Saturday, September 30, 2006
The mighty mighty Hedgehogs won their first Ultimate Frisbee game Friday. The other team never showed, thus forfeiting the game to us. Take that, Gigantopithicas! The members of the other teams informed us the Gigantopithicas had theretofore been undefeated. But we apparently intimidated them.
I seem to have hyper-extended something in my right foot (Dr. Lavigne told me I have "turf toe"), making the act of walking difficult and more awkward than usual. Consequently altering my gait to more heavily balance on my left foot as I stride has resulted in further blisters (over the old ones that finally began healing) to the pad of my left foot. Dr. Lavigne suggested I invest in new shoes with better support, but I believe, instead, that I should cut my feet off entirely and hop about on the stumps, for one cannot hyper-extend a stump.
Translating intermediate-level Greek texts would be much facilitated by a format similar to that of the textbook I am using for The Aeneid, which provides per page several lines of Latin with vocabulary printed directly beneath, thus eliminating the need to flip to the back of the book or to use a Latin dictionary. For Plato's Symposium, however, I must look up nearly every word in the lexicon. The constant interruption prevents me from understanding the grammar or the style. Otherwise, I might enjoy translating more than I have been- I've read and liked The Symposium in translation.
[Lauree Frances Keith concluded this diatribe at 3:05 PM]