"Far Beyond The Sun"
I have much to say today (kind of), so get ready.
First of all, after only 5 hours of sleep, I got up and went to German this morning. I bought a coffee on my way out of the dorm and it was quite good. German was the typical German. We didn't have any homework because we have a test tomorrow, so that made me happy. Plus, I usually sit next to Leah and she's fun to talk with.
After German, I went to the "fishbowl", but no computers were open, so I went to the Denison Building. On my way there, I picked up a couple cool leaves and was stopped by some guy who gave me a book (for a small donation, of course). The book, which was titled The Journey of Self-Discovery, is apparently about some Indian (India not America) religion called Vedic or Krishna Consiousness or something. I surmised as much before I agreed to take it, but I was sufficiently intrigued and so I took the book even though it was obviously propaganda of a false religion. The book claims to offer "a sure pathway to the oasis of higher, spiritual awareness" and to help a person "come to a state of permanent peace and happiness". Right.
I continued on to Denison, and because I was over 30 minutes early for my calc class, I explored the inside of Denison and East Hall. I was going to look for the plaque to the uni-bomber, but there were people sitting in front of where I thought it was so I left. It reminded me of the time that Vanessa and I printed off a picture of Timothy McVay, drew a beard on him in paint, and then passed it off to Stormont as some Russian criminal.
I then went to Calculus where I correctly identified the equation of a semi-circle in front of everyone... gotta love those conic sections. We did integrals and it was really fun because I was understanding it... even the psycho stuff. I actually wanted to see the proofs. Also, I found out that the grade of my calc exam might actually be an A instead of a B. After calc, I went to lunch. When I was in line, I saw someone that looked a lot like Parsell. Yes, very scary. I ate lunch with Alison and Bob, and I saw Steve but he didn't seem to see me.
Music Theory was next, and it was fun. While I was waiting outside the classroom, I could here someone playing the piano inside. After a minute or so, I recognized the song to be one that I had played a few years ago... Polonaisse Militaire or something. During class, we listened to music that some guy named Noah brought in. The one song was really cool.
I then met up with my German group, but Chris couldn't come so we called it off (thankfully). Because I now had free time, I went all the way to the M Den on Main St and bought stuff. Shopping is always fun.
That was my day thus far. The rest will probably not be anything special or interesting. I'll probably watch Stargate for the rest of the night. I think that's all I have to say... nothing extraordinary, just my daily adventures. Oh, and I'm going home tomorrow! Today was just a very happy day.

1 Comments:
Hi... I stumbled into your blog. Hope you don't mind a stranger rambling in it.
I enjoy what you wrote here -- made me remember my first semester at UMich... 15 years ago(!) already. I'm not going to tell you anything you don't know, but college is a wonderful place. Sounds like you've figured that out already. Enjoy the library while you can, because there aren't many like it outside a major college campus. I sometimes think I miss that the most.
The most important thing to remember: You get out of college what you put into it. You do sound like you've got a handle on things. Keep it up!
Ich habe auch Deutch lernen. Ich hatte zwei Klassen bei UMich und auch eine Deutsche Literatur Klasse. Wenn Sie will, schreib mir auf: cosmovanb@yahoo.com. (OK, my grammar is probably atrocious. Most of my German I learned from my German mother, so I speak 90% by intuition, 10% from actual learning).
Enjoy the Thanksgiving break!
--Barbara
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