My day started at 7:30 this morning. Went to work in my little black box of a scion. I did my 5 hours of work and off to school I went. First class at 1:30 is my medieval art class which is not as exciting as some of other periods of art, but it is art and I get to learn a bit here and there. One major plus is that the professor is hot and I get to take 2 classes with her next quarter. Watched a video on Romanesque and Gothic Cathedrals that was produced well when they were building the cathedrals. I mean come on people, we pay all kinds of money for school the best they can do is buy a dvd once in a while instead of using VHS. I mean damn, I will pay for the dvd if it means using something that was maybe produced after some of this kids were born.
Took a 2 hour break between my classes since we just watched a video. Walked up and down the stupid stairs to my car which seems like a trip from here to Egypt unless you live in Egypt. I need to excersice some more since I was huffing and puffing all the way. I would like to believe that it was because of the books that I was carrying, but who am I kidding. How do I celebrate conquering the steps to the school? With a Double Western meal at Carls Jr. Thinking healthy I went with the small instead of the large. Almost fell asleep in the library, then off to my next class.
My Mexican Muralism professor is a pretty funny guy. His accent is that of a typical Mexican immigrant with some good conversational english. One thing that I learned today was that if Mexicans don’t make a joke at least once a day then they will die unhappy. Every time he talks about one of the muralists that reminds him about something else, it leads into a 5 minute rant about something or the other which at this time I will utilize my time effectively by browsing the interweb.
The other day he spent 10 minutes discussing the folklore of Victor Noir. Apparently his is famous for being well endowed and when he was killed, was immortalized by a statue of him lying on the ground dead. It is said that women from all over the world will visit the resting place and rub his groin area among other acts, for fertility. He said that he hid behind some statues and witnessed an elderly woman perform this act when she thought that no one was looking. He then said that he needed some fertility luck and rubbed for good luck. No word yet if it worked.
Then back to work to finish some reviews and then home. Tomorrow, Andre Agassi will be at my work. That should be interesting.
