HAPPY DAY!

Yup!
I got a Bamboo Splash tablet. My area of expertise is definitely writing, but I like to draw cartoons and comics from time to time. I got so jealous of how some people's webcomics look that I decided to take a leaf out of their book and get myself a tablet. I'm very, VERY excited.

Still getting the hang of everything, but hopefully soon I'll be able to crank out some fun cartoons for you guys!

Haiku of the Day - Feb. 10

I race up the stairs

Dragging a bag of laundry

No washers open

Tools of the Trade - Part 2

This is probably the most un-boring writing utensil I have.

I am an avid fan of the BBC show "Doctor Who," and when I found out you could actually buy a sonic screwdriver, I just had to have one. I got the Tenth Doctor's screwdriver because Ten is my favorite. I really like it! It lights up and buzzes like the Doctor's does on the show, and it extends, too. It's even functional in that it's a pen. It comes with two pen nibs: one that writes in black and one that writes in invisible ink. The sonic screwdriver's light can be used to reveal the writing.

I gotta be honest: I don't use this pen for writing very much. Usually I just run around my dorm and point it at light fixtures while I flick the light switches on and off.

So although my sonic screwdriver can't unlock doors or calibrate technology or put up cabinets, it is very authentic in that it doesn't work on wood. And it's awesome.

Getting very sleeeeeepyyyy... Part 2

Here are some more notes from when I fell asleep in my literature class:

I like how that line starts out okay but then just gets progressively worse as I slip out of consciousness.

I looked at those notes a few hours later and found it necessary to transcribe them while I still remembered what they were supposed to say. Good thing I did, because... I'm pretty sure nobody could read that, not even me.

Please understand that I don't regularly fall asleep in class. I find it very disrespectful to the professors and an extremely bad idea for anyone who wants to actually learn. I've had semesters where I was bad about nodding off in the middle of lectures (it happens when you stay up late all the time), but I'm a new person this spring! I've been doing really well at staying awake. It's just... modernist poetry, you know? It's like my brain gives up completely on trying to understand it.

Brain: ...nope, I'm done. G'night.

Although you may notice in the picture that the notes I took today (directly under the sleepy mess) were very neat and informative, which happens when someone is awake, alert, and attentive during class. I'm going to try to make all my notes look like this from now on. I shall redeem myself and regain my honor!

Haiku of the Day - Feb. 8

Procrastinating
It'll come back and bite me
But I don't wanna!!!


The childish cry of despair coming from a girl who passionately does not want to blog about the French economy today.

On the off-chance that anyone reads this blog who cares about the French economy... Any ideas for something I could write about? Doesn't hurt to ask.

Haiku of the Day - Poet Notebook Special

So I got kind of behind on my Haiku of the Day. Sorry. To make up for it, I'm going to post every haiku from my Poet Notebook. This notebook is a project for my Poetry Tour class. I have to write poetry in it for fifteen minutes every day. Sometimes when I've run out of things to say in a poem and I still have time left, I'll throw together some quick haiku. There's not a ton of haiku yet, but I expect there'll be more by the end of the semester.


Humorous snowmen
Guarding the yard with stick arms
Here come the snowballs

I wore a red scarf

Once upon a frozen time

Jack Frost could not bite

I ate Nutella
Right out of its plastic jar
And without a spoon

I want my breakfast

Too bad it's only midnight

My tummy's growling

Doctor Who is on
So don't you dare talk to me
I'm busy, you fool

Raven Victory!

Woohoo! The Baltimore Ravens won the Super Bowl!

I'm not really partial to the Ravens. I'm not even really partial to pro football. I'm much more a fan of college football, but I do have an NFL team that I'll root for. Sadly, my team was knocked out of the running long ago. Oh well. I picked the Ravens because one of its players played for my school last year and I really like the name Baltimore. It just has a nice ring to it.

And they won! Yay!

I ate taquitos with queso and drank Arizona green tea during the game. I followed up with Ben & Jerry's Chocolate Fudge Brownie ice cream. During that period of time when the lights in the stadium went out, I shot at the walls of my dorm with my Nerf gun. Some of the darts are still stuck up there.

I enjoyed the commercials. I was disappointed that the showgirls got the Coke... I wanted the cowboys to win, but oh well. I tuned into the game late and apparently missed a very good Oreos commercial. I'll have to keep my eye out for it. Probably the commercial I enjoyed the most was the Iron Man 3 trailer that promised viewers an extended look. The extended look was the best part. I won't give it away for anyone who hasn't seen it, but you should definitely go look it up:

www.facebook.com/ironman

The extended... look.

I laughed my butt off. Then I watched it again and laughed my butt off again.

I wasn't sure if it was Robert Downey Jr. or Tony Stark... which is the beauty of RDJ and Tony Stark.

Halftime was pretty good! I wasn't really digging the sound quality, but I appreciated the song selection! Beyoncé was fabulous as she always is. I may or may not have danced embarrassingly during "Single Ladies."

All in all, quite an enjoyable game. Congratulations, Ravens!