Thursday, October 14, 2004
3 day episode of migraine is finally over (hopefully). I think the fog in my brain and the headaches had something to do with the cold weather coming in (finally! no sweating!) and my drinking 2 pints just an hour after I took tylenol. My head is back to normal. At the very least, it seems to be able to think clearer than usual.
Anyway there was a mock debate today in History class. The prof was funky enough to dress up as Lenin (back from the dead of course), complete with moustachce and that signature cap of his to re-enact the struggle for power after he kicked the bucket in 1924. My section did Nikolai Bukharin, who was supposedly a favorite of Lenin, while the others re-enacted the other Old Bolsheviks (Stalin, Trotsky, Kamenev, Zinoviev et al.) and the farce was hilarious, at the very least. It could be the juxtaposition between historical figures and american slang (Bukharin is a flip flopper!! -- ala John Kerry; while "Comrade Tomskii's" you don't represent the people bitch!, or when Bukharin and Stalin joined forces: "yea he's my homie now bitch".. get the idea?) or just that this was one of the few lectures where no one's doing the usual routine of furious writing.
Other than that, it was work and more work and more work, the usual. Tests for the next 3 weeks , a week's break, and another 1-2-3 schedule. Sigh, I'm really looking forward to Thanksgiving. Havent enjoyed a sleep not interrupted by thoughts of coming exams for a loong while.
Anyway there was a mock debate today in History class. The prof was funky enough to dress up as Lenin (back from the dead of course), complete with moustachce and that signature cap of his to re-enact the struggle for power after he kicked the bucket in 1924. My section did Nikolai Bukharin, who was supposedly a favorite of Lenin, while the others re-enacted the other Old Bolsheviks (Stalin, Trotsky, Kamenev, Zinoviev et al.) and the farce was hilarious, at the very least. It could be the juxtaposition between historical figures and american slang (Bukharin is a flip flopper!! -- ala John Kerry; while "Comrade Tomskii's" you don't represent the people bitch!, or when Bukharin and Stalin joined forces: "yea he's my homie now bitch".. get the idea?) or just that this was one of the few lectures where no one's doing the usual routine of furious writing.
Other than that, it was work and more work and more work, the usual. Tests for the next 3 weeks , a week's break, and another 1-2-3 schedule. Sigh, I'm really looking forward to Thanksgiving. Havent enjoyed a sleep not interrupted by thoughts of coming exams for a loong while.
