…that is, there’s way too much happening in my life to keep this updated regularly. But as long as I manage to give a life sign once in a while, that should be alright.
This semester is much more demanding than the last. That’s a good thing, of course – I like to be challenged. Statistics didn’t turn out as great as I thought it would be. I really like it, it’s very interesting and entertaining because my professor has exactly the kind of humour that I like – the morbid, sarcastic one, so I’m regularly having fun in that class. But even though I really like the course, I just don’t seem to be able to do it. My first exam was a shame, and that was especially frustrating because I actually understood the things we did, and had explained them to other people just before the exam. Sigh. I got over it, though, and accepted that I can’t expect a decent grade for that course, but as long as I don’t fail it, I’m okay with that. The first half of the semester was incredibly busy statistics-wise, there was so much to read, so much to do, and that sometimes kept me busy until late at night. The other half of the semester, though, just started and is much more relaxed: this is only going to be about the Statistics project, so instead of class I have short meetings, and there’s nothing to read anymore. It’s amazing how much time I seem to have for my other courses now.
The other courses are good, too. Life & Travel Writing is probably not my favourite genre of literature, but it’s a fun class and I really enjoy it. I had my doubts about finishing the Literature track, though, and for a while I thought about dropping it completely and going over to something else. Then I realised that it’s still fun, and that it fits in my study programme much better than Linguistics, so I decided to keep it. And it’s quite rewarding, too. Unlike my Dutch class, in which I am just bored beyond words. That’s not my professor’s fault of course; she’s very nice. But as a German, it’s really, really easy to learn Dutch. Haven’t studied at all for the exam, and still got an A+. Now, that just doesn’t seem to be right. I’ll try to skip the 100-level course and get into the 200-level right away, because I can’t stand another semester like that. I like to be challenged, I like to work for my grades, and in this course, I just don’t have to. Of course it’s a nice easy course compared to Statistics, but still…
And then: Theatre & Media Studies. Now, originally my tutor just put me in that course because I got kicked out of some other course, timetable clash, blah blah blah. But I then realized that it’s just an amazing course. In fact, in Theatre & Media Studies I found something that is just perfect for me, something that I really feel I could do for the rest of my life. I’ve never been so drawn to a subject, immediately, so that was a very strange experience – especially because I would have never been in that course if it hadn’t been for my tutor. So Theatre and Media Studies it is. I am totally enthusiastic about the subject. So next semester I’m trying to get into the 300-level of Theatre and Media Studies, as well as into the 300-level of Literature (thus completing my Literature track, so I won’t have to worry about that anymore), and also the 200-level Philosophy course, Ethics. True: without taking the 100-level first, but I hope that’s going to be fine anyway. I really need this course, otherwise I won’t be able to study exactly what I want to study here. And then, of course, I’ll also take Rhetorics and Argumentation. I just hope I’ll get into all of the courses I want to have… Even though in that case it’s gonna be a pretty tough semester, with two 300-courses and one 200-course, and Rhetorics, which is also very time-consuming.
For something completely different, and the reason why I’ve been hyper the past few days: I applied for a semester abroad, and I got accepted. Meaning that in my fourth semester (spring 2011), I’m going to Nebraska. I’m really excited about it and practically can’t stop being hyper! This is going to be a great opportunity, and it’s my chance to actually do a Philosophy track. Apart from very cool Philosophy courses, they also have awesome Theatre courses, so I hope I’ll get some of those as well. I’m so damn excited about it! This is going to be a great experience. 
Okay, that’s it with my quick update now, I’m going to sleep now. Yes, indeed, sleep, a rare activity around here! Right now, there’s nothing I have to do for class anymore, so I might as well just go to bed and try to get a good night’s rest. That is, of course there are still lots of things to be done – a lot of reading, a research paper, some assignments, studying for my Theatre and Media Studies exam on Wednesday, learning my lines for the theatre play we’re performing this semester… but, so to say, nothing that has to be done until tomorrow anymore. Which feels really great. I still have to read a book for Literature, though, and then another book for Literature, both as soon as possible, but right now, sleep seems to be much more attractive than reading.
