On coming home we've been welcomed to the Rose City by presents, sparkling lights and ... snow! Well... a little snow. On our way home from church it snowed just enough to cover the road and dust the trees - and make me rather giddy. Snowboarding trip Saturday! Eeee!
30.12.07
27.12.07
Snow, SUVs, and Airplanes.
Tomorrow we arrive in Portland, where we will spend the remainder of our wonderfully long Christmas break. It's been snowing in Portland recently, we've heard, so we attempted to pack accordingly.
It will be a rather long day of traveling starting with a two hour drive to Charlotte. We'll probably drug ourselves up with caffeine. I certainly will have to if there is any hope of me staying awake, or, more importantly, being a nice person. Modern transport is amazing: we can somehow have a long day of travel and still plan to arrive in Portland at noon.
Side note: we too Mom and Dad Schreck rock climbing today and they did awesome! It was so fun.
It will be a rather long day of traveling starting with a two hour drive to Charlotte. We'll probably drug ourselves up with caffeine. I certainly will have to if there is any hope of me staying awake, or, more importantly, being a nice person. Modern transport is amazing: we can somehow have a long day of travel and still plan to arrive in Portland at noon.
Side note: we too Mom and Dad Schreck rock climbing today and they did awesome! It was so fun.
24.12.07
18.12.07
Sports Center
The longer I live in the South, and the more time I spend with Josh and at his house, the more I know about sports. Of course, all the talk for the last few days has been steroids. We're getting a little tired of it, but I thought this quote was funny.
Jon [Stewart]'s theory on steroid usage in baseball: "In this country, a man is innocent until proven guilty. Everybody - whether it's the young, wiry Barry Bonds of 1986 or the current Barry Bonds, who looks like he ate two of the first guy." |
13.12.07
Christmas in 307-A
With all of us being gone over the actual holidays, my roomies and I didn't make much efforts at making our apartment festive.
Here are some of the snowflakes I decorated with:
And my little "tree":
Some of the packages I've received have also added to the general cheer: a cute Christmas mug from my mom, chocolate advent calender from Rosie, and Christmas card from my grandparents.
Here are some of the snowflakes I decorated with:
And my little "tree":
Some of the packages I've received have also added to the general cheer: a cute Christmas mug from my mom, chocolate advent calender from Rosie, and Christmas card from my grandparents.
10.12.07
Gothic.
I'm having a bit of a Gothic evening:
Coffee
Making art
Candlelight
Mozart's Requiem
Washington Irving
It's quite lovely.
5.12.07
4.12.07
And Now for Something Completely Different.
Jacques-Louis David.
We learned a bit about this man today. We learned how he was a political chameleon and how that saved his life, how he was the nephew of Boucher, all that important stuff. My professor was humorous, as usual, but he really didn't even need to bother - the images are funny enough. Usually when I think of David, I associate him with the masters, appreciate his skills, etc. But today it was just funny.
Here is his self-portrait, painted during his brief stay in jail after the Revolution. I'm pretty sure this is where Zoolander got his look.
This piece is called "Paris and Helen". It was commissioned by a count someone or another, brother to King Louis XVI (I'm getting really good with keeping my Louis straight these days), is a mythological story and all, but that doesn't really interest me so much as what Paris is wearing. Sandals, scarf and gnome hat! WHAT in the world! Seriously, it kills me. I just sat in class and laughed.
We learned a bit about this man today. We learned how he was a political chameleon and how that saved his life, how he was the nephew of Boucher, all that important stuff. My professor was humorous, as usual, but he really didn't even need to bother - the images are funny enough. Usually when I think of David, I associate him with the masters, appreciate his skills, etc. But today it was just funny.
Here is his self-portrait, painted during his brief stay in jail after the Revolution. I'm pretty sure this is where Zoolander got his look.
This piece is called "Paris and Helen". It was commissioned by a count someone or another, brother to King Louis XVI (I'm getting really good with keeping my Louis straight these days), is a mythological story and all, but that doesn't really interest me so much as what Paris is wearing. Sandals, scarf and gnome hat! WHAT in the world! Seriously, it kills me. I just sat in class and laughed.
3.12.07
Candycanes are Yummy.
