This semester is only a few weeks away from being over, and I am amazed at how quickly time flew by. I've already picked out my classes for next term, and am pretty excited about a few of them. I've decided to get my math class over with, and then take Composition, General Psychology, and Litigation. I wanted to get some of the core classes out of the way this term, and the selection of legal classes this term was few, I think only six or seven, and most were three hour night classes, which are tough to get through. So for this semester I decided to only take the Litigation class.

The rest of this semester I have to still get through three quizzes for Political Science (the first being today), a test (on Tuesday) and a research paper for Introduction To Law and then my final exams, one which is a take home exam (for Legal Environment) and all four final exams are based on what we have covered since the last tests we have taken, not cumulative, which is good, and then I'm done. A few weeks of winter vacation, and then back to school. I wanted to take intercession (winter and summer) courses, but as of right now there is no way I can afford them, so that's out of the question, which means that most like it will take me an extra year, or at least a semester, to finish all my credits and get my Associates.

Besides school, Paul has been introducing me to all of Harao Miyazaki's movies, which I have been absolutely loving. We started with The Cat Returns, then Kiki's Delivery Service, The Castle In The Sky, Spirited Away (which was one I had actually already seen before), Laputa, Nausicaa, Princess Mononoke, My Neighbor Totoro, and Howl's Moving Castle. I have already seen Ponyo a few times (it's one of my favorite movies now) and so all I have left for the Studio Ghibli collection is Porco Rosso. I wish I could find his short films, but no luck so far.

I had never been a fan of anime before, but Paul has definitely turned me on to some of the genre. I still don't like a lot of the anime that has to do with fighting, which is what I thought all anime was at first, but I am loving the new world of entertainment this form of animation has opened up for me. It's like learning a new language and getting to watch decades of movies you had never seen before. Plus, all these characters are ridiculously adorable.

I have been failing miserably with my reading goal. Ever since school started I have been so busy with schoolwork, or so bone tired from school, that I haven't had any time or energy to read anything but magazines. This month the only book I could get through was The Magician's Nephew. Before that I think I finished The Night Castle. But lately I have been in the habit of starting books, and then getting bored of them, starting a new book, getting bored of that book, starting another book, and then not being able to decide which book to read and giving up all together. I think I have at least four or five books started and left unfinished. I can write three papers, take four tests, and attend all my classes, but if I don't read more than one book a month I feel like a total failure.

During the power outage that took over CT, I did get a lot of writing done. Granted, it was all over the place, but I did start a few short stories, which is more than I have done in a long time. I was going to do NanoWrimo this year, but it's too much to focus on with school. Maybe over break I will have my own, personal, NanoWrimo.

Edit:
I just updated my Reading List for anyone interested.