9 Feb

Ah, Thursdays. One of my favorite days of the week. I was a good girl today and packed my lunch before going to class at 11. Court Cultures was nice as usual, though unfortunately Matt, one of the other JYAs in the class, made a fool of himself during his seminar presentation. It was unfortunate that his presentation partner chose to be absent today, which seemed to have unnerved him a bit. Regardless, it is inexcusable to allow your cell phone to ring twice, loudly at that, during your presentation. Apparently it was his mummy calling from home, having “just got up” since it was 12:30 GMT and thus 7:30 EST. A minute later, the phone rings again. Some people never learn. The class and Prof. Zim were quite amused, though I think Zim would have preferred not to have the interruption. I felt bad for Matt until the ringing. Oh well.

After class I bee-lined it (funny word that, because bees seldom fly in straight line, so I really did “beeline” it) to the library in search of more books for class. My search was in vain as all my desired texts were taken. Instead, I surreptitiously ate my lunch while reading Old Arcadia. The chair was rather uncomfortable so as soon as I finished I packed my things and left. I also realized that I had not brought the book that was due with me. Fortunately, no one had requested it and I was able to renew it just fine. The day was growing rather gloomy out so I headed straight home.

Upon reaching home I read for a while and worked on my linguistics project. Dinner was surprisingly delicious: vegetable kiev. It was vegetables slightly fried and lightly breaded with some creamy sauce inside. It made me happy. After dinner I did a great deal of work on my linguistics survey by sending it out to a bunch of people who kindly and obligingly filled it out. Thank you all! My aim in my project is to look at the differences and similarities between the slang used by British and American university students. I am also going to take into account the gender, age, and region of origin of the students to see if those affect lexical choice. Should prove to be quite interesting and I’ve gotten a few great responses.

So Gregg brought a lot of movies with him but though I tried to watch “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban,” alas, my disc drive refuses to recognize the disc. Instead, after finishing a good bit of work, I played the Oregon Trail again, this time as a farmer to really challenge myself. Definitely placed 2^nd in the Top Ten list. Hoorah.

Cheers!