currently wearing adam martin's socks [from the last classics trip]

[a comparative study of two professors i have had on this trip.]

The streets/sites of Europe are full of stray cats and
dogs. Everywhere. They are often friendly and occasionally adorable.

To illustrate the contrasting personalities of Toumazou and Dr. Peter
Krentz, I want to describe each of their interactions with said strays.
Their respective approaches to these wandering animals is an allegory for
their respective approaches to life as a whole.

Toumazou - [crouching like a gargoyle, mid-cigarette, letting a stray dog
lick his face, or, mid-lecture, holding cat in his arms and kissing it,
speaking in baby-talk]: "Come here you dirty, dirty animal. Oh, yeah, let me
love you. You’re so cute. You’re sooo cute. Yeah, come here."

DPK - [sees cat approaching during lecture, and pauses as someone in the
group calmly starts to pet it. In a severe tone]: "I would like to draw to
our attention the fact that these stray animals found on the street mostly
likely harbor parasites. As with anything [pause, eye brow raise], touch
them at your own risk."