This semester is going to be awesome!

I had my doubts about this semester from the start; for one thing, I'm finally taking the Spanish class that I need to take in order to graduate. Spanish hasn't exactly been unfriendly to me, but it's been about two and a half years since I last studied the language at all. It did not help my worry at all when the Spanish professor announced that she would teach most of the class in Spanish. Makes sense, I suppose, but it made me go "ai-yi-yi!".

Well, today was the second day of Spanish class, and I'm starting to remember way more Spanish than I expected to. Her talking in Spanish all the time is jogging my memory, and the rest I'm putting together from context. Don't get me wrong, there's still plenty where I just smile and nod at her, and I still dread the oral tests in the class. But I don't think this will kick my ass quite as much as I thought it would.

Philosophy also worried me a lot, since the syllabus he sent us to begin with really got my hackles up and made me feel like I wouldn't enjoy the teacher at all. The first day of class, however, proves that I was wrong in thinking that and right in giving the class a chance. It's going to be a difficult class with a lot of reading, but I should be able to manage it.

British Literature I (Dark Ages through the early half of the eighteenth century) has quite an interesting professor, though I wish he would speak up more. I've got high hopes for this class and the next one in the line, if only because I'm a mad, mad little girl who loves to read and sample different writing styles. But, mmm, a chance to see all kinds of stories that I never would have looked for on my own.

Reminds me, I need to go back to Project Gutenberg and finish reading "The Wendigo" by Algernon Blackwood. Maybe check out some of his other stories if "The Wendigo" is good. Mmmm, early American horror.

Last and so far from least it's not even funny, I'm taking an Introduction to Screenplay Writing. I really like the professor, just like I really liked my professor from Introduction to Writing Short Stories. He's very awesome, and he laid out exactly what work he expects us to do this semester - we'll be focussing on writing screenplays for movies rather than for plays, which suits me a lot better. Hopefully, he'll let me do something with giant robots, since that's about what I've got in my head right now.

I'm working from six to nine tonight, so I'll do my Spanish homework and my Philosophy reading then. Right now, I'm going to toddle off to read my syllabus for Screenwriting. Ciao!

31_days - Steadfast and Reflector

Also, I love writing my Sideways.

Title: Dark Cave of Wonders 1/?
Day/Theme: Jan. 17, 'He went down the well'
Fandom: G1 Transformers
Characters: Steadfast, Reflector
Rating: G
Summary: On a seek-and-find mission from Megatron, Reflector and Steadfast stumble across something they shouldn't bring back.

Author's Notes: First of all, Steadfast belongs to ravenclaw_devi and is used with permission. Secondly, this is a bit of a style-experiment for me. I'm sort of serializing this story.

I say 'sort of' because I'm basically going to write part of it whenever a 31_days prompt inspires me, but I've only got the vaguest idea of where I'm going. So there's a good chance this story may end with 'rocks fall, everyone dies'.

Hope you enjoy it anyway. *grins*

( Dark Cave of Wonders )