My life the past six years

Things I like about Utah Valley:

-Lots of ethnic food everywhere

-Lots of people who speak random languages and lived in random places everywhere

-Easy to make fun of

-Pretty safe

-Great spring and summer

-All four seasons (it has its pros and cons)

-People tend to be pretty smart overall

-Not having to feel weird for being a Mormon

-Cool mountains

-IKEA close-by

-Not having to worry about people getting drunk and thus fairly annoying pretty quickly
-International Cinema

-Peaches in the summer

Things I don't particularly like about Utah Valley:

-Snow. Too much. For too long.

-Everyone looks too nice; there's too much pressure to be perfect outwardly

-Lots of judging (based on outward appearances)

-No options for a nightlife

-Movies frequently and unnecessarily edited

-Far from most of my family

-Dogs aren't allowed in nearly all student housing

-Being contrary (argumentative) is considered a sin, at least socially if not morally

-Everything has significant potential to be awkward

Future

My Plans for Next Year:
-English teaching assistantship in France
-Masters program for BYU
-Saving money for a masters program somewhere
-Learning better Latin, German and French
-Combating better my addiction to pulling at my split ends
-Establishing greater self-control
-Getting a large grant from Warren Buffet

My Favorite Places on BYU Campus:
-The mac lab in the JFSB
-The third floor of the JFSB
-The new addition to the TNRB
-The MOA cafe
-The RB
-The Reading Room of Special Collections
-The large ramp behind the Testing Center in summer

Odd Encounters with People This Past Week:
-The cashier at the BYU Bookstore who told me that France doesn't like America. (I've been to France, I study the French, I think I know better than comedians)
-Rose, the lady my roommates and I gave a ride home from Walmart. She gave us a blessing before being dropped off: to find three handsome, nice LDS boys to marry. Or just go out with, I can't remember.
-Running into a professor at a restaurant, which was probably the highlight of my weekend, to be honest.

Frustration

Classes I am enrolled in:
-Hist 301 (late middle ages)
-Hist 303 (the reformation)
-Hist 314 (eurofascism)
-Phil 202 (history of modern philosophy)
-Fren 322 (advanced composition)
-Rel C 355 (Judaism and the gospel)

Classes I have tests in in the next 10 days:
-Hist 301
-Phil 202

Classes I have stuff due in the next 5 days:
-Hist 314
-Hist 303
-Phil 202
-Fren 322

Classes I am majorly behind in:
-Hist 314
-Hist 303
-Fren 322
-Rel C 355

Things keeping me alive:
-facebook
-2 trips out of utah in November
-going home for thanksgiving
-tea