Once more into the fray

Sorry for the operational pause. As it turns out, real life can be fun. After the Iraqification of the blogosphere, even cafeteria lines look interesting.

I have squeezed my life through the doorway of a new apartment; I am now letting myself expand to fill this strange container, like an octopus entering a cave. I believe I finally started feeling at home the night I attacked the bathroom with a can of Scrubbing Bubbles. I had heard rumors that cleaning can be therapeutic; I now believe them.

Voter registration has gone swimmingly. So far, I have personally registered 14 people to vote in this county; provided registration forms, directly or indirectly, to at least 25 more; and given out information on questions such as absentee voting to at least 45 others.

And classes began today. After careful evaluation of the three courses I have had so far, I am not doing any somersaults of exuberance. I am not crying out in pain yet either, though. That probably comes tomorrow morning. Here are today's reviews:

19th Century Europe (a.k.a. War and Revolution): There are far too many engineering majors in this course. Technical students should not be the majority in senior-level history classes. It ain't natural. The textbooks look good, though.

Greek Manuscripts of the New Testament: Yeah, as everybody always knew, it's going to be difficult to do this in a one-hour seminar. It looks as if Dr. Hood wants this to be the lab portion of a nonexistent larger course. The mix of students is really promising, though; this one's going to be a lot of fun.

Christology: Tonight, this course moved at about three-fourths of the speed necessary to keep me awake. The content looks good and intricate enough, but I may need to find a particularly potent doodling style. This is one class I won't be able to sleep through.