Essays are... advancing. Got the commentary done (was only 1500 words...), so I've just got the 2k Surrealism essay left to do in the 10 hours or so left in the day. And then 1k to do sometime on Friday, or in any case before next Monday. But that's not an issue ( Read more... )

Kind of strange for it to be pitch black outside already. Not used to winter in the UK, I guess ( Read more... )

Team Fortress 2 is damn shiny and damn fun and all around good. Even with no idea what the hell you're doing, and even on a server full of other people.

12 Monkeys, by Terry Gilliam, is an OK film inspired somewhat weakly by La Jetee, which remains its superior in terms of pathos and effective communication of ideas ( Read more... )

Being ill has been messing with my head. Mostly in a disorienting kind of way. Hopefully it is going away soon...

Damn Freshers and their Flu. I bet the ducks have something to do with it too. Probably cultivating Bird Flu in humans till they can wipe out all their rivals. Just a case of making it contagious from humans to birds...

Made it to campus ok. Only one hour hold-up in the trip, went pretty smoothly ( Read more... )

...I wonder how I'm going to fit all this stuff in the car. Hmm ( Read more... )

Ugh. I'm really hoping that this is just a display thing that needs to be corrected manually. My online module registration lists the default Shakespeare one instead of the Gothic module I'd requested. If it turns out that I can't do it after all, I will be rather upset. I've done 500 pages of reading for it! Unfortunately there's a larger than ( Read more... )

( MEME'D! )

Off to Maelstrom, that is. In a couple hours I'm heading to Paris, where hopefully the machines will let me get my tickets, then tomorrow morning an early start to five hours of traveling to Derby. At least I don't think I've forgotten anything, this time ( Read more... )