OK, so, as the title says, I'm currently avoiding the last of my Lit homework, but I figure I've got the rest of the night to finish the 10 pages of reading, so I can afford to finally update this thing for the moment.
Geez... where to start? I've been at school for nearly two weeks now, and so much has happened. Orientatin was a blast, but *very* busy! I ended up skipping quite a bit, though, because I was forewarned about most of it being boring speeches. Good thing about the warning, too, since it gave me time to unpack, rearrange the apartment's furniture to my liking (and the roomie's too, of course), spend an afternoon at the state fair that just happens to be here in town, go shopping for this month's groceries, and a whole bunch of other stuff that I can't recall in detail that wasn't a part of the regular orienation stuff. There were other things last weekend that I could have skipped, but didn't want to - BBQ's (Hey! Free Food!), library orientation (short, stuff I already knew, but YAY! Free travel mug!). All in all, it proved to be a busy, but lazy weekend. When I wasn't running around campus, I actually had the time to sit and watch movies and stuff.
Lessee... classes. I started classes last week, too. My first class was my Critical Reading and Writing class. I was really looking foreward to this one, cuz of all the short stories and plays and stuff that it looked like we'd be reading over the semester. Then I got there. Now that's not to say I don't like the class, but so far I've come away feeling like a bit of a dunce each morning. It's kinda funny, because at my old school (and I'm not saying this next bit to sound concieted, just illustrate my point), I was always one of the top students in any of my classes, especially my Lit ones. I especially enjoyed class discussions, because I ejoyed debating the works that we were studying, and usually I was something of a discussion leader (my drama lit class, I even felt like I dominated the "discussion" most of the time, because no one else ever really spoke up!). Here, on the first day of class, I thought, "Yay! A class full of 'me'!" because *everyone* spoke up and participated in the class discussion, but by the end of class, I was feeling almost like the class dunce or something. Not only had I felt particularly slow that morning, but I was very disapointed to learn that the only thing we would be studying for the entire first half or more of the semester was *poetry*! Now don't get me wrong, I enjoy the odd poem (about once a decade) and Shakespeare ROCKS, but I tend to tire of poetry rather quickly. Spending the next 6 weeks or more analyzing and picking it apart... HELP! *Sighs* I have a feeling this is going to be a very long semester for that class.
Luckily, I have 3 other classes to balance my semester out. Funny thing is, the ones that I expected to be my least favorite are turning out to be my favorite, and vice versa... so far. I'm was actualy very relieved to find that my math class is looking to be rather "bonehead" compared to the last couple that I took at the community college. That's not to say it will end up being easy (though so far it is... I mean, seriously, voting schedules?), but it doesn't look like getting an A out of this class will be all that hard as long as I keep up. The only annoying part of math last week was finding out I'd bought the wrong book for it, then returning it and finding out the bookstore was out of copies of the one I needed. After special ordering, I did get a copy by Friday, but that didn't do me any good for getting the homework done in the meantime. Luckily, the teacher was really great and let me come to his office and borrow his for the reading, telling me I could wait till the weekend to catch up on the exercises (he promised he wasn't going to be checking the homework just yet). I think I'm actually going to like this class... so far as one can like any math class, that is. :D
I'm still undecided on my creative writing: fiction class, however. I like the teacher... at the moment - but she has shown the potential to become rather annoying in the next few weeks. She already had us writing a short story for Friday that just about killed me to write because, a) I hadn't written anything but research papers for the past two years, and b) the first line that we were required to use kept sticking me up. Seemed like I couldn't get past the first paragraph for the longest time. Even after I finally got a story written, it was more of a Doctor Who fanfic than anything else (of course I tweaked it during editing to disguie that fact to keep any non-Who fanatics from recognizing this). What really bugged me (OK, embarrassed is probably the better word to use) was that she required us to read our stories out loud in class, and mine was so cliche and corny... God, I hated it! I did much better with this weekend's assignment, though, so I think I just needed to get back into writer's mode or something. The teacher... *sighs* I don't know. I think part of the reason she kinda bugs me is that she found out I used to play the violin, and ever since then has been making comments - *in class* - about how she wants to get me to play for the class at some point. *Shudders* God, I hope I can avoid that.
To end on a happy note, I *LOVE LOVE LOVE* my Latin class. I get such a kick out of the fact that our teacher is German, teaching us Latin, in English! *Giggles* He's realy great, too. Funny and practical, we spend each class reading from a play and translating it line by line, and we were doing this on the first day. It's great! We don't just sit there learning how to decline and conjugate verbs (though he does pause to point these out when we hit a new verb in the reading), we just read and work out the meaning of each word as a class based on it's similarity to modern english words or how it fits into the context of the sentence or something. It's such a great class! Even the homework is easy... well, compared to the rest of my classes, at any rate. *Happy sigh* I love Latin class :D
So, what else is there to say about my life in the last couple of weeks? Oh! The roommate! Let's see, she's from the Ukraine, irritatingly tall and skinny (God, can you switch our brains, so I can have that body?), but really sweet and nice. We're getting along quite well so far, though there is this one sticky point for me. See, she has this fiance that goes here, too (apparently they met when he visited her country last year). Now, he's really nice, and I actually like him, but... well, he just seems to be here *all* the time! I mean, he's actually been here till after I've gone to bed a couple of times, which actually makes me rather uncomfortable. They've practically taken over the living room, though to be fair, I've rather taken over the bedroom, since that's where my desk ended up. It just makes it a bit difficult for me to lounge in front of my own TV when I'm not doing homework. *Shakes head* I figured he was just helping my roomie get settled into living here during that first weekend, which is all great, and we didn't have classes to worry about yet, so I was perfectly fine with his being around so much (I was usually on the 'net with my new ethernet connection anyway :D), but now that classes have started, I'm starting to think I may have to put my foot down. He's not here *as* often, but it's still the better part of our day when we're not in class. He seems to be helping her with her homework part of the time, which is great, but what's wrong with his place once in a while, too? *Shakes head* I'm giving it another week while we all get settled into our routines here before I say something about his staying so late, and really being here so much everyday. I don't want to be mean, but it's *my* apartment, too.
:P Well, I've wasted a half hour writing this thing, and avoiding my lit homework, so I suppose I'll sign off now. I've pretty much covered the hightlights anyway. I'll try to get updates in more often from now on (maybe when I'm avoiding homework again), so I'll still be around.
Love and huggles all,
Lin
OH! Next time... matriculation ceremonies and stupid orientation groups!
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