Just Thoughts

Hello. So, the sour cream and taco seasoning dip that I discuss below is awesome, but I've learned that my stomach isn't meant to eat a whole (albeit small) container of sour cream in two days. It was pretty unhappy with me for a while last night, so I placated it with some wholesome chili last night around 1am. My body was happy with me this morning. It felt nourished instead of icky. In my attempt to put more protein into my diet, tonight I'm going to try tacos. I bought some veggie ground round and taco shells, as well as more cheese and sour cream. It should be tasty. I hope that my tummy doesn't get mad at me again.

I'm kind of disappointed with my classes so far this term. My confessional poetry class on Monday was torture, although I have rediscovered my love of drawing. The most talkative people in the class are also the most concrete, so the discussion becomes more about "x=y" than any truly interesting discussion of themes. I have a presentation in that class on Monday, and I'm hoping to lead the discussion into more interesting territory. I'm looking at the religious discourse in Ginsberg's poem "Kaddish". (Sorry for the British mode of punctuating that last bit - it just makes sense to me. If you don't know what I'm talking about, then just ignore this sidebar). Anyway, since my topics include the discussions of at least two different kinds of discourse, I think it will be an interesting conversation. I'll just make sure that I have a lot to say, and I'll jump in before the other talk-a-lots get the the chance to speak.

My Medieval English course I'm actually liking a bit more, although there's the same problem of the discussion being dominated by people whose thoughts I'm not altogether interested in hearing, even if that makes me sound like a jerk. Last term, my classes were grad students only, which was awesome. There were only five of us, there was lots of talking time for everyone, and almost everything said was worth listening to. This term both of my classes are combined grad/honours seminars, and I find that the quality of thought has gone down much more than I expected it would. I mean, I don't feel a lot smarter this year than I was last year. That is, I know more now, but I think that my capacity for understanding concepts and for formulating ideas is still pretty much the same. I don't know how these classes are so much worse. Although, like I say, I am enjoying my Medieval class. The prof is a lot of fun, and so different than the one I had first time round for middle English (Weldon, for you Laurier people). Whetter doesn't make us read Middle English out loud (which I actually kind of miss... my accent has gotten so bad) and is pretty easy-going about our ideas. Plus, he makes me laugh a lot.

Not much else is new with me. After school today Ashley and I checked out the international food store on Main Street. Neither of us had ever been. I bought some chai tea mix. Ashley and I have agreed to go back there after we get our OSAP payments in. It's a neat store. I almost bought some "Mr. Vigorous Root Tonic" which is used to promote energy and sex drive. I've been feeling a little rundown lately, and how much more fun does a cure get than Mr. Vigorous Root Tonic? However, the girl in the store made fun of me (and probably rightly so... there was a picture of a body-building man on the front of the bottle) so I settled with my chai mix.

I don't really have any big plans for the weekend. I have another batch of essays to mark. At first glance, this seems to be a good batch (somewhat coherent, at least), but that opinion might change after I delve into them a bit more. Ashley and I are planning on going to a free piano concert Sunday night at school, and this is Acadia's Minifest week (the equivalent to Fr!nge), so I might take in a batch of shows either tomorrow night or on Saturday. The only problem with that is that these shows cost money, and that is one thing that is in somewhat short supply right now. Oh well. I'll sort something out.

Well, I guess that I should go get started on my tacos now. Mmmmm... tacos. I've never made tacos with meat before (or soy meat), so wish me luck!