My dissertation deadline is a week on Wednesday and to be quite frank I am sick to fucking death of people hearing that my dissertation 'only' has to be between five and six thousand words and responding with: "Oh, is that all?" or "Oooh, lucky you! Mine was/is/has to be 15,000 words" blah blah etc etc.
Look, I've asked other people about their dissertations and when they've told me stuff about it I've said things like "Oooh, that's an interesting topic" or "Good luck! I'm sure you're gonna rock it". I have NOT said "Wow, 7,000 words? Sounds like a piece of piss" or similar. It's just getting on my nerves. No offence but my dissertation is only worth 20 credits (1/6th of my final year; 1/12th of my degree in total), perhaps your longer dissertation is worth more credits - THAT'S WHY IT'S LONGER. And anyway you don't know what I have to do for it. It pretty much has to be completely original research (and on Lord of the Rings that's not exactly easy stuff) and well-written, coherent, well-organised and of practically publishable quality. Your 10,000 word dissertation might have to consist of an experiment, with a methodology.
I might be a bit of a bitch for saying this but I'd gladly accept that my dissertation was easier if I got to write 1/5th of it on how I conducted the research for it and my methodology. But I don't, so just shut the fuck up about it, okay? I'm not complaining that the word count is too much so I really don't see any fucking need to bring it up.
Recently this has been the only response to me talking about my dissertation. People don't even ask what I'm writing it on or how it's going: they simply want to know why it's so short. Anyway, just a ranty blog about that reaaaally hacking me off. I feel better now. :]
Sunday, 3 April 2011
Friday, 23 July 2010
Can't sleep...
...time to knit!
Anyone else use knitting as an insomnia-buster?
- ^.^ sprinklelight's out.
Anyone else use knitting as an insomnia-buster?
- ^.^ sprinklelight's out.
52 Pair Plunge
Ok, so on Ravelry.com they do this thing called 52 pair plunge, during which knitters attempt to knit 52 pairs of socks in a year, i.e. one pair per week.
As usual I didnt realise a new one had started and joined nearly 2 months after it started, only having knitted one pair of socks, meaning im 7 pairs behind now. So I'm still going to try and catch up, so I'm currently compiling a list of patterns to knit on Ravelry and will give a knit report after each pair has been knitted.
Pair 1/52
Pattern Name: Kai-Mei
Designer: Cookie A. (from her book "Sock Innovation")
Yarn used: Regia multicoloured Kaffe Fassett variegated yarn
Time taken: Altogether around 5 days, but I actually began these in October '09!
Opinion: These were easy and a joy to knit. The yarn looks beautiful, and although I used the wrong size needles (2.75mm instead of 2.25) they still fit my mum so she'll have the joy of wearing them. The panel was really nice to knit and the pattern was easy to remember so I rarely had to look at it, so I managed to knit these up pretty quickly. All in all a lovely way to begin my plunge!
As usual I didnt realise a new one had started and joined nearly 2 months after it started, only having knitted one pair of socks, meaning im 7 pairs behind now. So I'm still going to try and catch up, so I'm currently compiling a list of patterns to knit on Ravelry and will give a knit report after each pair has been knitted.
Pair 1/52
Pattern Name: Kai-Mei
Designer: Cookie A. (from her book "Sock Innovation")
Yarn used: Regia multicoloured Kaffe Fassett variegated yarn
Time taken: Altogether around 5 days, but I actually began these in October '09!
Opinion: These were easy and a joy to knit. The yarn looks beautiful, and although I used the wrong size needles (2.75mm instead of 2.25) they still fit my mum so she'll have the joy of wearing them. The panel was really nice to knit and the pattern was easy to remember so I rarely had to look at it, so I managed to knit these up pretty quickly. All in all a lovely way to begin my plunge!
Friday, 7 May 2010
Election Tweets
My personal thoughts on the UK Election 2010 on Twitter.
