Happiness is having a scratch for every itch.

Ogden Nash

My Legend of Sleepy Hollow rewrite is getting there. I have the book made (cardstock sewn together) and all the dialogue written. I just have to finish the drawings and color it all. An artist I am not. But I'm sure my professor will be beyond pleased. Then I have to write a two-page artist's statement and it'll be ready to turn in Monday! (I realize how mediocre my artistic skill is, haha. Whatevs, man, whatevs...)

Then I have to finish my Victorian lit paper. Two mini-essays, a bunch of critical sentences (eaaaasy) and an outline on Alice's identity in Alice in Wonderland. I can't wait to turn that sucker in. That class was like pulling teeth...interesting, but so boring. And creepy.

Trust me on that.

School is out Wednesday. Jane comes home tomorrow. I still have to save up money for OneThing.

Gotta talk to financial aid on Monday...then study for two days for Shakespeare and American lit. Blaaaah. My brain is already on holiday.

After reading some man's critical blog entry on Lou Engle and Jason Upton, my soul is in turmoil. It saddens me that Christians can't all see eye-to-eye. I wonder when God will move us into unity...


School ends next Wednesday. I have four and a half more pages to write for my British Novel paper...and I have to start again on my Sleepy Hollow project. My professor is being kind and pushing the due date back for that, so I don't have to worry about turning it in until next week. Now I can continue to focus on my paper. I'm pleased with it so far, but it's also difficult to write. 


I mean, it's not that...but the DESIRE to want to write. I'm sure many of you can empathize with that, eh?


Had a Sunday meeting with everyone. It was good. I hope to start praying more regularly again. I hate feeling convicted, but it's good. I always say I don't have the time, but I really do. I just want my heart to be in the right place...I want to pray again, and feel that desire, that hunger, to pray again.


I love that we have the Holy Spirit. Thank you, Jesus. <3

We are not diplomats but prophets, and our message is not a compromise but an ultimatum. 

AW Tozer

Don't you just love migraines?


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I feel like barfing.

:)

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I've been trying to sleep for the past two hours, but it evades me. Oh, wallow, wallow, self-pity, whiiiine.

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Why do I have to start feeling crappy when my Thanksgiving break starts? Lame!

Status:

pattern still not finished (I haven't touched it, mind)
bought a crap ton of felt (4 for $1! Good deal)
Bertram paper almost complete
haven't started Bartleby
haven't started Sleepy Hollow
Joseph Andrews paper on hiatus (should start soon)

Thanksgiving is looming closer. :) I'm excited. Can't wait to eat!

Classes were okay. My American lit. was canceled, but I still got there the same time as always (7:30ish). I bought some mango flavored gum. It's really weird. If you like fruity, then get it. Totally worth the buy. It's like an explosion of flavor in your mouth. My Bertram paper is due Monday...and I have to present my findings. Not looking forward to that. People don't like Bertram from All's Well That Ends Well, but I have a soft spot for him. He's just a victim of circumstance! And he's a wangsty teenage boy! D: He can't help his hormones.

And my Bartleby homework is due....I still have to get it done. Good news: my grammar class will be over the week after Thanksgiving. I'm looking forward to that. Today's test was ridiculously easy; it was about CAPITALIZATION. Hopefully I'll be able to retain all my grammar skills after it's over. I should review clauses and crap, but I'll do that later!

As I walked to my car after class today, I decided to pass by the Arts & Music building. I love doing that. The way I go I pass the music hall⎯which is AWESOME. There's always something going on. When I passed by today, an attractive boy (okay, I only saw his back) was practicing his cello. He was sitting up on a stool, bent over the instrument. It was beautiful. I would have stood there listening, but that would have been weird (and I was running late!) so I left.

Lauren is moving to Seattle tomorrow. :( That makes me really sad, but it's what she needs to do. She's prayed about it, and she feels like the Lord is leading her out there. The bad thing is that she's driving ALL by herself. It'll take her about four days. I hope I can visit her. I got to hang out with her for an hour today. It was so nice! We met up at Panera and chatted and hugged for forever.

I need to stop spending money on eating out. I don't do it too often, but it all adds up. Plus, I'm not getting many hours next week, which sucks. Maybe I can work the next Saturday and Sunday...I have two days off (Thursday and Friday) which I don't want. I need the money! Hopefully I can get my foot in the door. Gotta pay the bills and save up for OneThing!

Group last night was good. We talked about a theme that's been going on in my life: God's love for us. It's just something I've been thinking about since Tuesday evening when I watched the Student Revival stuff on IHOP's webstream. I won't go into detail, but I got some prayer and it was much-needed. We also listened to David Brymer's "Do You Know the Way You Move Me?" It's soooo good. 20 minutes long, but good. Funny thing, I was listening to it at work, too. Double dose of awesome. :) That's why I think God's trying to tell me something, haha.

<3

it begins

Starting to make Christmas presents NOW. Let's see how far I get...

Two designs made.
One pattern ALMOST cut out. Not yet sewn.

Less than a month of school left.

Let's see...I have a paper due Monday. I have to finish The Recess and start Sense and Sensibility. I have another paper that's due the....11th? 14th? 17th? of December. I have another project (writing and illustrating a version of "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" for kids⎯should be fun!) due whenever that second paper is due... I don't want to read anymore.  Over Thanksgiving I get to read Hamlet for the first time. Somehow I got out of reading it in high school...and OH. I get to read Melville's "Bartleby, the Scrivener" again. Ojoy. I don't remember liking it too much. I get to analyze his use of "walls" in the text. Goody.

I think I might hate reading.

Just for now.

Give me a month to rest my eyes.

Wow

http://www.ihop.org/

Okay, so, seriously? If you want to see God doing some amazing things, go to the IHOP website and click the free live webstream to see what He's doing to students all across America. It's AMAZING. Revivals! :D I want to go.

It's worth just half an hour of your time. They play live-feed from 6PM to midnight, and for this time it's all free. Apparently on the weekends it's always free, but because of this God breakthrough, even weekdays are free.

maybe....

Maybe this year I'll actually pledge Handmade. But I won't buy...I'll create! :D Now that this weekend is over, my five weeks of hell is done. I can finally breathe easier, especially knowing I graduate next Fall. I have my schedule for the Spring, too. I need to get a loan...Sallie Mae, anyone?

I go Tuesdays and Thursdays, pretty much all day.
American Folklore
A Survey of British Literature 2 (I'll be with a friend!)
The Contemporary American Novel (I'll be with a friend!)
Stars and Galaxies with a lab (I'll be with a friend!!!!)

I don't know the exact times...but pretty much all that semester I won't have free time in the evening, unless it's after work on Monday, Wednesday, or Friday....Ah well. It shouldn't be too bad. :)