HOORAY!! The cloak's finally finished! Thanks to Katie's help, I was able to hem the dratted thing last night... pressing the hem, then machine-sewing two seams around the bottom only took 5 hours. o.O But it sure does look cool. And it drapes and swirls quite dramatically. Altogether, I'm pretty darn pleased with how it turned out. -grins-

Can't wait to wear it around... perhaps when it's a bit cooler. Considering that I've been wearing sleeveless shirts recently, I don't think wearing 6-7 yards of wool would be wise. So how's the weather in Longview, Kat? ;)

still to do:
-2 page paper for h 97a due yesterday. (doing that now.)
-german labs (today, tues), workbook (today, tues), test due wednesday (take tues)
-read for ec, h 161, h 97a (later tonight, wed, thurs, fri)
-draft Bishop essays (tonight), ask for recommendations (tomorrow), request transcripts (mail today)
-practice flute (tonight)

I can finally say I love what I'm doing, and I'm happy about what I'm learning... but damn, it's a lot of reading. I think I went through 500 pages for the ec 130 and h 161 last week, plus 400 of the 600 pages I was trying to wade through for h 97... yikes. Well, at least I can't complain about not being able to read interesting books during term anymore. ;)
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"...The labyrinth of her days
That her own strangeness perplexed;
And how what her dreaming gave
Earned slander, ingratitude,
From self-same dolt and knave;
Aye, and worse wrong than these.
Yet she, singing upon her road,
Half lion, half child, is at peace."
-Yeats

Another interesting quote, from a poem by Yeats. Slightly different context in the original (see www.bartleby.com/147/40.html), but this excerpt speaks strongly to how I feel about others' criticisms of my decisions in life, especially when they don't know me well. (Oddly enough, that actually happened more at home than here. I expected more flak about the history major from techers than from ordinary people... but that wasn't the case at all. Perhaps it's because my hometown's so far removed from my life, or because most of my close friends are here, and supportive of my choices. In any case, you guys are wonderful. :)