Unpacking

Ok, so most of this has now been unpacked and put away... but still, you see why it took me so long!

Book Sale!

Well, I finally sorted the photos I took at the library's semi-annual book and plant sale last Saturday. Here are a few highlights:

Fortunately, the weather was just perfect.

My mother showing off her plants.

Settling In

Well, I finally got my computer set up, and thanks to our lovely new router, I'm online as well! I'll try to keep Bast turned off or at least sign off when I'm away-- and it's going to be very hot up here, so that probably won't be too often. In the meantime however, I'm around :)

Funny, That....

It's strange how people's minds work sometimes, isn't it?

:link:

Such a Poetry Geek...

I would totally want to get this shirt if it weren't brown xD

Sigh...

Every time I think about study abroad things, I get more depressed. The Belfast program, apparently, is only in the fall, and if I do get to study abroad it has to be in the spring of next year, because my senior year I have to take a fall and spring combination course while writing my honors thesis-- and yes, I am determined to do that and graduate in the honors college. Studying abroad spring of my junior year would also be the optimal time to do research, so I could write my paper on something celtic and awesome. But apparently, fate is against me. If I go to Glasgow, even through Millersville the worst-case scenario in USD (assuming the exchange rates don't go too crazy) is $14500 for one semester, and that's probably an optimistic worst-case scenario. Going to U College Cork through another university is even worse ($15500, and you might say, what's another $1000? but believe me, it's quite a lot when one doesn't remotely have the $10000+ to make up the difference in cost.) For reference, Millersville tuition is $6,398 annually.

At this point I don't even know why I bother to dream.

Artsy Stuff

Well, I finally decided to get a DeviantArt gallery for my artsy photographs and the few photomanips I've begun to accumulate (things like this tend to happen when I'm avoiding other things, like finals week studying!). I haven't quite figured out the print system yet, but when I do I think I'll enable some prints for the files that will support it (I also need to figure out the specs) and, who knows, someone might actually want to buy one. It's a long shot... there's so much art and I don't really have any way of putting myself out there... but it's worth a try.

*Snicker*

Not only is this a bad math joke, I understand it and it's very fitting for what my calculus final project entails!

Spring is Here Again...

Happy Beltane!

Sick

I hate colds :(

The Chronicles of Riddick

I have written a haiku summing up my thoughts on the entire movie.

Silly and random.
Why do his eyes look so wierd?
There were no sex scenes.

Day of Silence

Today is the Day of Silence.

The Communist Party Forever!

But seriously... I know I haven't written anything in a while. Uni has been keeping me busy, between classes and my job in the archives and the snapper... it really is soul-consuming. I just registered for next semester's classes this morning. The schedule will probably wear me down (an 8am class twice a week and a weekly evening class on Wed) but I'm excited, as always, to experience some new classes. Finals start May 7th, which, when you think about it, is less than a month away already o.O;
I have a job waiting for me when I get back-- the local public library where I've practically grown up is going to hire me part-time, with as many hours as possible. After a month or so I'll decide if I need to look for a second job or not to meet my summer earnings goal so I can, hopefully, study abroad somewhere in the UK next year.
Also, I'm hoping to spend some quality time writing this summer. A little inspiration would be nice too... I'm a little bogged-down in the middle of "Night" right now and trying to figure out how to move it forward without being too abrupt. I'll always have Friday and Sunday off during the summer, so maybe I'll be able to work on it then.
Other than plans for the future, I have so many little detail-esque things on my mind--deadlines, photo assignments, upcoming events-- and I'm really starting to understand the term "scatterbrained." But college is the best time of our lives...

Leave Me Alone and Let Me Eat Lunch in Peace

My Goodness...

Well, it has been a busy few weeks, hasn't it? The week before Spring Break is always filled with midterms and the stresses of last-minute assignments, and of course the week of is never quite long enough to be really relaxing (it feels like I've been away from Millersville forever, but it all seems a little hazy in-between), and now my first week back is filled with "welcome to reality" assignments approaching and homework as usual.

*sigh*

Jason!

This took me a while to make, but it's totally worth it! Isn't he cute? ...Well, of course, "menacing" and similar adjectives also come to mind ;)

Yay for Snarky Horoscopes!

Scorpio

October 24 - November 21

There's a time and a place for everything, as you'll soon discover after falling into the rhinoceros pit during mating season.

A Few Words

anthropology
atmosphere
bureaucracy
coffee
definitely
occurrence
strength
squirrel
yogurt

OMG SNOW!!!

pop culture reference

The Creation Narrative of a Cat Lover

In the beginning there was only the First Cat, and an Earth that was cold and bare. But the First Cat brought forth a hairball, and it rose into the sky, and as it rose it gathered fire, and the Earth was warmed.
And once the Earth was warmed, the First Cat licked the ground with Her rough tongue, and the land changed shape, becoming hills and valleys. With Her paws, the First Cat scratched holes in the ground, and with Her claws she pierced the sky and rain fell, filling the oceans, and plants began to grow.
Then the First Cat sniffed the ground, and She sneezed. And from the dust that arose emerged the animals of the land, and they fled from Her. And the First Cat twitched Her tail, and the dust that was flung into the air became a great flock of birds; and they also flew from Her. And when the First Cat then sharpened her claws upon the rocks, chips of stone fell into the ocean and these became the fish and the creatures of the sea; and they swiftly swam away.
And the First Cat was pleased, and She began to groom herself, and some of Her fur fell onto the ground. And the First Cat began to purr, and as she purred the fur mixed with the dirt and took form, and the forms took two shapes: cats of all sizes in the likeness of the First Cat, although because they came from different strands of fur their markings varied, and humans, who were mostly bare because there was less of the First Cat's fur in their forms. And these did not flee from Her, but looked upon Her in awe, and to the humans the First Cat said,
"You shall be my responsibility, and you shall live on the Earth that I have made, for you have not fled before me." And to the small cats the First Cat said, "You shall stay with these humans, and care for them, for they have less fur than you; and you shall hunt the mice that eat the grain and the birds that disturb their crops; and you shall remind them of your worth by showing them what you have caught." And to the large cats the First Cat said, "You shall hunt the large animals that came from the ground, and fled from me; and they shall ever flee before you; and you shall teach these humans humility and remind them that they have been made with less fur."
And it was so, and the First Cat was pleased.