Since I have nothing particularly interesting to report, other than my sister's getting MARRIED on JANUARY 7!!! and that Adrian and I are LOOKING AT APARTMENTS!!!!, here's some mushy yet true thoughts. Imagine that I'm reading them to you wearing a smoking jacket and drinking cognac in a wingback chair in front of a roaring fire ( Read more... )

Well, actually many of you actually have the same degree, or higher, than I do, but you still have to call me "Master." I've decided that this is only fair, since I am now Caroline Winter, BA, MA ( Read more... )

Last night Adrian and I saw Serenity, FINALLY! It was really good, but I wish that I'd seen the series before. I got the feeling that it would have meant much more if I had. Even so, Joss rocked once again. I love Joss ( Read more... )

I realized today, after opening my 30-odd unread emails, that I have been neglecting my lovely eMac and all of her joys, like you, my livejournal friends! In case I seem really weird, I should tell y'all that I feel like crap and I'm really tired. I'm SO GLAD that it's the weekend ( Read more... )

We're going to a wedding today! Actually, we're kind of crashing it. Eleanor asked me to go as her date, since her boyfriend can't come into Canada, and then we needed a ride up to Alliston (where the wedding is), so we got Lynn to take Adrian as her date. I feel kinda bad about the whole thing, but it DOES make sense... it reminds me of that ( Read more... )

Yesterday marked the end of my first week at my first real job--that is, a job not involving customers or cash registers. I think I'll like it, since what I'll be doing is basically writing communiques, researching stuff, and learning fun new software! It's cool because I have my own cubicle, nobody bothers me, I'm free to spend my morning ( Read more... )

So, yesterday I signed a five-month contract as a Research Assistant with the government of Ontario! I now work for The Man. Oh well, at least he pays well. I'm really excited about this, but it has begun to hit home that, starting Monday, I will have NO TIME until after Christmas. Apologies in advance for neglecting y'all. Adrian and I are ( Read more... )

Since Adrian is working nights this week, I've stayed up the last two nights watching the BBC miniseries of Pride & Prejudice (again). Wow. Colin Firth as Mr Darcy is perfection itself. I just checked out the website for the new version of the story that is coming out this fall, and although Keira Knightley seems very good, their Darcy seems ( Read more... )

I had a call this morning from a job that I'd applied for about a month ago (what's up with that???). The guy was like, "I see you have an MA and an Hon. BA. Why do you want to work in an office?" I tried to explain that I'm looking for office experience and career goals etc. Then, he asked me what kind of pay I was looking for, and when I told ( Read more... )

Yesterday I was feeling pretty despondent about the whole PhD situation, since I'm trying to write my SSHRC thing and get it straight in my head exactly what I want to work on. Then, coming home from class, I realized that a much better angle for my topic would be to discuss the relationships between literature and cinema around WWI--that way, I ( Read more... )