Thursday, June 16, 2005
A few days ago I began reading The Aeneid in preparation for the translations I shall render in Latin next semester. Es ist sehr lang. I read more this morning as I awaited the inception of mein Deutschkurs, aber ich war zu müde zu konzentrieren. Eike takes Spanish from eight to ten, providing a welcome distraction from mein Kampf mit der Aeneid [I am aware those are nominative endings, but let us not get too technical] during his class' intermission. Today I learned that Eike's shoes sell for about a hundred Euro in Deutschland, but around fifty-five dollars in Amerika; today Eike learned that I think most girls who pay for tanning salon services pay inordinately for something that only makes them a darker shade of "ugly".
I had considered doing something constructive during my office shift, but, as noted above, I am too exhausted to concentrate. Any information I might attempt [subjunctive, oder "Konjunktiv" auf Deutsch] to cram into my squishy head would only remain unprocessed. I suppose I could study the final forty-five-ish minutes, completing work in the dorm room as my laundry washes (working out causes the pile to rise far faster than it has previously).
From this position I count three (3) croquet mallets, eight (8) straw-bristled brooms, one (1) hammer, and four (4) volleyballs in the "game/miscellaneous crap" closet... at the next staff meeting I shall forward the idea of collating these elements into "funness".
[Lauree Frances Keith concluded this diatribe at 2:21 PM]