Awesome names/places...

...of people and places I called while working at EWI over the summer:

• Watsonville
• Vulcan Ave.
• Pinto Rd. - because when you combine Zachary Quinto and Chris Pine's last names, you get Pinto
• Pinto Ct.
• Excelsior Springs Ct. - the name of Sulu's first starship is the Excelsior
• Leonardtown
• John Holmes
• aint2old2bsexy@aol.com
• deathwears2plaidmittens@hotmail.com
• Amber Circle - I should move there
• Art Koenig - Walter Koenig played Chekov in the Original Series
• "Reginald Wade, the Lord of Death" - someone's answering machine
• onenationundergod@hotmail.dom - I want to find this man and give him a hug.
• "We are not aWailable right now" - Chekov again, since he can't pronounce his Vs
• Gimli Brown - Yep, someone is named Gimli. That. Is. AWESOME.

drained

What the AC?

It is too early to be breaking out the winter PJs. That is all.

Intermission

2:00 pm

I have half an hour before my next class starts, so I figured I'd catch you all up on how things are going. I STILL don't have choir, but it starts tomorrow, so I'll be okay.

Spanish was interesting. He teaches the class mostly IN Spanish, which is a little hard for some of us, myself included. But I understand most of what he says, and it'll get easier as my brain adjusts.

Intermediate Poetry promises to be EPIC. Next week we're going to see Macbeth at the USF, and at the end of September, Laura Tohe is coming to discuss her work with us. Oh, and in October we're taking a trip to Kolob Canyon to write things in the style of Laura Tohe. Should be awesome.

Textbook should only come to about $150 this year, which is HALF what I've paid my last four semesters.

I love having upper-level classes now. The teachers seem much more competent, probably because they've been teaching these subjects for years and don't rotate through like the lower-division classes do.

It will be nice to have something to do in the afternoons/evenings, once homework picks up. I was so bored yesterday. I should also find a morning job if I can, give me something to DO. Speaking of which, I'm going to go check the job board. Peace.

UPDATE: Spanish homework: Done. It will take further adjusting, but my brain remembers more than I gave it credit for.

Poetry: LADY MACBETH IS SUCH A VILLAIN!! Last time I read the play, I skipped Act I because I was lazy. I knew she was the villain anyway, but she's exceptionally twisted in Act I. "I would kill my own child for the chance to be queen," and all. PSYCHO.

Intermediate Fiction: We have to come up with an idea week, due Thursdays. This week's idea? Romance. How do you make a Romance original???? Ugh. I'll just have to have a brainstorm party sometime tomorrow and hash something out. If I actually revised my writing, I'd probably be VERY good, not just moderately good. But I don't. I feel like things are only fresh and real if you don't take out every flaw. Sometimes. Sometimes revision is called for. But when I'm really in the Zone, I don't need to revise much. Or so I think. We shall see...

Jobs: Found one posting I might qualify for. It's a PR assisting job or something like that. Have to submit writing samples... not so sure about that one. Maybe I'll just stick in some essays or something. I don't really have anything in the style of what she's probably looking for. Maybe I'll just stick in my best stuff. I dunno. I'll keep you posted.

Hungry status: Starving. I mean, duh, Starving Student, remember? But I actually ate today! And I'm not completely exhausted (probably because I got 10 hours of sleep last night WIN). But I had breakfast, and then lunch, then bought some crackers because I was hungry at 2:00, then had dinner, then ate oatmeal, and I'm still starving! Gurgh.

House status: Clean. I cleaned the kitchen and the bathroom today. And tidied up the common space a little too (I'm not sure what to call this. It's a dining room, technically, but no one eats there). We still need a system, but things are falling into place. I think of all my roommates, I spend the most time at home. Maybe I should change that. But I like my little house. I don't know any of the upstairs girls yet, but me and Katelin are thinking of having a big move party in the living room up there sometime, so we can all hang out. "A Walk To Remember", anyone?

Easiest Choir Audition EVER

Me: *walks into choir room*

Prof. J: Amber!

Me: (in my best Heidi Klum voice) Hi, everybody!

Prof. G: What are you auditioning for?

Me: Women's choir, because I have Spanish at noon.

