Thursday, October 03, 2002
 

I made it through my first presentation unscathed! YEA! I'm pathetically excited, but presentations are hard for me to do. I managed not even to break into a sweat or shake this time, though.

I got up at 4:00 to finish the presentation and then went to a talk at 10:00. I think going to the talk (and hence not hanging around my apartment agonizing over every detail) helped, and it was a good talk besides (by the same visiting speaker who gave an utterly fantastic talk yesterday). After that I hung around with some other English types (and Department Father Figure, bless his heart, gave me a copy of Ulysses Annotated, which should save my butt when we start it in a couple weeks).

Other good news: My weekend is saved. Major Weirdo is having a party at his place Friday night, and then there's another one at someone else's on Saturday.

More good news: We only have to read half of Women in Love (D.H. Lawrence-- shoot me now) for next week.

In other words, things are going decently, so it's clearly only a matter of time until the other shoe drops . . .

OH. And it turns out there are THREE guys living in the froggie doormat apartment, all medical students. One rode up in the elevator with me, and he actually talked, so I got the information out of him. Since I'm single and desperate (and utterly without shame), I need to start going over there and saying things along the lines of "Ah'm feelin' a little faint heah . . ." in my best Southern gal drawl. Take mint juleps over there, that sort of thing.

Kidding. I think.

Elvisette philosophized at 4:50 PM