Roi d'Étre et de Néant

My schedule now fully decided upon. My honors contract is signed. I'm really happy with my classes.

Beginning figure drawing was a bust yesterday simply because we did gesture drawing all day. I love gesture drawing, but not 5 second drawing. I'm just no good at it. The sustained ones were interesting though, i had fun with those. I think the class will be more interesting as time progresses. I like my Honors Human Development class too, it's really interesting and best of all-- NO TESTS!! It's just research, analysis, discussion. I love that. It'll be really fun.

Now, my two favorite classes: Adv. French Phonetics and Adv. French literature. They are great. My teachers are so helpful. I'm really excited about the Honors contract that I'll be doing, I have to decide what kind of work I'd like to do. My professor seemed really happy to help me and likes that I want to do something with Céline's novel "Journey to the end of the Night." I was thinking of a research paper, but what topic? His style or should I do something about the novelist and his affiliation with the Vichy Regime during WWII. I'm so interested in this time period for France and in the different views that came up during that time of German occupation. I feel nervous about discussing this with my professor, I'm afraid he might be one of the people who completely resents people's bashing of Céline and disregard of his amazing work. I'll probably go to the library to get some books. I need to start reading the six or seven books I bought over the summer. I really need to get more information about him and his book(which I have and need to read), before I go and talk to him about what I would like to do.

As far as LHA, lots of work coming up. We had a four hour meeting Tuesday and got the budget and programs figured out. Our first General Assembly is Tuesday.

I got a job at the art gallery and just realized I left my Social Security card in my old wallet at home. I can't believe I didn't pack it. Plus, I had to turn in my birth certificate with my passport application. Oh man...

This has been an odd week for me. From changing my schedule constantly to trying to make sure I get all the paperwork, books, homework, and posters done. This semester will be very busy.


Monday I met with the academic advisor for the Honors College, who happens to be the same advisor for NSE. I filled out the Honors contract for French Literature, since I was unable to add an honors course to my schedule at the time, and I got my placement acceptance form signed for the University of Regina. Then, on my way to work I turned in my passport application--so I'm all set.

I ended up dropping my Business Calculus class because I had a bad feeling about the teacher...what to add. I really want to take 15hrs, right now I'm at 12. that's not going to work. I found out I can get an override for Ancient Roman Art, but, I know it's silly, but I don't want to have a class Friday. ugggh. Honors Human development then?

Since Friday I have been ridiculously busy! I moved in on said day to Legends Hall, the extremely unfinished new hall adjacent to College Inn(hence forth known as CI). I mean really, I was surprise and maybe agitated to find that after a five hour drive from Houston, instead of leisurely taking my things to my room, I'd have to tug and pull and tug and drag my things up four flights of stairs and then breathlessly hussle, with stinging, strained muscles, to my room that stood at the very end of the hall. Not only that, but I had to manuever(yes, manuever) around the many things in the hallway: plastic from furniture, cardboard boxes, the HD's stuff pushed against the hall. I was not happy. Moreover, there was no electricity until 5pm and my boss, when I entered, gave me a cold stare of confusion(because I moved in a day early? what difference does it make?). Well, I might be exaggerating--I doubt I was THAT annoyed or met at all with a cold stare, it just makes a good story, right?

Anyway, eventually I was moved in, the lights were on, and I could stay the night. The weekend was filled with helping everyone get Legends ready in whatever way I could. I was actually surprised so many Exec. officers had moved in before me...I could have sworn I was the only one, as I only saw RAs each day.

Anyway, I had to go to the typical things: training, CI pool party, spirit dance. The last two not being my cup of tea. It's really no good when you don't know anyone there. EDIT : Oh, that and the fact that people walking past me while I stare off into the sea of people doing whatever, telling me to smile. Quoi? Pourquoi? À quoi je souris? RIEN!! It's silly, why should I smile at people playing volleyball in the muggy pool of CI? Are you smiling at them? Do normal people smile at them? Why should I smile if I'm bored? No one would, so why bother me? I'm not smiling because I have.nothing.to.smile.at. This really annoyed me as someone who I didn't even know told me this. I swear. Why do people I just met...not even a week ago take it upon themselves to tell me to smile as if they know I'm a sad, lonely child from the back-roots of nowhere. Am I weird? Maybe it's the nose ring...

ANYWAY! Today was my last day of work, I'm happy for that as I'm tired of the constant walking and the crazy tan I've gotten. I got a great email today finally saying I am in the Honors college, great! Only problem is I don't want to take any filler classes just so that I am active, but all the core classes are gone. I don't need electives and I refuse to drop any of my major classes. I worked to hard for those. So, I'm going to see if I can do an Honors contract for one of my 3000-level french classes and have that count as my 3 hour honors enrollment. NSE would count as 3hrs for next semester, so I'm set.

I'm so excited for classes!