Well. I suppose I ought to make an attempt to welcome December and the Christmas season and all. It is a lovely time, but I am doing my best not to think about it. That is, until finals are over. I would love to only think about Christmas - read Isaiah and Luke, sit in front of the fire and the tree, bake cookies and wrap presents. But for now I'm going to write write write until my fingers are callused, my brain is numb and my back is cricked.
My hope comes in half hour breaks I allow myself whenever I've almost accomplished something.
I'll be glad for a time that I am not thinking about Latin American conquest, teaching methods and Woolf.
My hope comes in half hour breaks I allow myself whenever I've almost accomplished something.
I'll be glad for a time that I am not thinking about Latin American conquest, teaching methods and Woolf.
29.11.07
Alright, I'm Complaining
Grrr.
So my dance prof decides to dictate our essay questions to us today, keeping us after class, all because she didn't have time to type them up. ALL TEN OF THEM. Seriously. Most profs give three essay questions at most. She wants ten. And she wants them by next Thursday along with our dance reviews. Are you kidding? Even three questions would be a hassle with all the other stuff I have to write and prepare for. It is so pointless, especially when she doesn't even grade them well or read them. And we have to research the stuff because she didn't go over it very much in class. So it is just an enormous waste of time. The midterm was the same.
I do not have time for that! Arrrr.
But today the important thing is that I make it through my Modernism final. (Which I still don't understand.)
28.11.07
Rare Sighting
I wish I were in town for this! You should check it out if you're on campus...
The Art History Student Association is proud to present the screening of the art film Basquiat this Friday, November 30th. This event is free for all PSU students and will hopefully include a light snack at the nacho bar!
What: Art Film Screening of Basquiat
Where: SMSU 298
When: Friday, November 30th from 7:30 to 9:30 PM
All PSU students are invited and we encourage you to attend this movie about a graffiti artist from the streets of New York in the 1980s. The film features such actors as Gary Oldman, Benicio del Toro, and David Bowie as Andy Warhol.
The Art History Student Association is proud to present the screening of the art film Basquiat this Friday, November 30th. This event is free for all PSU students and will hopefully include a light snack at the nacho bar!
What: Art Film Screening of Basquiat
Where: SMSU 298
When: Friday, November 30th from 7:30 to 9:30 PM
All PSU students are invited and we encourage you to attend this movie about a graffiti artist from the streets of New York in the 1980s. The film features such actors as Gary Oldman, Benicio del Toro, and David Bowie as Andy Warhol.
27.11.07
25.11.07
Post-Thanksgiving Post
Lunch today was turkey dinner number three.
Turkey dinner number one was eaten at the Grove Park Inn, in Ashville, NC on Thanksgiving day. We drove up that morning and were greeted by "lots of snow". Lots of snow according to the Schrecks, natives of South Carolina. So lots was actually a few scattered flakes. It was cold, though. Actually cold. And I, the one who should have known how to dress for the cold, hadn't brought the right clothes. I hadn't really brought enough clothes, either. So I stole Josh's scarf and drank lots of hot tea.
Turkey dinner number two was last night here in Columbia. While it had been lovely to spend Thanksgiving eating and relaxing rather than cooking, Mrs. Schreck missed her Thanksgiving cooking experience so we had more of the goods! Turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, green bean casserole, and, of course, pumpkin pie.
Today, turkey dinner number three, was leftovers. Yum.
I am extra, extra thankful this year.
Turkey dinner number one was eaten at the Grove Park Inn, in Ashville, NC on Thanksgiving day. We drove up that morning and were greeted by "lots of snow". Lots of snow according to the Schrecks, natives of South Carolina. So lots was actually a few scattered flakes. It was cold, though. Actually cold. And I, the one who should have known how to dress for the cold, hadn't brought the right clothes. I hadn't really brought enough clothes, either. So I stole Josh's scarf and drank lots of hot tea.
Turkey dinner number two was last night here in Columbia. While it had been lovely to spend Thanksgiving eating and relaxing rather than cooking, Mrs. Schreck missed her Thanksgiving cooking experience so we had more of the goods! Turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, green bean casserole, and, of course, pumpkin pie.
Today, turkey dinner number three, was leftovers. Yum.
