We’ve Broken Down . . . In The Middle of Nowhere

Doctor Who quote for the title. I haven’t posted in awhile so I figured I’d do one tonight. I just got back from my Mock Trial meeting. It went pretty good; the whole group talked and hung out for awhile. It also helped me get a better idea of what I need to do tomorrow and this weekend to prepare. The only problem is that it was a late meeting and I never do well at night. We each had to read our questions allowed and it probably sounded like I was having a stroke or something with how much I was slurring and how bad my dyslexia was. It was dark by the time I got out so I was pretty on edge having to walk back from the UC. When I got to the first light though, there was a group of two guys and two girls in front of me, so I basically stayed four feet behind them until Turner. I felt like a creeper, but it gave me a blockade from danger.

I’ve basically been doing homework all week whenever I’m not in class. I have the Mock Trial/Research Paper both due on Monday plus the usual online class homework that’s do this weekend. I already did my Current Event for European Politics, so that just leaves the Discussant  as the only other major thing for that class. I’m actually kind of glad I’m in the first trial, because it gives me a lot less to do later on in the semester.

Not much else has happened this week. I watched the game on Monday and was severely disappointed. Although, judging from the amount of Broncos shirts being worn, it is now cool for girls to like football. First Star Trek and now football; I’m starting to become cool.

Classes are still going pretty good. However, all of this political science just makes me hate people even more. Seriously, people are just too dumb for me handle some days. Even the readings make me annoyed sometimes, especially when I have to read about civil liberties and how people are whiners about them. Then I have the classes I go to and people say dumb stuff. Usually Tuesdays and Thursdays are the days that I spend the whole time wanting to punch people. Luckily, I don’t have too much of that in the History or my Nutrition classes. People in those classes tend to keep quiet and bide their time until class gets out.

This weekend is going to be a massive homework weekend. I’m going to write my whole research paper and finish the Mock Trial stuff. I’m also going to try to get my flu shot and pick up some stuff at Walgreens too. Yup. I’m really living it up here at school. Fun times all around.

I Find Lentils Completely Incomprehensible

So it’s Thursday. Basically my day where I don’t really leave the room, but I still have a ton of work to do. I went down to the mailbox to see if my textbook was in and it wasn’t in there. My RA was working the desk though and she checked the unsorted mail for me and my textbook was back there. So I majorly lucked out. This means I managed to get all of my US Government work done on time this week. That class will be the hardest just because I keep forgetting about it. I hoping if I just get in the practice of doing that work on Tuesday and Thursday then I won’t have a problem. I also got switched to the first trial in Revolutionary American, which gives me more work. I’m a little bummed that I’m not a Loyalist anymore, but I get to protest the Townshend Acts, which might be fun. Basically I’m a Patriot now.

Otherwise, everything’s still pretty basic right now. My plans for world domination continue during my political science class. I have my busy day tomorrow so I will have no down time before driving home. Sadly, I will also miss the new Doctor Who episode with the wedding this weekend. I should hopefully be able to catch up Sunday or Monday night. Hopefully I won’t forget anything like my heels or my razor when I come home for the weekend; that’s my biggest concern.

In case anyone was wondering, the post title comes from an episode of Dollhouse. I started watching it recently and it’s pretty good. It is a Whedon television show, however, so I’m not expecting a happy ending. I’m actually usually sitting there just waiting for someone to get stabbed, because I know it’s coming.

Anyway, that’s it for today. I probably won’t post again until Monday because I won’t have the time tomorrow or this weekend.

The World Is A Mess And I Just Need To Rule It

Since I have not posted in a week, I decided it would be good to write something up real quick. I’ve been really tired from the whole adjustment period of summer to school that I haven’t felt like posting. Anyway, there was a three day weekend with Labor day and I decided to take it easy. I had to get my emissions test taken care of on Saturday and it only took like five minutes, so I stopped at the Dollar Store and Maurices. I got a new dress, a skirt, some Ramen and pizza chips. I spent the other two days taking it easy and catching up on some of my shows. The new season of Doctor Who premiered. It was pretty good, but I’m worried about some spoilers for the fifth episode. Additional note: the next episode is called “Dinosaurs on A Spaceship.”

