Show me whatchu got prrtylady.

Today has been a good day. I’m done with all my papers that were due yesterday or today (two of them). My paper on the Benin commemorative heads was pretty great, if I do say so myself. I used a whole lot of different sources in it because Mle said that she thinks Janzen grades it better if there are a lot of sources. Plus, there’s a lot of sources to use about Benin art because there were so many misconceptions about it… also African Arts did an issue in Summer of ’97 which was dedicated to the art pretty much because it was the 100 year anniversary of the Punitive Expedition when Britain discovered/stole all of it. Silly brits. It was a very strange issue because it felt like a celebratory issue. But it had lots of good articles and those help. I also found out today that I got an A on my latest art history test. Given that I was expecting a C after the ammount of work I put into study for it… I think I came out pretty well. I did mess up a lot of dates though. I got a -13 and -14 was the lowest A. So I suppose if I would’ve actually studies I could have gotten full points. Because I didn’t miss any points on analysis… I just missed points on the stuff you have to remember. Oi ugh. If I wanna do well on the GRE I’m gonna hafta learn to use flash cards. Fun.

I got a nano this weekend to get me through Ohio State and then to give/sell to my brother as a partial gift for all the shit he’s gone through once 6G iPods hit the shelfs. Whee. I sorta hate it. But I sorta love it. I named it Ferguson because it’s boring but technologically savvy… and cos I was tired when i was setting it up and iTunes was like “Please name the little fella you just connected to me” and i was like “alright… I Dub thee FERGUSON!” How cute. It’s very small and fits nicely in my pockets. And it carries more than enough music to keep me really satisfied. Mostly… it think i’m just creeped out by it’s smallness. Bizarro.

Tonight will be busy with going out. Tomorrow will be busy with cooking and visiting with friends. Thursday will be busy with family. and Friday-Sunday will be busy with paper writing. Here’s to staying as relaxed as possible through all of it. and here’s to yoga pants and comfy clothes on days when its so nice you don’t have to wear a jacket when you walk to the library from the car at 7:45 a.m.

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