I am extra, extra thankful this year.
20.11.07
Coolest Ever.
So my sister is awesome! And on top of her usual awesomeness, she sent me a very cool postcard yesterday, and a thanksgiving card and present today! The gnome lip balm is my present. I love it. Whenever I move I smell beeswax and green tea.
19.11.07
Discovery.
"'It's as good as the real thing! cried Dora.
--'Nothing's as good as the real thing,' said Peter. 'It's odd that even a perfect imitation, as soon as you know it's an imitation, gives much less pleasure. I remember Kant says how disappointed your guests are when they discover that the afterdinner nightingale is a small boy posted in the grove.'
--'A case of the natural attractiveness of truth,' said Michael." (from The Bell, 1958)
While searching for articles about Virginia Woolf and Mrs. Dalloway, I came across one that compared Mrs. D with a novel entitled A Severed Head, by one Iris Murdoch, of whom I have somehow managed to prance through life never having heard of. But now I have, and I also discovered an interesting looking film biography of her starting Judi Dench, Jim Broadbent (soon to be Prof. Slughorn), and Kate Winslet - what a cast.
My curiosity has been sparked.
--'Nothing's as good as the real thing,' said Peter. 'It's odd that even a perfect imitation, as soon as you know it's an imitation, gives much less pleasure. I remember Kant says how disappointed your guests are when they discover that the afterdinner nightingale is a small boy posted in the grove.'
--'A case of the natural attractiveness of truth,' said Michael." (from The Bell, 1958)
While searching for articles about Virginia Woolf and Mrs. Dalloway, I came across one that compared Mrs. D with a novel entitled A Severed Head, by one Iris Murdoch, of whom I have somehow managed to prance through life never having heard of. But now I have, and I also discovered an interesting looking film biography of her starting Judi Dench, Jim Broadbent (soon to be Prof. Slughorn), and Kate Winslet - what a cast.
My curiosity has been sparked.
16.11.07
12.11.07
Carolina Fans
...Were not completely disappointed this weekend. Not if they went to the Friday night Carolina vs. Kentucky game, that is. Football, as they know it around the rest of the world, is not a lost cause at USC. Josh and I met up with Rob and Lydia at the last soccer home game and stayed through till the Gamecocks beat the Wildcats 2-1 in overtime.
Saturday night, however, at the American Football game, the fans were a little crazier, the stands a little louder, and the final score a whole lot worse. When Josh and I left and ran into this crazy guy,
we were down by 20. I heard it only got worse.
To leave things on a brighter note, here's Carolina about to score their second touchdown:
Saturday night, however, at the American Football game, the fans were a little crazier, the stands a little louder, and the final score a whole lot worse. When Josh and I left and ran into this crazy guy,
we were down by 20. I heard it only got worse.To leave things on a brighter note, here's Carolina about to score their second touchdown:
8.11.07
Secondhand Conversation.
So yesterday I was walking across campus and, as usual, there were some guys walking a few paces behind me having an audible, rather - loud, conversation. (People here don't seem too concerned with privacy - prime example? a woman not 50 feet away from us in the parking lot yelling on her cell at her S.O.) What made me chuckle, though, as I made my way to class, was their topic (and hearing the adamant chastisement of peers).
This is what I heard:
"You know what? You gotta throw those things away - you are gona have cancer by the time you're like, 40. No, no - you wont: you'll have tar in your lungs. So much tar that when you try to get up and walk you'll sound like this *kaahhhck glehack hack kag*. And do you think that's attractive? No! No it's not attractive. And when you marry Lisa and you can't quit - wait, you won't marry Lisa. No one will marry you! You'll have to find someone else who smokes and that is not attractive, is it? That's right!..."
You heard the man! Quit!
This is what I heard:
"You know what? You gotta throw those things away - you are gona have cancer by the time you're like, 40. No, no - you wont: you'll have tar in your lungs. So much tar that when you try to get up and walk you'll sound like this *kaahhhck glehack hack kag*. And do you think that's attractive? No! No it's not attractive. And when you marry Lisa and you can't quit - wait, you won't marry Lisa. No one will marry you! You'll have to find someone else who smokes and that is not attractive, is it? That's right!..."
You heard the man! Quit!
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