Bubble gum Salad and other Midterm Oddities

Because I am in the process of writing a paper, I am going to stick to a simpler format of lists for this post.

Why this week has been Awesome (both saracastically and honestly- you be the judge)

1. Filled with social anxiety at a Graduate Student Association Meeting, I filled my plate with free salad. After one bite, I realized to my great horror that it tasted like bubble gum. Afraid to be caught throwing out food (these California graduate students are ruthless when it comes to any kind of waste), I somehow choked down what turned out to be more disgusting than the exploded sushi roll incident.

2. My professor chose not to follow his own answer key when correcting 20 of my students' midterm exams.

3. I saw Madeline Albright last night.

4. I saw Madeline Albright in the coolest theatre I have ever been in.

5. I voted today.

6. I played a 20 minute game of 'where the hell is my bike' (which is a common UCSB game) last night after a excrutiatingly boring lecture that went about 30 minutes long and I couldn't understand a single sentence. I was able to pick up on certain phrase, but that was it.

7. It's really hot here this week, like mid 80s. My nose is sunburnt.

8. It's almost 11:00 and I don't know what I am teaching tomorrow.

9. I don't know how much sleep I am going to get tonight. Or tomorrow night. And I really like sleep. It's become one of my favorite parts of the day. I get up and can't wait to go to bed.

10. We had a presentation today in one of my classes on a played called The Coffeehouse and in the middle, the presenter had an actor come in as one of the characters, Ridolpho, and hand out chocolate biscotti and coffee.