April
Fine exam, Michael” Those words were the pay off for what almost killed me last term. Despite being three weeks late, this turned out to be one of two A papers (not including A-’s) that professor Hall gave out–the other being written by an economics graduate student! Not bad for someone who had never even read the buisness section of a paper. Was it worth it? I think only because of how short term my emotional memory tends to be. Moreso than the grade, I am stoked about the critical thinking and new interests that this class inspired. Hmm, it’s overwhelming thinking about which of those those to talk about so I’ll start a list:
- Collapse of world systems in history
- The influence of culture on an economy
- Decline of beer and food quality in the history of the United States
…that’s the 30sec start, you know how it goes on this page.
The Spring line up is:
- History of the English Language,
- ESL Teaching Methods 1,
- and 20th Century German Literature.
The above image corresponds mostly to Hist-of-Eng this term, or specifically to the chapter I just read reviewing the English sound system. Phonetics has also become my linuguistics interest nummer eins since studying in Stuttgart, so it never can get enough blog props. Stay tuned and I’ll too get you excited about why the fascinating characteristic of language called “duality of patterning” disguishes human language from all other animal communication systems. (From Orgins and Development of the English Language)
Outside of school I have been spending the majority of my time working on web development. I invested in an great advanced CSS book (from the brit pack) and another from simplebits in hopes of becoming a better and esp. faster coder by this summer so I can finally make some $$$ (ooh, need this one too. and this one!) I really love it too. The mixture of problem solving in code and design works my mind in a really satisfying way. It also can make five hours feel like fifteen minutes, and I am doing my best to balance out my computer trance out with basketball and planting pansies. As usual I don’t have many finished products to show off, rather too many projects still in process. Check out my sister Skye’s website/portal the Accidental Library (of course, still under major development).
P.S. If your sad that I don’t have a place to leave comments, I am too! There is a non-technical answer, but I’ll just say it kind of feels radical for the time being. I’d love if you’d email me as much as you like though: notbot@gmail.com
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