No really, I mean it.

I read Oryx and Crake in a couple of hours.

It broke my mind.

And now I have to go back to university, because it reminded me of how much I enjoyed thinking. My current minimum-wage job doesn't allow for much of that, and although I love to travel, it might be easier to travel through school with exchange trips.

I hope SMU gives me credit for my prior coursework. I don't want any more Intro to English courses. I also hope they'll let me do a BSc. in Biology and a BA in English at the same time. They do allow it, so I'll throw some introductory Bio in with my Arts courses at first, and then if they let me, I'll take on a BSc. And all of my summers will be me struggling through expensive pre-cal and calculus that I could have taken in high school for free. I can't wait. :)

Of course, if I don't get a student loan, I'm screwed. Tuition here is probably the highest in the country. Even with a loan, it would just cover school stuff. I'd have to keep a job to pay rent, 'cause I don't want to drive in and out of Halifax all the time.

Course ideas for now include:

Introductory Arabic

Introductory Biology

Astronomy: The Sky and Planets

English: Development of the English Prose Style, Narrative in Fiction and Film, Cultural Studies, The Writer and Nature, Introduction to Drama, Canlit: The 60s and 70s, Recent Science Fiction

Classics: The Mythology of Greece and Rome, Women in Antiquity

Irish Studies: The Irish Musical Tradition, Irish Folklore

Religious Studies: Intro to Religious Experience, Religion in Contemporary Culture, Death, The Islamic Religious Traditions, Myth and Story, Aboriginal Peoples Religion and the Justice System, Intro to the Qur'an

And I can only take a few of them. Sad, huh? 

In other news, the Salvia divinorum plants don't look so good. I forgot about their humidity issues. Making a tent might be a tad obvious, so I sprinkle their leaves for now until I can get a spray/mist bottle. The Mandrakes had the opposite problem with too much humidity, but I think I've got that sorted out now. Two of the three Belladonna plants are okay, while the Monkshood has failed to appear. I can't tell whether the Henbane is growing, or just weeds from the soil mix. The Mugwort, Southernwood, and Wormwood are thriving. So are the Foxglove, Poppy, Mint, and Balm. And the Catnip. But all of those plants are a few years old now, and far less fragile. The Chickens of Doom dug out my Chinese Wolfberry and Toad Lilies almost instantly. *shakes fist*

I really miss London.