VictorianLady

Thanks. Just finished the p.t. final this morning. I have the comfort of knowing that I scribbled down all the facts about Marx, Nietzsche, and Freud that I could think of--but my grade depends on whether I scribbled down all the ones my prof. can think of. (Yes, I chose those three. Besides them, I could have picked Machiavelli, Bentham, J.S. Mill, Keynes, or Rawls--all of whom are boring, with the possible exception of Machiavelli. So--yeah. I hope I spelled "Nietzsche" correctly....) At least the class is over, one way or another. My pappy's reaction when he found out I was afraid of getting a B: "Oh, brother." Unlike him, I feel your pain. Here's to hoping the Rousseau paper goes well.

im doing better

hiii how r u

Why thank you! I feel very honored.

I don't find it creepy at all, because I do the same sort of thing often. If anything, I'm relieved that I'm not the only one who does that.

Yeah, I think I've come across a brief statement or two of anti-Burkeanism in Chesterton--mostly because Chesterton seems to have liked the French Revolution, and Burke didn't. We haven't covered Burke yet in political theory, but from what I've read about him, I think he and Chesterton would have gotten along well, at times.

Thanks.

Studying for tests in Middle East isn't that difficult, because there's a distinct separation between lecture material (which the test is based on) and what happens during the simulation. It's basically like two Middle East courses are going on simultaneously--one structured normally, the other focused on a bunch of slightly violent debate teams. I'm presently going a little nutty--we have five people coming to make announcements tomorrow (thanks to my teacher's bright idea in regards to us deflecting suspicion for bombing Turkey--having three announcements of the PM's death, one from Germany, one from Britain, and one from the U.S.). And therefore I've got two news flashes to write before tomorrow. I think things will cool down a little next week, since we have a test on Friday. Never thought I'd be happy to take a test, but it will at least slow down the pace of things a little.

Sounds like a peach. I had to read the introduction, along with the Priest's Tale, in high school. (It was a translation, though.) Probably the Priest's Tale got picked because nothing else was G-rated. Mind if I read the essay once you're done with it?

Middle East is a blast. And it's taught me more in less time than any other class I've taken here--mostly because we end up teaching ourselves the history of the modern Middle East. The teacher basically doesn't have to teach about anything following World War I (which is good, because she's run out of time, thanks to the simulation).

Put on some fuzzy socks. Best thing for cold feet (in the literal sense).

My week's been nuts--Turkey denies we "bombed" them, so we've been having to come up with more "news flashes" about the "bombing" in hopes that they will finally be forced to confess. We "assassinated" the Syrian president yesterday, made plans to humiliate Turkey by revealing its connection to Hamas tomorrow, and I need to go to my teacher's office to get permission to "assassinate" the Turkish president tomorrow. (All of this is supposed to be secret, but I'm not sure how secret it is. Egypt knows what we did to the Syrian president, because they saw us getting permission in my teacher's office. They offered us men and weapons to get him--another meeting I had to go to--but we already had things covered. It's nice having your own personal insurgent group.)

Anyway, we don't get along well with the Turks in class, and I think that translates to outside class--I passed one of the Turks on the side walk today. He looked at me and pursed his lips like he'd been sucking on a lemon for too long.

Anyway...Middle East has officially taken over my life. Which would be totally fine, except that I have five other classes to deal with.

Did you like the C. Tales before you started the paper?

It is almost two, I should be in bed.
But I am on the internet instead.

and LOL, that must have tasted nasty.

Alas, for I too long to escape school, and am procrastinating instead of doing homework.

Mr. Green is fine. Toodles is currently eating my oyster crackers (you wouldn't believe how addicted he is to those things), and the Telmarine kingdom is peaceful. At the moment.

What I always say is, when chaps are visible, why, they can see each other!

You're invisible!

You can thank John 4 for the use of mulier. You're right, femina is much better. Wonder what the difference between them is...

No, I haven't read Augustine's Confessions. I'd like to; seems they would be easier than City of God, from which I had to read 20 pages or so for political theory. Presently, still going slowly through the Koran. We're still discussing Islam in class, and it's amazing. The differences between it and Christianity go far beyond any notions of jihad--which pleases my Chestertonian side.

Ordination of women ministers, huh? That sounds interesting, but I suppose it's not as good for stirring the spirits of your listeners--or whatever the prof wants.

Speaking of Greek, how's it going?

Mom says I like "blood and guts." It's not strictly true, but I do get...drawn, sometimes, toward unfortunate subjects. Ex.: freshman informational speech was on the Glencoe Massacre, geography paper was on Armenia, which had a massacre, next ed. tech. project is on the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising in WWII, and so on. Anyway, I think I've been cured of the Black Death for a while.

(Why on earth would you randomly choose that topic? Taxes? Can a policy topic get more boring?)

I've read through I John. Now I'm going through some Psalms and the book of John, depending on what I feel like. I try to read Latin from 10-20 minutes a day, so that I keep learning it. The workbook you sent me has helped me with some basic tenses (which reminded me of Spanish, making it easier to learn); I should move a little further in it. I've learned that mulier means "woman," which I don't like. It sounds too much like a mule, nothing feminine at all. How's Latin coming for you?

Evil ed. tech. project coming due this week, and another is coming due next week. That's besides 2 or 3 tests and a paper. I was brilliant and decided to do the project for a lesson about the Black Death, because I had to base it on a teaching indicator, and the Black Death at least seemed interesting. I have now developed a strong dislike for the Black Death, mainly due to the fact that the teaching videos about it are sensationalized (i.e. way too gross and creepy).

As to Mafia games, just keep an eye on the Mafia sign-up thread in Dufferland. When it starts getting posted on, a game is probably heating up.

You should join a Mafia game sometime...we're in the middle of one now, but there'll be more coming up. Somebody just murdered Zella. How's life?

Midnight visits to the lawn...

It sounds so much more poetic than it actually is: discarded coffee cups, piles of notes, eyes watery from reading on the computer too long, and the dormroom eerily quiet....

Thanks. "Resurrection" came because...I think I'm understanding better all the His blood means, due to some things that are happening. All that it means to have my identity in Him.