Two Minute Break
Sometimes I hate having a busy schedule because it means that days pass easily, so quickly that when I finally have time to take a breather after a whole month of alternating between high speed coursework and working hard at my new job, I realise that it’s nearly the middle of April and it’s officially autumn.
So here’s to another nine weeks of high speed coursework and indefinite hours of working hard at my new job. I’d rather have everything all consuming at this stage of my life because if I’m not going to live and work my best now, later is too late.
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And Then Some: Start of Semester Edition
One: Delayed Realisation
Was in this week’s seminar for The Gothic today, participating semi-actively in the discussion about an eighteenth century Gothic novel, when I mentally took a step backwards and realised: This is what we do. Metaphorically tear books apart, read between all the lines and try to construct or discover a book’s theme. What it wants to say to us. This is really about a love of books and reading. It took me two years and some but I’ve finally realised why I’m an English major: I enjoy books and I will not show up unprepared to class not even having read the entire text.
Two: Books and Film
There are enough books to read each semester for class so I haven’t had time to venture out of the reading list. Having seen two great films that have been adapted from books, I’m keen to read The Diving Bell and the Butterfly and Everything is Illuminated. I wish I made more effort to discover books as I’ve always felt that reading books after first watching them on film is quite lazy.
Three: Vraiment?
Need to start acting like a French major and stop speaking English in class.
Dry Spell
From today till Wednesday, all my words will be reserved for the very important final essay on English Renaissance comedy, namely Volpone (Ben Jonson), The Merry Wives of Windsor (Shakespeare), and A Chaste Maid in Cheapside (Thomas Middleton). Reading through Chaste Maid (also chased maid), apparently men like Middleton who insert sexual innuendos in every other line and pun cut and cu*t were considered geniuses and social commentators of their time. Of course, I don’t know anything because I have to study their work to be considered economically viable in future!
Anyway, I’d like to use this dry spell in the coming week to open up discussion to the floor: if you have had a burning question (not itching, I hope) to ask me, this is the time.
N.B. I will still be posting every day for NaBloPoMo, but of course it would be much better to post using free ideas from you.
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