I fail at reading.

So this is from last year and last summer. I just couldn't find time to read ANYTHING during the school year. I only was able to finish the last book. Which was fantastic btw.


1. Dragonhaven--Robin McKinley : 342 pages.
2. The Graveyard Book--Neil Gaiman : 307 pages.
3. City of Bones--Cassandra Clare : 496 pages.
4. Psych: The Mind Is A Terrible Thing to Read--William Rabkin : 288 pages.
5. The Time Traveler's Wife--Audrey Niffenegger : 537 pages.
SUMMER:
6. Invisible Monsters--Chuck Palahniuk : 297 pages.
7. Bloodsucking Fiends: A Love Story--Christopher Moore : 304 pages.
8. A Dirty Job--Christopher Moore : 416 pages.
9. Pride & Prejudice & Zombies--Jane Austen and Seth Graham-Smithe : 320 pages.
10. The Tales of Beedle the Bard--J.K. Rowling : 125 pages.
11. Watchmen--Alan Moore, Dave Gibbons, John Higgins, Len Wein : 408 pages.
12. City of Ashes--Cassandra Clare : 472 pages.
13. Lavinia--Ursula K. Le Guin : 279 pages.
14. Perfect Fifths--Megan McCafferty : 255 pages.
15. The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters Volume One--Gordon Dahlquist : 464 pages.
16. Dead Until Dark--Charlaine Harris : 292 pages.
17. The Sandman: Preludes and Nocturnes--Neil Gaiman : 234 pages.
18. The Sandman: The Doll's House--Neil Gaiman : 227 pages.
19. Living Dead in Dallas--Charlaine Harris : 291 pages.
20. The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters Volume Two--Gordon Dahlquist : 415 pages.

Total = 6,769 pages.

Oh well. Never reached 20,000 pages. Here goes another year.

1. The Sandman: Dream Country--Neil Gaiman : 160 pages.

I am in the middle of like 5 books. Let's see if in these last two weeks of winter break I can get some reading donesies. =]

The Daily Grind.

Sooo about all those books I was going to read this summer. Errr...well it didn't really happen. I'm pretty damn disappointed in myself. BUT it stands to reason that I wouldn't have read as much because I was taking ORGANIC CHEMISTRY for heaven's sake! Anyway, here is the continuing list!

1. Dragonhaven--Robin McKinley : 342 pages.
2. The Graveyard Book--Neil Gaiman : 307 pages.
3. City of Bones--Cassandra Clare : 496 pages.
4. Psych: The Mind Is A Terrible Thing to Read--William Rabkin : 288 pages.
5. The Time Traveler's Wife--Audrey Niffenegger : 537 pages.
SUMMER:
6. Invisible Monsters--Chuck Palahniuk : 297 pages.
7. Bloodsucking Fiends: A Love Story--Christopher Moore : 304 pages.
8. A Dirty Job--Christopher Moore : 416 pages.
9. Pride & Prejudice & Zombies--Jane Austen and Seth Graham-Smithe : 320 pages.
10. The Tales of Beedle the Bard--J.K. Rowling : 125 pages.
11. Watchmen--Alan Moore, Dave Gibbons, John Higgins, Len Wein : 408 pages.
12. City of Ashes--Cassandra Clare : 472 pages.
13. Lavinia--Ursula K. Le Guin : 279 pages.
14. Perfect Fifths--Megan McCafferty : 255 pages.
15. The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters Volume One--Gordon Dahlquist : 464 pages.
16. Dead Until Dark--Charlaine Harris : 292 pages.
17. The Sandman: Preludes and Nocturnes--Neil Gaiman : 234 pages.
18. The Sandman: The Doll's House--Neil Gaiman : 227 pages.
19. Living Dead in Dallas--Charlaine Harris : 291 pages.

Total = 6,354 pages.

And now I'm back at Bryn Mawr...which means not much pleasure reading at all. BUT I have a kickass schedule so maybe if I get lots of work done I will actually have time for some reading on my own. =] A girl can dream right? As far as the schedule goes...it's pretty simple actually. Only three classes until sometime in October, then I'll pick up a fourth half-credit bio class at the H-fordd. Pretty sweet, right? Well those classes happen to be Genetics, Biochemistry, a Crusades history class, and the fourth at Haverford is Immunology. I'm pretty sure I'm still going to have one hell of a semester.

