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[rynne]

I have to read the first half of Great Expectations...sometime before Monday. Gah. I "read" (for a given value of read, meaning a few chapters here and there) it my senior year of high school and didn't like what I read, so I've been putting it off and putting it off. But I'm going to actually try and read it this time.

In my theatre class we've been reading Christopher Marlowe's Dr. Faustus, which has been interesting. My only previous exposure to the Faust myth was actually the Wishbone episode about Faust, so I've been getting all nostalgic about Wishbone. Ah, Wishbone. Half my exposure to great literature like Faust or Cyrano de Bergerac or Red Badge of Courage has been through Wishbone. That was such a great show.

This Friday the entire group is going to Birmingham, mostly for the Cadbury's factory. God, I hope the entire place doesn't smell like chocolate. We're supposed to spend several hours there, and I might well be sick if I have to spend hours in a place that smells like chocolate. Ugh. Everyone else is talking about eating themselves sick, but if I do get sick, it will be because I find the smell of chocolate nauseating.

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[lea-ndra.livejournal.com]

I had a whole class on Faust part I and II by Goethe. Part 1 is okay, but part 2 is like Goethe's personal acid trip. I hated this class so much, I don't even remember if I finished it, even though it was held by one of my favorite professors (the one I wrote my thesis at).

[rynne.livejournal.com]

I definitely haven't read the Goethe version, though I want to at some point. Marlowe, at least, was quick and easy.