The Rose's Grove

Yay! The first half of chapter 13 of Cassandra Claire's Draco Veritas series is up today!!! The second half will be up in a few days, giving us all time to panic somewhat before the *real* cliffhanger ending. SheisagoddessIadorehersocompletely!!!

And some of the stuff going on in the RP is making my mind totally blow up. It hurts. It hurts my poor little mind so horribly. And I'm not supposed to know about any of it, either, 'cause Kate accidentally told me while she was being told... she needs the moral support, though. And I'm incorrigible and can't keep from begging to know what's going on... so we're a good pair of trouble-makers. *Grins broadly*

In other news, I had a final today... and it went ok. It was one of those finals where about 70% of the questions are like "wow, that's so easy!" and another 10% are kind of "ooo.... that's a toughie, but I've got it!" 5% "yeeesh, I don't remember that at all, I guess I should have been more careful on that reading I didn't have time for"...... and 5% "I totally cannot remember the prof ever saying *anything* about that!"

Yup. But I'm doing ok. And I'm going to spend tomorrow studying for my *next* final, which is wednesday at 10:30... and trying to finish stupid Wutherine Heights for the final 8:30 thursday.

Oh... and I have a sore throat. Hmph.

Must.... write.... essay.....

*gags*

No... Seriously, this has been a pretty good weekend so far. Went out with Derek yesterday, saw "Bruce Almighty" (funny, some intelligent bits, though not as amazing as it might have been, and I kept finding myself making little Dogma jokes throughout it), wandered around the Ave a bit, went to dinner at Shalimar, generally hung out. Nice lazy day.

Today I have to work. I'm going to try to have my English paper finished by the end of the day, and then I need to read Apuleis' "The Golden Ass" so I can start my other damned paper. And, of course, I get an email from my English prof this morning talking about all the grammatical issues he'll be particularly looking out for... *winces* Gods, I hope I make it through the rest of this paper quickly.

Oh, but we're supposed to start a new day in the RP today... however, that still doesn't mean we'll be moving quickly because of classes... no, no... because of all the trouble, classes will be cancelled for the first few days. *growls*... I swear it'll be autumn quarter before we actually get to *classes*.....

Getting close to finished with the scroll for Spring Fling, too. So I've made at least some progress in something already this weekend. Now here we go with the big stuff......

Role-playing last night went very well, and I had a lovely day today trying to catch up on my reading (not going well...) and posting on the online RPG. Loads of fun. Amazingly good angst and emotional stuff going on over on the RPG, in addition to all the fun the other characters are having. I'm totally enthralled....

Quote of the day (from last night's game session):
"I don't tell you how to stab things, so don't tell me how to guide things."

Looking forward to a week of running around trying to get things done... taxes, paperwork for event in June that I'm autocratting, readings for classes, picking up blank for a scroll I'm coloring, getting ready for the con that I thought wasn't until the end of the month.... things like that. Insanity, as usual.

Had a lovely, lazy, cheery break. I spent most of my time reading, writing, and practicing the guitar, but also found time to see Les Miserables at the 5th Ave (AMAZING!!!!!) and just generally hang out with my family.

I also watched the Oscars, which was nice, if mostly predictable. The big blew-my-mind-away surprise was the winner for best original song: Eminem!! Seriously, people. This is the ACADEMY we're talking about.... and they gave HIM the award??? Unbelievable. I'm still mad about them not even nominating Lord of the Rings for best original score; they WON last year, after all, and I thought the score for TTT was miles ahead of FotR in style and beauty. Oh, well. They damned well better get some good notice next year, or I'll.... well, I'll gripe and moan a lot. So... Yeah.

I just noticed that 101.5 (my favorite radio station) will actually say "f*cking" (those who think it's silly for me to censor words I'll happily say can bite me... I'm never quite sure who's reading this, and I'd prefer not to shock the heck out of anybody).... but they won't say "chickenshit." They blipped it! I guess they've changed their rules a bit. Hmph.

Lots of stuff to think about from game last night... My poor character has a big moral/emotional headache. Yay for angst! Must go write diary entry there, too. Here's the site for our blog, in case any of you are really bored... I think Cora and I are really the only ones who post frequently. http://ravensanctuary.com/kc/dnd/index.html