News from the Republic (of Texas that is)

So, this is clearly the product of procrastination—a promising muse since I am not normally compelled to post my ramblings here. Hm, it may be the music (Shurik’n, album: Ou je vis). Or it may just be that I had wonderful news today! One of my courses this semester is a seminar limited to Plan II (my honors degree in liberal arts) freshman and is called: Disease, Development, and Democracy in Post-Colonial. I am/was pretty excited about the course and reading list looked promising. Today was my 3rd class in and as I (briefly, of course) zoned out, my mind quickly snapped into full consciousness when I heard my prof, Dr. Wilson, say: “I taught this seminar for rising seniors, that is juniors who are going to be seniors and…”. He, of course, was not able to finish his thought because I eagerly (too unenthusiastic an adverb, really) jumped in with “YOU TAUGHT AT TASP??!”

So, these are my good, WONDERFUL, news. It seems I have finally made some connection to the Telluride community despite my distance from Cornell, UMich, or the Ivies. I was really feeling the need to have that connection, something that those not at state schools really take for granted. I navigated last semester easily but not without a certain amount of disappointment. I couldn’t help but compare the experience to what everyone else was living at the schools I wish (wished?) I was at. I am/was happy to be here but still feel/felt the pressure to do the extraordinary to make up for the lack of prestige at my school. This is all coming out in a jumble but I am just so excited to have found out that my professor knows about, much less taught at, TASP. This is even better because he is going to mentor my 15-16 person seminar for the rest of our undergraduate studies. It was a great comfort for someone to understand my situation and take my ambitious goals seriously. Sorry if this is a boring and/or poorly written post. I just wanted to tell you all (hmm, I suppose I should say y’all but no, I’m not that Texan) about this if you were interested. Plus, how often is it that you read a post that manages to incorporate a ludicrous amount of parenthetical statements and ”--/--“ s. (what do you call those?—oh, there I go again). To summarize: I LOVE YOU AND ALL IS WELL!

Why TASPers Should Love Berkeley

Judith Butler (yes, THE Judith Butler) is a professor here, and I'm going to watch her speak on Tuesday. Does she speak the way she writes? Will I even be able to see her, or will I be instantly blinded by the light of her PRESENCE?!!

We'll know the answers to these questions soon enough. I will definitely keep you posted on how it goes, though, and I'll try to take pictures. Let me know if you want them.

Ah, the memories...

Really important question

What did the thirteen-moon calendar do with the Day Out of Time on a leap year? Was it two days out of time? Do they even have leap years?