I think my brain is dying

So... it's been a while since I've written anything on my blog that was actually insightful or relevant. Recently, I have figured out the reason for this... I"ll call it "writer's block". It's because I'm getting dumber. You see, this semester I have only 4 classes. That's right, 12 credit hours, 4 classes. AND only three of them require me to work. BUT, these three classes are intense. First, I am taking a Shakespeare class that focuses less on the actual plays and more on philosophical issues included in the play. So, it's like I'm taking Philosophy 500... I leave class everyday feeling like my brain is going to explode from all the information I've just tried to absorb. Don't get me wrong, it's fascinating (and I'm convinced that it's the only way that I could ever actually enjoy Shakespeare), it's just intense. Then, I am taking another class that is solely devoted to the study of Charles Dickens. Yeah, anyone reading this that has ever read Dickens understands that this is quite the undertaking. I'm barely half way through the semester and am already on novel number 4 - David Copperfield. Suffice it to say that this class gives me quite the reading load (on top of Shakespeare). THEN, I am in my 400 level senior course for the English Major, which basically means that I've been reading and studying about Rhetoric, Identity, Race, and Ethics (which is some deep, philosophical stuff as well - not to mention there's not really anything definite about any of it - just theory) and I'm getting ready to write my senior thesis (about 15 pages). So, just in 3 classes I have quite the work load. So, the reason I'm telling you all of this is just to say that recently I've been saying and doing some really stupid things. For example:
1. One day I called the GRE the GED. Oh boy.
2. Last night I confused the sound of a base guitar with drums
3. Yesterday I spilled rootbeer all over myself (since when am I clumbsy???)
4. Two days ago I spilled spaghetti on myself
5. The other week I made a stupid comment about the church being restored in the 1930's (yeah... a century off)

The problem with all of this is that I know I'm not stupid... I know the right way to say all these things and I know how to eat food with out spilling (I'm 21 years old for goodness' sake). So, why am I making a blundering fool out of myself? I didn't know until yesterday. But now I've figured it out: My brain is stressed out - it's on overload. I've been taking in so much information this semester that my brain is pushing the old stuff that I've known forever into the little, dark corners of my head, making important, everyday knowledge hard for me to find.

Long story short, I feel stupid lately. But I swear I'm smart! I swear!!!!!!!