BTW...

I thought that since I posted an essay, I might as well give an update on what's been happening around here lately. Well let's see...
Yes, its true, we got 14 inches of snow here, followed by another 3 a couple days later, so it was pretty crazy for West Lafayette... that final 3 was last Saturday, and it was followed up by 41 degree temperatures on Monday, so the snow has been consistantly melting since the beginning of the week, and we have been getting freezing temperatures at night, so when I venture out in the morning like a bear after a hard winter, I slip and slide all over the ice that covers our pathways. As I write there is a giant puddle just across stadium avenue from cary quad that completely covers a corner of the sidewalk.
I had the joy of walking to down to Borders in the melting mess on Tuesday to retrieve my just release of Anberlin's new CD, cities. I must say that every other Anberlin CD took me a while to get the groove, and it will be no different with this one, but I'm trying to conquer the curve as quickly as possible. There are a couple songs I really like already. It is definately a worthy follow-up to Never Take Friendship Personal.
My favorite class right now.... hmmm, it would be a close tie between English 108, advanced first year composition, and Engineering 117, Honors Engineering Computer Programming. Engineering is just programming, which is something I enjoy and don't mind, so its not terrible at all, and I'm getting great grades in there. The semester-long project, which once again deals with a robot that we must manipulate to perform certain tasks, is also tolerable: we will eventually begin programming it in C, so that will be great to stop working in the visual environment we have been working in. In english, we're studying fairy tales, and not just surface scopes of trite children's stories, but the REAL fairy tales, the ones that the American versions are descended from, with murder, sexual innuendo, violence, and a generally grimmer outlook on things. It is mainly a discussion course, with various reading assignments outside of class. I am currently working on a report called "Flight of Fancy or Final Fantasy?", comparing two versions of Beauty and the Beast by the same author, Beauty and Rose Daughter by Robin McKinley. My main premise is arguing that the two books are entirely different genres (one a fairy tale and the other a fantasy), and why this is so important to the story.
Basketball band is getting ready to come to a close; in fact, I'm getting ready to go to my final game in a couple of minutes. It was a great experience, and really got me interested again in watching Basketball. I look forward to rooting for our women's team as they aim for the top in the NCAA Tournament.
On another, short, note... I've been feeling very pensive lately, as you can see by the essay written in the previous entry....
well, I need to go get ready for the game. Hope to post again soon.