Wake me up when September ends?

Hey guys,

School officially started... forever ago? I guess I've been here almost a month already, and I miss everyone! But it doesn't feel like it's been a month. Time is flying by so quickly, and I've been really busy. So I will catch you up on my semester so far...

I'm taking 5 classes, which is one more than the typical course load. I am taking-
Women in the Italian Renaissance (it could be worse, it could be better)
Italian (despite all my efforts I can barely speak. I might actually be regressing. d'oh)
Introduction to Psych (I was thinking I might minor in Psych, but who knows)
Contemporary American Fiction (AMAZING class, probably my favorite)
Creative Writing as Creative Thought (we're working mostly with short stories, this class is exactly how it sounds, if you catch my drift)

Aside from that I've been very busy with my job on campus, which is an internship in event planning. There is so much to do all the time, I'm surprised things ever get put together. This last Wednesday, we had Elizabeth Gilbert (she wrote Eat, Pray, Love) on campus. I had lunch with her and introduced her (to a theater full of 600 people) before her presentation in the evening. That has been my highlight thus far. She was such a nice person, and although I was very nervous, I spoke pretty well. Tonight I am introducing The Lovell Sisters, a bluegrass band that is playing a concert here on campus.

In my spare time? I've been knitting for a craft fair on Oct. 2. I went to the beach, which is so amazing down here. I had totally forgotten how much I love it. I'm going back this weekend, to escape the intense triple-digit heat of Claremont. I saw Blink-182 (and Fall Out Boy, but only because they opened for Blink) in concert. That was pretty good. I'm not a big fan of huge amphitheaters, but the show itself was pretty good. Unfortunately, we had tickets on the lawn, which is where a bunch of intoxicated, shirtless men started a bonfire. Hot dry grass + fire = Me, slightly alarmed. But for the most part it was under control. What concerns me most is that security would have seen it from their vantage point on the roof, but did nothing. Isn't that a job of theirs?

I should go and get ready for tonight's concert, and then tonight's dance party in the courtyard of the Humanities building. What a fabulous, strange location. I have no doubt that people will be dancing in the fountains or hanging off the olive trees. It should be a sight to behold.

Ariel