"Life Update" is so cliche...oh, well.

I have a history test in about 45 minutes. I'm sooo bored right now, but I don't want to study for anything else I should be studying for, in case I get confused :) I'm sitting in the school library, listening to Pandora (custom personalized internet radio, if you haven't tried it, get on over to Pandora.com and go crazy!) and reading up on all the blogs I've been missing. You know who you are! School's taking up much more of my time than I expected. Not more than I can handle, but my casual forays into the blogosphere have become rare. I'm doing well in all my classes, except chemistry, but one bad test grade isn't the end of the world. I took my second chem test this morning, and I feel pretty confident about it. Besides, if I have to withdraw, I can always take it next year. See, VT has articulation agreements (guaranteed transfer admission) with several of their colleges, and the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences is one of them. That's the one I'm shooting for. All I have to do is take the required courses for an AA in Science, pass each class with at least a C average, and maintain a 3.0. That's not nearly as stringent as I was expecting, considering how fierce the competition for transfer students is in general. Turns out taking Bio and Chem in the same year is going to free up a lot of class time for next year. Maybe I can take physics for fun. Is physics fun? I don't know, I opted out of taking it in high school because I wanted to take AP Bio instead. That was DEFINITELY fun.

Went to the Tool show in Pittsburgh Tuesday night. I had to miss some classes to do it, but it all worked out. Now, I'm not a huge Tool fan (although my husband is), but this show BLEW me AWAY. What a great experience. If you're thinking to yourself, "I don't like heavy metal," think again. They're SO much more than that. You just have to look deeper.

Anyone heard of the Funky Meters? Yeah, they're before my time, but last Friday George Porter, Russell Batiste and Eric Stoltz (The FM minus Aaron Neville) played a show at the Lyric Theatre here in town with special guest Steve Kimock. You know, the guy who retaught Jerry how to play guitar when he came out of his coma. We got lucky on that, he's not playing the whole tour. Like funk? You'd have LOVED this show.

Next up? Flaming Lips sometime in October. My husband takes care of the details...I just show up :)

I feel good. Until next time....

:)

Favorite Quote #3

There’s nothing you can know that isn’t known.
Nothing you can see that isn’t shown.
Nowhere you can be that isn’t where you’re meant to be.
It’s easy.

All you need is love,
All you need is love,
All you need is love, love,
Love is all you need.

~The Beatles

All you touch and All you see

I'm sitting in the library on campus between classes. I got out of Chemistry class early today. My professor graded our first test with the wrong answer key, so needless to say he was a little preoccupied and only gave us a few notes. Apparently we're ahead of schedule on our notes anyway. I have a "homework quiz" in Pre-Calc this afternoon. As long as I have all the assigned homework done before class at 1:25, all I have to do is copy the work from my notebook. It's almost done, but not quite. I have to say I'm surprised how easily all this comes back to me. Not just the subject matter, but the study habits. I don't remember being this organized the first time around, but ever since school started I've been able to sit down (almost) every day and put a little time into my studies, even if it's just reading over the notes from last class in order to be prepared for class the next day. I have a 5-page paper due in November for my U.S. History class, and an independent research project due I don't remember when in Biology. I already have topics picked out for both, and I don't even have to give my Bio lab professor my outline until Thursday. I'm writing my History paper on Levi Strauss. You know, the guy who revolutionized blue jeans by putting little metal rivets on the pockets. (He didn't actually come up with that idea, one of his distributers did, but he put up the money for the patent and they became partners.) I think it's going to be fun. I love having over an hour between classes! It gives me time to get all my work done and still have some left over to come and talk to all of you. I know I haven't been posting as much as I used to, but to be honest, I don't feel as much need anymore, because I don't have as much on my mind, relatively speaking. I'm sure you don't want to read my internal dialogue on how biology and chemistry interact based on the interconnected and occasionally contradictory notes I'm getting in each class, or how much unexpected fun I'm having learning about the daily life of the colonists from 1700-1750. There are a lot of details about colonial life they don't teach you in high school! I'm slowly settling down into my new routine, and slowly growing into my new home. Life is...pretty good. Everything outside of school has seemed to fade a little, in a way. That's such a good feeling. I've been waiting five years for this.

There's so much to learn.

:)