Class-wise everything is going pretty good. There’s a lot of reading, especially for the online class. I’m beginning to see the problem of becoming a political science minor during an election year. Once again, I’m the lowly Republican who just sits in the corner and tries not to get their head bit off. The other result is that instead of thinking “Wow, politics is so wonderfully complicated,” I can see how simple everything is and how stupid everyone else is. I should seriously get a career in politics, I would be great at it because I can see how everything is manipulated and presented in a way to gain or lose votes. Seriously. I have already come up with a plan if I ever did feel like taking over the country. Sadly, I have no interest in doing so or dealing with stupid people, so my plan will remain unfulfilled.

Anyway, that’s basically it. I’m still waiting for a textbook to come in from Amazon. I probably spend the rest of the afternoon working on more reading.

The Board of Education Took Away My Parole

So I figured it’s the first day of school, so I figured I should do a post before I forget about the blog and then October comes with no posts. Basically this was the start of my really hard days with four classes and only a quick hour break for lunch. Principles of Nutrition seems like it will be okay I guess. It’s one of those big classes in the auditorium, so a lot of note taking and they’ll be slight bit of group work. The professor said that we could print out the lecture slides to lessen how much notes we have to take, but I doubt I’ll do that. For one, ink and paper are expensive and for two, I tend to remember things better if I write it down.

From there it is a bus ride to the other side of campus where I have to walk to the middle of campus to get to my European Politics class. Sadly, my summer political science professor also teaches this one and it looks like it will be a lot of work. It’s also a small class that relies a lot on participation and discussions, which I do not enjoy. After my lunch break I have American West History, which is small and boring thus far. The professor has no public speaking skills and kept saying umm and uh a lot. He also said that one of our books goes by themes instead of chronological order and it deals with lots of “advanced conceptual ideas,” and he can help us if we need. Meanwhile I’m sitting there like “really? I’ve read books like that before and didn’t even notice a difference.”

Revolutionary America will definitely be my favorite class. The professor is really fun and we get to do a mock trial later on. We’ll get to be in character and argue about issues of the time. I want to be a witness so I get to be a historical character. The only down side is that it comes with a six to ten page research paper.

Basically that is it. I have one class tomorrow, plus work for my online class and my homework. I also have to fight with the printer because it doesn’t want to install the drivers correctly. One more additional note, the new chair is awesome.

Curse Your Sudden But Inevitable Betrayal

So I guess I haven’t posted at all this year, but that’s probably going to be the norm for the year. My Anthropology professor decided that we have to have a ton of reading and assignments, despite it being a 100 level class. And I have a scene to act in and a different one to direct. So this weekend I will probably read a bunch of plays and try to memorize my lines. It also means that the week my acting scene is due is the same week that my first ethnography and first Chinese paper are due. For me taking less credits I still have a ton of work. But hopefully I’ll be able to go home more anyway.

Anywho, Kyle and Carlin went to see Beauty and the Beast tonight, which I have no interest in paying ten bucks to see. So I’m in the room, watching Doctor Who. I’m only like four episodes until the end, plus like five specials. I’ve also started watching Firefly too. Although I found out a few spoilers for the movie so I’m in no hurry to get to the end where several people die. (The post title is actually from Firefly).

Did my monologue today. It seemed to go over pretty good. It also helps that this is like my new favorite monologue. And speaking of monologues, One Act auditions are coming up. As much as I would want to, I’m so busy and definitely don’t have the energy for rehearsals on top of everything. Especially since I’m going to be running rehearsals of my own for Directing. That is if I can find a play. I ordered a bunch from the library so hopefully there’ll be at least one good one.

Other than work, there’s pretty much nothing going on. I only have one class this Friday, although we will have directing the next two Fridays. And this class doesn’t start until 3:30, so I get to sleep in and take most of the day off. It’s also Fong’s class, so it goes by super quick. Although the annoying girls from my Russian class are in there, which makes it less enjoyable. Why do girls see the need to loudly talk constantly in class? I really don’t care about every detail of these random people’s lives. Speaking of loud people, the neighbors decided seven am was a great time to start blaring “The Circle of Life.” I don’t mind the choice, but I don’t like being woken up.

