Because what else would push me to finally post again after many complaints and accusations of blogging failure? Not a same old same old ordinary day for sure.
It’s one of those blustery fall days in St. Louis, the place that’s colder than New York City for a good portion of the year — a fact that in my almost two and a half years here that I haven’t started feeling a bit less bitter about. All I can say is: thank god for the crunchy leaves. When it doesn’t sporadically begin to pour, of course.
After a very fitful and restless night of sleep, with the sudden but long-coming revelation that those college twin XL beds simply aren’t big enough for two, I managed to get myself out of bed for a meeting at 11:00 am. For those who know me, this is a great accomplishment. That all my courses start at 1:00pm this semester says it all. In any case, it was cold, cold, cold. Luckily, there is one beacon of hope on main campus, known as the Happiness Machine. In other words, heaven in the form of a Nescafe dispenser of delectable hot cocoa and hazelnut mocha coffee for a budget-friendly 75 cents. As I walked into the library, however, I spotted an ominous white piece of letter-sized paper taped onto the Happiness Machine: “Out of Order.” To make things worse, they apologised for the inconvenience. I might as well just head right home and sleep through the next three months.
But since I’m running out of time before next class, I’m going to doing something rare and plug the whining right there. Because I have an exciting new plan for xtinew.wordpress.com! Now that I no longer have three hundred page books to read a week for History of Education, and layout craziness will soon be over, I have decided to do my best in committing myself to save Tuesday or Wednesday nights for blogging. Never mind that resolutions are made to be broken. Expect me soon!
