I almost posted earlier today in a panic because I have hit a Research Crisis. It is definitely a good thing that said research crisis happened roughly an hour before I was supposed to meet nineveh_uk for cocktails and Quantum of Solace. Alcohol and Daniel Craig shooting people was precisely what I needed ( Read more... )

My copy of Microsoft Word has conceived a vendetta against Georges Chastellain. More specifically, against particular passages in the Chroniques des ducs de Bourgogne. Every time I open a file containing any of these passages, Word gives me an error message and quits ( Read more... )

After reading two articles referencing aforementioned chronicle and finishing the first series of Doctor Who, my new mental image of Edward IV is Captain Jack ( Read more... )

So.

Philip Pullman justified the existence of my dissertation today.

( Alright, so not directly, but he justified it in principle )

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows THIS SUMMER ( Read more... )

I really hope the Bod gets a copy of Michael Hicks' Anne Neville: Queen to Richard III because I am growing less and less inclined to purchase it, and I really need to read it ( Read more... )

I nitpicked until I nearly went cross-eyed. Formatted, reformatted, double-checked all my footnotes and sources. Begged for critiques on the introduction and conclusion from the most anal-retentive amongst my friends (merci mille fois to pixidala, adelynne, and rosamund). Two copies are now printed and sitting in my bag, to be softbound first thing in the morning, and ( Read more... )

Picked up last term's essays. Suffice it to say the weather echoed my mild to moderate terror of this particular errand. It's been raining all day ( Read more... )

Fully recovered from drunkenness.

Still in PhD programme.

::grins::

Now, I actually *will* get my lazy arse to the library today...

I have just heard the sacred words to gladden the heart of any future academic.

"You know, I'd really love to read your thesis. Can you send me a copy?"

SCORE!!!!!

I am Research Goddess!