survival of the first week

this year will be intense. this semester will be more so. i'm a RA (that's RESEARCH assistant, not resident assisant), which is good and i appreciate, but it's a lot of work. i'm taking a silly class in contemporary theory. we're reading freud. in a sociology class. he's a psycho-analyst, in case you were unaware. sociologists are not big fans. what the heck has happened to my world? on top of this, i'm also trying to get my master's done by next August so I can get out of here. this presents a challenge (it's very hard to do in this department) and means i have to work very hard...almost 7 days a week.

the honda is dying and thus i'm making the trip south to swap cars with my dad. i was going to buy a very cute green jetta, but it turns out that a) the guy won't reduce the price, despite the fact that b) it needs about $1000(+ according to preston) in work done to it, c) i still don't have my loan money because UMass sucks monkey balls and enjoys screwing students (ahem - my apologies). so my dad is being amazing and letting me drive the "ninja turtle" (as i will now refer to it). hopefully i'll get a new(er) car before i have to drive 1800 miles. if you know of anything, please let me know. i'm definitely looking.

my birthday is in less than a month. i'm less than thrilled.