the snow is really coming down here in Boulder.  we already have about 3" and it's supposed to keep snowing all day. Mom, Laila, and Cooper are at the airport,  on their way to Minnesota and the Mayo clinic. i hope they don't get delayed or anything.

today i don't know what to do with myself because both my GRE tests are OVER! the general test wasn't that hard (well, except for the math-that was a fun game of "pin the tail on the answer"").  the only part that made me uncomfortable was when i only took 15 minutes for the math section, i had to explain to the proctor that i had a disability.  the fact that i had to do this was totally uncool, but she didn't break the law or anything. if she had asked me if i was disabled, that would have been breaking the rules, but she didn't. it was still silly though-it's like "why do you think i need extra time and my own testing room?" and then she questioned my time again when the original proctor came back. i know because i heard them whispering about it while i was still in the room! it was just like, look, all i want to do is get out of here and away frm you people. i really do not need you questioning my conduct on the fucking math section of this goddamn test. maybe telling her that my math skills are 5th grade level at best would have made her understand. or i should've taken my mom's advice and just said "yeah" when she was concerned about me only taking 15 minutes. it's unbelievable to me the lack of awareness about protocol in higher education (still!) when it comes to special needs students. i've had the same kind of problems all throughout my academic career, periodically since junior high. i should have gotten an education degree, as seeing that if i want things done correctly in terms of confedentiality and stuff, i have to do it myself. i'm making this all sound worse than it is. maybe. Naropa wasn't that bad, although i would have preferred not to sometimes have to drag the lefthanded desk into the room myself. it just wears on you emotionally, you feel even shittier about having a disability than you did in the first place, because your disability is thrown front and center when accomodations requests are not met or questioned, because, again, it throws confedentiality protocols out the window. anyway, i did not mean for this to turn into a rant, so /end rant.

the things i will be doing today is staying warm, finishing my rough drafts of my statement of intent and CV. Then it's party time! meaning, watching some of the 22 hours worth of Halloween stuff (food network specials, history channel specials-including my two favorites, "Hell: The Devil's Domain" and "The Haunted History of Halloween") and a number of specials about haunted places. Plus "Sleepy Hollow" "Practical Magic and Diabolique (from Netflix today) yay!

next on the agenda is Halloween, Salida, and MIDWINTER GRACES! i am coming back from SAlida on the 10th now, and my mom even wrote "TORI" on the calendar in the kitchen! god i wish i could listen to it now, with the weather and all, but it wouldn't be right for me, especially since i've made it this far without hearing a single note!

Days Until M:idwinter Graces: 12!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
and yay True Blood for winning 4 awards at the Scream awards!