I just finished the best paper I have ever written. It may, in fact, be the best paper ever written in the history of my university's undergraduate classics program. My professor is going to burst into tears of hysterical joy when she reads it. She will regret that she decided to spend the next semester on maternity leave instead of mentoring me as ( Read more... )

There was a stupid bomb threat on my campus today, so there were about a million cops around and it took me 15 minutes longer to get to class then usual. Garbage. It's not like I had enough of this shit in high school or anything, I could really use it in college too ( Read more... )

They scheduled the Greek classes to conflict with the Latin classes next semester!! What the fuck ( Read more... )

- If you have any interest in the Beatles whatsoever, I really can not over-recommend Pseu Braun and Gaylord Fields' recent special on WFMU, which highlights some of the more unfortunate solo Beatles' filler tracks. They also provide some of the most astute and interesting analysis of the Beatles as people and exactly what went wrong with their ( Read more... )

You know, the only times when I wish that I was majoring in women's and/or queer studies is when I watch Pretty in Pink. Oh God, the term papers I could write about this shit.

Incidentally, I have a date for next weekend; I am wasting this weekend on really cheap wine and self-pity.

Oh my god, I hate Blaine.

I always find it incredibly embarassing when my cellphone goes off in class, but today I learned that it's particularly embarassing when your ringtone happens to be the theme song from Metalocalypse. Having a cartoon ringtone will really wreck the image of an intellectual bon vivant that I am trying so hard to cultivate for myself ( Read more... )

What the fuck is up with goths and majoring in Classics? More importantly, why are they always dickish smart-alecks ( Read more... )

So, I've moved into my apartment. It's amazing, in the way that only on-campus upperclassman housing can be. It's extremely collegeish around here, by which I unfortunately do not mean "just like Brideshead RevisitedIncidentally, Stephen Colbert and I now live in the same town. If I happen to see him around ACME, my first order of business is going ( Read more... )

A month or so ago I got the notion into my head to apply to schools in England. It turns out that this is incredibly easy, at least compared to my extensive American application experiences, as there is a common application for all the schools in the country and it's like thirty dollars American for the whole business ( Read more... )