Work continues apace here at Chez Byers.
bittergrrl is steadily churning out her final papers for the semester and I have been continuing to write a final historiographic paper for my portfolio and reading books on my reading lists. I hope to finish that essay in the next 7-10 days (I still have to read 7 additional books for it and that's more the hold-up than the actual writing.) I have only 78 books left to read (out of 174) by April, so that is going along very well. Reading is on track. I have also started revising my dissertation prospectus, working toward a solid second draft, after getting some feedback from a member of my committee. I have a few little things I want to do with it as well as write a couple additional sections. I plan to have that draft finished up by the end of the month, hopefully before Christmas.
Haven't seen any movies in the last week, but I have read a couple Ian Fleming James Bond novels (Casino Royale and Live and Let Die). Good books, though the introspective and "action lite" Bond is definitely at odds with the movie depictions.
Slacked off a little more this weekend than I had expected to. Friday night I went out for dinner and a couple beers with a friend while
bittergrrl slaved away at home on a paper. Saturday I abandoned her again to attend a "tree trimming" party and accidentally ended up staying out until 5 am gabbing away (well, listening away). I did discover that a friend in my department is the great niece of my high school algebra II/trig teacher, so that was a bizarre but fun coincidence. Last night (Sunday), in honor of Pearl Harbor Day we went to see a rollerderby double header. Lots of fun. The rollergirls and the fans were all very into it and everyone had a great time. We plan to attend more games next season (these were the last home games of the season). The Carolina Rollergirls are really good; ranked #6 in the nation and they stomped, er, rolled, all over their opponents. Man, it was amazing watching some of those big girls go down hard. This is not a sport for the weak or timid. Afterwards we had dinner and beers at a place in Raleigh called the Flying Saucer. It's a specialty beer place like Brickskeller with a drinking club, etc. I think we'll be heading back there in the future too.
Time to buckle back down this week and get some more work done.