so, ya know how i said "tut tut looks like rain"?? well, it's been raining alot on and off all week! mostly downpours at night, but nice amounts occassionally during the days. it usually lets up pretty quick though- thank goodness. reminds me alot of MN though with all the humidity; i cant say that im too thankful for that however.... :/~
SO- this morning was soooooooooooooooo much fun!!! i had a presentation on the Asklepieion on the south slope of the acropolis here in Athens for my Sites and Monuments of Athens/Attica class. i was actually pretty excited about it cuz ive learned to really like doing on-site presentations. i feel like theyre just so much easier and i like being in that outdoor and more REAL setting. i think perhaps i glow a bit more too when ppl listen- in all modesty. when youre more interested in something, i think it shows in how much work you put into it and when you have more enthusiasm in what youre doing. so yeah, needless to say much more- i was really excited actually.
ok- my class moved up to the site where my monument was and i got going on the presentation. i think i did really well too! yay! :) here's the best part: so, since i started work on my pres' n i had known this joke that i told James at Epidauros (a field trip site w/another sanctuary to Asklepios, like my monument). when we were there, we got to go to a room w/unpublished finds. these finds were clay or stone figures of legs, arms, eyes, torsos, genitalia, heads, hands, etc. the reason is because Asklepios was the god of healing and in his sanctuaries he did just that: heal. often ppl, before they left, made and dedicated these figures to the sanctuary and god in thanks for that part healed, or something like that. this was a very common find also at my monument in Athens, so i got the idea to tell the joke that i told james at Epidauros in my presentation..... and i found the balls to do it too.......... it goes as follows, and bear with me on this one: 'it seems to me that the Asklepios cult was one of many members.....'
HA!
yup, it's bad, but i grabbed ppl's attention back mid-presentation; and honestly, i love crappy jokes. so forgive me. hahahaha........
i think the joke went over well cuz i got alot of sheepish grins, laughs, and head shakes of shame.... go me... ;)
another funny thing that happened on the Athens farm today:
so my bestest roomie Kellie, the crazy stanford girl and my only bedroommate..., was the other person up for her presentation in that class today. hers was on the Theatre of Dionysos, which is right next to the Asklepieion. She presented following my pres'n on the slope above the theatre seating area (much of the lower tier and the orchestra are still in tact!! and very pretty view out over the city!!). it really was the nerdiest class ever... honestly.
this morning before class kellie slyly asked me, "chriiiiis.... do you have your Nalgene around....? and can i borrow it....?" i said of course, cuz i thought id heard about her plan for class this morning... hehe... we brought her Nalgene and mine [1 liter/32oz sturdy water bottles] into the kitchen and...out comes a 2 liter bottle of red wine!!! yeaaaaaaah!! for those of you who dont know who the god Dionysos was, he was strongly associated with the performing arts, esp. theatre, and also tremendously with wine (Roman equivolent = god Bacchus). so kellie felt it highly appropriate that we entertain our classmates at 930am with a lil somethin. might as well get started early right? it iiisss friday... ha...
anyway, so she gave her presentation and pulled out the wine at the end which was fun to split up 23 ways and just have a nice sip. it felt so classics nerdy, but it was spectacular.
BUT WAIT! just before she whipped out the wine, she asked for a couple volunteers to do a short performance from some ancient Greek playwrights' plays she'd brought along. Tessa and I happily volunteered, despite having no idea what we were doing. we chose a section from Aristophones a part about women being the saving graces of 'Hellas', i.e. Greece. yaaaaay! we leapt from our seats in kellie's crowd and enthusiastically put on a short performance there in the stone bleachers. i think we thoroughly amused ourselves and the class, as well as perhaps slight embarrassment, but who cares??? it's for Dionysos and the sake of archaeology and classics!! plus, i think i already thoroughly amused myself with my joke in my own pres'n......hahaha..... also- Aristophanes was meant to be PERFORMED and READ ALOUD!!!! not just read silently in a book!!! so, it was quite fitting.
*wheew. * it was quite a morning, i must say. god, i love this place!!!
other thrills from today was prolly the outdoor friday market 2 streets up from me where i bought some mysterious fruit to try and other good veggies and pink flowers. plus, i registered for my last (hopefully and should be) semester of college!!!! aaaaahhhhhhhhhh!!!! i did this online since ive been at the center (school). god, i dont wanna move into the real world and graduate!! how do ppl do this?? this is all ive known for how many years of my life?? well, for those of you wondering, i am certainly taking a year off of school after i graduate from the UofMN. then for the next year will be applying for graduate schools, most likely. i can never say definitely cuz you never know what life will throw your way, but that's the plan.
alright, i think that's enough fun for today! wish me fun tomorrow on my field trip to Brauron and Sounion! going to see temples or Artemis and Poseidon, respectively!!!!! yaaaaay!!
alright, im outta here..........!!!!!!!!........ it's Napolean Dynomite and Monty Python night at my place!!
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