first week

i did not care about the uc budget crisis until my middle eastern professor proclaimed, "higher education is every person's birth right."

much love to academia.

arabic is very tough. my short term memory is worse than i thought... as of now all i can say is "my name is...," "good morning," and "yes." i also know the first four letters of the arabic alphabet... these minute fragments of knowledge took me a total of two hours. i am brilliant.

also, i got a job at the art history department. basically i scan art slides, extract images from art books and update professors' websites. easy peasy stuff. let's hope that my brilliance doesn't fuck it up somehow.