Now, When You Do This Without Getting Punched, You’ll Have More Fun

So I decided to read some of my old blog posts and I noticed a common theme in the early ones is how tired I am. My thought is “Past Brittany, you have mono, that is why you are tired.”

Classes were cancelled today. It’s nice because when it started snowing last night everyone was up screaming and throwing snowballs at the window until like 4am. I actually got up and put in my earplugs, which helped a little. I was so tired I was going to skip Russian and just go to Speech and China. We got the text and call at 6:20 am and you could hear everyone on campus start to cheer. Especially our loudish neighbors. They’re not as bad as last year’s neighbors, but we still hear them from time to time. One of the guys and the girls all started to talk really loud and sing annoying songs, but then we heard the other guy get really grumpy that he got woken up. Meanwhile I'm thinking, “At least one of you has a normal sense of time and sleep.”

Me and Carlin slept in late then, since we had been kept up by annoying people. The TV was out, so we decided to watch The Lord of the Rings again. Right now we are on part one of The Two Towers.

To make this day better, all three of my tests for this week have now been pushed to next week. There was also good food today. I had pierogies for lunch and chicken for dinner.

To top it all off, my care package came! And there were homemade brownies included!! My favorite!!

I still have classes tomorrow though. I’m trying to figure out if I can wear my yoga pants under my jeans cause it’s too cold to just wear jeans to class, but I’ll get overheated if I wear tights/leggings and have to put the yoga pants over them.

Hopefully everyone will have calmed down about the snow tonight. I really want sleep. I was really angry last night when I kept being woken up.

I Miss Conversations that Don’t Start With “This Killer Truck”

So I’ve finally got a lull in my workload this week, so I decided I’d actually work on my blog instead of playing Mah Jong. Especially since it’s already midterms and I’ve only posted once this semester. I just seem to be busy with papers or tests or both and when I’m not working I kind of feel like vegging.

Other than the ginormous workload, this semester’s been pretty good. None of my professors make me totally crazy. Some of Andrea’s ideas are a little weird, but I like having a class where we get to move around, so it makes up for it. I really like the Suzuki work; it’s sort of like a mix between dance and martial arts and it’s pretty fun. I’m not so fond of the monologue work. Finding verbs and metaphors for our monologues just doesn’t help me that much.

We had Massage Day in Stage Speech today. It is officially the best thing ever. We got into partners and did head, neck, back, leg, and arm massages. The head massages are awesome. I think it comes from Mom rubbing my head when I was a baby to put me to sleep, but we did it in class and I almost fell asleep. On a side note, when I was walking into class today, I could hear the orchestra warming up. I noticed that I was subconsciously moving my fingers in the correct patterns to play the cello to the warm up. It kind of made me miss playing my cello. I’ll have to practice over winter break I guess.

Carlin’s class has been cancelled for Monday and will probably be canceled on Friday too, so she gets a four day weekend. I’m super jealous. With all this work I’m doing I’ll be glad to finally get a vacation.

We did go to see The Lion King in 3D last weekend. It was amazing. It’s like it was made for 3D before people were really doing movies with 3D in mind. I had forgotten how much I enjoy Lion King, especially since I haven’t seen it since like elementary school. Although now I can see all of the morals and lessons and well, plot, that you are supposed to get from watching it. Before it was more like “cool, lions. Mufasa dies, Simba becomes king,” and that was pretty much that. I put my 3D glasses on my Basset Hound bobble head, so now he can be a hipster.

So I’ll probably head home this weekend. Carlin has a group project this weekend and I have to see Big Love next week, so once again we’re going home on different days. At least her parents will be coming to get her, so it’s not my problem. Last time I went home, I brought up a bunch of winter clothes, since it was really cold up here. Now the weather has decided to be warm, so I don’t really need all the sweaters and stuff yet. Of course, Carlin keeps the room pretty cold, so I don’t really wear shorts either.

On a sort of pointless note, I found this adorable gif and it made me really want to see the pets, so it’ll be nice to go home.