The Woman From Up Top.

Hello all! Where do I begin? Let me start by mentioning that despite popular opinion, my new background is not dalmatian print. Those actually happen to be, in my opinion, one of the ugliest species of dogs. No, no, my background is cow print. Ya get it? Cows...cowtown?

I seem to procrastinate on updating whenever I go home for a visit--probably because I can update you all in person! I did go home last weekend and had a glorious time catching up with the fambam and being with my Mama for her day. Its always nice to go home and pretend I don't have any responsibilities for a bit...and then come back and resume my student-life. I have been daily updating my whiteboard for my "Countdown to Summer"; 28 days if you're curious, (12 excluding weekends, holidays, and finals), though there seems to be no end in my near future. I guess its better to think that way, I mean the last thing I need is to be doing something like blogging when I'm trying to get my work done....................

Anyhow, between "mid" terms (a mid-term in the last 3 weeks of school is NOT the middle of the term, people!) and trips home my days have consisted of coffee, classes, biking, studying and repeating. Hence the lack of exciting updates for you all. The most exciting part of my day? Receiving a package in the mail!...Of textbooks from Amazon. Yup, this is some good stuff. (P.S. If you want to make my day; send me a letter! Maybe then I'll have something to write about!)

Do any of my faithful followers remember my escapades back in September, when I went into the horrifically-creepy archaeology building with the even more creepy changing temperatures? Believe it or not, I went back, and I am alive to tell the tale. This time I stayed on the first floor, the "Psychology" ward wing to participate in an experiment. Don't get too excited; for my Psych class we have to complete 6 hours of "outside study" in which we choose a few experiments to partake in. Though I was disappointed that the study involving electromagnetic nodes being attached to my brain conflicted with my schedule, I found one this afternoon that led me to the ol' Young Hall. It was a simple experiment that I just couldn't seem to get a grasp on, a computer simulation of sorts. There I sat, feeling like a complete failure when I consistently could not seem to remember the matching pairs of faces that I was supposed to. Ultimately the prompter just sent me home. Watch as I become the "outlying factor" that messes up their entire experiment. Whoops.

I had an encounter today with a young boy. He got up from his table, approached me and mumbled some phrase I couldn't quite understand. When I looked up at him he said "Oh sorry. I thought you were the woman from up top..." as he slowly lifted his head to gaze towards the heavens. Not knowing how exactly to respond to this I just uttered a "oh, don't worry about it..." and watched him walk away, still with a perplexed look on his face as he continued to look up at the sky. Uhh, okay? Not sure if I should gather that he thought I resembled a deceased woman who is now "up top", or if there is some 4th dimension upper-level to our campus that I am unaware of. Either way I chalked it up to typical Davis student interaction.

One teeny-tiny adventure I see in my near future is an excursion to The Hot Dogger. Its a crummy little hole-in-the-wall shack downtown that solely sells different kinds of hot dogs. This came to mind as I was at dinner tonight, conversing with my friends about our favorite foods and a thought occurred to me; hot dogs.  Amidst all the extraneous things presented to me at the DC, never once have they served hot dogs. Now, where I come from that just ain't right. Time and time again I have biked by The Hot Dogger when traveling into town, and next time I will be trying it. How's that for an adventure?

Oh, and I will be seeing "The Great Gatsby" next week for Tuesday-5-dollar-movie nights downtown. Its one of my favorite books and lets be honest; Leo DiCaprio is just beyond words. He could be sitting on screen for 4 hours doing underwater basket weaving and I would still watch with pleasure. So that's happening.
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