VictorianLady

Nothing much, just getting ready to tackle school for a week before Spring Break.

Yes to both. I had noticed an absence of Victorian Lady-ishness around here... How about some Winky ?

Hey, what's new?

Long time, no see!

Why Modern Cults? Mainly, because I had room for a two-credit elective in my schedule, and Cults sounded like a class that would be both practical and one where I would learn a lot. Most courses are 3-credit, so my pickings were fairly limited. I could take History of Christianity instead, but I'm afraid that I wouldn't learn very much--it's a history class intended for Bible majors. Hermeneutics is another option, but I think that I've gotten a lot of the content through my other Bible courses. Thus, Cults. My roommate says it's a good class, and she's the type of person who doesn't say nice things that she doesn't mean.

Freedom I sounds really interesting--a little like Political Theory here (which is at 12:00 next semester--drat 12:00 classes! otherwise I'd take it).

As for hard history professors--at least Dr. H. seems to have a sense of humor. Tough and funny I can do. Tough and scary=ed. tech.

Is rhetoric a writing class?

Well, I'm hoping to take a second semester of my doctrines class (actually, it's the first semester, just not for me) over the summer. Online courses when I don't have internet--fun. Next semester, assuming I don't fail El. Stats. (D on the last test--uggh), and that none of the courses I want are too full, I'm hoping to take Fundamentals of Economics, the 2nd semester of my ed. tech. class, Middle Eastern history, Apologetics, Modern Cults, and Creative Writing (the last two are electives).

It amounts to 16 credits, so I won't be killing myself (unlike another college student that I happen to be VMing at the moment), although the courses should keep me busy. Ed. tech. is basically like spending the semester in a slave labor camp (El. Stats. is death by slow torture); and my Middle Eastern history class is a 500-level course, so it will be harder than the course on Russia that I'm taking now. Word is that the professor's good, but tough. According to the syllabus: "Under no circumstances will extra-credit work be assigned nor will grades be curved. This is the law of the Medes, the Persians, and Dr. H."

Yes, the story is for a contest. It's about two people with schizophrenia who are convinced that the police are conspiring against them. (It's not my fault! I never thought of doing anything of the sort before it popped into my head, and after that I couldn't help it. Really.)

What exactly does your political science course cover?

I have a major presentation on e-books due for my ed. tech. class tomorrow. I'm demonstrating the Project Gutenberg website as part of it. Who knew that all that proofing in high school would save so much research in college? My textbook even mentioned the Gutenberg web site in its (very) brief section on e-books.

Death to El. Stats. I just want out. Summer can't come soon enough, except I've got a story I need to finish before May 1.

Have you started looking at your schedule for next semester yet?

Your new location is...concerning. James Kibler has a story about a Thoreau fan who (un)tragically perished after a bookshelf fell on him and covered him with copies of Shakespeare, Jonson, T.S. Eliot...stay alive, please....

I repeat my statement from a month ago!

A new sonnet's up.

can you chat with me on gmail?

Greeting's Fair Sister,
how art thou today?

Or he wasn't as mythological, either way....

It leaves me hating El. Stats. and liking Ermak the Cossac, who drowned from falling into the water with armor on....

Um... well, considering I frequently read 1500-page Kung Fu novels... which takes me but weeks... 800 pages just didn't seem that daunting. I'm a really quick reader, because I just spend so much time with my nose in a book. At least, I used to. I've been becoming an increasing slow reader, and I'm no longer able to read everything I can get my hands on.

No, I haven't read Brothers Karamazov yet, but it's on my list of books to read. In fact, I picked up The Idiot because someone else was reading Brothers Karamazov, so I figured I'd try the author, who is one of my father's favorite. The Idiot was the one my father recommended, so here I am. But I'll read that eventually... I have such a long to-read list! And I eventually have to read Les Mis too, which is even longer... I can't wait till the summer.

Thanks! I accepted.

Yes, they are. Yes, you may, I'll be delighted to accept.

We have a one-month semester, in which we only take one course. I'm enjoying it, but I'm also really looking forward to next semester, when I'll be taking Greek and American Politics. It'll be fun!

Yes, its quotes have long been in my sig. Long though it may be (only 800 pages, but it too me a couple months to read it), it's one of my favorite books.
The Idiot is by Dostoevsky.

I'm sorry about your geography teacher. In the first couple days of the course, my prof. kept complaining about the formatting of our outlines we had to hand in. Roman numerals, followed by capital letters, followed by... So what if I had parenthesis around my letters?? It drove me mad that she would spend five mintues talking about it each day. But eventually she stopped.
I'm doing good. Like I said, I'm really enjoying the course, though I could do with somewhat less readings...

I thought it sounded familiar. How do you like Western Lit so far? I hope to take it next year. What time-frame will you cover?

I'm doing good. Currently taking "Christianity in China," a month-long, really interesting course. And currently reading "The Idiot" at my father's suggestion. I really like it, more than I had expected. I'm also dipping into a couple other books now and then. Have you heard of "Witness" by Wittaker Chambers? Extremely long, but wonderful book. That is, if you're interesting in American Communism in the 30's... But it is beautifully written.

And how are you doing? How is school coming along?