Whoa it's been a while...
It follows that I haven't updated since way back in early December because I've actually been alright. lol. Look at that for a change.
Had all my lessons minus the Shakespeare seminar and I'm not sure what I'm going to make of this term yet. Feminis- Three Women Writers has been good for making me aware that it is a COURSEWORK module. Yes!! One less exam! It however has been bad for making me aware that I have to do a ten minute presentation on my own. I hate Helen Smith. Kick the shy ones right where it hurts. I'd done so well avoiding presentations up till now. SUCKS. I won't be any fun in the week that comes about. 19th century looks quite dull at the moment but thats probably more to do with the lecturer/seminar teacher than the actual books. It would rather help if he didn't take a five minute pause between points he wants to make because I may not start to doze off quite so quickly and so often. Note to self - no more Po's on tuesday nights as having a hangover for that 9am is the hardest thing I've ever had to do. And Shakespeare is just awesome. I really have high hopes for this subject. Ok, I don't understand what the hell it's getting at already, but the atmosphere in the lecture was actually the best thing I've experienced the whole of this uni year. No jokes. Everyone was so happy that everyone else was there. And having any subject with Nethers is bound to make my day. Only he could fall down the steps on the way to his seat and then break his seat and fall off it halfway through the lecture. It's the little things like that that make me want to stay here.
I had a bit of a chat with mum before I was due to come back and she made it very clear that my parents would be very disappointed if I quit uni. Like she didn't say it in that many words, but to my cries of it's too hard and I don't fit in she counteracted with you just have to get through it, life is hard. There was no hint of if you leave we'll support you but a lot of hints along the lines of stop whinging and get on with it. Which I guess is right. I probably would never have the guts to leave now that I'm this far in and I do want a degree.
All in all, I'm in a relatively positive mood about this semester. Here's hoping it lasts. And that I manage to summon some superhuman power that will enable me to read all the texts I'm supposed to. People keep seeming suprised that I'm so far ahead - I've read everything up to and not including week 4. But what people don't seem to realise is all my subjects expect that I've read everything and everything is one hell of a lot. I believe, if you count Shakespeare plays as baby books, it's 28 books. And some of them are huge fuck off Dickens. And alot of them are Virginia Woolf which doesnt help because I HATE her and making myself read her modernist/feminist garble is like trying to make a child eat sprouts. It doesn't happen without some big chocolatey reward at the end. And in the case of Woolf, it better be a giant bar of Bournville or no deal.
Ok, that was total waffle. I am but procrastinating so that I don't have to start reading the rest of Titus Andronicus - not so bad in itself but Woolf is after that. And I don't think even Bournville is going to sway me this time.
Oh wait a minute - Now 90's. Yeah it was cool but we seemed to lose everyone at one point or another. And it was too crowded and I had a bit of a moment where I thought I was going to collapse. I'm not sure how much I like Now 90's. if the playlist is like that every time I'm not interested, it only got good towards the end when I wasn't up for it anymore. Was good to see everyone though. nearly used up my camera film. There's going to be some shockers that come out of that one.
When I do update I don't half go on.
Had all my lessons minus the Shakespeare seminar and I'm not sure what I'm going to make of this term yet. Feminis- Three Women Writers has been good for making me aware that it is a COURSEWORK module. Yes!! One less exam! It however has been bad for making me aware that I have to do a ten minute presentation on my own. I hate Helen Smith. Kick the shy ones right where it hurts. I'd done so well avoiding presentations up till now. SUCKS. I won't be any fun in the week that comes about. 19th century looks quite dull at the moment but thats probably more to do with the lecturer/seminar teacher than the actual books. It would rather help if he didn't take a five minute pause between points he wants to make because I may not start to doze off quite so quickly and so often. Note to self - no more Po's on tuesday nights as having a hangover for that 9am is the hardest thing I've ever had to do. And Shakespeare is just awesome. I really have high hopes for this subject. Ok, I don't understand what the hell it's getting at already, but the atmosphere in the lecture was actually the best thing I've experienced the whole of this uni year. No jokes. Everyone was so happy that everyone else was there. And having any subject with Nethers is bound to make my day. Only he could fall down the steps on the way to his seat and then break his seat and fall off it halfway through the lecture. It's the little things like that that make me want to stay here.
I had a bit of a chat with mum before I was due to come back and she made it very clear that my parents would be very disappointed if I quit uni. Like she didn't say it in that many words, but to my cries of it's too hard and I don't fit in she counteracted with you just have to get through it, life is hard. There was no hint of if you leave we'll support you but a lot of hints along the lines of stop whinging and get on with it. Which I guess is right. I probably would never have the guts to leave now that I'm this far in and I do want a degree.
All in all, I'm in a relatively positive mood about this semester. Here's hoping it lasts. And that I manage to summon some superhuman power that will enable me to read all the texts I'm supposed to. People keep seeming suprised that I'm so far ahead - I've read everything up to and not including week 4. But what people don't seem to realise is all my subjects expect that I've read everything and everything is one hell of a lot. I believe, if you count Shakespeare plays as baby books, it's 28 books. And some of them are huge fuck off Dickens. And alot of them are Virginia Woolf which doesnt help because I HATE her and making myself read her modernist/feminist garble is like trying to make a child eat sprouts. It doesn't happen without some big chocolatey reward at the end. And in the case of Woolf, it better be a giant bar of Bournville or no deal.
Ok, that was total waffle. I am but procrastinating so that I don't have to start reading the rest of Titus Andronicus - not so bad in itself but Woolf is after that. And I don't think even Bournville is going to sway me this time.
Oh wait a minute - Now 90's. Yeah it was cool but we seemed to lose everyone at one point or another. And it was too crowded and I had a bit of a moment where I thought I was going to collapse. I'm not sure how much I like Now 90's. if the playlist is like that every time I'm not interested, it only got good towards the end when I wasn't up for it anymore. Was good to see everyone though. nearly used up my camera film. There's going to be some shockers that come out of that one.
When I do update I don't half go on.