Good news! I have a thesis topic, I have an audition time, and things are definitely looking up for the time being.

First things first. I talked with Brown today about topics... I've been thinking about discussions that I really enjoyed, and decided that I'd like to work with some aspect of saints' lives (Remember St. Balthilda? Yeah ;). While I was walking over to talk with Brown, however, an interesting thought hit me - what happened when the pope or a bishop decided that a particular saint didn't fit the image the church wanted to project, and decided to rescind canonization/sainthood? What would be the reaction of the population who had venerated the saint for generations, and why? What about power structures in the affected area?

When I proposed this to Brown, not only did he think it was a terrific idea, but "I wish *I*'d thought of that!" SCORE!! Boy do I feel good. :)

Now, the trick will be to find information on the topic. Hopefully I can run down enough sources dealing with this sort of thing through IBID. Brown also said that it'd be very interesting to see what I could do to turn this amorphous topic into something substantial... this'll be really good for me, I think. Very much like grad school and research in general, I think. And I think it'll be fun. :)

Audition time: 10 AM Saturday. This would've scared me last year, but right now, I've been getting up before 8 for the past week. This shouldn't be a problem - I just need to practice tonight.

Rotation's getting to be a bit much. Last year wore me out; I've had my fill of this mess. I'm finding it difficult to care very much or make the effort to talk to very quiet people, even though I know I should (heck, I know I was shy during this week). Ah well... only a couple more days.

Ok, time to go translate some Latin and then help set up for the reception. Cheers!