It’s that time of year again, folks. Demeter is mourning Persephone’s return to Hades, our football team has a chance to prove its fantastic skill again in South Carolina this weekend, and I get the honor of freaking out about producing my first digital essay. What is a digital essay, you ask? Well, since you requested this information so sincerely and adamantly I will enlighten your cliffhanger-anxious spirits and tell you about this semester’s series of finals. First of all, I am taking four classes. My bio “final” is really just a chapter test (YAY a little). My organic chemistry final is comprehensive over two semesters and I foresee all my hair falling out as a result of my unease. But my panic attacks do not fundamentally find their roots in organic chem.
Let’s also acknowledge English and Spanish. For both classes, I have the privilege of presenting group projects instead of finals. This would be all right if I was a techno-savy, metaphorically unhindered artistic prodigy. Now, I’m pretty creative—or can be when the blellow (not green) creativity monkeys stab ideas into my head with the same radio waves they used to cancel Elvis’s program on Earth—but I still don’t know how to use certain computer programs. No, the king isn’t dead, if you were wondering, and Tupac is producing some of the best music in years—at least in the years following his death, that is. A digital essay is basically an opportunity to create a visual and experiential presentation of an idea you gave in essay form. In Spanish this translates to el uso del idioma y la conducta artísticamente ridícula– or artistically ridiculous behavior and use of the language. I’m excited about it, though. I think it will get my creative juices flowing (and the imagery that just flooded my head by writing juices is making me nauseous) before Christmas break when I have to start really working on my screenplays (I hope to have finished editing my screenplay from this summer and to have another finished by the time I leave for study abroad in February).
Oh, and I don’t know if I mentioned that I will be attending the University of Melbourne in Australia next semester. I’m nervous but the more I discover about Melbourne, the more anxious I am to get there and start exploring. One exciting note to add, Melbourne is home to one of my favorite bands in the history of music—the Cat Empire. Everyone should check them out on Myspace or iTunes. Their entire band consists of less well-recognized rock instruments, including a trumpet. But they’re a fantastic band and I hope to attend one of their home-town concerts if I can.
Inhale, you just took in the world,
Jordan 
istockphoto.com - its says it’s the victory sign with handcuffs, but I’d rather refer to it as a peace sign–resist oppression!
Quote of the week:
“Sentiment without action is the ruin of the soul” – Edward Abbey, The Monkey Wrench Gang introduction
