New semester, new blog.

With a new semester of school comes a new blog. I've been itching for another public blog since my domain, phobiadictionary.net, expired in October. I do not have the funds to pay for another one at the moment (I am impatiently awaiting my loan refund check!), I decided to just stick with an on-Blogger page instead. If I am able to have a new domain any time soon, this will be the place to announce it.

The new semester began for me yesterday. As usual, I approached the semester with a yawn, lack of sleep, unbrushed hair, and nothing for breakfast..but accessorized as well as possible for 9am, with a stockpile of junk in my bag to keep me busy during the boring periods between classes:




This included: a few plastic barrettes snapped in my messy hair, fabric zebra button earrings, open-toed pinstripe flats with bows (comfortable as hell, but still attractive), an armload of composition notebooks, lots of Bic pens, a knitting project to work on during my three hour gap between classes, and Demeter perfume in Angel Food Cake (because, well, I can't afford breakfast, so I might as well smell like something yummy!). Also included was my wonderful Hello Kitty planner that Steve & Cassie gave me for my birthday. Sadly, I couldn't find a good picture of it to use in my dorky collage.

This semester, I am actually going to attempt (again) to take more than the minimum of 12 hours. I'm enrolled in 15 hours (5 classes) at the moment:

HIS 594 - History of Ireland
ENG 212 - Survey of Women's Lit II
BIO 126 - Human Nutrition
WMS 310 - Women, Wages & Work
GEO 407 - Local Community Geographic Analysis

I added that particular Geography class yesterday. It quite suits my interests, as it focuses on development in the Northern Kentucky area. I've been fascinated by urban development, suburban sprawl, and geographic social stratification for quite some time now. It should be very interesting to learn from this class from the point of view of my professor--a former city planner. Plus, we don't have a textbook. I love that. All of the other classes (except for my mandatory, non-lab science class, Human Nutrition) sound rather interesting as well. They all approach themes that I gravitate toward, even in a non-scholastic environment.

My radio show on WRFNRadio.com is moving to a new time, to go along with my new schedule. I will be on 4-6pm on Tuesday & Thursday. I'm going to be working on the site & adding new things within the next few weeks. I hope to finally finish the mini-site for my program, File Not Found, sometime soon. It will be found on a subdomain at wrfnradio.com. I'll certainly make a note of it if I ever manage to complete it!

Other than school, I'm trying to find a new place to live. My lease is up on February 17th, they're raising the rent, and I very much would like to move to a slightly larger apartment. Besides, I get bored if forced to live somewhere for longer than a year. I need a change. Why oh why isn't there a government program that allows students to have rent for free? I need to be in congress. Elect me!