FINALly

Even though my family does not celebrate the holidays, I am feeling the stress that is cliche this time of year. As cold Saturdays are good for, I slept in and ravaged my Hulu account. Dollhouse, Joss Whedon's current death-bed project that I fell in love with (not just because of Eliza Dushku) last season, is ending beautifully. Complex, inexplicable twists, technology that may never exist, et cetera, et cetera is exactly where I was hoping this show was going but didn't know it. Hopefully this Firefly 2.0 will get it's Serenity someday soon.

In personal matters, old friends are tricky levitations... it's interesting to see how people can be surprising. My old friends find a way to be soul-shakingly surprising and absolutely predictable simultaneously within the timeframe of our brief encounters. Most surprising, though, is that the old shoes I used to fill still fit.

Thank(ful)sgiving

It's crunch time on the scholastic front. Crunch time is that time when all of the last papers/projects/etc is due before it's time to study for final exams. Stress reaches extreme levels for everyone, but in different ways. Some have the classic sleep stress, pushing themselves to the limit with caffeine and junk food to cram as much productivity into a twenty-four hour day as possible. Others react by procrastinating and producing shoddy work at best. The last group that I have any experience with are those who react with emotional stress, which turns university students into kindergartners.

I am, however, on the ball currently. I have way too many mentors, too few decisions to make, and sufficient time to get everything done.... just in time for Thank(ful)sgiving break.