First, I will be helping in a Campus Clean up today for the College Republican fundraiser though the school.  The university gives extra funds for clubs if they help out make the campus stay clean and beautiful.  A win-win situation.  Then, the gentlemen from the FIJI fraternity are hosting a Thanksgiving dinner as a fundraiser to help a local food pantry here in Springfield.

Finally, I perform my one act tonight!  Night Baseball by Gabriel Tissian.  Wow I am excited, and nervous, mostly nervous.  I’ve never done a play production at collegeand it has been over three years since I have been on a stage.  I thought I was done and over with this kind of stuff, but it really is just fun.  I guess I’ll let you know how it goes…

-Ed

Sorry it’s been a while.  Lots has been going on.

So Georgia for Fall Break was an excellent trip, the perfect getaway.  The long drive was an excellent Peggle and movie experience.  It was cold though, which I didn’t know happened in Georgia, then when we got back to Ohio it was about 70 degrees.  Oh well.

Last weekend was homecoming.  That was awesome.  So many of my old friends came back and it was amazing to see them.  I don;t think I’ve had a weekend that busy in, well, ever.  There was tons to do on campus and every other free minute I was speinding time with the alums.  We had a pizza party with the alum and the future alumni association (STAF) and I got to meet some really cool alum from years and years back.  So cool.

Today is Halloween.  I am still putting my Speed Racer costume together, and I’m so excited about it.  So I’ll let you know how it goes and how much candy I get.

Ed

Long story short, we got in a production together!  It’s a play called Night Baseball and I can’t remember who wrote it but you can’t find it on google or youtube.  Apparently it was written by a Stanford undergrad who wrote it for a contest and won!  It is really exciting to be involved in a production that no one has ever heard of and hasn’t been preformed on this campus in over 10 years.

That’s whats new in my life.  Tomorrow, I leave for Atlanta with some of the guys so we can hang out over Fall Break, I’ll let you know how it goes!

Ed

Besides that, not too much new.  I just got back from the Un Mundo Cafe in downtown Springfield,  The coffee shop is a fair trade shop and their quality is superb.  My creative non-fiction class met there to discuss the stories we have been writing recently in a small-group workshop fashion.  It was really nice to be able to sit down and have this opportunity with my prof, my favorite one, and have this kind of class.  I’m really excited about this story I’m writing and I can’t wait to use the feedback I got to perfect it.

I’ll let you know how it goes.

For the first time, I am an upperclassman and it is great.  I am living in an on-campus house, renting through Wittenberg’s own property.  This is wonderful.  Me and my buddy have our own place, with our own bedrooms, our own kitchen, our own bathroom.  Privacy is at a higher level than ever and I actually live just a smidge closer to my academic buildings than ever.  It is really nice to get up 5 minutes before class and still make it on time.

There are a few downsides, like we have to pay our bills.  Eww that is not fun.  Also, meals aren’t pre-prepared like they were when I lived in the dorms, now I actually have to make them.  Food always tastes better when somebody else is cooking; universal truth.

However, I feel like I’m living the dream.  Study, work, play.  Wouldn’t have it any other way.  And it’s nice to finally be back on campus from the summer, and now that all my freshman friends have their own houses, well, there isn’t too much more to say.

I miss the dorms in a weird way, having everyone so close and all that jazz.  I’m happy where I’m at though.

Everyone is getting ready for break, but whats important is what is after it.  My second Wittfest.  Not til May 2nd, but they will announce the headline band sometime shortly after we get back.  Last year it was Cartel, and I couldn’t be more excited for this year.  All day all night live preformances from both inside Witt and outside, along with some student run bands.  It is the most fun event of the school year and I just really can’t wait to experience it again.

Also, good news.  I have an off-campus house for next year!  My roommate and I are going to be moving in across the street from our dorm now to a house across the street with a to-be senior.  I’m really excited to be living in a house and that I should be able to live in it over the summer as I take classes here this summer.

That’s it for now though!

These events are rare, where the university closes for weather, and you have to do all in your power to enjoy every minute of it.  I used it to catch up on some extra sleep and play in the snow all day.  Some people were sledding down the Myer’s hall staircase and other people were making snow people.

The only downside of the weather is that my car is trapped in the parking lot, and it isn’t going to be moving anytime soon.  Oh well.

This is just about the first time I’ve been grateful of Ohio’s wacky weather.

This semester I will have my first night class, which runs on Monday nights for me.  It’s a very interesting subject, Cultural Anthropology, where we study indigenous peoples.  Night classes are very long, 3 hours a piece, but so far it seems as if it will be manageable.

Also over break, I finally decided what I want my major to be.  Political Science, which I will be declaring within a week.  What am I going to do with this major?  I’m not sure yet, we will cross that bridge when we come to it.  I’m glad I’ve finally gotten this far.

Lots of exciting things to look forward to this semester, including Wittfest at the end of the year.  So… keep an eye out.

Two days ago the roads were so snowy and icey it was unsafe to drive.  I even heard reports that some people were unable to get up the hill outside Weaver chapel.  Today?  Raining, hard.  No snow in sight and I saw people comfortably wearing t-shirts out today.

I counted three Indian summers this year.  That’s when the weather gets cold and is supposed to stay cold, yet for a 2-4 day stretch gets really warm, like 70 degrees.   Who knows, in Ohio I wouldn’t be too surprised to see one before the end of the year.

All I’m saying is that I just wish that Mother Nature would decide what she wants to do.  I enjoy the sunny weather in December as much as the next person but it just throws me on an emotional roller coaster.  Please, Ohio, just make up your mind!