What matters is the trip
So I don’t know that I mentioned it, but the university radio station is fantastic. In addition to having an NPR affiliate that plays All Things Considered later than KPR, they also have a really rad indie station. Yesterday, i was driving around and this song came on.
I think it’s great! And it makes me excited to road trip back to Kansas City tomorrow, not that I’m not super excited about that already. I also have been thinking about doing more interesting things with my blog than I’ve done in the past. Maybe some music recommendations, some sweet photos I’ve been taking or finding on the internet. I’m not sure. I read some more interesting blogs now so maybe I’ll start by recommending those things listed in my blogroll. I have been especially enjoying The Boat Lullabies at Square America. It’s great. Though today’s post is pretty sad.
Let’s see what is going on in my life, shall we? I got that haircut. That was pretty swell. Thursday, I had a huge test in collections management and I think it went really, really well. I’m trying not to be overconfident about it because I would hate to be devastated by my actual grade when I receive that, but for the time being it’s nice to not be constantly second-guessing myself and my answers like I think I did on the last test. It’s always a nice feeling to get out of a test and feel good about it… and I’d sort of forgotten what that felt like as my last major testing experiences were in Art History and Collections Management. Too much memorization! Thursday was a very, very long day though. I had the test from 8-9:15, then the professor lectured until 10:15, then Data Management from 10:30-noon and an MHSA meeting after that followed by class from 1:15-5ish. Gracious. When that was over I went home and laid down for a few minutes then picked up Kyle and we headed to Triple J. I was pretty well obliterated and passed out by 10. Which was a nice end to a long, but mostly okay day.
Friday, we went to the communications colloquium and I watched Katie and Amy present a really interesting paper about manifesting whiteness through tradition and public memory at Texas A&M. Afterward we went out to dinner at Chili’s with some of the grad students and professors. I really enjoyed chatting with them and it was nice to have some mental exercise. Makes me really want to get back into history when I’m done with museum science, I think. At the very least to use in museums. I’d just like to teach. I’m jealous of all the comm. friends who get to. We also saw W. which made me disappointed/angry/tired. After waking up a bit after the movie and having a night to sleep on it, I decided that I didn’t like it because I felt that the characters could have been much more dynamic than they were. Bush, W and HW, were both dynamic but I felt like most of the cabinet was very two-dimensional and that isn’t very cool. I just felt like it should have been a lot more than it was. I’m also not quite sure that i agree with the fundamental premise of the movie. Mostly, I don’t think the war in Iraq stems as much from W’s daddy issues as Mr. Stone apparently seems to think. And given his track record with history, I’m not about to take him at his word.
Yesterday, we went to the book sale at the Mahon Library and oh em gosh. It was incredible. We spent about 30 dollars and got about 50 books. I got a bunch of books I’ve really been meaning to buy and read… and I think The Historian is at the top of my list—after all, it’s close to Halloween and I am going through a vampire phase. Last night we watched the mizzou disaster with Kevin and Jess and Kyle and then went to David Trout’s karaoke again. I think he is near the top of the list of things I love most about Lubbock. I even did karaoke this time! I sang “Wrong Way” with Jess and then Kyle roped me into “it’s your love” which was a huge disaster. Turns out I am not Faith Hill nor am I familiar enough with the song to actually know when it is my turn to sing. Ah, well. Heather came out too as we were celebrating her surviving her twenty-second birthday.
Today has been nursing my knee which I think I sprained when I fell down the stairs yesterday. Heels + Slick painted concrete staircase + drunk = bad times. Ugh. There are skid marks on the stairs from where my heels slid out from under me as I slipped. Poor thing. It’s really starting to feel better though. I can limp around and things just certain positions for sitting don’t feel too comfortable.
Tomorrow, I’m spending the day heading to Kansas City for a conference! I’m so excited to get to be home for a few days! And the conference should be fun too… especially because I get a bit of a break from my regular lecture schedule which I think is much needed at this point.
I wish I said which less.