I've been reading for about 2 hours now about Hellenistic History & Culture, and I need a short break. Actually, the reading is going astonishingly well, when I don't stop to do whatever. The first chapter was about Macedonian kingship, which was kinda eh. The second (my favorite in all likelihood) was about the fringe societies of the Hellenistic world, particularly India and Meroe (Nubia). The one I'm on now deals with what makes Hellenistic art Hellenistic. It's okay, I suppose, except for the fact that it's 50 pages long, and I am not that well versed in art history. I have one more after that that's about 20 pages long to read on something...before tomorrow night.
I may write my third review on this book, even though I was hoping to do it worshiping the work of Peter Brown, who with Garrett Mattingly, is my favorite historian.
My finances are irritating me. What else is new there?
I've almost settled on getting my master's here. I mean, I have at least one good job. Why take the risk of having to pay tuition and then have to go through the whole job search AGAIN, after I've just recovered from almost a month of no work?
Speaking of work, I'm starting to get offers for my co-workers' daughters and sisters. Very awkward for me, because I can't just go and say "hmm...well, I don't know about your daughter, but tell me about your son".
I need to get back onto my Latin study still. UGH.
Got my flu vaccine today--and I'm starting to feel it a little bit. My throat was scratchy. Here's hoping the flu vaccine works this year!
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