January 08, 2003
19th Century girl
Last semester was all about the 18th Century. What with my 18th Century lit class and my Philosophy of Art class (that spent a good chunk of time reading Sir Joshua Reynolds, an 18th Century artist). I didn't plan it, but this semester is all about the 19th Century. My biggest class this semester is a class on the Brontë sisters, who of course, lived in the 19th Century. My epistomology class is apparently at least starting in that time period, then tonight was the first meeting of my history of philosophy class, which is focusing on the 19th Century. And come to think of it, my U.S. history class is going to spend a lot of time on the 19th Century too. Jeez. How'd I manage that?
Speaking of 19th Century philosophy: hol-ee shit! Tonight the prof gave a "short introductory lecture" on Kant, and I took three solid pages of notes. I never take notes like that. The prof moves fast, and he's a name dropper. I kept having the horrible feeling that I'm missing a lot of background information. I felt positively ignorant. This should be interesting.
Oh, I forgot...
...to share proof of my absolute geekiness. Last night I made a point of watching "Two Guys and A Girl" on WE, and I watched the copy of the Sandra Bullock movie "28 Days" that I'd rented from Netflix. Why? Cause the captain from "Firefly" (pictured above) was in "Two Guys..." I hate Sandra Bullock as a rule, but Viggo Mortensen was in "28 Days", as was Alan Tudyk, everybody's favorite adorable pilot (also on "Firefly"). To my surprise, I liked the movie, regardless of who was in it.
You should see my Netflix queue. It reads like Viggo's and Alan's resumes. Winging its way to me, even as we speak, is a movie I swore up and down that I would never ever ever EVER see, simply because Alan Tudyk is the sidekick: "A Knight's Tale". I think I need help.
Sleep!
Sleep! I got sleep last night! After two nights of not being able to fall asleep to save my life, getting about 2-3 hours of sleep each night, I got a full eight hours of sleep last night. Still a little tired, but man do I feel better.
Work is making me a little nutty at the moment. If you want me to do something, give me enough notice so I have time to do it. Grar. I think the hunger is making me grouchy.