'Off to vote with my mumsykins!' - 6/5/10 14:14
'Ugh. If BNP win in Yeovil I will throw up and move away. I'll throw up on him in fact. http://twitpic.com/1livmc' - 6/5/10 15:37
'Also, our Tory candidate lives in Surbiton. How the hell is he going to help our constituency from there? And lol @ undisclosed BNP address. http://twitpic.com/1liy2a' - 6/5/10 15:46
'AND might I add that Yeovil is where the Lib Dem takeover all began. Paddy Ashdown's memory remains!' - 6/5/10 15:47
'Rerghh Tories winning exit poll. Oh geez. It's gonna be hung parliament isn't it :(' - 6/5/10 22:21
'#c4altelection um, what has @charltonbrooker done to his hair?' - 6/5/10 22:28
'#c4altelection LOL Edwina Curry eating that fish soup.' - 6/5/10 23:14
'Brian Cox is apparently 42 years old. Then again, he's such a great physicist I reckon he has a time machine...' - 7/5/10 00:16
'#c4altelection LOL I WANNA BE ON TEH TELLY!!!!!!!!!' - 7/5/10 00:24
'Lmfao grotbags #c4altelection' - 7/5/10 00:30
'Remind me to add Brian Cox to my +44 list in 2 years time. (+44 list = men over 44 years of age I would screw)' - 7/5/10 00:58
'Thank god that liberal democrat held their seat in Yeovil. Go David Laws!!! Phew.' - 7/5/10 01:40
'Big swing in Bridgend. No change there then... Ouch! #ukelection' - 7/5/10 03:18
'Yeahhhh go Jenny Willott! Both constituencies I'm elligible to vote in got lib dem seats! Rather chuffed :)' - 7/5/10 03:20
'So drunk. #intrainingforahungparliament' - 7/5/10 03:25
'Fuck. Tories in the lead now. Scalpels at the ready...' - 7/5/10 03:27
'Guy on BBC Wales is an incredible ventriloquist!' - 7/5/10 03:28
'Tories pulling ahead. Glad I'm drunk. Hoping for a hung parliament now? :(' - 7/5/10 03:33
'Possible recount in Cardiff North?! The sheep have worked hard enough tonight!! #ukelection' - 7/5/10 03:44
'I think we're gonna have a hung parliament. Better than Tories tbh #ukelection' - 7/5/10 04:03
'LOL Ed Balls #watchingtheelectiondrunk teehee' - 7/5/10 04:12
'D'aw. 'Esther Rantzen has a paltry amount of votes despite a considerable amount of work on the streets.' ew. I don't wanna know #ukelection' - 7/5/10 04:29
'Gah. Politics is el sux0r #soreloser #ukelection' - 7/5/10 04:42
'So who was lying about voting liberal democrat? I can't believe this whole debacle #ukelectionffs' - 7/5/10 09:08
'http://linkyy.com/K8 Yeovil lib dem candidate gains biggest victory since Paddy Ashdown, beating tory candidate by over 13,000 votes. Proud.' - 7/5/10 09:19
'Oh ffs hung with Tory majority. Time to put your bloody touchscreen away. I trust no one now. I'm off to get in my bomb shelter #ge2010' - 7/5/10 09:22
'Oh hay hung parliament. It's all very exciting #lies #ge2010' 7/5/10 09:43
'rofl Nick Clegg fangirls at the back of the pack on the BBC. I actually LOLed' - 7/5/10 10:40
I have opinions. Enjoy them, ignore them, whatever! :)
'Off to vote with my mumsykins!' - 6/5/10 14:14
'Ugh. If BNP win in Yeovil I will throw up and move away. I'll throw up on him in fact. http://twitpic.com/1livmc' - 6/5/10 15:37
'Also, our Tory candidate lives in Surbiton. How the hell is he going to help our constituency from there? And lol @ undisclosed BNP address. http://twitpic.com/1liy2a' - 6/5/10 15:46
'AND might I add that Yeovil is where the Lib Dem takeover all began. Paddy Ashdown's memory remains!' - 6/5/10 15:47
'Rerghh Tories winning exit poll. Oh geez. It's gonna be hung parliament isn't it :(' - 6/5/10 22:21
'#c4altelection um, what has @charltonbrooker done to his hair?' - 6/5/10 22:28
'#c4altelection LOL Edwina Curry eating that fish soup.' - 6/5/10 23:14
'Brian Cox is apparently 42 years old. Then again, he's such a great physicist I reckon he has a time machine...' - 7/5/10 00:16
'#c4altelection LOL I WANNA BE ON TEH TELLY!!!!!!!!!' - 7/5/10 00:24
'Lmfao grotbags #c4altelection' - 7/5/10 00:30
'Remind me to add Brian Cox to my +44 list in 2 years time. (+44 list = men over 44 years of age I would screw)' - 7/5/10 00:58
'Thank god that liberal democrat held their seat in Yeovil. Go David Laws!!! Phew.' - 7/5/10 01:40
'Big swing in Bridgend. No change there then... Ouch! #ukelection' - 7/5/10 03:18
'Yeahhhh go Jenny Willott! Both constituencies I'm elligible to vote in got lib dem seats! Rather chuffed :)' - 7/5/10 03:20
'So drunk. #intrainingforahungparliament' - 7/5/10 03:25
