February Twenty Sixth

Well, I am Fucked! FFFFFFFFFFucked with ten capital F's (you can count them they are all there). I have soooooo much to do for midterms. It's amazing how much work piled up within a matter of days! My schedule for the rest of eternity looks something like this. 

Today(Thursday): Do Math H.W. and Study study study for Japanese! I need to bring up my grade in that class like there is no tomorrow. 

Friday-Sunday (the weekend) : Start your engines, and may the best woman WIN! But seriously, this is when things begin to kick into high gear! I need to read read and read some more. I have three plays to read for Women in antiquity, 3 books and a shit ton of PDF's to read for cultural anthropology, and a few things to read for philosophy. This will all be tempered by a healthy smattering of studying for math and whatever math homework is assigned on top of everything! Oh boy!

Monday: Mostly devoted to Math and start some short answers for my huge ass women in antiquity midterm. 

Tuesday: Study for Japanese Oral test and Write my Philosophy Paper and Math Homework

Wednesday: Start Finishing up Women in antiquity midterm and revise Philosophy paper

Thursday: Finish Women in Antiquity midterm and breathe! 

Of course, this is an idealized schedule and the real life interpretation will look more like this

Today-Tuesday: Fuck off and pretend I don't have anywork

Wednesday: PANIC!!!!! 

Oh well such is life. hopefully I'll be able to go out this weekend, but I don't see that working out too nicely except for the fact that I'm doing it anyway. Actually, now that I think of it I already made some pretty hefty plans for Friday. Fuck me! At least Maddie and Sam and a bunch of other people won't be around thus removing some of the pressure to be social. 

So I'm actually very afraid of my building obsession with drag queens. It's threatening to consume my life entirely. I find myself constantly scouring the web for mentions of RuPaul's Drag Race and am completely enamored with all of the contestants. It would be super duper fun to get to be in full glamorous drag for a day. I don't think it's my life's destiny but it would be a fun dose of escapism and make believe. 

I wish I had more time to play my video games. I feel like they are being neglected. I am currently debating whether or not I want to take my X-box home with me for Spring Break because Fallout 3 deserves alot more attention and I am so curious about how the story will play out. Although I must admit as immersive and believable the desolate Capital Wasteland is I am getting a tad bored with redundant environments and enemies. I also am literally about to burst with excitement as I anticipate the release of FFXIII. 

Moving on, I am super pumped because I will probably be bringing my car with me to college after Spring break!  not only will this be super convenient for the duration of the semester, but it will also allow me to tack on some social calls to the end of the school year so that I can visit my best buds and prolong my time away from FL. 

Despite how nice that would be, I do love my floridian paradise of a home. I really didn't take full advantage of it when I lived there. Oh well, the grass is always greener. 

Ok I'm done. Bye!

February 24th

Today is looking to be the best class yet! Martha starts off by taking attendance and commenting on people's haircuts and general appearance and quirks. She's just so darn friendly and warm. I love Martha Kaplan. she is the B dot C (bomb dot com). Of course, since today is a day that we will be getting our essays back, she draws our attention to the graded Essay and then asks us to stop her 5 minutes before class ends so that she can hand them back. Hooray. I am thrilled to sit here for the next hour and a half anticipating my grade.I hate when teachers do that. Anyway, Martha commented on how Anna and I always are in the same seats in class, and I made a funny joke about how we are a Matakwali and we won't be moving b/c our seats are equivalent to the land assigned to us during colonial times. Basically, I am too much.

Today at the Deec, I made Bananas with Anna. Hahahaha Anna Banana! Anna Bananarama! Anyway, I've made them before, but they are super delicious. The recipe is as follows.

Ingredients:

2 bananas

2 hefty dashes of cinnamon

An ample gushing drizzle of honey

5 pats of butter

Recipe

1. Slice the banana (like a mom) using your thumb and an upwards cutting motion into    medallions.

2. Add all ingredients into a pan

3. Sizzle to until the Bananas look and smell delicious and are coated in a heavenly amber     goo

4. Eat with Vanilla Ice Cream

5. ENJOY!

I am going to have a cooking show called Mitchell's super awesome rockin' cooking party, or something like that. 

This weekend I decided to stay in on Saturday night. It was a very good decision. I feel rested and rejuvenated. 

This morning at 9:30AM I had my student fellow interview. I think it went pretty darn well, but I hate hate hate getting up early!!! I hate it alot! alot alot. But Nikki was sweet and Akiko is always the B dot C so I'm happy. Now it's just a waiting game. I can't wait to find out. 

 I'm going to end this post early. See you Thursday!

February Nineteenth

Don't we look so cute! Mostly Ross just looks good though, but the funny faces that Anna and I contribute are definitely bumping up the sex factor. by the end of the semester, this album should be pretty epic. 

Today is a good day. 

I feel pretty good and am relatively free of stress and am feeling large, in charge, and totally in control. This mainly stems from the fact that I finished all of my H.w. for the week last night and am basically staring down the glorious barrel of the weekend. 

