This'll be a quick post, because I'm tired and need to wake up early tomorrow. It's not been too productive of a day - here's the list of what I wanted to get done: flute practice, designing and producing the Blacker doortags (ah, the joys of being Blacker secretary), beginning that SURF paper, laundry, random other stuff.

What I managed to get done: most of the template in Paint (why I wish the PC lab computers had Photoshop on them, and why I'll try to install Photoshop on them tomorrow), and very little else. Grrrr.

Other stuff that's going on (mostly before today):

Reading: Finished the Great Hunt (Jordan). Currently on October Sky (Hickam)... yup, this one's going to become a favorite, along with the sequel The Coalwood Way. I'm not sure exactly what it is about these books - I'll think on it. Perhaps the reason they resonate with me is the focus on small town life, or the portrayal of the different people, or interactions between those people... I don't know, but these books are great.

SURF work: A day off for the biologist. Amazing. There was nothing for me to do in lab - finished the sequencing reactions and turned in those samples to be sequenced yesterday; they won't be done till Friday. Tomorrow and Friday I'll be doing those in situ washes, of course, and making up for the free time I got today.

Music: Allen found a second flutist for the concert, so I didn't get to sit in at the rehearsal last night. -sigh- Ah well, with luck I'll be in orchestra again this year. Need to practice more, get cracking on the Mozart concertos I have (D major and G major) and decide which one I'd prefer to live with for the next couple months. Still uncertain on the concerto competition... it's one of those "wait and we'll see" things.

Though one of those "wait and see" things recently got resolved - I'm not going to be taking Anatomy and Physiology (Bi 145). Considering I'm already taking the bio equivalent of triple threat (neurobio, genetics, bi/ch 110), I've had several people tell me I'd be insane to try it. And remembering the academic advice I've ignored and regretted ignoring, I'm going to take it this time. Not sure whether I'll try to squeeze in a non-bio class though. I'm playing with the idea of taking Mu 27 instead, since I'd like to learn more about music theory, and it'd probably be a fairly easy class after 10 years of flute. We'll see.

Movies: Watched Strictly Ballroom and Best in Show on consecutive nights... I prefer Best in Show. Mom, Dad, Kat, you should see this one. Also saw Possession at Laemmle yesterday night with Rebecca and Seth - DON'T go see this movie. Although (as Seth said) "It has action, sex and guns - how could it not be good?", it was overly melodramatic and kinda tired. Not Gwyneth Paltrow's best role - go rent Shakespeare in Love to see that.

Speaking of *good* movies, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is coming out on November 15... guess I should reread that series before then. And The Two Towers is coming out in December. Ah, so much to look forward to...

Finally, a few choice quotes from Harry Potter, proving that kiddie lit can indeed be thought-provoking:
"It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities" - Headmaster Albus Dumbledore

"The truth. It is a beautiful and terrible thing, and should therefore be treated with great caution."
-Dumbledore

Night all.