Gonna be some rockin', at the show tonight...

[fightingthecage]

Update-tastic!

1. College - 100% attendance since meeting with faculty head last week, hurrah! Haven't yet managed to be on time for a lesson but better than nothing. And we're onto new modules, which is better. I've done all the British government stuff before when I was at Uni, so that's easy. On to American history in history, which is also interesting and bonus, I know a lot of it already (although slightly worrying that I can answer some of the rest of the class's questions when the teacher can't but that's only a bonus for me as far as I'm concerned) and in English, I'm discovering that Sylvia Plath is kind of awesome. So, algood.

2. Work - So. Dead. Weather has been awful recently and roads around the hotel are flooding every day so during the week we're averaging about two customers a night (not including drinkers). At the same time, not having to work more than an hour or so in the evenings is very much of the love though I don't think my wages at the end of it all will agree. But! I am going to be moving into the hotel in January until I find a flat so I won't have to worry about much rent anyway. And free food! C'est awesome.

3. House - Ugh. Only a week until Housemate Jen is gone and it'll be months before I see her again. :( Also, I have to pack all my things, organise storage and hire a van and move everything on my own just before New Year. Bleurgh. Might get Cute Polish Boy to help me out as he is brilliant and lovely.

4. Uni - Got an email from UCL, asking to do a small assessment for the English department. Which I love because pulling poems apart is what I'm good at. So, no worries. Although if anyone could recommend a good medieval text that I can read in the next two weeks, I'd appreciate it. We don't study medieval stuff in class and it'll look good if I can talk about having read some on my own time. Of course, I have not. Unless the Iliyad counts? How old is that?

5. Mad Crush - still mad. The question is, do I remain in this enjoyable state of fancying him (always my favourite part of any pursuit) and imagining how good it could be, or ask him out and find out that the reality might not be as good? Ordinarily I'd just go for it but its so much fun just hanging out with him and having it easy and not awkward that I'm kind of loathe to ruin it. And its not like I'd have much time to see him anyway. Of course, I'm pretty sure he'll say yes if I ask him out so maybe reality would be better? I don't know. Blah. I'll give it until New Year and see how it goes I reckon. December is for having fun so I'm not going to rock the boat at the moment.

ONLY A WEEK TILL TIME OFF AND CHILLING AND SHOPPING AND PARTYING IN LONDON, WOOT! And after I come back, only four days of college left before Chrimbo, yay! :D!

Comments

[wanttobeatree.livejournal.com]

When were the middle ages again? Chaucer would be an obvious recommendation... I don't know if Caxton wrote poetry, but he was around in the 1400s. Donne... but he was 15-1600s, which is probably too late to be medieval? I think?

And damn right Sylvia Plath is awesome!

[fightingthecage.livejournal.com]

Doesn't have to poetry, it can be prose. Though...hell, I don't even know what counts as medieval. I mean, Chaucer wrote in Middle English, right? So, is that early enough? I have no clue. I've read the Wife of Bath so I hope it does count as that would qualify. Bah. Need to research I guess. Thanks for the help!

*puts on history hat*

[ashen_key]

Dark Ages is from the fall of the Western Roman Empire, 485 (I think is the date) to the crowning of Charlemagne as the Holy Roman Emperor Christmas Day 800 AD. Medieval is from 800s to...well, I'd classify it as up to the late 1400s. After that, it's the Renaissance.

Just because I am, you know, Arthurian-y, I would recommend you look up Arthurian stuff. Poetry, a lot of French wrote about it, and then Malory as well. *scratches head* There is a French poem about a chap running around WITH Charlemagne, but I can't remember...Ballad of Sir Roland???? Something like that.

Gayest gay thing that ever gayed around gayly. So. Slashy. *grins*

[surexit.livejournal.com]

Donne was 1700s, and I don't think Caxton wrote - he was a very important literary figure, but for his press, afaik.

[wanttobeatree.livejournal.com]

Caxton must've wrote something, because we were analysing some of it in English the other day. Unless I've got the names muddled up...

[surexit.livejournal.com]

He translated and printed, but he didn't write. (Well, he might have written some obscure history book or something, scholars of that period sometimes did, but it is extremely unlikely to have been something you were analysing in class, if he did.)

[surexit.livejournal.com]

The Illiad is Ancient Greek. Not mediaeval at all. *snugs*

[fightingthecage.livejournal.com]

Aye, s'what I thought. It just counts as 'old' to me, so maybe I'll get away with that as well. Hmmm. Do you know if Chaucer counts as medieval?

[surexit.livejournal.com]

Yeah, Chaucer kind of defines mediaeval English lit, lovely.

[fightingthecage.livejournal.com]

S'what I thought! But then I confused myself with the term 'Middle English' and thought that mediaevel might be older than that. Needless to say, I missed most of my classes for Chaucer when I studied him - although I did answer an exam question on him despite having never read the text. Hmmm. Might explain the 'C' actually.

[surexit.livejournal.com]

What course is it you're going for at UCL, btw? *curious*

[fightingthecage.livejournal.com]

Heh. English Lit. This post is a dead giveaway for my chances of admission to that, right? :D

[ashen_key]

so maybe I'll get away with that as well

I personally? Would say 'no' for that one, actually. It's Ancient Greak, a couple thousand years too early. Chaucer is very, very, very MA though.

[mulefa.livejournal.com]

Beowolf? That might be too old too - maybe 1100 - perhaps that's Anglo Saxon - perhaps that's the same thing as Medieval - *is confused* - Chaucer's fun and it's eaasy to find texts with modern and medieval side by side for easy digestion

[surexit.livejournal.com]

Beowulf is Old English - too old, yeah.