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Now that you're all ranted out...

F!S Friending Meme VI

Name:
Age:
Location:
Fandoms:
What in fandom interests me:
What in fandom does NOT interest me:
Major Non-fandom Interests:
My LJ Contains Mostly:
Other:

Everything's optional, of course.

Easy copy-paste:

<b>Name:</b> <b>Age:</b> <b>Location:</b> <b>Fandoms:</b> <b>What in fandom interests me:</b> <b>What in fandom does NOT interest me:</b> <b>Major Non-fandom Interests:</b> <b>My LJ Contains Mostly:</b> <b>Other:</b>

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Comments

[gethenian.livejournal.com]

Both! And then some! I've been on archaeological digs and stuff, and then I've also done archival work and a little curator work. I'll be starting an internship with the National Park Service soon, which is AWESOME for me. :3

[mneiai.livejournal.com]

Oh, cool. I was a Classics major for a bit, so I have an appreciation for some of that haha

[gethenian.livejournal.com]

I WANTED to be a Classics major for a while! Ever since I saw The Invention of Love by Tom Stoppard and apprenticed with a Greek painter for a while... I thought that would be just SO great except that I love and NEED science too much to have art be my major in any area...

[mneiai.livejournal.com]

But Classics really isn't about art. It's actually far more of a history sort of thing. There are lots of Classicists who focus on a scientific aspect, either modern science in dealing with stuff like what you're doing or ancient science.

[gethenian.livejournal.com]

I would say that it is about art -- as much about art as it is about science, but more about language.

I have my own relationship with language, and with art, but ultimately studying the Classics as a major just wasn't my path. I prefer a different angle on it all, that's all. :3

By the way, do you live near AU? Because if you do, you probably live within a few blocks of where I live during most of the week. ^^

[mneiai.livejournal.com]

I would definitely not say it's "more about language". There are lots of majors where you need to learn another language to do any work in your subject area, it's more incidental. Someone can major in Latin or Greek, if that's what he wants his focus to be, but there are plenty of Classics majors in plenty of colleges where whether or not you even have to take a language depends on your specific track.

I live relatively close to AU.

[gethenian.livejournal.com]

Heeeee, you totally probably live within a few blocks of one of my houses, then. ^^

I like the Classics well enough, but I feel I'd be doing their Art a disservice not to take it all the way, which... I just don't want to do.