Day o' Syllabi -- part 2

I'm going to need to find a better way to organize my Mondays and Wednesdays, especially when it comes to eating. Because there were some serious issues with that today. Cultural Foundations was from 9:30-10:45, so I just didn't eat before that class. I'll come back to that class content in a minute, after I'm done ranting about food (typical...). Then, I had a bit of break because my next class, Near Eastern Studies, didn't start until 12:30. So, I pretty much walked back to my dorm and...I don't even know what I did, I think I sent out some e-mails? Scoured Facebook? Something unproductive. Then I went to my Near Eastern class, and I wondered why I was feeling sort of faint and just sad in general. I was SOOO hungry! Plus, for some reason, that class is located in a building that isn't really even on campus very much, so I especially enjoyed the irony of the word "near" being in the class title...this is a pointless rant, but I guess I can just say I spent my whole morning/afternoon craving some Quiznos action...for some reason, that sounds inapporpriate. I'm sorry. I don't know.
Okay, class content. As previously stated, I was rather nervous for my Cultural Foundations class because we already had an assignment (NOT FUN) due, and the professor wrote a sort of sarcastic e-mail about how we were all probably enjoying orientation too much, and we needed something to take our minds off of fun. However, I really like this professor, he is very intense and his way of speaking takes me back to the good ol' junior high days with Mr. Kendrick. While Social Foundations is more of a history of philosophy, I guess Cultural Foundations is a basic humanities course? We don't know. Haha. All I know is that I'm reading the Bible for both...PARTY!! My Near Eastern class is basically a Middle Eastern history course focusing especially on the devolpment of culture...I'm very excited about this. I love cultural and social history. My professor is Iranian and obviously very passionate (I sense a theme with NYU professors...) and I really look foward to that class. As of right now, it seems like one of those classes that I'll just enjoy rather than stress about, which is unlike my "foundations" classes.
So, it turns out my suitemate who is never here, Jae, is now friends with Haley Joel Osment? I don't even know. She was here briefly this afternoon, and she was talking about how she went to the MoMa with her friend and HJO...random! I guess he bought a print of "Starry Night". Jae thought that since he's a celebrity, he should have a more exotic taste in art. I think that most people everywhere can like Van Gogh, regardless of occupation or hobbies.
I had another new experience today that I NEVER want to have again...Jenny and I decided to go into this clothing store after dinner, because we are both in need of some "going out" tops. So, I pick out a plethora of cute tops to try on, I make my way to the dressing room...only to find that it was missing something very crucial. Were there lights? Yep! Mirrors! Plenty of them! Doors and walls to create separate stalls? NOPE! It was an open dressing room. This made me sad for a variety of reasons. I'm surrounded by tiny women while I'm trying on shirts that ended up being complicated to get on and off AND were too small for me....plus this little boy keeps running around the dressing room, oh my God. Just bad. Very bad. Awkward. More awkward situations for Emily! Haha.
For some reason, music makes me extra nostalgic today. Bob Schneider, Cat Stevens, Van Morrison, Goo Goo Dolls, David Gray, James Taylor...they all remind me of someone or something that I miss. It's sad, but almost comforting to listen to those songs.
I think tomorrow is FINALLY supposed to be sunny and warm. We'll see if the weather people lied again.