Write It Down

1. My Bodum french press travel mug. Only, mine is chartreuse and says "make taste, not waste." A nifty 50% off at Ryan's.
2. Firefox Personas... adding a little flair to my web browser, lord knows I spend too much time staring at it!
3. Delicious Thai curry soup
4. These three songs (yeah, I realize these are all 'old news' blahblahblah)
5. Write or die

The answer is "yes!!!"
Also, as we all know, list making is beyond fun, so let the games begin!

Why is Proctoring fun?

• Pee man. He got up to pee after 15 minutes of starting his exam, then 45 minutes after that, with an explanation. "I drank too much water." OK. Thanks for the update, pal. 45 minutes after THAT he comes stomping down the aisle, shaking his head at himself (and probably cursing his tiny bladder). Three times in a 3 hour exam is the time to beat, ladies and gents.
• Mental breakdown man. Not even an hour into the exam he's laughing hysterically, his whole body shaking with the open mouthed silent laughter. What's so funny about "Evidence"? Or is it that you are no longer mentally sound after days of excruciating law school exams? Or were you craycray to begin with? I'm going with the last option.
• Birthday boy. The scantron sheet has a little spot for your birthday (who knows why) and one guy filled it out... I'll be sure to send you a card, number 3---.
  
• Pee:thirty? There's a certain point during the exam (happens to be right now, s'mattera fact) when EVERYONE has to pee like crazy, so it becomes a contest to see who can do the awkward 'my bladder is full' speedwalk to the front fastest without wetting themselves. I blame the dixie cup sized free coffees that the dining hall gives out. So easy to overindulge when you're tossing 'em back to get that full caffeine effect. And that leads me to my next item...
  
• Drinking dixie cup sized coffees. It's like a tea party! Pinkies out, ladies!
• Babysitting without the dirty diapers. I get to be the boss of kids who are far older and arguably more intelligent (well, maybe some of 'em...) than I am. What a power trip. I AM IN CHARGE!!!!
• ETA: The exam passwords. Sunny, Flower, London, Chowder. My perfect, soothing PNW blessing-upon-the-ears of an accent saying the word "chowder" to a roomful of temporary Bostonians cracked me up. Chowdurrr.
  

My list is slowly shrinking. Very slowly. Here's where I stand:

• US History midterm Thursday
• Haley House Friday morning
• Regular things (classes, work)
• CVS - travel shampoo, etc.
  
• pack (DO THIS THURSDAY. DO NOT PROCRASTINATE!)
• sell the rest of my t-shirts ( Sold two more, only two left!)
  

Pam, my friend Mackenzie's mom wrote on my facebook wall* about wanting a T-shirt to help send me to Ireland, so that's pretty cool.

I picked up my application for Galway yesterday and it looks fairly simple. The actual application itself is only 10 questions, things like last name, first name, parents names... etc. The hardest part will be putting down what classes I want to take. Of course, it won't be binding, but they want to have some idea what you'd like to take. I'll also have to get two academic references and one character reference, all from BC faculty. I think I'm going to ask Lad, my writing professor from last semester, and Prof Troxell, my PULSE professor, to do the academic references. I'll ask Phil for the character reference because he's said he'd be more than glad to do one for me many times. So that's pretty much straightened out. I think we have to write an essay of some sort, as well. A How Will Studying Abroad Tie Into Your Other Studies At BC type thing, which will be a piece o' cake.

I've got to look up the last 200 miles of the Yangtze and Mekong rivers for my history midterm... blech.

* I still stand by it not being OK for parents to have facebook

This week is going to be full of insanity and headless-chickenness, specifically me running around like one.

So, to keep me happy, a list:

• meeting with Glynn today at 3
• US History midterm Thursday
• Haley House tonight and Friday morning
• Regular things (classes, work)
• CVS - travel shampoo, etc. Converter? Disposable camera?
  
• laundry (DO THIS BEFORE THURSDAY. DO NOT PROCRASTINATE!)
  
• pack (DO THIS THURSDAY. DO NOT PROCRASTINATE!)
• sell the rest of my t-shirts

Another list:

• Crabgrass Frontier
• Clothes
  
• toiletries
• camera (digi & disposable? disposable only? what say you?)
• camera charger
• iPod
• fun book
• towel
• journal & addresses for postcards

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I feel better now. Also, good news! My package from my momster came today... well, sometime last week, actually. Turned out they delivered it to my old building, for reasons unknown. Also, I got an email from study abroad and I'm approved for the Galway program... which is AMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAZING. Now I can start the application process.