another morning
Nov. 19th, 2002 02:31 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
elvendolli slept really weirdly.
i left a candle going overnight, and i think that was a mistake. the extra light prolly made me sleep lighter then i would have otherwise. then, the cat must've come in shortly after i fell asleep, and she left the door halfway open, which made me feel weird all through the night. i kept waking up, but feeling very disconnected, both from myself and from my room...
and if i had my wits about me, i would've just blown out the candle and closed the door a bit, but i wasn't waking up that much. c'est la vie. i really need to get something for my door though. i don't like not having a barrier between my room and the world, especially when i'm sleeping.
and my last room left me really spoiled - i really couldn't hear much of anything from there. now's a different story. i left the house with the distinct desire to be able to soundproof my room.
and yeah, yesterday was a bad day.
not bad, but definitely not good. some discomfort i was feeling, and a couple of disappointments really ate into me and i just didn't have it in me to fight it. again, i'm really hoping to do better tonight.
or, to rephrase that, i better do better tonight, or else i might fall more behind in my class then would be tolerable.
i also need to start cooking more.
i wish i had the patience, etc, to make soups. this is definitely the time of the year for them, and i'm finding myself very limited in options. right now, i can cook a few things that i really like - and cook enough of them to last a good half a week, but, the list is so small the repetition would get real old, real quick. and i've never really tried cooking by recipe.
actually, something else that i need is buckwheat. i really like it, its good for you, and its almost guaranteed noone else will be tempted to try some : )
so the class thing.
during winter session (January 6th-24th) there is an anthropology on film class:
This course provides a rare opportunity for students to engage in critical analysis of film and visual media regarding how they both influence and reflect popular culture. The course adopts an ethnographic approach to the subject matter, covering a wide range of topics with an emphasis on contemporary North American culture. We will not only screen and analyze "traditional" ethnographic film, but also examine various genres of cinema (narrative, experimental, avant-garde, etc.) for their abilities to speak ethnographically to a number of issues of both global and localized cultural concern. Students will emerge from this course with a clear understanding and a working knowledge of how to "read" films for their cultural content and to think and write critically regarding popular visual media.
its Monday through Friday, 6-8:30.
it would kill my social life for three weeks.
if it has any significant amount of homework, it may break me. but, it looks damn cool, is 3 credits, and i can take it Pass/Fail.
would anyone want to join me in this insanity??
i think having someone i know in the class would really help.
then, in the spring, i think i want to take "jewish life in eastern europe" from harvard extension.
it sounds really cool, its about $100 cheaper then a class at umass, and umass doesn't have anything that jumps out at me that semester. and, its only a once a week course, which i think works better for me - means i might be able to sneak an online course in there to see if i can do both. i'm just really curious as to when i'll burn out and need to take a semester without any classes at all.
vacation plans are in such limbo.
i want to go somewhere tropical this winter. going to jamaica with my grandparents may be an option, but i'm having second thoughts about it. with the urgency of my grandfather's medical condition removed, i could easily make vacationing with them a bi-annual event (or does that mean twice a year??).
i found a damn cheap deal for jamaica, and i'd still love to do an adventure package. just need to find a travelling buddy.
i want to go to china in march, and am yet again stuck for a travelling buddy *shakes head*
and my parents told me they plan to take their summer vacation in canada, not the cape. i told them this upsets me, and they didn't budge. i don't know what i will do with that : /
actually, i also voiced to my mom how much it saddens me that they've drifted away from their longtime friends. they're people i really loved having on the sidelines of my life, and i miss their presence. and trying to stay in touch with them on my own would (a) not be appropriate and (b) not fill that hole. in general, they've really pared down the number of people they're actively friends with, and while it might be weird for me to be affected by that, i am. i'm not a part of a big biological family, and that was always compensated by the large and close social circles of my parents and grandparents, and how that those are dwindling, i feel like something's being stripped away.
and that all was written a couple of hours back...
i left a candle going overnight, and i think that was a mistake. the extra light prolly made me sleep lighter then i would have otherwise. then, the cat must've come in shortly after i fell asleep, and she left the door halfway open, which made me feel weird all through the night. i kept waking up, but feeling very disconnected, both from myself and from my room...
and if i had my wits about me, i would've just blown out the candle and closed the door a bit, but i wasn't waking up that much. c'est la vie. i really need to get something for my door though. i don't like not having a barrier between my room and the world, especially when i'm sleeping.
and my last room left me really spoiled - i really couldn't hear much of anything from there. now's a different story. i left the house with the distinct desire to be able to soundproof my room.
and yeah, yesterday was a bad day.
not bad, but definitely not good. some discomfort i was feeling, and a couple of disappointments really ate into me and i just didn't have it in me to fight it. again, i'm really hoping to do better tonight.
or, to rephrase that, i better do better tonight, or else i might fall more behind in my class then would be tolerable.
i also need to start cooking more.
i wish i had the patience, etc, to make soups. this is definitely the time of the year for them, and i'm finding myself very limited in options. right now, i can cook a few things that i really like - and cook enough of them to last a good half a week, but, the list is so small the repetition would get real old, real quick. and i've never really tried cooking by recipe.
actually, something else that i need is buckwheat. i really like it, its good for you, and its almost guaranteed noone else will be tempted to try some : )
so the class thing.
during winter session (January 6th-24th) there is an anthropology on film class:
This course provides a rare opportunity for students to engage in critical analysis of film and visual media regarding how they both influence and reflect popular culture. The course adopts an ethnographic approach to the subject matter, covering a wide range of topics with an emphasis on contemporary North American culture. We will not only screen and analyze "traditional" ethnographic film, but also examine various genres of cinema (narrative, experimental, avant-garde, etc.) for their abilities to speak ethnographically to a number of issues of both global and localized cultural concern. Students will emerge from this course with a clear understanding and a working knowledge of how to "read" films for their cultural content and to think and write critically regarding popular visual media.
its Monday through Friday, 6-8:30.
it would kill my social life for three weeks.
if it has any significant amount of homework, it may break me. but, it looks damn cool, is 3 credits, and i can take it Pass/Fail.
would anyone want to join me in this insanity??
i think having someone i know in the class would really help.
then, in the spring, i think i want to take "jewish life in eastern europe" from harvard extension.
it sounds really cool, its about $100 cheaper then a class at umass, and umass doesn't have anything that jumps out at me that semester. and, its only a once a week course, which i think works better for me - means i might be able to sneak an online course in there to see if i can do both. i'm just really curious as to when i'll burn out and need to take a semester without any classes at all.
vacation plans are in such limbo.
i want to go somewhere tropical this winter. going to jamaica with my grandparents may be an option, but i'm having second thoughts about it. with the urgency of my grandfather's medical condition removed, i could easily make vacationing with them a bi-annual event (or does that mean twice a year??).
i found a damn cheap deal for jamaica, and i'd still love to do an adventure package. just need to find a travelling buddy.
i want to go to china in march, and am yet again stuck for a travelling buddy *shakes head*
and my parents told me they plan to take their summer vacation in canada, not the cape. i told them this upsets me, and they didn't budge. i don't know what i will do with that : /
actually, i also voiced to my mom how much it saddens me that they've drifted away from their longtime friends. they're people i really loved having on the sidelines of my life, and i miss their presence. and trying to stay in touch with them on my own would (a) not be appropriate and (b) not fill that hole. in general, they've really pared down the number of people they're actively friends with, and while it might be weird for me to be affected by that, i am. i'm not a part of a big biological family, and that was always compensated by the large and close social circles of my parents and grandparents, and how that those are dwindling, i feel like something's being stripped away.
and that all was written a couple of hours back...
