In Which .... I don't know.

18.11.2008

Alright, so, JEN called me as I was sitting down to write my entry for tonight, and therefore I have forgotten everything about which I was going to write. THANKS A LOT, JEN. =P

Basically, I have a ton of work and zero desire to do it. Indeed, I'm going to make a list here just for my own personal perspective:

-6,000 word essay on Russia as a plural society (whatever the hell that's supposed to mean)
-8,000 word essay on a regional Human Rights situation.
-Presentation in SMI on Thursday
-Readings for Russia/USA International Politics Course
-Readings for Central Asian State Formation Course
-Current Issues in Kyrgyzstan
-Presentation on Ukraine for Russia/USA Course
-All Other RSL Coursework
-Registering for Classes at Goucher (AKA: What A Fucking Mess)

That's really about it. Well, that, and I want to purge myself of my host mother's food right now.

Other than that, today was actually pretty boring... I'm getting ready to watch "Черный Ворон" (Chyornyj Voron; Black Raven) which is some strange Russian supernatural/occult show. I haven't seen it yet, but I saw an advertisement for it a few days ago and thought it might be interesting to watch.

Actually, I have a question for those who are from Goucher and read this -- Do classes taken while studying abroad count towards our GPA?

Uhm, I think that's it... I've just developed a new hatred for lugging my laptop across the city to no end, and I've realised I actually hate the newer models of busses here because they have fewer seats so I'm forced to stand unless I want to move to the back of the bus. Which I never do, because the back of the bus is generally an AWFUL place.

Oh, and I'm not sure I can learn this language. It's just gotten to the point where I feel like I can't memorise ANY damned words... I need to USE them, or HEAR them, repeatedly, or I just lose them. That being said, this SHOULD be the perfect environment for that, so I fear my return to America, when everything will just LEAK OUT OF MY SKULL. I don't know. I'm drowning.

So now I'm going to go watch TV instead of doing work.