'Fuck. Tories in the lead now. Scalpels at the ready...' - 7/5/10 03:27
'Guy on BBC Wales is an incredible ventriloquist!' - 7/5/10 03:28
'Tories pulling ahead. Glad I'm drunk. Hoping for a hung parliament now? :(' - 7/5/10 03:33
'Possible recount in Cardiff North?! The sheep have worked hard enough tonight!! #ukelection' - 7/5/10 03:44
'I think we're gonna have a hung parliament. Better than Tories tbh #ukelection' - 7/5/10 04:03
'LOL Ed Balls #watchingtheelectiondrunk teehee' - 7/5/10 04:12
'D'aw. 'Esther Rantzen has a paltry amount of votes despite a considerable amount of work on the streets.' ew. I don't wanna know #ukelection' - 7/5/10 04:29
'Gah. Politics is el sux0r #soreloser #ukelection' - 7/5/10 04:42
'So who was lying about voting liberal democrat? I can't believe this whole debacle #ukelectionffs' - 7/5/10 09:08
'http://linkyy.com/K8 Yeovil lib dem candidate gains biggest victory since Paddy Ashdown, beating tory candidate by over 13,000 votes. Proud.' - 7/5/10 09:19
'Oh ffs hung with Tory majority. Time to put your bloody touchscreen away. I trust no one now. I'm off to get in my bomb shelter #ge2010' - 7/5/10 09:22
'Oh hay hung parliament. It's all very exciting #lies #ge2010' 7/5/10 09:43
'rofl Nick Clegg fangirls at the back of the pack on the BBC. I actually LOLed' - 7/5/10 10:40
I have opinions. Enjoy them, ignore them, whatever! :)
Tuesday, 13 April 2010
Mehrrrr
Right, stupid university changed half my year 3 modules. So here is a list of books to buy, then books that I already own which I have to read:
Arthurian Romances trans. By William Kibler
Merlin and the Grail: Joseph of Arimathea, Merlin, Perceval: The Trilogy of Arthurian Prose Romances Attributed to Robert de Baron trans. By Nigel Bryant
Cathleen Ni Houlihan by Yeats and Gregory
The Shadow of the Glen by JM Synge
The Playboy of the Western World by JM Synge
Waterland by Graham Swift
Another World by Pat Barker
Austerlitz by WG Sebald
The Lonely Londoners by Sam Selvon
Miguel Street by VS Naipaul
Annie John by Jamaica Kincaid
Voyage in the Dark by Jean Rhys
Selected Poems by Derek Walcott
Tristram Shandy by Sterne
The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith
Amadeus by Peter Shaffer
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight ed. and trans. by WJR Barron
The House at Pooh Corner by AA Milne
Five on a Treasure Island by Enid Blyton
Tom's Midnight Garden by Philippa Pearce
The Owl Service by Alan Garner
Carrie's War by Nina Bawden
Madame Doubtfire by Anne Fine
Wolf by Gillian Cross
Books I already own:
Le Morte Darthur by Thomas Malory
Richard III
Richard II
Henry IV
Henry V - Shakespeareeeee
Atonement by Ian McEwan
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
A Room With A View by EM Forster
Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
Pericles
Cymbeline
The Winter's Tale
The Tempest - Shakespeareeee
Winnie-The-Pooh by AA Milne
- ^.^ sprinklelight's out.
Arthurian Romances trans. By William Kibler
Merlin and the Grail: Joseph of Arimathea, Merlin, Perceval: The Trilogy of Arthurian Prose Romances Attributed to Robert de Baron trans. By Nigel Bryant
Cathleen Ni Houlihan by Yeats and Gregory
The Shadow of the Glen by JM Synge
The Playboy of the Western World by JM Synge
Waterland by Graham Swift
Another World by Pat Barker
Austerlitz by WG Sebald
The Lonely Londoners by Sam Selvon
Miguel Street by VS Naipaul
Annie John by Jamaica Kincaid
Voyage in the Dark by Jean Rhys
Selected Poems by Derek Walcott
Tristram Shandy by Sterne
The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith
Amadeus by Peter Shaffer
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight ed. and trans. by WJR Barron
The House at Pooh Corner by AA Milne
Five on a Treasure Island by Enid Blyton
Tom's Midnight Garden by Philippa Pearce
The Owl Service by Alan Garner
Carrie's War by Nina Bawden
Madame Doubtfire by Anne Fine
Wolf by Gillian Cross
Books I already own:
Le Morte Darthur by Thomas Malory
Richard III
Richard II
Henry IV
Henry V - Shakespeareeeee
Atonement by Ian McEwan
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
A Room With A View by EM Forster
Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
Pericles
Cymbeline
The Winter's Tale
The Tempest - Shakespeareeee
Winnie-The-Pooh by AA Milne
- ^.^ sprinklelight's out.
