Day 65

Somehow I made it through the week. Tuesday and Wednesday were burly, as predicted, but once I hit the "send" button and emailed my paper off to my professor, I sank down into the swivel chair in the computer lab, decided to skip my class, made my way back to my apartment and fell onto my bed for an hour long nap. Before eating dinner and going to my friend's house to do laundry and waste time. It was incredible.



Thursday I woke up and went to Starbucks in the morning, then called my Grandpa and had a really good conversation. Then, I think I made ramen and went to campus. Yes. Yes I did, because I got on my skateboard for the first time in two months, and my slackline for the first time in two weeks. By the time I was done with that, I had time for about an hour of studying before dinner, after which I went climbing and watched a movie in the library, Triumph of the Will.



Triumph of the Will is a movie made in 1934 in Germany documenting the Sixth Nazi Party Conference (or Congress, I can't remember.) Lots of smiling people, laughing kids, and "Heil Hitlers." It was sort of chilling, really, to watch people get sucked into the whole super-nationalism thing. It was interesting thinking of parallels within the United States, though many of our prejudices are somewhat under the surface (meaning not blatantly obvious) My favorite parts were the ones with the flags. They sing the national anthem, we sing the national anthem. They do the "Heil Hitler," we put our right hand over our hearts. Just something to think about.

This week is finally over. I'm planning on a Sabbath tomorrow, but we'll see how that goes. I know that I need one, but it's a matter of what I feel like doing. I'm working on a question for a history paper and am having a really good time researching. Honestly. I am starting to really like microfilm. I'm SUCH a nerd.