here is a profound problem:

on the course registration system—not the world’s most seamless system—I am currently up to 55 credit hours of classes that I’ve listed as wanting to take next semester. this is, of course, not counting Spanish 203, which I will definitely be taking, or a Science with a Lab, which I will also be taking, despite my most deep and ardent desire not to.

after much thought, the following is the list of academic criteria/experiences that I would like to incorporate into the next three years:

rwanda (check)

african studies

traveling everywhere

specifically in europe

and also specifically patagonia and iceland

food/farm/local food studies

spending as much time as possible in a garden/under the sun studies

american studies

oral studies

folklore

southern studies

appalachian/rural medicine/herbs

arabic

making everything by hand studies

environmental studies

international studies

english/comparative literature

poetry

creative writing

art history

also art in general

and:

the tambourine

finding a major is obviously going to be a cinch, since there is obviously one out there that incorporates all of those things.

I will never be rich.

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It also goes without saying that I will adopt a dog the moment I can. I hate to be that girl posting puppy articles, but this article makes my heart melt and than go up in wild flames of sunshine, and if you have one, the exact same scientific process will happen. LOOK AT WALTER, PLEASE.