I guess it's safe to say that I have let myself disappear from the world for the most part. Well, I am back, and I will be trying my hardest to keep the world informed of my activities. The summer ended beautifully. Rachie turned 17, the prettiest age of them all, and Nettie married Jacob, which means I've got myself an actual brother!! She was a pretty bride, and it was one of the greatest dance parties in history. Dad even catwalked to Right Said Fred! Rachel is a senior in high school now, and a five-star frozen yogurt swirler, which makes her the rock star of the family.
Fall semester of 2008 began a month ago, reminding me how huge the CSULB campus is, and how lovely it is to not have to worry about understanding the language of instruction. California seems to be in denial that it's no longer summer, but I am more than ok with that! The first half of my two year long senior year has been passing calmly. All of classes seem to relate to each other, which a nice confirmation that upper division classes are a billion times better than GEs. I have also declared a second major, which officially makes me a double major in Linguistics and English (emphasis in Creative Writing) with a minor in French. It keeps me busy.
I'm still coordinatoring, which keeps me even more busy. I love working with all the RA's though, especially with their event projects. They get to plan fun social events for residents, and my staff is really prepared and creative, which makes my job so much easier! I also supervise a community service committee, so that's even more good stuff for me to get involved in. Then, I am involved with two clubs on campus (Christian Youth Group one and a Study Abroad one), so free time is a rare a special thing for me. Chad does a good job of keeping me mostly un-crazy and helps me focus on important stuff like homework and getting off campus to the outside world!
I've been spending most of my free time doing four things. Mostly, I'm in my kitchen, actually, practicing my baking and chocolate-working skills. I figure that if this whole college/writing thing doesn't work out, I can always start a chocolaterie. I also watch reruns of The Office and old black and white movies, which I realize are almost opposite genres that don't really mix very well, but I can't help what I like. I've started up a book club in the Residence Halls! Our first book is A Handmaid's Tale, but I haven't started it quite yet. (The Picture of Dorian Gray was amazing- I couldn't put it down!) All this reading has got me to start writing more, which is great for my creative nonfiction class. I think my work is okay, but I haven't been critiqued yet. I would just like to thank my friends and family for being such fun characters to write about- you guys make me sound pretty darn cool in class!
Question for the week: How many morphemes would be in eggplant? Yes, it is a compound noun, but does it's etymology really require it to be separated? I say no, but this has become quite the controversy in my semantics class.
