One Rusty Needle

And this little journal reaches 200 posts. Funny. I still find it weird calling it a "blog" even if that's the official name (or nickname or "weblogs") for these things. I've been keeping personal journals for over 13 years (but of course back then, all of mine were in the 'dated' style of paper and pencil. At least scrabbly hand-writing is no longer an issue), and so I always refer to them by that label. Oh well. Labels are secondary. It's still my personal thoughts.

I'm back at Furman once again. Thanks to my parents, I have more food than I know what to do with (so if you get hungry, come find me), and I no longer have an excuse to go shopping. So after unpacking my bags (seems I brought back more luggage than I took with me last week), I went for a work-out, enjoyed a DH dinner, picked up my campus mail, and went to John's apartment for prayer meeting. That was awesome, by the way. I think it set a new record for our longest prayer meeting ever, but no worries. It was great fun to catch up with Chandler, Hilary, and Will who also joined us. We had quite a few requests to cover, but also had time to share our stories.

Classes start up tomorrow, but my situation is somewhat unsettled. Currently, I've got an Environmental Science class at 11:00 (every day), [English] Advanced Compositions at 1:00 (every day but Wednesday), and [English] Writing Fiction class at 2:00 (Mondays and Thursdays, I believe). But I really want to get into the Shakespeare course that's offered this term. Naturally, a class about a single, famous, and controversial playwright like ol' Will guarantees a packed house. So since I didn't make it my first option in the scheduling process, I got bumped off. But the Web Drop/Add option still leaves me hope. If not that, there are a couple other English-related courses I'm looking into. Right now, I'd pick the Compositions class to get the shaft. If my suspicions are correct, I'll be doing a lot of writing no matter what option I go with, so dropping the class that is primarily writing-centric is no big loss. Hopefully, that will work itself out. Once again, I'm going into spring term knowing all of nothing about my professors, so first impressions tomorrow will play a big role. I'm also hoping for a better lab experience.

That's about it for right now. Sorry that I don't have a more reflective, emotional piece to commemorate my blog, erm, journal's 200th posting. I'll try to make up for that when I get to 300. Until then, goodnight and God bless!

Song of the Day: Steven Curtis Chapman - "This Day"

Verse of the Day: "You will go out in joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands." - Isaiah 55:12