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Heh heh heh. I like my professors. One of the questions on the exam dealt with the debated date of one of the Old Testament books; the question was, "why is the date of Joel in question?" It was multiple choice, and what does he put there?
a) because of the lack of mention of any specific king by name (b) because there were two battles which fit the one described
c) because he mentions Philistia rather than Assyria d) Because he forgot to renew his copyright *snickers* Okay - it's lame, but it struck me funny. ^_^Y ....please DO bear in mind that I haven't slept in a week. *cough* ^^;;
- Ruthanne laughed at the world today at 01:37 p.m.
Aaaaaargh - where IS this "X OVA?" Everybody's talking about it, but I have NO idea where to find the thing... *whimpers*
- Ruthanne laughed at the world today at 09:45 p.m.
Oh. My. Word. Ya know that paper that kept me up until all hours of the morning? Only three of us turned it in, out of the whole class. Boy, am I glad I'm one of the three...
- Ruthanne laughed at the world today at 09:03 p.m.
Okay... have.. erm...yeah. *wibbles* Ended up skimming much more of this than I like to admit, but I FINISHED MY PAPER, DAMNIT. Ooh. I just cursed in public. Somebody shoot me. ~_^ (Well, hell, I just don't want to find myself doing that in the middle of class tomorrow like I've got Turret's or something just because I didn't get enough sleep and have a blasted exam on Friday, ne? ^^;; Dr. H: "So, Ruthanne, what do you make of the progress of tragedie lyrique as opposed to grand opera?" Me: "Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn! MUAHAHA!" *...is now scared because she can see herself DOING that tomorrow* *oh, God preserve us...*)
- Ruthanne laughed at the world today at 02:21 a.m.
*breaks from self-absorbed college guck to talk to people* Mou, Taryn-chan, that's not TRUE... I've emailed you like THREE TIMES! *sniffles* And nobody replies....
- Ruthanne laughed at the world today at 01:23 a.m.
Page 81. (You don't have to read all this, of course - but multitasking helps to keep me awake, and right now that's REALLY FREAKING IMPORTANT. *coughs*)
- Ruthanne laughed at the world today at 01:12 a.m.
And so you understand, this is a book that has to be GRAPPLED with; every single sentence requires not only interpretation, but agreement or disagreement. It's highly philosophical, highly controversial, and if one is to understand it requires much, MUCH thought. And annoying rereading of sentences. And annoying rereading of sentences. And annoying rereading of sentences. And annoying rereading of sentences. And annoying rereading of sentences. And annoying rereading of sentences.
- Ruthanne laughed at the world today at 12:46 a.m.
Page 75.
- Ruthanne laughed at the world today at 12:45 a.m.
Page 71. And counting.
- Ruthanne laughed at the world today at 12:17 a.m.
Hey, according to this (accursed) book, I'm a Romantic! Apparently, it was considered VERY in fashion to create works of art/music/whatever that had great amounts of angst. *beams happily* Then again, maybe this title should go to Leareth. ~_^ *still worships the Tree Fic*
- Ruthanne laughed at the world today at 11:36 p.m.
...on page 61 now... go me... ^_^;;Y
- Ruthanne laughed at the world today at 10:51 p.m.
I had a realization today. Namely, that I need to eat. ...don't ask.
- Ruthanne laughed at the world today at 03:33 p.m.
......I'm still reading. Only on page 39. Do you know, I think this man TRIED to make himself unintelligible? *weak smile* And I know it's brilliant, and all, but..... gods. This is an AWFUL lot to read in a week, Dr. H... I dunno what you were thinking. And thanks, Isa - you're beyond darling for helping me stay awake as I process this blasted thing... Eh. Dr. H warned us this was going to be on the level of a graduate course. That's fine - only in graduate school, you have like TWO classes - not seven. Makes a bit of difference in time, no da? Enough of this; I'm going to bed. Will read more tomorrow, and then hopefully stop griping and start answering people's blogs. ^_^;;
- Ruthanne laughed at the world today at 02:46 a.m.
