Blog time

Hello family! Well, it is Spring Break. I am celebrating the first couple days of it by not doing any homework. Then I am going to spend the rest of it doing homework. But if I get done what I hope to it will make the last half of the semester much easier. My computer crashed right before a test last week, so I did not get to look at my notes one last time like I always do. It is frustrating because not only did I not get to look at the notes, but my OCD kicked in because, like I said, I ALWAYS do that. So hopefully I did alright. I know I didn't fail or anything like that, but I think I would have done better had I been able to fulfill my ritual note-check. Oh well. The computer is back up and running at least, thank God for Jimmy.

Reggie is now 10 months old and as much as we feel bad getting him fixed, it has to be done. We have already waited too long. So his appointment is Friday. Poor yellow dog. He is 81 pounds now and if he goes after a female I will not be able to stop him. He is too big and strong. And yellow.

Lilly is doing well. Her new favorite movies are "Snow Buddies" and "Space Buddies," and if you don not know what those are, just feel lucky. At least they aren't musicals. They are about Golden Retriever puppies that have adventures, which sounds cute and all, but Disney insisted on having one of the puppies, B-Dawg (sigh), sound all gangsta and it is just obnoxious. He is a puppy. It doesn't make sense. Really. Doesn't make sense. Yeah.

Well, I am getting an error message so this may not even publish. So, let's try!

I know it has been too long....

Hi family, sorry it has been so long since I have blogged. It is a busy time. Homework has hit like a tidal wave and I am trying to learn to surf it. I was reading Mary's blog, and mentioned that 2010 was going to be a big year for us, she will be done in March and I will be done in May. Although somehow she gets a split masters in less time that I get one. But Chico State will not let us vary from their program regiment and time unless you want to take longer than four semesters. At least by this summer I will be half done and probably starting to work on a thesis. We have a choice between taking comprehensive exams, doing a thesis project or writing a thesis in order to graduate. The nice thing about doing a thesis is that you have to defend it and have it done early, so while everyone is freaking out about their upcoming comp tests, you are essentially done. Also, your thesis is a bound book that not only you get a copy of, but the library has available to check out. It is a really neat way to be published. I need to start on it soon because apparently it takes almost a year to write one. I have a few vague topic ideas. One is to examine the role of internet communication on society, another is to examine the anonymous communication on the internet and how it affects how people behave, another is to do a historical thesis, for instance the types of communication used in peace talks in some past conflict and why is was effective or ineffective. My other idea to go critical theory, and do a feminist rhetorical thesis on Disney and how they affect gender roles in young girls. So I am pretty much all over the map with this. Oh well, I have a little while to decide, but I'd love anyone's input because this will be a huge project and it has to be something I can keep going on and not get so totally burned out that I can't finish it!

I hate being sick.

So we have been living in the sick house. Lilly got the worst of it, but I am a close second. I am so over this. At least the fever is gone. Blah.

Not Watching the Super Bowl

I just couldn't make myself care. Anyway, all is well here, just thought I'd do a quick blog to say hello. Not too much going on. Yesterday we went on a group dog walk with Mandy and the neighbors that included four dogs. It was funny because all four dogs had different objectives. Roxy, Mandy's corgi, wanted to herd all the other dogs. Peanut, our neighbor's chihuahua, was just trying not to get run over by the other dogs, especially Reggie. Reggie's goal was to wildly run around, oblivious to everything. Brutus, our neighbors lab/rott mix wanted to protect everyone from nothing, and mostly protect Peanut from Reggie's wild running and stomping. At one point Reggie started running full speed at Peanut, so Brutus dove on top of Peanut to protect her, and Reggie just bounced off Brutus at full speed, which angered Roxy, who then tried to protect Reggie from Brutus. All in all, it was a lot of fun. And the dogs never really got aggressive with each other, just some dog-bickering. Oh, and above is an adorable picture of Reggie when he was still small.

School

Hello all. School started for me on Monday and it is going to be pretty brutal this semester. It is looking like somewhere between 500 and 600 pages to read a week, not to mention assignments. I had this whole plan to start all of the big assignments really early so the end of the semester would be less stressful, but I don't see how it is possible when I have so much to do on a day to day basis. I am worried.

All is well here though, JJ Lilly and Reggie are fine. Today I work in the morning and then school in the afternoon, but I will have the evening off to.... well read textbooks and journal articles. At any rate, I should take a shower and walk the dog, I will talk to you all soon.

Sorry!

Hello! I am sorry, I have been a very lazy blogger. Not much has been going on, I have been enjoying my break from school, but that is ending soon.

My dog is 78 pounds, and whines at me insistently when he hasn't had his walk yet (like now). Lilly is less that 78 pounds and whines at me insistently when she hasn't eaten yet this week (just kidding).

I watched "Burn After Reading" last night, it was.... weird. I have also watched all of The Tudors to date, that show is addicting! I have my friends watching it as well. I tried watching The Other Boleyn Girl movie but it was terrible, I can see why Mom and Mary were saying they hated it, it was the worst movie. I do stand by it being a good book though.

I am a little annoyed though, because there is an internet rumor that they don't plan on making Henry fat in The Tudors, but that messes everything up as far as I am concerned. Not only was he supposed to be obese, he was supposed to have a smelly disgusting injury on his leg that won't heal. I understand that the actor has spend a lot of time on his six pack abs and wants to show them off, but for him not to become unappealing is not just a little bit forgivably inaccurate, it is a mess.

Oh well. School starts on Monday. I am looking forward to being done with this semester because it means I am halfway done with the program, and that will be an accomplishment. Well, I need to take the dog for a walk, and do some laundry and stuff (it is my day off) so I am off.

Happy New Year

Happy New Year family!