How Much Aristotle is Too Much?

I have officially made it through the first three days of summer school. We are slowly making our painstaking way through Aristotle's "Poetics." Mind you, this is not a bad thing for a theatre student, especially a playwright to be familiar with, but there comes a point when it's too much. I have spent a lot of time studying the "Poetics" in many classes previous to this - I think I get it already! I do have to admit though, that no one has been as thorough as this prof - we go sentence by sentence. Of course, there are undergrads in this class, and I know he wants to be sure that they all understand it, but seriously? I think I've reached my Aristotle limit. The good thing is this is a summer class and so we're getting through it much faster. The pain will soon be over. On the flip side, I will now be so familiar with the "Poetics" that I will definitely be able to explain them to somoeone else, should that topic ever come up in conversation. LOL.

Boredom is Seriously Overrated!

Okay. I'm bored. School is done until summer school starts, all of my friends have left town for a while, and I am freakishly bored out of my skull. Yes, I've caught up on my magazine reading which only made me more bored because I won't be going anywhere exciting this summer, and have managed to make a plan for completing my PhD in a timely fashion, but still. There are only so many movies I can watch (thanks Netflix) and so many books I can read before I go stir crazy! I don't know enough people in Lubbock yet to just go hang out with, and I still don't know much about what's here. Maybe that will be my mission this summer - discover Lubbock attractions. I have been to the Buddy Holly Center which was pretty awesome and went to the annual Art Festival which was interesting, but that's about the extent of it. Haven't found the right coffee house yet and still have no idea where the movie theater is. I know they have one. Have to figure that out before Harry Potter arrives in theaters later this summer. Once school starts I'll be okay, but for right now I'm feeling not only bored, but a little depressed. I wish I was in Prague with the people who went on the study abroad trip. Oh well, I'll just have to figure out my own way to not be bored. Any ideas?

It's Over!

Today I turned in my theatre history paper which means my semster is officially over - woo hoo! Now all I have to do is wait for the grades. Should do all right in theatre management and theatre history. Not too confident about playwriting. I think that's going to be my downfall and I am seriously considering dropping the playwriting track and switching to acting/directing. I can do that track without taking an acting class, which I have no interest in, and I think I'll get more out of it. I don't feel the need to go back to the basics and start over when I already have an MFA in playwriting. If the playwriting program is not going to help me expand and grow as a playwright, why waste the time and money? Now that the semester is over, and before summer school starts, I need to do some serious planning and pondering about my path through this program. We'll see what I come up with. Happy end of the semester to all!