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Thursday, September 30, 2004
Big news everyone! Pomegranate season has come again, which makes me very very happy because they are perhaps my favorite fruit and are only sold in the fall and early winter. Now all I need is a nice little fruit stand somewhere where I can get them for less than $2.50 apiece, which is the going rate at the grocery store. :(
Also, big congrats to my friend, Megan Hill, for getting the part of Anne in NNU's fall production of Anne of Green Gables. She is going to be awesome for these reasons: she is super cute, she has "The Lady of Shalott" memorized, and she (now) has red hair.
Finally, I would like to spend a few minutes talking about how much I love my Feminist Theory class. It's on Mon, Wed, Fri, which makes those days now my favorite days of the week. It's made up of both undergraduate and graduate students, which keeps me from feeling too intimidated, we're reading fun, interesting stuff for it, like Where We Stand by bell hooks, and people discuss things, which is especially interesting because of the diversity of people in the class. Oh, and the professor is not just knowledgeable, but nice, which may not matter academically, but makes a difference to me.
Also, big congrats to my friend, Megan Hill, for getting the part of Anne in NNU's fall production of Anne of Green Gables. She is going to be awesome for these reasons: she is super cute, she has "The Lady of Shalott" memorized, and she (now) has red hair.
Finally, I would like to spend a few minutes talking about how much I love my Feminist Theory class. It's on Mon, Wed, Fri, which makes those days now my favorite days of the week. It's made up of both undergraduate and graduate students, which keeps me from feeling too intimidated, we're reading fun, interesting stuff for it, like Where We Stand by bell hooks, and people discuss things, which is especially interesting because of the diversity of people in the class. Oh, and the professor is not just knowledgeable, but nice, which may not matter academically, but makes a difference to me.
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0 commentsSaturday, September 25, 2004
Ok, so it's not like I expected that grad school was going to be a piece of cake. But you have to admit that assigning a paper to be due the first day of class to a bunch of fearful and trembling first-year grad students is just a little bit sadistic and evil, especially when the paper is over an obscure Edgar Allen Poe story and has no topic, just "here's a short story, write a paper on it, due Tuesday." Seriously.
I feel like I ought to be completely excited and raring to go with school and everything, but I'm kind of not. I just feel very, very nervous and rather tired (two feelings that aren't often found together.) I think that perhaps moving 500 miles, starting grad school, and living on my own for the first time is a bit much for one person to handle in one week. And also it's 9pm, which is when I usually start to feel like grad school might eat me alive. Usually by morning I'm feeling a bit more adequate. It's a good thing my classes are around noon.
I spent the day in the mountains with my family today (and away from the apartment and the university), which was good for the soul. This really is the most beautiful place in the world, in my opinion, and I'm glad to be back. (Although I did eat at a Mexican place in Albany today, and it didn't even approach El Rodeo for salsa.)
I feel like I ought to be completely excited and raring to go with school and everything, but I'm kind of not. I just feel very, very nervous and rather tired (two feelings that aren't often found together.) I think that perhaps moving 500 miles, starting grad school, and living on my own for the first time is a bit much for one person to handle in one week. And also it's 9pm, which is when I usually start to feel like grad school might eat me alive. Usually by morning I'm feeling a bit more adequate. It's a good thing my classes are around noon.
I spent the day in the mountains with my family today (and away from the apartment and the university), which was good for the soul. This really is the most beautiful place in the world, in my opinion, and I'm glad to be back. (Although I did eat at a Mexican place in Albany today, and it didn't even approach El Rodeo for salsa.)
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0 commentsThursday, September 23, 2004
Apartment Woes
All I can say is, this apartment better work out, because I am never moving again. Yesterday evening, I spent five hours doing apartment stuff, and what did I get accomplished? Put together a couple of bookshelves and filled them with books, put away my groceries, and set up my computer. In FIVE HOURS. The good news is, I now have furniture: a bed, a desk, and a papasan chair. Which means that I can finally spend the night in my apartment. I also have silverware... an important element in my life, as I discovered when I tried to bring home take out yesterday and had to eat it with my fingers (and eating chow mein with one's fingers is a messy ordeal).
And all the details...transfering the electric bill, changing my phone number (which I still haven't done, btw), the apartment damage checklist, blah blah blah. I need some minions to do all this for me.
Finally, I need some advice. What colors should I do in my living room? Here's what I'm working with: two sort of drawer box things that will be stacked with the TV on top, a bookshelf, a small table and two chairs that are sort of brownish (but could have a tablecloth), and a possible armchair or loveseat that has not yet been acquired. All of the above could be painted or covered with fabric, so I just have to decide what I want to do. Also, I have my Moulin Rouge poster, which I kind of want to have in the living room, but it could go in the bedroom, and it's red, with some blue. Any ideas, anyone? I'm kind of not wanting to paint, at least until I'm sure I'll be staying here at least a year or more. Oh, wait, I forgot...I'm staying here forever because I'm never, ever going through this again.
I guess the thing is, I want a nice apartment, but I want it to come already furnished in a style and colors that I like, with all my stuff already there, plus all the stuff that I don't have yet but want, and I want all my friends to be living next door. If anyone hears of a place like this for cheap, let me know.
And all the details...transfering the electric bill, changing my phone number (which I still haven't done, btw), the apartment damage checklist, blah blah blah. I need some minions to do all this for me.
