I have an edit to make.

Remember down there ˇ when I said that I got an A- in Geology? Yeah, well, I was wrong.

It was actually an A.

That's right, folks.

Two As, an A-, and two [hopefully, if I do really well on my paper] Bs.

Best semester yet. Best semester yet. Here's to hoping I keep it up.

Tomorrow I'm off to Tam's for a few days before Christmas. Should be lotsa fun, I think. I'm getting excited about Christmas--even though I pretty much know what I'm getting. I'm just excited to get the stuff and actually use [wear] it. I'm also REALLLLLY excited about this AMAZING blazer I got for my dad from Gap that was originally $98 that I got for $50. Yep, half price, kids. I'm good like that. And, it's beautiful. It's grey herringbone and I love it. I really hope he does and that he wears it allll the time. =].

After Christmas it's on to that paper I've got hanging over me. I've got to actually read Spoon River so I know it. I have a pretty good idea of what my main idea will be. Well, really, I've got two ideas. 1. Comparing it to other naturalistic fiction like Frank Norris's McTeague and Stephen Crane's The Open Boat, and 2. comparing the arrangement Edgar Lee Masters intended the poems to be in versus the way that Charles Aidman arranged them in the play version and how the two arrangements play in to representing naturalism. Once I do some research I'll be able to figure out which one I want to do [or perhaps which one is easiest] and then I'll set to it.

I've been doing some reading [since I'm not having to kill myself by reading mundane things for class] and Lyndsay Ricketson bought me the first book in the Sookie Stackhouse series for Christmas. If you don't know what this is, it's the book series that inspired the TV show True Blood, although they are very different from each other. Anyway, since Lynds bought the book for me I figured I would read it. I feel that I need to express how horrible the writing is. The plot or what very little of it there is, is actually interesting--however, it could have been written in about 20 pages. The book was about 250 pages, which means that 230 of them were fluffy play-by-plays. What I mean is that the author would take the time to describe every moment of everyday in Sookie's life, including bathing, brushing her teeth, and getting dressed. Needless to say, it got quite old very quickly. Now, being someone who is deeply rooted in descriptions when I write, you'd think that this wouldn't bother me--but the difference is is that mine are actually INTERESTING and perhaps even important to the plot. These--not so much. So, since there is this whole thing about me wanting to be an editor and all, I thought that perhaps I would go through and edit the book [which will certainly be interesting]. I wonder how many pages will be left when I'm done.

Now, I'm reading Nine Stories again for about the millionth time. =]. I love J.D. Salinger so very very much.

Well, I'm going to go do something productive. Perhaps I will reorganize my closet. It needs it.


--Edit 10:51pm:

Can I please have one well-dressed Taylor Kitsch for Christmas, please? Thanks.


Goodness Gracious.

Today is four years without Hannah and Gary Tillman.

I miss them so much I cannot even begin to describe.

I'm leaving tomorrow to go stay with Hannah for a week. I'm pretty pumped. Chattanooga funtimes!

So, today I straightened my hair [which I never do because 1. it's really bad for your hair, and 2. because my hair when it's flat really isn't all that attractive] to see how long it is. And, boy oh boy--it's getting long! I mean, it's still short, but for me it seems so long. Haha.
Crazy!

And, yes, I am wearing my totally badass Gryffindor track jacket. Thank you for asking.

P.S. I'm really loving the red hair. I hope I'm not the only again this time like with the dark hair fiasco from Freshman year.