*stares because the guy at Office Max tried to tell her that floppy disks can hold more info than cd's* *riiiiiiiiight...* *coughs* ANYWAY, if anyone out there has ever had to read "19th Century Music" by Carl Dalhaus... I'm sorry. >_< This book is eating my brain...
- Ruthanne laughed at the world today at 08:58 p.m.
(*edited, for those of you who've already read this - just had to make it clear HOW small the space he was standing in to get away from me IS) HA!! Okay - I went to The Church today. Some of you will know what that means. I got up the courage and actually went to see Him. And you know what He did? He blew me off! If there were ANY possibility that He hadn't recognized me, I'd buy that, but... everyone else there with Him knew who I was - and a few of them had graduated LONG before and hadn't seen me in AGES. So what did he do? I said "boo." He took one look at me - making full eye contact - and RAN. Literally. Scooted into the wee music closet at the side, and wouldn't come out. And when I say wee, I mean WEE. There was enough room for him to stand in there, and that's about it; he couldn't shut the door. I waited for a good ten minutes, but He sort of blockaded Himself in there with two other guys who wanted to talk to Him - and who thought it was odd that He wanted to talk in that wee cramped little space, but hey, what're you gonna do - in in PLAIN SIGHT OF ME and wouldn't even look my way. Smarmy little butthead.... and I even made the effort to see Him after all the crap He put me through... I was... kind of miffed at the time, but NOW, I'm laughing. In fact, I started laughing on I95 before I even got home from church. Can we all say it together now?
...looks like I'm no longer the one who's afraid here. *experiences a severe sense of freedom*
- Ruthanne laughed at the world today at 01:16 p.m.
Eeeeeee!! How'd THAT happen! I have 80 people on my mailing list! Oh, good heavens tibetsy... ^_^ *proceeds to throw a party and invites you all*
- Ruthanne laughed at the world today at 11:41 p.m.
Thank Manzai for the new layout. ^_^ Works, ya? And with 800x600, too! *cheers for creativity in math teachers* *edits later because of funny looks* No, really! See, I had this picture down below and was THINKING of moving it up but I wasn't sure and she suggested the new color for the sidebar thingy and where to put the box and.... oh, never mind. ^_^
- Ruthanne laughed at the world today at 04:23 p.m.
Ooooooookay... that was the WEIRDEST non-audition I have ever had in my life. o_O Basically, here's what happened: I get in there on Monday, ready to go (mostly), and I wave to the music secretary on my way in; I had an extra hour to practice before the audition, and wanted to make use of it. Said music secretary waves back, and says, "Oh, do you know who your adjudicators are going to be?" Well, I didn't; and she couldn't seem to find a list in her computer, so she asked Mr. B, the interim chair of the music department (why interim? Gaaaaaah, don't ask.... >_<). HE says, "...adjudicators for what? What, she's auditioning for the music program again?" Okay - you have to understand. I've been going to college PART TIME for seven years - this is one of the only years I've been able to afford full time school, and it's VERY exciting to me. However, I've been part of the music program for quite a while now; over the last year and a half, which I took off to work, I had been assured that I could come back at any time without penalty. Three months ago, when I called and wanted to come back, they said they (as in the music professors) had a meeting and declared that they already KNEW I qualified for the music program I was in (piano performance), and so they'd waive the usual required audition for me; however, they were going to give me a chance to audition for a music scholarship, since the one I already had was used up and I could use another one. This had been dealt with months ago, so Mr. B saying this made me......really unhappy. I said, "Um... no - they already had the meeting and said I was in the program; this is for the music scholarship." He gives me this blank look. "You already had a scholarship." "....yes." "Then you can't get another one." I congratulate myself at not swearing, gaping, fainting, crackling my knuckles, or doing anything else that might have gotten me in dutch with this guy; I had only been practicing my @$$ off for the last fricking three MONTHS for this opportunity... "Um... they said that I