Where Spiders Come to Die, and Mind Wanderings
It's easy to fall back into the old routine when you get back to school. Shake out clothing before you put it on, don't close the door behind you unless you mean it (they lock), double check to make sure the alarm is set for the right time, and so on. I've been here two days and it already seems like winter break was in a different lifetime.
Here's my course line-up:
TDHT22: Plays Greek to Modern- Three centuries a week? Guess we cover a lot of ground in this class.
POLI 124A: Electoral Systems and Their Consequences- An intriguing class taught by a disinterested grad student.
PHIL 10: Introduction to Logic- Fun and easy, and the prof. dresses casual and swears a lot.
TDDR 101: Stage Management- Probably going to be the toughest this quarter.
Also, I find myself in a production of The Misanthrope, by the Mole Man (Moliere, for those of you who don't like nicknaming their playwrights.) Mine is a small role, but given that it's one of the grad shows, I'm happy.
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I've decided to go through some of my old notebooks, and post some of my random mind-wanderings here. They're largely incongruous thoughts sparked by something a professor said during a lecture, but they can be anything, really. Some are ideas, some are half-ideas, and some are just funny things that struck me. Context will be added when appropriate. Here goes:
-Phineas Gage as a Jeckyll/Hyde story?
-Bilaterally asymmetrical
-My, my, what a big tuber!
-Clones are people two.
-D&D = a game of moral improvement??
-Zombies.... IN SPACE! ((it seemed like an original idea at the time))
-Fishing RPG
-Don't get chumpatized!
-Harp+Bagpipe+Rapping in Chinese
-LeFrog
-International Brotherhood of Drunk Drivers
-"Pretty tough cookie, that Mr. Stalin"
-((regarding Russian intelligence agencies)) KGB -> FSB (new name, same great taste!)
-"One of the best books in the field- an ancient classic. Like me. I'm not a classic, but I'm ancient."
-((...and then)) "That was a joke. Are you guys awake?"
-((...and then)) "I should have stayed in Spain."
-suicide is depressing
-Doctor: Alright, what's wrong? Where does it hurt?
Patient: My soul.
-A Tale of Sex, Crime, Drugs, and the Mushroom Kingdom
-A rather handsome gentleman of little consequence
And the saddest, loneliness Valentines Day card ever:
"In Soviet Russia, you love me."
Here's my course line-up:
TDHT22: Plays Greek to Modern- Three centuries a week? Guess we cover a lot of ground in this class.
POLI 124A: Electoral Systems and Their Consequences- An intriguing class taught by a disinterested grad student.
PHIL 10: Introduction to Logic- Fun and easy, and the prof. dresses casual and swears a lot.
TDDR 101: Stage Management- Probably going to be the toughest this quarter.
Also, I find myself in a production of The Misanthrope, by the Mole Man (Moliere, for those of you who don't like nicknaming their playwrights.) Mine is a small role, but given that it's one of the grad shows, I'm happy.
*****
I've decided to go through some of my old notebooks, and post some of my random mind-wanderings here. They're largely incongruous thoughts sparked by something a professor said during a lecture, but they can be anything, really. Some are ideas, some are half-ideas, and some are just funny things that struck me. Context will be added when appropriate. Here goes:
-Phineas Gage as a Jeckyll/Hyde story?
-Bilaterally asymmetrical
-My, my, what a big tuber!
-Clones are people two.
-D&D = a game of moral improvement??
-Zombies.... IN SPACE! ((it seemed like an original idea at the time))
-Fishing RPG
-Don't get chumpatized!
-Harp+Bagpipe+Rapping in Chinese
-LeFrog
-International Brotherhood of Drunk Drivers
-"Pretty tough cookie, that Mr. Stalin"
-((regarding Russian intelligence agencies)) KGB -> FSB (new name, same great taste!)
-"One of the best books in the field- an ancient classic. Like me. I'm not a classic, but I'm ancient."
-((...and then)) "That was a joke. Are you guys awake?"
-((...and then)) "I should have stayed in Spain."
-suicide is depressing
-Doctor: Alright, what's wrong? Where does it hurt?
Patient: My soul.
-A Tale of Sex, Crime, Drugs, and the Mushroom Kingdom
-A rather handsome gentleman of little consequence
And the saddest, loneliness Valentines Day card ever:
"In Soviet Russia, you love me."