the Girl With the Paper Hat

Yes, I am in fact this dull.

So I'm freaking out about this medieval essay. It's due tomorrow, and I have to overhaul the whole thing. I've barely started yet, and still have no desire to do so. But it's alright. It's only worth 25% of my final grade and all, no biggie.

Why does my work ethic suck so much???

But yes, the list...

TO READ
Tales From Firozsha Baag Rohinton Mistry
Medicine River Thomas King
the Maestro Tim Wynne Jones
Children's Lit Lecture Notes
Select ENG2000 Lecture Notes

TO DO
Print off selected ENG2000 Lecture Notes
Medieval Lit Essay Revision
Scansion Assignment rewrite
Write the ENG2000 take home exam (due Mon. Dec. 14th 5.00 p.m.)

Is there anything else? ...I can add it in later if need be

-A BIG 'F U' to Public transit for being fifteen minutes late yesterday, then, once I figured that you had passed me by altogether and started walking to the terminal (all the way downtown), the bus passes me by. F U!
-A thank you to Public Transit Drivers today for being so kind and generally sweet-natured in one case, and looking like Jack Harkness in the other. Stay classy.
-An 'it's about time' to Mother Nature, for finally dousing her Canuck children with some o' that white stuff. I don't want to white Christmas, they're depressing when you're not somewhere near the Equator
-A... erm... yeah, a 'yay!' for Space Channel having pretty much a Doctor Who day January 2, 2010. Torchwood children of Earth Marathon from 9.00 a.m. (it plays all the episodes earlier than that, but hell if I'm getting up at like... three or four to watch them), then all the new specials starting from the last christmas special, THEN, both parts of the new Christmas Special! I'm just trying to forget what is going to happen at the end of said special...
-A 'yay me!' for passing ENG2000 with a 66% over all before I write/hand in a rewrite for the scansion write up. yes, that was the part I did well on, but I have been given feedback, and can improve my mark somewhat. A 66 can be recovered from, don't fall back now!
-A 'yay me!' for passing my CanLit final essay with an 80%. I had convinced myself that I was one of those "..not so much" essays he's talked about when speaking about the overall quality of the essays he'd recieved, but I did better than I had expected to at best. Which leads me to:
-A 'very much yay!' for not feeling entirely intimidated by school anymore.

Now... if only I could find the focus and drive to revise this Medieval Lit essay... And if only my head would stop feeling like it's stuffed with cotton

Not even five minuites in, and the Penny/Sheldon shippers were in heaven. Ohhh BBT, you crack me up. But it was a good epiosode, Howard and Bernadette made me smile, and I'll admit it.. I did squee a little during the first five minutes... and then again during the teaching scenes...

I know, I know

And here's another list of things to-do

1.Finish Children's Lit essay (due 11.59 p.m. tonight): 503/1000
2.Get at least halfway through 'Tom Sawyer'

Now, anybody who knows anything about me knows that I am not much of a gamer. I'm a fan of the Professor Layton games, and I'm absolutely adoring Scribblenauts right now (where else could I make God and Cthulu fight, God would win, only to be subsequently turned into Zombie!God by a vampire? I dare you to give me an answer), but I'm not really into the gaming community.

Which is why, I suppose, I just heard tonight about 'Epic Mickey', which, if pulled off, could prove to be the coolest thing that happens to me the year I turn twenty (Let's just pause a moment to consider that statement for a moment. Yes, dear f-list, I am that pathetic).

( Come See Me Look Like I Know What I'm Talking About! )
The point being, I'm really excited about this game, and if you have the time or inclination to peruse these links, you might see why



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epic_Mickey

http://gameinformer.com/mag/mickey.aspx

102."Sex, Drugs and Cocoa Puffs: A Lower Culture Manifesto" Chuck Klosterman

Happy December!

100."the Myth of Male Power" Warren Farrel

!!!I did it!!! Yaaaaay!

101."Pure Spring" Brian Doyle

99."the Fury" L.J. Smith

One moooooore!!!

