Being home is beginning to exhaust me.

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Wow. 

I just met a really awesome person. His name was David, and he is a sophomore. He is a double major: BME and Art History. Yes. No joke. A double major engineer, and the second being art history. So for all those engineers/science majors that have poked fun at me or any other humanities major should really have a talk with this guy because he can see the grass being green on both sides. He is possibly one of the only double major in the BME department or the entire engineering school in general. To get all his requirements, he needs to take 21+ credits each semester. And the art history language requirement? He probably could completely skip it seeing as he speaks Spanish, Italian, French, and English fluently. Yeah. Seriously. David was born in Mexico but grew up internationally, traveling all the time while learning French from school. Then he was living in Italy where he picked up Italian. English must have snuck in there as well.

But if I’ll be damned. He was super down to earth, saying one of the things he dislikes about BME majors is their cut-throat competitiveness (well, at least the ones in medicine). So for him, he finds art history his escape from numbers and the pressure of his peers. 

I’m so glad to be able to meet such inspirational and extraordinary people. 

I think I need to write it down over and over so I remember and actually get it done. 

• Italian Grammar Quiz Monday, as well as Grammar Summary. 
• Italian Written Test Wednesday. 
• Italian Oral Exam Friday. 
• Renaissance/ Baroque class presentation on Tuesday (20 min. with powerpoint)
• Art History Research Paper due Wednesday (Roughly 10 pages). 
• Re-write of Museum studies paper due Wednesday (6 pages, but already written. Just fixing it up.)
• Finish Cognitive Psychology blog post. Hand in some time this week. 
• Catch up on Cognitive Psychology lecture/reading as well as Art History reading. 
• Renaissance/Baroque class final paper for the 10th (8-12 pages)
• Study for final exams (Cognitive Psychology on 11th, Renaissance/Baroque class on 16th, Art History on 17th) And people say that humanities classes only have final papers… Kiss my ass. 
• Pick up fencing warm-ups. 
• Have everything ready to move out. 
• Contact museums for shadowing opportunities. 
• Possibly book trip to London. 

On another note, I am in really bad shape and need to start working out again. But that won’t work easily if I am constantly typing, writing, and studying. Sigh. I don’t like being so weak. 

Is my dad seriously suggesting that I go with my friends to the hotel room he’s booked but won’t be able to use to “have some fun”? 

AWWWW YEAH

I have to start doing work again. 

Damn Spring Break. I just want the beach now. 

I can’t deal with people asking me for my notes or to study with me so they can pretty much use me for my notes. 

This one guy keeps asking me and I keep trying to dodge it. In high school, there were so many times where people used me for my notes or homework or study guides and I generally didn’t say no to anyone. But now I’m all “Dude. I went to these classes. I took these notes. I cared. You didn’t. If your work shows poor performance it is probably a reflection of poor participation and involvement. And I’m not to blame for that.”

Sure, it’s as easy as sending an email. Copy. Paste. Send. Right? But then it becomes “Can you help me with this paper?” or “Can I borrow $50?” or “id onrtewkl owh wherrrrrrrrri am. Helppppmkpe????” (aka drunk texts asking for some help). Like, I like working alone. I like studying alone. I like writing alone. I like making things on my own. I take care of my shit on on my own. I rarely ask for people to help me. My brother would go running to my dad asking questions about his English papers or his accounting homework. I just did what I had to do, no questions or requests asked. 

I mean, I’m a generally helpful person. But this is what I’m passionate about and if you plan on loafing around I have no sympathy for you.