craig thompson

On this day (December 3rd)

ONE YEAR AGO-- we met Orlando Bloom!
TWO YEARS AGO-- I posted something that I still think is really funny so i'm going to re-post it!

Some things to Do Before the Inaugural:
> >
> > 1. Get that abortion you've always wanted.
> >
> > 2. Drink a nice clean glass of water.
> >
> > 3. Cash your social security check.
> >
> > 4. See a doctor of your own choosing.
> >
> > 5. Spend quality time with your draft age child/grandchild.
> >
> > 6. Visit Syria, or any foreign country for that matter.
> >
> > 7. Get that gas mask you've been putting off buying.
> >
> > 8. Hoard gasoline.
> >
> > 10. Borrow books from library before they're banned - Constitutional
> > law books, Catcher in the Rye, Harry Potter, Tropic of Cancer,
> > etc.
> >
> > 11. If you have an idea for an art piece involving a crucifix - do it
> > now.
> >
> > 12. Come out - then go back in - HURRY!
> >
> > 13. Jam in all the Alzheimer's stem cell research you can.
> >
> > 14. Stay out late before the curfews start.
> >
> > 16. Go see Bruce Springsteen before he has his "accident".
> >
> > 17. Go see Mount Rushmore before the Reagan addition.
> >
> > 18. Use the phrase - "you can't do that - this is America".
> >
> > 19. If you're white - marry a black person, if you're black - marry a
> > white person.
> >
> > 21. Take a walk in Yosemite, without being hit by a snowmobile or a
> > base-jumper.
> >
> > 22. Enroll your kid in an accelerated art or music class.
> >
> > 23. Start your school day without a prayer.
> >
> > 24. Pass on the secrets of evolution to future generations.
> >
> > 26. Learn French.
> >
> > 28. Attend a commitment ceremony with your gay friends.
> >
> > 29. Take a factory tour anywhere in the US.
> >
> > 30. Try to take photographs of animals on the endangered species list.
> >
> > 31. Visit Florida before the polar ice caps melt.
> >
> > 32. Visit Nevada before it becomes radioactive.
> >
> > 33. Visit Alaska before "The Big Spill".
> >
> > 34. Visit Massachusetts while it is still a State

life is so busy. i really feel like a crazy college student. third year is so different from first. i am slightly annoyed right now. i am holding out for one big opportunity for this coming summer and i just found out that instead of being posted in december, it will be posted in mid march. MID MARCH. that means if i dont get it, i'll have about 2 months to figure out what i'm doing this summer. this has happened in the past and it isn't fun when you get rejected. they really should have stuck with december. on the positive side, this gives me more time to get myself ready to make everyone else who interviews look bad.

other than that....my life basically consists of mentorship. whenever i sit down to study, read, write a paper, talk to friends or family, eat, sleep, the phone rings with mentorship-related issues and i end up sorting them out into the wee hours of the night. i've been noticing myself complain a lot. but it's funny because it really isn't that bad. well, it sucks constantly being on the phone and going nuts, but it is so so worth it. i think so, or at least i feel so. it's one of those things that you pour yourself into, that drives you crazy with frustration, but that is so worth it. too bad what i really "should" be doing is studying for retarded psych classes.

i am so not a psychologist in the making. oh well, at least i know that.

so anyway, i have several things i need to conquer before i can enjoy the several things i am looking forward to. the former includes papers and finals. the latter includes italy and rosarito (haha, a funny combination). thats riiiight... rosarito with one hundred people! hahahaa a a a a

even when i'm stressed, i'm happy. i guess it's because i enjoy the stuff i'm stressed about. or because i know i kind of have a purpose (i think back to working at the college library and cringe... how are people still working there? ). or maybe it's because i have stuff to look forward to. whatever.

k im freaked out about stuff but the future makes me really really excited. especially certain possibilities: teaching, teaching abroad, working abroad, interning somewhere, trying to change something.

goodnight (choppyending)

the layout is under construction. I wanted something snowy...but the templates on blogger are severely limited. if anyone wants to change this, I dont mind (SONYA). I am supposed to be writing my paper, but I got bored after typing out my heading and one word: PARZIVAL. And so now I have just been playing around with the blog and eating cake. ughh. must focus. is it me or is it freezing? awesomely cold weather. on maybe its just my house because it looks awfully warm outside.

2.5 weeks left!! yay...and then I'm reading all thoughout break. all the books I only partially read for school: Inferno, Parzival, Roland (Ashley's probably laughing at me right now), as well as some books I've picked up but haven't started/finished: Memoirs of a Geisha (so I can watch the movie), and Master & Margarita (although I've been told by Sonya that it isnt as good in english). That is basically what I have down for my month long break--reading, and of course, eating. I love the idea that I don't have to do anything, and that I can fill my time with books and tea...my ideal winter break. I know, however, that it will be interrupted by social obligations.

I feel sorta horrible. I think entertaining my young cousins has made me sick. My throat is killing me! Dont ask me why, but I really want a raspy voice so I'm sorta hoping it gets worse. haha where's a sick monica when you need her?

okay enough. I've put this paper off for far too long already...