First day of class today. Es war sehr toll. Even getting out of lessons early, I was still 10 minutes late. Getting lost in the basement of Hutchinson didn't really help (so many doors... all discontinuous). I rather wish we were still assigned to MGH, just for its proximity to Meany. On the upside, I should be quite the sprinter by June.
But I digress...
Class was fun. I have to admit that the exercises proposed in the "Viewpoints" book really seemed a bit odd when I was initially reading them. The concepts make sense, but I really couldn't see how they were applied for want of a concrete vehicle to convey them. Acting out the montages in groups really helped. 'Twas also a lot of fun, once we got over the initial (20 s)confusion about what to do. I also like to think that we contributed to the surreality of random passerbys' days. Though, this is UW. Undergrads lying on the sidewalk aren't really all that uncommon.
All the spatial relationships people were using were pretty cool. I've always enjoyed seeing unconventional levels in space, so the lying/crouching/standing/table differences were fun. Es gefällt mir gut.
The History of Berlin lecture was also really neat. I must confess to having a fiendish desire to get copies of all the maps and make a "watch Berlin grow" flip-book out of them...will probably need smaller copies for that. Getting back on topic, organizing the explanation the city's apparent randomness in terms of its historical growth was 1)really logical, 2)very illuminating, and 3)helpful for future getting-un-lost-ing. Neologism! Learning how to find important navigational aids (landmarks) + historical data + deutsche Worte = :D Will definitely try to take one of her classes at some point, if possible.
Days 'til departure: unknown... still working on the flight plans
Days 'til Berlin program: 144
Days 'til my p-chem homework is due: <1
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