OK, I'm Back

Wow, three-day weekends can do wonders for the psyche. If you didn't notice in the one ridiculously short and useless post I put up last week, I was burned out with a capital B. So I guess that would be Burned out. And that was on Monday. Three days of rest later, and I'm a little bit recharged at least. I'll probably be burned out again in a few weeks, but by then it'll be time for Thanksgiving break. Hopefully. I'd be doing even better if I hadn't had a killer headache last night that kept me from getting much sleep, but still, I'm more rested today than I have been in quite some time.

I wish I could tell you about all of the wonderful and exciting things I did on my break, but I'm just not that kind of guy. If you really want to know what I did on my break, I slept, ate, and went to the movies. Read a little bit. Listened to some music. Went to the grocery store. Slept some more. Sound boring? Well for me, it's about the best break possible. Just a chance to not really have to do much of anything. I saw four movies this weekend, one great (The Darjeeling Limited), one very good (Gone Baby Gone), one exceedingly mediocre (Things We Lost in the Fire), and one that was a waste of time and almost put me to sleep (Rendition). To recap, go see Darjeeling. Especially if you like Wes Anderson movies at all. It's brilliant. Gone Baby Gone is worth the trip, and the other two should most likely be avoided unless you're really bored and want to waste your money.

Let's see, what else is going on in my life? Well, it's getting close to time to pick my classes for next semester, which is always a stressful time. I mean, I don't like to think about what I'm doing tomorrow, much less in 2008. How do I even know I'll be here in 2008? I mean, I think I will be; I'm pretty much positive I will be, but I wouldn't bet my life savings on it or anything. How can I really be sure enough about anything to plan that far ahead. To make matters worse, I've got three semesters left at this school, God willing (or whatever supernatural force there is, if there is one, I've still got half a semester of Intro to Religion to figure that one out), and I think it might be about time to settle on a minor. I obviously know I'm majoring in English, but I don't exactly have huge numbers of credits in any other subject, so choosing a minor is pretty much a priority at this point. Anybody have any ideas? I'm open to any suggestions. My guess is it won't be astronomy. Or biology. Or math. But beyond that, I'm pretty much completely clueless. I mean, French is always a possibility, but I'm just not sure it's the right choice at this point. Oh well, I have a little time left to choose. Wish me luck.