Today is the day I’ve been waiting all summer for. Oddly enough, it isn’t my birthday.

No, today the college bookstore is releasing the book lists for the fall semester. I’ve been waiting since before the spring semester ended for the lists to be released. I could have spent all summer reading ahead.

I like to make things difficult for myself, and this semester is no exception. I’m taking three literature classes, with a required total of fourteen books. That’s not including Math and Nutrition, either.

If I had had the book list early, I would have read most of the novels over the summer. The anthologies, not so much, but definitely I would have finished the books.

I am looking forward to this semester, even if it’s a ton of reading I have to do. It should be less essays than last semester, and that’s all that really counts.

Thats all I have today. I’m off to buy books from Amazon. Hopefully the prices will be the same as if I bought used books. Or that I get a stack of money for my birthday later this week. I’m going to need it.

- “Where Can I Stab Myself In the Ears,” If Only You Were Lonely: Hawthorne Heights