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July 29, 2005
A Didofoot was pricking on the plaine...
I bought my books for my fall classes today, so now I'm a little nervous. For half of my swan song at State I'll be taking "The Structure of Language," a course the English department chairman actually warned me away from. "It's a syntax course," he said doubtfully. What, do I have a big neon sign on me saying SYNTAX IS MY KRYPTONITE, IF YOU SEE ME WITH SYNTAX PLEASE ALERT THE MOMS? It's true that the last time I took it it caused me to drop out of college and is basically the reason I still have not graduated at 25, but THERE WERE MITIGATING CIRCUMSTANCES, PEOPLE. I was nineteen. That is a mitigating circumstance if ever I saw one.
I faced the dragon Errours once and only barely escaped with my life. Now I must face the dragon Sin(tax) and probably I will have to die and be reborn to get through it. So if you don't see me much in the fall, it will be because I am dead.
As if facing my deadliest rival weren't enough, I'm also taking the pompously-titled "Literature and Psychology." There's a whole lotta Freud on this menu. I've never read Freud and never wanted to, contenting myself with making fun of his ideas as best I misunderstand them, so I'm not looking forward to getting a big old ladlefull shoved down my throat. Also, I see I will be forced to read Orlando again, which I think will finish me off even if I survive everything else.
What I am saying is: poop.
Posted by didofoot at July 29, 2005 10:34 AM
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I believe that the reason people in literature classes are forced to read Orlando is that misery loves company. I put it off unforgivably in a high school English class and wound up having to finish it over the course of a weekend, which leads me to the following statement:
A weekend which feels 400 years long only sounds like a good idea.
Posted by: Dianna at July 29, 2005 11:29 AM
Syntax ain't so bad. You get to follow your friends around with a tape recorder and make transcriptions so they can see how mushy their mouths are.
Posted by: Frahm at July 29, 2005 02:55 PM
My brilliant friend Zack also dreaded/hated syntax:
I really hate syntax a lot, even when it's easy. It is not intuitive for me. All I can do with it is follow instructions, and when that doesn't work, well, then all I can do is center the words "fuck it" on a page and turn that in.
Posted by: sean at July 29, 2005 06:26 PM
Wait...you are taking these classes by choice right? Why not just take something else. Last semester is for fun not torture.
Posted by: nuala at July 30, 2005 04:53 PM
sadly no. because i'll be working fulltime (martyr pauses here for sympathy from the crowd) and i have two specific requirements left to fulfill, these are the only two classes that work for me. (awww!)
Posted by: didofoot at July 30, 2005 10:05 PM
awwwwwwww....
well at least you have a job. and at least you get to go to school.
Posted by: michele at July 31, 2005 07:43 PM
Syntax? I didn't know the republicans had managed to tax this last refuge of scoundrels.
Posted by: Bob Larson at August 2, 2005 03:36 PM
What does a syntax class entail, exactly. Are you just breaking down sentences and crap?
Posted by: jason s at August 3, 2005 08:24 AM
i don't know precisely, but the iron maiden will definitely be involved.
Posted by: didofoot at August 3, 2005 09:11 AM
or perhaps an iron midden would be more appropriate considering the last word of your post.
Posted by: michele at August 3, 2005 03:14 PM
noddddd.
Posted by: didofoot at August 4, 2005 01:06 PM
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