Well, the school year has started... and I'm working... and I begin tutoring next week. I actually already have a student lined up. I hope I don't disappoint. I've been studying twice as hard as usual.
I guess I'll do a run-down of my classes:
Japanese 103: Intermediate Japanese I
I always love this class, except for some of the characters that are in the class. This semester we have a few crazy weeabos. There's three of them really. They apparently took Japanese at their high schools (something to me that seems crazy, since I grew up with poorly funded public school where our choices were normally French or Spanish). Only one of the weeabos is very annoying - the other two are the passive and quiet type. But this one guy.... oh this one guy... he's... quite the annoyance. I think that's putting it nicely. He interrupts everyone including the teacher and uses informal forms when apologizing and such... At least he's got a good grasp on the language. The other two not so much. One of them speaks with an Italian accent in Japanese... which is just weird. His last name is "Newyear" which is also just plain weird...
My kanji is going okay and I'm making a really lovely chart for review. Hopefully my students might be able to use it.
However... I still haven't bought the book for this semester so I'm a little stressed. You see, I still haven't received my loan money, which should be processed by today at the latest according to my financial aid advisor. I mean, the loan has gone through, the promissory note has been signed... what's keeping them? Ugh... I can't even eat. I desperately need other books, too!
Which brings me to...
Art History 200: Theories and Methods in Art History
This class has the best format - no tests and deep, philosophical discussions about material. I'm so excited! Except... today was incredibly embarrassing. As I mentioned above, I haven't bought all my books yet - I'm just missing Japanese and this class' books. So, we started discussion today, and it was only on FIVE pages! I couldn't even read it. I felt so incredibly depressed and horribly unprofessional.
The professor is amazing, though. She really wants to help us all succeed in our careers as Art Historians. I'm having a lot of my questions answered, and I can already feel like my writing is improving in the subject.
Art History 110: Art Survey I
Well... it's an art survey. A huge lecture with giant slides.... You know. The professor is great though - he loves teaching and throws in little jokes here and there. I enjoy Art Survey, though, because we get to see a whole lot of images which I can add to my mental collection that I can draw upon. I mean, it is all from the Cannon of Art History after all. Is that how you spell cannon? I don't know. I depend on dictionaries and spell check.
I haven't had my discussion for this class yet, but I'm really excited. I hope my TA is amazing. she kind of looks like a classic pin-up with Betty Paige hair. Fingers crossed. My last TA was pretty good... maybe not the best TA, but he was super cool (not to mention the fact he was pure eye candy). I got an A in that class, so I'm sure it'll be no problem in this one. I'm shooting for straight As again.
Art History 274: Pre-Columbian Art of Mesoamerica
This class isn't really a strong interest of mine... but it's a high level, and therefore should be a challenge. Also, the professor is one of the best in her field in the area. She is also incredibly animated and passionate about the subject - so her passion is thusly transferred to me, the student. I'm really enjoying this class so far... but I have so much reading everyday!
Art History 207: Topics in Architecture, Art, & Design: Buddhist Art & Architecture
This is my favorite class this semester by far. I've always found the subject of Buddhism as incredibly fascinating... I'm completely engrossed in it! I love the images, the stories.... and I'm completely Atheist... Buddhism and Hinduism have some of the most interesting stories I've ever heard... Also, another reason why I am so intrigued by this subject is because I intend to go into Eastern Asian art which is sometimes influenced by Buddhism...
...Plus I just love Buddhism anyways.
Well... hopefully things will look up soon.... I have my fingers crossed that I get my loan money in the next few days. My list of things I need is piling up:
-Books for Japanese/AH 200.
-Xbox 360 (Elite)
-Some books (pleasure reading) by Neil de Grasse Tyson, Neil Gaiman, Richard Dawkins, etc... And some Art books would be nice
-And of course: Video games
-Oh... and food. That would be nice. Living on white rice is not that fun. Though I did make a gourmet-style grilled cheese today. It was garlic-y, cheesy, and delicious.
I've been working two weeks and am yet to be paid. Apparently I don't get paid until next week when all the paperwork and whatever goes through. This university is so inconvenient. I bet they have inefficient workers. If they cloned me they could make a work force probably a million times better... and I'm LAZY.
So... that's my life right now. Hectic. I probably have about 100 pages to read this weekend, maybe more. I think on average I'll have 100-200 pages to read per week. I might loose my mind, but I also might come out a more fulfilled, intelligent person. I suppose it's worth the risk.
Oh, and I really want to see Burn After Reading and Hamlet 2.
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