I hate finals.

[timeripple]

Right about now I really miss self-scheduled exams, gratis blue books, Wellesley, and my crazy fiddle-and-other-instrument-playing buddies. Also, I hate finals. I have one in an hour and a half. Whose idea was it to have finals after normal business hours, I'd like to know? *fumes* Luckily it is only German, which is a) not all that hard, grammatically speaking, and b) taught at a very slow pace, so the amount of stuff they can actually use on an exam is rather limited, and c) I know I already mentioned this, but really, it is kind of a piece of yummy German chocolate cake (which btw is apparently not actually supposed to have coconut. According to my TA, who in fact kommt aus Deutschland).

Also, I have really random music running through my head. At the moment it's a beautiful slow air learned from the playing of Hanneke Cassel, so yay, but for a while there it was the theme from Troy.

I really want to watch bad Classics movies now.

In conclusion: finals suck.

Comments

[olivia-cochrane.livejournal.com]

german is easy?

My question exactly. Probably 3/4 of all non-native speakers would beg to differ. I've always been pretty good with languages, and when I was learning German, I had to keep track of pages and pages of nouns with their definite articles so I could remember what goes with 'der,' 'die' or 'das.' Now, of course, I have an instinct as to which sounds right, but when you're first learning...oi. Not to mention when you're reading a German newspaper, you might look for the first verb about halfway down the page, if you're lucky :) Fiona, I recommend the essay "The Awful German Language" by Mark Twain.

[timeripple.livejournal.com]

There can be no doubt that the three definite articles are a pain. But at least if you have the article you can tell almost instantly whether the noun is m, f, or n, instead of having to look at everything else in the sentence to figure it out. Of course, when we get to reading actual stuff it'll probably be much, much more difficult.

Thanks for the rec; I'll look it up! Mark Twain is always worthwhile. I think I've had On The Damned Human Race lying around for years and really should read it.

Also, I love your icon. Love love love it! (Bad Fiona. No LOTR or Princess Bride until you've finished Plato!)

[olivia-cochrane.livejournal.com]

"Fezzik, are there rocks ahead?"
"If there are, we all be dead."

Yeah, as with all of my cool icons, I stole it. But I always credit when I steal icons.

[kayselkiemoon.livejournal.com]

that is a super icon. ^_^

[cadragongirl.livejournal.com]

"the Awful German Language" by mark twain is absolutely fabulous & excruciatingly funny, especially for those of us that have studied german. i had to read it in one of my german classes in high school & absolutely loved it.