I'm not a big fan of researching (unless it's on my own terms), but when what you're researching is Monty Python and the Holy Grail it really isn't quite so bad. If only because you occasionally get quotes scattered through books which are hilariously funny. Suddenly serious academic research is a lot more enjoyable ( Read more... )

Eeep, not updated in a while - busy ten days! Last week was, in theory, Anton's week off work, but in reality we ended up puppysitting because his parents had the same week booked off and went away to London, leaving us to look after their puppy. Yes they bought us a couple of little pressies and paid for us to visit Chatsworth last Friday but ( Read more... )

I've discovered today that writing this essay is no quicker when I have a Pirates of the Caribbean film playing right next to me (my tv is next to my computer) but it is a lot more fun. Freaking out about it less too now that I've got to 3,000 words (well, 2,999 but close enough) so I only have to do another couple of hundred tonight and I should ( Read more... )

ARGH. I have about 500 words to go on this Early Film essay that's due in on Tuesday, which isn't really a lot but it's all taking so long I just want to jab sharp objects into my eyes. It's probably the messiest essay I've ever written because I don't even really know what I'm trying to say, I just know that I'm writing about the transition from ( Read more... )

I just drank a cup of really strong coffee in the hope that it would wake me up and make me able to concentrate on this Documentary essay. It's just left me feeling a bit sick ( Read more... )

I've just got not only permission but encouragement from my tutor to write about pirates for my next English essay. This is actually going to make 4000 words bearable - maybe even fun ( Read more... )

I'm supposed to be writing an essay for documentary that's due in on Tuesday and that I reaaaallly need to get a move on with, but... ah, I can't be arsed. So instead I'm gunna update because I haven't in a while.

Last week was EPIC FUN. Only downer was that Antony got very poorly the first weekend we were together, so we weren't able to celebrate ( Read more... )

Got a huge number of things to be excited about right now :)

First and foremost, SIX DAYS UNTIL ANTON VISITS. EEEEEEEE. It will have been four weeks (give or take a few hours) since I last saw him and I cannot wait XD And we'll be going out on a pubcrawl for halloween looking all cool as Alice in Wonderland characters (I finished my costume, ( Read more... )

So, we've finally moved on to complex narrative in Early Film, and these means one very important thing: I finally understand why B loves Lillian Gish so much. She's wonderful. At last, I've found something I like about early cinema! She weirdly reminds me of my cousin Liz too - I think it's a mix of facial features and the way she moves. It's ( Read more... )

Got an hour and twenty minutes to write 300 words of essay before I'm off to the Stag's Head for Eurovision, haha. Should be do-able, I think ( Read more... )