It's already started off with a bang due to unfortunate circumstances surrounding my stupid dorm room. Don't get me wrong...I really am beginning to be really comfortable and love it. Sure, it's not in the prettiest or my favorite building on our beautiful campus, but it's been home for the past three days and it's growing on me. BUT, there are those who would oppose me. Namely, my mother. We've had two fights about it now that have ended with me in tears. Today I called my dad for about an hour afterwards crying about it. I'm at the point where I'm just so frustrated about her opinions and judgments that I just can't take it anymore. I love her and I do respect her opinion, but if it obviously hurts my feelings and is making me cry...in front of my FRIENDS...I don't want that. I don't want to be mad and upset and crying all the time because my mom doesn't like my dorm room. Sure, she played the "But I AM paying for it you know" card, but if I'm happy...she should be happy for me and happy that I'm happy. If I can deal with it...she can. It hurts to know she'll never come spend time with me in my dorm room though [because she "hates" it so much]...whenever she visits or drops me off sometime it'll just be like a drop-off and run. Or we'll sit in the car for an hour...that's no way to be. UGH. I need to stop thinking about it and letting it affect me so much or I really won't be able to concentrate on my work. I just can't help being a people-pleaser in the respect that I want my mom to be happy with my decisions and what I'm doing with my life. And I don't want to be afraid of her picking me up to take me home tomorrow...which I now am. DOUBLE UGH. I haven't written this long a blog entry in a while. Usually it's when I have to rant about a subject...which I have obviously here, but I've also told this to three other people already. I guess it bothers me so much there's no way to let it go. TRIPLE UGH.

Anyway...classes are great so far. I'm really looking forward to and pretty much scared shitless for them. But I'm determined to kick-ass and get some better grades this semester. I was pretty disappointed with myself last semester, and even though I have really tough classes this time around I really want to not get bogged down and depressed all the time and breakdown for every little thing. Not that I didn't before...but I'm really going to try my hardest. I need to. GRAD SCHOOL. ACK.

In a more happy light...I love him. He always finds ways to make me smile and make me feel better. I don't know what I'd do without my boo. <3

It's shower and then reading biochemistry in bedtime!

ciao!

Books of Summer.

I've been doing really well so far with my reading. The last 6 are

4. Psych: The Mind Is A Terrible Thing to Read--William Rabkin : 288 pages.
5. The Time Traveler's Wife--Audrey Niffenegger : 537 pages.
6. Invisible Monsters--Chuck Palahniuk : 297 pages.
7. Bloodsucking Fiends: A Love Story--Christopher Moore : 304 pages.
8. A Dirty Job--Christopher Moore : 416 pages.
9. Pride & Prejudice & Zombies--Jane Austen and Seth Graham-Smithe : 320 pages.
10. The Tales of Beedle the Bard--J.K. Rowling : 125 pages.
11. Watchmen--Alan Moore, Dave Gibbons, John Higgins, Len Wein : 408 pages.

Total = 3,840 pages.

I'd blog more, but I really don't know what to say. I mean a lot's happened and is happening. But I don't have the thinking capacity right now. Ah well...

ciao!

Sickness Woes.

I want:

Chai Tea.

A Good Book.

Snuggling up with said Tea and Book.

Reading til Forever with no other Cares.

I hate being sick.

ciao.

Home again?

I'm back at Bryn Mawr.

While nothing can replace home, I feel almost as if I've never left Bryn Mawr. Sure, it's taking me a while to get back into the swing of classes and such, but I moved in and have been sleeping fairly well and everything's been pretty okay. I've been to and got into all of the classes I'm going to take this semester which is a huge relief and I think I'm going to be pretty happy with it. My schedule is also really nice.

Monday: Intro to Cultural Anthropology-- 10:00-11:30

General Chemistry-- 12:00-1:00

Tuesday: Microbiology -- 10:00-11:30

 Chemistry Lab-- 1:00-4:00

Wednesday: Intro to Cultural Anthropology-- 10:00-11:30

             General Chemistry-- 12:00-1:00

Thursday: Microbiology-- 10:00-11:30

      Medieval Medicine-- 1:00-4:00

Friday: General Chemistry-- 12:00-2:00

So all in all I love it. I go to Starbucks with Stafshar Mondays and Wednesdays to do work and chill. Tuesdays and Thursdays I have my fencing. And starting Fridays at noon? What could be better. =] I'm really excited for Microbio and the Medieval Medicine. I'm actually really intimidated by both, especially because I'm expected to participate a lot in both, but hopefully I'll be able to do it. I did really well last semester and I'm hoping to continue that.

In other news, my room is a mess already. I still haven't finished unpacking all of my little shits so I have a big box in the middle of my room overflowing with STUFF. And I [shamefully] bought more posters that I need to hang up, plus I need to rehang the posters that fell down over break. I am proud of myself though because I found out how to work my iHome. HURRAY!

In other other news I actually read three books over break that will begin my 2009 book list/yearly page count! Remember bolded means favorite, * means already read [thought that won't happen too often because I have so many new books to read!]

1. Dragonhaven--Robin McKinley : 342 pages.

2. The Graveyard Book--Neil Gaiman : 307 pages.

3. City of Bones--Cassandra Clare : 496 pages.

Total = 1,145 pages.

I'm also in the middle of about four books that I hope to finish soon before classes get totally CRAZY.

I guess that's all for now. I'm going to try to blog more often because I really do like doing it. It lets me think and let out  stuff that I don't really say that much. Time to read about microbial cell function and structure!

ciao!

