101 in 1001 Update!

So little beknownst to be, I unintentionally finished two things on my 101 in 1001 list.

First, my friend Dan was the person in charge of getting people to donate old clothes, so I gave up a fair amount of things I don't use to help his cause, thus I finished #40. I also managed to go a week without coffee, so bye to #59 as well. Yay me!

40. Donate old things to good will

59. Go a week without coffee

New Year, New Major, New Experiences

Greetings all! :)
It's been a while but I've been uber crazy busy, so I have a lot to update people on.

Firstly, a random note, but I've decided that thus far my favorite origami fold in my origami calendar is the penguin in the boat. Unfortunately, I don't have a pic-a-ture yet, but I promise it is uber cute. :)

Also, my roomie and I have completely rearranged our room this semester, which has been good. We have SOOO much room, and our extra mattress has now been hidden out of sight. [Ellie calls it our "Cubby of Friendship," like Hannah's old room. I call it the den where we hold our sex slaves. ;) ].

This first week has been pretty good as well. All my psych classes are interesting so far (though they're taking some adjusting), and my schedule is pretty nice. We have a new friend Raquel (She's our semi-roommate Hannah's new roommate) and we've had some crazy times already.

This weekend has been nice. It's been a 3 day weekend (and Zach's birthday) so a lot has gone down, including Circle of Zach and a pretty fun in character office party.

Today though, has sadly become homework day. Which is what I get for procrastinating so much.

Tonight, I get to go to see a filming of Hardball with Chris Matthews at TSU. They're having a special for MLK day and SHPE got free tickets from the university. So that shall be pretty baller.

Anyway, that's the best I've got at the moment.

Now to return to stats homework.

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

So after watching jeopardy today, in which there was a category about books (and quotes), I realized that one of the books mentioned was sitting on our table.

My mom had bought it early in the break.

So I picked it up and didn't put it down for the rest of the day, despite it not being on any of my book lists. :)

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, by John Berendt is a NON-FICTION book written in novel-like form with small changes mainly to protect the identities of those involved (Think Capote and In Cold Blood). The novel centers around Savannah, Georgia, a somewhat high class Southern town that boasts history and interesting architecture. (The quote mentioned in jeopardy was about how the "12 squares" of the city were what made it beautiful.)

While I don't want to give too much away, I will say the book combines murder mystery with insight into the personas and lifestyle of Savannah society. It was definitely one of the best reads I'd had in a while. So pick it up. I promise it'll be worth your time.

Update: 101 in 1001

Greetings all!

So today was productive, as I moved closer finishing two things on my 101 in 1001 list.
I went shopping with my mom and at Borders there were some major sales going on. So I got an Origami Calendar. It's not quite a book, but at least it'll occupy me for 365 days. I also got the journal of my dreams. So I'm turning my old writing journal to the spontaneous journal and making this my new writing journal. :)

21. Create a spontaneous journal

68. Buy and finish an origami book

So now that that's done, I feel like I'm making decent progress. :)
I have pretty big plans for tomorrow, chilling with Valorie (and maybe Katie if she picks up her phone) in Dallas, then popping in on an event held by our old friend Zaq.

Anyway, that was just a brief update. More to come later.