In Which Heads Explode

17.11.2008

Today was fairly uneventful. I took a test I probably failed, and I didn't understand anything going on in my Grammar class for some reason. Ironically, I understood my Human Rights class more than I usually do. For the first time, ALL THREE STUDENTS WERE IN ATTENDANCE! Well, kind of. The Russian guy, whose name I do not know because the teacher says it and I'm all "What the hell?" because it's a bizarre name, was just sitting there looking bored and texting people on his phone the whole class. Which is apparently a very Russian thing to do. Hell if I know. I think the teacher is convinced I don't know anything, though.

OH. OH. RIGHT. I got my pay for tutoring. Which made me feel like shit. Because I got 1,500 rubles. For ... what, exactly? Every Thursday I sit in Bobrinskij for less than 40 minutes, waiting for people to come and they never do. About five times, now. And that's more than a lot of Russians make in like ... hell if I know. But yeah. Basically it's a flawed system? I guess I shouldn't complain since I got a decent amount of money out of the deal and shouldn't have to withdraw anything for a few more weeks at the VERY least.

Well, unless I actually buy things other than PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, ACTIVIA and SNICKERS.

So basically my woes are thus: I have two things I need to write for my Human Rights class, and the problem is mostly my comprehension of what I need to write. The one that was assigned today is that I need to explain if a 'plural society' existed in Russia in the 90's, if it exists today, and if so under what model. Then I need to PROPOSE a model for today's Russia ... ? In 6,000 characters. Which isn't very long. So, uhm, we'll see what happens.

OH, and in class today, the teacher said "в Украине," (in Ukraine) and the girl in the class interrupted him and said "НА Украине." (in THE Ukraine) He just kind of paused for a moment and said "Как вы хотите." (As you wish) I thought this was interesting because I was told, even by my UKRAINIAN Russian language professor, that it's "на Украине," period. I proposed that "в Украине" would be more correct NOW since Ukraine is a COUNTRY and not a TERRITORY. She disagreed. BUT NOW I have leverage!

So, like Jen, I am all of a sudden wanting to burn Goucher to the ground. I still have a block on my account, meaning I can't register for classes tomorrow unless it's magically removed from my account while I'm sleeping. Which means that once it's removed I will be THE LAST PERSON TO REGISTER. BEHIND ALL THE FUCKING FRESHMEN. The block is because of my enrollment deposit, WHICH WAS SENT IN TWO FUCKING WEEKS AGO. I sent an e-mail to them today, so hopefully something happens. I have a nice orderly schedule set out, and I really hope it isn't FUCKED UP. On top of that, there's little chance of me getting a single next semester. Which, I suppose, isn't surprising. I'll again have to room with someone I DON'T FUCKING KNOW. And inevitably it will be an AWFUL PERSON. I wouldn't mourn all that much, except the system is so fucked up because SO MANY FRESHMEN get singles for NO APPARENT REASON except for the fact that the college admits so many people then so many more are shuffled out because they hate the college, and somehow freshmen are the first people on the queue for singles. Or some shit. OR, LIKE BRENDAN AND HIS FUCKING SOPHOMORE FRIENDS, they make up some BULLSHIT "special house" and choose their rooms before anyone else, COMPLETELY UNDESERVEDLY. I'm not as angry at Brendan for this, because he's a Junior and deserves the single I'd say, BUT NOT HIS SOPHOMORE FRIENDS.

Alright, I'm going to go do my homework WHILE I'M STILL IN A GOOD MOOD.