could over the phone," I said, managing to keep my voice even. "Who said? You better come in here - we gotta talk about this," he said in good old Mr. B-blundery way, and I grit my teeth and sat in his office. (Which ought not to be his office. Darn school scandals... *misses the old music department head* *oh, well*) So he looks at me; I look at him. I TELL him the conversation over the phone, almost word for word. I tell him who said it, when, how long I've been practicing for it, point out that Dr. L (who's now Chair Emeritus and an absolutely marvelous man) knew about it and thought it was fine. He goes, "Well... there's no precedent for this. You can't do it." And then goes out into the main music office to ask the people I said spoke with me over the phone if they really DID speak with me over the phone. Because I'm just the biggest liar in the world. Don't you know. So anyway, he's out there for 15 minutes (I know - I was watching his hoky Africa-shaped clock the entire time), and then he comes back in and goes, "Well, they say that I'm the one who said you could reaudition for the scholarship. But I don't remember it, and I still say you can't." Somehow, I managed not to bang my head on the desk. I don't know how. It was a miracle of God. Then he says, "Well, since I SAID it, I guess you can do it, but not today. I have an appointment." Mind you, the secretary pointed out that MY audition was ON his computer schedule and had been there for three months; he'd just felt free to disregard the thing completely. Or just somehow didn't notice it. I'm giving him the benefit of the doubt. So... I go out and try to reschedule; however, I couldn't yet because although I'd pre-registered for my classes, I wasn't completely registered yet, and I had to complete that before I could tell when I'd be free to DO this stupid thing. *deep breath* So I go to register. And they'd somehow dropped me from 15 credits to 10. Really, now that I look at it, it all makes sense; one of the classes had been moved (and nobody told anybody - I wasn't the only one in this mess), which had bumped ANOTHER class, and then they had randomly decided that I needed some sort of prerequisite for another class and dropped THAT one - in other words, three classes gone. Took me two hours to get all that straightened out; and let me just say - it totally rocks being a graduating senior. I got into TWO closed classes just because I'm getting out of here next May and so I got precedence. *beams* Life is good. Sometimes. Anyway, I try for two days to reschedule; every time, the music secretary can't give me a definite answer as to when Mr. B will be available, oh-so-flighty genius that he is. ...I'm kidding about the genius part. I finally managed to get them to schedule it for today at 11. So I continue practicing my @$$ off. We're talking three hours a day WHILE attending school and working - sometimes more. I show up today, all dressed up, music in hand, ready to go. Mr. B calls me into his office. "Well," he says, "You can't reaudition because there's no precedent for it and once you've had a music scholarhip, you can't have another one. It's only for incoming students." Me: *plastic smile* *prepares to go over his dumb-ass head* Him: "But we did promise you. So instead, we're going to give you your music lessons for free for the entire year." Me: *blinkblink* "Um... no applied music fees?" Those suckers are $270 per credit, of which I'm taking two this semester and probably three next semester. "Correct," he says. I waited for a moment. "...you don't want me to play?" I asked, since this was supposed to be an AUDITION. "Nope. You can go," he said, and that was that. I didn't end up playing - and I actually think I got cheated a little bit, BUT... I won the first place scholarship before, which at THAT point in time was 5,000 dollars - it worked out to 500 a semester before I ran out. This... is sort of that amount, so... *holds head* I guess it works... Besides, what was I going to do? Say no? Oi. It's been A Week, lemme tell ya.... Oh, and new blog layout. *coughs* In case you hadn't noticed. ^^;; Also, it's the first time I've actually NOT tried to make it work for an 800x600 screen - I'm sorry to anyone who has that kind of thing... I just didn't like it with the images smaller. ^^; OKAY. Done with the longest-blog-entry-in-the-world now. ^_^;;
- Ruthanne laughed at the world today at 09:51 p.m.
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