beds i have known

[e_clare]

Places I Have Slept This Week, and My Thoughts on Each
(reverse chronology)

• My bed, 6th floor Ham: Mmmm...right next to the computer. With purple sheets and an Empire Strikes Back pillowcase. Daytime: F-. Night: A++.
• Armchair, Smith College Library: With an ottoman to put my feet up, I curled into a little ball this morning while reading for my final Fakelore class. A little cramped, and probably contributed to my inability to stay awake in film. C.
• Office Chair, Amherst College Library: I was supposed to be watching a movie at the time. Apparently, the chairs were a lot better if you took two and made them into a bed. D.
• banannagoats's bed, 5th floor Ham: Snuggly, especially w/ bonus Goats in it. *oh my!* :) Conveniently located alarm clock -- with a conveniently located snooze button. B+.
• Couch, Smith College Library: Napping is much better when done between classes, rather than immediately before. Also, could stretch out. B-.
• auntyem's bed, 2nd floor Wilder: The hostel on the green. Pro: right in the middle of campus; door always open. Con: No telling who else has been there. *sassy eyebrow* B.

Today was my last day of class at Smith. No more 6-hour time commitments for Tuesday night screenings, no more afternoons spent frantically reading fairy tales or folklore criticism, and no more mornings with Hat Boy or the Pirate. *tear* Happily (?), I do have to take one more 40-minute bus ride to turn in my "Puss in Boots" paper on Tuesday afternoon. Joy. (I'll give you a call from the bus stop, llogan, just for old times' sake. ;) )

Seriously, I'll miss taking classes off-campus. It was something different, and I'm glad I did it. Folklore kicked (and is still kicking) my ass -- but it's the first class in a long time to really do so, and I appreciate it a lot. I'm expecting a B/B-, but dammit, I earned that, and I'm glad that one professor, at least, doesn't seem to inflate my grades. On more than one occasion, I've gotten a paper back and wanted to march into the prof's office, so that I can just shake her and say, "Can't you tell I stayed up all night to write this? (And that I fell asleep halfway?) Don't you see the disorganized mess here? How is this an "A" paper?!" That...will not be an issue with this class, and for that alone, I'm grateful.

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