ricardienne | *Im*patientia

I'm almost done with Book I of Bello Gallico. I guess that's a good thing, and maybe I can even get through Book II as well before I go back to school. I'm even starting to get sucked into the 'Roman Myth' by now -- One million Gauls killed and one million more enslaved notwithstanding. (Or rather, withstanding, but not while I'm translating the exploits of the supremely competent and scrupulous C. Iulius.) I am, however, a rather docile reader. But this isn't what I really want to be doing Latin-wise. It isn't that I'm not enjoying Caesar, but why can't I just be good enough to read what I want to read? I hate being a beginner. I want to read Tacitus and Augustine, and I don't want to have to wait another year or so until I've learned enough to manage unusually obstrust Silver Latin, damn it!

I am definitely in a period of Tacitus obsession right now. I got a few books from the library, and I've been mildly depressed the last few days thinking about how no one is eer going to be able to read all of the Annals or the Histories. Ever. It's horrible. Unless someone discovers a palimpsest or a book in a bog or something. A really really early one, I might add.