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Enjoy this sporadic communication while it lasts, because seriously, two weeks from now I will be posting four times a week out of sheer boredom ( Read more... )

So my presentation didn't crash and burn horribly! I may have brought up Freud too much, and it turned out Tim was an expert on what I ended up referencing (of course he was), but I think I made a coherent argument? Maybe? IDK, I'm just very glad it's done. Hooray, one intimidating assignment down and several more to go ( Read more... )

I really have been terrible about posting, haven't I? I think it's because I end up feeling guilty spending a significant amount of time writing anything that isn't course-related, but since I also bear the title of Master Procrastinator I end up writing NOTHING AT ALL. Similarly, I got stuck trying to figure out a different, better style for the ( Read more... )

Things that aren't great:

1. My last wisdom tooth is descending, vowing revenge as it comes.

2. My right ankle hurts like a bitch, which is something it periodically chooses to do.

3. I still have a cold, which sometimes gets phlegmy and disgusting.

Things that are awesome1. I have handed in my first assignments! A ten-page script for FILM 405 ( Read more... )

I just read a 5000 word article arguing in favour of the homoerotic interpretation of black culture as portrayed in The Wire. An academic article, for Film 402.

In amidst all the incomprehensible arthouse psychobabble I have to read week after week, you do occasionally get some gems.

A CAVALCADE OF WTF ( Read more... )

Classics exam has been defeated! Now I don't have to fret about studying, or feel guilty because I'm playing Psychonauts instead of studying. Yaaaaaaay ( Read more... )

Belated thanks to all who wished me a happy birthday! It was awesome - heaps of people came, and we watched a million things and ate a million things and Jenni made me a TARDIS cake. A TARDIS CAKE. It has occurred to me that other people turn 22 and eat sophisticated gateaux and get drunk in bars, but the birthday parties I want are the birthday ( Read more... )

So, first day back at classes. BUT WHO CARES. Today I finished Unseen Academicals and then saw Sherlock Holmes (hell yes, again!) and The Princess and the Frog in quick succession.

I adored Unseen Academicals - unexpectedly, given that I have never been remotely interested in football, and believe me, if you've spent any time at school in England ( Read more... )