2003-09-26|12:32 a.m.
Last year, at three classes for each of the three quarters I attended UCSD, I spent over 1,200 dollars in text books. That sucks.
This quarter, I spent about 300 in books. It�s getting better. But that�s mostly because they�re old texts (Confucius, Plato, Aristotle) and publishing rights are nice and competitive.
But the volume of reading is quite a bit for ten weeks. I took a picture:
(there�s a cd there to give a guide comparison)
The guy at the counter at school who rang me out joked about me not sleeping. Yeah, sounds about right. It�s a labor of strange and twisted love.
My first class, which I had tonight, was pretty cool. The professor is engaging and funny. I even answered a question in class which is a big step for me� being a horribly shy person. And it got a good remark back from my professor. I left the class feeling confident.
So, under that good spirit, I came home and finished this six-page, extensive voter guide for an amazing friend of mine who (started and) works for a local non-profit transitional house for women called Shakti Rising. She asked me to make the guide not too long ago. So, I did it tonight. It�s fairly non-partisan and full of information about the recall itself, the candidates, and the propositions. I hope it helps her. I was thankful to have K and another online friend help me with it.