Sooo much reading

 SOTD: Coffin Moth - "Fear of Loving Fear"

Last night, I got 1 of 3 posts done for my creative writing class before the week even started (great!), and got ideas for my 2nd and 3rd post. I still have ~50 pages to read of "Short Takes" (need to get to page 170) and I have to read a chapter + an essay from Miller Paola's "Tell It Slant." I also finished a German assignment before I went to bed.

I almost skipped German today; ended up meeting up with friends in that class beforehand and just went with them (+ got invited ice skating on Friday). I'm glad I actually went!

For general psychology, I have to read chapter 6 by Wednesday + make a discussion post for that, too. I also have 2 quizzes due Wednesday and an exam due later in the week (weekly exams; not as bad as it sounds, only 25 questions with a 30 minute time limit). Lots of posting and reading this week... 

I'm trying to get everything done as soon as possible so I can focus on reading the WA Driver's Guide. I'm procrastinating by being productive. Strange. Anyway, I didn't get as much done today as I wanted, but I still checked off a pretty good amount. Plus, I started my psych notes, even if I didn't finish them.

I finished Better Call Saul recently, and I'm speechless. While I personally don't find it as technically appealing as Breaking Bad (you can't really beat 'chemistry teacher gets cancer and starts making meth' on a conceptual level), I thought it was incredibly gripping. To be fully honest, I didn't like Saul Goodman's character in Breaking Bad but this put him in an entirely new light. I might watch El Camino when I get the time. 

I fear I might be gaining a bit of a caffeine dependency.

I read Mary Clearman Blew's "Tanino" (featured in Short Takes), and I thought a lot of it applied to my own life. It takes place in Washington state (hurray!), but there was also some snippets of the narrator (presumably Blew), who had wanted to write about WWII and had hoped that her aunt's diary entries would paint a clear picture, but the entries barely even mentioned the war. It was everywhere, but people don't have time to ruminate on the war; they have groceries to buy, people to feed (including themselves), chores to do. Life goes on. 

It reminded me of how we moved on so quickly from COVID-19 and quarantining for about a year. It was a huge thing, but about 5 years later, it barely even feels like it happened. It hit me during middle school (6th grade specifically), and I don't remember it very much.