A return to the blogosphere
I have been absent for a while, which is not from lack of interesting occurances, but from a bit of a writer's block. So, I'm going to do a quick recap of the last few months, and offer a promise that there are more stories to come. In the works: joining and quitting an a cappella group, and why, online dating, my new take on grades (and a few panic suppression techniques), and, best of all, my SUMMER PLANS! It's going to be fantastic, I promise. So, spring semester in a nutshell:
× Class schedule: EMT Certification, Abstract Linear Algebra, Science and the Practice of Medicine, Contemporary Portraiture, Images on Clay, and Squash I.
× I was NOT equipped for either the math or the community health class. The other four were pretty straightforward and are fairly self-explanatory, but math major or not, I cannot wrap my head around proofs. There’s something so…unsatisfying about proving that addition does, in fact, work. Um, duh. It’s a little bit of a throwback to Psych...
Reasons to Love Tufts: Moe's
It may be greasy, unhealthy, and potentially unhygienic, but by gods, it's cheap, and it TASTES SO GOOD! Another Reason to Love Tufts I never would have even considered before coming here.
Playlisting
I've taken to building a new playlist whenever my mood shifts enough, or okay, whenever I feel like it. I think I have generally good taste in music, so I thought you'd enjoy the fruits of my 5 minutes of labor. This one is a little more all over the place than usual, but still fun. So, playlist of the day, March 9, 2012 (a happy day, overall).
As We Fall - J Minus
A Change Is Gonna Come - Sam Cooke
Cough Syrup - Young the Giant (though the Glee cover is most excellent)
Crazy Dreams - Smash Cast (a Carrie Underwood song, but I like Megan Hilty's version better)
Everybody Knows - John Legend
Glad You Came - The Wanted
Gravity - Sara Bareilles
Hell On Heels - Pistol Annies
Here's To Us - Halestorm
How - Maroon 5
Hurt - Johnny Cash
If I Had It All - Dave Matthews Band
Let It Be Me - Ray LaMontagne
Lights (Bassnectar remix) - Ellie Goulding (I swear this remix is better than the original)
Mr. Know It All - Kelly Clarkson
Naked As We Came - Iron & Wine
Ordinary Day - Vanessa...
The comforts of normalcy
My aunt died on Monday. I don't think I need to explain how much that sucked, but let me backtrack. I went to visit her over the weekend, in Atlanta. She wasn't really...there when I got to see her, pretty much knocked out on all the pain pills. It seems a little weird to write that, since I've only said it out loud once, to my math teacher, in between tears. I didn't go to the funeral, since it was midweek. But here's the thing: I think it was better that way. I made the decision to not tell any of my friends about her, and I'll tell you why. Knowing that the majority of my dad's family had congregated n Dallas to mourn, I kind of wanted to keep all that melancholia separate from my life here. Not having my support system, I decided I'd rather keep the normalcy of my day-to-day life. I didn't want the pity and the kid gloves, didn't want the sad to seep into my life here. And guess what: Tufts came through.
With carefully placed smiles, my normal life stayed normal, my safe haven stayed...
Reasons to Love Tufts: the Random Passerby-Friend
Blogger's note: this post is not as sarcastic as it may sound. I actually do consistently notice and always enjoy this phenomenon. It's just that kind of week. Ah, college.