Geek Lust

[circestale]

Mel B. and Maks were totally robbed last night. Robbed, I say! Doesn't everyone know they were supposed to vote for them because Maks' arse is totally the Eighth Wonder of the World? And this is the last thing ever - EVER! - about Dancing with the Stars that I will post in this journal.

Ugh. I have developed the biggest geek-crush of my life on

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[presentiment]

You're not the only one! There I was, minding my own business, watching a documentary and BAM! She whips out the Greek and I whimpered. Whimpered. She's fantastic. :D

[elfscribe5]

Gad, I know exactly what you mean. I saw her on some show a while back and remember thinking, "Mmm, yeah, another reason to like that ancient history stuff." I'm also rather partial to Josh Berstein of Digging for the Truth. Yeah, geeky fangirl.

[circestale]

I sooo want to see if there's some way my uni would cough up the money to have her come for a talk. If so, I would also need to see if they would cough up the money for my bail after I'm arrested for assault. ;>

[andolinn]

Circe my dear, your prose is going to make me fall in lust love with Bettany.

But when I looked through her website, it made me kind of sad. She took the same passion that I had over Tutankhamon and all things Egypt and actually turned it into a brilliant career, while I...did not... *sigh*

I'll have to look for the lady's programmes on PBS.

[circestale]

I know you can get two of her programs - Helen of Troy, The Spartans - through Netflix. Athens: Dawn of Democracy was just on PBS for the first time a couple of weeks ago. I'd suggest starting with the Helen docu, as it's her specialty.

I was thinking about what you said about turning an interest in Ancient Studies/Archaeology/Classics into a career, and something hit me. I'm beginning to think having a non-Academia based career the way she does is really only possible if you're in England. There seems to be more opportunities there to simply start publishing or hosting tv programs, and I'm wondering if it's because Classics are still a respected tract at universities in the English system. Maybe, who knows, but it's always seemed to me that any of my friends here who get a Ph.D. in Classics/Ancient Studies, etc., are automatically routed into teaching.