Oh yes, I remember. Sundays are "Honest Blog" days, where I show yall my planner with the (maybe) effect of keeping me on top of my school work. So far, it's worked pretty well.
Here is last week (look how much I did!)
And here is this week!
As you can see, I've done quite a lot of it already. On Friday, I sat in the library until I'd finished like 75% of my work, because I knew how much this weekend wasn't going to belong to me. Most of my weekend belonged to APO, but some of it to Emma, and the rest to the Superbowl.
(Speaking of the superbowl... Way to go Saints!)
I have some catching up to do with reading the Jungle. I keep forgetting about it, because it doesn't feel like reading for class. It seems like it should be reading for fun, even though I know it's not. In any case, I have the free kindle version of it as well, and so everywhere I go I have the opportunity to read it. Maybe I'll hit the sack early tonight and start.
So, in other news, I went to UT's learning center to talk to a "learning specialist" and see what they have to recommend to me in the way of good study habits, which I have learned I lack. (High school was a breeze, UTSA was easier.) They recommended first off that I don't take so many classes so I made the decision to drop Linguistics. I've only had one day without it so far, and so far it's not that different. I've heard that taking 12 hours is blissful, though. I do get to ride the bus to class every MWF, though! The West Campus bus goes straight to the art building!)
The UTLC also signed me up with a "peer academic counselor" who I will be meeting with on Fridays after class. I'm looking forward to seeing what they can teach me! Apparently, they'll be teaching me good study and planning habits.
I've been corresponding (basically) on a daily basis with my dear friend Siobhan, who is kicking my arse for the first time in a long time in the creative writing department. (Since she's been largely inactive for the longest time, it's pretty easy to beat someone who's not producing anything! Haha.) Anyway, she's been on my case to produce something and produce something I have. (We started to talk about a new story while I was visiting her.) And so I give you...
An outline! I can't remember if I've mentioned my new story before (I just looked; I mentioned it in passing last week in the "breadbox spanish tragedy" post) but in any case, I have a solid chapter written. I've been writing it in little snatches of time, between classes or as my 15 minute break during long periods of studying.
I have plans for a three-part piece of fanfiction... In large part it has to do with a certain elvish prince (who else but my favorite, Legolas?) Really, that's all you need to know. But I'm hoping that it will be good. It's not going to be light and fluffy, which is my usual genre! Anyway, that's (most of the) outline for Part I of the as-of-yet-unnamed story.
(Secretly, I'm also hoping that it will be worth sharing with the blog. Most of the time I'm a tad embarrassed to share my writing with the blog, just because I don't think it's good enough!)
Today, at the Sunday meeting in the ARAPOUT (the weekly newsletter) the game on the back was a word game: How many words can you make out of "Alpha Phi Omega". My English major definitely payed off, because I came up with 58 words! My favorite was "phlegm"! I used to play that game all the time when I was in high school. I'd choose a random word on whatever book I was looking at at the time and then try and make as many words out of it as possible.
Anyway, I think I'm finished with this blog tonight. I hope everyone has a good week!
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