and you thought midterms were over

WRONG!! We got our localization midterm on Wednesday, and i promptly passed out. it's so labor-intensive!! i spent 9 hours in the lab on saturday and got the first part out of 3 done, plus a little bit of work on the 2nd part. braden was working until 9pm anyway, so he just met me at the lab when he got off work.

so the ATA (american translators association) conference is coming up nov. 9-12...really not that far from now. it's in seattle this yr, which means i can hang out with the in-laws at least one night. i thought about staying with them, but they live an hour south, and i didn't feel comfortable asking them to drive me back and forth to seattle, plus braden's car there is pretty much shot, so i would have to rely on them...i just thought it was asking a bit much, although i would love to stay with them. it just works out better for me to stay close to the hotel where the conference will be held.

so batman begins came out last week on dvd...would love to get it, but we'll wait until we can snatch it up at a record exchange. i watched the terminal (tom hanks) the other day back when i had time to catch a few minutes here and there. it was all right...i guess i expected it to be better, or maybe i got annoyed with tom hanks' accent. sorry for those that don't know that movie; i'm not in the mood for links today. :)

i'm really looking forward to thanksgiving and, well....vacation in general. i won't get much of one since i have to work on my case study for a lot of it, but at least it won't be as crazy as it is now.

man, last week was pretty boring....sorry there's not much more to say! :)

HAPPY 21, RYAN!!!