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Today in Shakespeare, Prof. Kiefer talked about how he got to see Alan Rickman perform in _Hamlet_, and sat about six feet away from him in the front middle row. I am so very jealous. If I could go back in time for the purpose of viewing stage performances, that one would be very near the top of my list. I would also like to see Brent Spiner doing _1776_. And hey, why not? I'd love to see the original production of Aeschylus's _Oresteia_. That'd be sweet.
Anyway, while I was sitting in my Shakespeare class and thinking innapropriate thoughts about Alan Rickman, I started to sort of mentally go over all of the extremely dorky in-class experiences I've had this semester. I shall present for your delectation, now, all of those which I can remember (less than half, I'm sure).
Most of these happen in my Honors English seminar. I'm sure that's not a coincidence. So far this semester, Prof. Zwinger has repeatedly used two terms which make me think of D&D over and over, while referring, of course, to literary analysis (which really ought to be the -first- thing on my mind when I'm sitting in class...).
"This essay we read for today," Prof. Zwinger will say, "is a little flat-footed."
"Sweet!" I think to myself, in my early-morning haze. "That means it doesn't get a dex bonus on AC!"
The other good one in there is the concept that "I" is a "shifter," which comes up with fair regularity. "Shifter," of course, is also the name of a race in the new Eberron campaign setting. I keep going off on mental tangents about lycanthropic characters and losing the train of the conversation, when that one comes up.
The other goofy geek moments are usually about fandom, which I've recently spent more time immersed in than is probably healthy. An Honors English example would be when Prof. Zwinger was telling us how in vogue it is to explain everything in Henry James by saying that whatever subtext is there is a result of James being (probably) a homosexual.
"Queer James is really popular right now," she said.
I heard "Queer!James" with the exclamation point and everything, and figured that there's someone out there writing slash about it -right now-.
I think I've already mentioned all of the random Harry Potter fandom tangents I went off on when reading _The Winter's Tale_ in Shakespeare. Main character named Hermione... Yeah. *is a dork*
Well, geez... That's all I've got. I know there are more. I distinctly remember having Star Trek thoughts about something more than once, but now I can't summon up what they were. Anyway, I'm craving salt and vinegar chips and Mountain Dew, so I think I'll just leave this list as is. I'd love to hear any similar stories from any of you... It's so cold and lonely out here in Utter Geekland... I could use the company.
Anyway, while I was sitting in my Shakespeare class and thinking innapropriate thoughts about Alan Rickman, I started to sort of mentally go over all of the extremely dorky in-class experiences I've had this semester. I shall present for your delectation, now, all of those which I can remember (less than half, I'm sure).
Most of these happen in my Honors English seminar. I'm sure that's not a coincidence. So far this semester, Prof. Zwinger has repeatedly used two terms which make me think of D&D over and over, while referring, of course, to literary analysis (which really ought to be the -first- thing on my mind when I'm sitting in class...).
"This essay we read for today," Prof. Zwinger will say, "is a little flat-footed."
"Sweet!" I think to myself, in my early-morning haze. "That means it doesn't get a dex bonus on AC!"
The other good one in there is the concept that "I" is a "shifter," which comes up with fair regularity. "Shifter," of course, is also the name of a race in the new Eberron campaign setting. I keep going off on mental tangents about lycanthropic characters and losing the train of the conversation, when that one comes up.
The other goofy geek moments are usually about fandom, which I've recently spent more time immersed in than is probably healthy. An Honors English example would be when Prof. Zwinger was telling us how in vogue it is to explain everything in Henry James by saying that whatever subtext is there is a result of James being (probably) a homosexual.
"Queer James is really popular right now," she said.
I heard "Queer!James" with the exclamation point and everything, and figured that there's someone out there writing slash about it -right now-.
I think I've already mentioned all of the random Harry Potter fandom tangents I went off on when reading _The Winter's Tale_ in Shakespeare. Main character named Hermione... Yeah. *is a dork*
Well, geez... That's all I've got. I know there are more. I distinctly remember having Star Trek thoughts about something more than once, but now I can't summon up what they were. Anyway, I'm craving salt and vinegar chips and Mountain Dew, so I think I'll just leave this list as is. I'd love to hear any similar stories from any of you... It's so cold and lonely out here in Utter Geekland... I could use the company.
