to one and I'd like to go. So we're going to get me some Immodium this morning, to try and help out my poor stomach. Last night was KD's AllSing but I couldn't go because of a lack of money. Thanks, being sick all the time, for zapping my cash cache. :( Oh and, thanks TWO parking tickets. And thanks, suitemate, for having your drunk friends over at 3:30 am on Thursday night and 1:30 last night, screaming. (Last night I called Tiane--RA on duty--and she got them to be quiet.) Anyway, once I feel a little bit better, today is Paper/Football day. I'll be writing papers until 1:00, then the football game, then back to writing papers. Woohoo. Cross your fingers that I feel better.

Sept 26 04
[2:25pm] I just wanted to let you know that I am alive. And that I got my diccionarios.com subscription. I'm working hard, doing homework, sleeping, etc. More when I have more time.

Sept 18 04
[9:45pm] It may interest some of you that I'm going to be experimenting with MoveableType on calapitter soon, if yall know what that is. My dad made it an option, so I'm kind of excited to be messing around with it. Don't expect any huge changes right off the bat, since I'll still pretty busy with college and homework and Drew and whatnot.. But. :)

[4:56pm] I want a year's subscription to diccionarios.com for $25. I may sign up for that. Woo hoo.

Sept 13 04
[2:40pm] That criticism thing I told you about; sorry I got you excited. It was yawnalicious. Talk about pretentious jargon-droppers, saying things like "Let's make language more accessible", followed by half a paragraph of 4-syllable words. Bleh. Nice people though, good to mingle with. In other news, my mom sent me the Garden State Soundtrack and the Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Soundtrack. Then I saw Garden State and was bowled over. What a lovely film. That was Saturday. Friday night Drew and I saw Cellular, which was good, but.. enh. Actiony stuff doesn't really float my boat. Anyway, I had a bit of a blip on the health screen but I'm fine now. I mean, I've still got my cold (thanks Drew!) but everything else is taken care of, as far as I know. Later this week (Wednesday), Stephen Dunn, a Pulitzer-prize-winning poet, is coming to Rhodes. And then a week from Wednesday it's Billy Collins, ex-poet laureate. Good times, ish. We have to write questions, and I'm afraid my questions will be stupid. I'm kind of an inferior poet to these guys, but.. enh. Have I really been given a chance to knock anyone's socks off? (Probably, but it'll make me feel better if we say no here.) I definitely haven't been appointed National Poetess or anything. So there's that. Okay, well, I think that's all that's going on. I'm going home on Friday, to see my family and whatnot.

Sept 9 04
[3:32pm] A few days ago, I spent the afternoon in Oak Alley with my boyfriend. We studied until he had to go to Ultimate and then I studied by myself and then went into Palmer to use the bathroom and then I got in trouble with the security guard for being in Palmer when I apparently wasn't supposed to be (even though 2 hours previously I had been in there with my Poetry professor, who likes my poems).. and then later that evening, I got back and Carolyn got in the shower. When she got out, she asked me in a strained voice if I had any painkillers and I said no, but that I would check with Laura. And then she starts crying really hard. So I run, get Laura, and when I get back, Carolyn is on the floor, holding her stomach and crying to call 911. Eventually Matt comes (by luck) and we get ahold of the RA on duty and Daniel comes and we all go to Baptist East Hospital. Very drama. I call Carolyn's mom a few times to let her know what's up--poor Carolyn's mom, who had to listen to me trying to tell her things while her daughter is weeping in the background, and then weeping in the foreground when I put her on the phone.. So we sit there and wait until 2:30 or 3:00 and finally Carolyn gets admitted and we wait some more, and then Daniel and the RA go home, and Laura and Matt and I stay the night with Carolyn while we wait for the ultrasound woman to get there. And we eventually find out what's plaguing Carolyn and we come back to school and none of us have gotten any sleep. Carolyn gets drugs and gets to skip classes, but we three must go to classes. I missed the quiz in accounting, but being the awesome kid I am, he let me take it and I still got 11/10 points on it, even though I was crying because I was so tired and embarrassed for being late. Search was mind-bogglingly difficult to sit through, then lunch, and then I went to Drew's room and slept from about 5:30 to 8 pm. When I woke up, I realized I still had a History paper to write. Nooooo! So I wrote it and went to bed (in my room.) Truth be told, I can't really remember events very well since I was so tired. More recently, Drew and were both kind of sickish with colds, and he let me borrow some pajama pants to wear since my jeans were bothering me and a Hard Rock t-shirt and I stole them both. Or something. News: I have 110% in Accounting. Hmm, anything else? This afternoon I am going to a forum about The Future of Criticism: Panelists will speak briefly about what they see as the responsibilities of literature and literary criticism in a rapidly changing world. Following these short comments, the floor will open for discussion of such issues as the relation of language to power, literature and/as social reform, and the difficulty of attaining objectivity in literary analysis. And that's about it, I think.

