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tarigwaemirAd Mundo Exteriore,
Despite a nagging suspicion that I have not studied fully for my biology test, I am going to go to sleep. Better to get up early and cram at breakfast and that hour-long break between Korean and math than to fall asleep during the test. Which is a serious possibility, and I have oniichan's example, after all, to prove that it can happen.
In a Herculean effort, I managed to complete about two days' worth of homework yesterday. (As a result, I went to sleep at four.) Unfortunately, since I did no actual homework on Saturday or Sunday, this leaves me exactly where I was before the long weekend. I also have only one day to write that Rome of Augustus paper. -_- I really need to get in control of this homework situation before I completely explode.
I think I'm pretty much set with the material for tomorrow's midterm, but I may take longer than I should with recombination problems. I have the tendency to overthink everything. Hm...maybe I should review the sample exams one more time before going to bed.
In other news, Professor Tarrant recited more Latin poetry today, and one of the excerpts he read was the passage I posted in my journal yesterday. ^_^ What's also particularly fascinating is to hear him describe Horace's subtle use of poetic language. For example, the "carpe" in carpe diem, commonly translated as "seize the day", actually comes closer to the verb "to pluck". Thus, the metaphor of plucking flowers in the full height of their bloom, of picking them at that immediate moment of appreciation, is implied in the choice of a single word. I find that positively beautiful. He also explained how the Latin meter of another poem reinforces the actual subject--the poem is one long line and has a very quick, hurried meter, while the poem itself is about the inevitable change that comes with time. I really wish I took Latin in high school and read all these poets in their original language.
Lovely, lovely. I'm such a classicist. There's this particular satisfaction that I feel in the perfect form, but not simply form as its own aesthetic. The form must be perfect in its function as a part of a coherent whole. Or more metaphorically, the shape of the vessel must be connected to the substance it holds--vaguely reminds me of Klein bottles and GEB strange loops.
Yes, yes, I'll stop prattling about Rome soon and switch over to genetics. Maybe when the midterm is over, and we get into the next chapter with recombination in bacteria.
Oh, and I forgot, I picked up this quiz from someone, somewhere:
Ichi - "That one with wisdom"
Sponsored by www.life-blood.cjb.net
What would your Japanese name be? (female)
brought to you by Quizilla
I find this quiz extremely disturbing. My name means "one" in vernacular Korean. (I'm an only child.) This Japanese name, if I'm not mistaken, can also be read to mean "one". That's just bizarre. Tryo-chan, if I've got my Japanese numbers mixed up, please tell me so I can reassure myself that no, computers can't read my mind.
...Tari
Despite a nagging suspicion that I have not studied fully for my biology test, I am going to go to sleep. Better to get up early and cram at breakfast and that hour-long break between Korean and math than to fall asleep during the test. Which is a serious possibility, and I have oniichan's example, after all, to prove that it can happen.
In a Herculean effort, I managed to complete about two days' worth of homework yesterday. (As a result, I went to sleep at four.) Unfortunately, since I did no actual homework on Saturday or Sunday, this leaves me exactly where I was before the long weekend. I also have only one day to write that Rome of Augustus paper. -_- I really need to get in control of this homework situation before I completely explode.
I think I'm pretty much set with the material for tomorrow's midterm, but I may take longer than I should with recombination problems. I have the tendency to overthink everything. Hm...maybe I should review the sample exams one more time before going to bed.
In other news, Professor Tarrant recited more Latin poetry today, and one of the excerpts he read was the passage I posted in my journal yesterday. ^_^ What's also particularly fascinating is to hear him describe Horace's subtle use of poetic language. For example, the "carpe" in carpe diem, commonly translated as "seize the day", actually comes closer to the verb "to pluck". Thus, the metaphor of plucking flowers in the full height of their bloom, of picking them at that immediate moment of appreciation, is implied in the choice of a single word. I find that positively beautiful. He also explained how the Latin meter of another poem reinforces the actual subject--the poem is one long line and has a very quick, hurried meter, while the poem itself is about the inevitable change that comes with time. I really wish I took Latin in high school and read all these poets in their original language.
Lovely, lovely. I'm such a classicist. There's this particular satisfaction that I feel in the perfect form, but not simply form as its own aesthetic. The form must be perfect in its function as a part of a coherent whole. Or more metaphorically, the shape of the vessel must be connected to the substance it holds--vaguely reminds me of Klein bottles and GEB strange loops.
Yes, yes, I'll stop prattling about Rome soon and switch over to genetics. Maybe when the midterm is over, and we get into the next chapter with recombination in bacteria.
Oh, and I forgot, I picked up this quiz from someone, somewhere:
Ichi - "That one with wisdom"
Sponsored by www.life-blood.cjb.net
What would your Japanese name be? (female)
brought to you by Quizilla
I find this quiz extremely disturbing. My name means "one" in vernacular Korean. (I'm an only child.) This Japanese name, if I'm not mistaken, can also be read to mean "one". That's just bizarre. Tryo-chan, if I've got my Japanese numbers mixed up, please tell me so I can reassure myself that no, computers can't read my mind.
...Tari
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Date: 2003-10-14 08:50 pm (UTC)Two, the text on your icon is a bit small.
Three, penguin??
O.o
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Date: 2003-10-15 10:59 am (UTC)And text on icon being small is nothing new. XP If you can't read it, too bad.
...Tari
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Date: 2003-10-14 11:31 pm (UTC)Which is a serious possibility, and I have oniichan's example, after all, to prove that it can happen.
^-- What's THAT supposed to mean.... ;_;
I'm bored. I think I'll write in my LJ. Darn.
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Date: 2003-10-15 11:00 am (UTC)And it's not cool, it's scary. O_O
...Tari
(no subject)
Date: 2003-10-14 11:37 pm (UTC)Welcome to the trap of college--you're becoming one of us mere mortals whose nonproductive leanings get the betteer of us on an all-too-frequent basis and lead us into having no time to do all of our work.
Case in point: I'm currently halfway through a 10-page Bio research paper due in 15 hours. I'll finish it, but I really don't want to sacrifice any classes to do it. We'll see. If I finish I still have to do calc homework and chem homework anyway. Guh.
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Date: 2003-10-15 11:03 am (UTC)Just kidding. ^_~
Anyway, g'luck with the paper. Actually, I probably have less work than anyone else at the moment, and yet I'm struggling just the same. But hey, at least Hunter prepares you for these types of last-minute frantic homework-finishing...
...Tari
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Date: 2003-10-15 11:16 am (UTC)O.o
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Date: 2003-10-15 11:57 am (UTC)...Tari