Gods, shut up, Yuu

[yuuago]

I feel like I should have gotten more done today. You know, it's strange how no matter what I do, I feel I'm never doing enough. Maybe I really am not productive, or maybe I'm just too hard on myself. It's really hard to tell.

Anyway. Today I finished Laurence's The Diviners. On the whole, not bad. I recommend it. Not sure what I'm going to say about it in class though. There's a lot to work with but I'm not sure how to articulate my thoughts on it. Speaking of school, I'm excited for Tuesday because the prof said that we'll be working on some Malory. As in Le Morte Darthur. Yesssss. Totally awesome! But er, there aren't any readings down on the syllabus and to my knowledge she hasn't posted anything on the course page so uh... I don't even know. I guess it'll just be handouts.

Aside from that, I didn't do much today. This evening I went to go see "9". It was all right. It's beautiful, and I liked a lot of the characters, and I would watch it again, sure. Wasn't absolutely amazing, and it could have used a bit more plot, but it was still okay.

I got there early, as I tend to, and because there was a lot of time left before the movie began I sat down to do some writing. Got about a page done. Happy with that. You know, I felt very out of sorts yesterday, and I suspect it's because I didn't do any writing. I'm starting to think that it's really one of those things I should do every day, even if I only mange to get a paragraph or so down. Journal entries don't count, of course. It's just - it's one of the few things I do that makes me really, truly happy and really, truly satisfied, even when the stuff I actually turn out is not good. There's something about the process that I enjoy.

Argh, I just remembered that I have two pages of manuscript that I'd wanted to copy out, but it's really late now... I should probably leave it until tomorrow morning. Mnh, I need to mail those and some other things tomorrow too, sigh. So busy.
Right, I'm going to put this here because otherwise I will forget.
-Copy and mail MSS + Tik's package
-Copy forms and mail to mum
-Respond to various e-mails (in the morning; don't put it off)

Fortunately I don't have school tomorrow, so I'll be able to sleep in. I wasn't planning on staying up so late (it's nearly 2:30 AM now) but I had some soda while at the cinema, so of course that has been keeping me up. Mnh. And while I'm thinking of it, I should also update the Baltic index tomorrow - don't want to let that go too long, now that I'm on top of it - and should write out response to my tl;dr anon...

Geeze. How is it that I always feels so busy, when I don't actually do anything?

On a completely unrelated note, I've found out that Trans-Siberian Orchestra will not be coming to Saskatoon this year. That makes me sad. :/ Last year's show was so amazing.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

How is it that I always feels so busy, when I don't actually do anything?
Cos you have things to do but instead of doing them, you're only thinking about doing them. So, get up and start doing things!

[zero-rechter.livejournal.com]

Aaah, the more things you do the less busy you feel. When I have a lot of things to do I force to organize myself and I get time for everything, and somehow I don't stress.

But when I only have ONE thing to do in a day, ffff...

[noonish.livejournal.com]

Maybe it's because the busy things have become so routine that they don't feel like work anymore? That happens sometimes.

Yeah. Sometimes the unscheduled things are what make you feel busier, like groceries or stuff. Perhaps get out side for an ~unplanned adventure~?




god i hate this school keyboard it's so weeeeeird i keep making typos




also trans siberian orchestra is awesome

[jesusphreaq.livejournal.com]

Oh man, is that with Liu? When I was in her Arthur class, we read everything BUT La Morte. :( Even though I know practically everything else about Arthurian myth, I always feel like there's this huge blindspot in my knowledge.

[yuuago]

Yes, with Liu! Well, we aren't actually reading La Morte. This is an editing class, and we'll mostly be talking about textual problems in La Morte.

You should read it if you get a chance - though I recommend skipping the Tale of Sir Trystram. Even I found that part pretty hard to get through.

[jesusphreaq.livejournal.com]

Really? Trystram as in Tristan, right? I would have thought that would be interesting.

Thinking about Arthur always makes me think about all the research I did for my birthday LARP. Thinking back, I don't know why I didn't invite you. :) Out of curiosity, would you be interested in larping if I had another? A friend and I are talking about doing one with pirates.

[yuuago]

Yes, Tristan. The story starts out interesting, but then it goes ON and ON and ON for like 200 pages about nothing in particular. Very, very dull.

As for the LARP, thanks for the offer, but I'm not sure if I'd be up for it.

[jesusphreaq.livejournal.com]

Good to know 0_0 I hate it when that happens...

No prob. Dressing up as pirates is fun, but I know it isn't for everyone. :)