…gettin’ it done… somewhere, somehow!

I am currently swapmed with more work than I can possibly do. And yet, I find ways to do it. Instead of using Pointless Class Number Two to goof off, for example, I am today using it to finish my calc homework that’s due at six. And to study for the test that I have from 6-9. Yup… I’m lovin’ it!

…a horribly awful audition!

So today, out of the blue, I decided that I needed to get involved in our school’s production of Hamlet next semester. (Kind of like how I decided last week, out of the blue, to accept an unpaid, uncredited writing center internship because I felt the need to take a red pen to somebody’s paper.)  So I went to the auditions tonight (because tomorrow night’s auditions were already full) and there’s where I made my first mistake: I admitted that I’d only decided to audition today. That made me even more nervous. And so I began  ”I’m going to recite the passage of Hamlet I’ve had memorized since high school… To be or not to be, that is the questions, whether ’tis nobler…. oh crap I forget the rest.”  And literally, that was my audition.  But as bad as it was, they didn’t make me feel horrible about it, and I think I’ve learned something.  And that is that you should never approach an audition as if you are unprepared…. even if you are.  So, all-in-all, I’m pretty happy with myself just for going out tonight to audition. And now, on to math homework. Ah, the exciting life of a student ;-D

…finding renewed motivation for finishing my spec script!!!

I’ve adopted (errr, borrowed) another writer’s deadline!!!  Lynn Sanchez McClintock has kindly put one up on her website for all to see, mostly for herself. But I’ve taken her deadline and made it my own as well!  Thus far I have a teaser. And that’s it. BUT it’s a start, and I’ve stopped vacillating in the “ideas” stage and actually gotten to work! Thanks, Lynn!  :-D

…a DM from Ming-Na!!!

For those of you who don’t Twitter, it’s a service sort of like Facebook, except that instead of “friends” you have “followers” and people who follow you.  If someone you are following follows you back, you can send them a direct message (DM) that only the two of you can read. For those of you living under a rock for the past decade, Ming-Na is an awesome actress who has been in ER, was Mulan in the eponymous Disney classic, and is now an IOA agent in Stargate Universe.  And last Friday, she followed me and sent me a DM! She follows about ten percent of her followers, usually only for a couple days at a time, but I was honored that she chose me to follow, even if it was only for 5 days! I’m still on cloud 9 about it!

…making $$$ taking surveys!

Granted, it’s not much AT ALL, but I love that I get between $1 and $25 just for giving these companies five minutes to an hour of my time!

You know all those scams where you pay them $$ and then you hafta make a website where you scam other poor souls into giving *you* money? This isn’t like that at all! SurveySpot is a legit survey company for making money on the side. I <3 it!

… a music video from Jed Whedon and the cast of The Guild!!!

Felicia Day + Jed Whedon= AWESOME!!! ‘Nuff said. Watch this:

… organizing our VHS collection.

So today I cleaned my room a bit and then went downstairs to clean out our entertainment center, which was overflowing with VHS.  (For example, we have the entire first season of LOST [which suspiciously was never released on VHS]; one episode per tape.) SoI went through and labeled all our tapes, and am now attemping to organise them as best I can. Doesn’t sound like fun, but I had completely forgotten about half these tapes, so it’s like a fun adventure for me!!!

…a better-than-expected midterm grade!

In my physics 250 class, a class that supposedly “teaches” programming in Matlab, the teacher is incompetent and I expected to have a horrible midterm grade, but it was actually a C, which is quite alright with me!!!

… getting the job I wanted!!!

When I reapplied for the RA position, I specifically requested to live in Cedar next year.  There were so many good, highly qualified applicants for the positions that I didn’t expect to get placed there, though.  I honestly probably would have been happy anywhere.  But when I picked up my letter on Friday, Cedar Residential College is where I had been placed! 

Cedar is the performing arts themed dorm, so I now have more excuse than usual to be doing artsy sort of things

… A Knight’s Tale

I went to see it with pretty much the same people I saw Dark Knight with last August (or was it September?) and it was awesome! Since it was showing in our college auditorium as part of our Film Club’s weekly movie showings, it was cheap and nice and close by (no walking 3 miles home in the dark afterwards). Also, since it’s been out for like 8 years now, I own the AKT DVD and have seen all the commentaries, even though Katherine and Michelle and Mary (who joined us this time since she’s back from her stint in the army) had never seen it before. And so, I entertained all of them with random facts while I laughed harder than I think I may have ever laughed before… this week, at least!