the Very Secret Diary of a tired college student

[rivendellrose]

Blargh. Here I am, trying to figure out what the 'narrative function' of all these different races is, and you know what? All I fucking want to do is just reread the damned books. That's it! That's all I want!

Eeeeeaaaaaaaagh. I'm so sick of trying to analyze this stuff.

Also, why the fuck does Aragorn talk about himself in the third person when he's referring to himself as Strider? It's really kind of creepy. "Strider will do thus-and-such." Yes, thank you Aragorn - you do realize that's you, right?? Some future king of men....

If I see the word "lo!" or "behold!" one more time, I don't know what I'll do. Well... suspect I'll just growl and eat chocolate or something, but... for all that's holy, I swear he used it five times in a few pages, during the Battle of Pelennor Field!

Current page count: 12. V. good.

Still haven't written Ents or Orcs and Uruk-Hai, still not finished with Men or Elves. Still no idea what I'm saying about Dwarves, aside from the bit about "overweening creative arrogance" as re: Aule, and the Mines of Moria. Yes, really did use "overweening" in a sentence. Still no idea exactly what the full purpose of the Dead is in the narrative, although came up with some rather cool interpretations of specific incidents, leading to further fangirling of Aragorn. Even if he does seem to have multiple personalities.

Still not king.

Comments

[gurny.livejournal.com]

Good luck! Emergency Coffee/Tea delivery is available upon request :)

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

I think I've got all the caffeine, chocolate, and ice cream I'll need for tonight. I really hope I'll be done by tomorrow morning, but I honestly don't know at this point. I'm hoping, though.

Thanks for the well wishes!

[coramegan.livejournal.com]

...This entry will be added to my memories because holy shit it's just so...you and us and yes. *purrs and cuddles and offers chocolate*

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

*Purrs and cuddles, then collapses and falls asleep*

It is so very us, yes. And I am so fecking sick of trying to write this paper it isn't even funny. My nose is stuffed, I can't figure out what the hell to say about a bunch of stuff, and everything seems so disorganized I can't follow my own train of thought. Blargh. I'm thinking it'll look better if I can just wake up, or sleep and deal with it tomorrow. Bleh. One way or the other.

[ratzeo.livejournal.com]

...Still not king.

...BAHAHAHAHAHA Oh God, you guys broke me so long ago and it's *all your fault* aaaaaaahhhhhhhh *thud*.

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

Hey, we have a Sean again! That keeps surprising me, with how often you disappear the last few weeks. *pats*

Yeah, I know, we broke your poor little Curlew-restricted brain. Bad us. But you liked it! You know you did!

...Aside maybe from the part where it totally messed up the movies for you. But hey, misery loves company on that front. *g*

[llhinkle.livejournal.com]

After working on Walt Whitman last semester I learned that sometimes there are books we really really like that we just shouldnt write on because we didnt want to analyze them we just wanted to lose ourselves in them. I sympathize.

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

The good news is, this quarter hasn't made me lose my love of the books, and I don't think I could have survived so long working my brains out on anything other than something I completely loved. I'll feel very good when I can just throw all this aside, forget everything, and just read it again, though.

Hmmm, and that also serves as a good reminder that I really need to read some Whitman again - haven't read any of his stuff since highschool, really. I'll have to add him to my summer reading list!

[llhinkle.livejournal.com]

I know...no matter what they throw at me they cant make me hate reading either :)