I should be doing important things, like reading up on the history of conduct books for my essay on Evelina but instead I'm getting ready to go to the Globe and watch a fabulous production of Midsummer Night's DreamI'm also thinking a lot about the fact that I'm going to spend Friday and Saturday turning a piece of fiction that I (co-)wrote into an ( Read more... )

This is what happens when I read A Room of One's Own.

( It is difficult, to be a woman and to write. )

Day one • a song
Day two • a picture
Day three • a bookDay four • a site ( Read more... )

Not much update time, but I have to say -- I never really liked A Midsummer Night's Dream, and then I saw the Globe's traveling company perform it at the Globe last night and it kinda blew my mind. Can we say 1920s theme? A cast of 8 people portraying all 20+ characters through some pretty fantastic costume changes? Aforementioned actors singing, ( Read more... )

I just has this odd rush of anxiety -- you know, the kind that builds up suddenly in your stomach and you're looking around you to figure out why it happened -- and I'm almost positive there was something specific that I was feeling anxious about, but the feeling vanished almost immediately and now I have no clue what it was! None at all! All I've ( Read more... )

Grrr...I have a Russian history midterm tomorrow that's worth 40% of my overall grade. I haven't done the math, but I'm pretty sure that means I have to get an A on it to get an A in the class. Which, you know, isn't necessary, but would be really nice. I see no reason not to get A's in English and history classes. Now if I were being forced to ( Read more... )

I am officially done with my short story and I don't hate it. Lauren, if you're reading this and you got my message and are worried at all, don't be. It turned out very well. You are still my muse and sounding board and I miss our long and involved conversations about literature. Are you home over spring break ( Read more... )

Thursday (3/6 ( Read more... )

Well, I got one of the papers done. In about two hours. And about Othello, of all things ( Read more... )

So I'm annoyed right now because I have two papers due within the next two weeks and I don't want to write either of them. Worse than that -- they're English papers, and I don't want to write them ( Read more... )