The Anglo-Saxons Wore Mullets
Feb. 9th, 2004 11:36 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sjesterMy eyes are getting dry. Keeping my eyes open is uncomfortable. So I'll probably make this quick. I'm also tired and have had a long day which began with being late to class for the first time since starting at UNM. Only a few minutes, but still. Cut it close last Friday, but that day I didn't have to park so damn far away from the shuttle.
Can't seem to do work for one class without being reminded of things talked about in another one. Nor can I go to lectures outside of class without thinking of at least two classes. It's fun stuff.
Went to IMS lecture Friday. It was pretty good. About medieval herbal medicine. Went to the reception afterwards, and then proceeded to Frontier afterwards with MSSA people plus Eli Son of Jewmom. 'Twas fun.
Spent all day yesterday reading. I read all of the Lais of Marie de France, and three other things for Middle English, and half of Alice in Wonderland. And Descartes' Sixth Meditation. So I've read all the Meditations, now for the lectures on the second half. The end is in sight! Anyway, as I was going to say before I got sidetracked by the drunken fart, the lais all start to blur together when you read then all at once. Lots of lovers and adultery. And as to Alice, the opening paragraphs talk about children's classics and fantasy, managing to mention C.S. Lewis and J.K. Rowling, but managing to give Tolkien a complete miss. Is The Hobbit not a children's classic? And is it not a fantasy? It's tied in with the rest of Tolkien's literary works, which are written not for children but for adults, whom Tolkien considered the "proper audience" for fairy-story. Must get a copy of The Tolkien Reader so I can actually read that essay.
Had a Tolkien Fanciers meeting today. We had new people there, one of whom looks like Figwit. (Figwit = unnamed elf in the films in Rivendell. Also turns up in RotK as the elf who says, "Lady Arwen, we cannot delay." Name comes from the phrase "Frodo is great - who is THAT?") Anyway, Figwit-lookalike was one of three roommates who had found us through our website. Ah, the wonders of the internet.
So much for brevity. Should be off to read more Montaigne.
Can't seem to do work for one class without being reminded of things talked about in another one. Nor can I go to lectures outside of class without thinking of at least two classes. It's fun stuff.
Went to IMS lecture Friday. It was pretty good. About medieval herbal medicine. Went to the reception afterwards, and then proceeded to Frontier afterwards with MSSA people plus Eli Son of Jewmom. 'Twas fun.
Spent all day yesterday reading. I read all of the Lais of Marie de France, and three other things for Middle English, and half of Alice in Wonderland. And Descartes' Sixth Meditation. So I've read all the Meditations, now for the lectures on the second half. The end is in sight! Anyway, as I was going to say before I got sidetracked by the drunken fart, the lais all start to blur together when you read then all at once. Lots of lovers and adultery. And as to Alice, the opening paragraphs talk about children's classics and fantasy, managing to mention C.S. Lewis and J.K. Rowling, but managing to give Tolkien a complete miss. Is The Hobbit not a children's classic? And is it not a fantasy? It's tied in with the rest of Tolkien's literary works, which are written not for children but for adults, whom Tolkien considered the "proper audience" for fairy-story. Must get a copy of The Tolkien Reader so I can actually read that essay.
Had a Tolkien Fanciers meeting today. We had new people there, one of whom looks like Figwit. (Figwit = unnamed elf in the films in Rivendell. Also turns up in RotK as the elf who says, "Lady Arwen, we cannot delay." Name comes from the phrase "Frodo is great - who is THAT?") Anyway, Figwit-lookalike was one of three roommates who had found us through our website. Ah, the wonders of the internet.
So much for brevity. Should be off to read more Montaigne.
