Ok, time for a not so informative post

Hello faithful readers! I started today with full intentions to give you a nice long, meaty post about my experiences tuning Sabar drums on Friday...there's all sorts of wonderful information and trivia in that topic, stuff that would do you wonders at a cocktail party or on Jeopardy!, but the truth is that post is not coming. At least not yet.

Let me explain.

I'm planning on going on a camping trip to Prescott, Arizona next weekend. It's run by the Residence Hall Association and, technically, I think it's a leadership camp. Basically, it's a free three-day trip to a place in Arizona I've never been and it will get me off campus for a little while. How could I not take this opportunity?

In order to be able to go next weekend with a clean conscience, however, I realized I needed to take care of the homework I was going to save for next weekend THIS weekend. This translated into me doing two rough drafts instead of one and reading a whole book instead of half a book and many other things.

I spent yesterday researching and writing for English. I had to read 40 pages, right a one-page reading response, write a one-page proposal for my essay, and write a rough draft of my essay (yes, I realize that in an ideal world I'd get the proposal approved BEFORE writing the rough draft, but I'm not exactly living in Utopia here...Utopia wouldn't be nearly this hot).

I also had to fill out the application to go to the camp. There's a couple pages full of essay questions for you.

Today was spent reading The Mahabharata and The Bhagavad Gita in preparation for my essay for that class. The thesis and intro paragraph are due this week and the rough draft is due the very beginning of next week (which would be nigh impossible with me gone all weekend camping!)

In short, I've written about 15 pages of solid text this weekend. I am weary. I am worn down. I am exhausted.

That's why you're not getting the cool Sabar drum post yet.

So there.

I love you all, though, and as soon as I recuperate you will learn about drum tuning, goatskin drum heads, and Senegalese tea.

Also, if anyone feels like it, I'd love to receive some e-mails or letters...it's rather lonely in my dorm right now and I still haven't made any friends. Yes, that WAS a pity plea!