Location:Rhymney St,,United Kingdom
Thursday, 8 April 2010
Preliminary book review: 'Mysteries of Udolpho'
'Mysteries of Udolpho' by Ann Radcliffe is a real struggle to finish. Just when you think you've settled into the story, you realise you're still 350 mind-numbingly small-print pages from the end. And, might I add, that Miss Radcliffe was partial to dubious, and, often, unnecesarily tedious, amounts of clause-continuing punctuation. Dull.
(Note how that penultimate sentence was written in the style it denoted yoy!)
- ^.^ sprinklelight's out.
(Note how that penultimate sentence was written in the style it denoted yoy!)
- ^.^ sprinklelight's out.
Location:Corscombe,United Kingdom
Monday, 5 April 2010
PROVISIONAL YEAR THREE READING LIST
Because I'm lame and want to get ahead of the game (which I just lost; dammit!) I've provisionally chosen my modules for the third year of my degree. Here they are with a reading list!
AUTUMN SEMESTER
CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN FICTION
Ceremony - Leslie Marmon Silko (1977)
The New York Trilogy - Paul Auster (1986)
A Thousand Acres - Jane Smiley (1992)
Cosmopolis - Don DeLillo (2003)
DISSERTATION
Subject not chosen yet D:
GOTHIC FICTION: THE VICTORIAN ERA
Selected works of Edgar Allen Poe, Sheridan Le Fanu and Henry James
The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde - R. L. Stevenson (1886)
The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde (1891)
Dracula - Bram Stoker (1897)
INTRODUCTION TO OLD NORSE
Njal's Saga - trans. Robert Cook (2001)
A New Introduction to Old Norse, Part 2: Reader - ed. Anthony Faulkes (2007: 4th edn)
A New Introduction to Old Norse, Part 3: Glossary and Index of Names - Anthony Faulkes (2007: 4th edn)
SHAKESPEARE'S HISTORIES
Richard III
Richard II
Henry IV (1)
Henry V
20TH CENTURY CHILDREN'S LITERATURE (NOT A COP-OUT SHUT YOUR FACE)
Winnie the Pooh - A. A. Milne
The House at Pooh Corner - A. A. Milne
Swallows and Amazons - Arthur Ransom
Five on a Treasure Island - Enid Blyton
Tom's Midnight Garden - Phillipa Pearce
The Owl Service - Alan Garner
Carrie's War - Nina Bawden
Madame Doubtfire - Anne Fine
Wolf - Gillian Cross
ALSO: Matilda (Dahl); Johnny and the Bomb (Pratchett); Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Rowling)
SPRING
CARIBBEAN LITERATURE
Extracts from the letters and journal of Christopher Columbus
Extracts from The discoverie of the large, rich and bewtiful empyre of Guiana by Sir Walter Ralegh
'Ode to George Haldane' - Francis Williams (1742)
Extracts from James Grainger's 'The Sugar Cane' (1764)
'To Touissant L'Ouverture' - William Wordsworth (1802)
20th Century poems by Claude McKay, Derek Walcott, Grace Nichols et al.
