The title, my non-Russian-speaking friends, says "Goodbye, Russian!" Or, at least, it does in theory. I could be wrong, but since I've officially dropped my Elementary Russian I class, I really don't care. It was just too much for me to handle with everything going on at the moment. I had "warned" Lauren and Kat previously that, if I didn't do well in Russian when I supposedly have a "gift" for languages, then I would be extremely discouraged and would want to jump off the university's clock tower. And I was extremely discouraged. I let my emotional problems block me from the language, something my professor noticed and tried to get me to stop doing. But because Russian was such a major cause of stress for me, I didn't really have a choice. Especially since it wasn't fulfilling any sort of requirement, but was "for fun." I fully intend to try again, and my professor said I was "welcome back any time," but for now I just need to focus on my major and my LSP (Liberal Studies Program) requirements.
So what else is new for the little drama queen? Speaking of drama, I officially have been "awarded" the role of Justine the hypnotist in a French play called Dormez, je le veux. Granted, it's not a long play and the cast is small, but I'm pleased. Lauren has (and wanted) the role of Francine, someone whom I hypnotize and also the sister of the main dude I hypnotize. It shall be fuuun. Professor Lobert, the director and also my professor of Intermediate French II, sent me an e-mail asking if I would be okay with splitting my role with another person who wanted to be in it. (That proves how selective everything is.) Despite the fact that I was miffed, I said I was okay with it. However, when he talked to me in class on Monday, I brought up the possibility of splitting the role of Valencourt to make it two parents. I thought it would make more sense. I insisted that I wasn't whining about my role being split, and was just thinking about what was best for the play. And I was. Lobert said it was a good idea and that he would think about it. The next meeting is tonight, so I guess we'll see.
Also in other news, I got a book in the mail! It's called Post-Francophile: Stories from the Professional French Masters Program. Basically it's just got stories of what French majors did after college! YAY! The nerdiness overwhelms me, but I LOVE IT. It fills me with joy.
Something else I have noticed. Why do people (myself included occasionally) take moody-looking pictures of themselves? Why is smiling a sin? I tend to do so when my general mood and demeanor is rather angry and pissy, and some shot of me smiling makes me want to kill whoever took it. I tend to change it a little while later, but still. Interesting how photos can reflect someone's mood. That's my random thought of the day.
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