Whee for lovely classes!
Sep. 7th, 2004 12:55 amMy roommates seem fine so far, I had my first day of classes today and loved both of the classes I had. I'm really busy though since I have another class soon.
Matt tried to call my landline and he said that it rang for him, but it didn't ring for me so I think that phone isn't working. The cell phone works since Kathy called me on it yesteday WHOOHOO IT WAS SO GREAT TO HEAR HER VOICE! I wish that I could make calls, then I'd be calling her all the time. And Numa as well of course :P
In less cheerful news, it takes me two hours to walk to the shops, buy 2 gallons of milk and walk back. I never realized how much milk I drink - I got through 1/2 gallon in 24 hours. Shocking, right?
Academics-wise, everything is fine, I had my first two clases today, Sociology 128 and French 206. I love the first class and the second class seems to be about my level, just a little hard. Hopefully the history class I have soon is also good, and I guess that I'll just have to be resigned to taking the stupid Calculus class. I'm also planning on signing up for self-defence classes in this time slot, right after French, but those only start in a week or so. So yeah, everything is fine.
More on French: The teacher seems okay, though like the type of male idiot that prides himselfon acting misogynistic. He hates people being late though, so it's a good thing that I always have Sociology before French, else I know that I'd end up late. The level seems about right, which is very good since I overslept and missed the French Placement Exam, meaning that I wasn't sure if he'd allow me to take the class or not since I wasn't placed there. However, he didn't even comment on it since I had managed to register myself anyway.
More on Sociology 128: It's the study of Conformity and Deviance. XD Today we discussed different definitions of deviance and there is only one universal taboo in the human world - mother-son incest. Other forms of incest are practiced in various cultures, but not mother-son. Also, our first term paper is due in on the 21st and is called 'Norm Violation'. Now, guess what we have to do for it? Violate a norm, write about the reactions of other people and our own reactions. XD
There are so many to choose from, I have no idea what I'll pick! Here's a list of what I have so far, feel free to add to it.
1. Get a really outrageous hairstyle, stop strangers on the street and ask them what they think of it.
2. Find another girl and make out with her publicly. It would lack the impact if I did it with a guy. Or I could talk two guys into it, that might work better since that I'd be more focused on observing except that's more encouraging people to violate norms than doing so yourself.
3. Dress in one of my bikinis, get someone to draw mock tatttoos all over my body, then just parade around seeing what people do.
4. Hold a mock-rallu for something like "Cruelty to Styrofoam!" Get people to stand around stabbing pieces of Styrofoam or ripping it up.
5. Fight a guy in public. Male-female fights take place behind closed doors usually, or only in classrooms. The serious, knockdown, dragout that I'm thinking of pulling would involve the polic getting called though, so that might be a bad idea. Not to mention that I don't fancy walking around with split lips and black eyes for weeks afterwards. Female-female fights are just as bad, before anyone suggests that.
6. Walk backwards for the entire day. That would definitely be fun, and get attention.
7. Every five minutes, blow bubbles, pretend to be surprised at seeing them, yell "BUBBLES!... oh sorry, false alarm." and act completely normal apart from that.
8. Cosplay as something with wings or just basically walk around in the sort of outfit that would normally only be appropriate for Halloween.
9. Be carried around in a palaquin. XD It only takes two people to carry one, and descending gracefully from them in a classroom strikes me as an interesting idea. Though it might be tough to find two people to carry me around, unless I stop spending so much time online and start talking to people.
10. Answer people in a language different to that in which they address me. I'd better not do this on a day when I have French class though, else the teacher will get mad.
...have to wash my plates and stuff now. I made myself breakfast last night, laid out my clothes and even packed my bag so that I'd have to do nothing in the morning except shower and dress myself, since I woke up at 7:30 after going to bed at around 12:15. I wanted 8 hours of sleep, but feel just short of it. Hopefully tonight will work out better and my history class will also rock my socks off. XD
*is in an absolutely rocking mood* I swear, I'm so hyped, colors seem brighter and I'm having a hard time sitting still, I keep getting out of this chair to just jump and dance and scream with joy, I love my sociogy class so freakin' much...Heh. This is the flip side to my usual depression, this is the way that I feel for hours on end, like I'm bubbling and bursting and if I open my mouth to speak, laughter spills out instead. I feel like hugging people, like smiling at them, grabbing their hands and pulling them into a dance. I feel hyper, I feel like I'm giddy, I feel like I've been spinning until gravity gave up on me.
I love feeling like this. Endorphin highs - all natural, and unpredictable. Maniac-depressive, me? Hell no, it sounds so much nicer to say bipolar. XD I don't know, I've been stable for a year or so, stable meaning no extremes of emotion or mood swings, just a sort of lowkey depression and mild joy, mostly indifferent but now... now I feel wild again. Not that it's fully a good thing, I'm dreading the idea of crashing but can't comprehend it like this, not fully, not when I feel so free, so flight-ready.
