Today I had to head over to Cook Library for materials related to the Folklore class I’m taking. It was my first time in the building in two and a half years, and the makeover it has undergone is incredible. It really feels like a brand new building (inside, at least). They even stuck a Starbucks in the lobby, which one of my professors commented on the other day: “Starbucks doesn’t open until eight, but apparently, students line up starting at 7:30, and are then late for their first classes. Why not just open Starbucks at 7:30?” Or, y’know, beat the shit out of students who show up late because they “had” to have Starbucks coffee to kick off the day.

My student ID — which I got in 1999 — needs to be replaced. The old lady at the circulation desk actually did a double-take when I presented it to her. I’ll get to campus early on Tuesday and take care of it. (Getting to campus early is something I’m proud of — I’ve been an hour early for the last two weeks. Hopefully it is a trend I can continue).

I had my Chaucer recitation today. I stumbled through it, and I took some criticism from the prof about that, but he gave me a check anyway. I get the feeling I’m going to be doing a good amount of in-class reading next Tuesday, and since my text hasn’t arrived — long story, the bookstore didn’t get the order for it, and still hasn’t gotten it in, so I bought a copy off Amazon and it hasn’t yet arrived — I’m going to have to print out the first 10 pages of The Knight’s Tale. Apparently, Terry Jones of Monty Python-fame became a Chaucer scholar and wrote a controversial and often dismissed book claiming that Chaucer’s a satirist. I think I’ll have to track a copy down on Amazon — that’s some Chaucer I could relate to.

Quick bravo to Amazon: although I’d posted early in the summer about my need for a printer, I didn’t actually follow up on that until classes started, and I realized, “Shit! I need a printer!” I bought a Samsung ML-2010 laser printer Wednesday night last week, and it was at my door when I got home from class that following day. Score, Amazon. You rock.

I forgot how absolutely draining school is. Last night I was up until 1:30 and had trouble keeping my eyes open, and that has become “very late” for me, as the new routine is to be in bed around midnight. Some days I even wake before my alarm begins blatting. I don’t really have any days that I can “sleep in” … I’ve either got class at 9:30 (which means if I want a decent parking space, i.e., in the garage, I have to be out the door by 8:30) or work at 10am or 11am.

I still have not slept with any of the hot/cute/average chicks in my classes. Dammit!