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12:01 am
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In other news...
While I was in New York, someone stopped me to ask whether my scarf was from Balliol College, Oxford. It wasn't, of course; it was, as you might imagine, from Timothy Dwight College, Yale. But I was somewhat appalled that we might have stolen our scarf pattern from Oxford.
Upon further research, I was relieved to find that we didn't. The Balliol college scarf looks like this. The TD scarf ... well, I can't find a picture of it, but I'm sure most of you have seen me wearing it. It has red stripes on the outside, followed by white, and a triple-wide navy stripe in the middle. The white and the navy are the same colors as on the Balliol scarf, and I can see how you might mistake the TD red for the Balliol purple, but seen side by side they are clearly different. And of course the pattern is also quite different, but when it's tied around my neck the exact pattern can be hard to make out. In short, if someone recognized it as an academic scarf and was unaware that Yale colleges and Harvard houses also have scarves, Balliol college is not a bad guess.
I also have seen a man around Ann Arbor wearing what I think is a TD scarf. I haven't asked him about it, though. I will next time I see him.
Tags: grad school, yale
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11:52 am
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Posted using LJTalk...
I have been sitting in Koffee Too for most of the morning, and have not seen anybody I know. I find this vaguely depressing, like I don't belong here anymore. You would think the fact that my ID doesn't open any doors would clue me in.
In my time on the east coast, I have seen Stephanie, Nat (Rowe), and Mary Ellen, and, somewhat unexpectedly, Vardit. All are well, and it has been an extremely pleasant trip. I am currently waiting for Emma; sometime after she arrives we will go to tea at the Lizzie. Hopefully I can also see Matt, at least briefly. Matt, if you read this, I'll be here probably till around 5 or 6.
Also, I'm currently posting by messaging Frank the Goat from LJ's new Jabber server, which is pretty cool. I'm considering switching over from Google Talk. On the other hand, it's theoretically possible to message Frank (and thus post) from any Jabber account. Maybe I'll try it out.
Tags: yale
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01:44 am
[Link] | Scott has requested that I post my college diploma as well. It reads as follows:
forsan et haec olim meminisse juvabit
Magister, Decanus, et Socii
Colegii Timothei Dwight
in Universitate Yalensi
Daniel Michael Jordan
scholarem classis anni
May 22, 2006
huius collegii sodalem esse testantur.
Cuius rei haec chartula testimonio sit.
The translation:
"someday it will be pleasing to remember even this"
The Master, the Dean, and the Fellows of Timothy Dwight College in Yale University testify that Daniel Michael Jordan, a scholar of the class of the year, on May 22, 2006 is a member of this college. Of which fact let this certificate be in testimony.
The first line is a quote from the Aeneid, and is TD's motto. Always seemed a sort of strange motto to me.
The placement of the date is a little weird. It's either meant to say "a scholar of the class of 2006," in which case it is strange to put the date of commencement; or "graduated from this college on May 22, 2006," in which case "sodalis" (meaning a fellow or member of a society) is an odd word to use, implying that I was not previously a member of my college. I suppose the latter is possible ... having never seen the word sodalis before, I have nothing to go on but the dictionary definition, so maybe a "member" of a college does mean a graduate.
Anybody who's in another college, are your diplomas different?
Also, any women who graduated from Yale this weekend, is your diploma different? If they did the genders right, it should say "primi honoris academici candidatam" instead of "... candidatum."
Tags: snobby latin, yale
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10:44 pm
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So apparently I'm a Yale graduate now.
Thus reads my diploma:
PRAESES ET SOCII
UNIVERSITATIS YALENSIS
IN NOVO PORTU IN RE PUBLICA CONNECTICUTENSI OMNIBUS
AD QUOS HAE LITTERAE PERVENERINT SALUTEM IN DOMINO
SEMPITERNAM NOS PRAESES ET SOCII HUIUS UNIVERSITATIS
DANIEL MICHAEL JORDAN
PRIMI HONORIS ACADEMICI CANDIDATUM AD GRADUM
TITULUMQUE ARTIUM LIBERALIUM BACCALAUREI
ADMISIMUS EIQUE CONCESSIMUS OMNIA IURA PRIVILEGIA
INSIGIA AD HUNC HONOREM SPECTANTIA
IN CUIUS REI TESTIMONIUM HIS LITTERIS UNIVERSITATIS
SIGILLO IMPRESSIS NOS PRAESES ET SCRIBA ACADEMICUS
SUBSCRIPSIMUS A.D. XI KAL. IUN. ANNO DOMINI MMVI
ET UNIVERSITATIS YALENSIS CCCV
My translation, which is not guaranteed: "The president and fellows of Yale University in New Haven in the republic of Connecticut send to all those to whom these letters shall arrive an eternal greeting in the Lord. We, the president and fellows of this university, have admitted Daniel Michael Jordan, a candidate of the first rank of academic honor, to the degree and title of Bachelor of Liberal Arts, and we have conceded to him all the eminent duties and priviliges attendant to this honor. In testimony of which act, these letters having been impressed with the seal of the University, we, the president and the academic secretary, have signed below, 11 days before the first of June in the 2006th year of our Lord and the 305th year of Yale University."
