Ooh, Blogger says this is my 4,242nd entry! That I reveal no grand truths about Life, The Universe, and Everything is somehow disappointing. :D

Today started off on a good note. And then it got better! It's like a karmic reward for yesterday, I suppose. I woke up early, feeling generally good about the Film History midterm. I studied about half of our essays and glanced back over some of the earlier book readings so they would be fresh. I think I did quite well on the IDs and the scene analysis, but I think I went into too much detail, as I ended up not having nearly as much time as I needed for my essay. Quite possibly the worst essay I've ever written in my life; thank gravy it was only 30% of the test and not anything more. And I did quite well on the essay assignment we had before, and I resolve to prod booty on my next essay, so I'm not that worried about my final grade. What's done is done. It's over, and that's all that matters. All the stress regarding that exam is gone!

Immediately afterward, I met with Professor Lewis, and we fianlly managed to get my Homework 6 up and running. I just had 3 little bugs in my code, and it turned out I was using the simulator slightly wrong, so I emerged from our meeting that much more wise. He seemed very easygoing about any deadline for Homework 7, so all the stress there is gone, though I'm certainly going to get it done as soon as possible.

So tonight was opening night for "Annie Get Your Gun." To my delight, Auny Janet and Uncle Lew were able to come up to Philly for the performance. Before my call, we had dinner together and stopped by the Arthur Ross Gallery to see my images. Hurrah! The show itself went decently well. The audience was more than slightly dead, but that was to be expected on a Thursday night. Hopefully, tonight should be much more lively.

In other musical news, my Lady in the Dark cd just arrived today. Commendable speed, Amazon! You get a cookie! I can't wait to audition for this show. It sounds like so much fun!

Also, WOO!!!! We just got our scores back from the Math midterm a week ago. You know, my most difficult class? I got an 83! Without curve! I wonder what the curve will be like this time... for the last exam, it was 11 points. *grooves*

I am also quite convinced Terry Pratchett is stalking me. A few years ago (summer before Junior year? Ah! Blog archives say 7/20/01! Zounds), I was taking an SAT prep class, and when we did our initial practice Verbal section, I preened over how I knew every vocab word except for one. That word was "hedonism". That night, while reading "Sourcery" on the bus, I came across the scene in which Conina is trying to remember an unusual word. Rincewind suggests "hedonism". I started laughing uproariously, prompting my hallmates to ask "What's so funny?" "Hedonism!" I chortled. I think it was at that point where they decided not to be friends with me. :D

Anyway, while reading Going Postal backstage tonight, I started giggling when I saw Pterry had used the phrase "cocking a snook", which is odd, because the phrase is so unusual that I don't know why he would use it in a book series intended for such a large audience. Meanwhile, the phrase "cocking a snook" is an inside joke amongst me and my roommates, ever since I came upon it in my Film History textbook. And the weird thing is, I was reading the assignment just a week before Going Postal came out. Strangeness. But the other reason Terry Pratchett is attempting to drive me mad is the way he thinks he can nickname a character "Spike" and then use the word "effulgent" a couple pages later. I'm sorry, Pterry, that word is off-limits.

It's almost as bad as Jasper Fforde's The Well of Lost Plots and Something Rotten. Thursday meets a character named Spike who is head of Spec-Ops 17 (Hostile 17 anyone?), the Vampire and Werewolf Disposal Operations. And he's more than willing to give his life for our plucky heroine at the end of Something Rotten. Well, okay, so maybe Fforde's is worse. But still. If Neil and JKR introduce characters named Spike I may have to weep openly. I will totally ignore how Moni says she envisions William de Worde to look like William the Bloody Awful Poet. And I will totally ignore that I agree.

And ooh, a distraction! The Fox Music Store lists Firefly among its "Future Releases"! Squeeee, finally! A lot of fans have been waiting for a soundtrack for a long time.