Ok, I have made plans. They are not the plans I planned to make (whose fault is that, U of C?), but they are second best-case scenario plans, I think. Hopefully. These are the plans through September:
1. Study Greek: I think I've looked up every possible Greek class available in DC this summer, and my job conflicts with all of them. So it looks like I will have to re-establish what minimal grasp I ever had of Greek by reviewing my college textbook on my own. Previous efforts at language self-study have collapsed into smoldering heaps of EPIC FAIL, so maybe this effort is doomed as well. But I went through chapters 1-3 yesterday, and it was alright. Of course, the O-declension was easy the first time around too--a gentle illusion to lure the unwitting into the torture of endless permutations of the Greek verb.
2. Study German: You'd think this would be easier to come by than Greek, but actually, no. The only class I can squeeze in is a beginning course at USDA that promises to cover the genitive and dative cases, which, despite my long abandonment of German, I actually do still remember. That's ok, Greek is more important than German right now. Besides, it looks like the USDA has a Saturday morning Russian class that miraculously doesn't conflict with my work schedule. This will not be academically useful in any way, but maybe it will help me to conjugate and decline correctly so that my parents stop mocking me.
3. Write another article.
4. Read Aristotle's Politics and Ethics again. Really only because I think re-reading all the Greek political texts would be useful, but I dread Aristotle less than Plato.
5. Get an apartment in Boston. Move in August. Cry about leaving behind the most comfortable life I've ever lived.
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Congratulations on deciding on UMass Boston!
Er, Harvard.
I think you mean, "love Aristotle more than Plato." Right?
Withywindle: At the last minute, I decided on Lesley University actually.
Mark: Right...
So, does this mean we can do collegesummit in either June or July?
Oh yeah, word. June.
I assume this means Harvard. The commute from Boston to New Haven would be quite annoying. ;-)
Good luck and congrats! (I still want an e-mail about it all, btw--info will be kept confidential!)
Aren't you forgetting one: design awesome new blog...template? (You know, the top.)
You parents don't mock your Russian. They just roll on the floor laughing at it.
http://www.thegreekinstitute.org/
Though I suppose if you wanted to wait until you got there, you could take a class through Lesley.
David: good point! how could i forget?
S: omg, perfect! but not, alas, for this summer, so it's back to the textbook for me.
You could always hire a poor classics grad student to whip your greek into shape . . .
Woot! New England!!
On a doctoral stipend, I would lean towards Porter Square over Central if you are trying to stay in Cambridge. Somerville never really seems to work for people (poor road conditions for walking when raining / snowing), despite its apparent proximity on paper to CGIS. Allston is definitely not worth the marginal savings, as riding the 66 bus on a daily basis is like hell cubed.
Also, remember that you can make use of the renovated Quad Library up north from Harvard Yard from the mid afternoon to the early morning hours instead of trucking to Cabot, Lamont, Widener, etc. for generic study space. Places next to the Science Center and HLS go for mega bucks (given their quality) because of professional students overpricing the campus access factor. “Quading it” can save you serious money and give you a comparable quality of life.
congrats on deciding! :)
"Allston is definitely not worth the marginal savings, as riding the 66 bus on a daily basis is like hell cubed"Not sure what you mean - I do this every day (live in allston, ride the 66) and have had no cause to complain.
Rode it for part of a year from Commonwealth Avenue to the Yard. Didn't like having to stand half the time, along with the nausea inducing stops every eighth of a mile. Eventually switched to the Green-to-Red line, transferring downtown deal since I could get more reading done. Being within walking distance to Coolidge Corner was nice though.
But for MSI, I think finding something between Porter Square and Lesley College is very doable financially, and eliminates the need for public transportation altogether.
Yay, your school is one of our clients at work. It is too bad about UC but I think you'll like Harvard too :)
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