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Monday, March 20, 2006

   Aaaaand here we go . . . . .
I'm gonna jinx it again . . . I'm feeling quite good tonight. I might actually be healthy again. Of course, I'm gonna lose it now, since now I'm in "all-nighter" mode.

Don'cha love me for doing this to myself?

As always, I'll re-update once this thing's bagged and tagged to give you all a play-by-play of my blasted essay about how Grendel and his mother are archetypal enemies without being archetypal monsters . . . or something . . .

Meantimes, here's some fun quotes I've jotted down during my lectures from when my prof, Dr. Gernot Wieland, has said especially funny things . . .


"You'll get spears in your butts, that'll be your treasure!"
(Paraphrasing the main Anglo-Saxon leader speaking to the vikings in "The Battle of Maldon")

"I'm the Vice President Dick Cheney! (*coughs*)"
(No idea what the context for this is anymore.)

"You don't go to war with a falcon, it's stupid."
(Re: a passage from "The Battle of Maldon")

"I'm allergic to apostrophe mistakes..."
"English professors, yeah... get a life!"
(Re: returning our midterms.)

"You have heard about...plagiarism? Anglo-Saxons were more relaxed about this..."
(Re: the poet of "Beowulf")

"Most of the time a groom isn't supposed to see the bride until the bride is all groomed..."
(Re: Old English linguistics)

"Look where he lives, it must be quite moist down there..."
(Re: Grendel's underwater cave)

"Can that wait? I want to finish Grendel off..... like Beowulf!"
(When asked an off-topic question)

"Let's see what Seamus Heaney is doing to Grendel's mother..."
(Re: translation issues, but it came out funny)

"Who listens to Wagner, I hate Wagner..."
(Re: The Nibelungenlied and its operatic versions)

"The dragon is a whole different kettle of... fish..."
(Odd wording re: difference between Grendel monsters and dragon)

"Beowulf and swords have bad history...bad karma..."
(Re: how swords always break when Beowulf uses them)


[EDIT 1:] Well . . . it's about 2am now. And I'm nowhere near where I wish I was in the progress of this paper . . . . . . fack.

[EDIT 2:] Y'know what? it's about 3am and there is NO way I'm gonna cap this bitch before 7-ish, when I'd need to leave for school. So y'know what? I'll take the penalty percents if I have to - I don't feel like getting sick again, damnit. Damnit, damnit, damn damn damnity damnity damn . . . . . I hate school . . .

[EDIT 3:] It's 3:53. It was bugging me way too much, while I was lying in bed fifteen minutes ago, so I'm back at work. Damnit . . .

[EDIT 4:] about 5am. About 2-3 pages to go. It's doable, I suppose . . . my neck is itchy and sore, though . . . very uncomfortable . . . . . I miss my bed . . . . . . . . seriously, I don't even know what I'm writing anymore!

[EDIT 5:] Oh hell. 5:50am. So . . . you know how you hate it when you hear your alarm clock go off in the morning? I gotta tell ya, it's DAMN scary to hear it go off when you're still very much out of bed. Basically, I have about an hour to go . . . . . on the other hand, I maybe need just two more paragraphs, and one of those is the conclusion. This is doable! And . . . heh, hey look, Beck commented . . . . .

[EDIT 6:] It's 6:27am. The blasted thing is printing. It's probably still very rough around all its edges, it probably sucks a donkey phallus . . . but y'know what? I wanna shower. I can catch a bus to school in about half an hour, too . . . . . . . . damnit! Why do I keep doing this to myself?! Okay, note to self: do NOT do this for any more term papers!
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