awareness.

1. italian midterm today! i feel pretty good about it. i think i missed a few things but i'll find out for sure next week sometime. 
2. had a meeting with one of my lab mentors today. it was very helpful and helped me feel better about where i'm going...to an extent, anyway.
3. boxing club was so hard tonight. we had our fitness test--run two miles in 14 minutes (did not happen), do 60 situps in two minutes (did not happen--did 45), and do 30 regular pushups in two minutes (did not happen--did 25). SO, haha. the point is to assess where we are mid-semester and then reassess at the end of the semester. 

i've been reading my book, machete season, for my history book report on the rwandan genocide. it's very hard to read but also really captivating. it's essentially just interviews with perpetrators of the rwandan genocide. some of the most concentrated tutsi massacres were in the nyamta area and this is where the author pulled her sources from. they are all in prison at the time she writes the book, but she has nine or so killers she interviews about every stage of the genocide--before,during, and after. she also provides commentary along the way to help with the historical context and the facts from that time period. like i said, it's so hard to read and even harder to comprehend how it all happened, but the book makes some excellent points. i'm not finished with it yet, but should be pretty soon. also, she wrote a book before this one interviewing survivors of the genocide. i am not required to read that one but may read it just because sometime over a break. i am glad that i picked a book that is interesting and that is relatively short (only 251 pages). also, next week is fall break so i have some time to finish the actual book report during that break. the oral report is due monday, the actual report is due the 25th. but i'm also presenting for the readings for that week on the 25th so i need to be properly prepared for that. anyway, that's my blurb about the book! maybe this post will help me write my report for monday.