Semesters-In-Review ought to be long detailed accounts of specific achievements and failures. I have one 12 page paper left to do and the semester is over. Gotta be honest, it's not a particularly memorable, or worthy of recording, semester as school goes.
GIS was definitely worth taking and totally doesn't deserve to be a 4 credit class! It'll look good on the resume and I did pick up a few neat tips that I didn't know about before, so that's cool. I've got access to the ESRI training module online until next January, too, which is super.
Southwest Seminar was sometimes tedious, and I won't remember most of the details of the cultures and time periods, but it was very educational in terms of enlightening me to the very real differences in approach between Great Basin and Southwest archaeology. Such a pity we don't do real theory up north. The most important development, I guess, is a healthy appreciation for the importance of community studies. Not surprising given that Jim taught this one. Ultimately, if I had to sum up my feelings towards the class, though, it'd have to be something like "mmmm, Chaco...road trip...mmmm!"
History of Archaeology was the only class I actually needed this semester and I certainly would have had a lot more time to burn had I just stuck to this one and a bunch of thesis credits. Alas! But it was good for me. I really enjoyed this class. A good review of all the basics and some insights that I missed in previous theory-type classes. Jaime is a fabulous lecturer (this statement may be biased since she rarely actually lectured and bought us breakfast several times). I enjoyed the youthful and Oxfordian perspective on things. Made me dream of Cambridge a tidge without any intention of follow-through.
I defended my thesis proposal, too. I'd consider linking it here, but we changed what I'll actually do so thoroughly in the 1 1/2 hours we sat there that it wouldn't do any good. I'm excited by those changes, however, as they've turned the basic content back to my primary interests. I'm not particularly motivated enough to write about them here just now, but I'm sure you'll be subjected to more as the year goes on.
As far as extra-curriculars, I've got quite a lovable boy that I spend a goodly portion of time with these days. As a result, I haven't hung out with friends and such as much, but I consider it a fair trade for now. Work has been like pulling teeth. I've just really never had the time to make hours and it's frustrating and a half. But that's life.
And now, all that's left is the thesis! I'm back on full-time with the Uinta for the summer and probably part of the fall, though that'll be out of the archaeology shop doing recreation house permitting, and I'll probably try to keep putting in some hours for Jim and Dr Clark. My weekends are gonna save my life this summer, but in theory, I'll come out of the end of the federal fiscal year in better financial standing than I've been in all through grad school. Ish. If only we didn't have to deal with money! What junk it really is. Ironic--my thesis will deal with economic status. But not nearly as much as it would have, so it's all good.
Well, that's about it. Anything interesting, I'm sure, will be posted. Check out utaharchaeology.org for details on the up-and-coming Utah Statewide Archaeological Society/Utah Professional Archaeologist Council conference in Orem. I did the graphic design for the logo. We're printed it up on water bottles and they turned out pretty cool, if I do say so. One less thing to get done in the next month!
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
Tuesday, April 03, 2007
"Daddy, I met a man in Rome..."
So maybe it was my ward instead of Rome, but he really is "wonderful and brilliant". Now don't get me wrong, the final phrase of this Father of the Bride reminisce, "and we're getting married," isn't coming any time soon, but I thought while I'm sitting here twitterpated I might as well blog about it. Hokey much? Ay well!
Well, now I've mentioned it, I guess I have to talk about it: I've been dating this guy for about a month. He's in my ward and is a Statistics major at the Y. Great guy--very level headed and uber-focused on the Gospel, which is really good for me. I met his family Saturday and ended up watching a session of General Conference with them on Sunday. Good people.
We were talking about it today and decided that we're one of those unlikely couples that noone ever would have called and people don't quite understand. That said, we've both liked each other since the fall, so in a way, it was only a matter of time until he got guts enough to ask me out. =)
My favorite thing about him? He's a spiritual giant. Not just an RM or a worthy priesthood holder, or whatever, but an absolute giant. Makes me my very best self when I'm with him and he seems to think I'm worth being with. Crazy but true, so there it is.
Anyway, juvenile to post about? Perhaps, but barring allowing myself to spend the next hour writing in my journal about every silly detail that I'm not foolish enough to bore the general internet audience with, I thought this might be a good way to get things off my chest--having just had lunch with him--so I can hunker down and study until all odd hours of the night so we can hang out together again tomorrow!
Well, now I've mentioned it, I guess I have to talk about it: I've been dating this guy for about a month. He's in my ward and is a Statistics major at the Y. Great guy--very level headed and uber-focused on the Gospel, which is really good for me. I met his family Saturday and ended up watching a session of General Conference with them on Sunday. Good people.
We were talking about it today and decided that we're one of those unlikely couples that noone ever would have called and people don't quite understand. That said, we've both liked each other since the fall, so in a way, it was only a matter of time until he got guts enough to ask me out. =)
My favorite thing about him? He's a spiritual giant. Not just an RM or a worthy priesthood holder, or whatever, but an absolute giant. Makes me my very best self when I'm with him and he seems to think I'm worth being with. Crazy but true, so there it is.
Anyway, juvenile to post about? Perhaps, but barring allowing myself to spend the next hour writing in my journal about every silly detail that I'm not foolish enough to bore the general internet audience with, I thought this might be a good way to get things off my chest--having just had lunch with him--so I can hunker down and study until all odd hours of the night so we can hang out together again tomorrow!