It's gonna be a long one.
Just a warning, yo. Fuck, it's cold. </random>
So what am I doing when I should be doing my Latin homework (so I can have the whole weekend free)? I'm putzing around online and doing some thinking. Ah, whatever. I get some of my best stuff done while procrastinating. ;) It's nice to have the apartment to myself again. It was fun when Jo and Nicole visited, and it was fun to have Remy here, but I was going kind of crazy coz of the mess and the constant dealing with someone else, so it's GREAT to have my little studio clean and to myself. (Isn't that hilarious? I've apparently turned into bit of a clean freak. Heh.) I sent an email application to the folks at Stonewall Ohio, to see what I could do to volunteer, and I'm trying to find an organization in Columbus that's feminist-oriented. (Yes, that's right. I'm turning into a ball-busting bitch! WHOO! It's fun. When do I get my t-shirt, huh?!)
My writing has suffered recently, partly because I've turned my attention to not just RPing but to a) the election, b) people visiting, c) actually READING again (GASP! do you have ANY idea how little reading I've done this year? it's shameful) d) doing homework as religiously as I can, new for me, that, e) ...having a life. Oh, and god dammit, I was getting really sick of NaNo, but now I've gone and gotten myself a journal. It was originally for recording dreams, but now it's sort of a multi-purpose black notebook. I'm putting dreams and story stuff and ideas and generally anything and everything in it. And it feels good. So I guess that was my roundabout way of saying I'm doing NaNo after all, just...not registering for it. GOD DAMN YOU.
And... lately I haven't been putting up particularly intelligent LJ posts. My best ones tend to come when I'm ranty and righteously pissed off at some buttmunch who succeeded in getting my panties in a twist, and those partly because I do try to be amusing. But. I...like LJ when I can use it as a forum, particularly because I like to think I have some of the best people around on my F'list.
I had about 3 different things I was going to go off on a huge tangent about (feminism, activism, and politics) but I don't want this post to turn into a fucking manifesto, and I DO have other stuff to get to. I think I kind of like always feeling a little too busy, like I have just too much that I'll never quite finish. Means I'm not stagnating.
Oh, and when did I develop a crush? I am crushing on my friend Derek, of all people. (One or two of you might have met him!) I've known him for two years, we've been in three classes together, and we share similar interests (religion and anthropology) and I suddenly discovered that I very much like him, Libertarian pot-smoking dirty hippie that he is. *laughs* He's adorable. He also wants to be a professor of religion, like me, but mainly (again like me) because he wants to keep doing research and learning and, well, what better way to keep doing what you want (learning) than to go to college for god knows how long? We suck. It's great. We're making plans to go backpacking through Europe together one summer. God knows when....
So much for going on a ranty tangent! I have other things I want to do. Like bust out my Milton text and read me some Paradise Lost. And I need to figure out if I'm dropping Bio or not, coz I got my midterm back and it was baaaaad (just like everyone else in the class, apparently), and he's not saying if he's going to curve it or not till the end of the quarter. *bitches* But I wanna graduate on time, goddammit! But I ALSO want to get my GPA up so I can get into aforementioned good grad school, and dropping Bio and then taking on more hours at work so I can have more money (for, say, CHRISTMAS PRESENTS, not to mention gas and stuff) is very appealing. Fmeh. I'll ask my dad. It's his money paying for the quarter, anyway. >.>
And on that note, I'm gonna go now. </utterly>
So what am I doing when I should be doing my Latin homework (so I can have the whole weekend free)? I'm putzing around online and doing some thinking. Ah, whatever. I get some of my best stuff done while procrastinating. ;) It's nice to have the apartment to myself again. It was fun when Jo and Nicole visited, and it was fun to have Remy here, but I was going kind of crazy coz of the mess and the constant dealing with someone else, so it's GREAT to have my little studio clean and to myself. (Isn't that hilarious? I've apparently turned into bit of a clean freak. Heh.) I sent an email application to the folks at Stonewall Ohio, to see what I could do to volunteer, and I'm trying to find an organization in Columbus that's feminist-oriented. (Yes, that's right. I'm turning into a ball-busting bitch! WHOO! It's fun. When do I get my t-shirt, huh?!)
My writing has suffered recently, partly because I've turned my attention to not just RPing but to a) the election, b) people visiting, c) actually READING again (GASP! do you have ANY idea how little reading I've done this year? it's shameful) d) doing homework as religiously as I can, new for me, that, e) ...having a life. Oh, and god dammit, I was getting really sick of NaNo, but now I've gone and gotten myself a journal. It was originally for recording dreams, but now it's sort of a multi-purpose black notebook. I'm putting dreams and story stuff and ideas and generally anything and everything in it. And it feels good. So I guess that was my roundabout way of saying I'm doing NaNo after all, just...not registering for it. GOD DAMN YOU.
And... lately I haven't been putting up particularly intelligent LJ posts. My best ones tend to come when I'm ranty and righteously pissed off at some buttmunch who succeeded in getting my panties in a twist, and those partly because I do try to be amusing. But. I...like LJ when I can use it as a forum, particularly because I like to think I have some of the best people around on my F'list.
I had about 3 different things I was going to go off on a huge tangent about (feminism, activism, and politics) but I don't want this post to turn into a fucking manifesto, and I DO have other stuff to get to. I think I kind of like always feeling a little too busy, like I have just too much that I'll never quite finish. Means I'm not stagnating.
Oh, and when did I develop a crush? I am crushing on my friend Derek, of all people. (One or two of you might have met him!) I've known him for two years, we've been in three classes together, and we share similar interests (religion and anthropology) and I suddenly discovered that I very much like him, Libertarian pot-smoking dirty hippie that he is. *laughs* He's adorable. He also wants to be a professor of religion, like me, but mainly (again like me) because he wants to keep doing research and learning and, well, what better way to keep doing what you want (learning) than to go to college for god knows how long? We suck. It's great. We're making plans to go backpacking through Europe together one summer. God knows when....
So much for going on a ranty tangent! I have other things I want to do. Like bust out my Milton text and read me some Paradise Lost. And I need to figure out if I'm dropping Bio or not, coz I got my midterm back and it was baaaaad (just like everyone else in the class, apparently), and he's not saying if he's going to curve it or not till the end of the quarter. *bitches* But I wanna graduate on time, goddammit! But I ALSO want to get my GPA up so I can get into aforementioned good grad school, and dropping Bio and then taking on more hours at work so I can have more money (for, say, CHRISTMAS PRESENTS, not to mention gas and stuff) is very appealing. Fmeh. I'll ask my dad. It's his money paying for the quarter, anyway. >.>
And on that note, I'm gonna go now. </utterly>