ALL ABOVE PROVIDED IN COURSE HANDBOOK
The Lonely Londoners - Sam Selvon (1956: Longman)
Miguel Street - V. S. Naipaul (1958: Penguin)
Annie John - Jamaica Kincaid (1986: Vintage)
The Collected Short Stories - Jean Rhys (1990: Norton)
LITERATURE INTO FILM
Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov [FILM= 1962: Dir. Stanley Kubrick; 1997: Dir. Adrian Lyne]
A Clockwork Orange - Antony Burgess [FILM= 1971: Dir. Stanley Kubrick]
A Room With A View - E. M. Forster [FILM= 1885: Dir. James Ivory]
Mansfield Park - Jane Austen [FILM= 1999: Dir. Patricia Rozema]
Tristram Shandy - Laurence Sterne [FILM= 'A Cock and Bull Story' 2006: Dir. Michael Winterbottom]
The Talented Mr. Ripley - Patricia Highsmith (Vintage) [FILM= 1999: Dir. Anthony Minghella]
Amadeus - Peter Shaffer (Penguin) [FILM= 1984: Dir. Milos Forman]
SHAKESPEARE'S LATE PLAYS
Pericles
Cymbeline
The Winter's Tale
The Tempest
THE IRISH LITERARY REVIVAL
'To Ireland in the Coming Times' - W. B. Yeats
Cathleen Ni Houlihan - W. B. Yeats and Augusta Gregory
The Shadow of the Glen - J. M. Synge
The Playboy of the Western World - J. M. Synge
Selected Poetry of W. B. Yeats
WAR AND MEMORY
Waterland - Graham Swift (1983)
Another World - Pat Barker (1998)
Atonement - Ian McEwan (2001)
Austerlitz - W. G. Sebald (2001)
AUTUMN SEMESTER
CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN FICTION
Ceremony - Leslie Marmon Silko (1977)
The New York Trilogy - Paul Auster (1986)
A Thousand Acres - Jane Smiley (1992)
Cosmopolis - Don DeLillo (2003)
DISSERTATION
Subject not chosen yet D:
GOTHIC FICTION: THE VICTORIAN ERA
Selected works of Edgar Allen Poe, Sheridan Le Fanu and Henry James
The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde - R. L. Stevenson (1886)
The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde (1891)
Dracula - Bram Stoker (1897)
INTRODUCTION TO OLD NORSE
Njal's Saga - trans. Robert Cook (2001)
A New Introduction to Old Norse, Part 2: Reader - ed. Anthony Faulkes (2007: 4th edn)
A New Introduction to Old Norse, Part 3: Glossary and Index of Names - Anthony Faulkes (2007: 4th edn)
SHAKESPEARE'S HISTORIES
Richard III
Richard II
Henry IV (1)
Henry V
20TH CENTURY CHILDREN'S LITERATURE (NOT A COP-OUT SHUT YOUR FACE)
Winnie the Pooh - A. A. Milne
The House at Pooh Corner - A. A. Milne
Swallows and Amazons - Arthur Ransom
Five on a Treasure Island - Enid Blyton
Tom's Midnight Garden - Phillipa Pearce
The Owl Service - Alan Garner
Carrie's War - Nina Bawden
Madame Doubtfire - Anne Fine
Wolf - Gillian Cross
ALSO: Matilda (Dahl); Johnny and the Bomb (Pratchett); Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Rowling)
SPRING
CARIBBEAN LITERATURE
Extracts from the letters and journal of Christopher Columbus
Extracts from The discoverie of the large, rich and bewtiful empyre of Guiana by Sir Walter Ralegh
'Ode to George Haldane' - Francis Williams (1742)
Extracts from James Grainger's 'The Sugar Cane' (1764)
'To Touissant L'Ouverture' - William Wordsworth (1802)
20th Century poems by Claude McKay, Derek Walcott, Grace Nichols et al.
ALL ABOVE PROVIDED IN COURSE HANDBOOK
The Lonely Londoners - Sam Selvon (1956: Longman)
Miguel Street - V. S. Naipaul (1958: Penguin)
Annie John - Jamaica Kincaid (1986: Vintage)
The Collected Short Stories - Jean Rhys (1990: Norton)
LITERATURE INTO FILM
Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov [FILM= 1962: Dir. Stanley Kubrick; 1997: Dir. Adrian Lyne]
A Clockwork Orange - Antony Burgess [FILM= 1971: Dir. Stanley Kubrick]
A Room With A View - E. M. Forster [FILM= 1885: Dir. James Ivory]
Mansfield Park - Jane Austen [FILM= 1999: Dir. Patricia Rozema]
Tristram Shandy - Laurence Sterne [FILM= 'A Cock and Bull Story' 2006: Dir. Michael Winterbottom]
The Talented Mr. Ripley - Patricia Highsmith (Vintage) [FILM= 1999: Dir. Anthony Minghella]
Amadeus - Peter Shaffer (Penguin) [FILM= 1984: Dir. Milos Forman]
SHAKESPEARE'S LATE PLAYS
Pericles
Cymbeline
The Winter's Tale
The Tempest
THE IRISH LITERARY REVIVAL
'To Ireland in the Coming Times' - W. B. Yeats
Cathleen Ni Houlihan - W. B. Yeats and Augusta Gregory
The Shadow of the Glen - J. M. Synge
The Playboy of the Western World - J. M. Synge
Selected Poetry of W. B. Yeats
WAR AND MEMORY
Waterland - Graham Swift (1983)
Another World - Pat Barker (1998)
Atonement - Ian McEwan (2001)
Austerlitz - W. G. Sebald (2001)
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