I love my classes!
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icarusWell, there goes the unreliable mood swing. After two pleasant hours in class I was happy as a clam.
I love my classes. I have a plan to keep up in Sanskrit: study! (Aha, isn't that a clever idea.)
With my current schedule I could go home at noon three days a week, but I know once I'm within miles of my computer I will not study. So I stay. In the library. And I finish the chapter, reciting, writing, and taking little notes.
Ethnomusicology has to be the coolest class ever. Studying Asian cultures through their music with a patient, humble, and charismatic professor? And it's all about listening. The music is so cool. We listened to a Chinese Gu Ch'in yesterday (sort of like a gentle, very subtle guitar).
The creative writing prof rescinded his offer of including NaNoWriMo as part of the creative writing class, but I'm not unhappy about it. The truth is, I think I'd be hampered if I knew I had to give him that rough draft. So the next goal is to finish the two short stories for the class before Oct. 31, so I'm freed up to use that time for NaNo.
All of my teachers are just so ... gentle and kind and humble this quarter. It's really something special.
P.S. Good news on the insurance front:![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
wildernessguru didn't just complain to me this morning, he called our agent (he's the only person I know who pays his car insurance in person and is on a first name basis with his agent).
She contacted the "worming out of it" guy, who called back immediately with a much nicer message, including the name and phone number of the woman's insurance company and clear directions on what we do next. Well done, WG.
I love my classes. I have a plan to keep up in Sanskrit: study! (Aha, isn't that a clever idea.)
With my current schedule I could go home at noon three days a week, but I know once I'm within miles of my computer I will not study. So I stay. In the library. And I finish the chapter, reciting, writing, and taking little notes.
Ethnomusicology has to be the coolest class ever. Studying Asian cultures through their music with a patient, humble, and charismatic professor? And it's all about listening. The music is so cool. We listened to a Chinese Gu Ch'in yesterday (sort of like a gentle, very subtle guitar).
The creative writing prof rescinded his offer of including NaNoWriMo as part of the creative writing class, but I'm not unhappy about it. The truth is, I think I'd be hampered if I knew I had to give him that rough draft. So the next goal is to finish the two short stories for the class before Oct. 31, so I'm freed up to use that time for NaNo.
All of my teachers are just so ... gentle and kind and humble this quarter. It's really something special.
P.S. Good news on the insurance front:
wildernessguru didn't just complain to me this morning, he called our agent (he's the only person I know who pays his car insurance in person and is on a first name basis with his agent). She contacted the "worming out of it" guy, who called back immediately with a much nicer message, including the name and phone number of the woman's insurance company and clear directions on what we do next. Well done, WG.
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Date: 2006-09-29 03:49 pm (UTC)I think I need to adopt that clever idea for, erm, all my classes. *hides*
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Date: 2006-09-30 03:23 am (UTC)Icarus
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Date: 2006-09-29 05:13 pm (UTC)I'm glad your classes are going well; you get to take all the interesting stuff. My current college is so restrictive. ::shrugs:: And also that you have the insurance ordeal cleaned up. I might have to borrow WG when it comes to sorting out my health insurance....
MO
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Date: 2006-09-30 03:04 am (UTC)Icarus
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Date: 2006-09-30 07:59 am (UTC)MO
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Date: 2006-10-02 02:53 am (UTC)MO