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I Couldn’t Resist

(I swear it has rained more in Houston this year than it did the entire time I was in England … ) 

I promised myself that I would not post until after I had finished the two papers due this week, but I have broken down.  To be fair, I have a complete draft of the paper due tomorrow finished and about half of the paper due Thursday finished, but that’s really not where I should leave it for tonight.

Alas, life is going to be busy and stressful for the rest of the semester so there will never be an “ideal” time to post.  So I might as well write now, right?  I’ve been trying to strip some things away to make my life easier.  Originally I just gave up French Fries for Lent.  And then last week I realized that I was just doing that to avoid the thing I really needed to give up this year: television.  As an English major and a purported lover of great fiction, I am ashamed to say that I spend way too much time catching up on my favorite television show series or re-watching the DVD copies of my all-time favorites: Gilmore Girls, Friends, Glee, and The Big Bang Theory.  And to think, before I came to college, even that list was half as long.  It’s pathetic, but it’s how I cope with all the work, reading, writing, and stressful social situations I have to endure throughout the school year and the summer.  But recently I had been using it as too much of a security blanket.  So far it hasn’t been too horrible, but I know that God is going to test my sacrifice at some point during Lent.  Probably when I go home in a few weeks for midterm recess.

On the bright side, in the time I haven’t been watching television I have been working on my personal writing projects! (I’m taking a page from my Oxford writing friend’s blog The play I workshopped at the Oxford Playhouse Writer’s Weekend last term has finally been “unpacked,” more thoroughly researched, and I’ve begun writing the new version!  I’m super excited for this one and I promise to post my progress here.  I’m also writing a short screenplay for a friend.  It was high time that the scriptwriter and the film director (who are best friends) finally started a joint film project … Anyways, she came up with the idea and at first I wasn’t too stoked.  But now I am starting to actually realize how the small parts can represent characters and how the whole short film represents this feedback loop … I’ll have to save the rest for later.  Four scenes down, three to go!

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I’m back from Big Bend.  I survived backpacking for three days, at least 19ish miles of hiking, climbing a mountain, swimming in the Rio Grande, and not showering for about a week …  I want so much to post about this life-altering experience, but after a week away from school work, internship applications, clubs, and technology in general I unfortunately barely have time to even post this. In the meantime, enjoy this picture of me at the South Rim! View high resolution

I’m back from Big Bend.  I survived backpacking for three days, at least 19ish miles of hiking, climbing a mountain, swimming in the Rio Grande, and not showering for about a week … 

I want so much to post about this life-altering experience, but after a week away from school work, internship applications, clubs, and technology in general I unfortunately barely have time to even post this.

In the meantime, enjoy this picture of me at the South Rim!

I’m preparing for my ROPE trip to Big Bend. I can’t believe spring break is only a few days away. Rice is so weird in that we have spring break before the calendar even hits March, but I’m not complaining. I’ve never been backpacking or real camping before (sorry Dad, but sleeping in the tent in the backyard doesn’t really count), but my parents have gone to Big Bend so many times with our church since we moved to Texas. Their trips have always been planned when school was in so I was never able to go, but now it’s finally my time to experience these “mythical” places like the South Rim and the Window. After taking on so many new adventures last semester, I’m excited for this. Adventure time has been long overdue. Once you get in the habit of pushing yourself to try new things, it’s hard to stop. Hopefully I won’t freeze or get eaten by a mountain lion and I will have plenty new experiences to share when I return in March. For now, I have to get back to class reading and make it through until Sunday. View high resolution

I’m preparing for my ROPE trip to Big Bend. I can’t believe spring break is only a few days away. Rice is so weird in that we have spring break before the calendar even hits March, but I’m not complaining. I’ve never been backpacking or real camping before (sorry Dad, but sleeping in the tent in the backyard doesn’t really count), but my parents have gone to Big Bend so many times with our church since we moved to Texas. Their trips have always been planned when school was in so I was never able to go, but now it’s finally my time to experience these “mythical” places like the South Rim and the Window. After taking on so many new adventures last semester, I’m excited for this. Adventure time has been long overdue. Once you get in the habit of pushing yourself to try new things, it’s hard to stop. Hopefully I won’t freeze or get eaten by a mountain lion and I will have plenty new experiences to share when I return in March. For now, I have to get back to class reading and make it through until Sunday.