Sam’s Blog

I think the last month would be best conveyed in list form:

• CHEMISTRY IS OVER.  I am pleased.  I’m not entirely sure what I’m going to do with the chemistry minor I just finished, but mostly I’m just happy that I’m done.  Quant’s dying gasp produced a B, which is satisfactory to me at this time, considering.  This is my second B.
• I’m staying in Cate to work as an RA next year.  This also pleases me, since I really like the Cate staff and my center bosses.  I hope to be back in Honors (which is a part of Cate), but I’m resolved to be happy in whatever situation in which I am placed.  We should find out exact floor / house assignments this summer.
• Speaking of this summer, I’ll be staying in Norman to work as a summer RA.  I’m going to take a May intersession class that I can’t fit into my fall ‘08 class schedule due to conflicts.  I’ll also be working on a research project called a review article.  Undergraduates normally don’t get the chance to do these (it’s a pretty daunting task) so I need to take the opportunity that I have.  It’ll be a LOT of work, but should be worth it.  Maybe I’ll get published, maybe not… but either way it’ll be great experience.
• I didn’t draw for 3 months in an attempt to make myself focus.  I let myself pick up my tablet pen this Thursday afternoon and have been drawing like a woman obsessed since then.  Here’s a 40% zoom of the painting I’ve been working on for a while. Maybe someday I’ll have a poster of this, if it turns out well.  The original file is big enough for a decent sized print.
• Did I mention I’ll be staying in Norman this summer?  Yay human contact!  (Relatives aside… Though I love my family I do not have conversations with anyone in Muldrow that interest me for more than a couple of minutes)

So, yes.