<.> I'm losing et.
Mar. 14th, 2005 04:38 pmToday has felt like a constant grind. Last night, I was afflicted with a severe case of procrastination and didn't even think of starting my psychology notes until like 12.30 in the morning. (Yeah, I know, I suck..) And at that time, I was faced with a choice. A, do the homework anyway, and probably end up sick, or b, just go to bed and blow it off. I was compelled to do the latter, and it was the first time I've ever totally not done the psychology notes on time. It was very awkward and I felt rather stupid in class. Particularly since the ONE homework assignment I skipped had to do with PHONEMES and MORPHEMES and SYNTAX and OTHER COMPONENTS OF MY CHOSEN LINE OF WORK. <.>;;; I slacked off on the 15 pages of the psychology textbook which actually mean something to me. I = losar. Oh well.
But anyway, after a particularly vexing psychology class, I entered Latin to remember that there was a vocab test. Oh. Right. ...That. But once that was over, Mr. Smith rambled on a bit for course selections for next year, and AP Latin sounds absolutely amazing. The way Mr. Smith described it was just...yeah. He said that it's a constant grind, 25 lines per night of dense Latin literature, so complex that he actually gives you the full translation from the start to compare your own with. THat might frighten some people, but it makes me utterly exhillirated. I can't wait to get started, but it's so many months awayyy...and that's even assuming that my schedule works out. :[ Mr. Smith also made me really want to take classics, even though my mom advises against it. I'm so torn!!
We got the course selection lecture in French, as well. There's another class I simply can't wait to take. Ms. Lahey says that AP French is conducted exclusively in French, which would be difficult, but a useful challenge. She also showed us the book we'd be using, it's a peice of French literature called La Bonheur des Dames le bonheur? la bonheur? One of those. But she said that it's a great book and that it's really really haard. ^_____^ It made my blood pump oddly...I'm such a weirdo but the thought of reading books in other langauges, and actually understanding the majority of it, is seriously exciting. I'll die from the anticipation of these classes. Thuogh...I really hope Ms. Lahey continues to teach AP French...she said she wasn't certain that she was going to, and the thought of having to speak only French with Ms. Alderuccio is a little frightening. ^^; I'll be thrilled either way though, I guess.
Oh, then we started The Triplets of Bellville. :D It's weirder than I'd remembered it.
And then in chemistry we kinda went over the homework but somehow going over it made me more confused than ever, and I started falling asleep. XDD Worst class to fall asleep in, but I can't help it. Chemistry sucks out my soul.
I'm scared of all the homework I have. I can scarcely quantify it! I try not to think about it, but I can't really afford to have another night like last night. No more blowing off assignments! Less guitar, less drawing, more coffee! <.>;;; But I'm not allowed to have coffee anymore. Bugger.
I'm also totally torn on my elective. I'm so stuck between Classics, Art 1, and Spanish 1. Classics seems awesome as like a supplement to advanced Latin...but my mom thinks that with all the Latin and history I'm taking already, it'll just bore me, or overwork me, or something. Tis true, I will be getting a lot of classics training anyway, in Latin. Hrrm. Art 1 seems good as kind of a downtime, a free period in the day to just kinda draw stuff. This is what I had initially chosen, but people say that it's boring and unstructured and I fear that it'll feel like a major waste of time. Then there's Spanish, which, while it may seem like overkill to take 3 languages, will probably be the best in the long run. I do want to learn Spanish someday, I plan to, and I've taken basic language classes before. Basic language classes = love, because they tend to be informal, easy, not a lot of work, and generally a laid-back atmosphere, which would contrast with my other classes a great deal. It would definately move very slow, but I wouldn't need it to move fast; it'd probably just provide an excuse to look at a Spanish book once in a while so that I could pass the occasional test. That's all that I'm looking for, really.
So I'm kinda leaning towards Spanish at the moment, though I've very insecure in my choice and have been incessantly teetering back and forth between all three classes. I don't know if I'll convince myself to change again...I swear, my course next year will be solely dependant upon whichever whim I happen to follow, come Friday. Merh.
Iiiii think I've written enough. >>; Oh, just a quick note that my brother knows how to vibratto on his violin now, so that he can pass off as having some skill once in a while. It's surprising.
