Posts Tagged "college"

First Semester at Missouri State University

Posted by on Aug 24, 2004 in Odds and Ends | 0 comments

I have now been to each of my fall classes. I have also found my library spot: a cor­ner table sur­rounded by win­dows on the sec­ond floor, fac­ing one of the few pretty build­ings and an array of trees, with the foun­tain vis­i­ble behind me. If I leave after my his­tory course on T/R and go to the library to study, I can hear the 12:30 tower bell music. I have decided that it’s time to choose who I’m going to be. I am not bril­liant, I am not par­tic­u­larly pretty, my wit does not sparkle and when I sing I am only pass­able. I have will­fully held myself in limbo....

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Graduation

Posted by on May 27, 2004 in Odds and Ends | 0 comments

Spent the morn­ing and after­noon shop­ping with Mom and attend­ing the Graduation rehearsal. Went to grad­u­a­tion… prepped with Mom’s help, ran into math pro­fes­sor. Greeted Katherine (she came to see me! very sweet). Waited in the long hot hall­way with the rest of the grad­u­ates for about a half hour. We left to march down the aisles and into our seats… waited through speeches. Our pri­mary speaker was tedious — he recy­cled a stan­dard diver­sity speech that he read from seven pages… threw in a bit of mechan­i­cal pro­fan­ity in order to win over the kids....

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Graduation Preparation

Posted by on Mar 7, 2004 in Odds and Ends | 0 comments

Well! I just com­pleted most of my grad­u­a­tion paper­work. I’ve been cleared and autho­rized, my cap and gown have been ordered. Tomorrow I need to call and order the hon­ors regalia, but beyond that I’m finished. Except for the 5 classes left to be fin­ished, of course. Ahem. I’ll put together the for­mal invi­ta­tions after Spring Break. Meanwhile, I’ve decided that I made the right deci­sion in stay­ing in KC to fin­ish the two-year before trans­fer­ring. I would have enjoyed being in SPFD at the four year, yes, but the pos­i­tives to stay­ing have out­weighed...

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Patterns of Avoidance

Posted by on Jan 12, 2004 in Observer, Scholar | 0 comments

Lorien: {spins in chair, feet tap­ping with mini pool balls between toes} Mom: Lorien, how is your work com­ing? L: {spins to face her} M: Whenever you’re get­ting annoy­ing I know that you’re avoid­ing some­thing. L: {spins once. taps once} M: Take the toys out of your toes and fin­ish the essay. L: {taps twice} M: {grins} L: {spins to face computer}

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Fencing!

Posted by on Dec 10, 2003 in Odds and Ends | 0 comments

Well! Last night was an excel­lent night at fenc­ing. The last before the tour­na­ment this Saturday. Dad came along and was finally able to watch the entire process, as opposed to my relat­ing each and every minor detail that I could recall. I was pleased. He also spoke to my instruc­tors, and was able to relay their every Lorien-related com­ment. I was pleased with this, too. I have spent the past two weeks prac­tic­ing tech­nique, study­ing how-tos, strat­egy and fenc­ing forums. My goal has been to defeat the Fencing 2 woman who is com­pet­ing in our beginner’s...

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