Coping with the Non-Modern World, Tuesday, Second Period

[tellmehowstuffworks]

Yennefer sailed into the room in a swirl of black skirts and said, "Right. Listen up. I am Yennefer of Vengerberg, and this is--sweet Melitele, what is this? 'Coping with the Non-Modern World.' Right. I am going to assume that none of you are from the present, or a world that mostly resembles the one we currently find ourselves in. If you are, and you're planning to move to some hellhole without indoor plumbing in the future: don't. Problem solved.

"First we're going to do introductions, so I know what I'm dealing with," and so she didn't actually have to teach anything for as long as possible. "I am Yennefer of Vengerberg. I hail from the Continent, which is not Europe but what we call the one continent of my world. We're a very creative folk. My homeworld is stuck in, I would say, roughly your Earth Middle Ages, with magic. It's dirty, it's brutal, they've never heard of a vaccine and they're very racist against elves. Apple juice is a luxury good and no one has ever heard of chocolate. It's horrid. I currently live in France. But perhaps 'simply don't go back there' is not an option for you. Perhaps you like your family or something." Couldn't relate. "I don't know. Tell me about it."

Book Club, Tuesday, Period One

[jedigrammarians]

Today, class was being held in J,GoB. Was this nearly entirely due to the fact it was literally next door to Aphra's house? Yes. (Also the scones.)

There was a table set up with various comfy looking chairs around it (Isabela had already bagsed the comfiest one) as well as platters of various baked goods on thee table itself. Off to one side there was a table absolutely stacked with paperbacks with exceedingly lurid covers.

"Welcome," Aphra called out cheerfully around a mouthful of scone, like the class act she was. "Take a seat."

"This is going to be a more more causal class than some," Isabela added, because both of them were noted for their academically rigours classes, after all. "It's all about the joy of curling up with a good book and then sharing your thoughts with your friends. Especially when it actually turns out to be an absolutely terrible one."

"Since this is our first class, we figured we'll just be doing the first half of that today, grab a couple of things that look interesting, have some snacks, get to know each other, then next week we get to find out if you made good choices."

If you were in this class, you probably had already made some bad ones.