School started

Like a week ago. Pretty uneventful so far. Classes I've got:

Biblical Heritage in Literature

Seems pretty good so far. The professor is enthusiastic and the material seems interesting. It seems like we'll be focusing very much on specific literary movements and history, as well as looking at bible stories as literature. I think that the professor may be biblically biased (read: Christian) but lord knows that sort of bias has never swayed me before! No doubt I will remain a staunch atheist throughout. It is entirely possible that hearing about the bible will inspire me to write some stories based on the events in it. Even if it's bad history and philosophy, it's still interesting.

Editing and Revision

The professor in this class seems... barely trained for teaching. She has a meandering style I find annoying. I enrolled in the class hoping and expecting that it would be practical application of grammatical rules, but instead it seems like it's going to be focusing on the publishing and professional aspects of the practice. Still, I know am the proud owner of the "Chicago Manual of Style" which seems like an interesting and educational text book that will serve me well in the future. I'll get what I can out of the class and leave shoddy teaching techniques behind!

Fiction Workshop

Taking another Fiction Workshop? Madness! But with a different professor and a whole new series of ideas to work off of I think repeating the experience will be beneficial. Dr. Kenny is a good teacher, or at least he has been in the past, and I think his mad poet ways will show me a few new tricks that I did not pick up in Dr. Henry's more lectury course. I like writing either way, and working on some new stuff should be good.

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The most notable change to this semester's activities is my new habit of writing a to-do list the night before the day begins. Hopefully this will help me do things like, oh, read for class, or do my homework before the night it's due. I have two signs hanging up on the wall; one says "Pass," the other "Fail" and since I write my to-do lists on post-it notes I put completed lists below "Pass," and uncompleted below "Fail." Right now the score is 1-3, but if the "Fail" list gets too long it will hopefully shame me into working harder. Either way, I'm off to a good start and hopefully my grades will go up and I'll be able to slide into an idyllic home life with Ms. Smith sooner rather than later.

On the Kaye front, things are going well. She's had some problems at home that I can't do justice to in my own words. I wish that I could be there to help her with them and comfort her, but the situation doesn't allow for it. She's tough as nails, though, and taking care of things as well by herself and she could with my help; the most I can do is make the process perhaps less stressful. I am, as always, proud of her and the way she carries herself.

The new living situation is good. I'm rooming with Mike this semester instead of Jon (random internet people have no idea who I'm talking about) and the incidences of sexile have decreased infinitely. I have spend unfortunate amounts of time playing computer games but that's always the case after the media deprivation of breaks at my father's house.

The semester ought to be pleasant, and I can only look forward to the future.