When I originally signed up for this account, it was with the intent to write something every day - just to get me in the habit of writing more. I think any writing is good. So that's my goal, maybe my late New Year's resolution even, to write something every day. We'll see how that goes. So be warned, you guys might be in for some very boring posts about what I ate for lunch or something. ;)

Fun Things About My Weekend:

- Friday I cooked a lovely dinner for my roommates and a friend, pasta with a simple rosemary cream sauce and really cheesy, garlic-y bread. We watched Reservoir Dogs, which my one roommate who has been home ill with mono for a month and watches Hallmark/Lifetime movies all day long, thought was "weird." He also turns his nose up and my indie, "artsy-fartsy" movies though. ;)

- Saturday, I met with an advisor at my college. I am trying to figure several things out in that area, lots of decisions to make - but lots of information to be gathered before those decisions can be made appropriately. This involves my insane thought I posted about Friday. I also played tennis for the first time ever, and though I really sorta sucked, it was fun! And one hell of a workout. I think I sweated off all the pasta I ate Friday. I went to see Thank You For Smoking, which I highly recommend. Aaron Eckhart was just hilarious in it, and his character makes some excellent points about arguing and bs. I also watched the 40-Year Old Virgin (I related to some of his geeky stuff entirely too much) and the Upside of Anger (don't bother unless you have a thing for Kevin Costner). AND I still studied some too.

- Sunday, went to a local Viking Fest (http://www.ashvillevikingfest.com) with my friend Nazaire, saw some fun shows, ate lots of good food, ran into some Rennie pals,and got a damn nice sugar buzz from I don't even know how many honey sticks. ;) I spent my evening working on math, decidedly not fun. It makes my brain hurt! 

AND I talked to [smakeupfx] from ET lots this weekend, which is always fun and makes me smile hugely. :D 

And I've actually been able to squeeze in reading something other than textbooks recently! I made a valiant effort to read Shake Hands with the Devil by Romeo Dallaire. Dallaire was a general in the French-Canadian army, and in the book he recounts his experience as the head of the UN peacekeeping mission in Rwanda. Which as we all know, failed miserably. It is a moving, heartbreaking story. He is quite detailed in his account, and we also see how each decision affected him and how it eventually led to a severe case of post traumatic stress sydnrome. However, it's just too tedious for me right now. I had an ever-expanding cheat sheet for acronyms from everything to BBTG, broad based transitional government to RPF, Rwandan Patriotic Front and they went on and on. I just couldn't get caught up in it, so I gave up for now. ;) Instead, I am currently reading Tarzan of the Apes. I am enjoying it immensely because it is beautifully simple. The language is not superfluous, yet it paints a rich canvas full of interesting characters and happenings. Maybe one of the reasons I get so immersed in the world is that Burroughs takes great care to describe the sounds of the jungle - when it storms, you feel like you can reach out your window and feel the rain and see the lightning and the gorillas huddling under ancient trees. *shivers* It is excellent stuff. I also started The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova, thus far I am intrigued enough to not want to put it down. It has a very DaVinci Code feel to it, but with Dracula and Vlad the Impaler instead of Mary and the Holy Grail! :D


*cross-posted to LJ