Sunday, September 18, 2005
the thing about school is this: it is not life or death but it really can feel that way. everything condenses, right? it gets so focused, so compressed and heavy that you start to feel like one little wobble this way or that and you're gonna get squished.
so the gsi says it doesn't look good for me getting into historical and that really sucks. which is crazy because i never even thought about taking it at first, not in seriousness. and then when it was suggested i never thought i'd like it. and now i feel like what i want most in the world is the privilege of sitting in 141 giannini at 9am on mondays, wednesdays, and fridays.
far right row, second seat back.
summerclass girl said "what are you doing here? you were all into the cognitive stuff..." and i said something about demonstrating breadth of interest. but at some point in there it all shifted and i found out that the boundaries of the category "linguistic topics that interest me" aren't what i thought they were. i guess i did it a little backwards, first i decided what i wanted to study, then i fell in love with it.
anyway. i know that the world doesn't hinge on this class. probably nothing hinges on this class. but since i talked to my gsi on the bus i've been generally cranky and distressed, and if i don't get in i expect it will get worse before it gets better. consider this my open apology (in the classical sense) to the world.
so the gsi says it doesn't look good for me getting into historical and that really sucks. which is crazy because i never even thought about taking it at first, not in seriousness. and then when it was suggested i never thought i'd like it. and now i feel like what i want most in the world is the privilege of sitting in 141 giannini at 9am on mondays, wednesdays, and fridays.
far right row, second seat back.
summerclass girl said "what are you doing here? you were all into the cognitive stuff..." and i said something about demonstrating breadth of interest. but at some point in there it all shifted and i found out that the boundaries of the category "linguistic topics that interest me" aren't what i thought they were. i guess i did it a little backwards, first i decided what i wanted to study, then i fell in love with it.
anyway. i know that the world doesn't hinge on this class. probably nothing hinges on this class. but since i talked to my gsi on the bus i've been generally cranky and distressed, and if i don't get in i expect it will get worse before it gets better. consider this my open apology (in the classical sense) to the world.
# posted by amy @ 10:39 PM 
