Vol 109

It snowed overnight yesterday.
Schools were canceled today, although there wasn't much snow out this morning.
But it started to snow again sometime mid afternoon.
Or more like hailed.
Now it's snowing again.
My classes are suppose to start tomorrow.
I hope my university closes because I will not be going even if they open.
No way I want to go out in that.
But my school can be jerks at times and stay open despite it looking a hot mess outside.


One class already posted assignments on Blackboard so I just spent the last 4 hours doing Intermediate Algebra.
Yes, I know. Sucks!
I mean seriously, I haven't taken a math class since I was a teenager. Just so you know, I'll be 23 this fall. You get the picture.
Most of it I still remember, but when it comes to word problems and graphing, I suck.
I was stuck on the word problem portion for an hour and a half and didn't get a single problem
Or I would get one, but you have to get 2 in a row to move on, and I would miss the second and have to start over.
The assignments for chapters 1-3 have to be complete by the 5th of Feb.
I already finished chapter 1 today, besides that word problem thing.
If classes are canceled tomorrow, I'll work on chapters 2-3.

Besides that math class, my semester schedule consist of Anthropology 211. It's a culture course and UMBC didn't accept either of my previous two culture classes when I transferred. They said those classes didn't match any there offered.
LIARS!!!
I sat them and showed them the syllabus for my music and health course, and they matched damn near word-for-word with a course they offer there.
Anyway, and I have three Psychology classes: child development, health psychology, and the history of psychology.
That last is a level 4 class, so nothing but papers, papers, and more papers.


Today, besides doing homework, I spent the most of my time watching Disney movies.
Classics.
First I watched The Lion King as I went over my Health Psychology book.
Then a few hours later I put on Aladdin as I did math homework.
When that went off I watched Mulan, which just went off 10 minutes ago.
I don't have any other Disney movie that I want to watch.
I need to go buy Pocahontas, maybe Beauty and the Beast.
Anastasia as well.


So see, I can go a day without reading.
Almost drove me insane but...
I guess I should crawl into bed now and force myself to sleep.
I need to develop a new sleep routine.
Although I only have classes twice a week, I still don't think staying up until 2-3am is wise during the school semester.
Some days I'm up until 4-5am.

Lets just hope this snow last for a few more hours.
I hate snow, but when it gets me out of class I love it.

What's new?

Vol 40

Add three more to that list of four!


Alpha and Omega is a spin-off to the Mercy Thompson series.
Alpha and Omega is about Anna, the omega werewolf, and Charles, a special Alpha.

I can't remember the book order.
I think On the Prowl is the novella story.
The start.

Anna is a forced change werewolf, who is an omgea.
Omega are extremely, very, rare.
They exist outside pack structure.
They don't have to follow orders, because orders/commands don't work on them.
They can bring peace anywhere they go.
Omega's are to be treated as a prize possession.
The greatest gift.
And Anna was treated as anything other.

Charles is the second son of the over all top werewolf alpha, Bram.
He was sent to...Chicago to handle a situation there after Anna has called Bram to inform him of her local packs...operation.

Charles immediately knew that Anna was his mate, and would kill anyone who dared to harm her.
Charles, like Mercy, is half Native American.
Once upon a time, the Native American's possess their own branch of magic.
Magic that made them immune to most of the European magic.


This series is more mild compared to Mercy's life, but I would LOVE to see the two stories meet.
It's not hard.
Mercy was raised in Brams pack, although she is a coyote.
She dated Bram's oldest son, Charles's brother, Sam for a while.
All the characters know each other.
I just want to see when they all meet.
At least mention them in the other's story.
I hope in book 5, Sam tells Mercy that Charles as mated.
Just for a cross reference.



So what does this make my book count: 20/52
I think I'm doing well.

Vol 39

The snow was a series issue this month.
But because of that snowpocalypse, I was about to read, not one, but FOUR book.
My tía, Jime, told me about the Mercy Thompson series.
So trusting my tía, and knowing she wouldn't recommend something that was an utter failure, I read the series.

I am NOT big on the whole Vampire and Werewolf thing.
I think it's played out.
Over used.
Washed up.
A has been.
Dead!
End of story.

So I had no hopes at all for this series.
Not a one.
Jime never has never failed me.
I actually LIKED this series.

The story is about Mercedes Thomspon, who is a shape-shifter.
She shifts into a coyote.
Mercedes lives next door to the local wolf pack alpha, Adam.
The story focus on the Mercy's life as she deals with werewolves, a scooby doo loving Vamipre, Stephan, and the fae.
Mercy had a average life, as average as a female mechanic can have, but when she gets involved in one little incident, her life changes and she has to fight to live.

Seriously, Stephan and the Scooby Doo thing is hilarious.
He had Mercy turn his van into an exact replica of the mystery machine.
She even gave him a life size scooby-doo plush for him to sit in the front seat.

My overall favorite character is Wolfe.
Wolfe is a little blond teenage looking vampire.
But he's so strange.
And he just gets more strange.
I love how he nods his head to the beat of Mercy's heart whenever she's around, and how he cools out "Truth" with so many different tones.
I wonder if he's really a bad guy, or if his weirdness is just that.


The picture above is a merged image of the 4 books that are currently out.
The 5th books comes out next month.

Vol 38

Stuck in my bedroom
Staring at my blue walls
This snow getting on my nerves


I'm stuck in the middle of a back to back snow storm.
It snowed this past Friday/Saturday, giving us about 25inches of snow.
Then on Tuesday, another snow storm hit us, giving us about 15 more inches.
Life sucks right now.
I've been stuck in this house.
Talk about cabin fever.
I have nothing to do but school work, which I haven't even thought about doing.
I've been sitting her on my computer, reading.
Nothing else to do.
Can't go to Barnes and Noble to buy hard copies of the books, so I have to read the ebook.
My butt is sore.
Damn snow.
At least it got me out of school ALL WEEK.