Boring stuff about school that no one will read

Now that I've attended all of my classes, I can give a proper summary. They're surprisingly alright! I don't want to speak too soon, but I'm enjoying them, even though the work load is horrendous.

Monday:
Gothic Lit - This class is right up my alley. We are studying the beginnings of Horror in literature and film as well as the emergence of "Gothic" as a writing style and an escape from the previous Romantic era. We also are watching some of my favorite classic films like Nosferatu and The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. My professor is really intelligent and awesome, even if his accent is a little tough to decipher.

Issues in British Politics and Culture - This class actually doesn't start until this coming Monday, but it's a series of lectures from prominent British figures about current British issues. I'm kind of psyched!

Tuesday:
The English Novel in the 19th Century - Most of the required reading for this class is extremely boring (Jane Austen, Charlotte Bronte, ewww) and the professor expects an immense amount of work from us (close readings, frequent presentation, lots and lots of library time) but... wait, where was I going with this? This class kind of sucks. But we are somewhat focusing on feminism when it was still in its subtle stage, which is my cup of tea, so to speak.

Thursday:
Self-Fashioning in Literature, Art and Film - This class is pretty cool. We are studying the way that self-portraits, autobiographies and self-referential films reflect culture. The strange thing about this class is that in addition to the reading, writing, presenting and everything else, we must also become involved in the topic of "self-fashioning". By this, I mean that we must sketch a series of self-portraits (one a week) to reflect on later, write our autobiographies and make a series of 5 minute video diaries.

Seeing London - This is basically an Art History/Architecture class that requires us to travel to different parts of London, learning about their respective histories and analyzing what we see. The great thing about this class is that we get to do a lot of sketching. Today, I sketched different parts of the British Museum. Maybe by the end of the semester, I will actually be able to draw, ha ha... The bad part is that I have a class before this one and I'm expected to show up at whatever site we are studying on time. Every time I am late deducts 1.5% from my final grade. It's a little unfair, but whatever.

Oy. I will be a very busy girl until May. I've added some more events to my upcoming roster:

Friday: day trip to Greenwich for "Seeing London"
Saturday: trip to the Tate Modern
Sunday: Going to a friend's place for Sunday Roast! (It's an English tradition thats like Easter dinner... except EVERY SUNDAY)

I don't even know what's on that plate but MMM free food!!
Next Tuesday: PANCAKE DAY

Emilia with a Pancake Day sign
Okay, so pancake day is a little far in the future, but I'm psyched. Can you tell?

And what would a post be without a random song? It's kind of go-go-go so pretend it works.
Albert Hammond Jr. - In Transit