I am an insane person.

[tenlittlebullets]

Tentative course selection for fall semester:

1. Computer Science 112
2. Math 111 (re-taking calculus, ugh)
3. One French class (depends on what I place into)
4. WILDCARD! Choices include Old Norse (ftw!), sight-singing, Intro to Microeconomics, Romantic poetry and prose, or Sherlock Holmes and the Scientific Method. Am tending towards Norse because I don't think it's offered every semester.
5. Going to audit Latin I if they let me.

Why does this make me insane? Because right at the top of the "registration advice for new students" is "DON'T TAKE A BUNCH OF SRS BSNS CLASSES WITH A BUNCH OF WORK YOUR FIRST SEMESTER; these include anything involving math, chem, physics, computer science, or languages because languages are insanely intense here." So being an idiot, I am taking math, computer science, and either two or three languages depending on whether the Latin department has a stick up their asses.

Then again, I suppose Smithies aren't exactly renowned for things like common sense or taking on sane courseloads. Not to mention that as much as I love Byron, I would rather do calc problem sets than write essays about him. It's just the way my brain works.

ALSO, Washington DC people, I will probably be taking the bus back on the first weekend in September to come see Les Mis at Wolf Trap. This is quite possibly further evidence of insanity, but hey, at least I didn't go through with my plans to skive off an orientation lecture this afternoon, borrow a friend's car, drive it over the Canadian border to Québec, and try to get there to see Les Mis by 8pm. (It was really tempting, I assure you.)

And if anyone wants to meet in Québec some weekend in September for LM-in-French, lemme know. It's only a six-hour drive from Northampton, which means if you let me drive it will be more like five.

Comments

[mmejavert.livejournal.com]

If I have enough money by the last weekend in September, I want to!

[10littlebullets.livejournal.com]

Yay! We'd have to take your car though, mine got left in DC.

[mmejavert.livejournal.com]

Well, obviously. xD Mine can handle it, though. But I can't say for sure until I get employed... so it might not work out (especially since I am aiming for Tale #2 on September 20th).

[in-a-greenhouse.livejournal.com]

aha, French at Smith= I learned a lot but DEAR GOD it kicked my ass. If you're taking anything other than an intro class, get ready to read (several) novels or plays per semester and write a 3-4 page essay. In French. With points off for incorrect grammar and accent marks. lol *flashbacks*

[10littlebullets.livejournal.com]

Oh boy. I'm considering registering for upper intermediate French, but it will depend on the placement exam tomorrow.

[toi-marguerite.livejournal.com]

Romantic Poetry and Prose has actually been canceled 'cause the professor is on medical leave. D: I was looking forward to that one, too....

[10littlebullets.livejournal.com]

Alas!

...oh well, now I'll feel less guilty about taking Norse.

[mmebahorel.livejournal.com]

Yay! Anderson bending over a barricade is hardly evidence of insanity :) (roughly 60 of my 120 performances were accumulated while in college, about half from weekend trips, the other half from living in London)

[10littlebullets.livejournal.com]

Heeeee. But were any of them on your first weekend after classes started? (I might be doing a lot of homework on the bus...)

[mmebahorel.livejournal.com]

No, that was La Bohème that was the first weekend after classes started :)

[followthatcab.livejournal.com]

I would looooove to goooo but I am not really free until October.

You would rather do calc than write essays about Byron? That is--that is--dude you're smart.

[10littlebullets.livejournal.com]

It's not that I'm particularly good at calc (actually I suck at it unless I have a good teacher), just that I'd rather do something quantitative than write essays. Lit essays are cool in the abstract, but they tend to cut into my enjoyment of the work, and they're so--free-form. I never know what to write about, and when I get an assigned topic it's never on something I actually liked about the damn work.