serinde

syringavulgaris: I haven't learned to say "I'm super-talented" yet.
dariodevil: Sono incazzato!
syringavulgaris: I did learn that I got 100% on the test, though it was 97% before the extra credit.
dariodevil: You are not good enough!
syringavulgaris: Sono una studentessa studiosa!
syringavulgaris: Ho bisogno di caffe.
dariodevil: No, no, no
dariodevil: Are you trying to say you need coffee?
syringavulgaris: Yes. We learned that not ten minutes ago.
dariodevil: You are aware there is formal and conversational language, correct?
syringavulgaris: Yeah, though the only formal bits we've learned about is 2nd person formal.
syringavulgaris: using "Lei" instead of "tu"
dariodevil: That sentence can best be described as formal
syringavulgaris: So how do I say "Jesus Christ I need a coffee"?
dariodevil: Christo, bisogno il caffe!
dariodevil: For bonus points, "Christo de una Mala Donna!" works well.
dariodevil: Try it in class one day
dariodevil: Also, "Porco Dio" is good, too.
syringavulgaris: "mala donna", isn't that "bad lady" ?
dariodevil: Yes. The phrase essentially means "Christ from a whore."
dariodevil: It is a very bad phrase I was told not to say as a child.
dariodevil: My father said it all the time.

So, I've registered for a class, which means I now have a bill. It's free for me, as an employee of a particular flavor, but until the papers are pushed the bill does indeed show my tuition. It also shows my application fee (they don't actually charge it until you're accepted and actually taking courses, which is unusually kind of them), and...the Student Technology Fee.

My salary is paid out of the Tech Fee.

I'm paying myself.

I MADE IT MYSEEEELF and you ought to recognize it, or what are you doing on my flist? oh fine it's the scene from Real Genius where they're studying for finals, just as the one kid freaks out and runs away screaming

So, contingent on eSIMS being up and stuff next week when I go to register, it looks like I'll be taking Elementary Italian on M & Th, 8:10 - 9:25AM. (This necessitates me making up an hour of work a week, but considering most days I'm in by 8:40 and don't leave til 5:15, I think it works out to a push.)

So, this conference, hight Accessorizing the Renaissance Body.

A few general impressions:

1) A lot of gender-studies people are somewhat wack, and think everything's a nail for their hammer.
2) I see NYU uses Sodexho for their caterers, too. Oh those plastic pastries.
3) If something is of little interest or uninterestingly presented, I can keep awake if I force myself to take notes. <--- important for future grad school aspirations
3a) It's gotten a lot harder to take notes by hand! I'm so used to doing it on a laptop these days. I think that, if my grad school aspirations are realized, this is what an Eeeeeeee would be good for.

( Session I: Working with Accessories )

( Session II: Renaissance Erotics )

Then lunch, which we had with some of Beth's FIT acquaintances at the Olive Tree Cafe. mmmm hummus.

( Session III: Dressing Up )

( Session IV: Taking Accessories Seriously )

At the end, we schmoozed a bit (well, mostly Beth. I'm slowly learning) and we introduced ourselves to the professor who did the "response" closing remarks, who is apparently a Person of Much Note (I think every presenter, or almost every one, quoted his work). I am fairly well convinced that he is actually Doctor Who in a new incarnation.

A worthwhile day, all in all.