tomorrow there will be cupcakes

    Dear Harriet Walter,

    Things I've been finding fascinating lately:

• Eugenics and social Darwinism
• The principles and conditions of holy war in the Old Testament
• Clothing styles for professors, male and female

 

    Things I've learned to enjoy in this semester:

• Watching basketball games (in person)
• Watching soccer games (in person)
• Sourdough bread (with warm potato soup) 
• Orange pens

   

 Awesome phrases Dr. Mac has made up history classes this past week:

• "proto-pan-Arab nationalism" (when he was teaching us about the creation of the Suez Canal)
• "volk ethos" (he was so excited about this one, he even wrote it on the board, and when class was over I took a picture of it on the board with my phone and he was like "NICE")

    Now here is an extremely silly picture taken by friend Shelli of me swing-dancing with a swanky older dude at the Fred Astaire Dance Studio in Pasadena, just to add color.