Well, my birthday was August 14th. I can now vote, sign official documents and enlist in the armed forces. ISN'T THIS A GREAT COUNTRY? 8D
It was a good day, although I was only able to do 7.5 miles out of my 9 mile hill run: it began raining too hard. Not that I care about getting wet, but cars can't see you and branches start whacking me in the head. 

I went out to dinner with my family and best friend to celebrate. Got some wonderful gifts. Mom gave me a little tape recorder for college lectures that doubles as an MP3 player, Dad gave me a pair of really comfortable flip flops from the running store I go to. (Which reminds me that I still have to go there and use that $35 gift certificate I won in a race. Yay.) My little brother made me a card about how he likes watching Avatar with me. ^_____^

So yeah, none of this is really interesting, is it?

Um...

I've gotten my rooming assignment: a quad. Wasn't expecting that, but at least you get to meet more people that way. And I was able to get a floor in the substance-free housing, which is what I applied for, and it's a descision I'm very glad I made. Plus, the house in is central campus... which makes it a short jaunt from basically everything. I start on the 23rd. 

Still not interesting. 

Oh, and Breaking Dawn was an utter disaster, MAN, but now I have boarded the S.S Blackwater. Loved Leah in this book. And Jacob, before he was lobotomized by the Creature From the Deep.

A few days ago, I was motivated to draw up a piece as a tribute to one of my favorite poems: 'Still I Rise', by Maya Angelou. I can just hear it being spoken in that low, patient, strong voice of hers and it hurts my heart because it's just so beautiful. Augh.

It also made me wonder: what's your favorite poem/author/genre? Or is poetry just not your thing, and you're more of the literature type? 

In other words, REC ME STUFF. :D

 

I wonder if I can get that little phrase to catch on with the rest of the team. (Track+ Practice.) Probably not. 

Either way, it's the beginning of another spring term. ( My last one as a high schooler.... Man, I am such a geezer.) I'm especially happy with my Field Ecology class, as we are required to keep field notebooks of observational sketches; I think I physically lit up when it was mentioned that there are copious amounts of drawing involved in the curriculum.  XD

But , more importantly, track and field has started again. Yaaaaay. 

Although I'm going to be honest and say that cross country will always be infintely superior, to me. Track has too many restrictions, lines, stopwatches and endless laps around that stupid 400 meter oval; especially because I run, specifically, long distance  track (800 meters, 1500 meters, and most often the 3000 meter), so the repetition is a given. Cross country has so much more fredom to it (even though the races are longer) hills, mud, fields and all. 

Oh well. Once track is over I can start summer training, which is always the best. I love the super-long distance runs; I'm going to try and bump my longest runs up to 15 miles this year (as compared to 12.5 last year.) Blah blah blah obsession blah blah blah.

And my feet weep. 

Now that I've sufficiently bored you, here's a Twilight Art Meme (nothing special, really) http://xcgirl08.deviantart.com/art/Twilight-Art-Meme-80212596?offset=25#comments

Oh, and HAPPY EASTER!!!