So. Fall Break is finally over. It was long and short at the same time, but mostly it was quiet. I didn’t get much done, predictably enough. Just fiddled around until around 5 or 6, when Cindy and I would make dinner and watch Star Trek. So much relaxing… it’s good for the soul, but I’m very glad to have people around again as they trickle back!

Last Saturday we had a bit of excitement in the dorm, actually. Tina started getting dizzy and disoriented, and we ended up taking her to the hospital. It was pretty scary when she started just repeating the same phrases over and over, trying to concentrate but failing. The doctors ran a bunch of tests, but they didn’t really know what was wrong. She just got better after a couple hours and we all went home (Tina, Cindy, and I, that is). However, it scared her mom enough that she came up from California to check on Tina…. for several days. She was really nice, though - she kept trying to make us food.

Today we went on a dorm trip to the Bins. The Bins is a big thing at Reed, and in Portland as well - it’s a Goodwill “outlet,” where all the rejects of the rejects go. Actually, the stuff isn’t half bad, if you know what you’re looking for. Which in this case was Halloween costumes. I’m going to be a vampire, and I’m going to try doing the impossible - I’m going to be a sexy vampire. I got this black tube top which turned out to be a dress. A very small dress. Don’t worry, I’m going to be wearing pantyhose as well. And black boots. And fangs. I can’t wait for Harvest Ball!

More vampire goodness awaited us back in the dorm. We watched the awful Queen of the Damned, a movie based on Anne Rice’s novels. Much less gratuitous sex and violence than I expected, plus it has a vampire turned rock star. It actually only increased my need for vampire stuff, so next weekend we’ll watch Interview with a Vampire. I hope it’s more fulfilling!