We have a new president. W00t! W00t!

Yesterday I went to Rocks and Ropes . Climbing up walls is sooo much fun! I'm tempted to purchase a membership. It was also really really scary cause i'm afraid of heights and I have control issues. Maybe this will help with both of those things. Cause letting go of a wall and letting someone else control how you get down is quite frightening.

I should be asleep right now but I'm having trouble doing that again so instead i'm working on packing, did some dishes, made rice and beans, and am trying to read the Intro to Excitable Speech.

Yesterday's class went pretty well. The students were able to sustain a convo about the questions presented for about 30 minutes which worked out great for providing time for the "clarifications" part of the class. Also we managed to get about 10 people to activly participate instead of 3-4 which is a nice improvement. One of my students is a white chrisitan frat boy who is forcing me to examine my own biases. I tend to equate people like him with close minded idiots (i know, i know, not cool but I'm working on it) and he is actually quite smart and open to new ideas.

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You scored as Remus Lupin You're a calm, cool, optimistic person who doesn't dwell on the bad but looks more deeply into the good. You're wise and know much about the world, and though you teach your lessons to others, react humbly when complimented on your intelligence. You've suffered a lot in your life but are extremely accepting of it all and suffer inwardly. You're a great friend to have as you're gentle and caring. Hermione Granger 88% Remus Lupin 88% Severus Snape 75% Luna Lovegood 69% Neville Longbottom 69% Albus Dumbledore 66% Harry Potter 63% Bellatrix Lestrange 63% Draco Malfoy 56% Sirius Black 56% Ron Weasley 53% Percy Weasley 44% Lord Voldemort 41% Oliver Wood 38%

1. Started lifting and running again! managed to do both 4 times last week. Lets hope I can keep the lifting up this semester. Last semester it kind of fell to the way side. I want to do this event in March.

2. The first week of school went pretty well. I'm excited about my Semiotics class! My discussion section for Intro to LGBT Studies also went well. I've got some smart cookies in my class. w00t!

3. I went to a meeting for Tucson Stitch Together tonight. Its fun to hang out with other crocheting and knitting nerds. The group produces stuff for charities. This month is National Soup Kitchen month so we've been working on potholders. Rainbow Planet lets us sell them at their establishment and the proceeds go to a local soup kitchen. I think next month we are doing something for Read Between the Bars, which is a group that sends books to prisoners.

4. I've been trying to be more social and meet new people. Besides Tucson Stitch Together, I've joined a Stitch and Bitch group. We are meeting for the first time next Sunday.

5. I spent Sunday with a large portion of my family. It was exhausting. I spent most of the time hiding in my sister's TV room with my brother-in-law. Neither one of us can do family gatherings for an extended periods of time. Too many people. Too noisy. Too much drama. Hes got PTSD and i've got the crazy so we are good hiding buddies :P While he and I were hiding my grandmother called my soon to be sister-in-law (Kate) a bitch. *headdesk* It wasn't to Kate's face but apparently she heard it. See. Drama. Apparently my grandmother doesn't like her because she opens my brother's mail and is very assertive as well as bossy. What my grandmother doesn't seem to understand is that my bro is a bottom and Kate is perfect for him. Well probably not perfect cause i'm not sure if I beleive in perfect but they seem to work really well together.

A hilarious interpretation of Plato's "Allegory of the Cave"

I found a third rec. letter writer!

Getting the hell out of Tucson in two days. w00t!

I'm having a bout of jumping up and down excitement! I leave for London in 3 days! An episode of  jumping up and down between running around in happy circles. I feel like I'm going to explode! *runs in circle* *jumps* *runs in circles* I think I may have been a dog in my last life :P I have 3 million things to do between now and Wednesday morning, hopefully i remember all of them. Though one of the most important things for me to remember is to pack a belt otherwise my pants are going to be falling down all over London. *runs away*

Tonight I went to the Found Footage Festival with my nearest and dearest. Here's a blurb from the website: "The Found Footage Festival is a live comedy event and screening featuring odd and hilarious clips from videotapes found at thrift stores and garage sales and in warehouses and Dumpsters throughout the country. Curators Geoff Haas, Joe Pickett and/or Nick Prueher host each screening and provide their unique observations and commentary on these found video obscurities. From the curiously-produced industrial training video to the forsaken home movie donated to Goodwill, the Found Footage Festival resurrects these forgotten treasures and serves them up in an entertaining 90-minute celebration of all things found."

It was one of the best things I have ever seen! I laughed so hard I nearly wet myself. There were clips of angry sales men, crazy salesmen, a McDonalds training video (can you see Mc C?), Corey Haim (when he kisses someone, dolphins swim through his veins) and Mr. T. singing about trying to be somebody.

Greed:	Low
Gluttony:	Medium
Wrath:	Very Low
Sloth:	Medium
Envy:	Very Low
Lust:	High
Pride:	Very Low

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blue_braces gave me the letter M

Favorite Things that begin with M:

1. Misrecognition
2. Mild Salsa
3. MJ
4. Monty Python
5. Mythology
6. Mountains
7. Marathon runners
8. Masquerade
9. Mangles
10. Meowers

M Favorite things are difficult to come up with, I kept thinking of thinks i don't like with M, such as, Milk, Mildew, and Mold.

I'm supposed to be driving my roommate to the airport. She said that we would need to leave around 8am. It is now 8:41am and she is still asleep. Should I wake her up?

So tomorrow is the much anticipated HIDA Scan. I shouldn't be nervous,its fairly simple but I am. Being nervous about it is probably way worse than anything that could possibly happen. I decided to give myself an out for class tomorrow just in case i'm either worn out by anxiety or ill from the stuff the're injecting into me. I put my response papers in my professors boxes and e-mailed them to let them know that I might not be in class. Honestly if i do miss class it will be because of anxiety. Sometimes I can be overly dramatic :P



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