Check-list

1)Write philosophy paper on human nature as seen in Xunzi and Mencius
2) Write interminable take-home final for Romantic Poetry
3) Understand what on earth is being said in Marquez
4) Read 70 pages of poetry by Alexander Pope, and then a whole lotta essays by Samuel Johnson
5) Pack for ski trip
6) Get good at life
7) Make lunch
8) Watch Juno, Atonement, The Golden Compass, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
9) Return unnecessary crap to Target
10) Prevent friends from making colossal romantic-life mistakes