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the best/most humiliating thing I learned in high school is that in battle Confrontation vs. Passive Aggressive/Trash talking, Confrontation should win and all too often doesn't, and then this loss leads to alienation and other things that can be bad. So I do my best not to be a passive aggressive trash talker and not to be horribly blunt, per se, but just to be more honest, which for the most part I'm pretty good at I think. I also think I'm good at surrounding myself with pretty honest people [I think Erie and Rachel probably win that round] and the result is that if somebody acts passive aggressive or does some excessive gossiping and trash talking I'm not going to value their personhood very much, and I would hope that people do the same for me, PLZ, because it keeps me thinking and on my toes and makes me avoid negative company. Because really, I don't care very much about how so-and-so is a bad person because [...], I really only care about things like Degrassi and genocide [prevention] and vintage clothing and making coffee. And Dancing. I don't have time to talk about people's shortcomings, because we all have them, duh. I, for example, can point out that I rely a little too much on spontaneity and thus appear flaky and non-commital [admittedly, I am pretty non-commital, but let's chalk that one up to cultural background/stress], and also I am loud and kindof a spaz and pretty snooty/bourgie about music and literature and oftentimes disgruntled, and I also make Culture my be-all-end-all, but people accept it and also know that I am working on self-improvement, blah blah blah. Anyhow, in lighter matters....
I had a really fun weekend with some Old and New Favorite People and it consisted of making tacos and Bollywood [Dan/Tania/DeWitt had never seen any! haHA!] and dancing with former co. + Erie and it was glorious comraderie. And also I feel semi-glorious because 2/5 term papers are completed, so this just means, like, minimum of 26, max. 31 pages left for the semester, + 4 exams, + lots of dancing to destress [RightRound + Mousetrap IN ONE WEEKEND!], and also a whole lot of coffee and anti-social activities & Bollywood destressing agents. [which I forgot about until I had to write this paper, and then I was OVERJOYED at remembering how many endorphins are released when I watch Bollywood!!
But I feel like the end is in sight because I leave so soon and I'm gloriously home for almost a month and this means so much detox-ing and pleasure reading and self-reflection. Isolation for a little while will be good.
Also, next semester's schedule looks SWEET:
Soc/Culture in Arab Mid East TF 12:45PM 02:00PM
Language and Culture MTH 03:35PM 04:50PM
Introduction to Archaeology MTH 11:20AM 12:35PM
Politics of the Body M 08:10PM 10:40PM
Soc Justice/Activism: Housing TF 03:35PM 04:50PM
mostly because this is the FIRST TIME in the HISTORY OF MY ACADEMIC CAREER that I don't have a 9:55 am. 11:20s 12:45s TOTALLY SWEET!!
I'm going to go write about Egyptian abuse of Coptic Christians now. GLORIOUS. [not the abuse, DUHUH]
I had a really fun weekend with some Old and New Favorite People and it consisted of making tacos and Bollywood [Dan/Tania/DeWitt had never seen any! haHA!] and dancing with former co. + Erie and it was glorious comraderie. And also I feel semi-glorious because 2/5 term papers are completed, so this just means, like, minimum of 26, max. 31 pages left for the semester, + 4 exams, + lots of dancing to destress [RightRound + Mousetrap IN ONE WEEKEND!], and also a whole lot of coffee and anti-social activities & Bollywood destressing agents. [which I forgot about until I had to write this paper, and then I was OVERJOYED at remembering how many endorphins are released when I watch Bollywood!!
But I feel like the end is in sight because I leave so soon and I'm gloriously home for almost a month and this means so much detox-ing and pleasure reading and self-reflection. Isolation for a little while will be good.
Also, next semester's schedule looks SWEET:
Soc/Culture in Arab Mid East TF 12:45PM 02:00PM
Language and Culture MTH 03:35PM 04:50PM
Introduction to Archaeology MTH 11:20AM 12:35PM
Politics of the Body M 08:10PM 10:40PM
Soc Justice/Activism: Housing TF 03:35PM 04:50PM
mostly because this is the FIRST TIME in the HISTORY OF MY ACADEMIC CAREER that I don't have a 9:55 am. 11:20s 12:45s TOTALLY SWEET!!
I'm going to go write about Egyptian abuse of Coptic Christians now. GLORIOUS. [not the abuse, DUHUH]