Sunday, 15 April 2012
Another busy bee update
Dear
readers,
I am truly
sorry for the lack of updates really, but as usual I have been idiotically
busy... So I guess this will be another of those apologetic updates in which I
explain what I am doing and why I don't update hahah. Please bare with me.
First of
all, school really is getting to me right now. At the moment I am working hard
to finish a book of 558 pages (e-reader format) before the end of this week (I
set myself the task to finish this book in one week... >.> what am I
putting myself through?!). The book that I am reading is called The Doctor's Wife and is written by Mary
Elisabeth Braddon. It is without a doubt the most boring Victorian novel I have
ever read (there is no action in it what so ever!) and the heroine definitely
deserves the Oscar for most annoying wretch ever. But thankfully I only have
about 140 pages left hahha. Some of you might wonder: why bother to read it
then? Well, because I have no choice. I have to read this book for the course
Sensation and Gothic Fiction, I will be doing a presentation on it for that
course and I will be using the book for my Master thesis. Honestly, the book is
boring as hell, but it's a damn good example to support my argument with
^__^".
For the
coming couple of weeks I will continue to read like a mad person. I still have
about 1400 pages to read before (preferably) the middle of May for my MA thesis
(normal homework excluded). For those of you who are interested in the books
that I will be reading for my research I have added a little list at the end of
this blog post.
Next to all
that I of course still work 16 hours a week. I still enjoy working at the call
center. My colleagues are still wonderful (everyone is so nice!) and I am
currently working on a little project at work. I love doing projects, since
they often provide me with a little bit of a challenge. And truth be told, I
really do need a challenge when it comes to the work I do, for I get bored
quite easily.
I of course
also get to see my fiancé! The day that I meet him is my well deserved one day
off per week haha. Yesterday we went to the movie The Lorex, which is from the makers of Despicable Me. Although the movie is not as funny as Despicable Me, I had a really good time.
My fiancé, unfortunately, did not like it as much as I did... But he had a big
box of pop-corn, so it was all good (his words not mine haha). And at least he
did not fall asleep, as some other guy did in the row before us (his poor
girlfriend! hahah). I would not recommend this movie to those of you who hate
animated movies in which people spontaneously burst out in song. However, if
you do not mind a song once in a while, especially if it is a parody, then by
all means, go and see it!
Well that
is it for now. Back to The Doctor's Wife
for me.
Love,
Blacky
As
promised: here's a little list for those of you interested in the books that I
shall be reading.
Currently
reading: Braddon,
Mary Elisabeth. The Doctor's Wife.
pp. 1-464.
Books
yet to read:
Barthes,
Roland. "The Reality Effect."
p. 141-148.
Butler,
Judith. Bodies that Matter: Discursive limits of text. pp. 57-121.
Christ,
Carol. "Painting the Dead." Death and Representation. pp.
133-51.
Flournoy,
Olivier. "Castration, an Illusory Virtual Reality." pp. 23-38.
Kristeva,
Julia. Desire in Language: A semiotic Approach to Literature and Art. pp. 124-158
and 237-270.
Llywelyn,
Nigel. The art of death: visual culture in the English death ritual
c.1500-c.1800. pp. 1-160.
Montgomery,
Florence. Misunderstood. pp. 1-282.
Nightingale,
Florence. Cassandra. pp. 1-58.
Sussman,
Herbert L. Victorian Masculinities: Manhood and masculine poetics in early
Victorian literature and art. pp. 1-227.
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