From today's Chinese History Class ( Read more... )

Meredith's Undergrad Mantras:

• The index is my friend.
  
• When in doubt, circle 'B'.
  
• I will not mock dead philosophers. (Unless they really deserve it.)
  
• I will not make snide references as to the sex lives of dead philosophers.
  
• I will not slash Hamlet and Horatio.
  
• I will not build a time machine just so I can go back and strangle Freud.
  
• I will not ( Read more... )

So I'm studying for my Chinese midterm when I suddenly find myself getting really, really fed up with the dry writing style of Sources of Ancient Chinese Philosophy. This snarky little voice in my head starts making all sorts of little comments and, rather than have them come out in, oh, say, my actual midterm, I decided to type it up ( Read more... )

Today, in Prehistory of China, we discussed long gu, or Oracle Bones, used during the Shang Dynasty to ask the ancestors important questions ( Read more... )

Whew. I think I'm finally over the hump, in terms of the cluster of assignments all due at the same time. Sometimes I wonder if the Professors plan this or something-- it's way too suspicious! ^_ ( Read more... )