Okay. Apologies for the really short journal entries these past two weeks. Because I was at home with family, I've had to limit my time on the computer. The internet speed at my parents' house is ridiculously slow, mostly because my brother had to do a lot of online researching (and multiplayer gaming when he wasn't doing that), and that slows down our bandwidth. Which explains why I haven't been playing LOTRO at all either...I wouldn't have had internet speed high enough to be able to play it. That, and I couldn't have more than one tab open without everything timing out.

Anyways, I'm back. Unfortunately, school starts in two days. I have four classes instead of three this semester, and I really have to knuckle down to get everything in on time. The thing about grad school is, I've noticed that all of my assignments are due on the weekend, mostly on the same Sunday. So I'm resolving to spread my work out over the week so I'm not pulling all-nighters on the weekends. (That was miserable last semester. Ugh.)

I also have to get my butt in gear and start applying for internships/jobs. I have to change my game plan on those too, because although I had gotten a good number of interviews (more than I've ever had in history, let's just say), I still hadn't landed a job. SO, tomorrow, it's round two of job hunting. What's good about it is, my school has a job fair next week, and they're offering first dibs for volunteers. Am I doing it? Oh yes. My parents say they'll be bugging me until I get one.

Anyways, I really had a good time over break otherwise. I GOT A KINDLE!!! Now my books will be cheaper!

OH!! And one more thing...

Movies to look forward to this year (so far):

~THE HOBBIT (Major Tolkien fan here. Bigger than Trek.)
~John Carter (I got A Princess of Mars, the book it's based on, on my new Kindle. I hope the movie's as good as the book.)