Taking a Greek class this summer. Will I …

Taking a Greek class this summer. Will I be the first one to make the joke: It’s all greek to me?

Ow, My Back. My back really hurts. I’ve …

Ow, My Back. My back really hurts. I’ve been hunched over a tripod for the last hour. Oh well. I was recently looking at a Cyrillic alphabet, and was amazed at how different it was from Greek. I know that sounds weird, but bear with me. Many of the letters: π = p, p = r, ∂ = d, etc. make sense, once you get used to them. But in Cyrillic it’s all crazy.  Luckily I’m learning Greek not Cyrillic.  Another thing… Aristophanes is really good. Read ‘The Clouds’.

Hooks are easy. Music is very hard.

 

• Hooks. In any popular song, there is a hook. Either a lyrical hook or a musical one. Many songs are really bad, but have great hooks, so people listen to them over and over and over. A song composed entirely of hooks is called hip-hop. Each section, by itself, is addictive, but when put together, it becomes mind-numbing. The rest of the song is supposed to be made of chords, people. Not other drum beats. 
•  Greek. I am learning Greek. or ηλλενικα. Declensions are the easiest. Vocab, on the other hand, is hard. Kinda the opposite of Latin.