And the Man Asleep in the Back Says?

[kitsjay]

My British Literature class was interesting. We're going through The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus by Marlowe, which is fun--not because it's new, but because the people in my class provide a refreshingly modern take on it.

I'll give you an example. This one guy started off class by saying, "Yeah, I was really pulling for him."

He sold his soul to the devil--but this guy was pulling for him!

"You had no idea which way it was going to go," he continued.

A hint: any story that starts out with the main character declaring he wants to be better than God? Is not going to end well.

Anyway, later my teacher was asking us about the time period, and what aspects of the Renaissance and Reformation show up in the play, and whether Marlowe was a closet Catholic and such. Anyway, my teacher was talking about Calvinism. The thing is, I'm a Calvinist and people tend to have some really wonky ideas about Calvinism and they're not afraid to share because most everyone thinks it went the way of the Puritans.

"So you have this idea of predestination, which is a problem, because you have people like the Puritans. If you're saved, then you wonder, 'Well, am I doing enough? Am I being holy?' so you're nervous. Or you're not saved, so you wonder, 'Am I not saved? What if I can't be saved, what if I'm doomed to hell?' and you're really nervous. So basically our country was founded by some very nervous, depressed people."

Which is scarily accurate.

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Funniest thing ever. One of my residents was down here decorating my name tag for me (will post pics later) and we were discussing the word Wonky. We were like, "Yeah, it's one of those words you have to think about before using, unless you're like kinda crazy to begin with..."

So congrats on being crazy?! XD

I'm like sick and I really want to go to bed, but I'm working desk until like 12. SUCK.

[kitsjay.livejournal.com]

ajfklsaf. I LOVE THE WORD WONKY. I use hinky too. :))

Ugh. That is sucky.

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So awesome. :)

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Ic an't think why my brain wants to see this as a Weird Al Yankovic video.
Being tired may have nothing to do with it.

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Oh, I'm sure it has nothing at all to do with it. ;)

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