Category Archives: Personal

My 23rd Birthday

The 21st is the last glamorous birthday; after that they’re just regular birthdays. That said, I have a pretty good one. My grandmother called to wish me a happy birthday at 7:30 this morning. Incidentally, today is also her birthday, so I returned the warm wishes. I finally got back to sleep around nine. My [...]

School is Hard

This has been a good semester, but a hard one. My Shakespeare class is going well; I understand the language of our current play, Measure for Measure, far better than I did our previous one, Othello. I am behind in my reading for my Civil War class, but that’s not tragic. Latin is, as always, [...]

Jury Duty Sucks

On Tuesday, I had to go to jury duty for the first time. I had previously received a summons but was still attending school. Since school ended the Friday before, I had to actually go this time. My main fear was parking. I rarely go downtown and had no idea where any of the three [...]