http://spiderdiaries.richmond.edu/alex12 Wahiawa, Hawaii • International Studies Mon, 27 Apr 2009 04:31:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en   I am shocked to say that I have just placed the finishing touches on my last week of classes as a college freshman.  And what a hectic finish it was...  A veritable blitzkrieg of papers and projects were due this week.  Alas, my private secretary had failed to inform me ... http://spiderdiaries.richmond.edu/alex12/2009/04/23/elegy-for-the-year/   This week I registered for my classes and housing for next year.  I'm pleased to report that both went quite well.    In terms of classes, I did far better than a lowly freshmen could normally hope.  Class registration takes place in descending order, beginning with the rising seniors and ... http://spiderdiaries.richmond.edu/alex12/2009/04/12/preparations-for-next-year-and-a-military-ball/    Hello all.  It has been a very bust week for your humble correspondent, albeit in the best sense of the term.  Paradoxical as it may seem, I rather enjoy having a busy schedule with little 'dead air'.  When your time is more or less always occupied, you feel a ... http://spiderdiaries.richmond.edu/alex12/2009/03/29/positively-busy/   Spring Break is palpable.  The mood on campus is perhaps only matched by the Hebrews circa 39 years into their Sinai sojourn, with everyone similarly hoping they don't drop dead after catching only a token glimpse of the Promised Land.   The break is even more tangible for me, as ... http://spiderdiaries.richmond.edu/alex12/2009/03/01/bound-for-canaan/   It's Valentine's Day- a Saturday, at that- and I am alone in the library, writing this entry.  It's up to the fine reader to connect the dots on how sad this mental image really is; I just felt that this needed to be put out there in order to set ... http://spiderdiaries.richmond.edu/alex12/2009/02/14/one-of-the-more-depressing-valentines-days-in-recent-memory/