My Schedule!

I'm bored. So, I thought I'd post my schedule for this semester. You know, because everyone cares about the details of my life.

MWF 940 - 1030 -- ENG 321 Shakespeare
This class is kind of already proving to be a bitch. Not because Shakespeare is difficult to understand, because he's not - but because there is so much goddamn reading. I'm behind already. But maybe that's not so much the amount of reading assigned as it is I keep goofing off.
The teacher seems pretty cool, and he's definitely passionate and knowledgeable about his subject. Although, I'm still trying to decide on whether or not he's gay. Not like it really matters, but when a woman's Gaydar can't make up its mind within 0.08 seconds, it intrigues us.
The Friday class is a bit of a departure from the MW 100-person lectures; it's a discussion group of 30 led by some doctoral candidate in Renaissance literature. She's nice though, also really knowledgeable, which is always a bonus. That, and she's funny. She likes to point out Shakespeare's dirty jokes/puns on sex. o_0
...There are quite a lot of them.

MWF 1150 - 1240 -- GER 101
Yes. I am taking German. My face will no longer burn with shame when my relatives all talk German around me. I will instead be able to contribute to the harsh-sounding grunts. :)
My German teacher is pretty young, he has to be somewhere in his 20s (but then, what the hell do I know about the ages of German people? My math professor from last semester I would have sworn was in his late 20s, but apparently he's actually like 36... >_< ). I think he said he's in his second semester of a Master's Program, but in what, I don't know/remember. He talks pretty quietly, and I think he said he has hearing implants in his ears. Or something. He seems really shy and probably isn't the right type of person to be a teacher, but he does have his moments when he's actually really funny.
In case you're wondering why I keep saying I don't know/can't remember stuff about him or this class, it's because he talks so frickin' quietly.

TTH 300 - 415 -- ASB 222 Buried Cities and Lost Tribes
This class has met 4 times already. But, I've only been to 2 of them. I am a terrible person.
Basically, it's an introduction to archaeology class, focusing less on people and dates and more on how and why these things are important to modern society, and what they've done for it. The class switches off between the Professor, who reminds me of a skinny Colonel Sanders sans specs, and some Master's Degree-holding dude who is quite obnoxious and isn't cut out to lead a 400-person lecture. I suspect he is also gay. ...Let's move on, shall we?

W 200-250 -- JPN 206 Japanese Calligraphy
This class only meets for an hour once a week, so I've only been to 2 classes. Last week she handed out the materials (if we bought them from her; most of us did because it was easier in terms of physical labor, we didn't have to worry if we were getting the correct item from the art supply store, and it was far cheaper since she's got connections or something). I am now the proud owner of two fude ("brush;" one thick and one thin), a suzuri ("ink stone") and some ink. Of course, I'm mooching newsprint paper off of Rodorigesu-san, since I'm such a notorious cheapskate. But we all have our flaws.
The teacher is native Japanese, but since she is a university professor her English is really good. I think she said she got her Masters at the University of Hawaii? Anyways, in addition to teaching the calligraphy class, she also teaches a couple of 300-level Japanese classes (the intermediate-advanced conversation & composition classes) so if she's still at ASU in a couple of years I may end up having her for a class.

MWF 1255-145 -- JPN 102
TTH 130 - 220
My favorite class. It meets every day, and I'm glad. There is another section of the 102 class that only meets MWF (but for a longer amount of time, of course) but I enjoy having this class every day because, the way I see it, Japanese is my major, and I want to immerse my self in it every day. I think it's sort of detrimental to go the stop-and-go route. Plus, Wilson-sensei is a hoot. He's fucking hilarious, and he answers your questions directly (which was next to impossible with Foard-sensei. You know, that famous Japanese indirectness thing.) which makes things so much easier and stress-free. And, when you ask questions, he doesn't make you feel stupid - another obvious bonus. I just love this class. I don't know if Wilson-sensei teaches 201, but I hope he does! He rocks!


Anyways, that about wraps this up. Well, not "about," as I'm only taking 5 classes and I've listed them all here. So...Bye. C'mon. Go away. I'm done now.