The papers are in, the projects are done, all that's left is a final test or two.  It's a bit odd; my undergraduate career is almost over.  It's been a lot of fun: Jane Austen (Henry Tilney FTW!), Edgar Allan Poe, the Gothic, Frankenstein, etc.  I'm really excited to graduate, but sad too (especially since no one is coming to see me graduate, but ( Read more... )

The BBC is made of awesome.  Seriously--all these fantastic costume dramas, the latest one being Little Dorrit.  Matthew Macfadyen and Claire Foy are just the cutest couple (even if Matthew looks about twice her size in some shots... :D), and the whole production was just wonderful.  Gorgeous (gorgeous) sets, especially the parts in Venice, ( Read more... )

So I was talking to a girl in one of my classes, who is also in my senior course/Frankenstein class, and she pointed out that as she was buying her books, she saw that one of the other senior courses was reading Sherlock Holmes, and Poe, and Wilkie Collins. And I nearly flipped out. That's right up my alley! That class must not have been offered ( Read more... )

Is it just me, or is Victor Frankenstein (not the creature, who surprisingly enough has no name) one of the most annoying protagonists in all of literature?  I mean honestly, he creates this amazingly awesome thing (although I'm not begrudging him his fear, that would be pretty freaky)  but then runs and hides under his covers like a girl.  Oh my ( Read more... )