Oh man there is just so much stuff going on. My "to do" list just stretches to infinity. I have my classes, of course, and am right in the middle of crazy midterms (I have a seven page paper due today and a fourteen page paper due Monday!). Then there's my job as a writing tutor, which is extremely rewarding but leaves me mentally exhausted. I have to pick up the pace on grad school apps. I think I'm just going to apply to NYU and Columbia in NY, then see what happens and apply to more next year if I need to. Cause other schools would require the GRE and it's just too late to squeeze that in this year. Besides, those are the only two I currently really want. We shall see. I have to arrange December graduation stuff and pay to uncover the P/F's on my transcript, which are for whatever reason all classes I got A's or B's in, so yeah my GPA has slowly gotten kinda screwed. I have been seeing Mike for about six weeks now, which is amazingly great but definitely a lifestyle change that leaves me with much less time to get things done. Also, my house of ten is ridiculously fun, with no problems all year so far about anything, and really hanging out with them is what I want to do all the time. I know there's more, but that's a glimpse. As for the political debates, you all know I'm liberal and I know that at least on these issues we've debated for quite a while and it's unlikely that anyone will suddenly change their mind. Still, all politics and media aside, I am heartbroken at what has happened in our country and overseas and when it comes right down to it I will be voting in a way that expresses my extreme sadness for the lives lost and ruined. I can research opinions and read trascripts of debates all the time, and I do. But in the end there's no way of getting around the sheer tragedy of it all. And that's something that I can know, as opposed to the questions of authenticity our news raises for me. So yeah, that's kinda where I'm at overall right now. I'd say life is really pretty great. Take care,K.