Finally, I need some advice. What colors should I do in my living room? Here's what I'm working with: two sort of drawer box things that will be stacked with the TV on top, a bookshelf, a small table and two chairs that are sort of brownish (but could have a tablecloth), and a possible armchair or loveseat that has not yet been acquired. All of the above could be painted or covered with fabric, so I just have to decide what I want to do. Also, I have my Moulin Rouge poster, which I kind of want to have in the living room, but it could go in the bedroom, and it's red, with some blue. Any ideas, anyone? I'm kind of not wanting to paint, at least until I'm sure I'll be staying here at least a year or more. Oh, wait, I forgot...I'm staying here forever because I'm never, ever going through this again.
I guess the thing is, I want a nice apartment, but I want it to come already furnished in a style and colors that I like, with all my stuff already there, plus all the stuff that I don't have yet but want, and I want all my friends to be living next door. If anyone hears of a place like this for cheap, let me know.
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0 commentsMonday, September 20, 2004
My little sister informed me yesterday that the next book in A Series of Unfortunate Events is coming out tomorrow. It's called The Grim Grotto. So obviously I'll be making a little trip to Barnes and Noble tomorrow. The only question is, will Brenna or I get to read it first?
I spent most of the day trying to find my way around Eugene, which is a complicated city to maneuver in. I got my student ID card, which like all student ID cards is hideous but gets you great prices for almost everything. The campus was green and damp and beautiful, with lots of big, branchy climbing trees. I also explored the library a little bit and it's lovely. It must be fairly new because the furniture and carpet and decorations are all pretty modern and unworn-looking (yes, that was a completely new word I just made up.) Libraries are the perfect place to spend the day, except for one little problem... you can never have food. So you're sitting by the window in a comfy little armchair with a copy of Emily of New Moon, and the temperature is right and it's quiet and the sun is shining on you, and all you need is a latte and scone and it would be perfect, but you can't have it. Which is why Barnes and Noble will always have just a little more appeal for me than the library.
I think I'm finally looking forward to the fall. (Those of you for whom fall has already been for five weeks will have to pardon me; I still consider it summer.) It is my favorite time of year, I think, and here's why: just like spring you can feel the season coming in a way that has little to do with the actual temperature and more to do with something indefinable in the air...a smell perhaps, or the sound of the leaves changing color. And school is always starting, which is probably another reason why I like September so much. You get to begin to wear long sleeves again and sweatshirts, and in Oregon at least, the wind picks up and blows leaves and skirts and newspapers around. And, finally, for the first time in the year, you allow yourself to start looking forward to the holidays, especially Christmas!
I spent most of the day trying to find my way around Eugene, which is a complicated city to maneuver in. I got my student ID card, which like all student ID cards is hideous but gets you great prices for almost everything. The campus was green and damp and beautiful, with lots of big, branchy climbing trees. I also explored the library a little bit and it's lovely. It must be fairly new because the furniture and carpet and decorations are all pretty modern and unworn-looking (yes, that was a completely new word I just made up.) Libraries are the perfect place to spend the day, except for one little problem... you can never have food. So you're sitting by the window in a comfy little armchair with a copy of Emily of New Moon, and the temperature is right and it's quiet and the sun is shining on you, and all you need is a latte and scone and it would be perfect, but you can't have it. Which is why Barnes and Noble will always have just a little more appeal for me than the library.
I think I'm finally looking forward to the fall. (Those of you for whom fall has already been for five weeks will have to pardon me; I still consider it summer.) It is my favorite time of year, I think, and here's why: just like spring you can feel the season coming in a way that has little to do with the actual temperature and more to do with something indefinable in the air...a smell perhaps, or the sound of the leaves changing color. And school is always starting, which is probably another reason why I like September so much. You get to begin to wear long sleeves again and sweatshirts, and in Oregon at least, the wind picks up and blows leaves and skirts and newspapers around. And, finally, for the first time in the year, you allow yourself to start looking forward to the holidays, especially Christmas!
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Well, I'm back in Oregon. I went to sleep last night to the sound of heavy rain on the skylight above me and woke up to heavy cold fog covering everything.
Today, I'm heading over to Eugene to take a bunch of my stuff (my nice daddy is helping me), run lots of errands, and hopefully learn how to navigate the city a little bit. I'll let all you Idaho people know if I find an appropriate French cafe.
Nerdy as it is to quote song lyrics, I'm going to do it anyway. Yay for Avril Lavigne.
Went back home again
this sucks gotta pack up and leave again
say goodbye to all my friends
can't say when I'll be there again
Start back at this life
Stretch myself back into the vibe
I'm waking up to say I've tried
Instead of waking up to another TV GUIDE
Today, I'm heading over to Eugene to take a bunch of my stuff (my nice daddy is helping me), run lots of errands, and hopefully learn how to navigate the city a little bit. I'll let all you Idaho people know if I find an appropriate French cafe.
Nerdy as it is to quote song lyrics, I'm going to do it anyway. Yay for Avril Lavigne.
Went back home again
this sucks gotta pack up and leave again
say goodbye to all my friends
can't say when I'll be there again
Start back at this life
Stretch myself back into the vibe
I'm waking up to say I've tried
Instead of waking up to another TV GUIDE
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