Athens login = really cool stuff

So, I finally found out that my UEA login is an Athens login too.
... er, yes, oops.
I've got the hang of books. Books have shelves and contents and an index and generally speaking I can navigate them. Journals? Whole new map.
So my first reaction was big eyes of oooooh shiny.
My second reaction is increasing frustration. It's like everything ever is in there somewhere, but to find out which where I've got to learn a whole new... everything.
I keep finding articles from 1916 written half in greek. I'm sure they're useful to someone, just not to me.

We have to bring to class tomorrow an article or chapter we've read and summarised.
I don't know how the full time students will manage that, since they're in class like the entire daytime. I guess most people do homework in the evening and don't just fall asleep.

So I have books, and they have chapters, and I'm taking at least one of them back tomorrow... must look up which one is due back on the 23rd... and remember to renew the others... is there a limit on how often I can do that? Probably. But mostly I should just stop getting new books.

I want the book I put back in last Thursday. There was a great bit on the likely audiences that I can summarise from memory. But if I don't got it, I can't bring it to class. And I can't get there before class, it's the 0930 one, the bus wouldn't work out.

Maybe if I poke the computer some more I'll find a journal article says the same thing...



In other business my first load of laundry (black) is in the machine and my dishwasher has done the cleaning thing so I have forks again. Later there will be a cleaner and the bathroom disaster area will be resolved. Of such small repetitions is life made.

... I'd kind of like my life to be made of more parties, and possibly some kissing.
... actually if you read enough tragedy you can go right off that idea...

I work hard and still don't get done.

So homework for myth & med was to pick an article or chapter, read it, summarise it, and bring it to class to discuss. I haven't articles, I have chapters, so I picked one I know I've read already and settled down to reread and summarise.

Two hours later I've tried that on 16 pages and it's harder than it looks.

I think 16 pages should count even if it isn't the whole chapter yet. There's still another... I don't know, whole bunch.

And it's all very fiddly stuff, close reading drawing on distinctions in the original greek. Which is why I like it. But it's a bugger to try and compress.

Also I've run out of paper and my fingers hurt. I don't usually do things on paper. I know I could get my laptop out and type things, but then I'd have to balance my book on it somehow, and I couldn't be bothered.

so now I'm grouchy, whiny, and tired, and I've decided I've done quite enough.


I shall turn up to class and speak confidently on those 16 pages and hope.

blah. college hard. why I do this again?



In other news, I have another plot bunny really nagging at me for another script.
I mostly know what goes in it. I could start it. And possibly middle it. And probably end it.

... I have to do myth & med. We have two more lessons of Greek tragedy and then an exam. I haven't tried writing exam answers yet. I've done a ton of reading but not focused it down into answers. I must concentrate.


I don't know how I'm going to manage to take a whole other weekend for the Whoniversal Appeal conference. I mean, I'm surviving this week, but I rather dislike this feeling of not being caught up. There isn't an exam for the second half of the semester though, just an essay, and much more time for it.

If I'm going to the conference I still need to find a hotel. Urgh. Too many things to do.
Must finish tomorrow and then make a list.

... my hand hurts, my arm hurts, and my handwriting still entirely *sucks*.
This is why typing is good.


I think I'm going to bed again.