It's been a while for us, hasn't it, Doctor? Not as long as it could have been, of course, I came in around season/serise two after Nine was gone (so there was no surprise there when I finally did get around to buying the DvDs) and I knew something of Ten. But do you remember when we met? That five,ten minutes before Deadwood back in '06, wasn't it? It was practically love ar first sight. 'Girl in the Fireplace' was the first episode I ever saw, and that was the only time the episode did not fill me with ship based fury on Rose's behalf

Anyway, I watched 'Water of Mars' the other night... RTD (ye n00b), what are you doing to Ten??? I guess I can understand the whole 'he's cracking because of what he had to do to his people' angle I've read about online... But for real? Why now? Why not before when he was 9 and super-grumpy and depressed all the time? (My answer would start with an 'R', but everybody knows how I feel about that)

I'm getting all excited for the specials (well... for new episodes, not for those ones specifically. I'm not ready to let go yet!), so I thought it would be fun to write something about my fandoms


And here's a little piece of my younger fangirly self from lo those many years ago
( Apparantly I'm Trying to Make Myself Unpopular, Doctor )

98."Brideshead Revistied" Evenlyn Waugh

You know what strikes me, as the day has almost come to a close, my eye lids get heavier, and I have not nearly enough work done for the day?

There is not nearly enough colour here.

Allow me to quickly remedy the situation:



Hopefully that makes amends

97."Envy" Anna Godberson

But I need to write down exam schedule somewhere.

3810: December 15 2.00 GYM
3505: December 17 2.00 GSC 115

I am pulling an all nighter tonight and skipping children's lit tomorrow morning... and possibly french. Maybe. Depending on how much work I get done. For better or for worse, the french test is over so there's no use worrying about it until I get the mark back. Now all I have to do is worry about the presentation and the gazillion papers I have due.

Anyway, for tonight:
-get to at least 1500 words for Can Lit (I'm at 776 at the moment)
-write 300 word Medieval Lit mini assignment
-if there is time, try to get 100 words into the next book for children's lit. I hate having to submit god damned discussion questions before noon on mondays, I always forget and get shit marks because of it

Okay. Ready...


Set...


GO!


p.s. Maybe not so much... On the fandom front, I think I'm being converted into a Sheldon/Penny shipper, which I'm not sure how to feel how, as I've always liked Leonard. They just don't feel right anymore, though, like they did when they had the whole unrequited or unfulfilled love thing goin' on. What does that say about me, I wonder... I'm a cold, heartless bitch who loves to watch the pain of others?
Something to think about...
ALSO, on the 'Mad Men' front, finale left me SO happy. I'm kind of convinced that Joan and Roger are going to get back together (or maybe it's just wishful thinking?) The evidence is all there: the phone calls; the, for lack of a better word,tenderness which is so prevelent in their relationship right now; and Roger finally starting to be a little less than pleased with Child-Bride (I'm sorry, I don't like Jane. Never have.). I'm also REAAALY hoping that the ol' Peggy/Pete chemestry gets picked up next season... He's so going to find out about Duck and go apeshit. It will be marvellous.

96."Rumors" Anna Godberson

OKAY!
1. Children's lit essay (due November 19): 216/1000
2. Canadian Lit Communities essay (due November 20): 538/2500
3. ENG 2000 scansion excersize (due November 23): 0/500 plus scansion sheet
4. Medieval Lit essay rough draft (due November 26): 0/ 1500
5. Franch Test review: ZILCH
6. French presentation: grammatically incorrect rough copy
7. French homework for today: I got nothin'
8. Book for Canadian Literature communties: I'm on page like... eighteen

...If I can make it till the end of December with all of my hair, I will be so proud of myself. But the unfortunate fact is that this will be a week and a few days of absolute hell.

Things I Will Have to Do Without...
sleep
sanity
free time
pleasure reading
television


...basically anything that isn't paper writing

95."the Awakening" L.J. Smith

94."the Luxe" Anna Godbersen

...I need to get me some good books to read...

88."Possesion" A.S. Byatt

And you know what? Why the hell not? Children's literarure is still literature and a valid cultural expression. SO...

89."Where the Wild Things Are" Maurice Sendak
90."Cat Magic" Loris Lesynski
91."Goodnight Moon" Margaret Wise Brown
92."Something From Nothing" Phoebe Gilman
93."the Frog Prince Continued" Jon Scieszka

So seven more to go!

87."Treasure Island" Robert Louis Stevenson


Holy crap. It (the finale) was amazing, and for all the not so good things that happened in it (though in my opinion, it was a long time coming and for the best), this is probably as hopeful and optimistic as the show will ever get.

Which probably means they set us up for utter disillusionment next season...

But right now I couldn't care less. Right now, I am embracing the change (and surprised with myself for it. 'Life Lessons With TV...') and I can't wait for season four.