new semester
so, i can’t ignore it any longer. much as i may want to.
class began today.
byebye summer.
now granted, it is only one course, but it is accelerated. so i, like my students, will have to get the same amount of work done in half the time. not a biggie. but summer is definitely over. man…i remember when june signified the beginning of summer…
we have been spending a ridiculous amount of time watching netflix via streaming over our wii. may have watch the entire series of buffy. may almost be done with the first season of angel (throws me a bit because the shows lined up, and i have to remind myself that most of the stuff on buffy hasn’t happened yet.) we’re also watching arrested development. interesting show. i wasn’t that enthused the first couple of episodes, but like most things, i tend to get drawn in by characters and seeing how they develop. makes sense, as my stories are always character/relationship driven, as opposed to plot driven. (my thesis advisor likened me to dorothy allison – best day ever.)
liz got a new game for the wii – a hunting game. she has been killing things left and right…and though they are cartoons, i still can’t watch.
ash trea and brad were here for a couple days last week. they had left home a few weeks before that, hitting up all the fam and friends on their way here. we were their last stop on their way out of the midwest. and i already miss them. though i have been enjoying the text message updates and the blog updates. they went to the rock and roll hall of fame, and the pic they posted was of a george harrison likeness on a guitar – made my day. i need to go see that guitar.
i need a roadtrip.
i had told them about the angel oak tree in south carolina, something i saw on my freshman habitat collegiate challenge trip freshman year of college. ash trea being a fan of trees (never woulda guessed it from her nickname, eh?) was game for it – so they went. seems like it is a tad too hot for them, so they are venturing up the coast. and i am jealous. but excited. and living viacriously.
liz and i want to take some time and go along route 66 and check out all the awesome outsider art. someday. soon i hope.
