It's the 9th week of classes and I am officially tired (not sleep-deprived, however), fatigued, addicted to tetris, sniffly, and just a tad bit swampy in general. I've been sleeping way more than usual and doing my work but haven't ...I don't know, saved the world yet from poverty? gone sky-diving? swimming with dolphins? I just need some crazy excitement me thinks and perhaps this Saturday will do it! It's the Sager Symposium on queer issues and I'm quite excited for the lectures as well as the gigantic party on Saturday where "guys crossdress and girls wear less." I'm not sure if I'll be doing the latter but we'll see.

I guess one of the questions that is asked of me or any Swattie is "how hard is it really at Swarthmore?" And so I guess it really depends on the person. It'll change with every single person you talk to. Some will say that it's not that hard, some will say that it's like chewing on a dusty brick, and others will just shrug. There really is no real answer because it depends on so many factors including what classes you're taking (balance being very important--writing classes, reading-intensive classes), what professors you have, what subjects, whether you're taking any pass/fail (1st semester, how I loved you so!), your level of preparation from high school, etc etc. I think you get the point now. So to answer that question, usually I tell people that I personally think it's pretty challenging. I've never had such deep discussions, been challenged to think so far, been forced to read such complex articles (hah, forced...bad word), and had to work so hard before. Honestly, high school was pretty much a breeze. Yea, there were those times when I complained about having to read 5 pages...how embarassing! so anyway, to summarize, yes, I do think that Swarthmore is very challenging. :)

In other news, I'm still happily in the assassins game. I'm steadily growing more paranoid and having worse luck. Oh well, someone could have gotten me last week because I was in such a great mood but now this week? no, don't touch me!

When do I ever update? Oh, yea! ...when I'm so tired that I can't muster the energy to write a paper (which is why I decide to devote more energy to blogging) and when I have something due in a couple hours. Quite accurate to explain my situation tonight. Besides that, sorry I haven't updated in awhile. Spring Break was last week and I literally slept for three days straight at Swat, worked for two days and then hopped off to New Orleans. I think break has made me even more tired because I haven't  been functioning this whole week! But anyway, the highlight of my break was attending the Clinton Global Initiative University conference for undergrads and graduate students who made a commitment to action. This commitment could be to start a recycling program, tackle international development by ensuring that people get fresh water delivered to their villages, etc. There was a great diversity of commitments made by the attendees. For me, I represented the Village Education Project, the non-profit I work for at Swat. We committed to expanding our education and advocacy to include educating students in the greater Philadelphia region about global education and hosting a global education week here on campus to unite social justice groups. It was just AMAZING! The level of energy, the mere concentration of intelligent minds was mind-blowing. Everyone was willing to share information about their projects and it just inspired me so much to kno w that other situations are out there working with the world just as the Village Education Project does. :) I even got to see Bill Clinton speak! Let me just say that he is quite an inspirational speaker at times and I really respect him for creating this wonderful organization. The website which you should check out is www.cgiu.org

As soon as I got back, we started playing assassins. THe thing is, I' m really paranoid because I keep thinking that people walking alongside me are going to attack me. It's this game where we are assigned someone else and we must catch their butts in order to win.

I'm so tired that I'm going to write more later!