Winding down...

Well, I'm finally starting to get the feel that the semester is beginning to come to a close. This is probably due to the fact that I have no more exams til finals. I do however have a couple of papers due before then that I really should get working on. I'm never motivated to do these things until right before they're due. I don't know why this is. It's not like the motivation of the present shouldn't be enough. I mean shouldn't the motivation of not having to write these things the hours before they are due that will lead into more hectic hours of studying for exams be enough? It's funny because I can find the motivation to lament over these things, yet it's not there to do them. Such is the life of a college student.

As for summer plans, I don't know yet. It all kind of depends on what happens tomorrow. I'm skipping out on my radio show, (a week off will be nice), to go and meet with my advisor because I don't know what classes I can take. There is currently one class being offered this coming semester that will aid my graduation plans. I need 15 more credits and only 3 of those 15 are offered. That ain't right. So, I'm going to find out if there is anyway I can do some of them in an independant study type of format, correspondance course, summer course somewhere else, etc... I'm so close to graduating and really there is not one thing that I would want more than to get out of Houghton for life. It's nice and all, but I'm really just sick to my stomach of it. What I do know, (and my current employer does not), is that the only way I'm staying up here this summer is if I have to squeeze some of these 15 credits in up here this summer. Right now any and all plans are on the table and I'm seriously considering all of them, (even if they're semi-anonymous suggestions). More to come on this post-Wednesday.

So my favorite song of the moment is Regina Specktor's Samson; here are the lyrics...

You are my sweetest downfall
I loved you first, I loved you first
Beneath the sheets of paper lies my truth
I have to go, I have to go
Your hair was long when we first met

Samson went back to bed
Not much hair left on his head
He ate a slice of wonder bread and went right back to bed
And history books forgot about us and the bible didn't mention us
And the bible didn't mention us, not even once

You are my sweetest downfall
I loved you first, I loved you first
Beneath the stars came fallin' on our heads
But they're just old light, they're just old light
Your hair was long when we first met

Samson came to my bed
Told me that my hair was red
Told me I was beautiful and came into my bed
Oh I cut his hair myself one night
A pair of dull scissors in the yellow light
And he told me that I'd done alright
and kissed me 'til the mornin' light, the mornin' light
and he kissed me 'til the mornin' light

Samson went back to bed
not much hair left on his head
Ate a slice of wonderbread and went right back to bed
Oh, we couldn't bring the columns down
Yeah we couldn't destroy a single one
And history books forgot about us
And the bible didn't mention us, not even once

You are my sweetest downfall
I loved you first

The way that she sings just sounds stripped or naked, very vulnerable and yet one of the most confident singers I have come across. She just puts her self out there with no regard to what anyone else thinks, maybe that's why I like her so much. That and can she ever sing. Which reminds me, we have homepage space from MTU, right? Do any of you know how to use it? If so let me know and I'll put up the song so yous can all hear it.

We're at 50 degrees again here, I love it! Spring has sprung and it's entirely too refreshing. And if winter rears it's ugly head again I swear I'll find a knife and stab the snow. It's just great to be outside. I just want to see grass finally, and it's starting to peak though in spots. I want to lay out on it and just soak in the weather. Maybe with a book, maybe not... I haven't decided yet. I want to run around on it barefoot. I just want to soak it in.

March Madness may not be over yet, but I definately pulled in a cool $25 as I already won my pool. I'm also 30th at Tech out of like 840 people who filled out a facebook bracket. So that's pretty cool.

I finished White Teeth by Zadie Smith and would recomend it to all of you. It's a character development book about three families and their interactions. It's hard to go into detail about what it's about save for the fact that it starts out with one person and branches out from there. Maybe I'll just let amazon do it for me.

I'll try to update tomorrow or Thursday to let you know what happened with the class stuff.

Currently Listening to... Regina Spektor - Samson
Currently Reading... Donald Miller - Searching For God Knows What