My life has been on hold for 3 months. Tomorrow, that ends!

Here's the email I just sent to my advisers at WWU & DVR:

OK, winter quarter is about to begin tomorrow. I am ready to tackle this education thing again - one last time!

I am currently registered for 2 classes:

ENG 351 - INTRODUCTION TO FICTION WRITING -- CRN 14553 -- Instructor: Nicholas B. Dybek
5 cr. -- TR 12:00 pm - 1:50 pm -- College Hall 137

JOUR 340 - HISTORY OF MASS MEDIA -- CRN 13652 -- Instructor: Bradley P. Howard
3 cr. -- MW 8:30 am - 9:45 am -- Old Main 482


I'm still trying to get in to this grant writing class:

ENG 462 - PROFESSIONAL WRITING: GRANT WRITING -- 13829 -- Instructor: Nicole Brown
5 cr. -- TR 10:00 am-11:50 am -- Humanities Bldg. 105

Because this class is only offered once a year, I feel it's vital for me to get into it. I've contacted the instructor, asked to be put on the waiting list, and plan on showing up for the class tomorrow morning (even though I'm not yet registered).
( More academia... )

Fluoxetine up to 80mg/day

I met with my Psychiatrist today for the first time in months (since I sat out of school Fall Quarter, I wasn't eligible to see her).

She and I agreed to keep me on the Fluoxetine, instead of putting me through another med change by switching back to Zoloft (eek! That last switch was HELL, as those of you who read my journal know!), but we did up the dosage from 60mg to 80mg per day. I'm fine with that, though I just wish the Prozac wasn't killing my sex drive, with a new boyfriend and all...

She also wants to put me on ADHD medication, Vyvanse, which is an Adderall product... BUT... she can't try me out on it until I get my blood pressure back down. It was 150/88 today, which is high for me, though my weight seems to be holding steady at 386. Once I get it back down to 135/85, she'll give me a free month's worth of Vyvanse. AND, after that first month, if it looks like it's working well for me, I'll need to find a way to cough up $150/month. *cough*

United States of Borg - the meme spreads

A decade ago, while on Semester at Sea, I wrote a piece (I guess you could call it a poem) about Globalization, titled "The United States of Borg."

Today, I received an email from the copyright coordinator at the Ministry of Education in Alberta, asking to reprint it in some courseware they are producing. I gladly told them yes, under a Creative Commons license, if they would send me a copy of the courseware when completed.

It seems I have made a mark on the world. The United States of Borg has turned out to be the most successful meme I have ever created, having been reprinted or quoted several times: here, here, here, and here.

You know, I always wanted to be a footnote!