Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Worse Than My Actual Journal

Apparently I'm worse at keeping up with this thing than writing in my actual journal. It at least has some entries between August and now. I'm such a lame-o-head.

So news... I got hooked on Bollywood movies thanks to some fun friends of mine. Shahrukh Khan you're my hero! Seriously though, he's a good actor. Probably better than a lot of the guys we see here in the states. He does everything from comedy to drama to sing-a-longs and crazy dance routines and is totally amazing in all of them. I recommend Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi for beginners followed by Veer-Zaara and Kal Ho Naa Ho. P.S. That's three of the four or five I've seen. So really I'm a beginner myself.

I know in August I said that I'd be losing some weight once fall started. Ha! I think I'm chunkier now than ever. Possibly back to just of the mission weight. But I'm back at the gym because I'm tired of the waistband on my pants cutting off the circulation to my legs.

And Christmas is coming! Oh boy! We put up all the decorations and lights on Saturday and the house looks AMAZING!!! My usual routine when I get in is to do the final lockup of the house which includes turning off all of the lights. Except now the Christmas Tree lights stay on to brighten my evening. And the lights that are wrapped around the banister. They're so pretty! And I need to start my shopping soon, too. Eep! But it'll be fun looking for gifts and finding that perfect thing.

Finals start next week. I think I'll be ready, but I'm having trouble being as motivated as I was my first couple of semesters. I think it's because I know the routine now and have far less to do. I've got two written finals, a paper to edit and develop a bit further and a title examination. So two and a half finals instead of four and a paper like I'm used to. And I've really been studying hard for a couple of weeks now. Last year I felt like I was barely keeping up with things and then cramming the two days before the final. None of that this time around. I've got a good grasp on the general concepts, the tests, and the analysis for the written finals. Now it's just filling in the details.

I think that about covers it. I'm looking forward to the next couple of weeks. Finals and a looser schedule than normal coupled with some super fun activities. Should be a good holiday lead-in!