Wrapping Up
I packed up my computer and sent it off yesterday. It was rediculously heavy, but Joe was nice enough to give me a ride over to Kinkos so I wouldn't have to carry it (I don't think carrying it even would have been an option).
Today, I spent the whole day outside studying in the Annenberg courtyard - probably my favorite spot on all campus. It was a nice and warm day, making for very enjoyable studying. For breaks, I read from the Best American Nonrequired Reading. Having bought the book yesterday, I am sorry to say that I have almost finished. It is absolutetly extrordinary collection of short stories, fiction, etc. I enjoy it so much. It really made my day absolutetly perfect.
Now I am in the library, coming to look up the few things I couldn't find in my notes and to check my e-mail/post in my blog.
This weekend I went down to Irvine to visit family. They were moving into a new condo, and I helped move stuff because my cousin's neck is badly injured from a car accident and so she has trouble lifting heavy things. While there, I head such a relaxing weekend: I ate really well (first time in a while that I had really really nice meals) and we even saw The Interperter, which was enjoyable.
The best part was riding the train down there, though, because you get to blissfully look out on the passing world and see how different each little landscape is. No one masks or covers the sides of buildings facing the train tracks, so you get to see the really and the bare functionality of the world. But glancing beyond that, you see the beautiful. The grass fields, the deserted building in which trees are growing.
"Although I have unlimited respect for facts, and delight in their discovery and appreciation, I have come to the obvious yet almost blasphemous view that, with respect to teaching, the facts just aren't that important." - Professor Rine, UC Berkeley
Today, I spent the whole day outside studying in the Annenberg courtyard - probably my favorite spot on all campus. It was a nice and warm day, making for very enjoyable studying. For breaks, I read from the Best American Nonrequired Reading. Having bought the book yesterday, I am sorry to say that I have almost finished. It is absolutetly extrordinary collection of short stories, fiction, etc. I enjoy it so much. It really made my day absolutetly perfect.
Now I am in the library, coming to look up the few things I couldn't find in my notes and to check my e-mail/post in my blog.
This weekend I went down to Irvine to visit family. They were moving into a new condo, and I helped move stuff because my cousin's neck is badly injured from a car accident and so she has trouble lifting heavy things. While there, I head such a relaxing weekend: I ate really well (first time in a while that I had really really nice meals) and we even saw The Interperter, which was enjoyable.
The best part was riding the train down there, though, because you get to blissfully look out on the passing world and see how different each little landscape is. No one masks or covers the sides of buildings facing the train tracks, so you get to see the really and the bare functionality of the world. But glancing beyond that, you see the beautiful. The grass fields, the deserted building in which trees are growing.
"Although I have unlimited respect for facts, and delight in their discovery and appreciation, I have come to the obvious yet almost blasphemous view that, with respect to teaching, the facts just aren't that important." - Professor Rine, UC Berkeley
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