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I’m getting a little nervous about the quantity of homework and life in general I have looming over my head at the moment. Tonight, for example, I’ll (somehow) be finishing the last 20 or so pages of Quintilian I’ve yet to read, followed by two critics’ take on the same material. Then I get to write a one-page abstract and a several-page exortium (the ancient Roman version of an introduction, basically) for a paper I’ve yet to think critically about, which will require going over my stuff on Cicero again. This is all for my Wednesday night class. Before I pass out for the night, I also need to plan what I’m going to talk about with my major professor tomorrow. I’m also going to play racquetball (I ~need~ to keep active) and read for leisure for at least half an hour (a new promise I’m making myself). I’m beginning to think that House and Gilmore Girls are going to have to be dropped from the schedule, which is almost enough to send me into the deepest depths of despair.

Tomorrow, I get to meet with my major professor for an hour in the morning, work all day, then go immediately from work to my evening class. After my evening class, I’m to meet with Lisa to help her pick out a laptop, and then I need to start drafting my paper for my visual rhetoric class, which is due next Tuesday. I also need to remember to call the Story County courthouse, as there’s a decent chance I need to drive to [wherever the courthouse is… not Ames, for whatever reason] to report for jury duty bright and early Thursday morning. If I’m selected, I’ll probably miss my Thursday class and work; if not, I get to drive back to Ames, hopefully in time to make both. I figure there’s a good chance I’ll make it back in time for class if I wear a Halloween costume to the courthouse. Thursday night will be focused again on my visual rhetoric paper. I’m writing about something loosely titled “Typographical Strategies for the World Wide Web,” in case anyone’s interested. If the writing process goes well, I’m considering sending it out to a journal to see if they want it.

Hmm… I think I may have just made another to-do list. My life is becoming far too structured.

In other news, I dressed up for Halloween, to which the photo above attests. I hadn’t had a reason to wear a suit since Eric and Renee’s wedding last year, so I decided Halloween was as good a reason as any. I even shaved for the occasion, which marked the first time I’d been clean shaven since I’d started grad school. I even briefly went without my tongue ring, but that was really just because it fell out during lunch and I forgot to put it back in for a few hours. The only thing bad about wearing the suit was Monday turned out to be a long day. I was on campus, with only a brief break for dinner at home, from 10:30am - 8:30pm, meaning I wore the suit from 10am - 9pm. This also means I wore the suit to my Graduate and Professional Student Senate meeting. At first, I thought I was the only person in the room (out of 40 or so) “in costume,” until I noticed the guy next to me was dressed as Will Ferrell in that famous Blue Oyster Cult skit (complete with cowbell). He complained that he was the only one in costume, to which I replied, “I’m technically in costume too, but you’d have to see me every other day of the year to get it.” He thought that was kinda funny.

I’m considering getting a haircut. Like, a substantial haircut. My hair would be shorter than it has been for three years or four years. I’ve no particular driving reason for this idea… I just think I’m in the mood for a change. I’m getting bored with me again, which is part of what spawned the long hair to begin with. Thoughts?