yay, life!

On Friday, I took my midrash final. Why did I take it in November? Because we're allowed to take the final whenever we want, and I didn't want to worry about it in December, when I need to focus on the rest of my classes.

You might be thinking, "Sarah, what the hell is midrash?" That's totally cool, because I wasn't completely sure before I took the class. Midrash is interpretation of Jewish texts (like the Torah, but not limited to just the Torah) done primarily by rabbis. I feel comfortable telling you this because I got an A on the final and the teacher, who is the chair of the JTS midrash department, said that he agreed with my definition. He also said that he was pleasantly surprised by how I did on the final since I'm so quiet in class (hard to believe, right?) so he had not been sure how I would do. I got a kick out of that.

He also told me that now that he knows that I "know my stuff" that he expects me to participate a lot in class. This means he's going to call on me, so I need to have all of the Hebrew/Aramaic texts prepared for class. Oh well. He's an awesome professor, so I'm okay with that. (Side note: I'm always supposed to have the texts prepared for class, but whatever.)

This past weekend, the band went to Cornell. This meant that I got to see Scott! We hung out at his house and watched "Ocean's 11" and had a slumber party on his extremely comfortable couch. It was epic. Also, the football team won! This brings this season's number of wins to 3. This is 1 more win than last year (and one more win than the year before)! Next weekend we're playing Brown, and we don't have to wear our uniforms! I am looking forward to this...I have a potentially awesome/entertaining costume for the game!