On the plus side: if you extrapolate my progress I will have a complete mental encyclopedia of literature locked up by 2095!
-It was 33 degrees when I got up this morning. Dan warned me: one day you wake up and Pennsylvania is COLD. I desperately need to update (um, start building) a winter wardrobe before I freeze; my Obama fleece and a cute scarf does not a winter ensemble make
- Comedy: not universal?? In Virginia I'm hilarious but in Philadelphia I'm mildly eccentric and awkward. It's weird. Thankfully, sarcasm and "That's what she said" transcend regional differences, but I need to work on my material you guys
- Many more shows and films are set in Philly than you think, thus: theoretically if I spend enough time downtown I'll be an extra in a movie/TV show soon! If you see me somewhere and I am uncredited, please waste no time updating my IMDB page as I am sincerely looking forward to fame
- Is anyone else feeling awkward re: Homecoming? I can't wait to see campus again and hear what my fellow 09ers have been doing with their new off-campus lives ... but isn't it going to be weird? Plus my hair is in that awkward not-cute growing-out phase. Maybe I'll just plan to be at the Leafe the whole time, too inebriated to care. Join me.
[Also: who's going to be there and let's make a date! I miss you!]
- I accidentally abandoned tech-media this week for like the first time in my life. Existential crisis.
I'm a fan of instant gratification and immediate knowledge; naturally, I am miserably addicted to the internet. I spent so much time combing through lit databases this week I forgot the relentless Facebook updates and news media-haunting that is my daily life. Spoiler Alert: I did NOT cease to exist.
This weekend's experiment: the independent/French movies I've been meaning to catch up with and the non-essential reading that's been lonely on my bookshelf.
And, of course, the literary research. So. Much. Literary research.
The view from my window yesterday! Slowly PA enters fall
and I creep closer and closer to my first fall drive .. to Lancaster County.
I need a homemade bonnet.
Queer fish? Is that a Kanye West joke? Also, I'm definitely in the same boat at this point. Spending far more time in the library than I'd care to, commuting w/arms full of books, and already (??) preparing research for final papers. And it's fucking frigid here in Boston--also needing to prepare a winter wardrobe. As in PA, it seems, one day you wake up in Boston, and you have frostbite on your toes. Wish I were going to Homecoming to see you and everyone, but have fun, m'dear.
ReplyDeleteHAHAHA no! It's an elusive Kathryn Williams article: "'Queer Fish': Woolf's Writing of Desire Between Women in The Voyage Out and Mrs Dalloway."
ReplyDeleteThis is probably going to evolve into my MA thesis (on To the Lighthouse & Btwn the Acts), but it's so narrow! For some reason, "fish and sex and Woolf" are not popular critical topics. Here's to forging new (legit?) academic ground, in time for finals.
Let me know if you make it down to Philly ever! I hope to check out Boston sometime and will def look you up (when it warms up, natch). Also: blog. I love catching up with other swamped/overwhelmed grad students, it makes me feel like I'm in good company
Miss sitting next to you in class and seeing you at H Tubs! Hope all is well!