un-fun

you know what's NOT fun? going to bed at 11pm only to wake up (for the day, apparently) at 1:30am!!! So here it is at 5am and I have class in 6 hrs. Thrilling. I blame anxiety.

I just had my 1st lecture of the term *yesterday* - it was in utopian studies. I think I am going to like it, a lot! The course is taught by 4 guys who each take a few lectures to go over their area of expertise (Irish, French, German & US/British Utopias) & I absolutely adore all of these profs! I am hoping to do a presentation on a comparison between Swift's Gulliver's Travels and excerpts from Rabelais' Gargantua & Pantagruel - we shall see!

Today's lecture, I am hoping will at least be interesting, but there are all different profs and I am indifferent to these guys/gals... it is on "textual constructions of identity", so it's more like what I did in my undergrad, which is nice :)

I have officially completed my applications to the four schools. I have a feeling that Illinois is out (b/c I don't plan to take another GRE, which they require for the program I want to get into), but the other 3 are a waiting game for now - I will let you know if I get in, but assume I didn't if you don't hear about it on here... I have also been given the opportunity to apply for a 4-yr full ride scholarship to Trinity college. I have as much of a shot as anyone else - it's the first year of an interdisciplinary degree in the area of Irish studies I would LOVE to research - praying about that before I apply, though... I miss N.A. as much as I thought I would! but if I did apply and IF I got accepted and IF I got the scholarship, then I would be living in Dublin and not Limerick, so there would be more sunny days, which would DEFINITELY help! *sigh*

okay.

I think I am going to leave it at that... going back to Gulliver's Travels and some weird. rambling essay on identity - something about deserts and post-modernism so far - woot. now it's 5:30 - a half hour down!

love you all ~