Bit of Ivory

Yesterday was an almost perfect Easter Sunday. It was a bit windy, but I wore a mid-calf skirt and sandals, no jacket, and no nylons. The tulips and daffodils and hyacinths in our front yard looked lovely, and the newly-planted pansies had recovered nicely from the trauma of being planted. I taught about the Passover […]

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*feels guilty* Umm. Hi? I am alive, really. Just very, very busy. I’m gearing up my thesis big-time, and working on my semester paper for my romanticism class, and trying to decide if the Prozac is doing any good or not. And I’m waay into finding cute patterns for baby stuff to knit, because we […]

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So, let’s see. Anything fun and interesting going on in my life? I had a doctor’s appointment t’other day to determine if my lack-of-concentration thing is depression-related. I filled out one of those depression questionnaire thingies, and the doctor said I’m borderline, and there’s no real way to tell if I’m depressed or not except […]

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A lot. And yet, not much. I’ve been going to school, working, and playing a bit. Listening to HBP as I commute. JKR is a genius, and so is Stephen Fry. My sister gets married a week from today :O, so there’s been a bit of wedding planning as well. I’m glad for the long […]

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The TA thing is going good. I gave a presentation in the class on Tuesday on the Gothic novel (they’re reading Frankenstein). Keats is up next, yay! I like Keats. We’re reading Byron in romantic lit. I’ve decided that I’m not particularly thrilled with Byron when he’s being sterotypically Byronic. I much prefer him in […]

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So, a lot has happened since I last updated. 1) I’m now graduating in August. I talked to Dr. Walker, my thesis chair, and we both agreed that writing the thesis by April would be pushing it. The idea is to defend in spring term, then walk in August. This makes me happy, as life […]

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So, today two proposals with my name on them were submitted to Lumos today. One is a panel in defense of Ginny (which should be WAY fun, if it gets picked). The other is a serious literary presentation which would be me, myself, and I. *gulps* Wanna see what I’m hoping to say? Click the […]

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(notice the correct use of “it’s” and “its” in the title. :P) My computer has shipped! We finally decided on building one and reusing some of my components. Luckily I’ve got a dad who understands these things. For those who actually understand this stuff, specs are as follows: Case: Antec Solution SLK1650 Beige Steel ATX […]

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I love not having to do anything in particular at any particular time. It’s great. I’ve spent mucho time at the Quill, stayed up late and slept in, gone shopping (I got two new pairs of boots! Yay!), met up with my fellow SQUtah Quillers, locked my keys in the trunk at said summit and […]

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Okay, you guys want it, you get it. Here’s my Dorothy L. Sayers paper. It’s condensed down from a presentation I gave in class in which I explored the time in which Sayers wrote, and compared her to several of her contemporaries on both sides of the pond. I’m not sure how good it is, […]

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