A new semester

Spring semester started two weeks ago. I’m only taking one class, Information Literacy with Dr. Brown. It’s a big class. So far, the only people I know is Diama and Clair. In fact, several of the friends I have made since starting graduate school are leaving after this semester.
Diama was also on the Sante Fe trip that I took last summer. While talking with her one day I discovered that she grew up as an army brat and actually spent a greater part of her childhood in Aberdeen, Scotland, the same place I lived until I was ten. Actually, she didn’t live in Aberdeen but just north of the city somewhere, I think. Her father was stationed at the military base, a place which I remember well because our school used to have an annual BQ there and we used to fish in the stream and hoard their grocery store for American candy. Clair is also a really neat person. She works as a GA and has this wonderful motherly quality about her. She’s always bringing me books to read and always remembers to print out extra copies of our handouts in case some of us forget to print and bring our own.
As for the class, it’s still too soon to tell what’s in store. I find the topic fascinitating and have already chosen a focus for my paper, which is going to be on Information Literacy initiatives in the US versus Abroad. For the past few months I’ve been reading a blog written by three librarians in Britain, which focuses on Information Literacy in Britain and other places in Europe. I also found a lit review that provides a good bibliography to work from.
We’re hoping to tear down the walls in our kitchen this weekend, and replace them with new sheet rock. I’ve also decide that, although the blue is a beautiful color, it’s a little to loud for the room so I think we’re going to choose another one that is a bit lighter. The one we have now looks great during the day, but at night, there’s something almost sickening about it. Unfortunately the flourescent lighting in there is not very flattering to any color.