My turn at the Daily Hungarian Lesson

I have a Hungarian student. Her dad is so great, so rugged Hungarian. I can hardly understand what his is saying most the time, but at our last visit he let me know that my name was very noble. I mentioned that I heard it was like "Smith" here in America. He informed me that is very inaccurate. It's not that it is common, it is noble. The most cherished and remembered royal family had this last name. He said there is a poem every child has to memorize in their school days, and then he recited it. Sure enough, there in the middle was our last name. It sounded so cool to hear him say this poem from memory. He said it is commonly known as one of the country's greatest poems ever. The author wrote it as a sort of ode or thank you to the royal family. He wouldn't translate it for me because it would lose it's beauty. What a guy.

3 time WAC Champs

We had our last basketball game on Saturday vs New Mexico and we killed them! The score was 77 to 51 I believe but anyway we won and it was awesome! And we won the WAC for the 3rd time! I'm bummed basketball is over but now it's closer to football season. (Hoping our team keeps improving from last year). Oh and the mask is of our senior Jared Quayle kinda creepy but I think it's funny!

Daily Hungarian Lesson (will not be a daily thing)

I was reading somewhere that Hungarians have a similar saying to our "no use crying over spilt milk." It is, "more was lost at Mohacs." I'm not sure the history but I think it dates back to the 1500s and must have been referring to some battle...I asked my English Honors advisor, who is Hungarian, and she said it is pronounced "Mohahtsh," with the accent of the first syllable, and that it is a saying that symbolizes Hungarian optimism.

New Podcast

Simon and I decided to do a podcast.  Here's a rough (and I do mean rough) cut of episode one: http://thegreatergoodpodcast.blogspot.com/.  Let us know what you think. :)

EFY Continued

So I found out where I am going this summer! I am going to Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Nauvoo!! I am pretty pumped the only down side is that there are all in the month of July so I will be very busy that month.

Graduate School Acceptance!!!!

Hey so I know I already texted everyone, but I just wanted to write and say how stoked I am that I've finally been accepted and offered an instructorship position! I've been waiting since Dec. when I turned in my application, and I just found out today.

So this means, on top of my job with Student-Athlete Services, I will also be attending grad. school classes and teaching two sections of ENGL 1010 on campus this Fall and Spring. Next year, I will most likely be teaching ENGL 2010 courses. And the best part is, they are paying me pretty nice and offering me some health benefits, which I will sorely need after May 3rd...

Woo hoo!!!!!!!

Cute Pics

I think we've all seen these but I thought I'd post them here anyway. :)