Note To Self, etc

Must remember to wear my computer glasses more- they actually Do help my eyes avoid strain, and when I don't wear them for too long, putting them on the first time feels very much like my eyes aren't focusing- and making my eyes focus regularly with different prescriptions/lack there of is Good for my eyes. And they've been being mildly funky lately, so I'd better be a bit more diligent in this matter.

Met with another professor today to talk about graduate school- his suggestion was going via anthropology or finding someone who does Judaic studies with a real use of anthropological techniques. He says this just from hearing my interest is for a good bit in ritual. I'm not entirely sure that that really follows quite so much, but it is, I suppose, worth researching. Part of my hesitance is that while I enjoy such things, I really have a strong interest in involving text in my scholarship somehow. The thing is, I'm not sure I want to do straight text either. Really, I'm finding myself interested in the relations between text and real life- which since htat's what so much of Jewish text is- halakhic literature, makes things convenient. But I'm interested in both sides of the relationship: how text related to life and how life then relates back to text. I think. But well, so much of this stuff is so much fun, how do I really know what I find most interesting?

Note To Self, etc

Must remember to wear my computer glasses more- they actually Do help my eyes avoid strain, and when I don't wear them for too long, putting them on the first time feels very much like my eyes aren't focusing- and making my eyes focus regularly with different prescriptions/lack there of is Good for my eyes. And they've been being mildly funky lately, so I'd better be a bit more diligent in this matter.

Met with another professor today to talk about graduate school- his suggestion was going via anthropology or finding someone who does Judaic studies with a real use of anthropological techniques. He says this just from hearing my interest is for a good bit in ritual. I'm not entirely sure that that really follows quite so much, but it is, I suppose, worth researching. Part of my hesitance is that while I enjoy such things, I really have a strong interest in involving text in my scholarship somehow. The thing is, I'm not sure I want to do straight text either. Really, I'm finding myself interested in the relations between text and real life- which since htat's what so much of Jewish text is- halakhic literature, makes things convenient. But I'm interested in both sides of the relationship: how text related to life and how life then relates back to text. I think. But well, so much of this stuff is so much fun, how do I really know what I find most interesting?