RABBIT RABBIT! It's October 1st! And I'm sick again!
-_-
Anyway, I should be going to the library right now but I'm gonna wait a little a while until my Advil kicks in. Thanks to a fine, dapper young fellow I have plenty of it so I'm not worried about running out. Yet.
So life! Life is good. If it wasn't for my health, everything would be pretty much perfect. I didn't feel like that at all at the beginning of the week (hence the randomly writing a post on a Saturday instead of Tuesday) but now I'm quite satisfied. My papers are all in order to get off meal plan, I'm running more than I ever have before, I love my workstudy job, and...
CLASSES!
Schoolwork is eating up my life in such an extreme way right now, so I thought I would share with you Booths what my classes are and why I like them. Hopefully this is interesting to you, if not I apologize. I am however, putting a big surprise at the end of this post to encourage you to read the whole thing. I'm aware there's a scroller. RESIST TEMPTATION!
Religion, Literature and Philosophy Seminar (RLP for short):
This is a six credit course, and by far the most demanding reading I've done for a class. In the last month (It's been a whole month! Ahhh!) I've read The Iliad, The Odyssey, Sappho, Agamemnon and The Eumindes, Philoctetes and The Oedipus trilogy. We just began Plato's Republic and we'll be spending lots of time with Plato in the coming weeks. I love this class because it made me realize LIT517 wasn't a one-off - I really do love literature this much and it's so great to be in a class that requires such crazy text immersion. It's an exciting course, and I'm glad I took it.
Elements of Style:
English grammar! I study good. Honestly, this class makes me a little uneasy. Sometimes I get everything the professor and the texts explains and I feel smart and happy. Other times I feel like I'm taking a math course...and we all know how I feel about math. But I'm learning a lot and that's what matters. God, I have so much EoS homework to do this weekend. *collapses*
Fiction Workshop:
I took this course to force myself to write fiction on a regular basis. It fulfills this desire quite well, and I like that. Every week about half the class submits a piece, and we all read "the packet" of work over the weekend, and come ready to comment on the writing. It's like a more organized version of Writer's Block. So far I've written one new piece that I kind of like, and I have to write something this weekend too. We'll see how that goes...I'm finding it's tricky to write something compelling that doesn't naturally emerge. But that's what writers have to do!
Beginning Modern Dance:
LOL! I know, right? And perhaps those who know me and aren't familiar with my dance background (or all the details of it) would probably think I'm crazy for taking this course. I'm a complete and total spaz/klutz...HOWEVER! This class is awesome and gives me a chance to feel graceful again, which I haven't felt in a long time. I trip over stuff, I spill all my drinks, I knock everything over. But in the dance studio, something's different and I get to feel confident in movement. I had forgotten just how nice that feels.
So those are my classes! Other activities include:
Working as the Social Media Assistant at the Career Development Office (sounds official right?), which means I look for internships/jobs to add to our database, make posters/hang up posters, and encourage people to go to the career office. I love the people I work with and I get to be somewhat creative. It's a pretty dreamy workstudy.
Being on the Film Committee. It still has yet to meet, but I'm excited for when we do! I get to help pick which movies play on campus on the weekends!
Participating in our QSA. I'm making posters for our adorable activities, and we sponsor the homecoming dance. There's a rumor it's going to be fairytale-themed!
And running as many days a week as possible. And watching "Project Runway" every Friday after RLP with Elisabeth as a get-through-the-week reward. Best reward ever!
To paint you a full picture, I'm usually pretty busy with homework during the week, but there's a lot of cool stuff happening on campus in the evenings. I've been rockclimbing, to movies, and open discussions called "People Talks." And I usually get into Brattleboro at least once a week. We also had an awesome event this past Wednesday called "Apple Days" where someone got thrown into the Fire Pond.
So, I don't really have a surprise except that I'll be home October 14-18th for our mini-break Hendricks Days. HUZZAH!!
In the meantime, I will trudge up to the library and spend some time with euphemisms, wolves, and Plato. A delightful combination.
