Here at Hollins we have a January Term, AKA J-term or Short Term, where students can either take an interesting class not usually offered (I took Contract Bridge and Experimental Fiction in my freshman and sophomore years, respectively), do an independent study, go on a trip, do an internship, or work on their senior thesis.

Well, this year, I'm doing my thesis. I'm writing a screenplay. It's a year-long honors thesis, actually, so I've been working on it since the fall, and the plan is to finish it before I graduate (which I will, but it's hard to believe it's only four months away!)

Anyway, the only commitments I have are thesis meetings on Tuesday mornings and work in the afternoons. So I have a lot of free time... which is supposed to be work on my thesis, but I'm such a procrastinator, lol, so I like to goof off as well.

I've watched a bit of TV during the day, like Reba reruns on Lifetime or the amusing stuff they play on VH1. They had a "America's Top Model" marathon last week, so I watched that a little.

I'm excited about shows coming back, though. 24 season six starts this Sunday, and then the new season of American Idol starts Tuesday. Monk, Psych, Battlestar Galactica, and Prison Break all start up again this month as well, and then Lost comes back February 7th. I have to make sure to get thesis work done before my shows come on