'Twas quite brillig...

Sorry I haven't updated in a couple days; first I was wallowing in my homeward state, then I was recovering from my ick, and then I was thrown violently back into stuff when I arrived back at the Mawr. Tomorrow is the 100th day of school for my elementary kiddies, so we're working on a whole bunch of activities for them. And Writing Center. And meetings. And Writing Center meetings. And TEN PAGES OF MY THESIS. DUE FRIDAY. OMG. My premise (or perhaps just the bent for my 10 pager) is that Sterne's seventh volume of Tristram Shandy seems to have a definite influence on Lewis Carrol's Through the Looking Glass. What exactly that influence is, and how I can make that into a thesis... who knows. But I've gotten it down to travel, movement, time and Death as factors. *is epiphanized*

I was having a hot date with my Thesis at Borders today. To celebrate I bought The Hunting of the Snark because I was getting annoyed that my nice annotated Carroll kept eluding to that "epic" in trying to explain "The Jabberwocky" to me. Now, I understand "The Jabberwocky"; looks like I'll be understanding the Snark at the same time. And somehow I do not this word meant we think it means, in Carroll's time./Princess Bride moment>

I spent part of my time at the Writing Center looking up film versions of "Alice in Wonderland". I brought the Disney back with me, even though it scared the crap out of me. And the weird live-action version I remember as a kid? It exists! Campy? Well, yes. But that doesn't mean I'm not going down to TLA and trying to find it sometime soon. ;o)

Okay, time for bed for me. But hot damn, I am an academic genius! *grin* Cheers!

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Anyone want to write my thesis? *sounds of crickets chirping* Anyone? On a related note: I have to share some notes that I wrote yesterday in Borders about Tristram Shandy.

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I forgot to mention that I bought Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell. I'm really excited. Now I just have to find the time to read it. The cover is pretty and red. I think Crowley would be proud of me. Which amuses me as I am now listening to Bach's Cello Suites, something I relate to Paul Bettany in Master and Commander, and thus Aziraphale. <--obviously has been lurking at milliways_bar too long. Although if you go here, maybe you can understand the obsession. Depp as Crowley, Bettany as Aziraphale (the other two are Nymphadora Tonks and Bernard Wrangle, from Harry Potter and Still Life with Woodpecker, respectively). Fuckin' gorgeous. copinggoggles is an artistic amazement.

Ookay, would be good if I actually got back to my Thesis Writing o' Doom. I don't suppose anyone has any literature about Lewis Carroll and Laurence Sterne in some kind of connection, do they? Pretty please? Cheers!