school daze
Things I Learned Today at School:
1. The reason men stare at women, and buy magazines full of pictures of them,
is because when they do so, their brains release endorphins that make them
feel stupid happy.
2. Karen, my prof (and potential committee advisor for my thesis) and I have
bonded over a television show. She is an unabashed fanatic enthusiast for
FIREFLY.
This came about because I introduced the show's way of explaining history as a
point I was making about mythology. We both had a geek fest about how the
movie is coming out next Friday, blah blah blah, and went all anthropological
on the whole show (which is such a goldmine), while the rest of the class just
stared at us. They've all resolved to check it out, now.
But yes, my lovely little class of Karen and one other student has expanded to
four students, one of whom I was in undergrad with, and another with whom I have
an email acquaintance (we were TAs of the same course last year). Personally,
although this means my classes will be longer and that I'll have to go to
more, I won't have to work as hard, as I'll only have to run lectures twice,
and I think that the more students there, the easier it will be to bridge
certain interest gaps. For instance, Chris, who was there last week, is
solely interested in the History portion of this S&S class on History and
Performance, while I'm interested in the Performance aspect. But now Nat is
there with her interests in Romantic portrayals (history and performance) and
Damon is there with his philosophical theories (which sort of apply
everywhere), so now the conversation is a little more lively.
In any case, things, for once, appear to be under control. Aside from
battling the worst seasonal allergies I have ever had (I'm usually only
allergic to dust and mold), things are peaceful. I've prepared my scholarship
applications and submitted required information to professors way ahead of
schedule, and I have an extra day a week in which to do my homework, and I
only have to do homework for two of my three classes in any given week -- so
far. Only three papers to write. No exams. Of course, I should spend a good
three hours a night reading and researching. As it is, with my schedule, I
spend all my Wednesdays doing that, and parts of my weekends, but it all evens
out in the end.
Grad school is going to be tough, but I think it will be fun, because I
finally get to do what *I* want to do!
Posted by Ally at September 20, 2005 06:30 PM