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cygna_himeSome days, anyway. Some days it's exactly as bad as I made it out to be.
I think now is the time when I should be grateful that I am in college, where professors are much less likely to flip out over backchat. See, the Greek professor friendly-but-incompetent tried to assign 8 sections of Lysias III for Thursday (!). To give you an idea of how much that is, we only had to do seven over the weekend. So I said, "I think that's a little much to have to do in two days." To this he replied, "Do you really think so?" As anyone who knows me would know, this is not the way to get me to pipe down. A phrase that questions the validity of my opinion like that, with extra faintly condescending? Bad plan. Because my response was, "Yes, yes I do." ...So we only have to do six sections. Which is still a lot, but less ridiculous.
And then I went to Roman History, away from which I came with a Julio-Claudian family tree. I was surprised it could be done in two dimensions, to be honest. What I have learned: everyone was married several times, at least once to their first cousin. (In a random moment of fangirl, I have this urge to show this chart to every fictional monarch and say, "This? Nooooo.")
And in Latin, we're starting the Ars Amatoria! Book three, too, which is Ovid's advice for women on how to get a man. Obvs. very entertaining. It only becomes more HILARIOUS when I perform a quick mental association and read it with "Popular" from Wicked playing in my head. I'll teach you the proper poise when you talk to boys, little ways to flirt and flounce--ooh! I'll show you what shoes to wear, how to fix your hair (really--there's a section on hairstyle and what color of stola you should wear, though I believe we're skipping that, because I for one am not desperately interested in ancient Roman hair-care tips) everything that really counts~! Only, y'know, in Latin, and therefore much more erudite. Trufax.
How much am I loving this already? Well, we had the first 82 lines due for Thursday, and I've already done them. All of them. Because it is WIN.
On Thursday, there's going to be a lecture on "The Romans and Ritual Murder". Fun, y/y? Plus, I get Greek extra credit for showing up and writing up a little response thingy. Awesomesocks! (We do not get Latin extra credit, but then we do not need it.)
Wow, I may actually do all my homework with limited flailing this week. That never happens.
I think now is the time when I should be grateful that I am in college, where professors are much less likely to flip out over backchat. See, the Greek professor friendly-but-incompetent tried to assign 8 sections of Lysias III for Thursday (!). To give you an idea of how much that is, we only had to do seven over the weekend. So I said, "I think that's a little much to have to do in two days." To this he replied, "Do you really think so?" As anyone who knows me would know, this is not the way to get me to pipe down. A phrase that questions the validity of my opinion like that, with extra faintly condescending? Bad plan. Because my response was, "Yes, yes I do." ...So we only have to do six sections. Which is still a lot, but less ridiculous.
And then I went to Roman History, away from which I came with a Julio-Claudian family tree. I was surprised it could be done in two dimensions, to be honest. What I have learned: everyone was married several times, at least once to their first cousin. (In a random moment of fangirl, I have this urge to show this chart to every fictional monarch and say, "This? Nooooo.")
And in Latin, we're starting the Ars Amatoria! Book three, too, which is Ovid's advice for women on how to get a man. Obvs. very entertaining. It only becomes more HILARIOUS when I perform a quick mental association and read it with "Popular" from Wicked playing in my head. I'll teach you the proper poise when you talk to boys, little ways to flirt and flounce--ooh! I'll show you what shoes to wear, how to fix your hair (really--there's a section on hairstyle and what color of stola you should wear, though I believe we're skipping that, because I for one am not desperately interested in ancient Roman hair-care tips) everything that really counts~! Only, y'know, in Latin, and therefore much more erudite. Trufax.
How much am I loving this already? Well, we had the first 82 lines due for Thursday, and I've already done them. All of them. Because it is WIN.
On Thursday, there's going to be a lecture on "The Romans and Ritual Murder". Fun, y/y? Plus, I get Greek extra credit for showing up and writing up a little response thingy. Awesomesocks! (We do not get Latin extra credit, but then we do not need it.)
Wow, I may actually do all my homework with limited flailing this week. That never happens.
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Date: 2008-11-11 11:42 pm (UTC)It took a second for my Latin to kick in, but once I realized what it was...
Epic.
May I steal?
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Date: 2008-11-12 01:40 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2008-11-12 03:38 am (UTC)What does your icon say? I can pick bits of the Latin but it's moving too fast for me to get the gist.
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Date: 2008-11-13 12:11 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2008-11-13 01:17 am (UTC)