with no sitcoms or Bears worth mentioning, I update my life

So, semester number 3 is done. Or, semester number 13, or, year number 19 1/2 is done, depending how you look at it. Do we count kindergarten and preschool in this, or am I too old to actually be concerned with this, especially since I barely remember anything before first grade?

OK, back to twenty-aught-seven, I got two more A's in my classes, and an incomplete in another class, because it isn't quite done yet. The final project's due date was pushed back to the 4th of January. I planned on this being a working holiday, but I won't get to do as much research as I would have liked.

This semester is more momentous than I am letting on. I intend for those courses to be the last I take in the department, or ever, unless I decide to get certified to teach high school classes. Anyways, next semester will be devoted to research and teaching. For those of you who are familiar (and likely, annoyed) with Hawk Harrelson, it's time for me to "cinch up and hunker down."

In other news, I will be in illin'-noise on Saturday or Sunday for a few days. I am going with my parents to see my brother in Arrr-kansas in the first days of twenty-aught-eight. That coincides with my project due date, which is hopefully good motivation for me to make progress right now.

In completely trivial news (not trivia news), I am actually completing a World Beer Tour at Old Chicago this afternoon. My prevailing feeling on this? Mildly pathetic.