Aesthetics.

Evidently I did something right with my paper on Chez Appolinaire vs. Chez Breton: a 10 page debate on surrealism that I wrote in French. I believe I mentioned it in a past blog. Anyway, I got an A- in the class! I didn't even have an editor which is why I'm relatively surprised.

I received a B+ on the paper I had an editor for - go figure. Actually, I would have hated to see the grade had I not had some grammar help. My entire grade was based on one paper. One paper! The crazy Sorbonne. Of course, I was freaking out at the time. I spent nearly every waking moment for a week in the library reseraching. And writing the bloody thing was a mess. I am SO gratiful to Fanny for editing!!! You've helped me out so much.

But back to the Aesthetics course. It was a fun class. One of the few literature classes that I've taken AND enjoyed. Plus who doesn't love a crazy and intelligent professor? I usually find that lit classes are fueled by BS and contain little original thought. ... although I admit that there is only so much that can be said about some pieces of literature. I guess it's the same in history classes. A lot of BS and little creativity. Jumping back to my Sorbonne history class - it's the only class where I've ever seen/heard an historical arguement between the prof and students or even between the students themselves. I was impressed.

On other news, Arts Fest was this weekend. In other words, it was an excuse for Alumni to come back and get drunk. For a photo assignment, I photographed people at the festival. I had fun talking to the people I photographed. Most were incredibly nice and told stories or offered advice. Good times. There was a lot of modern sculpture art. I enjoyed looking, but nothing was in my price range. When I'm rich ... haha.