December 2008


     I have been distracted lately. Granted, these have been reasonable distractions, but I still feel a twinge of annoyance when I think how much I have shoved into the closet to focus on other things. Two of those objects in the closet are Lit Bit and the Book Club. While both are still up and running, it is by no means pro-active right now, which also leaves me feeling guilty. (This is where my little rational mind-voice says, “Now, be reasonable! You can’t do everything and finishing school and applying for grad schools takes precedence.”) I’m not sure I agree with this voice. Not that those things aren’t high priority, but it simply makes me sad that I set them higher than the things I want to do, things I started up on my own time. I feel full of contradictions at the moment: I wanted to graduate (with good grades) from NAU and I want to apply to graduate schools as well as keep up with Lit Bit.

     Now I hadn’t intended for this post to be a personal confession of neglect and guilt; in fact it was meant to segue into a book review. I feel I’ve gone too far for that, so I will end this little blab and start a fresh post for the review (because they have been sorely lacking lately :/).

     Whew! My undergraduate career has finally come to an end. On December 12th I completed my last semester as an undergraduate student of Northern Arizona University. Sure, it took me a little longer than I had initially planned, but I don’t regret any of that time. I am so excited about all of this. I am so excited to be done and to be able to now focus on the next step of my academic career. Let me just say though, Holy crap I graduated! Anyway, I just wanted to get that out there. I got to see my family for a few days and some good friends as well. Now I’m in California with my friends Skunkie and Polyvector for the week. Nice. Time off.

     Aside from posting about graduation, I mostly just wanted to post something. I feel like I haven’t really been updating Lit Bit that much lately, but I am hoping to have some more time in the near future (after the near, who knows!). While I’m at it here is the information for the Lit Bit Book Club:
          Discussion: December 15, 2008 8:30P.M. MST (-7 GST)
          About: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
          Where: IRC chat server: chat.zoite.net channel: #lit-bit

Hope to see you all there!