Shakespeare Scholar

There is so much news and information to share since I haven't posted in 10 whole days! Unbelievable.
Well. First of all, I want everyone to know that I got an A in my Shakespeare class. That's right people... I am a Shakespeare scholar. You can ask me probably about anything about Shakespeare's later plays and I will know the answer.

Now I have moved on to American Realism and Naturalism. We are starting with Huckleberry Finn, which is close to my heart since we used to have a dog named after Huck. What a funny dog. The best part about this class is the professor. This guy is awesome. He is incredibly laid back and chill. He just wants to talk about books. He reminds me so much of my dad. And yes, I think my dad is awesome too. And laid back and chill. My professor, Dr. McKinstry, rides his bike to class everyday. Hence, he comes in tennis shoes, shorts and a sweaty t-shirt. He has a giant moustache and his face looks like Robin Williams. Today he got into a debate about capitalism with this guy in class. I'm not sure how that has to do with Huckleberry Finn, but I just thought, "Oh well, he's so cool, it doesn't matter." And when he reads, he uses different voices for different characters. For those of you who know, his voice is just like Jack's Buddy Odom voice- very gruff and monotone.

In other events, mom and I had a great trip to see Felicity. She is great. I tried to take her home with me, but I didn't think that was a good idea. We also got to see Jill and Josh's dog Harley's new babies. They are 5 weeks old, well, when we were there. Here are pics of Felicity, a puppy, and me. Jill has more pictures.


On the way home, mom and I were held up in traffic for almost 2 hours on I-75. It was awful. And hot. But we made friends with the people around us. It was hilarious to look down the interstate and see people just chilling on the guard rail. I took a picture, but my camera is at home and I am at work.




In yet another event, Jack and I want to give a special thank you to my other cousin (J)Osh. Several months ago, Jack was telling him about the pains of "Usher Humor," where ushers, usually older men, tell jokes or stories and think they are just hilarious. It's so hard to fake laugh. You can really only fake laugh so much. So Osh just burst out with this hideous, hysterical fake laugh. He said, "Now you can think of that when you are faced with Usher Humor." And it really works. Both Jack and I have used it on several occasions. We just think of Osh laughing like that, and we genuinely laugh. So, the other night, Jack had to go to a District meeting, and being the good pastor's girlfriend, I went with him. The Methodist pastor's of Knoxville were having a talent show- hot dang. I braced myself for a lot of Usher Humor and was not disappointed. It was probably the most painful thing I have been to. Jack too. We had 2 or 3 "acts" of people changing the words of hymns to go along with the district meeting; we had a "stand up" routine (ouch); we had lip synching to American Idol William Hung (double ouch); we had a gospel trio; we had a LOT of fake laughter. But thanks to Osh, I was able to throw out some real laughter.
Well, now that I've had a Huckleberry Finn break, I'm back to it....

Procrastinating...

Ok, ok, I realize I haven't posted in a while and my public needs me. Since Felicity has been in the world, my lovely cousins haven't been online as much and I haven't had my online inspiration. But it will come back, have no fear.

Right now, I am totally procrastinating on writing my final paper for Shakespeare. I can't believe this is the last week of my lovely class. I have to write a paper and I'm doing it on King Lear. I really don't want to do it and I just can't get inspired. So I thought maybe Plain or Peanut would help.

What a great week this is going to be.... I'm only working today (Monday) and Wednesday, then mom and I are going to Florida to see the newest addition to the family! I am so very excited. It will be a good long weekend and then next Monday my new English class starts! American Realism and Naturalism. I'm pretty excited about it, because, as we all know, I'm such a nerd.

Jack and I went to see Prairie Home Companion. He and I like nerdy things and we are very comfortable with that. For example, I'm obsessed with National Public Radio and he likes poetry. But I think he's cool because he likes poetry and he thinks I'm cool because I love NPR. It works out well for us. We increase one another's confidence in our nerd-ness.

I am off to continue my quest in becoming a Shakespeare scholar. By the way, I definitley got an A on my test last week!