Catch me if you can, I'm never coming down!
Matt tried to call my landline and he said that it rang for him, but it didn't ring for me so I think that phone isn't working. The cell phone works since Kathy called me on it yesteday WHOOHOO IT WAS SO GREAT TO HEAR HER VOICE! I wish that I could make calls, then I'd be calling her all the time. And Numa as well of course :P
In less cheerful news, it takes me two hours to walk to the shops, buy 2 gallons of milk and walk back. I never realized how much milk I drink - I got through 1/2 gallon in 24 hours. Shocking, right?
Academics-wise, everything is fine, I had my first two clases today, Sociology 128 and French 206. I love the first class and the second class seems to be about my level, just a little hard. Hopefully the history class I have soon is also good, and I guess that I'll just have to be resigned to taking the stupid Calculus class. I'm also planning on signing up for self-defence classes in this time slot, right after French, but those only start in a week or so. So yeah, everything is fine.
More on French: The teacher seems okay, though like the type of male idiot that prides himselfon acting misogynistic. He hates people being late though, so it's a good thing that I always have Sociology before French, else I know that I'd end up late. The level seems about right, which is very good since I overslept and missed the French Placement Exam, meaning that I wasn't sure if he'd allow me to take the class or not since I wasn't placed there. However, he didn't even comment on it since I had managed to register myself anyway.
More on Sociology 128: It's the study of Conformity and Deviance. XD Today we discussed different definitions of deviance and there is only one universal taboo in the human world - mother-son incest. Other forms of incest are practiced in various cultures, but not mother-son. Also, our first term paper is due in on the 21st and is called 'Norm Violation'. Now, guess what we have to do for it? Violate a norm, write about the reactions of other people and our own reactions. XD
There are so many to choose from, I have no idea what I'll pick! Here's a list of what I have so far, feel free to add to it.
1. Get a really outrageous hairstyle, stop strangers on the street and ask them what they think of it.
2. Find another girl and make out with her publicly. It would lack the impact if I did it with a guy. Or I could talk two guys into it, that might work better since that I'd be more focused on observing except that's more encouraging people to violate norms than doing so yourself.
3. Dress in one of my bikinis, get someone to draw mock tatttoos all over my body, then just parade around seeing what people do.
4. Hold a mock-rallu for something like "Cruelty to Styrofoam!" Get people to stand around stabbing pieces of Styrofoam or ripping it up.
5. Fight a guy in public. Male-female fights take place behind closed doors usually, or only in classrooms. The serious, knockdown, dragout that I'm thinking of pulling would involve the polic getting called though, so that might be a bad idea. Not to mention that I don't fancy walking around with split lips and black eyes for weeks afterwards. Female-female fights are just as bad, before anyone suggests that.
6. Walk backwards for the entire day. That would definitely be fun, and get attention.
7. Every five minutes, blow bubbles, pretend to be surprised at seeing them, yell "BUBBLES!... oh sorry, false alarm." and act completely normal apart from that.
8. Cosplay as something with wings or just basically walk around in the sort of outfit that would normally only be appropriate for Halloween.
9. Be carried around in a palaquin. XD It only takes two people to carry one, and descending gracefully from them in a classroom strikes me as an interesting idea. Though it might be tough to find two people to carry me around, unless I stop spending so much time online and start talking to people.
10. Answer people in a language different to that in which they address me. I'd better not do this on a day when I have French class though, else the teacher will get mad.
...have to wash my plates and stuff now. I made myself breakfast last night, laid out my clothes and even packed my bag so that I'd have to do nothing in the morning except shower and dress myself, since I woke up at 7:30 after going to bed at around 12:15. I wanted 8 hours of sleep, but feel just short of it. Hopefully tonight will work out better and my history class will also rock my socks off. XD
*is in an absolutely rocking mood* I swear, I'm so hyped, colors seem brighter and I'm having a hard time sitting still, I keep getting out of this chair to just jump and dance and scream with joy, I love my sociogy class so freakin' much...Heh. This is the flip side to my usual depression, this is the way that I feel for hours on end, like I'm bubbling and bursting and if I open my mouth to speak, laughter spills out instead. I feel like hugging people, like smiling at them, grabbing their hands and pulling them into a dance. I feel hyper, I feel like I'm giddy, I feel like I've been spinning until gravity gave up on me.
I love feeling like this. Endorphin highs - all natural, and unpredictable. Maniac-depressive, me? Hell no, it sounds so much nicer to say bipolar. XD I don't know, I've been stable for a year or so, stable meaning no extremes of emotion or mood swings, just a sort of lowkey depression and mild joy, mostly indifferent but now... now I feel wild again. Not that it's fully a good thing, I'm dreading the idea of crashing but can't comprehend it like this, not fully, not when I feel so free, so flight-ready.
Catch me if you can, I'm never coming down!
