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freckles_and_doubtThe three-day headache turns out to have been some sort of bug, I have a lovely, racking chest cough that has dropped my voice about an octave, and aching joints. Bugger. On the other hand, it's good to have an Actual Enemy on whom to blame the headache. Not that it bodes well for the week of exam marking I have lined up, but hey. *bode, bode*
I managed to soothe the whole wounded beast this evening by finally watching Belleville Rendezvous, an enormously off-beat and off-the-wall French animated movie of maximum charm, intelligence and laterality. Amazing story-telling with practically no dialogue. So pleasant to experience something non-Hollywood, whimsical without being saccharine, deliberately paced without being slow, beautifully animated, and very retro. Jazz, and old ladies, and frogs, and French mafia, and incredibly cool fun poked at obsessive cyclists. Can't recommend highly enough, in fact. Go and find the DVD if you haven't already. *makes shooing motions*
I struck a blow for Career Paths and Networking and other useful stuff by having lunch yesterday with a lovely professor lady from a New York university, who it transpires, lives in CT for half the year, and dabbles in fairy tale as an aside. It was forcibly borne in upon me that, in fact, in true rarified PhD fashion, there is not actually anyone else in this country with whom I can talk academic shop. She knew most of the critics I only know by their work and e-mail. I may have to add this to my reasons to flee the continent. (1. Weather. 2. Can't talk academic shop. 3....?)
Must take hacking cough off to bed. Evil Landlord keeps wandering into my study after a paroxysm and wanting to know if I'm dying, and whether it's contagious. I shall practice coughing on his feet.
I managed to soothe the whole wounded beast this evening by finally watching Belleville Rendezvous, an enormously off-beat and off-the-wall French animated movie of maximum charm, intelligence and laterality. Amazing story-telling with practically no dialogue. So pleasant to experience something non-Hollywood, whimsical without being saccharine, deliberately paced without being slow, beautifully animated, and very retro. Jazz, and old ladies, and frogs, and French mafia, and incredibly cool fun poked at obsessive cyclists. Can't recommend highly enough, in fact. Go and find the DVD if you haven't already. *makes shooing motions*
I struck a blow for Career Paths and Networking and other useful stuff by having lunch yesterday with a lovely professor lady from a New York university, who it transpires, lives in CT for half the year, and dabbles in fairy tale as an aside. It was forcibly borne in upon me that, in fact, in true rarified PhD fashion, there is not actually anyone else in this country with whom I can talk academic shop. She knew most of the critics I only know by their work and e-mail. I may have to add this to my reasons to flee the continent. (1. Weather. 2. Can't talk academic shop. 3....?)
Must take hacking cough off to bed. Evil Landlord keeps wandering into my study after a paroxysm and wanting to know if I'm dying, and whether it's contagious. I shall practice coughing on his feet.
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destination
Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005 11:07 pm (UTC):-)
Rhieinwen
Re: destination
Date: Thursday, 9 June 2005 09:28 am (UTC)Re: destination
Date: Friday, 10 June 2005 04:35 am (UTC)Lots of people here outrank me. Hey, I could be your protege! :-)
Cheers, Rhieinwen
Re: destination
Date: Friday, 10 June 2005 07:23 am (UTC)I fear that, under your current political leadership, life in the US would be bad for my blood pressure. Hell, it's bad for my blood pressure already, and I live in Africa. Our country may have ongoing problems with corruption and a deeply silly president, but after our madly liberal constitution, I don't think I could live in a country where an unenlightened right-wing idiot limits my rights to something like abortion on the grounds of religious beliefs which I do not share. There are, in fact, issues more important than the weather.
It would be deeply silly for you to be my protege. I was practically yours for years. You practically taught me everything I know about the SCA! *mumblemumblesilly*
Re: destination
Date: Friday, 10 June 2005 06:13 pm (UTC)Oh, yeah, the political situation. Damn, here I've just had a nice relaxing massage and now _my_ blood pressure is going up! :-S Oh well, he'll be gone in a few years (unless, of course, he manages to change federal law to allow more terms. And then, my friends, we really will see another assassination in this country. Emphasis on "ass".)
Oh, hogwash, I taught you nothing! You were already amazing when I met you! (We enjoy telling our friends how we went to this event in Africa and were the first outsiders to come to an event there and it was spectacular and better than what most long-time Baronies put on, and the Shire members came up to us all embarrassed-like and asked shyly if they were doing it right, and we laughed and laughed.)
Cheers, Rhieinwen
Re: destination
Date: Friday, 10 June 2005 10:01 pm (UTC)Apologies for reminding you of the political wossnames currently infesting the good ol' US of A. You are a kind and generous person to retaliate with a compliment to our Shire, half of whom read this, and I hope all of whom are experiencing the warm fuzzies... ;> You need to visit us again, we've grown since then and our feasts are better. *evil grin*
Re: destination
Date: Saturday, 11 June 2005 05:09 am (UTC):-)
Oui, mademoiselle
Date: Thursday, 9 June 2005 12:12 am (UTC)no subject
Date: Thursday, 9 June 2005 08:41 am (UTC)