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Spring 2010 Semester

Registered for next semester’s classes last evening, in between studying for the Greek midterm (which was this morning, heu misera sum. I think I did alright, though. I’ll find out tomorrow morning.) My schedule is as follows:

Latin 204, Intro to Latin Lit. MTWR 9:55-10:45

History 307, History of Rome. Lecture TR 11:00-12:15, Discussion M 2:25-3:15

History 600 Seminar, “Inscribing the New World.” W 1:20-3:20

Geography 344, The American West. TR 2:30-3:45

PE Activity, Ice Skating I. TR 8:50-9:40

I decided to throw ice skating in there because hey, it fit in the schedule and it’ll be fun, and I only know how to skate forward.

I am looking forward to all these classes. And holler at Fridays off!

Game plan for today:

- Read pages 138-196 of Suri’s “Henry Kissinger & the American Century” while watching Trek episode Devil In The Dark
- Type up last peer review for intermediate fiction workshop
- Call local Walgreens and inquire about passport photos
- Go outside (69 degrees Fahrenheit on November 8th? Mmk Wisconsin.) and do Latin homework
- Do Greek homework and study Greek until my head explodes, in preparation for the midterm on Thursday. Heu misera sum.
- Also do some more semester planning, adjusting for a full four years instead of trying to cram history and classical humanities majors and Letters & Science degree into three and a half semesters.

nevermind.

After another late night doing Greek homework accompanied by much hair pulling, I think Latin is definitely the way to go next semester. I definitely don’t need to be stressing out over God knows how many other verb forms which lurk in the dark passages of future chapters of GREEK: AN INTENSIVE COURSE.

Latin is my first love. Enough of this affair with Greek. Except I have to take another midterm (next week thursday zomg) and a final before we break up.

A CHOICE MUST BE MADE

Potential spring course schedule is now dictating my life. If I am unable to bend the laws of spacetime, I don’t think I’ll be able to continue with both Greek and Latin like I’ve been wanting to. Before I had been deliberating on only taking one language, with a History 600 course on my plate, but now that the choice is being taken from me, I realize my true feelings.

But now I must choose between:

Greek 104- Second semester Ancient Greek

Latin 204- Intro to Latin Literature

I AM VERY UPSET ABOUT THIS CIRCUMSTANCE. SEE MY DISTRESS MANIFEST IN CAPSLOCK. DENZIENS OF THE INTERNETS, WHAT SHOULD I DO?

Skipping class: I am not doing this right.

So I’m not going to go to my history lecture tomorrow morning. Instead I am going to… go to Greek office hours.

I’ll get the notes from a friend. And besides, I basically slept through last Friday’s lecture. But that’s because I had gotten probably about eight hours of sleep total over the previous three days due to the take-home midterm papers for that very class.

The only other times I’ve missed a class is due to oversleeping my alarmclock malfunctioning…

Next semester

Do you think I’d be insane and inviting an early death if I enrolled for 2nd semester Greek, 4th semester Latin, a history seminar, and a classics seminar?

Game plan for tonight/tomorrow morning/tomorrow/life:

-Get off the internet
-Shower
-Gather all dirty clothes, and homework materials and head down to the dorm laundry room and remain there for the rest of the night, into the early morning. Whilst there, do laundry and complete:

English 301: 3 peer reviews, 1 weekly writing exercise

Greek 103: 16 translation exercises, study vocabulary and God knows how many new verb ending sets for middle voice

History 434: Read 60-some pages of Strategies of Containment

-Go over degree reports, map out subsequent semesters, consider classes for next semester, et cetera
-Sleep and/or weep
-Go to history lecture at 8:50 AM, Greek at 9:55, work from 11:15-2:00, Latin at 2:25. Return overdue library materials, go home, do more Greek and Latin, try and go to the gym, clean room, organize life, work on study abroad application, declare love for TA, schedule haircut appointment, print out English 301 materials, go on tumblr, sing “Don’t Give Up (You Are Loved)” at an obscene volume, cook and eat good food, manage finances, look into GRE crap, collapse and cry, IDK, IDK

History 600 Seminar

Looking into taking the 600 seminar next semester. Out of the sixteen offered, these two have piqued my interest:

Gladiators in Rome & the Western Provinces of the Roman Empire, taught by Marc Kleijwegt. Will be studying the paradox of being celebrities in Roman society but being the equivalent of slaves, as well as “other topics such as recruitment, training, types of gladiators, fan clubs, family life, emperors as gladiators.” I had a class with him last year on Roman Women (and Men); he gives a good lecture. This class would count towards both my Classics and History majors.

Inscribing the New World, by Lee Wandel. Haven’t met this lady before, though her pitch at the info session was intriguing, and she has good ratings on ratemyprofessor.com. This class will “explore the ways in which the story of the Americas has been told and the ways in which those narratives ground certain understandings of self, human agency, culture and religion.”

I just sent of emails to both professors declaring my interest in enrolling in their seminars. Best situation would be being accepted by both, and then having to chose one. If that be the case, which one do you think I should take?

HOW IS IT ALREADY 1:00 ANTEMERIDIEM!?!?

I suppose that happens when one stays at the library until it closes, writing out Greek noun declensions and verb paradigmns for four hours ad nauseam.

I better rock that quiz tomorrow. To say nothing of the midterm on Thursday.