Well, the papers and books are starting to pile up on my desk, my floor, my bed, and various other places in my tiny room... it must be that time of year! Topics for my first essays have been distributed, and the knowledge that I must soon choose a dissertation topic for my MA looms over my head like an ominous I'm-not-sure-what. And the strangest thing amidst all these signs of the "winter semester" (well, officially, the Michaelmas term) is that the weather here, in northern England no less, has been positively summery. The past week has seen temperatures upwards of 18ºC, and while that's not exactly sweltering, it certainly seems atypical for October. I don't even need to wear a jacket! Odd.
To return to the academic side of things, I have recently been (re)learning my Old Icelandic noun declensions and reading reading reading to no end (it seems). My first essay for one of my modules will be on the Middle English "Sir Orfeo," comparing it with the Orpheus episode in Chaucer's "Boece." At least that's the plan so far. I'm actually quite excited about writing this one, so it looks promising. For my first essay for Old Icelandic I think might look at something to do with, oh gosh, I actually have no idea right now. Stay tuned for that one!
I've also got an annotated bibliography for Research Methods on the go as well, and I can't say it's going down easy. And, finally, there has been much brainstorming concerning my MA dissertation, which of course then leads me to consider my PhD (and those funding deadlines are fast approaching too, which does not help at all)!
Well, this is what I signed up for, isn't it? Yes, yes it is.
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