Monday, January 13, 2003
Grey clouds hang overhead like a massive threadbare sheet, allowing the cold air to filter down to the world below. On Guadalupe Street, the Drag Rats arrange themselves on every corner, huddling into their jackets. Some of them probably wish that metal piercings weren't so cold against their skin. Meanwhile, the Capital Metro buses make their frequently-stopping treks to and fro around the city, carrying cargoes of various sleepy-eyed people. The religious activists, as fresh and alive as this chill January morning, stand on the sidewalks holding their pamphlets and cards and miniature New Testaments, ready to force the Abridged Word of God onto every unsuspecting person who exits the Number 101 bus. I shake my head and raise my hand as I pass them, and join the ranks of college students as they make their ways to their first classes.
Yes, the spring semester has sprung here at the University of Texas at Austin.
So far, I think I'm going to enjoy it. Of course, I've only been to one class as yet, but I must say, Ceramics seems like it will be much more interesting and inspiring than I previously thought. I will have to put a lot of time and effort into this class -- much more than I've put into my other art classes -- not to mention a lot of money (among other things, I have to get a propane torch), but hopefully I'll be able to produce some works that I'll actually be pleased with.
My next class is Elizabethan Prose and Poetry at noon. I only officially registered as an English major last week, but English classes are going to become a core part of my course schedules for the next semesters. And hopefully, as my first "true" English class at the university, this will be a good experience. After that, I have U.S. History 1865-Present, which ought to be rather dull but easy.
Tomorrow my schedule consists of Painting and Astronomy. I'm not yet sure what I'll make of either of those classes, but I think I'm actually looking forward to finding out. :)
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