And here's the final round...

So it was a little startling earlier this week to realize that I was registering for classes for my last undergraduate semester ever. This may or may not have led to some nervous whimpering.

The classes in question are:

SOC-433 Seminar in Crime & Justice
JPN-201 Intermediate Japanese I
ENG-370 Fiction Writing Workshop I
PHIL-127 Contemporary Moral Issues

The fiction writing one and the Japanese are because I want to have a little fun, dammit, and I only technically need to take the soc and philosophy classes to fulfill my degree requirements. Technically I already have enough for the philosophy minor, but I need an "expanded classroom requirement" which that course has. Somehow. It's not quite clear from the description how it works, but I was assured by my adviser when I met with her to go over my choices that it counts.

I also figured that the fiction and Japanese would keep my on my toes and keep me from getting senioritis, though considering I already am a senior credit wise if I was going to get it I probably already would have. Maybe. Transferring makes stuff confusing as to whether you're technically a junior or senior.

It did take me far too long to realize that "E. Staff" is not the name of an actual staff member of the English department, it's just what they put in the faculty field of a class when they don't yet have someone assigned to teach it. I only realized that when I was discussing courses with someone and mentioned that I had "Professor Staff" for the writing course, at which point I got laughed at. Though I can see how a kid might think that there is an entire family of "Staff"s who teach in different departments...

I'm also two credits ahead thanks to the ones I transferred in and the summer course, so short of something completely unexpected I'm on track to graduate in December. The actual ceremony is in May, but I can get the diploma in December.

After that... *runs away screaming*

Random cell phone adventures

First we have a kitty.



And a chinchilla. I'm a bit biased against chinchillas since one once bit me. Hard.



So yeah, went to the MSPCA. Hung around there, had to corral an escapee cat and eventually lured her back with treats, then took the bus back and wandered around the Pru for a bit. Also texted someone I haven't talked to in a while, so at some point we're going to get together and commiserate.