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Somebody shoot me! I just bought more books :( R110's worth of books. But they were cheap, second-hand books so I got 6 books for my money (actually 5 as one was thrown in for free because it was falling apart). Yay for charity book stalls! Boo for not having enough time to read the books I already have (how am I ever supposed to finish my thesis or hold down a full-time job with so many books to get through? Don't people understand that I have priorities?!).
So after my book splurge, I now have a grand total of R70 to my name. I've been looking around on Biz Community for a suitable job but there's not much that's right for me. I think part of the problem is that all the sorts of jobs advertised there are in a corporate environment, which is exactly what I'm trying to avoid. If I'm going to be working as an editor or researcher I want it to be for an organisation that's making a difference in the world, that's concerned about more than just its profits (unless of course we're talking about Exclusive Books, that's a whole other ball game ^-^). The type of job I'm looking for doesn't generally get advertised on the internet, I don't think.
Summer School has been lots of fun so far, I'm learning a lot. I finally understand the Great Pluto Fiasco. And I have to say, I now think they made the right decision. I'm sorry, I know a lot of people here don't agree, but really, demoting Pluto was the best thing to do. Btw, the lecturer told us that at the end of last year the phrase "to be Plutoed" was voted the best new phrase of 2006, or something like that. (I can't remember which organisation it was that did the voting, it was some language 'watch-dog' in the US.) Hee hee, you gotta love the creativity of the English language!
This morning I started the Children's Lit course. We covered the period from the invention of the printing press (when there was no fiction specifically for children), through the Puritan movement which printed very didactic and disturbing books meant to scare children out their sinful nature (there's one historical era I'm glad I missed out on!), to the mid-1800s, when Romantic writers started writing stories for children's enjoyment, like Alice in Wonderland and The Princess and the Goblin. And then we focused on The Water Babies, which turns out to be a whole lot more interesting than I had thought. Will have to read it again. This afternoon I'm starting The Canterbury Tales, can't wait!
This evening lolif, mjvr83, another friend and I are going to Maynardville to see the Shakespeare. This year it's Romeo and Juliet. I'm looking forward to it, I haven't been for a couple of years and it's always good fun.
So after my book splurge, I now have a grand total of R70 to my name. I've been looking around on Biz Community for a suitable job but there's not much that's right for me. I think part of the problem is that all the sorts of jobs advertised there are in a corporate environment, which is exactly what I'm trying to avoid. If I'm going to be working as an editor or researcher I want it to be for an organisation that's making a difference in the world, that's concerned about more than just its profits (unless of course we're talking about Exclusive Books, that's a whole other ball game ^-^). The type of job I'm looking for doesn't generally get advertised on the internet, I don't think.
Summer School has been lots of fun so far, I'm learning a lot. I finally understand the Great Pluto Fiasco. And I have to say, I now think they made the right decision. I'm sorry, I know a lot of people here don't agree, but really, demoting Pluto was the best thing to do. Btw, the lecturer told us that at the end of last year the phrase "to be Plutoed" was voted the best new phrase of 2006, or something like that. (I can't remember which organisation it was that did the voting, it was some language 'watch-dog' in the US.) Hee hee, you gotta love the creativity of the English language!
This morning I started the Children's Lit course. We covered the period from the invention of the printing press (when there was no fiction specifically for children), through the Puritan movement which printed very didactic and disturbing books meant to scare children out their sinful nature (there's one historical era I'm glad I missed out on!), to the mid-1800s, when Romantic writers started writing stories for children's enjoyment, like Alice in Wonderland and The Princess and the Goblin. And then we focused on The Water Babies, which turns out to be a whole lot more interesting than I had thought. Will have to read it again. This afternoon I'm starting The Canterbury Tales, can't wait!
This evening lolif, mjvr83, another friend and I are going to Maynardville to see the Shakespeare. This year it's Romeo and Juliet. I'm looking forward to it, I haven't been for a couple of years and it's always good fun.