Something New...

Well, I am trying to find a way to keep in contact with everyone easily and I thought this sounded like a pretty good solution. I'll try to keep things short and to the point, but this way you can check what's new with me without me having to email everyone separately.

The trip up to Cedar Rapids on Friday with Jamie and Leslie was successful!! I got some pretty great things at Stuff, Etc. and Plato's Closet (both quality consignment shops) and on the way out of town we saw this really awesome antique shop called Cellar Door, so we stopped there. I must say, this man that worked there seriously had so much random crap. It was amazing how much he had. It was overwhelming. There was some very neat old collector signs with like Marilyn Monroe and James Dean and the like...I was tempted to buy some stuff, but it turns out that I am broke until that Pell Grant check comes through.

Then we went to Salvation Army yesterday and all of the clothing was a dollar!! I bought a coat, Mom, but I don't know if you would like it. It is purplely, pinky, blackish and it has 3/4 length sleeves and comes down to about my knees. It rocks.

School is still going well. I have turned in a few minor assignments and taken a quiz (which I got a 15/15 - a bonus question was what saved me). I am really suprised actually at how little work I have to do for my classes this semester. I mean there is kind of a lot of reading in two of my classes, but the one class, Gender and the Media, is awesome. The readings are very intriguing. We are currently talking about masculinity and how it is created in our society and we talked briefly about Playboy and the ideals that Hefner wanted to emulate. That man was a true marketing genius. Then we read something about Mike Tyson and the rape incident back in 1991 or 1992, and the article we read was about how the media portrayed Tyson is two different lights - one as a savage beast and the other as a victim of society. Again, the theories were quite interesting. This is one reading packet that I am definately not throwing away.

We had a really fun weekend. I'll post some pictures in another day or two when I remember to bring them to work to scan. It was our friend Andrea's 21st on Thursday night so we went to One Eyed Jake's where you get 21 pitchers for $21 or some such stuff. Then Friday night was Brandon's 21st and he had never drank before, so he was a riot. Then last night, we just sat over at the boy's place across the hall and played games. It was a low key night.

That out to be enough for now. Anyway, I hope you guys are all doing well. Keep in touch!! Love you!!