I did indeed wake up from my nap. And good call Art--eager to begin SCHOOL, the drinking has been going on for a while.
Today is a bit of an empty day, but tommorow I meet my advisor and finalize subjects. I'm going to take Mind and Reality in philosophy, and then Introduction to International Relations and Psychology 1. I was going to do economics with psychology, but psychology is taught as a hard science with lots of labs and instruction in statistics, and economics apparently isnt a great department and on top of that is all calculus, SO. Everyone and their mother does International Relations, but it does sound interesting!
I got academic parents last night (a tradition, essentially, where 3rd or 4th years "adopt" 1st years...and there are a bunch of activities but its mostly an excuse to befried older people who know the system, and, as with everything, drink). Not yesterday but the day before I went and listened to professors talk about their subjects (in some of the areas I was intersted in) which got me quite fired up.....engaging speakers without acting like they are selling you a product.
I'm off to brush my teeth, take a shower and start the day. God it's cold.
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A Californian, a Scot, and a Shanghainese walk into a bar...
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Soft Night
silent graffiti
sprawling words stretched out on cream pink walls
spattered from on high by the seagulls
that freewheeled and caw-cawed through aharsh pink sky
still graffiti
a motionless oasis
in violence, silent. calm,
but eagerly longing for discovery:
notice me!
here! I am out of place
no whitewashed walls
a monument TO MAN’S INGENUITY
no pyramids of the metropolis
only the loving work of boys
somewhere between testament and confession
they who posses nothing
but are the property of adults
spray themselves out on other adult property
this is mine! until the paint
is covered by another layer
dogs piss at a fire hydrant
silent graffiti
crackling ground under Nikes
and from
far off
the whirr of sirens.
5 comments:
Glad it's school you're anxious to begin, Bri. I was beginning to worry! (just joking) Sounds like you've been busy getting things together. Hope you feel like you've found your sea legs, since that's what orientation is supposed to be about. Cold, huh? Hope you're dealing with it okay. Let me know how many sweaters you want me to get you for Christmas!
I see it's working. They give you a week to get tired of drinking and partying so that when the real term begins you're ready to give it up during the week days!
Encounter any other interesting people along the way?
Taking IR should be interesting. What is the Scottish take on the US and England's approach to the world? You should try to look at the New York Times or LA Times on-line daily to get the US view as a contrast to a (hopefully more rational) Eurocentric view! I'm sure it's different.
hum, mind and reality sounds interesting... can you do so without engaging the mind?
Glad you're skipping Economics for now. It's really just a branch of VooDoo. International Relations should be interesting - the US perspective: Who has the oil and how do we get it?
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