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[icepixie]

Well, I had a thesis, but it decided to go play thesis-in-a-haystack, so now I have 1243 words of plot summary, essentially, with nary a point to make in sight.

I think I've forgotten how to write papers, y'all. Seriously. This is really, really bad, 'cause I still want to take at least one more essay-writing English class next year, the Jazz Age class with my advisor, second or third in line to the "hardest grader in the department" throne. Although more and more I'm leaning towards rowdycamels's plan of not taking any more lit. classes...since I've fulfilled all my requirements in the English department anyway, and actually need to take a few more classes outside my major to graduate...hmmm.

In other news, Phling is Saturday, and they're doing "A Night at Gatsby's" for the theme, and I'm missing it. My pet decade of the 20th century, and I'm not there. Argh. Kenyon/Exeter folks should have a mini-Phling here, or something. Yeah.

In other other news, my plan for the semester is to not spend the entirety of any weekend in Exeter unless I have a paper due the next week (so, three weekends out of the following twelve). Suggestions for day, overnight, and two-night trips would be welcome, although after making off with Ellen's guide to Great Britain, I'm going a little crazy with the choices. (There's apparently a small town in Wales that specializes in second-hand bookstores. We are so going there.)

Um...yeah. That's about it for my uberboring life at the moment. It should get more interesting soon, I hope...once this paper's over, anyway. At any rate, I have scenic Exeter and Nashville pictures to post that I haven't gotten around to for the past month.

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[nickless.livejournal.com]

There's apparently a small town in Wales that specializes in second-hand bookstores. We are so going there.

*whimpers* Jealous! Jealous!

You've done the Highlands, haven't you? Or did you not get much farther north than Edinburgh? If not, and you have time, head for Inverness, Nairn, etc. There's Urquhart Castle/Drumnadrochit which are right on the banks of Loss Ness, and Culloden Battlefield, and Cawdor Castle which was the inspiration for the castle in Macbeth or something of the sort, which reportedly has snarky placards for the displays, although I apparently didn't read the right ones.

The only other biggies I can think of are Warwick Castle and Salisbury Cathedral. Warwick was definitely the coolest castle I visited, and there was something about Salisbury that blew me away just standing outside of it, even with all the scaffolding.

[fiara.livejournal.com]

WALES! You absolutely must go. I have read about this town (whose name escapes me) but it sounds wonderful. You should go to Snowdonia national park and also Anglesey and see the castles. Agh. I'll be heading there during my spring break. And Cardiff is an entertaining city. I don't suppose you're following the 6 Nations Rugby tourney?