My favorite part is that the name "New Haven" is actually translated into Latin ("Novus Portus.")
Current Mood: graduated
Tags: snobby latin, yale
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11:58 am
[Link] | I stumbled upon this pamphlet, which is entertaining if you happen to be familiar with life at Yale.
Not all of these organizations still exist, but most of them do. I am a member of only one, that being the Elizabethan Club. The ones that take up most of my time — Saybrook College Orchstra, Bach Society, and Opera Theatre of Yale College — postdate this publication. But then again, no musical groups at all are listed. Apparently these people find musicians insignificant.
Also, I approve of the word "shoe."
Tags: yale
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12:48 am
[Link] | So I'm playing in the pit for the opera Semele, by George Frideric Handel. At the very end, after we have watched Semele get immolated on stage (very entertaining, I assure you), Apollo inexplicably appears and delivers the following recitative:
"From Semele's ashes a phœnix shall rise,
The joy of this earth, and delight of the skies:
A God he shall prove
More mighty than Love,
And sighing and sorrow for ever prevent. "
Let's leave aside for the moment the question of what exactly "prevent" is supposed to rhyme with. Those of you who are familiar with Greek mythology know that Semele's son — whose fetus Zeus picked out of Semele's charred corpse and incubated in his thigh — is Dionysos, god of wine.
I really have nothing more to say, except that Handel's librettist apparently liked to drink a lot.
Tags: greek mythology, music, yale
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01:46 am
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Caligula
So, some of you may know, I'm playing incidental music for a production of Camus' play Caligula. The play is an odd choice, and Eyad (the director) makes a slew of other odd choices. Having directorial pretensions myself, I can't help but comment on them. Bear with me.
( So here are my comments. )
Having said all that, it is a very good production. Eyad does a lot of interesting things, and for the most part it really works.
Tags: yale
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12:31 pm
[Link] | So about three days ago I volunteered to play musical interludes for a dance show. At five o'clock yesterday, I received the music; at eight o'clock I showed up at the theater. I found that they had changed the dress code without telling me and that I was wearing the wrong color shirt (white instead of black). People danced, and then we went up on stage and played a piece I had never seen before, with a group I had never played in before, in front of an audience. My thought was, "this is usually about the time I wake up."
Then there was inexplicably a game show going on on stage, and then the stage was covered in boxes and bubble wrap and empty bags of chips, and then I got up on stage again and played a different piece with a different group. And then we left and, as we walked to Viva's to drink, the cellist proceeded to pull three pairs of pliers out of his pockets, one after another, with no explanation.
So, in short, it was a weird night.
In more mundane news: no Marshall scholarship for me, alas. Maybe I'll apply again next year, or maybe I'll find something better to do with my time. I'm getting sort of sick of school anyway. However, I am far less disappointed about the Marshall than I am excited about the fact that we have funding for Tales from Poe College! (Don't know about that project? Oh, you will... ::evil cackle::) And the Mozart project is coming along nicely too.
Tags: music, yale
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02:43 pm
[Link] | I went into the philosophy department today to talk to Troy Cross about my senior requirement. On the way, I talked with Greg Ganssle and Sun-Joo Shin.
Philosophy professors at Yale are universally awesome. They're also superheroes. In fact, I am becoming more and more convinced that being a superhero is a prerequisite for being hired by the philosophy department at Yale. If you are in doubt of this, I invite you to meet Troy Cross, Greg Ganssle and Sun-Joo Shin.
Tags: philosophy, yale
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10:29 pm
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three things
- This year, I have founded and am/wilil be in charge (or partly so) of the following groups:
- Infinitely Improbable Software
- Saybrook Mozart Ensemble
- Yale Radio Players (or whatever we wind up calling it)
In addition, I am participating in the following groups:
- Saybrook College Orchestra
- Bach Society
- Brandenburg ensemble
- Marc's software company
- The Elizabethan Club (hopefully)
I think it's gonna be a good year.
- This LJ client is a piece of shit. I use it because it's the only open-source client for Mac. I wanted it to be open-source so I could hack it and make it behave like I want to, but I never got around to it. So now I'm just using a shitty client.
- Nothing, I have come to realize, matters to me as much as being a good person. Not being thought a good person, or reaping the rewards of being thought a good person, but simply being one. Whenever I feel overwhelmed or depressed, all I should do is stop, take a deep breath, and remind myself that I am, or at least believe very deeply that I am, a good person. It makes me feel profoundly content. I know that unconditionally believing myself a good person might be considered a character flaw, and I don't really know what to make of that. It honestly seldom bothers me, which could be considered even more of a flaw.
Current Mood:  happy
Tags: code monkey, philosophy, yale
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