Fall Semester!

I'm back in school now. Just getting ready for my Spanish class! I love all the classes I'm taking this semester--

-American Indian Studies (FASCINATING! Today we had a discussion on the Chief, and my professor had us divide into groups and identify how many Native American people we could think of. Wednesday the class had to identify as many tribes as they could.)

-World Music (today we learned about sitar and tabla in Indian music, of which I love listening to! We watched a video about Kathak, a traditional Indian dance of storytelling.)

-Elementary Spanish (taught all in Spanish.... have I taken 1 class yet? No! Do I accept challenges? YES!)

-Japanese Tea Ceremony and Zen (U of I has a Japan House, of which they perform tea ceremonies at on Saturday mornings. I will be able to perform a tea ceremony at the end of the semester!)

-Community and Natural Resources (my graduate school course, of which I am the youngest, by far. Whoops. Looks like I'm going to have to work my tushie off!)

Off to class I go! =) =) =)

Taoist Quote

He who dreams of drinking wine may weep when morning comes; he who dreams of weeping may in the morning go off to hunt. While he is dreaming he does not know it is a dream, and in his dream he may even try to interpret a dream. Only after he wakes does he know it was a dream. And someday there will be a great awakening when we know this is all a great dream. Yet the stupid believe they are awake, busily and brightly assuming they understand things, calling this man ruler, that one herdsman - how dense! Confucius and you are both dreaming! And when I say that you are dreaming, I am dreaming, too. Words like these will be labeled the Supreme Swindle. Yet, after ten thousand generations, a great sage may appear who will know their meaning, and it will still be as though he appeared with astonishing speed. -- Zhuangzi