Weeks as busy at these are admittely few and far between, but that is why I like them. It's a little window into the world of anyone who isn't an english undergrad...
I have been feverishly getting down to a couple of big-ish essays, reading Huckleberry Finn (which we're studying next week and which takes me back to my lost - and possibly imagined - boyhood), and sorting out numerous other things. And the next few days aren't looking any less busy. I almost feel like I am actually doing a full time degree here!
Because most of what I have been doing has been fairly standard uni stuff, I have very little to say. Actually, perhaps I will mention Planet Earth which I saw on the quite brilliant replay thing we have on our digital telly. Getting a little tired of sitting at my desk and typing, I decided to move my laptop to the sofa yesterday and watch the first in this reputedly excellent series. Its reputation was quite justified, it is a brilliant series. The filming is spectacular, almost cinema like, and every so often I would look up from writing some wildly sweeping comment about American literature and go 'woaaah' as I saw another spectacular bit of scenery. Actually, if you have any essay writing to do, I can recommend doing it in front of this particular series, because there is something quite therapeutic about it, David Attenborough's voice is nice and soothing in the background. I was much more succesful writing my essay to Planet Earth than I was when I tried to write with Athlete blaring(or even whispering) out of my stereo, much as I love them.
I look forward to the next instalment, particularly since I suspect there'll be some good footage of the Andes since its going to be all about mountains.
By the way, my readership has become even more international recently. I have recieved hits from Germany and the Phillipines...and even Scotland (Hi, Gladys!).
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