Wow & In Other News

The LA Kings just made history and won the Stanley Cup.  Pretty awesome!  They won the first 3 games, lost the next 2 and actually won game 6 with a score of 6 to 1.  And the first 2 games went into overtime.  It's really exciting.  Now, I'm not a big sports fan, but was introduced to hockey a few years ago and really love going to hockey games.  It's really fast moving, intense, camaraderie with other fans and really fun.  I actually did see the Kings and Jersey Devils play few years ago, here in LA, and they even went into overtime.  It was a really good game, so it is definitely fitting that these 2 teams were up against each other.

Tahoe at Sunset

In other news...I technically finished grad school a few hours ago.  I uploaded my last paper.  Now I just hope that I did well in all 3 of my classes (as I need all 3 to fully graduate) in order to receive my diploma in the next few months.  Graduation is on Saturday.  But, so far, it all seems really anticlimactic.  I didn't expect fireworks or anything, but there isn't even a sense of relief...yet.  I suppose that will come in the next week or so.  I'm now going to be Elizabeth Eiben, MLIS.  I like it!

Sigh.  I guess I finally need to clean the apartment.  First I think I'll finish up my internship this week, graduate, revel in finishing grad school, maybe veg out in front of the TV, read some fun books, (I'm a little surprised that my list is so long already), play with Grr, and more!

I finished A Covert Affair by Jennet Conant.  It was okay.  Interesting book and interesting nonfiction.  The writing was just okay and I feel it is marketed all wrong.  There are major parts about Paul & Julia Child, but more about other people who were in the OSS with them.  I think I may have liked it better if I knew that it wasn't only about Paul & Julia Child.   I'm now reading a wonderful collection of short stories selected by Haruki Murakami called Birthday Stories.  It's wonderful.  I love short stories, my only issue is that there are not enough!  I want more.  I know, it's selfish of me, but I am enjoying it.  Only one author that I couldn't get into the story and kinda skimmed it without reading it thoroughly.  I won't tell you who it is because the rest of the stories (so far, I only have a few left) are really great.  And I think I'm going to read a memoir after this.  I have Happens Every Day by Isabel Gillies sitting here.  Not sure where I got it from, but it sounds like it'll be good.

Anyways, I should go make dinner.  Go Kings!!!!!  And yay to no more grad school!!!  No more papers!!!!!!!  I'm so relieved.