RuPaul's drag race is my latest and greatest obsession. I LOVE DRAG QUEENS. I simply can't help myself. It looks like tons of fun and the outfits the jewels and the attitude are just divine! 

My state of content is also leaving me somewhat bland. I'm having difficulty coming up with things to write, but It's ok. I know that all of the magic is still up there swirling around among thoughts of fantasy and wealth. I would give anything to be able to do some form of magic or have a power. Basically, I want to be something between Harry Potter and an X-man. 

I need to get to the gym. My body just isn't where it needs to be and has been unfavorably stagnant for a few months now. Also, I want to start shaking things up and have a few adventures. I want to ride horses or go on roller coasters or go on a mountain hiking expedition. I guess I'm kind of restless. This is probably because the weather is just so fantastic today! Maybe I'll kidnap someone and go for a walk on the vassar farm. That would be nice. 

I'm also dying for Final Fantasy 13 to come out. I love RPG's. 

I don't have much of an appetite so far today. I hope that continues (for a month)

Speaking of diet... I am soooo excited to go to Miami over Spring Break! It is going to be bomb and a half! Not only do I get to be with Sarah but I get to be in Miami! between the food and the clubs and my biffle I think that i will enjoy myself. However there is something that needs to be taken care of before I can fully throw myself into the Miami experience. And that something is my not-so-beach-ready body which is fine I guess, but I want to kick my fitness regiment into high gear so that I can make an impact when Sarah sees me! 

The best part of being overweight is losing it! and getting complimented on how great you look. 

In the spirit Blogthropology I should probably contextualize and examine what I have written. Basically I embody American Body ideals. Martha would be so interested in this. How is it that one can recognize the constructs of a society and yet still fall victim to them. But in the conext of a society it's not really victimization, it's a formula for success. Also I just want to look hott. At least I'm not an Indo-Fijian from the 1980's That would totally suck! 

I am officially out of steam this was weird. See you Tuesday!

February Seventeenth

Hello again, It's time for another riveting Post! As per usual, I just wrote the essay that was due today in about 45 minutes before class and was only 4 minutes late. Not perfect, but not terrible either.

I am so empty and tired today. I spent all of last night uncontrollably coughing my lungs out which was nice and then I had further mucus related expulsions in the bathroom followed by a dainty smattering of vomit. Overall it was super cute and trendy. This was all followed by a horrific shock induced headache which literally ravaged my skull and the night concluded with a hefty dose of children's grape flavored chewable tylenol. Ok, this is good for today. I'm not so chatty or clever or interesting, or creative at the moment and I have a slideshow to watch, so peace!

February Twelfth

Fuck me! I am remarkably bored. Today I woke up feeling like shit with more gook crusted onto my eyes than I ever imagined possible. I had to strip my bed last night because I spilled Ramen in it and was sweaty and gross and generally miserable. I showered and made it to anthropology about five minutes late and basically we just watched a movie about tribal stuff, but whatever, M. Kap does what M. kap wants cuz she got it like that. Actually I kind of secretly love Martha Kaplan she is warm and interesting. But I do feel kinda tricked into taking a class on Fiji.

This is a boring post. But that's entirely reflective of my bored mood and boring atmosphere. Also, I'm stressing the fuck out because I am continually putting off a paper that is due today at 4:40 P.M.  It's for Philosophy and It has to be about Shame and Guilt and whether the presence or lack of those attitudes makes one more or less autonomous. It's interesting enough, but getting myself to sit down and start writing is such a bitch! It only has to be 3 pages, so I'm over it and I'll knock something passable out and be done with it. 

Did you know, that in Fiji that matanitu (kingdom or chiefdom) are centralized and that leadership is determined by descent? Well, now you do. I can already feel how helpful this information will be in my future career (watch me become an anthropologist of Fiji despite it all). If I did become an Anthropologist I would want Martha Kaplan in my Matankwali. 

I'm really running out of steam, but we can always look to the future for a glimmer of excitement. I turn 19 on Sunday Yahoo! except that turning 19 doesn't really mean anything. I guess it's kind of weird that It will be my last year as a teenager, but I'm not to worried about that I'll keep doin' me no matter what age group I belong to. Anyway, I'm throwing myself a lil' b-day get together Tomorrow. It's going to be pretty cozy and low key but the theme is sparkles and glamour and glitter. Basically I didn't want a theme but I want people to recognize that this isn't just any other party, its MY party. To further exemplify the exceptional nature of the gathering I will be providing 50 or so bottles of cheap ass Champagne, but Champagne non the less and Beer pong will be replaced with Champagne pong. Genius, I know. 

Did you know that Females can be chiefs in Fiji? I didn't, but frankly, I'm impressed. I become more enamored with the Fijian people by the minute. 

I miss Josie. Josie is M. Kap's dog. She is adorable. Luckily, Josie holds office hours which is kinda charming and sweet, but as much as I love dogs I'm not willing to go out of my way to pet Martha's dog especially since her office hours are at 9AM!!! yikes! 

So, here I am dreading the inevitable essay writing that awaits me. Farewell, and See you on Tuesday. Let's see if I can't make this a Little more dynamic in the future.