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On Friday, I found out I was awarded my URSA grant for $2,500. From what I understand, this is great for an undergraduate to write and get a grant. So yay me! My professor and I will be using it both to research Alutiiq, Aleut, and nearby Athabaskan languages, as well as travel to Sitka to present our findings on a poster at the Alaska Anthropological Association conference in March. This is great for both of us. Should be an awesome experience!
I've been having a hard time with being up here lately. In terms of classes, this semester hasn't been the hardest. But mentally and emotionally, it's been rough. I really haven't been feeling well, and this condition has kept me down and isolated. With my lexapro I hope to feel better.
I cannot wait to go home. I really miss my mom, my friends, and my cats. My missing them often consumes my thoughts. I just can't wait.
This morning I took my morphology final. I think it went okay. I didn't feel great though because I just couldn't remember lexicalization. There was a lot of material and I didn't know what aspects of each thing should be covered. I always feel needlessly pessimistic about my tests, though, and I probably am fine. Thursday I have my teaching English final, and Saturday I have my math final. I'm pretty confident I'll do fine on the English one, but the math one will require a bit more studying.
On Twitter a "make 20 confessions" thing has been going around, so I thought I'd do mine here:
1) I don't care for Relient K.
2) I think Turkish is one of the coolest languages, in terms of sound and orthography and word-formation.
3) Crunch is my favorite candy bar.
4) I hate the word cribbage. I have no problem with moist, however.
5) I cannot stand people in Santa Costumes. Santa Costumes crawl under my skin.
6) I am freaked about by Frida Kahlo paintings.
7) For about four years now, I've had my own personal language called Tzigga (roughly pronounced Tseejaw)
8) Oskar Schindler is my favorite historical non-biblical character.
9) I've never drank nor done drugs.
10) I used to pronounce organic as gorganic, and specific as pacific.
11) I can't do roller coasters at all.
12) Apparently, I'm pretty good at skeet shooting.
13) I once tried making macaroni and cheese with adding every spice I could find in the kitchen. I took one bite and immediately threw it away.
14) I can't stand almonds, but I love almond flavored things.
15) If I'm alone, after I eat a muffin or cupcake, I eat the liner too (if it's paper).
16) I like listening to metal that involves screaming/growling.
17) I used to have an imaginary friend from Iraq called Izma.
18) I was homeschooled for a short period.
19) I used to want to play the harmonica, but that never really came to fruition at all.
20) During band practice in elementary school, I would alternate between Tuesdays and Thursdays playing the drums and the xylophone.
