Random Bits, Of Course

It's Wednesday, which means no work and very little school - which also means I'm scatterbrained and unable to focus on homework. Figures. Time for a hit list.

• Crunch Time Part II begins this coming Sunday. November 15th represents the last stressful day of this semester. Between this Sunday and November 15th, my days will be filled with balancing my software development group project, plowing through novels for my literature class, finishing my (still very buggy) compiler project, and scheduling what will hopefully be my last semester at BGSU (although realistically, probably not). Oh, and I have to read three short stories a week for my workshop class and plow through composition papers ("unity papers") for my other English class. November 15th is when my compiler is due: easily the most-worrisome of my projects. I'll consider my semester on easy-street after that.

• I've found it hard to separate my personal life from school lately. This has resulted in me slacking off one in favor of the other (I'll let you figure out which is which). By personal life, I'm not talking hanging out with friends or anything (I haven't seen many of my friends anyway), but instead I'm referring to me. I'm at a creative stalemate with my writing, I crave nothing more than video games, and I'm losing much of my interests in things such as sex and desire (intimacy is another story, however). How can I separate my longing to do well in school from my personal freedoms and passions?

• I'm loving the weather. As great as summer was, the colorful foliage, bare branches, leaves about the ground, and gusty, biting winds make me feel insanely alive. I can't explain it, but I'm looking forward to winter. Perhaps it's the natural order of the universe to be cold, but I simply love the challenge of trying to keep body and the immediate space around it warm. Whether it's in the comfort of my home, laying under my favorite blanket, curling next to a fire, or sipping hot chocolate at Grounds for Thought, my favorite part of winter is challenging the natural order of things by staying warm. Am I weird? Most definitely yes.

• I have a few days off work this week: Friday and Saturday. I have a short story due Sunday afternoon, so I'm spending both days close to my laptop. I don't really have a story ready, and even with five days to go until it's due, I'm still debating if I should rework older fiction or continue with a new story. Something tells me I'm going to have a busy Friday and Saturday.

Anywho, time to get back to work... Out.