The Philosophy of Food | Wednesday, 3rd Period

[sharp_as_knives]

There was no food on the table today.

"First," Hannibal began, "let me say that as we are now halfway through this session, I encourage you to discuss your project with me now or during office hours, as we will need to schedule time." He eyed them all.

"Now, so far we have been mostly discussing how we conceive of and address food because of other influences such as culture." He settled in his chair. "Now, we turn that around. How is food itself an influence?" He raised an eyebrow at the students.

"The types and amounts of food available to a culture, the sorts of foods that are valued as delicacies and the sorts that are discarded - these all can help to dictate the development of society, not to mention arts and leisure activities. We still evaluate earlier cultures on the basis of whether they were hunter-gatherers or agricultural, yes?

"On a note closer to home for most of you, how much a part of your routine is food? When you go to the movies, what food do you expect? The picnic to welcome us here - what would you have thought if it didn't include food? What about the fact that I've set out no food today - have you come to expect it? How has that expectation altered your behavior and thinking?"

He sat back and waited.

Library, Wednesday

[3girls-1core.livejournal.com]

Sholeh's plans to come in and create another display were halted when she discovered the oddity in the biography section. The vast selection of books examining the lives of people throughout multiple histories of multiple worlds had vanished, leaving behind thirty-three copies of the official biography of Helen Hunt.

There were exactly thirty-three copies. Sholeh counted. Four times, just to make sure.

Unsure if this was something the librarian had done--experiments in curating?--or if it was some kind of mischief the books were up to--far more likely--Sholeh set out into the stacks to search for the missing biographies. Surely they had to be around here somewhere.

The question was where?

Hunting 102, Wednesday, 1st Period

[likethegun]

"Hey guys, we're gonna take it kind of easy this week," Sam said. "Our topic for today is angels, which it turns out can be kind of a touchy subject when people can't agree on whether they're a sign of hope or gigantic jerks." The students could probably figure out which of those opinions belonged to which Winchester. "So, instead of fighting, we're going to just watch a movie." That was probably better for everyone in the long run.

Sentient Pets and You- Thursday- 4th period

[throughaphase]

Today the Danger Shop was set up like a dog spa, minus the dogs. Guess what you were doing today!

"Easy class today, guys," Kitty greeted them. "All you have to do is get through bathing your bamfs. Everything you need is right there, just get them washed and dried and that's all. If you need me, I'll be over here."

Maybe recording it. Because this should be good.