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| ...and some great movies have been made based on his
plays: Hamlet, West Side Story, The Talented Mr. Ripley, Waterworld,
Gladiator, Chocolat...
Every time I see anything about Shakespeare week at school I think of Orange County.
I should be working. But I'm writing something useless on here instead.
School is finally winding down. Only a few things left before I can relax:
- Rome in-class presentation (on concrete) and site presentation (in ROME!!!)
- One more Experiment Design write up
- Mechatronics project (almost done), quiz, and one homework set
- Robotics test
- Speech test and group project
- Finals OH WAIT, NO, I DON'T HAVE TO TAKE THOSE!!!! (I know at UT some classes never had finals, but here it's only graduating seniors that can be exempt, so this is an exciting thing.)
There are also two Baja competitions, but they're not til after graduation and Rome.
I was worried about my Rome presentation, but Dr. G said he liked my paper (!) so I am thinking it will be good after all.
I went last Wednesday and Friday nights without any sleep. Wednesday I was putting together all the Rome stuff in our super-organized technical notebooks and the night flew by, but I ended up getting everything in on time. Friday at 3 PM (when I was trying to take a nap to catch up on that other sleep I missed) I got called to make seats for the Baja car, which really isn't a big deal, except that they needed them the next day and I had to hand-sew Velcro to all of them. My fingers are all calloused now. So this is engineering....at least I wasn't taking apart an engine or something. I think this school may have too much of an interest in automotive engineering...being a mechanic isn't exactly suited for girls all the time. Sometimes things are heavy, or bolted on too tight or something, and then I feel dumb for not being able to do things. But I'm not! I'm just weak! And there's a big difference. But I won't worry about it. I know that the kind of engineering work I'm going to be doing is at a desk, and I am more than OK with that. Soon I won't have to touch a car part ever again, unless I decide I want to.
I've been wanting some sort of creative outlet lately. I can't wait to get an apartment to decorate. I think I'm going to try and make most of the artwork/decorations myself from old scraps of wallpaper or books or anything, really. I might paint a little. I'm not good at it, but I really enjoy it. I wish I had my mom's art genes. I want to get back to playing the piano, too. I haven't done that much since I graduated high school, except on breaks and stuff. I miss it. Also, I want to learn to play the violin. Then I can be a Decemberist.
I just went to taco bell with the girls on my floor. I am really going to miss living here. It's been really good for me. When I transfered here, I never thought I'd actually get attached to this many people. Or rather, that this many people would let me get attached to them. But I'll be able to visit next year. Greenville isn't far away.
So starting June 25th I'll be working as a real employee (not an intern!) at L-3. I kind of hope they let me travel or decide to let me be assigned at one of our sites overseas for a while. If not, they have a place in Phoenix, which happens to be my favorite U.S. city (I know that's weird, but it's always warm! how can you not like that?), so after a couple years I could always go there. But I will be happy to be close to my parents again for now. Weird, huh?
I guess I should start working now. I've wasted a sufficient amount of time on this for tonight!
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| My dad came home from the hospital! Once they knew what he had, they knew what medicine to give him. He still has to rest up for a while, but hopefully he'll be back to normal soon. Thanks to everyone for thinking of us and praying. Anyway...school isn't getting any easier here, so I should probably get back to work. 75 days til graduation!
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| ...also, the first post where I take the time to capitalize and punctuate. Get excited.
I'm feeling very mortal this week. My dad's been in the hospital for most of the week and I've been really worried about that. I haven't been able to sleep really well, and I kind of just wish I could be home with my family. Anyway, they finally figured out what was wrong with him today. He has some kind of parasite he picked up in Mexico. He hasn't kept any food down for a few weeks now so he's pretty weak and they're keeping him in the hospital. Mom says he should be fine and I shouldn't come home since I have so much to do. I think I'm just a little wary because they told me the same thing about Papaw at the end of last semester, and so when I finally did come home, it was too late. I know my dad is not in that kind of condition, but my worrying is not exactly rational. But, I guess I'm staying in Longview this weekend. Anyway, if anyone reads this, could you pray for my dad, that his new medication will work, and for my mom and I, that we don't worry ourselves sick? That would be very much appreciated.
So now I should write something happy....fREW ordered me the second season of Twin Peaks on DVD, and I can't wait to get it! It's tied with The Office I think for my favorite show of all time, even though they are two very different shows. Speaking of The Office, there was a new episode on tonight, so that was happy too. Oh, and since I am staying in Longview this weekend, I can still go out for Valentine's dinner with fREW on Saturday and the Flooders/G3 dinner on Sunday. And how can I not mention that I will be able to rack up the Baja hours. Thrilling. Ooh, and another good thing: my mom sent me a unicorn and candy and green gum in the mail for Valentine's day. Good stuffs.
I will probably not have time to update this thing with lots of words again until after graduation (which is getting closer, and then ROME!). Now I'm going to try that sleeping thing again.
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| i put fall fest pictures up on facebook.
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