Volatile

Today I had a bad day. But this has been a pretty good week overall. I had a lot of work to do Monday (I didn't start my religious studies paper due that day until the night before), but I got it all done and went to work. Tuesday we watched a movie in Anthro. Wednesday my core class got canceled and I figured out my schedule for next year (to some degree at least). Today my Italian class was canceled and I got to sleep in and do reading for my Anthro class.
I was scheduled to work at 6pm, and I was hungry and wanting to go to dinner at 5. But a neighbor had laundry going and wanted me to wait 15 minutes, which turned into 25, so that I didn't get to the dining hall really until 530. All of that would've been ok if Mudd had been serving what was written on the menu online. You see, tonight was supposed to be Appetizer bar- a buffet of fried potstickers and eggrolls and yummy things. They haven't had it very often this semester. But instead Mudd chose this night to serve lobster tail on a whim! WHAT? WHY? Everything else being served looked horrible, but I no longer had time to wait to get a lobster tail because I had to go to work, unlike my friends. I thought, at about 5:42, after inhaling some pasta, that maybe I would. The lobster line was short and moving quickly, so I hopped on board. However, when I got to the front of the line, they were out of cooked ones, and I had to wait 10 more minutes. Which meant by the time I got back to my table I had 7 minutes to get to work and a steaming hot fresh lobster tail that wasn't cool enough to eat.

So at this point (and still, actually) I'm hungry, frustrated, have a headache and just can't keep perspective. These are all actually good problems for me to have. I go to school that decides to serve lobster for dinner out of the blue, and I have a job to go to (it's less than Oregon min. wage, but I can't complain- I mostly just surf the internet anyways). Despite what awesome problems there are for me to have, it does not make me any less bitter about the lobster.

My awesome friends saved and brought back the lobster tail for me. They put it in the fridge. But really, what do I do with a cold lobster tail? Microwaving it makes it rubbery. Not to mention the rest of the dorm might crucify me for making the kitchen smell like fish. But I'm kind of hungry and might just do it anyway.

Easter

I'm heading out to Taylor's today to spend the weekend. His friend is having a barbeque today which will be fun, and then tomorrow I'll be having Easter with his family. This is an acceptable alternative since I can't be home having Easter with you guys. But here's a little bit of information I stumbled across that makes a traditional Easter hurt a little. I'd almost rather be in a dining hall with friends. Almost.
Without further ado... Harvey Mudd's Easter Brunch Menu:

Soup

Homestyle Chicken Noodle

Cream Of Broccoli

Lumberjack Vegetable

Salad Bar

Mimosas

Buffet

Orange Glazed Ham

Carved New York Striploin

Portobello Mushroom Ravioli w/Marsala Sauce

Au Gratin Potatoes w/Carmelized Onions

Country Style Scrambled Eggs

Chicken Apple Sausage

Hickory Smoked Thick Sliced Bacon

Home Fried Potatoes

Whole Grain Pancakes

Tofu Scramble

Vegan Sausage Links

Asparagus w/Hollandaise Sauce

Omelet Station

Lobster Tail

Bagels & Lox

Cheese Blintzes

Fresh Made Strawberry Pies

Carrot Cake

Self Serve Waffle Bar




Lobster Tail?!?!?!?! No wonder these schools cost so much. But that's not a complaint. I'm just bitter since I won't be around to benefit.

Death

I've had the busiest week and a half ever! I had to write a 10 page paper about Death, a 5 page paper for Religious Studies and a 3 page paper for Anthropology (on a book we just read about how sugar changed the world). Hall draw is coming up as well, which is the process in which we choose a room for next year. Julia and I are going to be roommates again, so we're looking for awesome doubles in the older dorms. We saw the coolest 2 story triple, but we don't have a third person, otherwise it would be awesome.

I thought I would finally go ahead and post some pictures from Disneyland! It was easily the best day of my Spring Break :)

School Resumes

Spring Break is over now. It was a lot of fun staying with Taylor. I got a small amount of reading done for my classes, but that's better than nothing. We spent a day at the beach, and hung out with his friends and went to the park a few times. He still had school and work, so we didn't have full days to hang out, just sections of them. And going to Disneyland with my 2 cutest cousins was so much fun!!! I'll post pictures soon, but not yet. Too much else to do tonight. (and this next week in general)
1. I didn't get the Wolf Hollow baby animals internship either, so there's a bunch of applications I should be filling out for other internships. What do I do all summer if nothing comes through? Vegetate?
2. Something about Spring Break makes teachers pile on the work. I have 18 pages to write in the next week (5 on women's roles in gnosticism, 10 for my Death class, and 3 for Anthro). All that would not be so bad if I didn't have so much reading to do on top of it. I need to read a book and a half, and then find/read other sources for my Death paper. Maybe do an interview? Ugh. College this semester is so much harder.
3. This weekend is a 3 day weekend (for Cesar Chavez day, pretty much the only holiday we get off aside from MLK). I plan to spend Friday at the beach with Julia, her friend visiting from Wilamette, Abby and Dinah. Don't worry, that's my reading day. It's called multitasking. The other two days I'll be virtually chained to my desk writing page after page.

Wish me luck!