Oh. And I dug out my shortwave radio and found AN ESPERANTO CHANNEL (where they were talking about teh emperor of China and how it was affecting living conditions), a Japanese station, RadioJapan in ENglish, and RadioNetherlands, which was broadcasting some weeeird story about reintroducing segregation in some schools in the UK. o.O;;; Either way, shortwave radios rock my world, I wasted like all of Saturday evening/night rediscovering mine. If only the stations were more reliable--I can't even believe that I found an Esperanto one; it was unreal. But I'll never find it again. :\
Okay, really done this time. >_>;;
Love ya
~Rai
But anyway, after a particularly vexing psychology class, I entered Latin to remember that there was a vocab test. Oh. Right. ...That. But once that was over, Mr. Smith rambled on a bit for course selections for next year, and AP Latin sounds absolutely amazing. The way Mr. Smith described it was just...yeah. He said that it's a constant grind, 25 lines per night of dense Latin literature, so complex that he actually gives you the full translation from the start to compare your own with. THat might frighten some people, but it makes me utterly exhillirated. I can't wait to get started, but it's so many months awayyy...and that's even assuming that my schedule works out. :[ Mr. Smith also made me really want to take classics, even though my mom advises against it. I'm so torn!!
We got the course selection lecture in French, as well. There's another class I simply can't wait to take. Ms. Lahey says that AP French is conducted exclusively in French, which would be difficult, but a useful challenge. She also showed us the book we'd be using, it's a peice of French literature called La Bonheur des Dames le bonheur? la bonheur? One of those. But she said that it's a great book and that it's really really haard. ^_____^ It made my blood pump oddly...I'm such a weirdo but the thought of reading books in other langauges, and actually understanding the majority of it, is seriously exciting. I'll die from the anticipation of these classes. Thuogh...I really hope Ms. Lahey continues to teach AP French...she said she wasn't certain that she was going to, and the thought of having to speak only French with Ms. Alderuccio is a little frightening. ^^; I'll be thrilled either way though, I guess.
Oh, then we started The Triplets of Bellville. :D It's weirder than I'd remembered it.
And then in chemistry we kinda went over the homework but somehow going over it made me more confused than ever, and I started falling asleep. XDD Worst class to fall asleep in, but I can't help it. Chemistry sucks out my soul.
I'm scared of all the homework I have. I can scarcely quantify it! I try not to think about it, but I can't really afford to have another night like last night. No more blowing off assignments! Less guitar, less drawing, more coffee! <.>;;; But I'm not allowed to have coffee anymore. Bugger.
I'm also totally torn on my elective. I'm so stuck between Classics, Art 1, and Spanish 1. Classics seems awesome as like a supplement to advanced Latin...but my mom thinks that with all the Latin and history I'm taking already, it'll just bore me, or overwork me, or something. Tis true, I will be getting a lot of classics training anyway, in Latin. Hrrm. Art 1 seems good as kind of a downtime, a free period in the day to just kinda draw stuff. This is what I had initially chosen, but people say that it's boring and unstructured and I fear that it'll feel like a major waste of time. Then there's Spanish, which, while it may seem like overkill to take 3 languages, will probably be the best in the long run. I do want to learn Spanish someday, I plan to, and I've taken basic language classes before. Basic language classes = love, because they tend to be informal, easy, not a lot of work, and generally a laid-back atmosphere, which would contrast with my other classes a great deal. It would definately move very slow, but I wouldn't need it to move fast; it'd probably just provide an excuse to look at a Spanish book once in a while so that I could pass the occasional test. That's all that I'm looking for, really.
So I'm kinda leaning towards Spanish at the moment, though I've very insecure in my choice and have been incessantly teetering back and forth between all three classes. I don't know if I'll convince myself to change again...I swear, my course next year will be solely dependant upon whichever whim I happen to follow, come Friday. Merh.
Iiiii think I've written enough. >>; Oh, just a quick note that my brother knows how to vibratto on his violin now, so that he can pass off as having some skill once in a while. It's surprising.
Oh. And I dug out my shortwave radio and found AN ESPERANTO CHANNEL (where they were talking about teh emperor of China and how it was affecting living conditions), a Japanese station, RadioJapan in ENglish, and RadioNetherlands, which was broadcasting some weeeird story about reintroducing segregation in some schools in the UK. o.O;;; Either way, shortwave radios rock my world, I wasted like all of Saturday evening/night rediscovering mine. If only the stations were more reliable--I can't even believe that I found an Esperanto one; it was unreal. But I'll never find it again. :\
Okay, really done this time. >_>;;
Love ya
~Rai