chasing "the lord of the rings"

[rivendellrose]

Okay... I know one of these damned books had a big thing on how the interaction and portrayals of Gondorian and Rohirrim culture mirrored that of classical Rome and the Germanic tribes. Now, why is it that I can't find the damned passage???

Overslept this morning (I blame the cat) and felt like crap when I finally got up, so I stayed home from archaeology. Many apologies to Toby, who recieved what might have been a rather incoherent call letting him know I wouldn't be in class. I'm feeling a bit better now, although still not fabulous. And still having a damned hard time getting any actual work done. I did my readings for anthropology, though.

I now need to get back to tearing my room apart in an attempt to find the last of the Lord of the Rings books. I must be missing one, because I fecking remember reading that passage in my research. Next time I'm writing something like this and not taking notes or at least bookmarking pages as I do my initial readings, I hope someone is kind enough to slap some sense into me.

Edit: And why the hell didn't it occur to me earlier that 'narrative nonfiction' might be the right field for me? Other than because it didn't really occur to me that it was a field, obviously... And because the only classes in it are through the UW Extension program. But I can work with that! At least I think I can.... *ponders*

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[gurny.livejournal.com]

You're call was perfectly coherent, I hope I was making sense on the other end of the phone as I tried to dodge buses and pedestrians.

I am glad you are feeling better, Archy wasn't as fun without you :)

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

That's good - you were doing fine, I was just having a hard time hearing because my cell was running a bit low on battery.

Aww, thanks.

[zhapper.livejournal.com]

Yes, narrative non-fiction. Muahahahaha. That's the field I'm hiding in right now. Comp. Lit got to be too much of the same old freudian/marxist grind for me. Gotta keep evolving and learning stuff. I'm going back next fall as a communication student and then aiming for something along the lines of narrative journalism.

What's the market for that kind of work, though? It's a place where writers fear to tread. It's not hack work, but it takes the research and legwork of a good reporter. What would you write about?

Oh, and P.S., I'm getting fed up with the absence of relevant local media. It seems like there is a viewpoint for everybody but the people I know. As a solution, I'm going to try to put together a zine. Perhaps your venture into creative non-fiction would fly well there?

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

I have no idea, but it honestly can't be any worse than anything else I'm considering. My job prospects as regards my education basically consist of me admitting to myself "gee, no matter what I do I'm going to be taking classes in something that's nearly impossible to get a job in, so why not at least make sure it's something I'd want to get a job in?"

Hmm, I actually dread/hate journalism and lean more toward a sort of... essay-writing or book-writing kind of style (ie, I hate writing about 'current events') but it might be something to consider. Depends heavily on what you're looking for in terms of subjects, I guess.

[narsilion.livejournal.com]

"Overslept this morning (I blame the cat)"
You overslept and you blame....Theo?? WTF?? How did poor Theo make you oversleep? *grins*

[narsilion.livejournal.com]

Oh, and forgot to ask, how's Methos/Joe doing today?

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

Methos is doing fine, it seems - no more random folders, and the virus scan came up totally clean. I blame Theo because he was bothering me for a whole hour before my alarm went off... and then stopped right when my alarm finally went off. So naturally I hit the snooze button to sleep a bit more, and then fell back asleep after I turned it off.

It was mostly a joke... but not entirely.