And So It Begins

My first day of classes went. The professors are engaging, the subjects (today was Logic and Survey of Russian Literature after 1917) are interesting, but I sense... I sense... a whole lot of reading in my future. Which is my fault, I know, but these things are hard to rationalize when your bookcase is threatening armed mutiny.

Still today was just basic intro stuff: you're in the right place, if you're a slacker get out, here's what you're graded on, and now for a brief introduction... though I am impressed that the Russian prof managed to shove all of Russia's history before 1917 into one lecture. My hand is holding a grudge, however. That woman talks so fast! Practically before my pen was uncapped, Russia's Eastern Slavs had been influenced by the Vikings, invaded the Byzantine empire, and converted to Christianity gaining a written language.

Despite my initial fears, the Russian texts don't weigh more than a block of cement, mainly I think because we're not look at the age of Tolstoy and Dostoevsky. There is one, however, that looks quite intimidating - moreover because I've yet to meet a Russian novel with a happy ending.

Logic (so far) seems much easier. I even have my first deductive argument right here! :

If Sunny does not begin the Russian text now < Sunny will rend her garments and gnash her teeth later
Sunny is petrified of the Russian text
There is rending and gnashing in Sunny's future