Fwiph. Back to normal.
Oct. 4th, 2007 07:27 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
icarusSanskritsanskritsanskrit hasn't gotten to the hard part yet. I haven't forgotten the script from last year, fortunately.
I think redoing Sanskrit has been a good idea (so far, knock wood). I would have struggled if I'd tried to pick up where I quit last year when WG's mom passed away. If I'd plunked myself into second quarter this winter... *whistles*. I'm easing in -- there's no way I still have those paradigms still memorized.
But there is quite a lot of reading to do for the Ancient Chinese History class. Oh-!![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
enname? I asked the professor -- the reason why most of our source texts are by western scholars is twofold:
1) Very few Chinese scholarly texts are translated into English, and
2) Chinese scholars aren't writing for a western audience. They make assumptions that the audience has a general sense of Chinese history.
Now I'm waiting for my Ancient Indian History book so I can grill my Sanskrit professor. It's only available as a reference book at UW -- in the Architectural library of all things. See, unlike China, not much has survived from Ancient India. Okay, okay, we have religious texts, but little history. For India you have to piece together potshards and play Daniel Jackson to get the story.
Now to work on the SGA 2005 Flavor of the year essay a little more. Write a few more sentences to Out Of Bounds. *chip, chip, chip* Fanfiction feels like marble sculpture right now.
ETA: My solution to cramps and lower back pain? Beer.
I'm sure both John Sheppard and Dean Winchester would approve.
*sips*
I think redoing Sanskrit has been a good idea (so far, knock wood). I would have struggled if I'd tried to pick up where I quit last year when WG's mom passed away. If I'd plunked myself into second quarter this winter... *whistles*. I'm easing in -- there's no way I still have those paradigms still memorized.
But there is quite a lot of reading to do for the Ancient Chinese History class. Oh-!
enname? I asked the professor -- the reason why most of our source texts are by western scholars is twofold: 1) Very few Chinese scholarly texts are translated into English, and
2) Chinese scholars aren't writing for a western audience. They make assumptions that the audience has a general sense of Chinese history.
Now I'm waiting for my Ancient Indian History book so I can grill my Sanskrit professor. It's only available as a reference book at UW -- in the Architectural library of all things. See, unlike China, not much has survived from Ancient India. Okay, okay, we have religious texts, but little history. For India you have to piece together potshards and play Daniel Jackson to get the story.
Now to work on the SGA 2005 Flavor of the year essay a little more. Write a few more sentences to Out Of Bounds. *chip, chip, chip* Fanfiction feels like marble sculpture right now.
ETA: My solution to cramps and lower back pain? Beer.
I'm sure both John Sheppard and Dean Winchester would approve.
*sips*
