IM BACCCCCKKKK!

thats right, i finally buckled down and am paying for internet. booooo. but I finally feel like I am no longer living in a cave.

posts will come soon including a major review of my summer which will include more about my trip (sorry adventure blogging didn't last too long, i got a little caught up in my adventures) and odds&ends.

love ya much!
~manders.

also, I am going bananas after having watched 2 SEASONS of true blood in 3 days. AAAHHHHH.

more coffee pleaseeeee.

sittin' in the library. trying to study. I have banned myself from Facebook (Lauren and I changed each other's passwords). It makes me unbelievably depressed that that was necessary. But it was. However, I am still prone to endless checking of blogger, tumblr and jezebel, even though after 8 nothing really gets updated. I STILL CHECK EVERY HALF HOUR. yarrrggghhhh

I've been in the library everyday since last Thursday. I don't mind this building at all, in fact I find it extremely relaxing and familiar and I am generally able to get a lot done. Lauren is the most amazing study buddy ever. We both focus relentlessly when the other is around, but are able to interject with little commentaries or giggles with out getting completely distracted. She is gone for the night, her final was at 8, and I am so lonely and struggling to focus. I miss her...

My stomach is making the STRANGEST noises right now and I am pretty sure it is freaking out the dude next to me. sorry buddy. I wish I could get a real meal right now but that would involve packing up, voyaging somewhere and coming back. I just dont have the energy, time or money for that, so I'll nosh on the last of my Trader Joe's Granola (yummmmm, BTW).

I am really at peace with this week, a complete turn around from last weeks chaos. There is a lot to get done so I can not take it lightly, but I am trying to focus on eating well, getting sleep and focusing energy on finishing this semester right...

I am so bored with the material for my Northern Baroque class, but I find the anatomical studies reaaalllyyyy awesome. To bad they won't be included on the exam, but i'll share anyways...

Anatomical Still Lifes by Frederik Ruysch

The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Frederick Ruysch by Jan van Neck

alright, that is enough distraction to satisfy me. maybe...

i peed myself a little...

last night and today SUCKED. I took one of the hardest exams of my life on about 2.5 hours of sleep. I went to the exam feeling like i needed to puke, but had to forge forward.

I am just sooooooo glad to be done. I have two more exams but they will be cake compared to that.

anywho, got home and got an e-mail that 2 of the Gottfreid Helnwein books I had been waiting for arrived at the library. Even though it was school related, and i had sworn off all studying for the night, I knew that I should go and get them because I wouldn't have much time during the rest of the week.

well, I could not have made a better decision.

Picked up the books and the one I was mostly anticipating, The Child, was fucking signed by Helnwein!!!!!!!!

oh man, it totally made my night. I smiled all the way home and have been laying in bed making love to it (so to speak) since. It is such a beautiful book with so many images I have never seen.

yeeeeee(*@&#$*&^%&$%!!!!!!!

I must share...
















it is going to break my fucking heart to give it back. its due in 6 weeks!!!! and there is NO renewal!!!! (refer to image 1)

I am going to enjoy this while I can, because I already checked amazon and this book is going for $200 used. boo hoo.