10 Favorite Quotes from Spring 2010

10. "Ireland has a really long history, and the Irish have really good memories."

9. " You're getting a shower tomorrow morning. You are going to my graduation, not Boy Scout camp."

8. "I owe Saint Michael about $10, 000, two children, a cat, a cow, and a chocolate bar."

7. "What would you do on a summers eve if you knew you were going to be young and beautiful forever?"

6. "I never wanted the stars/ never shot for the moon/ I like them right were they are/ All I

wanted was you." Lies.

5.“But I tell you-and you may mark my words- you will come some day to a craggy pass of the channel, where the whole of life’s stream will be broken up into whirl and tumult, foam and noise: either you will be dashed to atoms on crag points, or lifted up and borne on by some master wave into a calmer current-as I am now.”

4. "At the moment of surrender/Of vision over visibility/ I did not notice the passers-by/And they did not notice me."

3. Psalm 139

2. "When I pulled my hamstring, I went to a misogynist."

1. "We are His portion and He is our prize,/Drawn to redemption by the grace in His eyes,/If grace is an ocean, we’re all sinking./And Heaven meets earth like an unforseen kiss,/ And my heart turns violently inside of my chest,/I don’t have time to maintain these regrets,"

There Ain't No Cure for the Summer Time Blues

So I fail epically as a blogger. My last post was in January. January. It is now the end of April. Since January I have survived Snowmagetton, journeyed to Belfast and back, and wrote approximatly 100 pages for various classes. But you would know none of this from reading my blog. In the words of one of my room mates: that's crap.

Today I finished my last final for the Spring 2010 semester. It was for an astronomy course. And it was a cumulative multiple choice exam. For an English major, cumulative usually means writing about the novel as a whole versus focusing on a specific passage. Prior to this exam, I had not taken a multiple choice final since freshman year. I find it difficult to trust the validity of a test where the answers are always A-E.. But that's all done. My classes broadened my horizons. Living on my own gave me a better understanding of who I am as a person, etc. Now I have to wrap my mind around a new concept: summer.

Of the four seasons, summer is my least favorite. I'm not a big fan of free time, ackward family gatherings, or "fun" summer jobs. See, I still don't know what I want to do with my life after college. Envisioning the entire summer stretched out in front of my like the gulf of Mexico is not helping my anxiety. I really want to know what Mom tells people who ask her what I am going to do for a living. She seems to know better than I do at the moment.

I should be spending the summer studying for the GRE's, teaching Hatian orphans English, and learning how to read French. All while making enough money to pay for rent, groceries, and internet access next year. It would probably also be helpful if I made a list of my top ten graduate school programs and compiled an excel document to cross reference admissions requirements. Instead I am going to be scanning medical records for 25 hours a week and listening to Pandora internet radio until I can no longer stand to listen to Bruce Springsteen.

Hopefully tomorrow's post will be more cheerful. The end of the semester always puts me in a foul mood.