returning after a 2 month hiatus...

i got busy. what can i say? :)

unfortunately, not much is new in my life that wasn't new last i posted. i'm headed home for the holidays tomorrow, to bake cookies and grumble about christmas for another year (i'm not entirely a huge fan of christmas for reasons i can't quite explain.) finals week sucked the life out of me by scheduling five exams (three in class and two take-home essays) and a paper in 2 days (that was cruel and unusual punishment for SOMETHING), and now i'm lounging around my apartment knitting and watching mythbusters.

though neither of these are especially recent creations, they are projects i actually have pictures of, and i can at least use these as testiment to what i've been up to lately.

1. ballet shoe/outfit bag for my 7yr old cousin.












and the interior










2. a crocheted mario to look over the kingdom of my knitting basket.









i've also made a purse or two based on this design, except i'm not selling it for 2oo dollars...that is just silly.

so, it is just me, my parents and my knitting needles for the next month...my boyfriend just left for india yesterday, and i pick him up from the airport on january 12th. i miss him already!

schoolwise things are going really well...i met a ton of great people this semester, and actually (gasp!) made some friends. i'm still not convinced i want to teach, but i'm safeguarding against that by applying for graduate schools. top three on the list? university of illinois, university of iowa, and minnesota. who knew the big ten was so prolific in their linguistics programs? i'd love to go back to iowa city, but u of illinois is definitely top of the list. minnesota is at the bottom of the three, simply because every other school is in california or new mexico, and i really do want to stay close to my family (small though my family is) and friends. and snow. i really do like snow. i can't help it.

and, that's it.
next semester i am taking two classes that actually have me in a classroom teaching real live kiddies...that is a nauseating prospect, but i'm sure i'll do fine. which means i probably won't be posting. the majority of this blog existed in 2005 - which was, in respect to my love life and mental health, the worst year to date. i think that's the reason i kept this blog...to empty my head and stay relatively sane, and that held over into my first semester and summer back to school. my life feels pretty under control now, and i'm very happy...so i doubt i'll post as often as i did. i'll make an effort, though.

also, highlight of the fall semester:
being called "intellectually threatening" not once, but FIVE TIMES. i'm well on my way to being a stuffy academic. go me!

in the meantime, happy saturnalia, modranect, yule, and whatever other pagan festivals can still be found in modern day christmas festivities...

~DsA