Ok, so I promised an Ode to Senior year. But I'll be honest with ya'll. Being a senior English major, I can't just write a poem and call it an ode. That would just be wrong. So I will amend my previous comment (of course, I could just go edit the last entry...), and say- here it is! Mandy's haiku to Senior Year:

Running up the hill
Something I will not miss
Post graduation

How about it? Good? Hmm, how about this:

Caps tossed in the air
I can't believe it's over
I will miss this place

Ok, that is my haiku for May, 9 months early. Remember it!

Now that I'm done with that bit of silliness, how about an update on life? I moved in to my first apartment off-campus, which is pretty darn cool. Living off-campus is cheaper (not by alot, but still cheaper), and after 3 years on campus (ok, well, 2.5 for me), it seemed like time for a change, especially after coming back from living in a flat abroad. I live with my suitemate of the past year and half, Mikaela, in a 2 bed, 2 bath apartment not too far from school. So far I'm loving getting to cook for myself, escape to my own bedroom for some Mandy-time, and decorating the place to look like a bonafide adult apartment (sorry Captain Jack Sparrow poster, it is time to say goodbye).

Classes started a little slowly for me this year, as it took a few weeks for me to finally attend every single class I am in. For those of you who would like to know, I am in Women and Modernism, Turn of the 19th century American Literature, Fiction Writing, Play Structure and Analysis, Directing, and University Theatre Company. Sixteen hours for the fall of senior year? Boo! some say. I disagree. Next semester I only have to take four classes-12 hours- and I am beyond excited. Of course, knowing me, I'll want to take ballroom dance and photography and playwriting and then end up in course overload of fun things. But all in good time. For now, I'm handling these classes pretty well. I'm loving Directing especially. My dad used to direct alot in California, and I've inherited the love of bossing people around and making things look exactly like I want them to.

Speaking of theatre, I auditioned for our two fall shows, Dog Sees God and Booth. I went into two callbacks for Booth, but ultimately did not get a part. However, if she hasn't told you already, my fellow blogger and once stage-daughter Madi Goff is in Dog Sees God! It's going to be a great show, so if you are on-campus or in the community, be sure to check it out. The play is about the Peanuts gang in 10 years, facing the toughest challenge of their young lives- high school. What will happen? In short, everything and anything. Make sure you get your tickets to see all of your sweet childhood icons shatter your images of them forever. I also recently auditioned for a student film about vampires who take over a fraternity. There are so many talented and creative people on campus, and Trinity always supports its students in their artistic endeavors.

I am also now the vice president of Alpha Chi Lambda sorority, as well as the Education chair of Jewish Student Association. This week is Cultural Awareness Week, hosted by Trinity Multicultural Network and their clubs. JSA is hosting Israeli Dancing, which is sure to hysterical and educational. We always have a blast dancing in the Tiger’s Den. Greek rush is also starting up at the end of the month, and of course I have to quickly plug it- Go Greek! Even if you don’t think you want to, even if you were like me, and scoff at the idea of being one of “those girls�- do it. You will be completely surprised at how different Trinity greek life is. I promise, you will be glad you tried, even if you don’t find a club you like.

I thought I would give you a quick rundown of everything that I have to do this week, so you can get a typical taste of an involved Trinity student:
*Reading that is due this week/next week: Gertrude Stein, “The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas� and “Lifting Belly�, J.M. Barrie, “The Admirable Chrichton�, Djuna Barnes, “Nightwood�, “The Art of Fiction�, Henry James “The American�, plus one 5 page paper, a presentation on Djuna Barnes, presenting a directing scene and test of the fundamentals of play structure
*Activities: Meetings of AX and JSA, Israeli Dancing, work an evening shift, attend a performance of “Talking Heads� by Alan Bennet, mixer with a fraternity, other CAW events, walk supporting Phi Delta Kappa sorority, Night of Color semi-formal for the end of CAW.
*at some point, eat, sleep and bath

I wish I could tell you that this is an a-typical week…but it’s not. And honestly? I probably wouldn’t have it any other way.

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