I'm not doing my seminar work for today. Well, I might give in and do half of it, but I'm going on strike for the rest. The stories he gave us to read were utterly pointless and I don't even know where his questions about them came from, let alone what the answers are. Plus, questions like "Is the story concerned to interrogate traditional gender ( Read more... )

... and perhaps a fanfare, for today is Aberystwyth Christmas! Hurrah! We are having nibbles and mulled wine from lunchtime, and then Zi is in charge of the Christmas Dinner, which is turkey and two different kinds of potatoes and Yorkshire puddings and carrots and leeks and greens and pigs-in-blankets and stuffing and all sorts of other good ( Read more... )

Today is a good day. I managed to swat the fly that's been buzzing around the flat and irritating me for the last few days, though several of its friends seem to have turned up now and are trying to exact revenge. Don't know where they're coming from... is it fly breeding season or something? Anyway, Zi's at home and I have the flat to myself, and ( Read more... )