Prof. G: Okay, you're fine then. Go home.

Me: What? Okay. Woo! *does rockstar hands*

Prof. J: See you on Wednesday!!

Here's how it goes

I want to do Ramadan to see if I can do it, because I've failed so far.

HOWEVER: It just gets in the way. I'm trying to move down to Cedar City and spend at least SOME of my remaining dinners with my family, plus there's the ward superactivity so... yeah.

Point being: Giving up on Ramadan for now.

The Ramadan Chronicles: Days 1-3

And so begins my every-once-in-a-while update of how I'm doing Ramadan-wise.

Day 1: Wednesday, August 11:

-6:20 am - Breakfast, because I read online that the sun was supposed to rise at 6:34. ONly it didn't rise until more like 7:30. Tomorrow I'm sleeping more. Had hot chocolate and toast. In hindsight, probably a bad move as warm drinks make you think you're full when you're not.

-8:20 am - At work. Reminding myself that I am in charge of my body, not the other way round, and trying not to think about the fact that it's 12 hours until I can eat again.

- 10:00 - Went on my break but didn't eat anything. The rules of Ramadan say no drinking, but it's August and I ride my bike 5 miles every day, so drinking water is wise. Hm. Maybe I'll participate in Lent next spring, too. Yay for diversity! Anyway, back on topic. I'm also chewing gum, but only 1/3 of a piece. And it's getting old and gross. *shrug*

- Later -Someone has food at it smells really good. Diving back into the water bottle to keep the hungry away. My water smells like bubble gum.... Weird....

- Still later - I wonder if I can keep this up for a whole month. I wonder how it will change me if I do. Hm. Ponderous.

- Even later - Told a guy at work about Ramadan. He said it was cool but he probably thinks I'm crazy. I thought about going home early, but what am I going to do once I get there? Not snack.

- 2:43 pm - Proud of myself for not buying a soda, but bored to tears without a soda can to tear into pieces. On a completely unrelated note, I think my co-worker has a crush on our supervisor. Very weird.

- Wrap Up - caved at 6:30 and bought an Orange Julius. Didn't eat any solid food until sundown. Tomorrow is another day.

Day 2: Thursday, August 12

- Woke up cranky and wanted to give up, but didn't have time to make food for work so I made a scrambled egg sandwich and threw myself into Day 2. Very tired, though, so I might buy a soda. Took some vitamins this morning... Interminably bored, so I'm STILL writing. *shrug*

- 10:00 - Bought a soda because I was falling asleep. So far, I fail at this Ramadan thing. Pros of buying soda: Stay awake, tastes good, have something to do for the next hour and a half (tearing it to pieces). Cons of buying soda: Fail at Ramadan. ...... that's all.

- 2:27 - Had a cookie. Oops. But they were homemade and tasty, so I couldn't say no!

Day 3: Friday, August 13 (dun dun dunnn)

- Too tired to think. Don't talk to me, I might snore at you. (failing again with the soda. It will be easier once I leave my job, which is today, by the way).

- 1:30 pm - I feel sick. Should probably eat something. I hardly ate last night because it was too cold. We went to the Strawberry Reservior to watch the meteor shower with Holmes and Doug. At work, though ... Hm....

(I have no idea what that's supposed to mean, exactly. I must have dozed off a bit.)

- 9:00 pm - I win! Sort of. Aside from the soda, I made it today! Didn't eat anything until about half an hour ago I had a bagel. This is cool. My body is listening to me. Yay!

.....This all sounds disconcertingly anorexic. Yikes.

As a matter of fact...

Ramadan starts tomorrow. For those of you who don't know what that is, click HERE.

I'm going to be participating for as long as I can. (probably until I die from hunger). SO. I will be chronicling my experience on my blog. If that isn't the most exciting thing that ever happened to you, you need to get out more.

Final Countdown...

School starts in 2 weeks. I guess I'll do a MASSIVE summer-post detailing the major events of my summer once that happens. Maybe this will be a school blog. I'm thinking of doing a project, writing each day like a story onto my blog, seeing how that ends up. Working at EWI has corrupted me, I'm all wrapped up in the Internet traffic money-making extravaganza now. Yeesh.