I have no reached my holiday weekend. I will finally write a more appropriate journal entry then the trite I have been posting for weeks . First of all, I will admit that Greek is extraordinarily difficult. I am failing, but I do not care much about that, because I do feel as though I am gaining a wealth of knowledge. I am not sure If I will be able to read in two weeks, but I will be expected to do so. California is a very nice place, I have not left Berkeley very much, other than a few quick trips to San Francisco. I have met a lot of nice people that are really kewl, and that I would like to continue to know.

First off is Gisela. This beautiful woman from Puerto Rico. She is so fun and extraordinarily smart, unfortunately she sits in the same boat as I when it comes to her performance of Attic Greek, but she is doing well will that issue. I consider her one on my closest comrades here.

Stephanie is the sweet yet terribly feisty Chinese girl from LA. She is this sweet naïve little conservative, but I love her to death. She is also not doing well in the course. This is probably why the three of us get a long so well.

Krissy is the teaching assistant from USC. She is a year away from becoming Dr. Ionta and she is taking the course in an effort to pass her Greek translation exams with flying colors. She is this great Italian New Yorker, who is my primary hag. We both have similar personalities and we definitely talk to each other about most things. Krissy is my closest friend here, and I really appreciate her a lot. She is a Latin teacher at USC and is easily at the top of the class, so she helps me for ours on end after class. She is a very good teacher.

So, for all of you who keep sending me Matt Foley- esque motivation emails., I thank you dearly and appreciate all of them. I do not regret coming out here, and I am very glad I did this. This one course is not why I have decided to continue in academia, but it is just the candle atop of the cake. It was me being depressed about failing, and then not being able to celebrate the sodomy case ruling, and when I would try to talk to it about people, no one was really interested. I have a life in living in the world that we all experience every day, and one can do that in academia, but I do not believe I can operate in the world from an ivory tower (or a dank basement if you go to Pitt hehehehe) I have been reared to be a public servant, so I do not think Graduate school is an immediate place next year.

Maybe, we’ll see.