22 февраля 2008 г.

No plans, lots of snow

There was no snow in the morning when I woke up from the noise of car. I thought it was snowing, and the car helped to gather it. But everything was clear. However, at 10 am, when I finally got out of bed, there was plenty of snow, which was becoming sleet. I wished campus be closed before my 2 o'clock class, but nothing suggested the closure. It was not like late January's storm, which shut campus for two days. So I had to go to the North campus.

In the cafeteria I met my internship supervisor, who said that her visiting professor from Bosnia, Lejla Panjeta would give lecture on her culture's cinema, if campus is not closed. I told her that I was definitely inclined to go there if nothing extraordinary interferes.

But before 2 pm (and my American Literature class) there was a message that at 3 pm the university would be closed, and all on- and off-campus activities had been canceled. Those include the documentary "The Children's March", visit of wrestler Justin Credible, Gallery Visio's opening and reception of Welcome to Stepford exhibition, and Homelessness panel in Gallery 210. Before that some emails came about cancellations of Ice Skating visit and Get Felt party in Seton Hall for Pierre Laclede Honors College students and their buddies (I think, it didn't include me, anyway). The trivia night also probably was canceled, but later in the evening, after the emergency dinner in Provincial House, I saw some preparations in the room next to the dining hall. However, the deadline for registration passed yesterday.

The class in literature was canceled, too, as I saw my classmates walking away from the Lucas Hall (where the auditorium is situated), but I had to come there to receive a credit for showing up. The Real Thing is due on Tuesday with Daisy Miller, then.

After that I have fulfilled my dream and bought discounted audiobooks (on vintage cassettes) in the University Bookstore. Among them was the anthology of love poems by Robert Burns, Lord Byron, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Sir Walter Raleigh, Christopher Marlowe, Emily Dickinson, John Donne, Thomas Hardy, James Joyce, John Keats, D. H. Lawrence, William Shakespeare and W. B. Yeats and more. The second book was Great Explorers by David Angus. Classic Women's Stories included Katherine Mansfield's The Garden Party (read online) and The Daughters of the Late Colonel (read online), Kate Chopin's Lilacs (read online) and Ma'ame Pelagie (read online) as well as Virginia Woolf's The Mark on the Wall. Two last book were produced by Naxos Audiobooks. I will probably listen to them in summer at home in Ukraine, cause I don't have any cassette player here, and don't need one yet.


Due to the incremental weather, I didn't visit OSCAR-nominated live shorts and animated ones. The latter can be watched online, though.

And I missed Cine16 at the Missouri History Museum. However, it might be also canceled because of the weather. Everybody wants the others to be safe tonight.

The decision about Friday's activities was not ruled out yet. Now the snow has stopped, and if no more is expected at night, classes would go as usual. But my AccuWeather plugin in Firefox still warns me not to be fooled.

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