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AutumnRocks

You know, I am a pretty smart girl. Not to be egotistical or anything, but I am. Yesterday was the first day of classes for me. Normally I get the pre-semester jitters, thinking "oh this will be so hard." But not really this time. No, this time I wasn't jittery or concerned...I should have been. I certainly should have been. My first day in class was upsetting and ridiculous, and I have come to doubt a lot of things.


So, I thought I would dedicate this blog to Doubt. To describe "doubt" in all it's glory, I need Dante.


from the Inferno


Canto II Lines 31-35

Dante Alighieri (1265-1321)


Translation by Robert Pinsky


And then, Like one who unchooses his own choice


           And thinking again undoes what he has started,


           So I became: a nullifying unease


Overcame my soul on that dark slope and voided


          The undertaking I had so quickly embraced.


Comments (6)

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CricketCross·
Dante was a cool dude in Clerks. He got all the chicks.\r \r ; )
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IACO·
simple slip of the classes I am shure your not the only one in the world.. dont be to hard on your self.. your waaaayyyy smarter than you give your self credit for:)
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Pantengliopoli·
Nice selection... I can relate. All will be well.
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hilskie·
seriously my favorite book in HS...I took a college prep english class...then had to read it again sophmore year in college...didn't hurt my feelings any.. ;)
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DEEP_NNN·
That quote is basically what it is like to get old and senile. Sounds like a normal day to me. lol
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AutumnRocks·
:lol: