Nerding Out

I have been nerding out like whoa the last few days.  Well, it probably started about a month or so ago, but it has gotten intense the past week or so.

First of all, I have really been wanting to watch the original Star Wars trilogy. I have been wanting to since shortly after I got here.  (I am guessing it was because I was playing LEGO Star Wars, but now my charger won't work, so I can't play and I am having Star Wars withdrawal.)  It really didn't help that I woke up the other day, looked out my window, and felt like Luke Skywalker when he crashes in that bog after that Hoth battle.  It was all foggy/smoggy out, and I couldn't even see Cerro San Cristóbal from my window.

View of Cristóbal or Dragonsnake Bog on Dogabah?

Another way I have totally been nerding out is my excitement for Africa.  It's not just that I am excited to visit Africa, but the fact that I will be unbelievably disappointed if I don't end up getting to see some hominid fossils.  I have been looking up tours, how much they cost, and how I will be able to get there.  The fact that I might get to go to the Cradle of Humankind and see where Mrs. Ples was excavated gets me all sorts of excited and giddy.  I just wish I had my Human Origins book with me so I could do some reviewing. 

One thing I do have with me for reviewing are the readings from my Spanish American literature class.  I got on ICON yesterday, and I started re-reading some of the stories.  I felt kinda nerdy for going back and re-reading things from school, but at the same time, I really kind of liked some of those stories.  Besides, I had to remind myself what the word for bat was.  (It's murciélagos, in case you were wondering.)  I still think my favorite story from that class was Monterroso's El dinosaurio.  (It used to be considered the shortest short story, but now that title goes to El inmigrante by Luis Filipe Lomelí.  I quite enjoy this microcuento as well.)  

I also miss debate sometimes.  I do enjoy reading Melanie's status updates that let know her kids records and about her aff voting streak.  I was kind of hoping it was going to last all season, but I knew it wouldn't.  It is really weird for me to not be surrounded by debate right now, and I feel really left out of it all.  I don't even know what the LD topic is right now. 

Peace and Love

Current Tunes:  Kanye West (Fuck you, Kanye. Why do you have to have such catchy beats and "fuckin' ridiculous" ((He has this series of free downloads, and the most recent, called "So Appalled" just keeps repeating how everything is ridiculous.)) rhymes?)