news briefs

(heh. briefs.)

**Classes are interesting and good. I am happy with my choices and wonder where they'll lead me. Reading, pondering, and discussing are becoming more and more a part of my life.

**Application process is also going well. Done: requested transcripts and GRE scores, gave packages to recommenders. Need to do: polish writing samples and statements, finish online app process and start assembling envelopes for non-online apps.

**mr_lent and I had a really good afternoon together. It wasn't "as if we picked up where we left off", but rather that the intervening years became like a beautiful thing to share, rather than distance.

**What is not so good is my time management capability. I want to warn everyone now that I'm getting a little flakier than usual, and have not been able to give the friendships around me the love they deserve. I'll do my best to balance "keeping sane" with "not going into hiding", but there may be a little more oscillation between the two points than would be preferable.

**In the next room, sen_no_ongaku is playing Smoke on the Water using Guitar Hero. This? Is awesome.