We are laughter in the wind
Well, I completely kicked my own ass last night with Arabic, and by God I'm incredibly glad I did. I realized I hadn't put enough effort into learning the vocabulary and grammar of our last lesson, and so established a new system that (I hope) will improve my comprehension and memory--repetition repetition repetition. This morning I was incredibly happy (despite my lack of sleep) that I could answer my teacher's questions fairly confidently; I still used the book for reference, but I could more or less remember the vocabulary, and I did some last-minute studying of verb conjugation that worked in my favor. I'll have to continue to work at it so it STICKS, but I think I've laid the foundation and I'm quite happy that through sheer determination, work and willpower I am starting to get back in the swing of things. Hello, motivation. Why did you stay out so late?
As for anthropology class, I will be learning kinship. Again. For the third time. I don't know why kinship charts make me twitch. I think it has something to do with the first time I had to learn and use them and I completely messed up the patrilineality part on the map I made. Whoops.
(Also, anthropology books provide SO MUCH inspiration and ideas for fantasy cultures/societies. Seriously. I think every writer should keep at least one ethnography or general textbook handy.)
Well, so far good day. I am determined to keep it up, as I have at least two events to look forward to today.
Okay, well interesting things in life? Well, I'm going back to the 954 to see a performance of Les Miserables, my favorite musical, done by my ex-high school (not my alma mater). I've...not really been impressed with their shows since I saw The King and I in middle school, but we haven't been doing particularly GOOD shows since then. I hope this is a step in the right direction.
Goals this weekend: get homework DONE, continue to work out at the house, read for fun? do more sketches? No idea if any of these will get accomplished besides the homework. But I do need to get up off my butt and get my RA application and literary magazine submission stuff in gear. I have two potential (one written but needs revision, the other one needs to be bloody written) stories, but we'll see.
Ta.
Edit/: Guys, really, please don't make ludicrous statements like "Most guys are in it for the sex, like 8/10. The point is the sex" in anthropology class. That don't fly. That is NOT counting factors for sex drive such as health, genetics, enculturation, socialization, sexual orientation (if that's what asexuality is labelled as, I'm not sure), what GROUP you're trying to label as sexual, and also personal reasons. Please, please, PLEASE do not make such a generalized statement. It is not true and not cool. Not everyone in the world functions the same we North Americans do. (And even then, individual cases get involved here. Just because a guy is from here and grew up with this sexual exposure doesn't mean he will want sex or enjoy it. That's his dealeo.) *steps off soapbox* I don't want to have to feel the urge to chomp off someone's brains; I don't want to be a zombie.