Yeah, so I don't update my site all that much anymore. Getting back into school after four years, plus being in a new, exciting city will do that a body.
So apologies are in order. Who am I apologizing to? Probably no one, since I can't imagine anyone's checked the site lately, but it makes me feel better.
I'm sitting here on the eve of my first midterm, attempting to lead a lummox from my class through the finer points of The Enlightenment Era. How did I get roped into this? Maybe I shouldn't have mentioned I would be in the library. Curses!
So, a quick brief as to what I've been doing with myself since I moved out here almost two months ago...
--Class, class, and more class. Actually, I'm only taking two classes and an independent study, so it's not a terrible load. The Enlightenment Era, which is a snoozer, and Historiography ("the history of the study of history") which isn't nearly as boring as it sounds. My independent study is called "The Rise of the Nation State 1648-1815. Whoo-hoo!
--Assisting various professors. TA-ing a Humanities class (and man, the professor is HOT!). I have about 60 kids to take care of, and they're all morons. Well, not all, but some couldn't string together a coherent sentence if you gave them a dictionary and a ball of brightly-colored yarn. I'm also assisting in that Historiography class (will I get to grade my own paper? I hope so!) due to an unforeseen tragedy in the History department. I get paid for it, which is nice.
--Bombing around LA/Hollywood with friends. Good times. The less said about that, the better.
--I also, just recently, got a couple-hour-a-week job tutoring a fourth grader (!). I know what you're thinking -- "Blue, a tutor? A mentor? A guide of this nation's greatest resource?" Yeah, whatever. It pays $25/hr, so I can slap a creepy smile on my face for that long.
Well, the lummox returneth, so I'll holler back.