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Let's see if I can get a quick overview of the past month and beginning of the new semester.

a) I'm very gullible when it comes to my friends and their planning of surprise birthday activities. We went ice skating, which I thought was a trip to Wal-mart up til I was blindfolded (then I became a little suspicious that we weren't going to Wal-mart) and they also took me mini-golfing, which I bought was dumpster diving. Hopefully now that I've turned 19, I won't fall for such tricks...somehow I doubt that.

b) Art is very time-consuming. I'm taking the two hardest teachers available for the two art classes I'm taking this semester and, while I think my work is improving, my free time has definitely taken a turn for non-existence. Another news related to this: One of my pieces was chosen to be in the spring student art show. Yay!

c) Finally, snow fell upon Oklahoma a week ago. And there was much rejoicing.
Imagine my disappointment when it had disappeared by afternoon the next day.

Early morning blues

Yes, it is 4:54am here. I have been up all night working on a paper with a few breaks to go outside and enjoy the cold, icy weather. Oklahoma is in the middle of an ice storm right now, which is okay with me because I don't have to go anywhere. Instead, I can tramp around the campus, crushing the frozen grass under my boots like the tyrannosaurus rex crushes the car from Jurassic Park. Only there's less screaming involved.

Ah, finals, the week of deadening tests and projects and papers. At least I know that once this torturous week is over I can catch up on my sleep.

The "Dead Week" Report

I've heard a few people call this week "dead week", otherwise known as the week before finals. Supposedly this "dead week" means that professors don't give a lot of homework so that the students can study for finals.

Heh heh...not really happening. Okay, so I don't have a lot of the smaller homework like reading assignments, but I have/had a presentation, an art final and a paper due this week.

But, on the bright side, there's only one week and one day until I come home for Christmas! I really hope it snows here before I leave though.

Life is good.

I leave in an hour to battle Oklahoma Thanksgiving traffic until I reach the airport and fly home. Yay for going home, for homemade food and for seeing family and friends!

Also, I survived my 10 page research paper. I've already picked out my topic for next semester's paper too, even though I really don't have to think about it until after Christmas.

The Reports of my Death have been greatly exaggerated

I'm still alive, in case you were wondering. College has just been extraordinarily busy since all of my teachers have decided to schedule tests and papers all at the same time. Hurray...

Halloween is proving to be interesting. I've seen Where's Waldo, a few pirates, a steampunk superhero, a ninja, a banana, Cruella DeVil, and a dalmatian. (The last two posed together in a picture taken by a hippie).

I personally am still debating between using my school uniform from last year as a costume or dressing as a gypsy using stuff offered by my friend Mallory. There's a party tonight, so I have 7 hours to decide.

Edit: Well, it seems as if I didn't bring my school uniform with me, so there goes the schoolgirl costume idea...

Whistling a happy tune

Reasons why I am having a good day (in no particular order):

1) It is the glorious fall break and I have decided to stay on campus. The campus seems like a ghost town because so the majority of students have retreated home for break, although that is not really related to why I am having a good day. The lack of people does certainly contribute to the next reason.
2) I have been actually productive for once this fall break. I walked to the Starbucks on the other side of campus and studied and worked on some ideas for my graphic novel/novel (I haven't decided yet what it will be) for 4 hours.
3) I received a free Iced White Chocolate Mocha because they were training an employee and didn't want to waste the drinks that she made. (<---this made me very happy)
4) Caffeine is a drug, no matter what anyone says. I have consumed lots of it today, resulting in a alert and happy state of being.
5) An amazing amount of rain fell upon the land last night, result in the cool, crisp morning that I love so dearly.
6) The library book which I had borrowed as research for my paper has been located. This book had been misplaced and was overdue but now the fine has been paid.
7) I came across a passage of latin in aforementioned library book and am very pleased that I can still read that which I labored for many years to understand.
8) I heard a very interesting story from the library lady.
Once, long ago, the capital of Oklahoma used to be Gunthrie, not Oklahoma City. Then, in the dark of the night in 1910, some people from Oklahoma City stole the big, metal state seal that resided in Gunthrie and brought it to Oklahoma City. Oklahoma law says that wherever the state seal is, there will the state capital be also. So, Oklahoma City became the capital.
Okay, so I found that story interesting.

On another note, I miss working in a coffee shop.

Edit: Add tomato soup being delicious to my list of why this is a good day.

Multiple fire alarms

Four times this week, my dorm's fire alarms have gone off. Why? The details are still a little sketchy, but I don't think it's because they're malfunctioning. I heard my RA saying that the alarms are really sensitive and even a huge amount of hairspray will activate them. This last alarm was at 12:45am last night, which made it more irritating than all the other ones this week because I was actually asleep.

It was a little amusing to look at the Facebook statuses (stati?) of all my friends and see their combined hatred of the fire alarms at 12:54am.
Samples:
"___________ is sooo mad at the fire alarms right now!
___________ is going to throw something at the fire alarm!!!
___________ is I HATE STUPID FREAKING FIRE ALARMS.
___________ is hating fire alarms like none other. Four in one week? SERIOUSLY?!?!
___________ is hating the darn fire alarms!!!!!"

Just as amusing was the sight of 20 or so girls sprawled on the grass with their laptops in the middle of the night. We all know that we'll be outside for about 20 to 30 minutes and so we grab something that will keep us occupied.

At least it wasn't raining outside.