BOOK LIST 2008.

It's sad. It's pathetic. IT'S JUST PLAIN SAD. I couldn't read AT ALL during the school year which utterly depresses me. And I definitely did NOT reach my goal of 20,000 pages, which would have been awesome. Oh well. Here it is:

1. Extras--Scott Westerfeld : 417 pages.

2. Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close--Jonathan Safran Foer : 326 pages.

3. Midnighters: The Secret Hour--Scott Westerfeld : 383 pages.

4. Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist--Rachen Cohn &David Levithan : 183 pages.

5. Midnighters: Touching Darkness--Scott Westerfeld : 439 pages.

6. Midnighters: Blue Noon--Scott Westerfeld : 505 pages.

7. The Host--Stephanie Meyer : 619 pages.

8. Lamb or the Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal--Christopher Moore : 444 pages.

9. Gods Behaving Badly--Marie Phillips : 292 pages.

10. My Most Excellent Year--Steve Kulger : 416 pages.

11. The Friday Night Knitting Club--Kate Jacobs : 360 pages.

12. Good Omens--Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman : 367 pages.

13. Atonement--Ian McEwan : 496 pages.

14. Wyrd Sisters--Terry Pratchett : 288 pages.

15. Water for Elephants--Sara Gruen : 350 pages.

16. Soul--Tobsha Learner : 432 pages.

17. The Bell Jar--Sylvia Plath : 235 pages.

18. Breaking Dawn--Stephanie Meyer : 768 pages.

19. Troy--Adele Geras : 358 pages.

20. Fight Cub--Chuck Palahniuk : 224 pages.

21. The Cobra Event--Richard Preston : 448 pages.

22. Sunshine--Robin McKinley : 405 pages.

23. House of Many Ways--Diana Wynne Jones : 404 pages.

24. A Game of Thrones--George R. R. Martin : 674 pages [694 with appendices]. 

= 9,833 pages total.

I don't want break to end. =[

BREAK CANNOT COME ANY SOONER.

I'm kind of beating myself over the head about the whole thing...and probably exaggerating the amount of work I have to do in comparison to others. But to me it's a lot. And I get stressed easily. So, here is my DONE IS GOOD list that I made on paper...I figured I needed to blog too so I'm going to put it on here as well.

CHEMISTRY:

[X] Q & C Chap 11/12

[X] Chapter 11 Homework

[X] Chapter 12 Homework

[ ] LAB.

[ ] FINAL.

BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE:

[ ] FINAL.

EVOLUTION:

[ ] 3 readings for Tuesday.

[ ] 3 readings for Thursday.

[ ] Final paper on Mass Extinction.

[ ] FINAL.

HIGH MIDDLE AGES:

[ ] Leprosy paper rewrite.

[ ] Black Death paper.

[ ] FINAL.

And then of course there are the obligatory items on the list like: pack, clean, make sure about winter housing person, stay sane...etc. Today I really want to get my Medieval papers done. That would make me feel really productive and make me really really really happy. So after I finish ranting in this post that's what I'm going to do.

I just want to say I REALLY HATE BRYN MAWR'S CLASS LOTTERY SYSTEM. Ack. I'm now on the waitlist for Cultural Anthropology which I was counting on getting in because I really need to finish my Division 1 credit. AND...I went to check the Microbiology class that I'm absolutely dying to take and the results weren't even up. They made a mistake and posted the results of another class under the link for Microbio. SO PISSED OFF. I just want to know. At this point I'm not all that confident about getting in, but I'd really like to know so I can figure out what other stupid class I have to take. I just hate I can NEVER EVER get the [SCIENCE] classes that I want. Though I am in the 300 level Medieval History class I signed up for. History minor? For what purpose you ask? Who the hell knows...

Well...in lighter news, it did snow last night. You'd never know it because it's all melting, but it was pretty when it was actually snowing. And my parents brought me my  new phone last night. AND I LOVES IT. She's a beauty. And it was nice seeing my parents again, even though my mom came to visit me on Thursday and she might even come again during this week. It just makes me feel better to see them because I know that break is coming and I have wonderful home to fall back on soon. 

I feel like there was something else I wanted to rant about, but I don't really remember. Jen's the only one who reads this anyway =P. BUT I'M SO GLAD JEN'S COMING BACK TO BRYN MAWR YAYYYYYYYYYYYY. Basically I'm going to be bugging and nagging her all the time because I've had a semester without seeing her and I'm going to want to talk to her all the time. Teehee. Look out Jen ;].

OH, I remember. Books. I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO READ ANYTHING. I have like three books that I've started. But I haven't been able to read at all which made me uber sad. I haven't been able to add onto my reading list and there's no way I'm going to get to my goal of 20,000 pages this year. Oh well. 

[ ] Game of Thrones.

[ ] A Dirty Job.

[ ] The Ropemaker.

Alrighty...I guess that's it. I'm going to go talk about how the Plague effed up the Church now. YAY!

ciao!