Rainy Days and Sundays :)

Just finished watching a 3-hour opera called Don Giovanni by Mozart for my midterm on Thursday.  That's right, THIS Thursday.  And then, I have an exam this Wednesday in Spanish.  Talk about a full week.  Anyway, this is my little break from studying and watching operas.

As you can see from the title, it is currently raining outside my apartment.  I'm not complaining, though.  It means that my car gets a free wash (yay!) and it will be cooler later today and hopefully tomorrow.

I had a great time this weekend, despite the fact that I have a cold.  I had a friend who I've known for years spend the night this Friday, so we had a great time making chicken soup, studying, and just catching up in general.  

We also went shopping at the mall yesterday, and I picked up a few things that will hopefully spruce up my limited wardrobe here (I worked in a uniform all summer, so this was a special treat for me to get some new clothes!).  My little sister (who is the trendier and best bargain hunter in my family) would be very proud, because I bought my first pair of skinny jeans, a nice little blue skirt, a few cute tops, and some stuff from Victoria's Secret.  I had to go back to VS later last night, though.  It turns out that they accidentally rang up one pricier item twice, and I had to return another item that was mislabeled and therefore didn't fit properly.

Oh, and my poor bird and I had quite a scare yesterday morning.  You see, one of my pet birds, Roberto (Robbie) the cockatiel, is an extremely dusty bird.  Seriously, he ruffles his feathers and a decent-sized cloud of dust just suddenly appears!  Anyway, I bought this bird bath solution called Bath Time from the local PetsMart, and I hoped that it would help with the dust.  It did help with the dust, but it also started to make him choke!  He literally couldn't breathe!  So I grabbed him (quite literally) and put him in the bathtub and started to splash some warm water on him.  About 15 minutes later, he could breathe and was thoroughly soaked.  Needless to say, he's still a little miffed with me.

Well, it's back to the ol' grindstone for me.  I've still got Spanish and Hebrew homework to do, as well as studying for that confounded LSAT.  Why must they make those logic problems so difficult and long?

Until next time!

Maria

First Day of Blogging

Hello all!

As you can tell from the title, this is the blog of an eclectic student (really, my life is that eclectic that I can label myself as eclectic).  For example, just some of my current hobbies are:

Taking care of my pet birds (Roberto, Sunny, and Gemini) and pet bonsai (Kenshin-san)
Bellydancing
Volunteering at the local animal shelter
Speaking Spanish and volunteering with the Latino Community (when I can get to the Latino Center)
Studying for the LSAT (if you can call that a hobby)
Playing guitar, and (attempting) to learn violin and djembe drums
Secretary to a pre-law student club
Reading (anything from Agatha Christie to Chaucer to various Manga series)
Blogging (obviously)
Etc.

So, besides my hobbies, I guess I should tell you all about myself.  I love almost every kind of music (minus rap and hard-country).  Seriously, my iPod is an eclectic mix of Pop, Classical, World, Blue Grass, Classic/Goth Rock, Folk, Latin, Alternative, etc.  Like I said, I've got every type of music on my iPod except for Rap and Country.  However, I'm not into the really generic types of pop (like Miley Cyrus, Taylor Swift, Ke$ha, etc.) so maybe one day I'll actually take the time to post a list of my iPod library (when I have nothing to do, which is far in the future).

I'm a college student at UNC-Chapel Hill, and I am a senior graduating this coming May!  I'm an English Literature major, so reading and writing are a big part of my homework routine.  In fact, I should probably be getting back to my current list, which is Utopia by Thomas More and Down These Mean Streets by Piri Thomas.  So NNGB (Night Night God Bless) to everyone of all denominations, and I'll see you next time.

NNGB!

Maria