welcome to my soul

Because Godspeed You! Black Emperor would play mine.

Did I mention yet that I have a new washing machine? BECAUSE I DO!! Who said obsessive complaining gets you nowhere? Actually it didn't. Complaining to the right people gets you results. Lesson in life, kids.

I've got new pics for you! More in the original facebook folder, and then my Mr. Pigwiggins pics.

Pigwiggins:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2028332&l=9f8fd&id=144301874

Other new ones:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2027867&l=dad5b&id=144301874

I have the random urge to go to Applebees. I think that might be mission #1 when I get stateside again. Go get a burger that is very rare. They don't ask you how you want your burgers here, they just cook them. And sodas don't free refills.

I got myself out of bed at 7 and walked to class this morning, only to find out that my stupid class was canceled. BOO! So, in rebellion and because I have a blister forming on my toe, I am not going to my other class. Not that it really matters. My lecturer pretty much just recaps -paragraph by paragraph - the article he had us read the week before. And he's super boring.
Blah. Oh well.
The Connemara trip might be postponed if the weather doesn't clear up, but next weekend we are definitely going to see the Blarney Stone.
<3!

This morning, I woke up at 3:45 am, walked to campus, and was standing in line outside the quad by 5 am. And for what? To get into an English seminar.
Registration didn't start until 9. I waited for 4 hours in the cold. And it was REALLY cold. I wasn't prepared at all for the cold. Nearly froze my legs off in the process. Couldn't sit down, because the concrete was too cold and my butt was freezing.
I didn't make it into the Jane Austen seminar. Nor did I Make it into the Children's Lit seminar (which were my top two choices.)

I made it into a Modern Irish Literature course with a focus on the Fiction of Violence. So it sounds really cool! But I was still a bit bummed that I waited in line for that long and didn't get the Austen one. Curses.
It was by and far the most unorganized registration process I have ever seen. You fail, NUIG English department!! You faiiiiiiil.

Came back, took a nap, had to DRAG myself out of bed to go back to school to my Modernism/Postmodernism lit course (Heart of Darkness! Woot!) and then Mikal and I went grocery shopping. And we got TONS of groceries. We're set for a while at least.

Right now, I am sitting on my bed, reading Ransom My Heart by Meg Cabot (and Mia Thermopolis) in PDF form, but I should really be reading Lolita, because it's due next week. Screw you, school reading. You're dumb.

The film society is showing Chinatown tonight, but I might just stay in with my warm covers and my good book and read. We'll see.
Miss you!
-Ariel

Man, I'm starved. Meeting up with Sarah and Mikal for lunch at Taaffes (that's become OUR place) but Ithat's not until 2.
Class at 4. I really hope I can check out books from the library!! I haven't been able to all week, because there was a systems glitch. But I don't want to buy books! I'm too poor! Waaah!

Finally got to see the latest episode of Battlestar Galactica. 
( HOLY FRAK! )
I thought glorious_clio  was coming to visit me this weekend, but turns out its the 19-22 of February, not January. Damnit. I will have to head up to Dublin some time this week. My friend Sarah (one of the two good friends I have here) is heading back to the states. Serious family matters cropped up that makes her unable to stay. Which SUCKS HARDCORE. But I am being supportive, so I'm going to see her off.

Also, I started writing for Nathan's blog, www.megatonik.com, so everyone should go read my articles! Penname = Matriaya. (As usual.)

Must plan out the rest of my week. Wednesday, I'm getting up at 3 AM to camp out for my Jane Austen seminar class!  Every keep your fingers crossed that I get in because I want to so badly!!
Miss you, love you!
-Ariel

I gave up on attempting to study in my dorm. it got too loud in the living room, and my room is such a freaking mess I can hardly concentrate.
I suspect that when I actually get around to cleaning my room (which won't be until tomorrow, because today is super busy) I will probably find my missing camera, and my missing student ID. God, I hope I find my camera. PLEASE.

Big presentation in sociology tonight. Eeep! I've moved to the library and am now finishing up my portion of the powerpoint, as well as doing my resume for today's Career Development. (I am so ready to be done with that class.) At this juncture in my life, I should not be wishing time to go faster, since pretty soon I will be in an entirely new life, but I can't help it. I wish this week was over.
I'm sick of school. Hardcore.
I haven't even had a chance to watch Heroes yet, and I've been dying to see Heroes since last week.

