impleri

Weekends suck.
i came home yesterday at two in the afternoon with the intent of getting all of my homework done (that amounted to reading 70 pages of Hegel, two 1.5 page essays, reading 20 pages of Pinker/Linguistics, reading 5 pages of another Linguistics book, and starting to read King Lear).  Now, Saturday night, i’ve read 35 pages of Hegel.  That’s it.  Why?  Yesterday i wound up babysitting for four hours (it was supposed to be one) and then cleaning the house (which i normally do on Saturdays).  Today, even though i woke up early, i wound up helping clear out the utility room so that we can remove the tile flooring in there and then babysitting for another three hours (which was expected).  The response i got both yesterday and today: “you’ve got all weekend to do your homework!”  Yeah, right.  i think i’ll stay home tomorrow while the family’s at church so that i can do my homework without interruptions.
On top of that, i still want to work on reading Dune Messiah but i don’t think i’ll have the time to do so.  Silly me also went to the library and got Idea of the Holy hoping to read through it this weekend as well.  Thankfully, i have a week or so to read it.
6 days till the cold north.
9 days till Mardi Gras (und mein Geburstag!)

Nothing much mappening lately.  i auditioned for a job at The Princeton Review on Tuesday.  If i get the job, i’ll be teaching an SAT/ACT prep course two nights a week.  It seemed to go pretty well.  i think i’ll call them tomorrow about the auditions.
Other than that, i’m running through everything at school.  Hegel’s gonna be interesting.  i think i’m gonna like his ideas about the Absolute.  Linguistics is still pretty fun.  Nothing really heavy.  i like being able to read some of the work Chomsky is trained in for a change (As opposed to his political views…which i generally like).  My other class, Shakespeare, reminds me more of my High School English 4 class when we read Shakespeare…except less rigorous.  i haven’t been to my Physics lab yet, but that’s going to be a breeze…  i still need to get started on my independent study in German…i’m translating part of one of Heidegger’s untranslated works (Besinnung).  It’ll be interesting to say the least…and most likely my most difficult task this semester.
Oh yeah…and Dune was a good read.  Definitely recommended for anyone liking good Sci-Fi epics…although i suspect it has some basis in the atmosphere of the Middle East (although Frank Herbert wrote it in the 70s).

Well, after discovering (the painful way) that i can no longer work in restaurants (i got a job right after my last update at a fine dining Chinese joint and started it Wednesday), i’m back to looking for a job outside the food service industry.
My mom seems to be all nice to me again….weird.  In some ways, it’s like Sunday night never happened.  She’s also offered me my job in the kennel again….i’m not so sure about taking it up, though.  i’d rather a “real” job that i can work more hours and get paid more.  i’d like to try my hand at tutoring for something or another…
Today, i got a letter in the mail from my school.  i thought it was just a random letter for graduation, but it wound up being a letter from the Board of Supervisors of the LSU system (UNO is part of that system).  One of the supervisors awarded me a full tuition scholarship three days ago.  Ho yeah.  This semester’s only going to cost me $300 in fees plus books.  i’m probably going to return most of my loan money because i don’t really want more than what’s needed.  i’ll probably keep a little bit to start as a base for saving (like $200), but that’s it.
School starts on Wednesday for me (M/W/F schedules are nice…).  Yay!
Lastly, my back has been bothering me a little bit (thanks to work), but after a little bit of a heating pad and a good chair to sit in, it gets better.