Wednesday, May 04, 2005
This morning I hobbled over to the recreation center at seven, showered afterward, and ate breakfast while studying the Latin and Greek terminology class notes. Along the walk back to my dorm, I passed through the Foreign Language building, where I chatted with Eike for a few minutes (I thought he was studying, but he told me before I left that he had been playing poker). He is an earnest person and pleasant to talk to.
Over the semester I attended several extra credit German department functions, although by the last two or three I had already accumulated the maximum number of points to apply toward the final. Usually Eike recommends we write a review of some sort, but since this last one (the graduate student poetry reading seminar) does not count, I wrote it stream-of-conscious style, in all capitals, with no space between the words:
ANANONYMOUSPIECEWHICHWASPARTOFTHEMIDDLEHOCH
DEUTSCHERAWALTERLOOKSWELL-RESTEDSKIP
AHEADTOMARTINLUTHER'SFORTY-SIXTHHYMNRECITED
BYBRIANRAH!RAHWESTUDIEDLUTHERINHIGH
SCHOOLEUROPEANHISTORYCLASS,BECAUSEHEWASEUROPEAN
IBUTCHEREDTHEPRONUNCIATIONOFTHATFIRST
POEM-MYVOICEISTOONASALLYBRIANISPROBABLYANACCEPTABLE
SINGER,BUTICANHARDLYHEAR
HIMABOVETHESPEAKERSIWONDERWHETHERTHISISTHETRUE,
KNOWNSCORE?NOBODYKNOWSTHE
MUSICALSCORESFORANYTHINGSHAKESPEAREWROTEGODISA
MIGHTYFORTRESSTRANSITIONTODEVIL
AFFIRMATIONOFGOD'SSUPREMACYCLASSICISMEIKEISREADING,
NO,ADAMISREADINGGUNTHER
YOUSHOULDBEMOREPATIENTANSCHWAGERKRONOSIHAVESEENTHIS
SPELLING,BUTITHINKMOST
PEOPLEACCEPTITILIKETHEROLLINGINTHISGUY'SVOICEIHAVE
PROBLEMSREPLICATINGTHOSE
VOCALIZATIONSORKUS--ISTHATGERMANFORHADES?NOWEIKE
DOESROMANTICISMHEIDELBERG
FRIEDRICHHOLDERLINORIGINALLYTHEOLOGYSWITZERLAND
FRANCECRAZY1800VISITFINISHED
BRIDGENICEARROWSAUFDIEBRUCKEMICHTRAURIGWOINDIE
FLUTENSCHICKSIGSKAL
DIEBURGIMHEITERNTALGARTENNICEFONTCHOICESHOOT,I
HAVEN'TCONTINUEDTHROUGH
LORELAYITISMOREFASCINATINGTOLISTENTOTHECLIFFDOESN'T
LOOKASPRETTYASTHEPOEMSOUNDS
BUTASUSUALIAMEASILYDISAPPOINTEDPLATT(E)DEUTSCHWHICH
SOUNDSFLATTERTOMEIDON'T
KNOWPRECISELYWHATSHE'SSAYINGBUTITSOUNDSLIKESOMEONE
SPEAKINGTHROUGHDOWN'S
SYNDROMEHEMISSESHISDEADBROTHERBYKLAUSGROTHANKEISFROM
HEIDEIREMEMBERHARPO
MARXMENTIONEDLOWGERMANANDHIGHGERMANSPEAKERSIMMIGRATING
TONEWYORKREGIONALIZED
THUSLYINNEIGHBORHOODSKLAUSHADANICEHOUSEWEEFORFIELDTRIPS
LOWDUTCHABOUTAFOXDANCING
WITHARABBITABOUTTOBEEATENDEMAKSIKDUTCHISWEIRDLOOKING
VICTORBORGEMMMAN
ACCORDIONDASENKOST!KUM,LATUNSTOSAM!IKKANNASDEDAM!
DINGEDICHSOUNDSDIRTYRAINER
MARIARILKETOFELLTHEWORLDTHROUGHMYWORDSDEATH,DEATHIS
GOODASCANDALOUSAFFAIRHAVE
YOUREADOGDENNASH?-IFCALLEDBYAPANTHER,DON'TANTHERMEINE
MUTTIHABE"POETRY"GELIEBT,
BERNA/BIRNA(?)ISVERYANIMATEDNOWONDERSHE'SSOSLENDERTHE
GIRLDOESN'TSTOPMOVING!
HERPRESENTATIONISVERYDIRECTANDCLEARTHELASTISBYBRECHT
HEATHER.THAT'SHERNAME
SHEISVERYNICEBUTIKEEPFORGETTINGHERNAMELOVEPOEMBYJAN
BRECHTLOOKSLIKEAGANGSTER
THISISAVERYPRETTYGUITARPIECEITISHARDTHOUGHTOLISTEN
TOTHEWORDSHECARRIESACIGAR
LIKEGROUCHOICHLIEBEGROUCHOWHOALSOPLAYEDGUITAR
THEBEERISGETTINGCOLD
I must be a pleasure to have in class.
[Lauree Frances Keith concluded this diatribe at 9:55 AM]