In Greek mythology, Cassandra (GreekΚασσάνδρα, also Κασάνδρα) was the daughter of King Priam and Queen Hecuba of Troy. Her beauty caused Apollo to grant her the gift ofprophecy. In an alternative version, she spent a night at Apollo's temple, at which time the temple snakes licked her ears clean so that she was able to hear the future (this is a recurring theme in Greek mythology, though sometimes it brings an ability to understand the language of animals rather than an ability to know the future). When Cassandra of Troy refused Apollo, he placed a curse on her so that she and all her descendants' predictions would not be believed. She is a figure both of the epic tradition and of tragedy.
I wanted you both to know I accepted a post doctoral position today at Chapman university!! Thanks for believing in me.
我想她的幸福日子要开始了。
3 Anna Normand
是的,她是那个Anna。我想应该有人还记得她。她的bipolar总算暂时压制住了,很让人心疼的是,她有意识的要克制自己的情绪,并且要按时服用药物,已经和以前的Anna判若两人。在修养一段时间后,她又遭遇情变,无疑是雪上加霜。她的妈妈因此给我又打过一次电话,让我鼓励她。我毕业的时候,她许诺给我两个礼物:一个是一起看一部片子叫Julia and Julia,说是跟我爱写博客有关;一个是请我在村里最正宗的美国餐馆吃顿饭。我们吃饭的时候,她告诉她的状态,我是很感伤的,不知道该用什么最好的方式鼓励她。精神上的疾病真的很可怕,但是她却在想着法儿的克服,比如看书。她看过的一本叫做 An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness,就是讲述和她有同样经历的人怎样克服精神障碍并成功的。