More library stuff - what did you expect?

[jadesfire]

Another productive day! All of you who are sending me chocolate, red bull and dissertating vibes are doing sterling work - please keep it up because exhaustion's starting to set in. The good news is that I'm still interested in what I'm reading, which I think counts as a miracle, and I'm now into the 18th and 19th centuries on my 1500 year trawl through the history of libraries. I've got to say, it's fascinating stuff and I don't want to stop! *ponders DPhil again* Maybe in a couple of years...

I'm just about done at Duke Humfrey's, which is quite sad, so I'm thinking of having all my remaining stack requests sent there, just because I can :) I'd also forgotten that management-speak has got nothing on writers of 'cultural studies', although art historians still win the pretentiousness race. I may have read a good article on 'bibliomania' in Romantic England, but I couldn't really tell because the author appeared to have eaten a thesaurus for breakfast, and one that discarded all words under four syllables. *sigh* But I'm gathering lots of fun quotes, and am currently trying to work out if my references to Borges, Eco and Stoppard are useful or self-indulgent. I guess it'll depend on the word count.

Oh, and before I forget, I managed to have a skim of my flist tonight (go me!) and this story by laurab1 demonstrates exactly what bringthehappy is for. It made me laugh, awwww and grin all at the same time. And all in 420 words. Brilliant.

Comments

[crystalshard.livejournal.com]

*waves* Hi, I'm back!

Sounds like you're having a much better time with your historical libraries than with your management. Keep reading, keep writing, and don't forget to sleep and eat. :)

*sends chocolate*

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

Hello! How was it?

Things are going okay. I'm trying to write today, which is turning out quite differently from writing the first part. Trying to condense 1500 years of library history in 5000 words is trickier than it sounds....

I'm eating fine, but sleep's trickier - the only problem with working like this is that my brain's having trouble switching off!

mmmmmm....chocolate.... damn, I'm getting hungry again.

*goes to get lunch* :D

[viola-jen.livejournal.com]

I've been enjoying the bringthehappy stories too. A very good community, I think!!

Sounds like you're doing really well so well done!
I had to read some cultural studies (and critical theory) stuff for my dissertation and, y'know, for fun and I can totally appreciate the author-swallowed-a-thesaurus thing! It drives me mad when I need a dictionary to get through a sentence of research material!

Keep it up. Here is some more virtual chocolate, hugs and Red Bull for you *bestows*

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

I'm so chuffed with bringthehappy - it's doing just what I wanted! Hoorah!

I'm getting there, I think, although the exhaustion is starting to set in. Still, I reckon I should have a complete first draft by Friday, which is a whole 5 days before the deadline. Woo hoo!

*takes Red Bull with thanks and big, grateful hug* :D

[viola-jen.livejournal.com]

5 days before the deadline? That's insane!
Good work, though! :D