The Letter C

This blog is brought to you by the letter C.

Casualties

The mojo in my apartment is seriously out of whack this week. Bright and early, both my roommate and I have managed to break things the last two days. When Leslie broke a plate this morning at 5am, it woke me up, but I was sleeping so poorly that it didn't quite register. Yuck.

"Well, we have too many mugs anyway," Leslie offered helpfully yesterday morning, when I broke three (count 'em: three) mugs in one go.

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Classes 


An update on my last semester of college: (Doesn't it feel like just yesterday that I started college? Cause it sure feels that way to me.)

I got my first ever 100% on a major test (I get A's, but I never know if an A is 100%) in my theatre class two weeks ago! I feel particularly accomplished because I ran out of time (due to the mountain of reading I have in my other classes) and didn't read one of the plays for the exam. Intelligent guesswork and careful notetaking in class can't make up for materials I haven't read, but they sure do help!

In my Victorian Literature class, I've managed to read half of Adam Bede and Story of an African Farm. I wish I could finish them, but I just don't have time. It's hard to spend time reading a 300 page book that I know I won't be directly tested over and we won't be discussing for more than a week. Not going to lie, the dreaded Senioritis is hitting pretty hard. I may be infected for the rest of the semester. Or the rest of forever.

I found this image when I was a senior in high school... Yeah, it still applies.

9 1/2 weeks until the end of the semester... but who's counting? 

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Chitown 

It's hard to focus on school when I have bigger things looming, as well. Things like careers. I've been really quiet about this on le blog, not for any particular reason, not because I haven't wanted to talk about it, because I talk about it all the time. 

Guess who's got two thumbs and an internship? THIS GIRL.

For the past month, I've been interning for a publishing company! It's a little, locally owned company, and I've been doing really exciting things like updating spreadsheets. I do it all from home and meet with my boss once every week or two. She says she may have me do some actual editing in the future, though... Eep! 

My boss invited me to go with them to a writers' conference, where I'll help run our company table. So, tomorrow afternoon... I am off to Chicago! I have all of my classy clothes, business cards, and resumes all ready to do some serious networking when I'm not working the booth. It's not that I expect to come out of it with a job, or anything, but it sure would be nice to get some contacts in the publishing field or some advice. I'm even meeting one of my writers (what I call the people whose fanfiction I edit) while I'm there! 

I've got my game face on. Let's do it!

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Cafes

One of my favorite cafes in Austin (Caffe Medici) has this little gem.

HELLO, MR SUGAR!

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Cute Puppies! 

I was housesitting last week, and got to hang out with the cutest puppy! Her name is Gracie. CUE THE PHOTOS.

Puppy on the couch!

Puppy on the floor!

Puppy in Ally's vest!

Puppy trying to get out of the vest!

Puppy in the sun!

PUPPIES!! 

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Charles Dickens

We had to go on a little library research scavenger hunt in my Victorian Lit class, and one of the things we had to find was a biography of one of the authors we have read thus far in class. Our only guidance was that the older the biography, the better. I found a really good one!

My Father as I Recall Him, by Mamie Dickens Pub. 1897.

That's right: Charles Dickens' daughter wrote this one. Hell yeah! And after class, my professor told me I did a "good job". (Proud as a peacock over here.)

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Phew. That's a lot of things that start with C, am I right?

That's all for now! Stay tuned for what I hope will be an exciting trip to Chicago!