I've reached the final leg of my freshman year of college. Before anyone comes at me with those "How do you feel?" questions, I'll answer you now: fine. I feel fine. I don't feel one year older or wiser, I don't feel like some brand new person. Life is just continuing to go on, you know? Right now all I'm focusing on is the [expletive]word I need to get done before May 4, which is the last day of Finals.
Let's see . . . I have one more speech, I have some stupid, gigantic test in French that is pointless because it doesn't count for my grade, I need to study for Linguistics and review whatever I've forgotten for the exam, plus some weird French project that none of us really knows how to do because the professor didn't explain it well enough. Not to mention one more show for the French play (the first one was last night), the University Chorus concert, and some other stuff. Personally, I'd just like to survive, but perhaps that's asking for too much.
I registered for classes on Monday of this week. Boy, was that an experience. Shall I explain it? Okay. I slept very badly the night before. Registering starts at 7am, but for some reason I woke up and didn't look at my phone for the time as I got up. When I got to my desk, I realized it was only 5:30. So I attempted to go back to sleep. I dozed and got back up, and then, when registering was supposed to begin, Truman's site was down. For everyone. The last small group of people who still needed to register was gathered together on Truman's Facebook group complaining. Finally, at 7:45, it opened up. I flew like a screaming banshee (in theory, of course) to register, only to find out that the Applying Literary Theory class I needed was full. Crap. But wait! Then I went to go check that I had gotten the right one, and somehow I didn't. So I signed up for the right one and thought I was good, right? Wrong. Then I learned that the Linguistics didn't count for my English major (I've a concentration in Linguistics), so I had to drop that and find someone else. I picked up Intro to Philosophy as a last resort, but not only does the professor have terrible reviews, but it was at 8:30 in the morning. So I signed up for French Civilization I, but that would put me in three French classes, which is insane and would make my head explode. Around 1:30 that afternoon, I talked with Kat awhile and learned that her Exploring Religions class was open. So, believe it or not, I signed up for a religion class. Shocking, right?
But let me explain the reason for this class. Anyone who knows me knows that I'm not big on studying religions, particularly Christianity. It's not that I dislike Christianity, especially when I (try to) identify myself as a Christian, I just don't like what's associated with it. The fighting, mainly. The awkward feelings. But this class, which Lauren took last semester, barely even touches western religions - it focuses mainly on eastern ones, so I'm good. The professor is difficult, but with Lauren and Kat to help me, I think I'll be okay.
So, I got my classes set up. I'll be taking French Literature I, Contemporary French, Applying Literary Theory, Survey of Russian Literature I, and Exploring Religions. In essence: it's a lot of writing and reading. But I'll survive. At least it's not a lot of math.
The first night of the French play was last night. I know I haven't moaned and groaned about this one as much as I did last semester, but that's because I don't have nearly as many lines. Last semester I had about four huge monologues. It was painful. This time I didn't even really need to make an effort to memorize my lines - I just realized that I had them down. I quite like the cast this semester, even though some monumental people are missing. I wish we could have just kept the cast from last semester and added more people for this one, but that's just too much to ask, I guess. I don't know if I'll do the play next Fall - Lauren and Alicia want me to, but we'll see. It tends to suck my life away, as rehearsals are always Tuesdays and Thursdays at 7, and that's generally when anything interesting happens on campus. I've contemplated auditioning for the co-ed A Capella group, Sweet Nothings. I dunno yet.
I think that's it. I'm excited for next week, despite my speech. WEE!
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