Apologies, Sufism, and the first of a series of very large headaches

First off: I want to apologize to all my readers (all eight of them) for the commonplace spelling errors that have occurred on this blog. I've thought about it for some time and have realized that, while typing, my mind has gone immediately to the phoenetic spelling of a word, rather than the correct one-- perhaps this is due to actually having a phoenetic language? It's happened quite often with the words "do" and "due," as well as "there" and "their." Others are most likely due to the fact that the keyboards around here have the tendency to stick n one key or aother. See: it just happened-- the n sticks with this one. I feel the need to apologize as both an aspiring writer and an English major. Haram on me.

Anyway, just got out of the first class on Sufism-- it's one on one, which I think is all but unheard of here, at least on the undergraduate level, and it was quite enjoyable, albeit headache-inducing. I was pleasantly surprised, in fact, to discover I got most of what he was talking about-- either that or he was merely jogging my memory with what I know of al-Ghazali and the three pillars of Islamic theology-- either way, I got it. But I also discovered that I can't write very fast in Arabic-- at least mildly legibly. The professor is quite a guy-- quoted the Gospel back to me when I started off with the "Man does not live by bread alone..." and I think he was pleased with my familiarity at least with the general idea of the system of thought.

I have to buy books. That's going to be a pain in the ass. All on theology. Shit. What am I doing in this country...