I need my Niki..

[transomwhiplass]

I'm on the verge of finishing "Power of Myth," I actually have approx. 1/3 left to read. However, that is a HUGE accomplishment as I have just finished reading a 57 page chapter on the "hero's adventure." It is awful. The only way I can get through it with a minimal amount of focus is by reading it aloud. My voice is so tired and I'm beginning to loathe it.

I could read the dullest story and be ok. I would at least be able to envision what is going on in my head (TV has retarded my non-visual skills according to the newspaper). However, this non-fiction discussion is awful, awful, awful.. the only chunks that sink in are the tiny stories like: the girl & the 6 boys, after all had their sexual experience, the girl and last boy are killed; the girl and the buffalo husband; etc. Beyond that, the book talks itself in complete circles. Whoever compiled it was obviously drunk because they talk about one thing a few chapters or pages ago and suddenly there it is again. Everything in the goddamn book is "transcended" and Campbell has constant memory losses as he redefines myth every few pages. It is the most horrible thing I've ever had to read. I'd rather be like.. ritually tortured like the book describes. I'm just dreading what will follow this in English. I cannot write a paper. I cannot take a reading test. This book is making me totally miserable.

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I still need to compare schedules with Niki. I need her updated opinion on how to layout the econ. chart. I also want to check my facts as far as the: poverty line, poverty demographics, povery bills and to see if our theses are on the same page.

Eek. I'm going crazy.

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School is starting so soon and I have so much to do.

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The only person I know I have a class with is Alex. Philosophy. Haha. I never even thought of having a class with one of the guys.

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I've been sitting in ackward poses for a few hours while reading the book. Now that I am sitting up straight, I feel like I'm being suspended of a wall in a parallel to the floor sort of way. Sort of like what happens after riding roller coasters all day. It is totally bizarre. Actually, my center of gravity keeps changing like one of those spinny ball cage things. Bleh.. this is so weird.

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