Hurling Objects at Relatively Innocent Fences

Sep 12, 2006 01:47

My experiences with Penn thus far have had me wildly fluctuating back and forth between "wow, I am so totally in the right place, I'm ridiculously thrilled to be here" and "Christ on toast, I hate this place, why did I come to this hellhole?!?"

Today was especially one of those days. It culminated in me standing in the middle of the street, shrieking like a banshee, and chucking my notebook into a fence. (It was actually fairly therapeutic, and people behaved as though they'd seen it before. They probably have. ::shrug::)

I have a lot more that I'd like to say, but I suspect I'd just bore everyone to tears with most of it. Hmm, maybe the Reader's Digest version, then.

*I have mixed feelings about my anthropology core course. The prof is cool. He's a good lecturer. I learned things about Penn today that made me glad to be there. But the course is strictly a theory course. As far as I'm concerned, theory in the social sciences/anthropology is 99% pedantic bullshit. It's all about learning whatever flashy new lingo is in fashion, and leads to theses titled things like "Unpacking the Other in the Modern Cultural Paradigm." (Which I just pulled completely out of my arse, but which I could probably use as the basis of a paper -- and make an A.)

*I was an hour and ten minutes late to a class today because it took me an hour and a half to locate the Unplottable building in which it was held. The instructions were vague. The campus map was out of date. Thus, the shouting and throwing of things. I eventually did find the class... and the real kicker is, I've decided not to keep it. Because, once again, the course description was not accurate. @#*%^&!!!

*I'm nearly a week into the term, and my course schedule is STILL not sorted!!! I have a meeting with Dr. Monge tomorrow to address this issue further.

*I've lost count of the number of times I've had to introduce myself. If I am called upon to do it again, I swear I will drink bleach.

*The day ended on a positive note, at least, because I got free food. it seems that the anthropology department likes to feed the poor, starving grad students. Bless them. Oh, and by mentioning my Ramen Noodle Diet to the right person, I found out that I can get an advance on my stipend check.

*There are a lot of hot guys in my program. And there's a guy in my class who I swear looks like Severus Snape and James Potter's love child. Fandom has eaten my brain...

penn, fandom has eaten my brain

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