For my U.S. Folk Experience English class, I have to interview someone that has been part of the University District for a long period of time...having either owned a business or lived in the area forever, gone to school at OSU and still live here, teach at OSU and grew up in the area...whatever the case may be, we're to interview them to get a sort of oral re-telling of the history of the district and get a sense of how it became what it is today, and how being here through the changes of times has affected them. The instructor assigned us to specific people to interview (they're part of a calling-list of people for the purposes of this class project and other various historical society goings-on) based on what she knows about us from meeting us and our writings. She assigned me to a woman named "Karen Bell," a lifetime resident. I have a feeling that this "Karen Bell" could possibly be the Karen Bell; Dean of the College of the Arts at OSU. Hmm....I have no idea what to expect, but I'm excited, if it is or ISN'T that Karen Bell.

*UPDATE: NOT the same Karen Bell!

This class is by far one of the most interesting classes I've taken at Ohio State, and oddly I feel the same way about another class I'm taking this quarter - History of Art 202 - Renaissance to Modernity. GECs can be fun and interesting, who knew!?

PS: I turned 21 yesterday! In one of my classes today, the teacher asked for a show of hands of who was 21 or older, and in a class of at least 20, I was only one of four! For the longest time I've felt like the youngest person in the room, always, and it was ironic, being the day after such a pivotal life-changing (ha ha) birthday.