Guitars and Guns

So I am sitting in my world music class, trying to fight off trying to go to sleep because I am trying to take notes on the second row (our professor only allows lap-tops to be used on the first 3 rows); falling asleep on that row would have put me out of business in that class for a while. But while I was sitting there like a good student, it dawned on me: what the heck was going on in that class? I have absolutely no idea what I am supposed to be learning. Sure I'm looking at some African music with the mbira and some drums, but really, will I be tested on the mbira or the texture, structure or whatnot of African music. I realized today that while I had thought a couple weeks ago that world music would be my easy class, relieving the pains of chemistry and spanish, it turns out that it's only worsening my life with crap I have no idea what to look for. Ever have that feeling that even though the stuff being taught isn't really that hard, but you just can't seem to grasp any of it (and it makes you feel plain stupid)? Welp that's how I feel in that class. On a lighter side, my TA for the recitation reminds me of Jack Black when he played in School of Rock, so that was definitely a plus.

Now completey aside from class, I came back to my dorm room today to find out that I hadn't watched a single minute of the Band of Brothers DVD collection I bought last week at FYE, so I decided to pop that in to see if it was any good (it better have been if I spent $63 dollars on it for the whole thing).

I was completely blown away. Background: Easy Company's 506th battalion of the 101st Airborne Division and what they went through during WWII. Although I just saw the first episode (a whopping 1 1/2 hours long), I was instantly hooked. If you are into that sort of thing, it's superb and I highly recommend it.