Some procrastination and a little nostalgia

It has been such a long time since I've written anything on here, and even longer since I actually wrote here with any regularity. It seems crazy, but considering everything that is going on, I guess I'm not really surprised. Also...I don't even know why I write anything here; I'm pretty sure no one reads it. And maybe that's ok. Whatever.

Today started the rapid descent to through the rest of the semester. It is already pretty scary that we're in April so quickly, but especially since we only have four more weeks of actual classes left. In other words...17 days of class left before finals. Eeek!

I'm starting to realize that I am going to have to make up for the fact that I really didn't have anything of great consequence due in the first two-thirds of the semester. This week begins the work on my course/major project for Keegan's lame 202 class. I also am in the midst of working on a creative project and a final paper for Ladino's Native American Lit class. There's also a paper due in Theology in two weeks. Oh yea, and I haven't even started to think about what I'm going to do for Dornsife's final project...something I might want to give a few minutes thought to since I need to do well on it especially given my grade on the midterm project.

All of these major assignments come at a very inopportune time in regards to rowing. We are about halfway through our season, with all of our biggest regattas coming up. The schedule for the rest of the semester:

This week:
Practice today-Friday (yes, that's right, practice on Good Friday at a Catholic school)
Saturday and Monday off for Easter Break

April 14: Duel vs. Alabama at Carter Lake, then 6 hour lake clean up

April 15: Upper Midwest Collegiate Sprints at Carter Lake

April 21: Great Plains Rowing Championships in Topeka, KS

April 27-28: Midwest Intercollegiate Rowing Championships in Oklahoma City, OK

Finals week: Practice Monday-Saturday

Week of May 7th:
Practice Monday-Wednesday
May 9: Leave for Philly
May 11-12: Dad Vail Regatta in Philadelphia, PA

Honestly, I'm not ready for the rest of the semester. I have huge doubts about whether or not I will be able to get everything done well in time. All I can hope is that everything will work out eventually. I've just gotta keep going day by day. Not the best strategy in the world, and not something I'm really used to, but there's no way I can get ahead since I'm not even caught up for what's going on tomorrow.

I'm excited for this summer even though there are so many questions about what will happen. Since Matt Bailed (the pro at Pinehurst) was asked to leave early last month and, as far as I know, there still has not been a replacement hired, I have no idea if I will be working there yet. I really hope the board gets smart and just promotes Bob to head pro and Ben to assistant pro because that would be the ideal situation that would probably get me a spot in the pro shop this summer. I guess I can't really start thinking about that yet since there's so much up in the air. Blegh.

Focus. On. The. Present.

That's about it. That, and I'm keeping my hopes up for the successful adoption of Buster, a 9 month old lab/retriever/beagle mix.

Time for bed. Early practice. Lots of work to do still.

Almost there

Only two days and nine hours until we leave for Austin on Saturday morning. Luckily, only two more classes left. And we're supposed to get 2-4 inches of snow tonight, and 3-5 inches tomorrow during the day. I'm pretty excited to get to scrape the snow off my car tomorrow morning before practice at 5am.

And now its probably time to start working on my poetry analysis...

Massive procrastination

So, since I really don't feel like studying for tomorrow's philosophy exam just yet, I decided to do some procrastination here, since I am never able to post anymore. Honestly, looking at these high schoolers(?) blog about college sports convinced me.

And here are a couple movies I need to add to last time's post...

The Notebook - I was pleasantly surprised by this movie...maybe a little too much chick-flick-iness, but it was alright overall.
Because I Said So - Not great, but it was a good time because of who I was with when we saw it.
Three Men and a Baby - Definitely one of the best movies from my 80s childhood. I was freaking ecstatic when I found out it was on TV...so I taped it. Excellent movie.

Only 18 days, 12 hours, and 31 minutes until we leave for spring break in Austin! I can't believe how quickly this semester has been going by so far. It is absurd to think that we've been in class for 5 weeks already, especially since today seems like the first day all semester that I've had to actually do something...and that was just a 20 question quiz for theology.

And now, perhaps, I'll go do some work. Or maybe I'll continue searching for music to download since Milo (iPod) and Otis (iBook) freaked out a little bit last night, causing me to lose some of my beloved music.

Complete boredom

New movies I've seen in the last month or so, in no particular order...

Little Miss Sunshine
The Holiday
Night at the Museum
Casino Royale
Van Wilder
Charlotte's Web
Animal House
Hidalgo
Thirteen Days
V for Vendetta
Over the Hedge
The Day After Tomorrow

4 pages down, 44 to go

I just got back from playing laser tag with the team (actually, there were only 7 of us). It was so much fun and I am so glad I decided to go. That served as my break for the day and now its time to get back to my papers...yea, in just a minute.

It turns out I'm pretty good at laser tag. It also turns out that the 7 of us were able to beat like ten 7 or 8 year olds (ish). It was a lot of fun. I hope we're able to get out there again during finals week, perhaps with a few more people.

The schedule for the next two weeks:

Today:
writing papers
maybe going to watch the Avs game at my aunt's house

Tomorrow:
writing papers
Jill's baby shower at 4pm

Monday:
Middle Eastern World extra credit due

Tuesday:
4 page response paper due (English Lit)
10 page final paper draft due (English Lit)
25 page Darfur genocide paper due (Interpreting Texts)
Informal Essay rewrite due (Interpreting Texts)...probably not gonna get that one done though

Wednesday:
Orgo lab final

Thursday:
Interpreting Texts final

Friday:
10-12 page paper due (English & American Lit)

Finals Week:

Monday:
Organic Chem final 10-11:40am
Middle Eastern World final 6-7:40pm

Thursday:
Interpreting Texts final (send 25 page paper out for publication) 8am
English Lit Final Paper due by 10am

Tuesday:
Buy 1 get 1 free Laser Tag!

Friday:
English & American Lit Final Paper due by 8am
FLIGHT HOME AT 3:30pm!

And now its time to go get some of those papers done so I can watch the Avs game tonight.