If you read my blog post from yesterday, you know that my parents came to visit me for the first time since I left for university this academic year (which was a few months ago). In addition to bringing me food, they also brought me two pots for me to use with my range. I didn’t originally have one because I didn’t know I was going to have a range in my studio, as I didn’t have one last year.

So I tried using the range for the first time today using one of the pots that my parents brought me, and noticed that my range is one of those spiral heating pads that glows red when it’s hot.

In other news, I have to get a book called Elementary Forms of Religious Life by Emile Durkheim for my classical sociological theory course. I usually don’t like buying books because we usually end up not reading the whole thing, and instead read tiny excerpts from all over the book. For me, it’s especially a waste of money because I get free printing (or, if I print excessively, then it’s not free but still cheap) so I can get an electronic version and print it myself, and print only the pages that I need for the class.

Unfortunately, for Elementary Forms of Religious Life, I haven’t been able to find a free version online. I’m not sure if it’s past its copyright period yet, and it’s possible that it might not be, which is why I’m not able to find it online, but if any of you are able to find it online and would like to email it to me (or send me a link to it), it would be greatly appreciated. If you do, I’ll give you a shout-out in a future blog post.