WOW... so, those were some sad and negative entries yesterday. *laughs* Honestly, I shouldn't call in entries when I'm in as bad a mood as I was yesterday. While there is the occasional funny moment, it just comes out as a giant gripe-fest. Nobody likes that.

I finally started reading one of my Anne Lamott books today (the one from way back in August... Bird by Bird), and now I'm hooked. I only got as far in as the introduction, and it turns out Ryan was right: it's like a female Donald Miller. Dammit. Now I've got to read everything she's ever written. And do I have time for that? No.

Quick recap of the past month and a half:
-Band week/other BUGWB things: exhausting but amazing. As ready as I was to be burned out on band, it was a matter of about five minutes into our first rehearsal and I got all giddy and excited again. I'm glad I came back for a fifth year; I've always been slow to get tired of things when compared to my peers, after all.

-Classes: Not so great. Academically, I will do just fine this semester, I'm just less than impressed by the presentation of material I'm being given. Mythology, which should be a very interesting class, is basically a repeat of my heritage class from this summer, except instead of the history of the church we're talking about the history of ancient myths. Believe me, it's far less exciting than it sounds. Do you care about the speculated actual location of the city of ancient Troy, if it did in fact even exist? Neither do I. Add on to that music history (interesting but dry) and geology (I learned all of this in eighth grade... seriouisly), and you've got a rather lackluster load of classroom activities. Thank God for handbells and musicianship. My Tuesday and Thursday afternoons are the highlights of my academic week.

But honestly, I'm just being bitter. I spent this spring learning Spanish from a giant bald man named "Chico" who spoke next to no English in an open-air classroom surrounded by orange trees and toucans. Of course I'm going to have a hard time returning to routine classwork.

-Misc: I have rekindled my passion for Whataburger taquitos, given up drinking, started working part time (super duper part time... 4-10 hours a month) at Express, gotten hooked on Grey's Anatomy, started falling for somebody new, and am still speaking Spanish with whomever will listen (and some whomevers who don't... I'm not picky). My old cell phone broke in half, so I replaced it with an almost identical model except that the new one is black instead of silver.

And that's all I have to say about that.

Currently listening to - Take It Back by barenaked ladies (off of the new CD, Barenaked Ladies Are Me... get on iTunes and give it a listen, it's great stuff)

Ashlee Ford: I will be back. I promise. You're right, I've been far too lax lately. It's high time that was fixed. Look for something this weekend.