March 29th, 2011
Spring Quarter officially started TODAY, which means the fun ends, and the work ultimately begins. Because it was my actual first day of classes, and that half of them let me out early, I ended up getting much accomplished in between periods in what would have otherwise been an already busy day.
I started the day with American Cultural History. It seemed interesting enough, the professor being a strict tyrant on those who come late, while at the same time being lively enough to probably wake me up every Tuesday and Thursday. (it’s a really early class, at 11 AM). I sat next to Vaibhav, and also in the class was Jessica and Henry. After class, I went to PINES with Jessica and Henry, and ate some delicious Stir Fry. YUM, how I miss it so. Afterwards I walked Jessica back to Adam as they hung at the Farmer’s Market, while I indefinitely fullfilled the remainder of my gap with AIP: the Academic Internship Program. I walked in to use the computers to find internships within their databases, snapping a picture, and finding some exciting media opportunities. Unfortunately, during the process of doing so, the fire alarm went off, and subsequently everyone had to evaluate the Literature Building. FAIL. I doubt there was even a fire, but I suppose it makes for an interesting blog title. Afterwards, I went to my work building to print out some things necessary for my Sustainability Internship Interview tomorrow. I’m not going to be too heartbroken if I don’t get it though, because I know I’m not the most sustainable person in the world, and subsequently probably not the most qualified candidate. But with that comes less pressure, which means I’ll probably perform better cause I won’t be as nervous.
Lecture Two. Literature of Medieval Times. Oh, Stephanie Jed, it was nice knowing how little you have changed. The class structure is the same as it was when I took it roughly a year and a quarter ago (where I met Tiffany Saw of course!), and hopefully the end result will end up being an A. I highly doubt it won’t be. I was reunited with Miriam, Tiffany, and Matt Chow in the class. Hoorah! Because the class let me out early, I had another gap, which I sufficiently filled by GOING BACK to the AIP building to finish looking up the internships I started to look for. I wrote down a few, before ultimatley deciding till next week to come back and fill out all the paperwork for it.
Lecture Three. Americanization in Europe. Now this is a class I will probably end up loving and hating at the same time. The subject is amazing. Learning about how much Europe loves/hates America in different ways will be amazing. Let’s face it though, France sucks. American foreign policy could definitely use a little work though – our imperialistic nature will eventually strike back at us one day. The professor showed a video exemplifying the stereotypes Europeans (mostly the French) thinks of us all. Though the subject is interesting, the professor stresses strongly that there will be 7 hours of reading every week, and the 18 quizzes will gauge how well we did the reading. I guess this means I should do the reading, huh? The class actually took the whole time, but I had a gap immediately after, so I headed back to Pines and got more stir fry. DELICIOUS! I then headed to Geisel to play on the computers for a bit, but then the Internet was slowing down and malfunctioning, so I just headed straight to my last class of the day.
Lecture Four. How to Read a Film. The professor was very dry in her spheel to us all, but the class itself sounds interesting enough. If she shows more film clips, it will definitely wake me up after a long day. She showed the first 10 minutes of Inception, which is an amazing movie, which my friend Alethia HASN’T SEEN. She fails, and needs to get her act on if she plans to get a better grade than me in that class (which she won’t). Glad to know I picked the right classes this quarter. Every class seems to have its own appeal. American cultural history = Moderate, generic history class. Literature = Easy A. Americanization = Tough, but interesting. How to Read a Film = Interesting, and probably moderate.
I ended the day going back to my apartment, researching apartments online (failing), making a master calendar with all my due dates for the quarter (successful), and ending the night watching Shawshank Redemption [I’ll let you know what I think about it tomorrow.] As for Rear Window, I really liked the movie. It was super suspenseful and makes me definitely want to check out more of Alfred Hitchcock’s genius works.
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| On March 29th, 2006, Hamas ( Harakat al-Muqawama al-Islamiyya ) the Palestinian Islamist militant organization and political party which is listed as a terrorist organization by Canada, the European Union, Israel, Japan, and the United States, wins the Palestinian parliamentary elections, taking 76 of the 132 seats in the chamber,and formally took over the Palestinian government, with Ismail Haniyeh sworn in as the new prime minister. FAIL. |
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| A sex discrimination suit against Wal-Mart on behalf of at least 500,000 past and present female employees appeared to be on the verge of unraveling at the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday, as conservative justices questioned the rationale for holding the retail giant accountable for store-level decisions. In particular, Justice Anthony Kennedy, who often casts the deciding vote in close cases, said the women’s claims seemed contradictory. The plaintiffs said on the one hand that Wal-Mart was infused with sex bias, Kennedy said, and on the other hand that the company provided no standards to store managers who made the personnel decisions. “It seems to me there’s an inconsistency there, and I’m just not sure what the unlawful policy is,” Kennedy said during the one-hour argument. Makes sense to me. |
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