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First and foremost, I got back a paper today in my Foreign Policy class. Now let me premise this paper with the guidelines which my professor uses. He has given us a list of sixteen grievous errors of which stop his reading at the mistake; he draws a line through the paper and returns it to the author. They then must correct the mistake and if they were smart they would proof the remainder of the paper because if the professor stops again, he grades up to that point and no further. Of course, if the paper is handed back to the author the first time, the highest grade they can receive is an eighty per cent. So needless to say, I was nervous going to class this morning. He told everyone that out of twenty-seven people in the class, eight must do rewrites and because this is the highest percentage he has ever had in his teaching career, he resorted to public humiliation to get his point of proofing our papers to us. We all counted down the people, sighing when it wasn't our name read aloud. The tension was broken when the poor student who made a mistake in his title was ousted. After I learned it wasn't neccessary for me to do a rewrite, I of course assumed I was the lowest score of eighty-eight per cent. To my surprise, I was one of four who scored a one hundred! Ok, that was my good news and sadly short lived because I have a fiver due for the same professor on thursday.

To go back to the weekend, Josh and I went down to Columbia, Missour"a" for a football game and K State suffered the ignominy at the hands of the now seven and one Mizzou! Go Tigers! Look at me cheering for football! It was acctually a lot of fun however frigidly cold! The rain kept intensifying and the wind was not helping. Wool socks, long underwear, jeans, two T-shirts, a new Mizzou hoodie, and my Marmot soft shell did NOT keep me warm the entire game. I did last longer than I otherwise would have if I had not worn what I had. On our way back home, we stopped in St. Louis and I went up the Arch for the first time. I like St. Louis just fine, but Josh hates it when I call it quaint; but when the downtown area has the same number of tall buildings as my neighborhood, um, it's quaint!
Here's some pictures:




And lastly, I was walking down Michigan Ave. tonight, going back to my car, and it is not yet halloween. WORKERS ARE ALREADY PUTTING THE LIGHTS ON THE TREES! Here come the suburbanite shoppers!!

I can't sleep

I have suffered for at least 6 years from SAD or seasonal affective disorder, I just call it the winter blues. For the past 4 years, it has started a bit earlier because it's a shock for me to leave camp; corny, i know. Anyway, I was reading about it and I've decided to start going to the tanning bed down the street. Apparently, the infrared is good for this and the UVB causes Vitamin D production among others. Luckly, I don't have a family with a history of skin ailments, as of yet. I figure I'll try it once a week and keep you posted.

Once again, the L has not let me down for entertainment on my ride home from school. For some reason I decided not to take the number 8 home and instead I took the blue line and transfered to the red at Jackson. Normally, there is a performer at one of the Jackson stops (red or blue) and today he was at the Red. He's kinda amusing, just sings RnB songs mostly but TODAY...woah! He was totally having a conversation with his mic stand (apparently the mic was supposed to be Mariah Carrey.) Well when "Mariah" fell over, he craddled her and lifted her up, with one arm, to which he called himself Hercules. Too bad my train came and I couldn't enjoy the show anylonger.

What they say is true. I am infactuated with anything British. I love watching BBCAmerica. I love visiting (fingers crossed, I'll be able to go for the new year.) I read BBC News. I even go for the British GQ before the American. I love their humor, their pubs, and their cider. What I'm getting at is there is this show on called "The Street" and it is amazing! Basically, it takes place in the homes of everyone who lives on the same street. The stories overlap and you see the same stories from everyone who ilves on the street's perspective. Amazing!

my weekend

IT WAS A HIT!! The housewarming/stock the liquour cabinet party was amazing. music was played, fun was had, drinks were drunk and so were the guests, haha. The kitchen floor is still sticky but I should remedy that tomorrow. Max was awesome behind the turn-tables and we can't thank him enough for spinning for us; it was amazing...esp. when he played JT!! Me Mum was a machine! She was cutting and pouring and cleaning and cooking! I think it was great when people didn't believe she was me mum, sis maybe, but not mother!

Thank you everyone that came! We will def. need to do it again!

Josh, me bro, me mum, and myself had a v.lazy sunday today. We talked of the party last night and watched Little Britain for a while. Me bro and mum left and the rest of the afternoon left Josh and myself to the task of picking up the cups and bottles that were left scattered throughout the condo. We ended up bringing 6 bags of garbage down to the bins.

We finished the day up with dinner at Cornelia's. Dan, Rachel, Michelle, Josh, and Myself enjoyed each other's company while Ben tickled the ivory keys.

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HERE WE GO!!