Things accomplished today:

[ajodasso]

• Review of The Cambridge Companion to Chaucer written although the Routledge ABES database tool is being a fuckwit, which means I can't upload it for approval, grrr, or even add keywords to the record.


• Paper proposal for NCS '08 (Session 42: Haunted Chaucer) written/sent off to organizers.


• Lords of Misrule signatory switch-over papers submitted to

Comments

[donna_del_lago]

I loved Zodiac.

[ajodasso]

I enjoyed it immensely! What surprises me most is the sense of humor it manages to keep the whole way through.

[ida_pea]

Zodiac was an engaging film, but too graphically violent for my taste.

[ajodasso]

I found it incredibly engaging, and incredibly funny in the most bizarre little ways. I had to avert my eyes for most of the killings; I was pretty much expecting extreme violence, amongst other things. Actually, it didn't turn out to be quite as violent as I had expected. Paranoia, though, it has in spades.

[ida_pea]

BTW, that Jann Arden song...I'll forever associate it with the mix you made for A Crown of Stars,

[ajodasso]

I listen to this song rather frequently, in an extremely varied array of moods and contexts. In spite of the bleakness, it's one of the most hopeful songs I know. It's...that you just have to pick up and keep walking no matter what's happening around you, I think. No pain is really too great to carry; we just think that a lot of the time. I'm not making a lot of sense right now; the movie was incredibly long, and I'm tired, and I'm feeling jittery about the fact that I blithely sent off a paper proposal written in one afternoon to a pair of big-shots at Dartmouth and Columbia respectively. I feel like my world's spinning out of control just a little bit lately. I'm putting things out in directions that are strange and unpredictable.

[electrablue]

The case, while not one of my favorites, is certainly interesting. I haven't seen the film yet, but my primary reason for wanting to do so is to see Brian Cox play Melvin Belli. That just cracks me up, but it's perfect.

[ajodasso]

I think it's a great film. I didn't go in with any particular expectations, as I knew next to nothing about Zodiac to begin with. It's got an incredible, frank sense of humor, and the construction and build-up of the pervasive sense of paranoia are masterfully done.

[rachel2205]

Did you get the database working? Sorry I didn't mail you back, been a bit preoccupied, but I'll check if you haven't.

[ajodasso]

I got my password fixed, so I can log in again. I managed to email the guy and tell him what's going on with the keywords and annotation features.