-_-
Anyway, I should be going to the library right now but I'm gonna wait a little a while until my Advil kicks in. Thanks to a fine, dapper young fellow I have plenty of it so I'm not worried about running out. Yet.
So life! Life is good. If it wasn't for my health, everything would be pretty much perfect. I didn't feel like that at all at the beginning of the week (hence the randomly writing a post on a Saturday instead of Tuesday) but now I'm quite satisfied. My papers are all in order to get off meal plan, I'm running more than I ever have before, I love my workstudy job, and...
CLASSES!
Schoolwork is eating up my life in such an extreme way right now, so I thought I would share with you Booths what my classes are and why I like them. Hopefully this is interesting to you, if not I apologize. I am however, putting a big surprise at the end of this post to encourage you to read the whole thing. I'm aware there's a scroller. RESIST TEMPTATION!
Religion, Literature and Philosophy Seminar (RLP for short):
This is a six credit course, and by far the most demanding reading I've done for a class. In the last month (It's been a whole month! Ahhh!) I've read The Iliad, The Odyssey, Sappho, Agamemnon and The Eumindes, Philoctetes and The Oedipus trilogy. We just began Plato's Republic and we'll be spending lots of time with Plato in the coming weeks. I love this class because it made me realize LIT517 wasn't a one-off - I really do love literature this much and it's so great to be in a class that requires such crazy text immersion. It's an exciting course, and I'm glad I took it.
Elements of Style:
English grammar! I study good. Honestly, this class makes me a little uneasy. Sometimes I get everything the professor and the texts explains and I feel smart and happy. Other times I feel like I'm taking a math course...and we all know how I feel about math. But I'm learning a lot and that's what matters. God, I have so much EoS homework to do this weekend. *collapses*
Fiction Workshop:
I took this course to force myself to write fiction on a regular basis. It fulfills this desire quite well, and I like that. Every week about half the class submits a piece, and we all read "the packet" of work over the weekend, and come ready to comment on the writing. It's like a more organized version of Writer's Block. So far I've written one new piece that I kind of like, and I have to write something this weekend too. We'll see how that goes...I'm finding it's tricky to write something compelling that doesn't naturally emerge. But that's what writers have to do!
Beginning Modern Dance:
LOL! I know, right? And perhaps those who know me and aren't familiar with my dance background (or all the details of it) would probably think I'm crazy for taking this course. I'm a complete and total spaz/klutz...HOWEVER! This class is awesome and gives me a chance to feel graceful again, which I haven't felt in a long time. I trip over stuff, I spill all my drinks, I knock everything over. But in the dance studio, something's different and I get to feel confident in movement. I had forgotten just how nice that feels.
So those are my classes! Other activities include:
Working as the Social Media Assistant at the Career Development Office (sounds official right?), which means I look for internships/jobs to add to our database, make posters/hang up posters, and encourage people to go to the career office. I love the people I work with and I get to be somewhat creative. It's a pretty dreamy workstudy.
Being on the Film Committee. It still has yet to meet, but I'm excited for when we do! I get to help pick which movies play on campus on the weekends!
Participating in our QSA. I'm making posters for our adorable activities, and we sponsor the homecoming dance. There's a rumor it's going to be fairytale-themed!
And running as many days a week as possible. And watching "Project Runway" every Friday after RLP with Elisabeth as a get-through-the-week reward. Best reward ever!
To paint you a full picture, I'm usually pretty busy with homework during the week, but there's a lot of cool stuff happening on campus in the evenings. I've been rockclimbing, to movies, and open discussions called "People Talks." And I usually get into Brattleboro at least once a week. We also had an awesome event this past Wednesday called "Apple Days" where someone got thrown into the Fire Pond.
So, I don't really have a surprise except that I'll be home October 14-18th for our mini-break Hendricks Days. HUZZAH!!
In the meantime, I will trudge up to the library and spend some time with euphemisms, wolves, and Plato. A delightful combination.
Please remember to come hang out with me as I miss you much! <3
ReplyDeleteAnd I'm glad you're feeling graceful again. I kind of knew you had it in you despite your clumsiness! So yaaay! Outlets for gracefulness!