Sept 4 04
[12:04pm] Becky is tired. I'll tell you what's going on (not really that much, basically just homework and sleeping) in a later post. However: I have gotten a perfect score on both Accounting quizzes thus far. Woot.
 

 

Aug 29 04
[10:29pm] Forget the step stool. I reorganized the room and have made my dresser into a step up onto the bed. No more falling off and bashing myself senseless! Instead, I need a Stephen Dunn book and a Billy Collins book, both mandatory for my poetry class.

Aug 28 04
[10:09am] Well, I'm back at school. Have been for a while. I know, I've been bad about updating, but I was trying to catch up with my Rhodesies and with my Drew, and now that classes have started (I'll give you the run-down on that, too), I have even less time. But I'll try to make a point of letting yall join my little life every once in a while. Okay, classes. 20th C. Spain: I have Prof Doyle for this one and she reminds me a little bit of Srta Kehr, which is always good. Other than that, I'm thinking it's going to be a pretty difficult class. 8 kids, and if you don't know the answer, you better hide it on your face. 20th C. US History: Prof Saxe. He's kinda fun and I'm not extremely worried about the course material. Adv. Poetry Workshop: I'm going to love this class, I think. Prof Barr (not related to my previous Prof Barr for Calc) is so wonderful and I think she'll tear my poetry to shreds. Absolutely wonderful. (And she's making it mandatory that we see Stephen Dunn and Billy Collins--poets, one Ex Poet Laureate--when they come here.) Financial Accounting: And for those of you who don't know, there is another kind of accounting besides financial. Cost accounting. Anyway, Prof Thompson seems like a pretty good guy, but I'm thinking the material will be hard. It's okay, though. I'll fight through it. Search 201: Prof Reed. Has a ponytail. Wants us to achieve/maintain/regain a childlike wonder and sense of play in the vast and mysterious universe. Was drenched in sweat for the first class. (Granted it was close to 80 degrees in that room and he was wearing long sleeves.) On the upside, Matt and Laura are in there with me. Good times! Anecdote: I got a ticket in Cape Girardeau for not coming to a complete stop at a flashing red light at which I was turning red, and for not wearing my seatbelt. Of course, I had been wearing my seatbelt until I was in park and turning so that I could talk to him. I'm a big seatbelt fan. I wear them even when parked, except I guess I got nervous. The seatbelt is the thing that makes me mad. I can't attest for the red flashing light, since I didn't even see it. I probably slowed, since I was going to enter a different lane of traffic around there, but.. I don't know. It's kind of a blur since I wasn't conscious going through every traffic law in my head. I was simply trying to get back on the interstate in an unfamiliar town. Anecdote 2: I gave Olivia a T-shirt and a poem, which maybe she'll email me so I can post it here, since I may have given her the only copy of it that there is. And I have a matching T-shirt, and for her party night (Aug 22), we went to la casa de Glassell to watch Kill Bill 2. It proved to be an excellent time. Anecdote 3: Our beds are very tall. They are taller than my bellybutton and I am 70 inches tall so you figure it out. They're hard to get up onto. One time, I was attempting to get up there and failed pretty miserably. I fell off the bed and crashed into the dresser, which cut my stomach pretty badly and I was not a happy camper until Deb came to save my life with bandaids and ointments of various types. Then I was fine. Anecdote 4: When we got here, our room was wet. I'm not sure if there's a leaky pipe or what, but the floor had puddles of condensation. So now we keep it very cold and it's not so wet. I'm wondering if they have such things as dehumidifiers. And if they do, where do I get one?? ... I have so many anecdotes, but I really should get started on some homework. Va-hoo! P.S.: I thank my mom heartily for all the presents!

Aug 21 04
[10:37pm] My car. Happy birthday, Olivia. I leave for Memphis tomorrow.
 

   

Aug 19 04
[10:57pm] I bought a new car. A silver 2003 Hyundai Elantra. I haven't named him/her yet. Not knowing gender makes it hard. Also, I've been getting ready to go back to school, so.. lots of things to do. When I get a moment I'll post pictures of Car.

Aug 14 04
[8:45pm] Well, I see you there with a rose in your teeth: one more thin gypsy thief. Well, I see Jane's away; she sends her regards. And what can I tell you, my brother my killer? What can I possibly say? I guess that I miss you, I guess I forgive you, I'm glad you stood in my way. First off, I'd like to thank the young artistic phenom Zach Newton for giving me a few of his "sketches", and then for letting me go all crazy and use them on my website. Suh-weet. Okay, now that that is done, I can go concentrate on stuff like buying a car, clothes, etc. Packing. I leave in a week.

But I Want     
Rug: So my feet aren't cold.
Step Stool: So I can get onto my bed.
String Tribute to Weezer
Carebears Movie