Onward and upward,
Ariel

Thanksgiving went well. Grandma and Grandpa came over, we ate lots of food. I took a nap, had a nightmare, woke up, was just fine.
I'm finally getting around to writing my Ebonics paper for Language in Society.
I don't event want to THINK about the HUGE paper/presentation I have to do for Sociology. (The presentation is due Wednesday. I haven't started anything yet. Fuck.)

Thursday night's entertainment:


Max (my little bro, for those of you who don't know) and I found something useful to do with our time! I think maybe when I get a webcam, I will make short little vids for people back home, just to say hello. Because emails are nice, but I know I will want to hear all of your voices, so this is my not so subtle way of telling everyone to make me videos while I'm gone. Because I am going to miss you all. A lot. ><

All right, back to Ebonics. Have a great break! Lord knows if I will get out at all for the rest of break, as I have way too much homework to do.

-Finished my re-read of Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. Cried when [that one character] died. Always do. It's just so freaking sad.
-Just wrote an ode to [that one character] for my poetry class tonight, since the assignment was to write an ode.
-The winter has gotten to the point where my fingers get cold when I'm typing. Shoot. 
-Am super hungry right now. Have decided my new breakfast (on work days) is going to be coffee and a banana, but unfortunately that's not totally filling.
-Still haven't written the two papers due for this week, though am starting to feel more confident about them. Perhaps will stay up late tonight and finish them. LOL. Probably not.

Final thought: Pluto will always be a planet in my mind.

Oh Wednesday, you are so relaxed. Mmmm.

Last night, I got the biggest stomach ache I've had all year. I think it was probably the result of the Hardee's from lunch. (I hadn't had fast food in a very long time previous.) Josh graciously drove me down to Walgreen's for some Sprite, Tums and graham crackers. Holy ouch, Batman. Not good.

I am getting really bad about completing my homework on time, guys. This is not good. I have a 3-4 page outline due for Heitzig tonight, (which is a prelude to a 10-15 page monstrosity due later in the semester) which I haven't done. And it's due today. And the research hasn't even BEGUN yet. So I am thinking perhaps I will just drop it in her door or something later this week?
I'm all caught up on all my other homework though! Unless you count the paper due for Cavallaro tomorrow, which I haven't started either.
Why am I an English major again?

I have to go fax in my "Intent to Enroll" form into Arcadia pretty soon. I still have one more form left to fax, but I will do that later on. It's not due immediately. Forms. Uggh.

Tonight after class, I'm going out for coffee with Ben and possibly Marta. Time for a good old-fashioned nerdy discussion. Man, I miss those.

Today was study abroad meeting #2, where I wrote a letter to Future Ariel. I also wrote a blurb on Future Kate's letter as well, so that when Arcadia mails her the letter in a few months, she will have an added bonus from me!

I'm officially fallen behind on homework. There were 2 papers due for Language in Society today. one was the final draft of the ethnography which I was supposed to write last night but decided to sleep instead. The second was the 2 page paper on themes between the chapters. I missed discussion on Tuesday to go vote, and thus don't know what said themes are. Thankfully, Cavallaro is incredibly lax about turning things in on time, so I'm not too worried. But i MUST do them this weekend! Must.

I also need to figure out what I want my parent-friendly travel blog to be called.

( Hugs? )

-I faxed the final letter to Arcadia!! Hopefully Ms. Amanda Zimmerman, my liason, will get it to Galway in time, and then its waiting some more. Shit.
-I broke down and bought a mint mocha on the way to Cavalaro's office. I put my eco-friendly reusable mug on the counter, and the barrista completely ignored it, and made one in a disposable cut. WTF, coffee shop?
-We learned how to salsa dance in Jazz Dance today. I kind of suck at it.
-A nap sounds just lovely. I miss last year's amazing ability to take naps. Dumb poetry homework.

( A discussion of this week's episode of Merlin. Oh, the sexual tension... )

Poetry let out a half hour early today! It was miraculous!! Marta and I had a lovely discussion over break about season 4 of Battlestar Galactica. I need more time to just sit and talk with her, because I always have such a blast, but we are both so busy. >> Stupid life, always ruining my day.

Blah blah blah, the rest of the week. I can skip forward to tomorrow night (Life on Mars!) and then warp to Friday after 1:30. I'm getting my permit, hitting up Savers for some sweet Zombie gear, and going out to dinner! Can it be Friday yet?

Now begins the 6 page rough draft that is due tomorrow. That I am just starting now, with inadequate notes. woo.
( in it for the lolz (today's image) )