No required blog post - but....

...write down your prescription for finals/school stress relief. Y'all looked as drag-ass tired as I did on Thursday.

Something to keep in mind as we wrap up Semester 1 and transition into poetry: read, re-read, then annotate. While this tactic may not be as manageable during novel study, there is no excuse not to with short story and poetry. After reading the blog posts for "Rothchild" and "Mr. Green" it was clear that many, many of you read it once. It's exceptionally difficult to mine the depths of any story your first time around.

My stress prescription: 6 strips of bacon, eggs, coffee; laying around on my couch watching college basketball for, uhh, 2 hours or so; long walk to Powells and wander around for an hour or two; nap; finally, get together with friends in the evening to do whatever, as long as it is social.

Also, I like to get any weekend work I have out of the way early on Saturday, as I don't want the homework cloud to follow me around all weekend.

Inspiration:

Relax by Robert William Service

Do you recall that happy bike
With bundles on our backs?
How near to heaven it was like
To blissfully relax!

Relax.

Learn to relax: to clean the mind
Of fear and doubt and care,
And in vacuity to find
The perfect peace that's there.
With lassitude of heart and hand,
When every sinew slacks,
How good to rest the old bean and
Relax, relax.

Just sink back in an easy chair
For forty winks or so,
And fold your hands as if in prayer,
--That helps a lot, you know.
Forget that you are you awhile,
And pliable as wax,
Just beatifically smile . . .
Relax, relax, relax.