They went really, really, really goddamn well. Bragtastically well. I finally feel proud of the work I did. I could not be happier ( Read more... )

Taking a long nap, then reassessing the sick. Still hoping to turn in tomorrow, but it'll depend on tonight's productivity what with the fever and all.

I started the day by reading this aloud to someone in Greek, and then stumbling through sightreading the translation. (My more polished translation is below.) It was good.

Ἐπὶ μὲν ἄρα τὸ ἀπολογεῖσθαι ὑπὲρ τῆς ἀδικίας τῆς αὑτοῦ ἢ γονέων ἢ ἑταίρων ἢ παίδων ἢ πατρίδος ἀδικούσης οὐ χρήσιμος ούδὲν ἡ ῥητορικὴ ἡμῖν, ὦ Πῶλε, εἰ μὴ εἴ τις ὑπολάβοι ἐπὶ ( Read more... )

For those of you who don't know her, let me begin by establishing as a fact that my roommate (misshepeshu) is ridiculously fucking awesome. She's a kickass [environmental & intellectual property] law student with amazing [hipster-y] music taste and a penchant for [stripey or polkadotted] pink skirts worn with cowboy boots and a Threadless t-shirt. I am, to ( Read more... )

Ok, as far as I can tell, this is the tracklisting for the Thesis Mix CD ( Read more... )

Classics (and classics-religion, and classics-theater, and classics-history, and all the other classics-discipline spheres that rotate around the classics) senior thesis talks are today in ETC 205 from 4:15 - 5:30! It'll be fun and informal and nerdtastic as hell. I may do my Polus/Socrates impression ( Read more... )

Whoever put The Reed College Thesis Experience 2009 mix CD in my mailbox, you both (τε) rock my world and (και) made my day.

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I turned in my thesis draft a little before noon, after getting a good night's sleep and then writing my conclusion. It still needs a great deal of work-- the introduction just has the building blocks of what needs to be there, and the conclusion has all the ideas in more or less the right order but without much meat on them. The chapters haven't ( Read more... )

I GOT THE FULBRIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!

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My week is going up (I think I'm a little past sin(3π/2)), but have some more kittens anyway. Editing photos of Candy's Hitlercat in Lightroom has become my favorite procrastination break.


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