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So, this makes two days in a row I woke up with a sudden contribution to my essay.
This time at 0641.
But that's okay, I have to get up for college anyway.

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I went to college :-)
We had a lesson :-)
... I got the feeling I was one of very few who had actually read the assigned text for the day.
then we watched a video interview, discussed the text with some questions, and poked around on the web for good links. I found a couple the teacher was enthusiastic about. And also did not use wiki. He is emphatically not liking wiki.

Then I had a couple hours poking at my essay, one of them with help. She read my draft and then asked basically how was I answering the question. Which, you know, is a helpful focus. So then I wrote a paragraph that answers the question, which is yaay. And poked around at the thing for all the other minutes.
I need to get some quotes and theory stuff together, and focus properly instead of trying to tell all the stuff I learned all semester. as per usual.

After that, I was all done. In fact by the time I was packed I decided I was very done, and stompy, and I wanted a shiny and a cookie and a hug. And I knew I wasn't getting the hug.

So I went to the mall and I bought 3 for 2 pairs of earrings (shiny!) and an 89p cookie (yummy!) and a book. Which is not a hug but on the other hand is available.

And then I got a poppy and then I got a bus ticket out the machine and then I got on the bus and then I was home.
And now I'm going to eat some pasta stuff in a pot, which I am testing for suitability as portable food.

Teach will look at draft essays in Friday's lesson, so I must redo the draft tomorrow.

Today: sleep and eat. Not both at once.

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I was reading TVtropes
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Spikeification
Spikeification
A truly inexplicable belief persists among television writers that, if the audience takes a liking to a real badass character who fears nothing, has infinite confidence and even carries off defeat with panache, it must mean that what they most want to see is that character reveal a vulnerable side and all manner of inner demons. After all, viewers can't deal with a truly dark character, so we have to water him down.

Note that this isn't the same as Character Development, where extra dimensions are added to an existing character. In this case, the original characterization is stripped away, to be replaced by a thinly-veiled woobie.

And I can see how that applies to Buffy's Spike, but down the end it reckons

Spikeification of Loveable Rogue Captain Jack seems to be the entire premise of the first series of Torchwood, especially "Small Worlds" and "Captain Jack Harkness."

... and I totally don't see it.
I mean yeah there were differences, but... no.
Opinions?

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So I went to bed earlier. Turned off the computer and everything. Got to bed around 1830, dozed off.
1930, police lady knocks on the door. *facepalm*
So now it's 2150 and I'm all awake still. They weren't here long, it's just that I am now unsleepy again.
There was some meeting about this building, big building with lots of flats in, and the idea the police should pay more attention to it or something. So they sent round a couple of police to ask everyone what needs paying attention to. I babbled some, a bit vaguely. They, er, noticed they'd woke me up, so I don't know what state I was in. But anyways, sounds like useful steps there.
The new CCTV camera works real good far as I can tell, but it'll probably wear off if people start thinking nobody paying attention.
I quite like police. Possibly because they hasn't disliked me yet. And they're all calm when things go manky.


I'm going to poke the internets for my amusement some, maybe go back to bed with a book. Not a college book. I'm not awake per se, merely unasleep. *sigh*