#3

Hello again.

I commented on my blogger's post "Do we REALLY have to go over this again?" However, my comment has to be approved by her before it is visible, so if it looks like I didn't comment I guess it's waiting approval (don't worry about this being a scheme to get out of commenting, I'm not clever enough to have thought of a scheme about needing approval).

So another week has passed since my last blog. Dr. Smith commented on my last entry that Beatrix Potter wrote her diary in code because of her fear of it being discovered and that thought has crossed my mind, but then I remind myself that what I am writing is not that scandalous that I really need to take the time to do it in code.

The past week has been pretty good. Last weekend was definitely interesting, so I'm eager to see how this one goes. Despite only having four days of classes, this week still felt long. I have lots of studying to do for the midterms I have next week. I gave my first solo tour this week, and it went really well. Douglas is driving me home for Spring Break which is exciting because it saves me $60 from taking amtrak and now I can bring home a bunch of my winter things so I have less to bring home at the end of the year. I 'm going to keep some things in his apartment in VA (like my printer and crates and all that) and he'll probably be bringing me home at the end of the year because his car is bigger than my mom's, plus it makes more sense for him to drive 40 min. to get me instead of 2-3 hours from home. My last final is May 10 which I'm happy about because I'll be home for my birthday. Hopefully my friends will be home too. I'm probably going to visit Lisa at BU the weekend after Spring Break because that's when Leah's Spring Break is and she'll be at BU that weekend and if I don't see Leah then I won't see her until the middle of June or whenever I first come home from camp (and I haven't seen her since Jan 7 or something). I also really want to see Lisa and meet all of her friends and all that. I hear so much about them I feel like I know them, so it will be weird to actually meet them. Kaitlin might come too because I asked her if I could stay a night with her in NYC to break up the trip to Boston and she said yes and that maybe we can go up together. So it'll be a big reunion.

Okay, this was sufficiently long. Hopefully my blogger will approve my comment (I don't know why she wouldn't).

Hi!!

Here is Research Journal 1:

My full name is Lindsay Christin McConnell and I was born on May 16, 1988. I live in Malvern, PA which is about 45 minutes west of Philadelphia. I have lived there my entire life, even in the same house. I have an older brother named Douglas who is 22 and moved to Northern Virginia this past November which is super exciting because he's only about 40 minutes away from campus. My younger brother Drew is 17 and while he liked GW a lot, he will probably be attending Northeastern University in the fall. We're a pretty tall family (Douglas- 6'2", Drew 6'4", and I'm almost 5'10") and since Drew is taller than me, we are constantly asked if we're twins.

In high school, I played soccer, basketball, and lacrosse all four years. I was co-captain of basketball senior year and my lacrosse team won states junior year so sports were a big part of my life. I was also in National Honor Society and ecology club and some other things that weren't that exciting. Since I've lived in Malvern my whole life I've known one of my best friends since we were 7 and the other since we were 10. With the exception of my friend Leah who goes to Oregon State University, all of my close friends go to school in cities along the east coast: BU, NYU, and Temple. Along with GW, we pretty much have the Northeast covered.

Here at GW I'm majoring in International Affairs and will probably concentrate in International Politics. I might minor in French, depending on how things go. I'm going to be a STAR which means you'll probably see me around campus walking backwards with a bunch of parents and prospectives. Since I'm not playing any sports here I have a lot more free time than I used to and so I now have several TV shows I love including House, Grey's Anatomy, The Office (I started watching this over break and love it), and Prisonbreak among others. My guilty pleasures on TV are pretty much anything on MTV. I recently discovered "Engaged and Underage" which is awesomely bad and thus hysterical. Some of my favorite movies are The Boondock Saints, Step Up, 10 Things I Hate About You, American History X, and Love and Basketball. This is not at all exhaustive though, since as my friends will attest my dvd collection is our own Blockbuster. Brand New, Something Corporate, Taking Back Sunday, OAR, and Dispatch are some of my favorite bands. I think that rounds out my favorites. As I am from outside Philly, I am a big fan of the Phillies (my favorite player Chase Utley sadly just got married) and Eagles. Villanova is my favorite basketball team, next to GW's of course. I think that pretty much covers it.

The blog I'm tracking is http://notafeministbut.blogspot.com/ who is a pro-choice, feminist blogger. It will definitely be interesting to read.

-Lindsay