10.17.2004
ruin
So I left some research to do in the library today. After all, yesterday was matriculation and the first week of my course was difficult enough as it was. Well it just so happens that the libraries are ALL CLOSED on Sundays. It didn't even occur to me to check before walking down to the libraries just now. So now I'm just forced to do more of that research tomorrow morning before it's due. It's really too bad, in that there's very little reason for Oxford to operate in such a way. Now if I were at one of the richer colleges like New College or Corpus Christi College, the libraries there would be open to me, with lots of Classics books. Keble is poor, so Keble doesn't have a whole lot of books. Indeed, it's one of the less useful college libraries in Oxford. Too bad, I guess.
So great party last night for matriculation, except that I was appointed as caretaker of one Cantonese girl who was in bad shape. Or rather, I was to be the liason between the group of Cantonese people trying to help her and the Junior Dean, who did not personally want to get involved. So this involved my acting as an intermediary while trying to respect the privacy of this individual. I honestly hope I'm not put into that situation again. Party was also interesting in that the sweet teaching student I mentioned a few posts back was seen getting very friendly with a grad student we have dubbed "creepy Ben", who is an American, and who is engaged. It's too bad: I kind of liked her.
OK, back to work now. I've got much bigger fish to fry than that. Evensong tonight, rehearsal at 4:30. I've got a rowing session at 5:30 am tomorrow morning. *This* should be interesting...
So great party last night for matriculation, except that I was appointed as caretaker of one Cantonese girl who was in bad shape. Or rather, I was to be the liason between the group of Cantonese people trying to help her and the Junior Dean, who did not personally want to get involved. So this involved my acting as an intermediary while trying to respect the privacy of this individual. I honestly hope I'm not put into that situation again. Party was also interesting in that the sweet teaching student I mentioned a few posts back was seen getting very friendly with a grad student we have dubbed "creepy Ben", who is an American, and who is engaged. It's too bad: I kind of liked her.
OK, back to work now. I've got much bigger fish to fry than that. Evensong tonight, rehearsal at 4:30. I've got a rowing session at 5:30 am tomorrow morning. *This* should be interesting...
