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Aug. 21st, 2008 02:20 pmI woke up this morning around 9:45. Thinking I had the house to myself I was singing in the shower, trying to figure out what I'm going to use as an audition piece for Techiya. Of course, after I got out of the shower, I realized I was not alone in the house, and felt a bit embarrassed, since I usually don't sing in the shower when others can hear. (If you could hear me singing, I apologize, since I'm sure it did not sound shiny...)
I got to the Div School at 11 to meet with Maggie the registrar. Dr. Machinist is on sabbatical for the year, so I figured I probably needed a new advisor. It turns out Maggie had just (re)assigned me this morning to Jon Levinson, though she said if I had someone else in mind, I could probably be assigned to them. So I asked if Dr. Nasrallah had space, and lo and behold, she did! I hope I'm not going to come off as too stalkeriffic, but when we met, she did say that I should feel free to ask her more questions and stuff.
Also, I fixed the courses in my area of focus so now Dr. Machinist's history and historiography class counts (which it was supposed to in the first place) and Dr. Nasrallah's Paul class also counts. Which means I only need to take 2 more courses in my area of focus, which leaves 6 classes completely open.
Unfortunately there aren't that many being offered in my area of focus. There is this archaeology of the New Testament class with Dr. Nasrallah next semester which is an intensive course that counts for two, and in may you go off to Turkey and Greece and visit a lot of sites and talk to archaeologists, though there's no excavation. I'm considering it, but I don't know how I feel about being gone for all of May and being away from all my friends. Plus I'd have to deal with Shabbat and kashrut.
Also, I got my Greek final back yesterday. A while ago I had been musing to dsKC that because I got a 92.5 on the first midterm and a 93 on the second midterm, I would get a 93.5 on the final. And guess what I got on the final? A 93.5! I think that's more amusing than getting a 94 or a 95, and I'm very glad that I got a 93.5. And I got an A- in the class. So I didn't fail or even semi-fail. And now I can go back to writing papers the night before they are due and minimally studying for midterms and finals.
I got to the Div School at 11 to meet with Maggie the registrar. Dr. Machinist is on sabbatical for the year, so I figured I probably needed a new advisor. It turns out Maggie had just (re)assigned me this morning to Jon Levinson, though she said if I had someone else in mind, I could probably be assigned to them. So I asked if Dr. Nasrallah had space, and lo and behold, she did! I hope I'm not going to come off as too stalkeriffic, but when we met, she did say that I should feel free to ask her more questions and stuff.
Also, I fixed the courses in my area of focus so now Dr. Machinist's history and historiography class counts (which it was supposed to in the first place) and Dr. Nasrallah's Paul class also counts. Which means I only need to take 2 more courses in my area of focus, which leaves 6 classes completely open.
Unfortunately there aren't that many being offered in my area of focus. There is this archaeology of the New Testament class with Dr. Nasrallah next semester which is an intensive course that counts for two, and in may you go off to Turkey and Greece and visit a lot of sites and talk to archaeologists, though there's no excavation. I'm considering it, but I don't know how I feel about being gone for all of May and being away from all my friends. Plus I'd have to deal with Shabbat and kashrut.
Also, I got my Greek final back yesterday. A while ago I had been musing to dsKC that because I got a 92.5 on the first midterm and a 93 on the second midterm, I would get a 93.5 on the final. And guess what I got on the final? A 93.5! I think that's more amusing than getting a 94 or a 95, and I'm very glad that I got a 93.5. And I got an A- in the class. So I didn't fail or even semi-fail. And now I can go back to writing papers the night before they are due and minimally studying for midterms and finals.
