Non-adventures in normalcy

I think I'm finally getting back to a functional mental state - this is the first morning all week that I haven't wanted to go immediately back to sleep as soon as I woke up. This is exciting, as I have definitely been feeling bad about being so exhausted around my parents all the time and probably being a big downer. Especially since they have their own anxieties at the moment.
And we're going to the theater this afternoon, and I'll actually be able to stay awake the whole time! yay!

You should all go to your local Chinatowns and try bubble tea. It is awesome. Basically you get a smoothie (I recommend taro, it is tasty plus it is purple!) and put tapioca pearls in it. And it is good.

Anyway, really I am just writing because I'm at my friend's house and she's trying to figure out what courses she's going to take for the next few years (she just transferred so everything is confusing). But I don't want to inflict my time-killing on you guys too much (too late) so I guess I will wait until I have something interesting to say.

Oh except this one more thing: Columbia has a course on pirates. It's a fairly upper-level anthropology course on gender and capitalism and high-seas raiding. Carleton definitely needs to take the hint. If we had a course like that, SOAN would totally be the most popular major ever.

Final paper topic: Choose one of the following questions and answer in a 10 page analytical essay, citing sources and specific examples -
1) What is a pirate's favorite school?
2) Where do pirates go running?

The potential for that class is endless...